Ukraine War News Summary for July 19, 2020
- This latest round of revelations about the Russian invasion provides more evidence about the mindset of Putin and his determination to erase the existence of Ukraine. And it should provide further impetus, and indeed a rapid escalation, in the level of Western support to help Ukraine defeat Russi
- Only a day after two senior Ukrainian officials were dismissed over allegations that their agencies harboured “collaborators and traitors”, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has expanded the shakeup of his security services on Monday by suspending 28 more officials
- Russian military command is deploying military personnel from ethnic minority backgrounds in the riskiest assault operations, causing growing dissatisfaction among their ranks
- The Russians have removed 108 Ukrainian children who were deprived of parental care from Donetsk Oblast to the territory of the aggressor country. The children, aged 5 to 16, who had previously acquired Russian citizenship, have been “placed” with foster families
- Russian cruise missiles struck villages around southern Ukraine’s port city of Odesa early on Tuesday, hitting houses, a school and a community centre as Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Iran to discuss a UN-backed proposal to unblock exports of Ukrainian grain
- Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny stated that the timely arrival of M142 HIMARS to Ukraine is an important factor contributing to holding Ukraine’s defensive lines and positions in russian-Ukrainian War
- Belarusian authorities are supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but have yet to deploy troops to its neighboring country. Kyiv, however, fears that Minsk could decide to become directly involved in Moscow’s so-called “special military operation” and invade western Ukraine, writes Nikola Mikovic
- Wheat futures also plunged in overnight trading, partly on speculation that grain exports from Ukraine will resume in the near future after being almost completely halted amid ongoing attacks by Russian forces since February
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- They were forced to make a decision: Either sign a document stating they were forgoing entry to Russia, or be handed over to the “national security ministry” of the Donetsk People’s Republic. The main reason for this, Pendychuk said, was that they had lived in Donetsk until 2014, moving to a Ukrainian-controlled area after war broke out there, a move that was interpreted as showing loyalty to the “Nazi” regime in Kyiv
- As part of her visit to the United States of America, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska is visiting Washington at the invitation of First Lady of the United States Jill Biden
- According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has lost around 38,550 military personnel, 1,691 tanks, 3,892 armoured vehicles and 851 artillery systems in the course of its full-scale military invasion in Ukraine
- Norway has launched a fundraising campaign to purchase Turkish Bayraktar TB2 armed drones for Ukrainian forces fighting Russia. Under the headline “Give a Bayraktar from the Norwegians to the Ukrainian people – show solidarity with Ukraine’s fight against (Russian President Vladimir) Putin,” so far 273,739 kroner (approximately $27,470) has been collected from 647 donors through the campaign