Development of the fighting (144th day): The Russians appear to be resuming their advance surprisingly soon. Ukrainians also need to attack – Denník N

According to Western analysts, the Russians are under pressure to resume the procedure. The Ukrainians are also under pressure, they need at least some partial victory. Video of the day – a propagandist on Russian TV admits that the supply of Western weapons “seriously complicates the success of the special operation”. He proposes to bomb administrative buildings in Kyiv. The first of the modern Polish howitzers, which Ukraine armed itself with at the beginning of June, was destroyed. Even today, we bring a summary of the situation on the battlefield compiled from information from various ministries of defense and independent analysts. The series also features the observations of the Russian nationalist and criminal Igor Strelkov (Girkin), who was a key figure in starting the war in 2014, but in addition to the successes of the Russian army, he also openly writes about its defeats and problems on his profile on the Russian social network VKontakte. The information in this text is a summary of the results of the fights for Sunday, July 17. The current situation in some places may already be different. The Russians pretend that their operational pause is over. At the beginning of last week, the media paid attention to the statements of Ukrainian officials who announced a massive counterattack in the south. They promise to deploy up to a million soldiers against the Russians – which, as we have pointed out several times, is rather a propaganda exaggeration. But the Ukrainian counterattack still hasn’t started. Instead, at the end of the week, analysts were surprised by news from Donbas, according to which this article is exclusive content for Denník N subscribers. Are you a subscriber? Log in