This Monday, July 29, late in the day, the United States announced new aid to support Ukraine in this conflict: $1.7 billion will be given to Kiev. At the same time, Russia increases the pressure on the front and continues to advance in the eastern part of the country.
Russia claims to produce 4,000 FPV drones per day
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov said Russia produces 4,000 FPV drones a day. These drones are light aircraft equipped with cameras. This equipment has been used very commonly since the beginning of this conflict.
Russia claims to have captured the town of Pivdenne in eastern Ukraine
“The units in the Center Group […] has liberated the site of Leninskoye (Pivdenne in Ukrainian, editor’s note)”, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated on Tuesday. This site is not far from Toretsk and New York. The Russian army thus continues its slow progress.
20,000 people and 300 ships mobilized in major naval maneuvers in Russia
The Russian Ministry of Defense states that Moscow is currently conducting major naval maneuvers. As part of these exercises, almost 300 ships belonging to three different navies were mobilized. These are ships that belong to the fleets in the North, Pacific and Baltic Seas as well as the Caspian Flotilla. 20,000 people are affected by these maneuvers.
In Africa, Ukraine has allegedly helped Malian rebels against the Russian militia Wagner
Andri Yussov, a spokesman for Ukrainian intelligence, suggested on the 1+1 TV channel that Ukraine was helping Malian rebels neutralize the Malian army backed by members of the Russian Wagner militia. “This will continue,” Andri Yussov says in the video clip, “The rebels received the necessary information, and not only information that made it possible to carry out a successful military operation against the Russians.”
Volodymyr Zelensky thanks US President Joe Biden and the US Congress
In a message on social networks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited the front in the Kharkiv region (north-east) on Monday, said he was “extremely grateful” to Joe Biden, Congress and the Americans for their help: “Today , in the Kharkiv region, I was able to see for myself how such assistance allows us to save lives and protect the population from Russian attacks. Most importantly, this assistance shows the strength and leadership of the United States in relation to aggression and terrorist leadership, yes more stable is the world.”
I am deeply grateful for @POTUS Joe Biden, Congress and its bipartisanship, and the entire American people for today’s announcement of two U.S. military aid packages totaling $1.7 billion.
They include critical munitions, including air defense munitions, electronic warfare…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленский (@ZelenskyyUa) 29 July 2024
The US announces new aid to Ukraine of 1.7 billion dollars
The United States on Monday announced new military aid to Ukraine worth about $1.7 billion, which includes anti-aircraft munitions and artillery shells requested by Kiev. In a press release, the Department of Defense specified that this assistance included $200 million in equipment to be taken from existing US military stockpiles and $1.5 billion to be ordered from the defense industry. Washington will supply several types of anti-aircraft munitions, such as Himar rocket launcher munitions and anti-tank weapons.
Macron “warns” the Iranian president against Moscow’s “support for war of aggression” in Ukraine
Emmanuel Macron “warned” the new Iranian president Massoud Pezeshkian on Monday “against the continuation” of Tehran’s “support” for the war of aggression led by Russia in Ukraine”, the Elysée reported at the end of a phone call. The French president “wished” his counterpart, a reformer elected on July 5, “with his accession” after his election victory, but confirmed that “real changes” were “necessary” in Iran. He told him that “the immediate release of the three French nationals unjustly held hostage in Iranian prisons for two years was an essential requirement and an absolute condition for improvement” in Paris-Tehran relations.
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