Russia has reportedly launched hypersonic missiles

Russia reportedly launched “Onyx” missiles. Poland feels provoked by Wagner mercenaries and Belarus – and now Putin is threatening to react. News ticker about the war in Ukraine

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Updated from July 21, 1:25 pm: Vladimir Putin has warned Poland that any aggression against Belarus will be interpreted as aggression against Russia. According to the news agency, one responds to this in all available ways Reuters In a televised meeting of the National Security Council. Stalin, who was the ruler of the Soviet Union at the time, gave the western parts of the country to Poland after World War II. According to Putin, Poland has forgotten this. The president said, without elaborating, that Poland would be reminded of this again.

Poland had previously announced plans to move soldiers from west to east. This was attributed to “provocation” by joint exercises between the Belarusian army and mercenaries of the Wagner group. (See update from 9.20 am)

Airborne alert lifted in eastern Ukraine

Updated from July 21, 11:05 am: As stated therein Guardian Air alert for eastern Ukraine lifted again. It is not yet clear whether the report of the launch of supersonic rockets is false news. Meanwhile, the news agency reported AB, The Last night’s attack on Odessa was “minor compared to the attacks of the past few days”. AP But Ukrainian military spokeswoman Natalya Humeniuk is quoted as saying: “The enemy continues terrorism, which is undoubtedly related to the grain deal.”

Updated from July 21, 10:45 am: Ukrainian State Radio Suspilne Citing the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian Onyx launched supersonic missiles in the direction of Odessa. The report cannot be independently verified.

Ukraine has declared an air alert across the eastern part of the country

Updated as of July 21, 10:15 am: An air alert has been issued in the Odesa area. It is not unusual for Ukraine to have wind warnings during the day. However, people in the Odesa region are particularly sensitive after Russia attacked the port city for four consecutive days this week. An air alert has since been extended across eastern Ukraine.

More Russian losses: Ukraine releases current figures

Updated as of July 21, 9:45 am: Russia continues to suffer heavy casualties from the war in Ukraine. According to Ukraine, more than 240,000 Russian soldiers were killed and about 4,100 tanks were destroyed. This current information cannot be independently verified by the Ukrainian military leadership. Russia has not provided any information on its own losses in the war in Ukraine.

• Players: 240,690 (+680 from previous day)
• Puncture: 4133 (+4)
• Armored Fighting Vehicles: 8080 (+15)
• Artillery system: 44610 (+18)
• Multiple rocket launcher systems: 692 (+0)
• Vehicles and Tankers: 7145 (+11)
• Combat and spy drones: 3933 (+15)
• Source: Civil Service of Ukraine as of July 21, 2023
• Anm.: According to calculations by independent Russian media, about 47,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in the war in Ukraine so far. This is the result of a data analysis based on the number of hereditary cases opened in the past year and statistics on excess mortality, the Medusa web portal, which was involved in the assessment, reported in early July. These figures differ greatly from those published by the Ukrainian side.

Due to Wagner’s mercenaries: Poland moves troops to eastern border

Updated as of July 21, 9:20 am: Poland is moving troops from the west to the east, where the country borders Belarus. The Security Council decided, its secretary Zbigniew Hoffmann says, Polish news agency PAP reported. The decision was taken against the backdrop of a possible threat from Russian Wagner mercenaries in Belarus.

A video was released Wednesday showing Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin welcoming his mercenaries in Belarus. A day later, the local defense ministry announced that Wagner mercenaries had begun training special forces units at a military base near the Polish border. “The training or joint training of the Belarusian army and the Wagner group is undoubtedly a provocation,” says Hoffmann. “The team examined potential threats such as relocation of Wagner Group units. Therefore, the Minister of National Defense and the head of the committee, Mariusz Blaszak, decided to move our military formations from the west of Poland to the east.

Repeated airstrikes on the port city of Odessa

Updated as of July 21, 8:15 am: Russia has again attacked grain terminals in southern Ukraine’s Odesa Oblast ports. Regional governor Ole Kipper said in a telegram that two people were injured in the airstrike. “Unfortunately, the grain terminals of an agricultural company in Odessa region were damaged. The enemy destroyed 100 tons of peas and 20 tons of barley.

At Bagmut the Russian forces were half surrounded

Updated as of July 21, 5:40 am: Colonel-General Oleksandr Chirsky, commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, told the BBC that Russian forces were “semi-surrounded” in Bagmut and that Ukraine had set the stage for retaking the city. “At this time, the deployment of Russian troops resembles an arch, which is concentrated in Pakmut. And they are half-circled,” said Sirsky.

According to the commander, the recapture of Bagmuth would be of significant strategic value, as the city serves as a transit hub that allows Russian forces to advance further. Cirski did not give a time frame for the recapture of Buchmut, but promised it would happen “as soon as possible.”

Updated as of July 21, 5:15 am: The US government has again warned that Russia could expand its attacks on civilian shipping in the Black Sea after withdrawing from the International Grains Agreement and later blame it on Ukraine. “Our information indicates that Russia continues to lay sea mines near Ukrainian ports,” said John Kirby, director of communications for the National Security Council. “Yesterday we noticed that Russia released a video of the discovery and detonation of what they said was a Ukrainian sea mine.” This video may be a “precursor” to a false flag attack.

Waiting for access to the roofs of Zaporizhia NPP

KIEV – Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency continue to wait to gain access to the roofs of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian troops. According to the agency’s statement on Thursday, experts have further inspected the facility, but so far no obvious signs of explosives or landmines have been found, IAEA Director Rafael Croci said. According to Grossi, the IAEA continues to request access to the roofs of the reactors and their turbine halls.

A week ago, the head of the Russian nuclear company Rosatom, Alexei Likachev, denied allegations that Moscow was planning to blow up the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.