The main story for the 135th day of the war/Channel 24 collage

Ukrainian defenders and defenders continue to heroically defend their native land from Russian invaders. Significant losses are inflicted on the enemy.

One more day brings Ukraine closer to victory. Read about the main events of the 135 days of the war in the material of Channel 24.

23:58 On July 8, the 79th separate air assault brigade of Nikolaev destroyed 5 tanks of the invaders. Some crew members who did not burn down along with the equipment were taken prisoner by our soldiers.

23:53The Turkish strike operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicle “Bayraktar” TB2, for the purchase of which the Lithuanians raised money, arrived on the territory of Ukraine.

23:48 Irina Vereshchuk urged people to leave Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Because there are huge battles.

23:24 Journalist Dmitry Kazansky showed what the Svyatogorsk Lavra looks like in the Donetsk region. In particular, after the arrival of the “Russian world”, the territory of the Lavra was destroyed there, the walls were shelled, and debris lay around.

Svyatogorsk Lavra damaged by Russians: video

23:17 Vladislav, 16-year-old Vladislav, the son of the chairman of the Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration, released from captivity by the Russians, said that the first 4 days in captivity were not could neither eat nor drink. Subsequently, he had the duty to clean the room for the torture of people. The guy had to wash off human blood from the floor.

23:10 On July 7, our defenders planted the Ukrainian flag on the liberated Serpent Island. Today, July 8, they showed a video of how it happened.

Installation of the flag of Ukraine on Serpentine: watch the video

23:03 In the occupied Melitopol, the Russians captured the morgue. There are so many dead Russians there that there is nowhere to put the bodies. Therefore, they even lie in the corridors. This was reported by local journalists.

23:00 Intensified training began in Belarus at 5 airfields at once. Pilots from Russia arrived there, who teach Belarusians to work effectively during the landing of troops.

22:47 The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law allowing deputies to accept valuable gifts during martial law. However, they can only be used for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The money must be transferred in full to special accounts that the National Bank will open to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Another option is to transfer funds for humanitarian aid to Ukrainians affected by Russia's actions.

22:22Ukrainian soldiers destroyed two enemy command posts in the Kherson direction. Natalya Gumenyuk, head of the Joint Coordinating Press Center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, said this.

22:20 The Minister of National Defense of Canada announced that her country would transfer 39 armored combat support vehicles to our defenders General Dynamics. They are part of Canada's $500 million military aid package to Ukraine.

22:00 The Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video of how the Ukrainian military planted the national flag on the island of Serpents. The operational command “South” says that the continued presence of our defenders there is dangerous and does not make sense yet.

21:47 In the Kharkiv region and in Kharkiv itself, local residents reported explosions. Before that, an air danger signal sounded.

21:11Human rights activist Pavel Lisyansky said that in July a “spectacle” on the creation of new quasi-republics could begin in the occupied Ukrainian territories. Most likely, it will look like holding pseudo-referendums.

20:54 The US approved a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. We are talking about the amount of 400 million dollars. The Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to receive even more ammunition and 4 new HIMARS systems.

20:05 Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, said that today he sees no signs of a threat of a nuclear strike from Russia. At the same time, Putin is a very strange person and any step can be expected from him. Now such threats are more of a propaganda device.

19:37 Lithuania fulfills the EU sanctions by stopping the transit of sanctioned Russian goods through its territory to the Kaliningrad region. The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, once again threatened both Vilnius and Brussels at the same time. Like, if the issue is not resolved immediately, then there will be “retaliatory measures” that have allegedly been developed in the Kremlin.

19:11Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told how many Ukrainians are now defending their native land. This is 1 million citizens, among them 700 thousand are mobilized.

19:04 In the Slavic direction, the enemy tried to advance in the direction of Bogorodichny. However, this offensive by the invaders failed with heavy losses.

Also, the Ukrainian military inflicted a powerful fire defeat on enemy positions in the Verkhnekamensky area, the enemy moved away from the settlement. Fighting near the Veselaia Dolina in the Bakhmut direction continues. The forces of the aggressor state were forced to retreat from Disputed and Ivano-Daryevka.

18:47 In the occupied Shakhtyorsk, ammunition is still being detonated in blown up enemy warehouses. This has been going on since night.

18:28 Satellite images show that the Russians are pulling more equipment to the Zyabrovka airfield in the Gomel region of Belarus. Already camouflaged and buried tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, the number of S-400 systems has also increased.

18:20Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Presidential Administration, said that the turning point in the war is already beginning. This can be seen from the number of enemy warehouses and command posts destroyed, because the enemy now has big problems with logistics.

18:04 According to President Vladimir Zelensky, Russia is preparing another strike against peace. Without Ukrainian food, a new wave of migration from Africa to Europe may begin.

17:35Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov named three options for ending the war. In any of them, Russia loses.

• Russia's “goodwill gesture” is to withdraw to the borders until February 24, 2022. Subsequently, negotiations regarding the territories of Donbass and Crimea occupied after 2014.
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine will gradually “grind” the army of invaders to the end. However, this is not a quick option
• The breakup of Russia into several different entities.

17:29Adviser to the chairman of the Kherson OVA Serhiy Khlan said that the Polymer plant was on fire in the occupied regional center. The enemy could have set up a warehouse there.

17:09 In the South, the Russians are deliberately bombarding fields that have already grown crops. This is especially true for the territory on the line of contact in the Kherson region.

17:00In the Kherson region, employees of the Russian FSB conducted raids on the institutions of the civil registry offices. This they did, accompanied by the armed military of the aggressor state. Russians demand that marriage and birth certificates be exclusively Russian.

16:30 Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, said that Ukraine expects even more weapons from partners. The OP is sure that for a certain number of kilometers of the front – a necessary and certain number of HIMARS. The West understands that parity in artillery will allow Ukrainians to de-occupy territories.

16:25 In just a day, the paratroopers of the 80th separate air assault brigade of the Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 12 enemy tanks at once. Such an incredible achievement occurred during the shooting battle on July 7.

15:50 Russian Patriarch Kirill came under Canadian sanctions. Also on the list of those against whom punitive restrictions were introduced are propagandists of the aggressor state and the leadership of Roskomnadzor.

15:45In Ukraine, corporate rights and real estate of 11 enterprises were seized. It is known that the ultimate beneficiaries of these companies are the Russian Rosneft, Rosatom and Gazprom.

15:21 The Russians have banned their Gauleiters from using some instant messengers. According to channel 24 sources in the special services, under the taboo Viber, WhatsApp and Signal. Only Telegram allowed.

14:51 The Kremlin continues to intimidate Ukraine. The other day, Vladimir Putin said that, they say, “Russia has not yet begun anything in Ukraine.” Dmitry Peskov, the mouthpiece of the Kremlin, tried to explain these words. In his opinion, the capabilities of the so-called “second army of the world” “are not commensurate with Ukrainian ones.”

14:21 President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the advanced positions of the military in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The head of state talked to the soldiers and presented awards.

14:18 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov could not stand the boycott of the G20 foreign ministers. Some diplomats refused to participate in a joint photo shoot with laurel and a gala dinner. Therefore, Lavrov hastened to quickly “give a fight.”

13:50 Speaker of the Odesa OVA Sergey Bratchuk said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had successfully hit the warehouses of Russians in Nova Kakhovka. Our soldiers destroyed not only the ammo, the air defense system, but also several dozen enemies.

13:23President Zelensky said that the Ukrainian army is successfully fighting in the South. It's even about counterattacks. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also managed to liberate almost the entire territory of the Kharkiv region, but at the same time the situation is not easy, because the enemy left his military groups there.

13:14 The Kremlin continues to live in dreams of the complete capture of Ukraine. After the Armed Forces of Ukraine expelled the occupiers from the Kiev region, the hostile intentions regarding our country have not changed. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated this in an interview with CNN.

Vladimir Zelensky's full interview: watch the video

13:01 Ukrainian defenders and defenders daily give a powerful rebuff to the invaders, including in the Kharkov region, part of which was occupied by Russia. At the same time, our border guards are pushing the enemy further than the administrative center of the region – Kharkiv.

12:47 type “Orlan-10”.

12:41 General Philip Breedlove, who was NATO's supreme commander in Europe, suggested that Ukraine could deal a devastating blow to the Kremlin. And “Harpoons” will help her in this.

12:34 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny celebrates his birthday on July 8. Today he published a video of the well-coordinated work of Ukrainian soldiers and stressed that “the Armed Forces of Ukraine are the first army in the world.”

Zaluzhny showed the brave defenders of Ukraine: watch the video

< strong>12:10The military-political leadership of the aggressor state has already reported that it has captured the entire Lugansk region. However, this is a lie. On the air of the national telethon, the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai spoke about the situation in the region.

He explained that fighting is ongoing in the region. They occur in 1 – 2 settlements in the vicinity of the region, that is, the invaders really approached the complete capture of the region, but this has not happened yet.

11:30 Over the past few days, information has been spreading about the alleged operational pause that Russia took in the war against Ukraine. The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, noted that it does not exist.

11:00 Despite the overall control of the Russian-occupation troops built by the Kremlin, the predatory contingent on the territory of Ukraine is not at all monolithic . There are many tectonic disagreements within the army of the aggressor country.

According to Channel 24 sources in the Ukrainian special services, conflicts on ethnic and religious grounds constantly occur between representatives of the Russian contingent. In addition to local domestic quarrels, there is a constant struggle for looted and stolen.

10:38 Ukrainian defenders have been destroying the invaders for 135 days of the war. On July 7, our aviation did a pretty good job. Ukrainian Su-24m bombers and Su-25 attack aircraft launched missile and bomb strikes in the Eastern direction. They ended up in the occupiers' ammunition depot.

10:30 The night in the Sumy region was restless. After 21:00, the Russians were shelling from barrel artillery of the Belopol community. 8 “arrivals”. And at about 23:00 there was fire from small arms on the border of the Shalygin community. There were no casualties or damage.

10:05 Divers found an enemy missile in the Dniester reservoir at a depth of 20 meters. Specialists are currently working at the scene.

09:47 According to British intelligence, the invaders are deploying their troops in the direction of Seversk. Therefore, the immediate goal of the invaders is called the capture of this city for a further offensive in the Donbass. Also, British intelligence data indicate that the Russian invaders are most likely to pause to replenish the army. After that, they want to launch an offensive against Donbass.

09:46The Donetsk direction remains one of the most tense. The Russian occupiers continue to strike with all their might. Civilians suffer from predatory hands, unfortunately, a considerable number of people do not manage to survive. In particular, the enemy made an attack tonight. There were no casualties.

09:35 The satellite recorded that the Boyko towers in the Black Sea continue to burn. Fresh pictures are dated July 7th. Probably, a blow to the “Boyko towers” was delivered on June 20th. At the same time, thick smoke is still rising into the sky.

09:04Ukrainian heroes continue to inflict colossal losses on the enemy. As of July 8, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported 36,900 liquidated invaders. During the day, Ukrainian defenders and Defenders destroyed 250 invaders.

08:13 Two enemy tanks sank in the Mena community in the Chernihiv region. The bodies of 5 Russian invaders were found there. Eyewitnesses say that one tank sank at the end of February. Another one was pulled out on July 6.

08:05 For the first time in more than 5 weeks no nighttime explosions were heard in Kharkiv. While since the beginning of June, the Russian army has been shelling the regional center and suburbs every night with cruise and ballistic missiles.

08:01 During July 7, the Russians killed 6 civilians of Donbass: , Slavyansk, Avdeevka, Seversk, Pokrovsky and Orlovka. Another 21 people were injured. It is currently impossible to establish the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha.

07:06Fierce fighting continues in eastern Ukraine. Russian invaders are moving in the direction of Verkhnekamenskoye, in the Donetsk region. The occupying army once again launched an air strike near Vershina and at the Uglegorsk TPP.

At the same time, in the Kharkiv direction, Ukrainian soldiers resolutely suppressed an attempt by an enemy assault in the direction of Dementievka.

05:53 Not far from Chernobaevka, on the morning of July 8, there were many explosions. In Novaya Kakhovka, approximately at the same time, a siren was buzzing, and then columns of smoke appeared. Residents of the occupied part of southern Ukraine write in social networks that there were arrivals there that night.

05:34The Commander of the Hungarian Defense Forces visited Ukraine with a delegation. The Lieutenant General, together with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, spoke about Russia's plans in the war against Ukraine.

04:26 On the territory of Belarus, self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko continued military exercises. Before that, they repeatedly talked about the threat of attack from a country controlled by Putin.

03:36On the night of July 8, explosions began in the occupied part of Donbass. Residents of Donetsk and Shakhtersk reported several fires in their cities at once. It is not yet known what exactly is happening there.

At about 03:20, the occupying “authority” of Shakhtyorsk turned on the air raid siren. And half an hour later, the evacuation from the city began.

03:29 In the South, Ukrainian pilots attacked a strong point, a cluster of enemy and enemy equipment in the area of ​​​​Davydov Brod and Pravdynoye three times .

01:23Aleksey Arestovich stated that Russian forces were stationed near Kharkov. The adviser to the head of the President's Office explained that this is an unpleasant force, and if it comes to Kharkiv, there will be a problem. But, according to Arestovich, the direction will not be Kharkiv.

00:27 At the end of the day on July 7, Volodymyr Zelensky recorded an emotional appeal to the Ukrainians. The President shared a very important thought.

We had to be an underdog who is given 3 days, but our people have been fighting for 5 months. According to the president, if this happened, then we can do it – to defeat the dragon, from which half the world trembled: “He who is doomed to crawl will not even take away the Serpentine from those who had to fly.”

< strong>The president's message on Instagram: watch the video

00:00 vladimir putin does not hide the fact that the militants of the “DPR” and “LPR” are the Russian army. The dictator announced that he was ready to equate the status of the militants of the quasi-republics with the Russian military. A similar idea should be applied to Russian border guards.