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Situation Summary
Russian forces continued offensive operations along the frontline in the Donetsk region. They claimed a village north of Bakhmut and another south of Velyka Novosilka, near the boundary with the Zaporizhia region. Russian forces also continued advancing northwest of Donetsk city and captured tactically significant terrain in the area of Vuhledar, threatening a Ukrainian supply line to the latter. In the Kharkiv region, clashes continued in the area of Kupiansk, as well as in and near Vovchansk in the northern part of the region. Fighting also continued along the frontline in the Zaporizhia region and close to the boundary with the Kharkiv region in the Luhansk region. In the Kherson region, clashes continued on the southern bank of the Dnipro river despite Ukraine confirming its withdrawal from Krynky.1Nate Ostiller and Martin Fornusek, With Krynky lost, what did the perilous operation accomplish?’ Kyiv Independent, 18 July 2024
Russian shelling and missiles killed over 20 civilians in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, and Sumy regions. On 13 July, Russian missiles hit a railway station in Budy, near Kharkiv city, killing a police officer and an emergency worker and injuring 25 civilians. On 19 July, Russian shelling of residential areas in Mykolaiv city killed three civilians and injured 15 others. Separately, in what appears to be a premeditated murder,2Marta Yanko, Olha Deineka, ‘Iryna Farion’s murder was prepared for at least a month – sources,’ Suspline Media, 22 July 2024 an unidentified assailant shot and killed a Ukrainian philologist and former parliamentarian from the nationalist Svoboda (Freedom) party, Iryna Farion, in the western city of Lviv.
