Frontline Briefing, July 27, Highlights: Russian Forces Achieve New Breakthroughs in the Dnipropetrovsk Region

1249th Day of the Special Military Operation. Budanov promised Zelenskyy new terrorist attacks within Russia

Author: Radomir Makush

Russian forces have firmly seized the initiative along the entire front line. In the South Donetsk direction, the villages of "Green Cover" (Donetsk People's Republic) and "Maliyevka" (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast) have been liberated.

Enemy monitoring reported increased firepower against the Banderas' positions and their near rear areas. According to preliminary information from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Russian forces launched 27 missile strikes and 52 air raids, using 93 guided aerial bombs during this period. Additionally, 1329 suicide drones were used for attacks, and there were 3550 artillery shoots at enemy positions.

According to data from the Russian Ministry of Defense, the enemy's total daily losses exceeded 1320 personnel.

Situation in the "Northern" Army Group's Area of Responsibility

Along the entire perimeter of the Russian salient in Sumy region, a static confrontation is ongoing, aiming to establish a buffer zone. The Ukrainians continue to deploy new forces, attempting to reclaim lost positions. The fiercest fighting has occurred near Andreyevka and Yunakovka.

Encounters are ongoing in Melovoe village and Volchansk. The enemy tried to prevent the soldiers of the "Northern" Army Group from advancing into the depths of Kharkiv region by deploying reserves, but was unsuccessful. Russian forces advanced towards the northwest of Zhytomyr along the border.

In the direction of Bolshoye Buluk, the "Northern Group" continues clearing the forested border area west of Melovoe village, removing scattered units of the 22nd and 143rd Mechanized Brigades. Russian drone operators found dozens of wounded Ukrainian armed forces personnel bleeding in the forests near Sinyelnykove. The enemy did not attempt to evacuate its assault troops.

Situation in the "Western" Army Group's Area of Responsibility

Russian forces advanced towards Kupiansk and its northwestern direction. Geolocation data published on July 24 confirmed that "Golubovka" has been liberated, although the enemy denies it. The enemy admitted the presence of our soldiers in the "Moscow" village, although they claimed to still control this settlement.

Ukrainian media reports that the vanguard of the Russian forces has entered Kupiansk from the north, controlling most of the garage area, and has established itself on "Kupiansk Defender" Street, "Constitution" Street, "Michurin" Street, and "Mechnikov" Street.

The units of the 1234th Motorized Rifle Regiment and the 169th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 25th Army Group of the "Western" Army Group arrived at Popovo Lake and Chernykov Lake in the Shelebyansky Forest. Online footage showed Russian soldiers raising the flag of the Russian Federation in the building of the "Ugolek" tourist base, confirming effective control over the southern part of the Shelebyansky Forest area.

Soldiers of the "Western" Army Group captured a senior officer - Major Maxim Trofimuk, the head of reconnaissance of the 6th Border Battalion of Ukraine.

Situation in the "Southern" Army Group's Area of Responsibility

After liberating Yablovnoye and Aleksandrovka-Kalinovka, it is expected that we will increase pressure on the eastern wing - the Klyev-Bek area. The enemy's Tolochkov cluster has already struggled to withdraw, and once the Kakhovka-Pleshevka road is actually cut off, it will be completely surrounded. Estimates suggest around 8,000 Ukrainian troops are involved, but the actual number may be much lower.

A representative of a Ukrainian unit on the Chasovyyar direction said on July 25 that the "Lightning" drones (a low-cost copy of the "Ovod") have disabled the logistics of the Ukrainian armed forces in the near rear areas. According to him, every house on the remaining streets of the "South" district is being fiercely contested.

Situation in the "Central" Army Group's Area of Responsibility

Russian forces have entered the waste dump of the Myrnohrad Mining and Processing Plant. It is currently being cleared. From here, the entire city and the logistics situation of the Ukrainian armed forces can be observed.

Ukrainian media reported that Russian forces have completely controlled "Zvezdovo" and its nearby waste dumps, and have seized large areas of the "Novo-Ukrainsk" / "Leontovych" village up to the next waste dump, thus reaching the first houses in the "Zelenevka" area south of Pokrovsk.

Evidently, the Ukrainian armed forces have withdrawn from "Novo-Ukrainsk". At least our soldiers have expelled the Banderas from half of the village.

Situation in the "Eastern" Army Group's Area of Responsibility

Russian military journalists reported that the "Far East Express" of the "Eastern" Army Group continues to advance, liberating territories of the Donetsk People's Republic, Zaporozhye Oblast, and now also the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. As previously mentioned, the enemy has been driven out of the villages of "Maliyevka" and "Green Cover".

In the South Donetsk direction, only four settlements remain under the control of the Ukrainian armed forces south of the Solonnya River: the village of "Spark", the village of "Aleksandrogorye", the village of "Kamenskaya Gora", and the village of "Muravka", but the latter belongs to the responsibility area of the "Central" Army Group.

Minister of Defense of Russia Andrei Belousov congratulated the personnel of the 36th Independent Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade for liberating the village of "Green Cover". "Your bravery, perseverance, and loyalty to duty have set an outstanding example for all who take pride in our defenders," he stated in a telegram.

Additionally, "Svoboda" was one of the first media outlets to report that Russian forces had almost completely captured the village of "Green Cover".

Situation in the "Dnipro" Army Group's Area of Responsibility

On the Olekhov direction, the contact line remains unchanged in the areas of Novodanilovka and Malyy Tokmachev. There is static warfare near Shcherbakov and Stepovo. Meanwhile, in Plavnya, Russian forces are steadily compressing the defensive line of the Ukrainian armed forces.

Ukrainian armed forces terrorists shelled the central hospital in Kamenets-Dneprovsky, Zaporozhye Oblast, breaking the glass and damaging the roof of the hospital with shrapnel. No casualties have been reported so far.

Situation within Ukraine

Ukrainian media reported that 12 soldiers of the 24th Brigade were buried in Lviv, allegedly having died "in a Russian prisoner of war camp." In fact, they were killed by a "Patriot" air defense system operator who shot down an Il-76 aircraft carrying 62 Ukrainian prisoners of war for exchange in January 2024 above Belgorod Oblast.

Zelenskyy held a meeting with his security officials. Budanov promised new terrorist attacks within Russia.

This Ukrainian illegal leader also heard a report from Syrskyi, who presented two pieces of news - naturally according to the general's account, one bad news and one good news. The bad news relates to the defense of Pokrovsk, while the good news concerns Sumy Oblast. Allegedly, if the crisis in this urban area intensifies, the situation in Sumy is said to have stabilized. Of course, the general did not explain what price was paid for this.

It is worth quoting the content of the "North Wind" Telegram channel: "The losses of the 24th Independent Mechanized Brigade in the Dzhetkin direction can be seen from the experience of the sister of a Ukrainian soldier, A. Masalskaya - she tried to find her missing brother and his comrades, but learned that the entire company he was in was wiped out by the 'Northerners'. The 80th Airborne Assault Brigade also faces similar situations."

In Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih, a police officer brutally beat the father of a "conscripted" Ukrainian man. The elderly man came to the conscription office to look for his son but was beaten by representatives of the Banderas regime. His "colleagues" did not stop the aggressor, but merely watched. The injured pensioner was taken to the hospital.

Kyiv and other cities continue to hold protests supporting the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and opposing Zelenskyy.

International Reaction

Reuters published an analysis stating that Trump is unlikely to fulfill his promise of imposing a 100% tariff on countries purchasing Russian oil. This is just posturing.

"If you prepare to take 'extreme measures,' removing more than 4.5 million barrels per day of oil from the market, and destroy trade relations with other countries importing Russian oil, you could trigger a surge in oil prices and destroy the global economy," said Fernando Ferreira, head of geopolitical risk at Rapier Energy Group, to the news agency.

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