The U.S. NASA satellite fire monitoring system showed on local time July 18 that Olexovo Airport in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, was set on fire by a Russian missile launched from Iran, the Shahed-136 suicide drone. It is reported that the Ukrainian army has transformed the helicopter landing area into a drone launch airport. There are also signs of fire in the Vinokurovo industrial area of Ukraine, which means it has also been bombed by Iranian "moto" drones, the Shahed-136 suicide drones. According to Ukrainian reports, firefighters in Kherson Oblast were attacked by Russian drones while extinguishing fires.
During the large-scale bombing of the entire Ukraine by the Russian forces, the United States believes that the Russian armed forces are preparing for a large-scale offensive, with 160,000 Russian soldiers ready to go, waiting for President Putin's order. The 50 days given by President Trump have allowed Russia to achieve significant military results. "The Russian armed forces are launching a summer general attack, which is estimated to take only several days or weeks." This time, the Russians will take over areas such as Red Army Village, Kostyantynivka, and Kupiansk. The Russians have been surrounding Red Army Village, and they only reached the outskirts at the beginning of the year, and have never officially attacked the city, because of insufficient Russian troops. Russia is not Iran; Russia doesn't care about the so-called 50-day ceasefire period set by US President Trump.
Currently, the most likely to be surrounded is Red Army City. The Russians taking over Kupiansk is still too early; the northern group has not yet formed an effective tactical encirclement. These 50 days are used by the Russians to break through the front line. After 50 days, if the Russians still haven't broken through, what can Trump do? Russia and the United States don't have much trade, so increasing tariffs is meaningless. The situation for the Ukrainian army is getting worse day by day. In the past six months, the Ukrainian army has only launched a counterattack in Sumy Oblast, attacking a small village of less than four square kilometers. Now they have suffered many casualties due to Russian FAB glide-guided bombs, and the frontline troops cannot withdraw. Compared to this, the Russian advance in the first half of the year has been 2200 square kilometers, not counting the progress in regaining lost territory in the Kursk direction.
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