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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 15.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 15 Jul 2023
• Russian Forces Shell Ukraine's Sumy Region As Kyiv Claims Advances In South RFE/RL 15 Jul 2023 -- Russian shelling targeted border areas in Sumy Province in Ukraine's northeast, causing multiple explosions, local officials said on July 15, as Kyiv claimed its troops were advancing against the invading forces in the country's south.
• Ukraine acknowledges not advancing as quickly as desired against Russia Press TV 15 Jul 2023 -- Despite the West's all-out military support for Ukraine, the latter has acknowledged that its forces are not advancing as fast as it is desired by the country against Russia.

Ukraine

• We cannot leave any city and village under Russian occupation, where violence and humiliation of people reign - address of President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 15 Jul 2023
• Cooperation between Ukraine and the Republic of Korea will give more strength to our nations and the global positions of the two countries - Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the meeting with Yoon Suk Yeol in Kyiv President of Ukraine 15 Jul 2023

Russia

• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on prevention of the preparation of the assassination of Margarita Simonyan and Ksenia Sobchak by the Ukrainian special services Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Jul 2023
• Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on the UAV attack on Kurchatov, Kursk Region Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Jul 2023
• Russia: FSB foils Ukraine's plot to murder RT's Chief Editor Press TV 15 Jul 2023 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has foiled a plot laid out by Ukraine's intelligence agency to target Russia Today (RT) International News TV Channel's Chief Editor Margarita Simonyan.
• Putin Noncommittal On Grain Deal Extension During Call with South African Leader RFE/RL 15 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir remained noncommittal on extending a UN-backed grain deal, claiming in a call with his South African counterpart that Moscow's demands have not been met.
• 'Up to 20%' of Kiev's Weapons Destroyed or Damaged in First 2 Weeks of Counteroffensive Sputnik 15 Jul 2023 -- In the first two weeks of Ukraine's offensive up to 20% of the weapons Kiev sent to the battlefield were destroyed or damaged, including tanks and armored vehicles that Ukrainians planned to use in the advance on Russian positions, a American daily nespaper reported on Saturday, citing US and European officials.
• Russian Foreign Ministry Urges Ukraine to Release Vicegerent of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Sputnik 15 Jul 2023 -- The Ukrainian authorities should comply with their international legal obligations and immediately release the vicegerent of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Bishop Pavel, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday.
• Russian Army Repelled 17 Enemy Attacks in Single Day in Donetsk Direction Sputnik 15 Jul 2023 -- Due to the actions of the Vostok group of forces in the Donetsk and Zaporozhye direction, Ukraine lost up to 210 soldiers.
• Russian Special Services Thwart Ukrainian Plot to Kill Rossiya Segodnya Editor-in-Chief Simonyan Sputnik 15 Jul 2023 -- This is the second time in a year that Simonyan has been targeted. In April 2022, the FSB detained members of a neo-Nazi terror cell plotting to kill about half a dozen major Russian media and television personalities.
• Russian Troops Target Ukrainian Forces in Zaporozhye Region - Defense Ministry Sputnik 15 Jul 2023 -- Russian forces have targeted dozens of locations containing Ukrainian troops in the Zaporozhye direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

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Foreign Reactions

• UK Defense Ministry Says Trained 18,000 Ukrainian Recruits During Operation Interflex Sputnik 15 Jul 2023 -- In April, the ministry said that over 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers had undergone training in the UK, with a total of 20,000 recruits expected to be fully trained in 2023.
• South Korean President Promises More Humanitarian Aid To Ukraine During Visit To Kyiv RFE/RL 15 Jul 2023 -- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said his nation would increase the amount of humanitarian and nonlethal military assistance sent to Ukraine following a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv.

News Reports

• British Defense Ministry: Russian Security Experienced 'Period of Confusion and Negotiations' After Wagner Mutiny VOA 15 Jul 2023 -- Russia's security apparatus experienced "a period of confusion and negotiations," following the Wagner Group's mutiny last month, the British Defense Ministry said Sunday in its daily intelligence update about Russian's invasion of Ukraine. Now, however, an interim arrangement for the mercenary group's future is shaping up, according to the report posted on Twitter.
• 'Simply Medieval': Russian Soldiers Held In Pits And Cellars For Refusing To Fight In Ukraine RFE/RL 15 Jul 2023 -- A Russian soldier convicted of insubordination was among a group of conscripts who accused their superiors of locking them up in a cellar in eastern Ukraine after they refused to fight, subjecting them to unsanitary living conditions and an insufficient diet, according to a report by an independent Russian news outlet.