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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 16.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 16 Jul 2023
• Kharkiv Endures Third Attack In One Day As Russia Says Towns In Belgorod Region Hit RFE/RL 16 Jul 2023 -- Russian forces struck the Kharkiv region for a third time late on July 16, the governor said as Russia reported an apparent retaliatory strike on towns in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine.
• Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine's Counteroffensive Grinds On VOA 16 Jul 2023 -- Fighting in eastern Ukraine "somewhat intensified" as Ukrainian and Russian forces clashed in at least three areas on the eastern front, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Sunday on the messaging app Telegram.

Ukraine

• The security of our continent begins with the sovereignty and strength of Ukraine - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 16 Jul 2023

Russia

• Russian president: Ukraine's counteroffensive failing, enemy not successful Press TV 16 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the counteroffensive, which has been launched by Ukraine against his country's forces since last month, has not been successful and is failing.
• Putin warns of 'reciprocal action' if Ukraine uses US-supplied cluster bombs Press TV 16 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine against the use of globally-banned cluster bombs against Moscow, saying it would retaliate with the same type of weapons.
• Russia repels drone raids on Crimea's Sevastopol, conducts air strikes on Ukrainian targets Press TV 16 Jul 2023 -- Russian forces have repelled a "terrorist attack" by Ukraine on the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol in Crimea, destroying several aerial and underwater drones, the country's defense ministry declared, adding that its forces have also conducted air strikes against Ukrainian targets.
• Russian Army Repulses 18 Attacks Near Donetsk, Krasny Liman Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- Over the past day, the Russian armed forces have repelled 18 attacks by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk and Krasny Liman directions, with enemy losses amounting to some 370 servicemen, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
• 'Enemy Has No Success': Putin Positive About Special Op in Ukraine Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday positively assessed the course of the special military operation in Ukraine, noting that the Russian armed forces are thwarting all enemy attempts to break through the Russian defenses during Kiev's so-called counteroffensive.
• 'They're Running Out of Ammo': Putin on US Move to Send Cluster Bombs to Ukraine Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- The Biden administration unveiled a new military assistance package for Ukraine on July 7, which included cluster bombs. The lethal weapons are banned by the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which has been ratified by 123 countries, excluding the US and Ukraine, and several other nations.
• Russian Air Defense, Navy Successfully Repel Drone Attack on Sevastopol Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- In total, two UAVs were shot down overnight and five were suppressed by electronic warfare forces. Two surface drones were also destroyed in the outer roadstead, the Sevastopol governor said on Telegram.
• Russian Aviation Makes Over 40 Sorties to Strike at Ukrainian Targets Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- Aviation of the Russian "Tsentr" Group of Forces has made more than 40 sorties to strike at temporary deployment points, an ammunition depot and eight areas of concentration of manpower and weapons of the Ukrainian military, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.

United States

• White House to Allow European Allies to Train Ukrainian Pilots on F-16s Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- The United States will permit its European partners to begin training Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 fighter jets and will provide necessary tools for that purpose, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
• US Not Planning to Restore Its Stockpile of Cluster Munitions Sent to Ukraine Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- The United States does not plan to restore its own stockpile of cluster munitions to replace those handed over to Ukraine, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.

NATO

United Nations

• UN Admits No Vessels With Russian Fertilizers Dispatched Under Black Sea Grain Initiative Sputnik 16 Jul 2023 -- A UN coordinator also acknowledged that low and low-middle-income countries have received only 10% of corn and 40% of wheat under the initiative, with high and upper-middle-income countries importing 90% of corn and 60% of wheat.

Foreign Reactions

• South Korea's Yoon pledges expanded military aid to Ukraine in evident policy shift Global Times 16 Jul 2023 -- Contrary to usual practice, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol made a high-profile pledge on Saturday to "expand the scale" of his country's military assistance to Ukraine during his sudden visit to Ukraine, an indication that he has decided to side with the US-led NATO amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Chinese observers said. They warned that such one-sidedness and a more conservative South Korean administration would bring subtle changes in the political pattern of Northeast Asia.

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