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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 27.07.2023 Ukraine MOD 27 Jul 2023
• Russia Keeps Pounding Ukraine As Kyiv's Forces Reportedly Recapture Village In Donetsk RFE/RL 27 Jul 2023 -- Ukrainian military officials and regional authorities said on July 27 that Russian forces launched fresh indiscriminate missile barrages and drone strikes that killed and wounded several civilians as Ukraine's military reportedly steps up its counteroffensive in the south.
• Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Recaptures Southeastern Village Staromaiorske VOA 27 Jul 2023 -- Ukrainian soldiers have recaptured the southeastern village of Staromaiorske from Russian forces, a video published Thursday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed, as Ukraine continues its counteroffensive push through the Russian-occupied southeast.
• Latest in Ukraine: Russian Missile Attack Hits Odesa VOA 27 Jul 2023 -- A Ukrainian official said Thursday that Russian forces carried out an overnight missile strike on the Odesa region in southern Ukraine, killing at least one person.

Ukraine

• Ukraine claims responsibility for last year's Crimea bridge blast Press TV 27 Jul 2023 -- Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has claimed responsibility for an attack on the Crimean Bridge connecting Russia and the Crimean Peninsula in October last year.
• Today, I had the honor to congratulate doctors and nurses, frontline medics on their professional holiday; I am grateful to everyone on whom the life of Ukraine depends - address by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 27 Jul 2023
• In Odesa, President viewed the damage to Spaso-Preobrazhensky Cathedral caused by Russian terrorist shelling President of Ukraine 27 Jul 2023
• Ihor Zhovkva met with Deputy Secretary-General of the European External Action Service President of Ukraine 27 Jul 2023
• Ihor Zhovkva met with the Ambassador of India to Ukraine President of Ukraine 27 Jul 2023
• Congratulations of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the Day of Medical Workers of Ukraine President of Ukraine 27 Jul 2023

Russia

• Answer to a question from Channel One journalist President of Russia 27 Jul 2023 -- On the sidelines of the Russia-Africa Summit, the President answered a question from a Channel One journalist on the situation in the special military operation zone.
• Russia says intercepted another cargo ship over traces of explosives Press TV 27 Jul 2023 -- Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it found traces of explosives on board a civilian vessel en route from Turkey to a Russian port over suspected involvement in smuggling arms to Ukraine.
• Ukraine Has Lost 20% of Donated Western Materiel in Counteroffensive - Reports Sputnik 27 Jul 2023 -- Pressured to launch an attack against fortified Russian positions, Ukrainian forces have lost huge amounts of equipment given to them by the NATO powers for the operation, with little to show for it.
• Ukrainian Forces Lose Hundreds of Soldiers in Donetsk Direction - Russian Defense Ministry Sputnik 27 Jul 2023 -- The armed forces of Ukraine lost over 210 soldiers during attempts to attack Russian positions in the Donetsk direction in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Ukrainian Forces Intensify Attacks, Pushed Back With Heavy Losses - Putin Sputnik 27 Jul 2023 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the reports about intensification of Ukrainian militants in special op zone. He stressed that all Ukrainian counteroffensive attempts have been stopped, and their forces have been pushed back.
• Russia's FSB Says Found Another Ship With Explosives Going to Russia for Grain Sputnik 27 Jul 2023 -- The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday that it had detected another foreign ship that was going from Turkiye to Russia's Rostov-on-Don to ship grain and could have also been used to deliver explosive materials to Ukraine.

United States

• Ukraine's Grinding Counteroffensive Still Has 'Options,' Pentagon Chief Says VOA 27 Jul 2023 -- U.S. defense officials watching Ukraine's slow-moving counteroffensive against Russia are not yet ready to sound any alarms, despite the lack of a major breakthrough.
• Readout of Fifth Meeting of the Ukraine Donor Coordination Platform Steering Committee The White House 27 Jul 2023
• Large Bipartisan Majority Approves US Military Aid to Ukraine Program for Public Consultation (PPC) - School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland 27 Jul 2023 -- A bipartisan majority of seven-in-ten voters favor the US continuing to provide significant military aid to Ukraine to help in their ongoing war with Russia, according to an in-depth study by the Program for Public Consultation together with the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy.

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News Reports

• Himes Statement on ODNI Report Regarding Chinese Support to Russia HPSCI - Democrats 27 Jul 2023 -- Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released an unclassified assessment by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on the support provided by the People's Republic of China to Russia in their war against Ukraine.
• US intel report claims China giving economic lifeline to Russia amid sanctions Press TV 27 Jul 2023 -- A declassified US intelligence report claims China's economic ties with Russia have helped limit the effect of anti-Mocow sanctions imposed by the West over Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
• US intelligence: Beijing has increased Russia support Radio Free Asia 27 Jul 2023 -- Beijing has become "an even more critical economic partner" for Moscow since the invasion of Ukraine, a new report by the U.S. intelligence community says, with China buying more Russian oil and gas than before and helping the country skirt U.S. sanctions.