Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces – Russia's First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov said that Western countries are destroying the foundations of strategic stability.
'Recent events show that the West is systematically destroying the foundations of strategic stability and those of international security institutions,' said Valery Gerasimov at the opening of the session of the CIS Chiefs of Staff Committee in the Russian capital on Thursday.
He noted that 'today's meeting of CIS military officials is taking place amidst a rapidly changing military and political situation, which tends to become more complex'.
According to Valery Gerasimov, 'it is not without external influence that hotbeds of tension are emerging in various parts of the world, and international terrorism with the support of shadowy sponsors continues to be a global threat to peace'.
'Under these conditions,' the Russian military commander said, 'the challenges to the Commonwealth States are increasingly real and varied, and it forces us to have well-equipped and trained armed forces.'
He said it was a symbolism that today's joint work began with a visit to the exhibition of modern arms, military and special equipment used in the special military operation in Ukraine.
Valery Gerasimov added: 'It was certainly interesting and useful for you to learn about the achievements of Russia's military-industrial complex and promising developments in the military sphere'.
In the course of the meeting, he suggested that the meeting of the Committee should analyse the military and political situation developing in the world and on the borders of the Commonwealth countries, discuss the construction and development of joint military systems in the CIS format, consider the areas of combat training and field training of troops, taking into account the experience of modern combat operations, and discuss other issues of multilateral military cooperation of mutual interest.
The Chief of the Russian General Staff informed colleagues that there have been changes in the composition of the Committee since the previous meeting:
Sultan Kamaletdinov has been appointed First Deputy Minister of Defence - Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kazakhstan, and Ruslan Mukambetov has been appointed Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces - First Deputy Minister of Defence of Kyrgyzstan.
He then introduced the other participants. They are Kerim Veliyev, First Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan; Artak Tonoyan, representative of the Armed Forces of Armenia; Viktor Gulevich, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defence of Belarus; and Emomali Sobirzoda, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defence of Tajikistan; and Shukhrat Halmukhamedov, First Deputy Minister of Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan. The meeting is also attended by Yury Dashkin, Secretary of the CIS Defence Ministers Council, and Sergei Lebedev, CIS Secretary-General.
In today's report from the Russian Federation of the continuation of the special military operation, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had losses of 2,125 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
▫️In Liptsy and Volchansk directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, and 36th Marine Brigade near Glubokoye, Lipsy, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops, one MLRS launcher, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 44th, 67th, 115th mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade, 103rd, 110th territorial defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Rozovka, Nadiya, Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's...
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army aviation and artillery strikes conduct reconnaissance-search actions to locate and eliminate the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups in forest belts attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory to the south of Alekseyevskoye, Safonovka, and Sheptukhovka.
▫️Attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 22nd, 61st, and 115th mechanised brigades, and 82nd Air Assault Brigade toward Komarovka, Olgovka, Russkoye, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, one counterobstacle vehicle, and more than 30 Ukrainian troops.
▫️Aviation and artillery strikes along with actions of defending troops inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware clusters near Borki, Fanaseyevka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Novoivanovka, Mikhailovka, Snagost, and to the south of Kurilovka.
▫️One U.S.-made M270 MLRS launcher was destroyed by a missile strike near Bezdrik (Sumy ...
The banner of the unit was captured in battle by the Rifle Battalion of the 1st Guards Slavic Brigade.
Also, the Storm unit of the 1st Slavyanskaya captured the next object “Cheburashka”, and the 2nd battalion captured the next dacha area (in front of the Khimik microdistrict).
In addition, Russian fighters today cut the road from Lastochkino to Avdeevsky coke plant.
In this weekly report, the AFU had loses of 8,495 soldiers.
From 12 to 18 July, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out five group strikes with air-based high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles to hit Ukrainian defence industry enterprises, infrastructure of military airfields, facilities for assembling and storing attack unmanned aerial vehicles and uncrewed surface vehicles, arsenals, depots of fuel and materiel, TCC facilities, as well as temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed formations, nationalists, and foreign mercenaries.
During the week, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Degtyarnoye (Kharkov region).
Russian troops hit units of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one motorised infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and two territorial defence brigades.
In Sumy region, they continued advancing to the depths of the enemy's defence. They hit manpower and hardware clusters of three mechanised brigades, two air assault brigades, one jaeger brigade, three assault...
In this report AFU had loses of 1,185 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, an air assault brigade, two assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Ryzhevka, Varachino, Pavlovka, and Kondratovka (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, the Russian armed forces liberated Degtyarnoye (Kharkov region).
Units of two territorial defence brigades have been hit close to Volchansk, Gatishche, and Tikhoye (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 160 troops, an armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, and five artillery guns including a 155-mm Panzerhaubitze 2000 self-propelled howitzer manufactured by Germany.
The Zapad Group's units improved the situation along the front line and engaged two mechanised brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a territorial defence brigade close to Koroviy Yar, Karpovka, Volchiy Yar, Novoselovka ...
In this report AFU(armed forces of Ukraine) had loses of 1,255 soldiers.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, one air assault brigade, one assault regiment, and one air assault regiment of the AFU close to Kondratovka, Bititsa, and Varachino (Sumy region).
In Kharkov direction, Russian troops hit formations of one motorised infantry brigade of the AFU and one territorial defence brigade near Volchansk and Chugunovka (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 180 troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, and three artillery guns. Four material depots were destroyed.
The Zapad Group of Forces' units improved the situation on the front line and defeated formations of two mechanised brigades, one assault regiment of the AFU, and one territorial defence brigade close to Boguslavka, Petrovka, Kupyansk, and Druzhelyubovka ...
