Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov has been elected the Chairman of the Council of Defence Ministers of the CIS member states. This decision was unanimously adopted at the regular meeting of the CIS Council of Ministers of Defence, held in Minsk on Wednesday. Opening the meeting, Belarusian Defence Minister Viktor Khrenin said that during the reporting period there were changes in the composition of the Council: Andrei Belousov was appointed head of the Russian military department.
‘Against the background of global instability and increased tension along the perimeter of the Commonwealth's external borders, we attach special importance to improving mechanisms for jointly countering both new and traditional challenges and threats. This is one of our priorities,’ said Andrei Belousov, opening the meeting of the Council of Defence Ministers of the CIS member states.
He noted that ‘during its chairmanship of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Russia considers it a priority to improve mechanisms for jointly countering new and traditional challenges.’
The head of the Russian military department noted that in June, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated the need to form an architecture of equal and indivisible security, mutually beneficial, equal cooperation, and development in Eurasia.
‘We are talking about a future security system covering all spheres of activity and open to all Eurasian countries without exception,’ stressed the Russian defence minister.
According to him, ‘an important role in this is played by multilateral international organisations established in Eurasia, such as the Union State, the CSTO, the Eurasian Economic Union, the CIS, and the SCO.’
‘We focus on increasing the activity and authority of these integration structures, establishing a dialogue between them in the field of security,’ said Andrei Belousov.
He noted that for more than 30 years the CIS has been demonstrating its commitment to friendship, good-neighbourliness and cooperation of the member countries, while security issues are constantly in the focus of attention of the Council of Defence Ministers.
The Ukrainian crisis provoked by Washington and its allies is being deliberately prolonged by them, Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said.
‘I would like to repeat once again: it was the West that prepared and provoked the Ukrainian crisis and is now purposefully dragging it out,’ said Andrei Belousov.
‘At the same time,’ he noted, ‘Western countries are in every way condoning the provisional government of Ukraine in the widespread planting of Nazism in its most acute manifestations, making every effort to distort the historical truth.’
The Russian Defence Minister noted that Russia values the solidarity of the CIS countries in the fight against the glorification of Nazism and falsification of history.
‘With joint efforts we will continue to defend the truth about our common past. Today's military parade in Minsk is a proof of that,’ stressed the Russian Defence Minister.
Moscow is determined to develop cooperation between the military departments of the CIS countries in all key areas, Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said.
‘We are determined to develop and deepen cooperation between the defence ministries of the CIS countries in all key areas,’ said Andrei Belousov at a meeting of the Council of Defence Ministers of the CIS member states.
He expressed confidence that today's meeting would be held with maximum practical effect.
The Russian Defence Minister recalled that ‘the year 2025 has been declared in the Commonwealth as the Year of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War - the year of peace and unity in the fight against Nazism’.
The lessons of this war, emphasised Andrei Belousov, ‘remain relevant’.
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 ...
