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Former US President Trump said on the 19th local time that he had spoken with Ukrainian President Zelensky on the phone and promised during the call to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Zelensky confirmed the call and also posted on his social platform, "We have agreed with President Trump to discuss in a private meeting what measures can be taken to make peace fair and truly lasting."

Videos posted on the Internet visually confirmed that the Russian army had occupied the villages of Pishchany and Andreevka in the direction of Kupiansk.

The Red Army Village's defense line was torn apart

According to the geolocation in the drone video, the Russian army has made significant progress in two large areas in the direction of Red Army Village.

First, over the past few weeks, Russian infantry have made slow but steady progress in the direction of Prokhres. Along the railway, Russian infantry used windbreaks on both sides of the track to hide from Ukrainian FPV drones and artillery.

Since the battle had just begun in this area and it was a very new front, the trees were basically intact, providing excellent cover for the Russian army's advance.

This tactic is much more difficult to implement in places like Krasnohorivka.

At the same time, Russian armored vehicles launched an attack from the north to support the infiltration of Russian infantry in that direction.

The Russian Army has been using BMPs a lot lately because these vehicles are agile and fast. The most used BMP-3 has a top speed of 70 km/h, making it perfect for small-scale, high-speed attacks.

However, the firing rate of these armored vehicles is not fast, only 10 rounds per minute, so it is difficult to destroy the Ukrainian positions in the woods when driving at high speed. Therefore, the positions in the woods north of the railway line may have been abandoned by the Ukrainian army in advance and are in a gray area.

The Ukrainian army was very focused on using FPV drones and artillery here, which resulted in heavy losses for the Russian armored forces, but these exchanges were beneficial to Russia because these fire support attacks and flanking attacks from Yevgenivka created better conditions for the Russian army to break through and drive the Ukrainian army out of the tactical heights of the village of Prokhres.

The village is now under Russian control.

Another goal of the Russian army was to capture the rest of Yevgenivka. Yevgenivka was divided into two parts, the eastern part and the western part. After several days of fierce fighting, the Russian army successfully captured the eastern part. Then, to reach the western part, the Russian army had to cross more than 300 meters of open ground.

The Russian army used armored vehicles to attract the attention of Ukrainian drones, and the commandos used motorcycles to cross the open area at the fastest speed.

However, the Russian motorcycle commandos were also repelled by the Ukrainian FPV drone during the first assault, but they later successfully reached the western position.

It is speculated that the Russian military may have carried out a nighttime motorcycle raid because not all Ukrainian aircraft have new and cheaper night vision technology.

Eventually, the Russians established a foothold in Yevhenivka and began to launch attacks on the northern flank in an attempt to encircle the remaining Ukrainian troops still in the village. This ultimately led to the Ukrainian troops being forced to retreat and the Russians taking full control of the settlement.

A second, but much smaller, offensive was launched in and around Novoselivka I. Using their height advantage over farm buildings to the north, the Russians advanced quickly into the center of the village and succeeded in capturing almost all of the territory north of the river.

Subsequently, the Russian army continued to advance southwest of the first village of Novoselivka, occupying positions in the woods and further flattening the front line.

krasnogorovka

July 20, 2024It can be confirmed that Russian Armed Forces equipment has successfully approached Ukrainian positions on Kalinin Street. Russian troops have also expanded their control area adjacent to Gagarin Street and Sadovaya Street, advancing by nearly one kilometer.

Russian troops have occupied the entire central region of Krasnogorovka, and the video shows a Russian tank conducting a mopping-up operation in the northern region.

Based on this, and against the background of the westward shift of the positions on Belinsky Street and Nakhimov Street under the control of the Russian Army, it can be inferred that the Ukrainian Army has retreated from Shevchenko Central Park.

In the northwestern outskirts of the city, the commandos cleared parts of Sverdlov Street, Lenin Street and Michurin Street and razed the control area east of the forest area.

According to the video, Russian tanks created smoke while clearing streets and buildings in the northwest of the city, making it impossible for the Ukrainian army to hide.

Similar combat scenes were seen in the final stage of Marinka, where Russian tanks were able to move through the streets and alleys to carry out cleaning operations, indicating that the Russian electronic suppression was in an advantageous position and the observation posts were also in a geographical advantage.

One of the reasons for the Ukrainian army's retreat may be that the accumulated organizational problems of the 59th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine began to be exposed. In addition, the weather was extremely hot and the wounded could not be evacuated and ammunition could not be transported to the position.

Southwest of Krasnogorovka, not far from the reservoir, a Ukrainian army position in the forest came under artillery fire.

In the southern Georgievka region, according to video footage from the scene, Russian troops slightly expanded their area of ​​control to the north of the settlement and also attacked a position near a forest near the N-15 highway and advanced several hundred meters to the west.

Toretsk direction

According to Russian sources, in the direction of the village of New York, Russian troops are now also attacking in the direction of Oleksandopil.

In the Toretsk direction, Russian troops have occupied several high-rise buildings in the village of Pivnikny in recent days and currently control nearly half of the buildings.

The city of Toretsk and its surrounding areas were heavily bombarded by Russian artillery fire and FAB-3000 glide bombs.