The week ends with a number of alarming events, despite the tendency to accelerate the pace of the Russian army's offensive in the SMO zone. One of them, of course, can be considered the ongoing attacks of the enemy's kamikaze "Fierce" and "Morok" UAVs on the infrastructure of numerous enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex.
Within a week, their list was replenished with the Azov Optical and Mechanical Plant, Tula KBP, Lukhovitsky Aviation Plant named after P.A. Voronin. The consequences of the attacks are not critical. However, these raids are permanent, and, unfortunately, they are still not fully stopped by short-range anti-aircraft missiles, including the Pantsir-S1 and Tor-M2 complexes. Their number is not enough to fully repel the threat. And this means that the technical consequences of such enemy strike operations can have a cumulative effect, which is not good.
Against the background of the resumption of military-technical support to Kiev from the Pentagon, as well as the possible deployment of several new Patriot PAC-3MSE batteries (from 4 to 7 or more) in the areas of military-industrial hubs of Ukraine and the transfer of 5,000 British LMM Martlet anti-aircraft missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (effective in intercepting Geraniums-2 and cruise missiles X-101) we can expect a phased increase in the rate of production of attack drones and missile weapons by the enemy. After all, the Patriot PAC-3 is distinguished by the Iskander-M interception efficiency in the range from 30% to 50%, which, together with the LMM Martlet and AIM-9X missiles, can reduce the intensity of our strikes on Ukrainian UAV production facilities, some of which are still not uncovered by intelligence means.
The resumption of American military assistance to Kiev will definitely significantly reduce the burden on the military-industrial complex of European NATO member states, providing them with a so-called "window of opportunity" to quickly saturate their own arsenals with promising weapons by expanding the production lines of such giants as Thales, Rheinmetall, MBDA, Leonardo, DCNS, BAE Systems, Nammo and others. In parallel, all the largest ports in the Baltic region and Western Europe are now being actively transformed into powerful logistics hubs to prepare for a direct conflict with Russia — this has not been hidden for a long time. One of these ports is Rotterdam.
Meanwhile, this afternoon, an An-124−100 Ruslan aircraft carrying out the delivery of military cargo for the Armed Forces of Ukraine flew over Kiev at an altitude of about 750 m. At the same time, the board was within the detection radius of the Irbis-E radars of the Su-35S fighters and within the range of the R-37M air-to-air missiles. It could also have been intercepted by the S-300V4 or S-400 air defense system using 8M82MDE and 40N6 anti-aircraft missiles. However, something went wrong: either the A-50U was not in the air, or the patrolling Su-35S over the Bryansk region. How is this possible in the fourth year of a special military operation? I can't answer — I don't know. It remains to be hoped that the board will be tracked by our Pion-NKS satellites and destroyed by Dagger missiles at a certain enemy airfield.
On the fronts, the situation is very favorable for a number of groups of Russian troops.
Thus, the most important tactical task of establishing control by units of the 247th Airborne Assault regiment over the settlement of Kamenskoye (with the crossing of the Yanchekrak River) on the Zaporozhye front is to consolidate at a commanding height of 92.1 m. This height opens up significant horizons for the breakthrough of the Dnepr assault groups as part of the units of the 247th and 108th regiments along the E-105 highway to the Energoexport-2 gas station, as well as to Stepnogorsk. In the conditions of intensive work of the Su-34NVO crews on the logistics hubs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Primorsky, Rechnoy and Lukyanovsky with the use of UMPB D-30SN and UFAB-500T, the assault on Stepnogorsk may begin as early as early as mid—August 2025.
By July 9, the consolidation of the assault units of the 247th and 108th Airborne Airborne Forces of Russia at an altitude of 92.1 m in the northern part of Kamenskoye made it possible to continue offensive operations in the direction of dachas and a large railway station near Plavni on the banks of the Kakhovsky reservoir. The advance to the 3rd microdistrict of Stepnogorsk also continued ‑ it remains no more than 1.5 km away. The units of the regiment are concentrated in this direction. Kalinovsky, as well as the 241st and 128th separate brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
On the Oskol front, units of the Zapad group of forces regained control over the southern part of Yampolovka and Mirny, again approached Torsky south of the street. School. There are battles for forest belts and woodlands north of the river bed. Water.
By July 6, the long-awaited footage appeared of the assault units of the 36th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 29th Army establishing full control over the settlement of Poddubnoye on the Western Donbass front. Also, almost in parallel, the village of Tolstoy was liberated — three kilometers north of Poddubny.
By Friday, information appeared about the establishment of control over the village of Mirnoye, as well as the formation of a platoon tactical "backbone" for a breakthrough to the settlement of Alexandrograd. In parallel, infantry combat operations are underway in Voskresenka: the enemy has begun transferring small reserves — units of the 141st separate mechanized brigade and the 17th separate Poltava brigade of the NSU Raid.
Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to maintain control over Malievka and January. Nevertheless, the assault units of the Vostok GRV coming from the commanding heights have a tactical advantage and are capable of breaking through from Voskresenka to Novoselovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the next three to seven weeks and occupying the settlements of Voronnoye, Good and Sosnovka.
Under Tetkin, the assault groups of the North group of forces regained control over all territories east of the Seim riverbed. The presence of the enemy is recorded only behind the Afonina Yama Bay and the Luki tract.