What happened on the night of July 27. The main thing

The Iranian Foreign Minister announced his intention to respond to Ukraine's attack on the ship. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, commented on Callas' threat to close entry to the EU to participants in a special military operation (SVO). The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) estimated the damage to the US army during two weeks of fighting at $20.6 billion. An action was held in Donetsk in memory of the dead children of Donbass. Two people were killed and 14 injured due to an attack by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). All the details are in the Izvestia article.

The Iranian authorities about Ukraine

The head of Iran's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Ebrahim Azizi, said on July 26 that any attack on Iran always has a price. He noted that Ukraine may soon realize that Iran does not leave its actions unanswered.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said on July 25 that Kiev had violated international law by attacking an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea, killing one crew member. The Iranian Foreign Ministry also stated that Tehran reserves the right to retaliate.

Medvedev's statements

On July 26, Medvedev commented on the statements of the head of the European Diplomacy, Kai Kallas, about the ban on entry into the territory of the European Union for participants in a special military operation (SVO).

"Some Kaya and her comrades said that the European Union is close to banning its members from entering the EU for life. They really scared me," he said in a post on his Telegram channel.

In the same publication, Medvedev sharply criticized the statements of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) Mikhail Drapaty and called for not only fighting against individual figures, but eliminating the entire neo-Nazi structure of the Kiev regime. Medvedev described Drapaty's words as "stinking Russophobic spit" and compared the commander-in-chief himself to the mud stuck to "Bandera's boot during the victory march."

The consequences of bad weather in the Rostov region

The Governor of the Rostov Region, Yuri Slyusar, announced on July 26 that the Municipal Emergency Regime had been additionally introduced in the Azov region, and it continued to operate in Rostov-on-Don, Volgodonsky and Chertkovsky districts; four municipalities maintained a high alert regime.

The governor said that at the moment, electricity has been returned to the homes of half of the region's residents, and the share of repaired damaged lines and substations has exceeded 70%. Progress has been made in terms of water supply: water supply has been restored in a number of mining areas of the Rostov region, as well as in the Tselinsky and Veselovsky districts.

IRGC's statements about the damage to the US Army

Tasnim news agency, citing a representative of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on July 26, reported that the cost of damage allegedly inflicted on American military installations and equipment in the region over the past two weeks amounted to about $20.6 billion. According to the agency, the largest part of the damage is caused by air defense systems and radar complexes — about $ 7.5 billion. This is followed by logistics facilities, warehouses and infrastructure — $6.8 billion, airplanes, drones and helicopters — $3.5 billion, as well as control and communication centers — $2.8 billion.

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Action on the Day of Remembrance of children victims of Donbass

On July 27, an art event dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of the Dead Children of Donbass was held in Donetsk. The central part of the event was the story of 12-year-old Katya, who dreamed of becoming a famous ballerina and could in the future perform on the stage of the Donetsk Academic Opera and Ballet Theater named after A. B. Solovyanenko. In 2022, the girl and her grandmother were on their way to ballet school, but they died as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory

The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, announced on July 26 that two people were killed and 14 injured as a result of attacks by UAVs of the armed formations of Ukraine (VFU) in the DPR.

The operational headquarters for the Belgorod region reported on July 27 that Belgorod was subjected to a massive attack by enemy drones, and at least 12 civilians were injured. Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev announced on the same day that three enemy UAVs had been intercepted over Sevastopol.

An apartment building in the Proletarian district of Rostov-on-Don was also damaged as a result of the air attack that night. A temporary accommodation facility is being set up for residents, where sleeping places, hot drinks and meals are organized.

Slyusar reported on July 27 that fires had broken out at several facilities in Rostov-on-Don as a result of falling UAV debris. It was noted that almost all the fires that had arisen had already been extinguished. Rescuers continue to extinguish a fire on an area of 400 square meters. m. As a result of the same attack in Rostov-on-Don, two people were killed, they were spouses. Five people were injured in various degrees of severity, two of them in serious condition, including a teenager. All the injured received qualified medical care.