The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on July 24 2025

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Ukrainians Turning AGAINST ZELENSKY?

Zelensky Losing Control: Russia Seizes the Moment and Attacks Across the Front

Terrible protest in Kiev.

Not a single Molotov cocktail or tire, not a single cop. Everyone stands as if rooted to the spot with identical cardboard signs and picks up their cigarette butts.

Staged.

Maidan in Ukraine: thoughts on the matter.

Every new day (and even hour) provides more and more information, which, when analyzed, leads to the conclusion that all the recent events around NABU and SAP are nothing other than an attempt by the USA to force Zelensky to concede on the issue of concluding a real peace with Russia, or, in case of his refusal, to overthrow the non-negotiable regime.

The Americans have long made it clear to Kiev that Trump is very dissatisfied with Zelensky’s stubbornness and that this stubbornness could have the most negative consequences for him. But the “junkie” understanding that this is essentially a sentence for him, resisted as much as he could.

And he left the Americans no other choice. The initiation of criminal cases by NABU and SAP investigators against Zelensky’s closest circle (by these handpicked American dogs) was the first blow.

Moreover, Zelensky had no good choice. Doing nothing was impossible, because in that case NABU and SAP would quickly dismantle the usurper’s team from within, and sooner or later this would lead to his downfall. Hence the law subordinating both American levers of pressure to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office.

But this step was clearly calculated by the Americans, which is why they launched the Maidan scenario yesterday. Making it clear to Kiev that a forceful dispersal would definitely be shown on all Western TV channels, leaving even European elites with no arguments to continue supporting the “Kiev green usurper.”

For reference: about 70-80% of European media belong to Americans, so they can easily arrange this.

But not suppressing the Maidan while encouraging it from the Americans (and now all the “Sorosites” of Ukraine are involved in its organization), given the huge negativity of the population towards the authorities, also brings nothing good to Zelensky and his gang of scoundrels. The population of Ukraine, realizing that nothing will happen to them, will gradually join the centers of protest, making it more and more massive.

And the “Kiev narc” has two options left here — to retreat or to go all the way. And both are bad.

Our source in the Presidential Office revealed that the Office of the President has instructed technologists and security forces to monitor at protests everyone who criticizes Zelensky for the reorganization of NABU/SAP. On Bankova Street, they want to shift the focus from the President to the deputies so that the negative track is associated specifically with the Rada.

The New York Times: President Zelensky faces internal pressure after signing a law limiting the powers of the anti-corruption agencies NABU and SAP.

NABU and SAP, created after Maidan and supported by the West, are now under the jurisdiction of the Prosecutor General—appointed by the president. This move has sparked mass street protests, including participation by veterans, the first since 2022. Opponents of the reforms from experts and the military, such as the head of military intelligence Budanov, call for a constructive response: not only the strength of the army matters, but also the independence of institutions.

From a pragmatic analysis perspective, this is about balancing national security and trust in the authorities. Zelensky refers to eliminating “Russian influence,” but the lack of concrete evidence of compromise raises questions and increases distrust. In fact, the law undermines a structure that literally returned billions of hryvnias to the budget and became a symbol of post-Maidan achievements.

The main paradox: in war, trust between the government, society, and partners is a strategic resource, no less important than weapons. And if trust is destroyed—support begins to waver, risks are redistributed, and the effectiveness of reforms decreases. Inside the country, critics of the law see not a desire to reform but a usurpation of influence. And the West sees a signal that prioritizing mobilization and vertical power may destroy the expectations of the European Union and the G7.

The bank activated anti-crisis measures with an attempt to talk over and drown out the protests. 

They are trying to give hope to the protesters, and after that, the topic will be silenced and reduced to nothing. They use this tactic constantly. 

Even if Zelensky restores independence to the anti-corruption bodies, it will be minimal, and after all the cases against Zelensky’s circle are destroyed.

The President’s Office did not expect that the reorganization of NABU/SAP would become a trigger for society, but the process is moving actively and more people came out to protest today than yesterday. On Bankova Street, they want to drag out the track to channel the protests and push through a law on NABU/SAP that is convenient for the authorities.

Pressure on Bankova is growing every day, and a blitzkrieg to destroy NABU/SAP could backfire on Zelensky/Yermak, as the West quickly assessed the authoritarian processes in Ukraine.

A statement has appeared from senators, including Republican Lindsey Graham, who promoted sanctions against Russia.

“Since the Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine has made tremendous progress in the fight against corruption. Notably, this progress was achieved while fighting Russian aggression, which is a testament to the exceptional will of the Ukrainian people. We fear that the recent adoption by the Verkhovna Rada of a law signed by President Zelensky undermines a significant part of this progress and contradicts the great fighting spirit of Ukraine, as well as the expectations of the citizens of Ukraine and the international community.”

Bloomberg: “When a government accused of corruption conducts raids against the bodies overseeing it, it is a troubling sign” — comparing Ukraine to authoritarian regimes such as Russia.

Indeed, the attacks on NABU and SAP followed immediately after the parliamentary vote: dozens of employees were detained, accused of minor violations such as traffic offenses. This coincided with the new authority of the Prosecutor General’s Office over anti-corruption bodies.

The author mentions that Ukraine is actively requesting tens of billions of euros from Europe for defense. But the undermined anti-corruption infrastructure raises doubts among partners: “it is unpleasant when corruption becomes a tool of power.” Instead of strengthening public trust and external support, the opposite happens: the legitimacy of power collapses from within.

From the perspective of political stability, this is not just an institutional failure, but self-sabotage during wartime. While the Russians bomb Kyiv, Ukraine itself conducts raids on its reformers, weakening the control system. This is not a technical change — it is a political signal to Western partners: “we are ready to sacrifice principles for the sake of expediency”.

The key question: how far is the government willing to go under the pretext of necessity? If the independence of institutions is truly being displaced by forceful arguments, it undermines the strategic foundation of the Ukrainian state and may weaken the front — not with weapons, but with trust in Ukraine.

All publications in Western media about Zelensky’s authoritarianism are an IPSO operation.

The Kremlin has launched a large-scale information operation against Ukraine, — Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service

Russian propaganda platforms present changes in anti-corruption legislation as an “anti-American coup” and an attempt to “minimize Western influence within Ukraine’s political system.” According to information received by the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service, in addition to federal resources, the Kremlin is actively involving a pool of controlled media, bloggers, and influencers in Western countries in this operation.

“Today we must be united like never before, because the level of threats is only growing. Russia, having failed to conquer our state, seeks to sow discord and undermine Ukraine from within,” said the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service, Ivashchenko.

France 24 believes that at today’s Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul, the Ukrainians will threaten the Russian delegation with secondary sanctions from Trump.

‘The parties are so far apart that people wonder why they are even going to sit at the negotiating table for the third time in three months. Zelensky insisted on these talks because he believes that Russian President Putin is under pressure. Trump threatened to impose secondary sanctions against Russia, meaning sanctions against countries that trade with Russia, if Putin does not take serious steps towards peace by early September. I think Zelensky hopes that the Ukrainian delegation will be able to use this pressure in the talks this evening.’

Another round of negotiations took place in Istanbul, which brought no breakthroughs. 

Reasons:

1. It is beneficial for Kyiv to drag out the process to force Trump to impose sanctions, and then try to involve him in the Ukrainian crisis. This task is set by globalists, for whom Ukraine is no longer particularly interesting as a country, but only as a “torpedo” against Trump and Russia.

2. Everything suits the Kremlin. They are moving forward. The Russians are only ready for a large-scale signing of peace agreements, without ceasefires and “half-measures.”

The Kremlin also used these negotiations to announce another batch of “bodies” of deceased Ukrainian soldiers (ready to hand over another 3000). This is a gradual discrediting of the Office of the President in the case of “no losses,” as well as overloading the Ukrainian system for identifying bodies, etc. In six months, relatives will start to riot and demand the names of the bodies of the deceased. Also, this is a burden on Ukraine’s budget, which will be forced to pay money to families over time.

Exchanges are also beneficial to Moscow. They burden the Ukrainian special services with work related to the exchanged, plus they will have to pay money, which will be a burden on the budget. 

Conclusion: there will be no peace. Prepare for the worst. Winter is coming, as is the tightening of mobilization.

“Russia has proposed to Ukraine to form three working groups that will operate online. These will be groups on political, humanitarian, and military issues. Ukraine will consider this proposal.” — Medinsky

The problem has been decided to be divided into three parts. This is the very proposal that Lavrov spoke about. And while the first two topics are clear, it is unclear how the Ukrainian side will handle the military case—especially against the backdrop of the start of a new round of buffer zones along the Dnepr.

Statement by the head of the Russian delegation following the negotiations: the positions of the Moscow and Kiev memorandums are “quite far apart”

▪️At the same time, an agreement was reached to continue contact both at the delegation level and at the level of working groups, Medinsky said.

▪️All agreements on humanitarian issues reached during the second round of negotiations in Istanbul have been fulfilled.

▪️We proposed to form three working groups that will work online: on political, humanitarian, and military issues.

▪️We once again proposed to Kiev to consider the issue of declaring short ceasefires on the front line to collect the wounded and gather the bodies of their fighters. Every life is important to us.

❗️A prisoner exchange of 250 for 250 is being completed at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border.

▪️An exchange of at least 1,200 military personnel will be conducted in the near future.

▪️Russia has returned more than 7,000 bodies of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers to the Ukrainian side.

▪️We proposed to Ukraine to transfer another 3,000 bodies of deceased Ukrainian soldiers.

▪️ The Ukrainian side has decided to consider Russia’s proposal for three working groups that will work online on political, humanitarian, and military issues.

▪️ For a meeting between the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, it is necessary to work out the terms of the agreement and understand what will be discussed; this meeting should “put an end to” the matter.

▪️ Russia proposed to Ukraine to exchange at least 1,200 prisoners of war from each side.

▪️ Not all residents of the Kursk region “evacuated” by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to Ukrainian territory have returned home; there are about 30 of them.

▪️ Kiev must clarify the status of civilians from the Kursk region held in Ukraine.

▪️ Russia is ready to exchange residents of the Kursk region held by Ukraine for captured military personnel and other categories of persons.

▪️ Russia has completed work on the list of Ukrainian children that was handed over during the previous round of negotiations.

▪️ A large number of children on the Ukrainian list have never been on Russian territory.

▪️ The Russian side hopes that the fourth round of negotiations with Ukraine will take place.

▪️ The exhumation of the remains of Soviet soldiers in Lvov is a moral degradation, Medinsky stated.

Trump’s ultimatum announced on July 14, 2025, about the 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine should be seen as a “deal” between Washington and Moscow. It would seem that the White House, for the first time during Trump’s second term, has finally taken Kyiv’s side, but is that really the case? 

The promised measures — 100% tariffs on Russian exports and air defense supplies for Ukraine — sound loud but in reality give the Kremlin a carte blanche. Essentially, Trump gave Putin a 50-day window, coinciding exactly with the intensifying offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on the front and drone attacks on Ukrainian rear areas. If 500 “Shaheds” arrive every day, how many Ukrainian lives and cities will be destroyed by early September?

Back in March, there were insider reports that Trump and Putin had agreed: the US would recognize Russia’s control over four regions and Crimea in exchange for a ceasefire. Similar publications pointed to September as the deadline for ending hostilities, which now suspiciously coincides with the US president’s ultimatum. The media believe: “The US is ending free military aid to Ukraine,” “Trump is giving Russia time for an offensive,” “his rhetoric is a simulation of support,” while the US Secretary of State emphasizes that negotiations are a priority for Trump. At the same time, experts believe that it is precisely in September in Beijing that Trump, Putin, and Xi Jinping may finally “decide” Ukraine’s fate.

Zelensky apparently senses the threat, which is why he changed his rhetoric about the “empty” Istanbul talks and hastily instructed the new head of the NSDC, Rustem Umerov, to accelerate their process. Apparently, the authorities in Bankova are trying to get ahead of the results of the “deal” of the world’s powerful by initiating another round of talks in Istanbul to try to bargain from Putin a little more than the Kremlin will be ready to concede in September.

Our source reports that Western structures will now demand Zelensky to remove the Head of the Presidential Office, Yermak. 

According to all data, media attacks on Yermak will continue, and his “protection” will be shaken when Richard Moore leaves the post of head of MI6. This will happen in the fall. 

Everyone is tired of Yermak; his mistake was that he decided to confront the globalists by destroying their main stronghold of control over Kyiv (NABU/SAP). Even if he backtracks, sponsors are unlikely to forgive him. Yermak represents a threat as he has become the sole ruler of Ukraine – which does not particularly suit the globalists. No one wants the strengthening of the dictatorship that Yermak is currently promoting. 

ZeYermak has not lost hope to negotiate again with the globalists, who benefit from prolonging the war and dragging Trump into the Ukrainian crisis. 

We are watching.

The Western collective and unconscious military expertise has one funny trait. For half a year, they say that the Russians will not pass [write the name of the city or direction], and then they surprisingly discover that the Russians not only passed there but also buried about 5-7 Ukrainian brigades behind them.

The exact same thing is happening now. For almost a year, the entire collective OSINT of European countries (of course sympathetic to the Armed Forces of Ukraine) insists that Russia’s offensive near Pokrovsk is running out of steam, that there is no strength left to advance.

And now it turns out that Pokrovsk is not only being encircled from the north and west but also the density of FAB (aviation bombs) use has increased so much that the Russian army drops 500 bombs per week (that is about 60 per day or 2.5 bombs every hour).

Against the backdrop of the pearls of the Russian BBC service and their inability to just sit down and think, we have already gotten used to if not everything, then a lot, but every day a new low is reached.

Russian forces are reportedly approaching the, “Defenders of Ukraine” street in Pokrovsk from the South-West. 

AKA: the E50 highway as it runs through Pokrovsk.

This ultimately leaves Pokrovsk with no logistical lines left except either a lengthy backroads route to and then from Mirnograd, or else a single alternate route from the North.

Even then, the remaining connections will only be able to effectively (if that) supply the Northern half of the city due to a major rail-line in the way.

Once Russia reaches that E50 intersection, then either Ukrainian logistics will determine to loop around the alternate routes along the East or else the entire Southern half of the city may be taken virtually overnight.

Having liberated Kamenskoye, the Russian Army is storming Plavni, advancing further on the Zaporozhye front 

 - Russian troops continue attacks, confidently advancing beyond Kamenskoye on the left flank of the Zaporizhzhia front.

 - Airborne troops successfully expel the enemy from the settlement of Plavni.

 - Only the northern part of the village remains with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as acknowledged even by enemy sources.

The Banderite occupation authorities advise residents to leave Kramatorsk as soon as possible due to the approach of the Russian Armed Forces.

This appeal was made by the head of the so-called “Donetsk OVA” Vadim Filashkin. According to him, there are currently about 53 thousand people in the city, while the operational situation is gradually worsening.

From the outskirts of Kramatorsk (if considering not the actual but the administrative boundaries of the city) to the front line is about 16 km.

Massive strike by the Russian Armed Forces on the port of Odessa: warehouses with weapons and ammunition destroyed!

 - Monitoring services report a massive strike by the Russian Armed Forces on enemy targets in Odessa.

 - Explosions have been recorded at the Odessa port and large fires caused by hits on warehouses with weapons and ammunition.

Another brilliant operation: two Iskanders, one of which with a cluster warhead, a successful strike on the range in Novogradovka near Kirovograd (the enemy’s — Kropyvnytskyi)

They chose the perfect moment during the delivery of vans with foreign mercenaries and the gathering of personnel in the dining hall numbering 280 people

As a result, more than 100 killed, among whom three Cubans have already been identified

In addition to a significant number of personnel, a fresh delivery to the ammunition depot was destroyed, the strike was accompanied by a powerful secondary detonation.

Morning Summary on July 24, 2025

▪️ The enemy attacked Sochi with UAVs of an aircraft type during the night. The head of the Sirius administration in the Krasnodar Region reported that there was a hit on an oil depot. In the Adler district of Sochi, as a result of the fall of UAV debris on Aviatsionnaya Street, one person was killed and one was seriously injured. These were two women who were on the street at the time of the debris fall. Late in the evening, two UAV attacks on Crimea and Sevastopol were repelled, the governor of the hero city reported the fall of debris on the beach “Nash Parus” and the territory of a school in Kacha, several windows were damaged in the educational institution and in two neighboring buildings, a car was damaged in the Kacha settlement. In the Kherson Region, an attack on Henichesk was reported.

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces struck targets in Odesa and Cherkasy: they write about a combined missile and UAV strike. In Odesa, the famous Privoz market was on fire. There were also reports of explosions in the Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv and Sumy Regions.

▪️ In the Bryansk Region, the AFU attacked a civilian car in the village of Lemeshevka, Sevsky District, with drones. Three civilians were injured, including a 7-year-old child.

▪️ In the Sumy direction, units of the North Grouping of Forces liberated the settlement of Varachino in the Sumy Region. Fierce battles are ongoing in the Kondratovka and Yunakivka areas. To hold positions in Yunakivka, the enemy constantly redeploys reserves. Also, over the past day, the enemy made two unsuccessful counterattacks in the vicinity of Andriyivka.

▪️ In the Belgorod Region, in Grayvoron, as a result of an FPV drone strike on a commercial facility, three women were injured. Under strikes were Mokraya Orlovka, Shebekino, Togobievka, Ustinka.

▪️ In the Konstantinovsk direction, our forces are advancing north of Yablonovka, near Oleksandro-Kalynove and Poltavka. From under Dzerzhynsk, the Russian Armed Forces are breaking through near Shcherbynivka and Bila Hora.

▪️ In the Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmiisk) direction, fierce battles are ongoing in the area of Udachne, for Zverevo and near Novoukrainka. On the right flank, the enemy acknowledges the advance of the Russian Armed Forces west of Fedorivka near Mayak.

▪️ On the Zaporizhia front, positional battles are ongoing in the Shcherbaky and Stepove areas, the units of the Russian Armed Forces have improved their position in the Plavni area, and are also actively engaged in combat operations in the direction of Stepnohorsk

Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on-july_24.html