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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief August 15th (updated)
2022-08-16
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 21:59 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation made a number of statements:

- In Kurakhovka DPR, Ukrainian nationalists mined two road bridges;
- The militants equipped a strong point and an ammunition depot in the school of Donetsk Artemovsk, placed artillery and MLRS nearby;
— Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine mined the approaches to a kindergarten in the Donetsk city of Avdievka;
— A total of 56 foreign ships from 14 states remain blocked in the ports of Ukraine;
— During the day, more than 25,000 people were evacuated to Russia from Ukraine and from the Donbass.

20:50 Ukraine continues to shell Energodar and the territory adjacent to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. According to a TASS correspondent, because of the shelling, the grass in the area around the station caught fire.

19:57 Today in Melitopol arrived humanitarian cargo necessary for the operation of the energy system of the Zaporozhye region.

A total of 16 trucks delivered from Kursk 90 tons of transformer oil, wires, cable joints and IT equipment, which will be required for the preparation of the region and the operation of energy facilities in the autumn-winter period.

19:57 More and more residents of the Zaporozhye region are applying for Russian citizenship.

To date, more than 30,000 applications with a full package of documents are being processed by specialists of passportization points.

At this stage, we continue to work out mechanisms for resolving particular cases in which citizens have a delay in the procedure for issuing and collecting documents for issuing a passport.

Now there are twelve points for receiving documents for issuing a passport in the largest settlements of the region in the region: three in Melitopol, two in Berdyansk, in Akimovka, Azov, Tokmak, Mikhailovka, Dneprorudny, Enogdar and Kamenka.

18:51 Russian helicopters continue to strike at the positions of Ukrainian troops, supporting the offensive of the allied forces, reports RIA Novosti correspondent.

The front line linking Seversk, Artemovsk and Soledar has been turned by the Ukrainian military into a powerful fortified area with a large amount of air defense, so Russian pilots have to fly extremely low so as not to be shot down.

18:00 Ukrainian troops are shelling Energodar, explosions have been recorded in the city and the area of ​​the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, local authorities report.

15:52 On the territory of arable land between Kholodnaya Balka and Velikaya Balka, exercises of mortar and grenade launcher crews of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are underway.

In addition, the complex of the off-road club "Vietnam" near the Khadzhibey estuary is used to train military personnel of the 35th Brigade. There, landings on an unequipped coast from inflatable boats are being practiced.

Ukrainian military personnel are stationed on the territory of civilian infrastructure facilities, primarily in schools in Nerubaysky and Velikaya Balka.

In addition, after an extreme strike on Ukrainian facilities in Veliky Dalnik, the reserve command post for the grouping of heterogeneous forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was moved to the territory of the military equipment fleet and the former Symphony communications center in the Zhovtnevoy Revolution.

▪️Object coordinates:

➖School in Nerubaysky: 46.5378299, 30.6198208
➖School in Velikaya Balka: 46.5378299, 30.6198208 Improvised polygon
➖: 46.5854706, 30.5937461
➖Complex "Vietnam": 46.5806571, 30.6174850 Fleet
➖: 46.4953387, 30.5764250 Knot
➖Contacts: 46.4951989, 30.5753699

15:52 In Russia began serial production of self-propelled guns 120mm mortar "Magnolia" and 120mm self propelled mortar/howitzer "Phlox"'

🔹The Research and Production Concern Uralvagonzavod told about the start of serial production of the latest 120-mm self-propelled guns "Flox" and "Magnolia", which were created by the company's specialists as part of the development work "Sketch".
🔸The Magnolia self-propelled gun, designed for operation in the Arctic region, uses a modernized fighting compartment of the 120mm 2S31 Vena self-propelled gun mounted on the chassis of a DT-10MP two-link tracked armored transporter
🔸Carried gun ammunition - at least 80 shells.
🔸The maximum firing range is up to 10 km, the rate of fire is up to 10 rounds per minute. Crew four.

🔹In turn, the 120-mm automated gun "Phlox" is made on the armored wheeled chassis "Ural-VV" (6x6).
🔸Ammunition is 60 shells with a range of up to 10 km.
🔸The mass of the combat vehicle is 20 tons, the crew is four. On the roof of the armored cabin is a remote-controlled combat module with a 12.7-mm Kord machine gun.
🔸Protection against guided weapons is provided by a system for detecting laser radiation and jamming.

14:47 The Verkhovna Rada extended martial law for 90 days, until November 23.

14:47 Wreckage of the British missile "Brimstone", which the Ukrainian army yesterday launched on the city of Enerhodar, Zaporizhia region. As a result, one local resident was killed, another was injured.

14:47 In the Zaporozhye region, more than 30,000 people have applied for Russian passports, the head of the CAA said.

14:04 Vacationers in the Odessa region blown upon mine. In the resort village of Zatoka, a mine exploded, as a result of which two people were killed and two more were injured. Having mined the sea off the coast, the Kyiv regime continues to put its citizens in mortal danger.

14:04 Russian troops involve multiple launch rocket systems BM-21 Grand and self-propelled guns 152mm gun MSTA and 122mm gun Acacia for striking at enemy positions.

14:03 Russian video conferencing destroy enemy positions with precision munitions

Presumably, light multi-purpose guided missiles are used for strikes - LMUR

🔹The light multi-purpose guided missile has a mass of 105 kg, a length of 1945 mm, and a body diameter of 200 mm.
🔹The range of the rocket is 14.5 kilometers, the flight speed is 230 meters per second, the flight altitude is from 100 to 600 meters.
🔹The missile is controlled using AS-UAV equipment,
🔹It allows you to communicate with the rocket at a distance of up to 50 kilometers and has a bandwidth of 5.4 Mbps, sufficient for real-time video transmission.

14:03 Ukraine destroy sown artillery. Ukrainian artillerymen successfully hit the 2S7 203mm Pion self-propelled weapon, but there is a nuance.

12:50 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:

▪️In the Dnepropetrovsk region, high-precision air-launched missiles of the Russian Federation disabled two traction electrical substations;
▪️The RF Armed Forces killed more than 100 and wounded more than 50 mercenaries from Poland and Germany near Zolochev with high-precision weapons;
▪️Russian artillery destroyed up to 70 percent of one of the battalions of the 66th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
▪️Russian Aerospace Forces killed more than 250 nationalists with precision weapons in the DPR;
▪️As a result of the strike of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 160 nationalists;
▪️The RF Armed Forces destroyed a missile and artillery depot in the Nikolaev region, three ammunition depots and two fuel depots near Kharkov.

12:04 Demonstrated for the first time at Army-2022armored car "Tiger"with a UAV detection and destruction module. The machine is equipped with a radar station and four machine guns, the firing range is one km.

12:04 In the suburbs opened international military-technical forum "Army-2022". A total of 72 states confirmed the participation of their official military delegations in the forum events.

12:05 Ukraine is losing its last professionals. One of the best Ukrainian military pilots, Captain Anton Listopad, died at the front.

11:05 Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraineride under fire by artillery of the RF Armed Forces. Presumably, the armored personnel carrier was hit with a 152mm gun.

10:32 Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Anti-Corruption Policy, Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, proposed raising the draft age for Ukrainians to 70 years, that is, calling on pensioners as well.

09:46 A colorful character, American Kent McLellan, nicknamed "Boneface", who was lucky to return to the United States,complainedjournalists that Vladimir Zelensky sent mercenaries to die.

He also said that for the transfer to Ukraine after the coup in 2014, the CIA brought him together with the right people.

09:27 At the June NATO summit, Ukraine held talks with British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, at which plans to destroy the Crimean bridge were discussed, Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko said.

09:21 Ukrainian militants continue their escape from positions.

07:30 The authorities of the Zaporozhye region proposed to declare a silence regime around the nuclear power plant.

"The UN leadership and the head of EU diplomacy should not declare about demilitarization, but about the introduction of a regime of silence, and also provide for not just sanctions for its violation, but the most severe sanctions for shelling nuclear power plants," Vladimir Rogov said.

07:02 military personnel special forces of the Russian Guard in the Kherson region.

06:09 Kyiv's statements about counteroffensives on Kherson are as empty as the promises voiced over the past eight years to allegedly liberate Donbass and Crimea - Deputy Head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Kirill Stremousov

05:02 The Russian army attacked targets near Nikolaev. At least five missiles were fired from the Kherson region and hit enemy targets.

04:38 A series of powerful strikes against targets in Kharkiv and the region. 10 explosions thundered in different areas

0:23 Two civilians in Odessa died as a result of an explosion on VSUshnyh naval mines.

Posted by:badanov

#2   Russia sure is irresponsible with their artillery shells:

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1559551915163279361
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962   2022-08-16 12:02  

#1   Looks like some more denazification occurring in Ukraine, Crimea this time again. Kerch bridge still backed up, now more Russians are volunteering to exit Ukraine, good for them:

https://twitter.com/Flash43191300/status/1559522868769202177
Posted by: Omineling Forkbeard1962   2022-08-16 11:20  

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