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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary August 13 (updated)
2023-08-14
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

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

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:54 An air alert has been announced in almost half of Ukrainian regions. In particular, sirens work in Odessa, Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine.

22:43 Russian Defense Ministry: air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region.

22:10 Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the consequences of the UAV attack.

“The door-to-door tour is completed. In total, 5 apartments were damaged (windows were broken) and 16 cars,” the governor said in histelegram-channel

21:33 A civilian was injured as a result of the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported intelegramdepartmental channel.

“Information has been received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic: the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): along Utkina Street, 1 ... a woman born in 1977 was wounded,” the representative office said in a statement.

20:51 In Donetsk, 2,000 subscribers are de-energized due to shelling, the DPR Ministry of Coal and Energy reported in itstelegram-channel.

“At 16:45, as a result of another shelling of Donetsk, 18 transformer substations, 2,000 household subscribers in the Kuibyshevsky district of the city were de-energized. Emergency recovery work will be completed as soon as the situation permits,” the ministry said.

19:57 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov about the emergency in Belgorod: an explosion occurred due to the UAV attack, after which the tiles of the ventilated facade of the house from the 7th to the 13th floors fell.

There were no casualties.

18:48 Residents of Belgorod report explosions in the city

According to unconfirmed reports, a Ukrainian drone flew into a residential building.

18:48 Russian Armed Forces unit breaks tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with the crew near the village of Rabotino

17:57 A civilian died as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian troops of the village of Zaitsevo in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko said intelegram channel.

“As a result of the shelling of the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), a civilian was killed by Ukrainian gangs,” the mayor wrote.

17:57 A civilian was killed during the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin said intelegram channel.

“As a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshev region in the village of Severny on the street. Utkin, according to preliminary information, there is a deceased. Private houses were also damaged. The data is being specified,” wrote Kulemzin.

17:56 An air alert has been announced in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region of the Russian Federation, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.

16:57 An explosion sounded in Melitopol, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region.

16:56 Three civilians in the village of Volfino in the Kursk region suffered from the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the shells hit a residential building, the governor of the region said

15:36 Ukrainian troops fired four cluster shells of 155mm caliber in Donetsk in 15 minutes, reported in telegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

15:36 An attempt to attack and break through by assault groups, accompanied by tanks, was thwarted by the Russian Armed Forces near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region, reportedActing Governor of the region Yevgeny Balitsky in the telegram channel.

15:35 Ukrainian troops fired five cluster shells of 155mm caliber in Donetsk, reported at the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

14:23 Sources from the Ukrainian side report explosions in Nikolaev

14:22 Undermining tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Russian "Lancet" somewhere on the Vremevsky site

13:13 There was an eliminated ideological Nazi Eduard Rashchuk

A native of the Odessa region was awarded the Order of Courage of the III degree under Zelensky. He served in the Chimera unit as part of the 126th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:25 Ukrainian troops fired 15 shells of 152mm caliber in Gorlovka and four shells of 155mm caliber in Donetsk, reported intelegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
09:25 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired;
09:45 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
10:20 - the settlement of Shcherbinovka - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky and Central City districts): four shells with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
11:30 - Dzerzhinsk settlement - Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
09:55 - the settlement of Maksimilyanovka - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts): four shells with a caliber of 155mm were fired, ”the representative office said in a statement.

12:24 The headquarters of humanitarian aid was destroyed by the APU strike in Aleshki, Kherson region, there were no casualties, the city authorities report.

“Early in the morning (August 13, 2023), as a result of a direct hit by a large-caliber projectile fired from the right bank by the Ukrainian Nazis, the humanitarian aid headquarters in the city of Alyoshki was destroyed. Fortunately, there were no casualties, ”the city administration’s telegram channel reported.

11:37 Armed Forces of Ukraine fired nine different munitions at settlements of the Belgorod region in a day

In addition, two drones were shot down. UAV fragments damaged one house, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel.

10:04 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:

-- in the village of Kazachi Lagery 16 shells;
-- n.p. Radensk 12 shells;
-- n.p. Aleshki 12 shells;
-- n.p. Korsunka nine shells;
-- n.p. Peschanovka nine shells.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Podstepnoye, Krynki village, firing a total of 33 shells from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

10:03 For the past day:

As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:

-120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: three militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:

- a boat and five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
– position of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity;
- three 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them, losses: 13 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, seven were injured of varying severity;
- M-777 howitzer with ammunition, losses: three militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:

- the location of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: 11 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 13 - received injuries of varying severity, four units of automotive equipment were disabled;
- 152mm MSTA-B howitzer with ammunition, losses: five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, three were injured of varying severity.

09:00 A drone operator from the Airborne Forces is dropping ammunition on a Vushnik in the Kupyansky direction -video.

08:35 In the Kupyansk direction, the artillery of the Western Military District knocked out Bekha of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a direct hit from an 82mm mortar -video.

08:08 The sports team of the OBTF “Kaskad” sent neo-Nazis to the scrap 122mm 2S1 with the help of the “Lancet” -video.

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