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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary August 14 (updated)
2023-08-15
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] 23:00 JCCC: Fire was detected from the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Kurakhovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired.

21:28 The number of civilians injured as a result of the shelling of the village of Kremenets in the Donetsk People's Republic by Ukrainian troops has grown to four, reported intelegram channels Mayor of Donetsk Aleksey Kulemzin.

“Another resident of the village of Kremenets, born in 1961, was taken to a medical facility with shrapnel wounds,” Kulemzin wrote.
20:03 Ukrainian troops fired six 155mm NATO caliber shells at Makeevka and Gorlovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported intelegramdepartmental channel.

“The shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:

16.15 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Kalinin district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired;
17.50 - the settlement of Orlovka - the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three shells of 155 mm caliber were fired, ”the message says.

19:33 Personnel destruction of an enemy battery of S-300 air defense systems in the Nikolaev region

After a projectile hit the installation and detonation of the BC, one of the missiles of the complex spontaneously flew up.

18:36 In the zone of the NMD, the commander of the reconnaissance detachment of the national battalion "Kyiv Rus"* Petr Korsak was eliminated. A native of Lviv became a participant in the hostilities in the Donbass immediately after the “Maidan”. With the beginning of the SVO, he again returned to the ranks of the Ukrainian national formations.

Also, in the Kupyansk direction, a major from the presidential brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Tsyb, was eliminated.

18:10 Three civilians were injured as a result of the shelling of the village of Kremenets and the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, reported intelegram channels Mayor of the administrative center of the DPR Aleksey Kulemzin.

“As a result of the barbaric shelling of the territory of our city by the Nazis, civilians are again suffering. In the village of Kremenets, along Oktyabrskaya Street, a woman born in 1963 and a man born in 1959 were wounded. In the Kuibyshev region, a man born in 1944 was wounded in the courtyard of a house on Rustaveli Street,” the mayor wrote.

17:37 Servicemen of the Lugansk 2nd Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces near Belogorovka in the Lugansk People's Republic captured six paratroopers of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a representative of the corps told RIA Novosti on Monday.

17:03 The child was injured as a result of the shelling of Yuryevka with long-range missiles 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.

“On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on August 14, as of 16:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic: the settlement of Yuryevka, a child was injured - a boy born in 2017,” the representative office said in a telegram channel.

15:57 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a sea-based high-precision long-range weapon at the places of production and storage of unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

🔹The goal of the high-precision strike of the RF Armed Forces has been achieved, all designated targets have been hit;

🔹For the first time, an Alakran mortar made in Spain was destroyed in the special operation zone;

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled six attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Donetsk in a day;

🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 150 fighters and 2 tanks in the Donetsk direction in a day;

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled 6 attacks and counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, destroyed up to 65 enemy servicemen;

🔹The RF Armed Forces hit a battery of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the Zeleny Guy area;

🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 240 fighters in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction per day;

🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction, destroyed up to 90 enemy servicemen;

🔹The Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroyed the enemy reconnaissance group in a day;

🔹Russian air defense intercepted two HIMARS shells per day, destroyed 28 Ukrainian drones;

🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 50 soldiers, a tank, an M777 artillery system, a CEZAR self-propelled gun and a Krab gun mount in a day in the Zaporozhye direction.


15:57 Local sources report explosions in Kyiv, no air raid alert

14:30 Ukrainian troops fired two 155mm cluster shells from "NATO" artillery in the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, reported in telegram channels representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

13:34 Air defense forces destroyed six strike drones that tried to attack objects in the Kursk region, RIA Novosti reports citing a source in emergency services

13:34 Supreme Council of the Russian Federation continue to destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction

12:34 Statementshead of the press center of the West group. Main:

🔹In order to restore the lost positions in the Kupyansky direction, the enemy during the day carried out six counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized and 95th Separate Airborne Brigades against our positions in the area of ​​​​the settlements of Sin'kovka and the forest of Usy.

🔹In addition, during the fighting, the assault groups of the 6th Combined Arms Army captured three strongholds, three observation posts and defeated an infantry platoon in the area of ​​​​the village of Olshana.

🔹In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy carried out two attacks on the positions of our troops by assault groups of the 32nd and 44th Separate Mechanized Brigades.


11:19 Air defense repelled the Ukrainian attack on Berdyansk, all missiles were shot down, the operational services of the Zaporozhye region told reporters.

“At 9:30 am, militants of the terrorist Kyiv regime tried to launch a missile attack on Berdyansk. The air defense system of the Russian Armed Forces has successfully worked out. All missiles have been shot down. There are no victims and injured, as well as no damage, ”said the representative of the department.

11:18 A ten-year-old girl was injured on Sunday in Belgorod during an attack by a Ukrainian drone, she will undergo an operation in the near future, reported RIA Novosti chief physician of the children's regional hospital Andrey Tulinov.

On Sunday evening, a drone crashed into the facade of a multi-storey building in Belgorod. After the explosion, the tiles of the ventilated facade on the level from the 7th to the 13th floor fell. Windows were broken in five apartments, and 16 cars were also damaged. According to the examination of specialists, the supporting structures of the house were not damaged.

“I confirm the fact of the presence of a girl, but I cannot provide you with a diagnosis,” the doctor answered the question of whether a 10-year-old girl who suffered from a drone explosion was admitted to the hospital. He added that the child's condition is assessed as moderate, she will soon be sent to the operating room.

10:16 Ukrainian troops on Monday morning shelled the regions of Donetsk and Gorlovka, firing a total of 16 shells of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported intelegram channels.

“The shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:
08:30 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Galitsinovka - the city of Donetsk (Kiev district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired ...
08:20 - the settlement of Kleban-Byk - the settlement Gorlovka (Central City District): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired,” the report says.

09:33 In Odessa, air defense destroyed the Fozzy shopping center. Curved rockets and crooked hands continue their work. For some reason, the “heroes” did not report this on the Internet, but we will correct the unfortunate omission -video

09:32 This night our army inflicted a powerful missile attack on Odessa and the region using cruise missiles "Caliber" and UAV "Geran". More than 10 arrivals at enemy military facilities.

In Zaporozhye, a powerful blow was also dealt with the use of the Iskander OTRK on enemy clusters.

08:15 Footage of night strikes on Odessa (video from the channel “Typical Odessa”) —video

08:10 A skilled Ukrainian drove the "Leopard" into the pit. The Russian UAV operator decided to help him with the help of the Lancet - it was not possible to pull out the car, but everyone is satisfied with the work -video

Posted by:badanov

#1   Looks like the sanctions and Putin's war are finally causing unavoidable problems. Good:
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1691408841748189184

These Russians, they just beg to be taken care of. Why not overthrow your government that steals from you and lives like King Midas instead of begging from them to get what is rightfully yours?

https://twitter.com/WhereisRussia/status/1691118789029396480

Another school hit far from the front. There's gonna be a whole lot of Russians executed inside Russia in the next decade by Ukraine patriots and Russia can do nothing to stop it.

https://twitter.com/cossackgundi/status/1691364996771397632
Posted by: Flater Forkbeard8651   2023-08-15 16:38  

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