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2024-08-13 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 12, 2024

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:17 During the day, the Russians repeatedly shelled Kherson, at the moment there are five known casualties, including a five-year-old child, OVA reported. In addition, two people were injured in the Belozersk community - the Russians attacked a civilian car moving along the highway from a drone. Also, two residents of Antonovka, who were injured as a result of yesterday's Russian strikes, sought medical assistance today.

21:22 US Senator Richard Blumenthal during his visit to Kiev called the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region "historic": "The breakthrough in Kursk on the front is historic. This is a large-scale breakthrough. Good news, big news that promises even more potential breakthroughs."

In turn, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region is "bold, brilliant and simply beautiful." He said that he would "press Biden so that the United States gives Ukraine all the weapons to win a war that cannot be lost."

20:15 Zelensky said in an evening video address that Kursk will be the "final" of Putin's rule: "We see how Russia is actually moving forward under Putin: 24 years ago there was the Kursk disaster - the symbolic beginning of his rule. And now we can see what will be the finale for him. And Kursk too. The catastrophe of his war."

The President emphasized that the territory of the Kursk region, which is currently controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "in particular, are the areas from which the Russian army launched attacks on our Sumy region, therefore our operations are purely a matter of security for Ukraine: liberation of the border area from Russian troops."

The head of state thanked "soldiers, sergeants and officers for their courage and effectiveness of their actions," and also separately thanked each unit that replenishes the exchange fund for Ukraine. "It is fundamental for us to return all our people from Russian captivity. And today, at Headquarters, the structures involved in exchanges - and this is the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs - were instructed to communicate as actively as possible with the relatives of Ukrainian prisoners. Transparently explain to them how the exchange lists are formed, who can really be returned now. In general, it was instructed to present a clear strategy for the return of our people from Russian captivity. The next Headquarters should have a corresponding report."

He also said that he met today with a delegation from the U.S. Senate, including Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal, both of whom represent both parties. "We discussed what exactly it takes to end this war and end it fairly. I explained in detail our need for long-range capability," the president said.

19:48 Russians shelled Konstantinovka in Donetsk Oblast - one person was killed, one was wounded, OVA head Vadim Filashkin reported. Another person was killed as a result of the Russian strike on Toretsk.

19:19 The military operation in the Kursk region may develop into a new full-fledged front in a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, Western analysts and journalists believe. Read more about what is happening in this Russian region in the article The Kursk operation is gaining momentum .

19:11 Zelensky promised on the occasion of Ukrainian Youth Day that Ukraine "despite the harsh circumstances of the war, will not have a generation lost because of the war. We will end this war the way Ukraine needs and restore security to our state."

19:03 The Foreign Ministers of Italy and Switzerland, Antonio Tajani and Ignazio Cassis, signed a joint declaration calling for a second Global Peace Summit "with the involvement of all parties," including Russia.

18:24 Zelensky officially confirmed the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region for the first time. According to the president, today he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, where the main report was given by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky on "our defensive actions at the front and the operation in the Kursk region." Among other things, the Minister of Internal Affairs, other officials, and the SBU were instructed to prepare a humanitarian plan for the territory where the operation is taking place.

During the meeting, Syrsky spoke about the "continuation of the offensive operation in the Kursk region." According to him, Ukrainian troops currently control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. He also emphasized that the troop groups "are fulfilling their assigned tasks."

In addition, the Coordination Headquarters, the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were instructed to prepare a clear and transparent strategy for the return of Ukrainians from Russian captivity, and the Ministry of Defense and diplomats were instructed to submit a list of necessary actions to obtain permission from partners to use long-range weapons to protect Ukrainian territory.

17:48 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called for an end to the "reckless attacks" on the Zaporizhzhya NPP: "These reckless attacks threaten nuclear safety at the plant and increase the risk of a nuclear accident. They must stop now."

17:31 Energodar Mayor Dmitry Orlov said that the fire in the cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhya NPP was a provocation by the Russians: "Now, since all the units are cold, they are not working at all, there is nothing to burn there. Unless the occupiers put something there that could burn. There are only metal structures and reinforced concrete. Therefore, there was nothing physically to catch fire there." He added that the distance to the nearest power unit is about a kilometer, so there is no radiation hazard.

17:26 The SBU stated that it is recording attempts by Russian special services to use the situation in the Kursk region to baselessly accuse Ukrainian defenders of committing war crimes. To do this, the Russian side creates and disseminates various fakes and information leaks that have nothing to do with reality.

According to the SBU, in the near future, Russian special services "may resort to staging crimes, in particular against the civilian population of the Kursk region, in order to subsequently accuse the Ukrainian side of committing them. The SBU warns that such attempts are useless and will not influence either the offensive actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces or the opinion of our state's international partners."

17:19 According to calculations by the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState, Ukraine controls approximately 44 settlements in the Kursk region, while another ten have the status of "unknown". Analysts added that "the estimate is extremely conservative", and now almost no one knows the real number. But there are villages near which there were photos of Ukrainian fighters, but the control was not by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "That is why the estimate is conservative", the experts explained.

16:40 The Russian Investigative Committee has announced the "defendants" in the criminal case opened in connection with the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. Moscow accuses the commanders of the 22nd separate and 80th separate airborne assault Ukrainian brigades, Vladimir Pipko and Emil Ishkulov, of "committing a terrorist act, murder and attempted murder."

16:34 After the start of the operation in the Kursk region, the number of KAB strikes on the Kharkiv region has sharply decreased, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, if earlier there were 30-60 such strikes per day, now there are no more than ten. At the same time, the head of the Sumy OVA Vladimir Artyukh said that Russia has increased the number of air strikes on the region to 50 per day.

16:01 Rheinmetall announced that it will transfer 14 Leopard 2 tanks and a Bergepanzer 3 Buffel armored vehicle for the needs of the Czech Armed Forces, which in turn will send military equipment to Ukraine. Representatives of the German concern noted that the delivery of equipment will be completed in early 2026.

15:53 Kursk Region Head Alexey Smirnov said that the situation in the region is "complicated", with 28 settlements under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to him, the regional authorities know nothing about the fate of about 2,000 people who are in these 28 settlements. Smirnov also said that about 121,000 residents have left the border areas of the Kursk Region to date. As a result of the attacks, 12 civilians were killed and 121 people were injured. There is no clear front line in the region, which complicates determining the location of Ukrainian troops, Smirnov added.

15:17 The worst situation in the Belgorod Region is in the Shebekinsky District, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported to Putin. According to him, 50-70% of residents have left Shebekino itself.

14:59 Putin said at a meeting on the situation in the Kursk region that "the Defense Ministry must drive the enemy out of the region's territory." According to the head of the Kremlin, Kiev is trying to improve its negotiating positions in the future with its actions in the Kursk region. That is why, Putin believes, Ukraine has rejected "peace proposals from Moscow and the mediators." Putin also said that Kiev's operation in the Kursk region allegedly pursues the military goal of stopping the advance of Russian troops.

14:09 The first FPV drones to be purchased from Lithuanian manufacturers may be transferred to Ukraine as early as the second half of September, said Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kaščiūnas. The total amount for which the drones will be purchased is 5 million euros. Another 3 million will be allocated for the needs of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.

13:23 Russians fired artillery at Ukrainsk in Donetsk Oblast - two people were killed, one was wounded, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.

13:16 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have planted the Ukrainian flag on the Kinburn Spit between the Dnieper-Bug Estuary and the Black Sea. The video was shown by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko.

13:10 In the Dergachev and Lipetsk communities of the Kharkiv region, the curfew will be increased from today and will last from 17:00 to 9:00, the Kharkiv Regional State Administration reported.

12:41 In Ukraine, 479 athletes were killed as a result of Russian aggression, the Strategic Communications Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

12:32 The European Union is launching a humanitarian demining initiative in Ukraine worth 2 million euros, the EU Delegation to Ukraine reported. As part of the initiative, 16 Belgian Malinois shepherds will be sent to Ukraine along with eight Ukrainian trainers. All of them underwent intensive five-month training in Cambodia. These teams will demining liberated territories, including the Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions, which suffered greatly as a result of the war.

12:26 In Vovchansk, Russian troops have deployed assault groups to establish logistics and improve communications, the Kharkov group of troops reported. In the northwest of Tikhyi, the enemy is conducting aerial reconnaissance and strengthening its positions.

11:33 The Ukrainian corps plans to remain in the Kursk region - more and more evidence of such plans is now appearing, writes Forbes. The publication notes that the Ukrainians are digging trenches, and the Russians are also digging in in anticipation of a positional war. At the same time, both sides have begun to use industrial excavators to build fortifications.

At the same time, the article says that this does not mean that the Ukrainians have finished their offensive. It also does not mean that the Russians cannot counterattack and push the Ukrainians back to the border, analysts point out. "But it does mean that stabilization of the front line and long-term Ukrainian occupation of part of the Kursk region are on the agenda," the publication writes.

10:54 The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region is going better than expected, and this is a reason to talk about increasing the number of German Leopard 2 tanks for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Markus Faber.

10:25 The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that Beijing is closely monitoring the situation in the Kursk region and calls on all parties to de-escalate the conflict: "The Chinese side calls on all parties to adhere to the three principles of de-escalation of the situation, namely: the combat zone should not expand, the escalation of the armed conflict should not be allowed, and provocations leading to increased fire by either side should not be allowed."

09:42 In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, one person was injured as a result of Russian shelling of the village of Aleksandrovka in the Bogodukhov district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.

09:31 Ten people were wounded in Donetsk region as a result of Russian shelling on August 11, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.

09:27 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and 11 others were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.

09:13 Russia will not conduct mobilization due to the events in Kursk Oblast, said the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov. According to him, "there is no need to conduct mobilization in Russia due to the situation in Kursk Oblast, there are enough fighters at the front."

08:42 Russian war correspondents write that a battle has been going on at the Kolotilovka border point in the Belgorod region since the morning. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the relocation of residents of the border Krasnoyarsk region to safer places "due to the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."

08:24 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 12:

personnel - about 592,000 (+1080) people,

tanks - 8450 (+3),

combat armored vehicles - 16,368 (+5),

artillery systems - 16,728 (+65),

MLRS - 1146 (+3),

air defense systems - 919 (+1),

aircraft - 366 (+0),

helicopters - 328 (+0),

Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,472 (+73),

cruise missiles - 2426 (+1),

ships/boats - 28 (+0),

submarines - 1 (+0),

automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,590 (+66),

special equipment - 2801 (+1).

07:35 The fire on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP has ceased. The radiation level in the Nikopol district is normal, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak.

07:27 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has found that Ukraine is advancing in the Kursk region despite Russian claims that the situation has stabilized. Geolocated footage, as well as Russian and Ukrainian reports from August 10 and 11, indicate that Ukrainian forces have advanced west and northwest in the Kursk region, although Russian sources have generally claimed that the Russian military has stabilized the situation.

The BBC writes that Ukrainian troops have advanced at least 30 km into Russian territory - this has become the deepest and most significant advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the counteroffensive in the fall of 2022. Thus, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that it had prevented attempts by Ukrainian forces to break through in the areas of the settlements of Tolpino and Obshchy Kolodez in the Kursk region, which are located approximately 25 and 30 km from the border.

Footage posted online and confirmed by the BBC also showed fighting near the village of Levshinka, about 25km from the border. And in Sumy, which borders the Kursk region, BBC correspondents witnessed a steady stream of armoured personnel carriers and tanks moving towards Russia. Aerial photographs have also emerged showing Ukrainian tanks being used in battles on Russian territory.

00:40 The IAEA said its experts witnessed "heavy dark smoke" in the northern part of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, which appeared after "numerous explosions." Meanwhile, the State Emergency Service reports that the radiation situation in Ukraine is stable, and no changes in the radiation state in the area of the Zaporizhzhya NPP have been detected. The posts of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center near the Zaporizhzhya NPP continue enhanced monitoring and promptly track the state of the radiation background, the agency noted.

Energoatom specified that the fire at the technical water supply facility of the Zaporizhzhya NPP broke out on August 11 at about 20:00. In particular, there was a fire at the cooling tower number one and damage to other process equipment. There are no violations of safe operating conditions, no exceedances of control levels for emissions and discharges of radioactive substances were recorded. The probable cause of the fire is the negligence of the occupiers or the deliberate arson of the cooling tower by Russians. In turn, the Russian authorities claim that the fire allegedly broke out as a result of Ukrainian shelling.

00:26 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the Russian army has advanced near Panteleimonovka in the Pokrovsky district, in North New York and its environs.

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