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2024-08-24 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Current information on the situation on the front line: August 23 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:00 Ukrainian Armed Forces serviceman Sergei Zvirkovsky, who was captured by Russia, told that in the unit he was treated “like meat.”

19:56 Russian Armed Forces advance in the south of Krasnogorovka –map.

19:40 Enemy admits the advance of Russian troops along the highway towards Slavyansk.

19:35 Russian Aerospace Forces launched a missile strike on targets in the city of Sumy.

19:31 A destroyed armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region –video.

19:27 Ukrainian channels confirm the fall of Kruty Yar.

It is assumed that the dominant height will be taken next - the waste heap near Novogrodovka.

19:11 The villages of Krutoy Yar and Krasny Yar in full crossed over under the control of the Russian army.

18:52 "Ixovods" of the "Sever" group burned an enemy BTR-4 in the Khar'kov direction -video.

18:34 Artillerymen of the Russian Armed Forces cover mobile armored groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fire in the Kursk border area

The crews of the 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns and 103mm M-46 guns work in conjunction with units conducting aerial reconnaissance using UAVs. The coordinates of detected targets are sent directly to the command of the artillery batteries.

17:51 Explosions in Sumy Oblast. Before this, there were reports of rockets in the direction of the oblast.

17:25 British Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft and American Boeing P-8A Poseidon patrol into the Black Sea and “monitor” the situation near Crimea.

17:05 In the area of the settlement Peschanoye, the Russian Armed Forces have expanded the salient from the south and north. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are experiencing a shortage of reserves in this direction.

16:49 "Whisper of the Front" reported that the settlement of Krutoy Yar has been completely cleared of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Now the Russian Army is already "working" with the "Mine 1/3" facility, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry is "entrenched". This mine was closed only a few days ago. All this time it was mining coal for Ukraine.

16:34 For the first time in a long time, a destroyed Tunguska anti-aircraft gun-missile system of the Ukrainian army was “spotted” –video.

16:05 Russian Armed Forces continue to “break through” to Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk)

From video objective control of the enemy shows that Russian troops “broke through” into the city from the southern side and consolidated their positions in the area of School No. 2 on Gaidar Street.

15:49 The main news about the course of military operations for the week from the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The Russian Armed Forces carried out 16 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack UAVs on airfield infrastructure, ammunition and missile and artillery weapons depots, weapons and military equipment repair shops of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as hangars for storing NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems;

Fuel bases that supplied military equipment to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, areas where reserves were concentrated, and temporary deployment points for units of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries were also destroyed;

Two launchers and a transporter-loader of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, a launcher and a transporter-loader of the MLRS multiple launch rocket system of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed;

A Su-24 bomber, a MiG-29 fighter, and four helicopters were destroyed: one Mi-17 and three Mi-8 of the Ukrainian Air Force;

The settlements of Sviridovka, Artemovo, Novgorodskoye, Zhelannoye and Mezhevoye in the DPR have been liberated;

A total of 29 Ukrainian soldiers surrendered to the Russian army;

The losses of Ukrainian troops in killed and wounded exceeded 16,000 militants.

15:35 Servicemen of the 18th Army, with the help of a "birdie" liquidated a Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicle on the right bank of the Kherson region.

15:04 Russian Armed Forces drone operators hit a Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold with two “observers” located there with a precise UAV strike –video.

14:40 Su-34 «bombed" Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Kursk region with modernized aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module. All targets were destroyed.

13:57 Artillerymen of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a concentration of Ukrainian militants on one of the islands in the Dnieper delta.

12:57 Russian troops advanced west of Artemovo, entering Toretsk from the south and took School No. 2 in the microdistrict. The advance was more than 1.6 km.

12:20 Maneuverable groups of UAV operators of the "Southern" group of troops upon detection of enemy forces immediately destroy identified targets.

Carrying out combat flights behind enemy lines, attack drone crews inflict fire damage on strong points, firing points, artillery, combat armored vehicles, and also destroy warehouses of military equipment and ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

12:07 Local Telegram channels reported the explosion in Sumy.

11:55 Footage of destruction of the MLRS position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Bereznehuvatoe (70 km northeast of the city of Kherson).

11:10 The Russian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction have advanced in the southern part of Novogrodovka. The railway station is less than 500 meters away.

10:51 Russian paratroopers thwarted the landing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on one of the Dnieper islands - Kherson region governor Volodymyr Saldo

"Russian paratroopers disrupted the landing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry. UAV operators spotted a motorboat with six militants heading down the river to one of the islands and transmitted the data to the artillery control center.

A crew of a 122mm D-30 howitzer from the Airborne Forces unit destroyed enemy infantry with rapid fire from a closed firing position as they attempted to reach the shore. Eliminated up to the detachment of enemy soldiers," the governor wrote on his Telegram channel.

10:47 Russian military strikes Iskander struck position of the MLRS in the Nikolaev region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The command post, the MLRS itself, the transport and loading vehicle, three trucks with ammunition and a warehouse with ammunition were destroyed.

10:40 Enemy reports:

“In the Toretsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces advanced towards Toretsk.

In the Pokrovsky direction, the tactical crisis of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is worsening, which may soon develop into an operational one. On the northern flank, the Russian Armed Forces are storming Grodovka: at the moment, the Russians confidently hold the southeastern part of the settlement and are trying to advance to the center along Zavodskaya Street. And to the south of the settlement, part of the plantations came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces.

To the southwest, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the Krasny Yar area and there are clashes beyond Krutoy Yar. The capture of these settlements will open the way for the Russian Armed Forces to both the Novogrodovskaya Mine No. 3 located on the hill and the western outskirts of Grodovka.

The Russian Armed Forces have also advanced near Novogrodovka. The first groups of Russians are already entering the southeastern part of the settlement. In particular, evidence of the presence of Russian groups near the first houses in the east of Parkovaya Street has appeared on the Internet.

And south of Novogrodovka, fighting continues on the approaches to the Mikhailovka railway station, west of which is the Kotlyarevskaya mine. The Russians have also taken control of most of Ptichye.

In the Donetsk and Ugledar directions, fighting is taking place in Konstantinovka, as well as to the east of the O0532 highway, where an expansion of the Russian Armed Forces’ control zone was recorded.”

10:30 Footage of the destruction of the MLRS position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of the settlement of Bereznehuvatoe (70 km northeast of occupied Kherson) was published by the Iznanka channel.

According to information from the channel’s source, in addition to the launcher, the following were destroyed: the MLRS MLRS TZM, two escort vehicles, three trucks with ammunition, and a warehouse with ammunition (which was very unlucky).

09:56 Mi-28NM at night brought down guided anti-tank missiles on armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region. The pilots used night vision goggles and a new thermal imaging device, which makes it possible to hit the specified coordinates at any time of day as effectively as possible.

09:32 Russian Armed Forces occupy high-rise residential area in Toretsk — Divanny General Staff reports

08:37 "Arrival" of OFAB-250 to the temporary deployment point of one of the Ukrainian formations in the settlement of Temirovka, Zaporizhia region. Work of the aviators of the "East" group -video.

08:11 Enemy reports:

"The Russian Armed Forces have advanced near Novogrodovka, Zavetnoye, Toretsk and Ptichye."

08:10 Drones of the Dnepr military group struck two transmitters of the Starlink satellite communications system and the Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the Orekhov direction in the Zaporizhia region.

08:07 "Lancet" destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of the Kursk region.

08:02 "The enemy is running": servicemen of the "Center" group of forces continue to liberate settlements in the Avdeevka direction

On frames- combat work of servicemen of the motorized rifle unit of the "Center" group of forces.

08:00 UAV 110th brigadeexterminatemilitants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

UAV operators of the 110th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces demonstrate high efficiency in inflicting fire damage on the manpower and transport of Ukrainian militants. Successful drops of ammunition on the heads of nationalists disrupt their offensive and evacuation operations.

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