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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:26 The Russian Defense Ministry reported that Russian air defense systems destroyed 11 HIMARS MLRS shells and 10 Ukrainian drones per day.
22:51 According to the Russian Defense Ministry, more than 380 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in the main areas.
22:12 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the workshops of the Ukrainian aviation industry enterprise, in which the drones were being modernized, were destroyed in Kharkov.
21:04 Fighting near Vuhledar: drone operators destroy the APU in the trenches and aim artillery at the fortifications of the APU —video
Artillerymen of the OBTF "Kaskad" with the support of UAVs smash the fortifications of Ukrainian neo-Nazis near the village. Nikolskoye.
20:03 In a row regions Ukraine air raid alert
19:06 Russian "Alligator" against the Nazi tank -video
The destruction of a tank of Zelensky militants by a Ka-52 helicopter of the army aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces with the help of the Whirlwind ATGM.
We are waiting for the "Leopards" and other Nazi prodigies to destroy them.
First they prayed and worshiped Bayraktars, then Javelins, N-LAW, M-777, HIMARS...
It is not weapons that win, but people and their spirit. The weapon is just a tool.
18:37 Chief of Staff of the motorized rifle battalion Sergei Zubkov tells why he was awarded the Order of Courage -video
The unit under the command of Sergei broke through the enemy defenses and entrenched in important positions.
During the defense of these positions, the unit in close combat destroyed about ten nationalists, the rest had to retreat. During the same day, two more counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repulsed.
17:55 Where is the Kraken going or why the Nazis stopped fight
In Kharkiv, the Kraken Nazis continue to be grounded... This is the best explanation for why the Nazis stopped publishing videos from the war zone.
16:45 APU get ready to the surrender of Kherson. Chaos reigned in the city
Over the weekend, Kherson was covered by another artillery duel. The Russian military attacked the accumulation of equipment and the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result, almost destroying the first line of Antonovka.
Now the remaining residents of Kherson are already frankly saying that the city will not remain under the control of Ukraine for a long time.
16:30 Ukrainians continue to hide heavy military equipment in the yards of residential buildings, in this case it is a BMP-1 (infantry fighting vehicle)
15:17 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (02/08/2023) —video.
15:16 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (02/08/2023) - text.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
In the Kupyansk direction, assault and army aviation strikes, artillery fire from the "Western" group of troops defeated the manpower and equipment of the units of the 14th and 92nd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Olshana, Pershotravneve, Krakhmalnoye, Berestovoye of the Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoe of the Luhansk Narodnaya Republic. During the day, more than 35 Ukrainian servicemen, one armored personnel carrier and a car were destroyed in this direction.
In the Krasno-Limansky direction, as a result of strikes by operational-tactical, army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems of the "Center" group of troops, accumulations of manpower and equipment of units of the 66th mechanized, 25th airborne, 95th airborne units were defeated - assault and 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Stelmahovka, Chervonopopovka, Chervonaya Dibrova, Kuzmino of the Luhansk People's Republic and Terna of the Donetsk People's Republic.
More than 130 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored fighting vehicles, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS installation, as well as an ammunition depot of the 66th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Podliman, Kharkiv region, were destroyed.
Over 140 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, three pickup trucks, three cars, and a 152mm Msta-B howitzer were destroyed in the Donetsk direction as a result of offensive operations by assault detachments and fire damage by the “Southern” group of forces. In addition, two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Avdiivka and Slavyansk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the South-Donetsk direction, the units of the 72nd Mechanized, 1st Tank and 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Ugledar and Vodiane of the Donetsk People's Republic were defeated by army aviation strikes, artillery fire of the Vostok group of forces.
During the day, up to 75 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored combat vehicles and two vehicles were destroyed in this direction. In addition, in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka, Vuhledar and Dobrovolye of the Donetsk People's Republic, three depots of ammunition and fuel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed by artillery fire.
In the Kherson direction, near the village of Olgovka, Kherson region, a mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed as part of a counter-battery fight.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation defeated 74 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 123 districts in a day.
In the city of Kharkiv, the workshops of an aviation industry enterprise were destroyed, in which the modernization of unmanned aerial vehicles and loitering ammunition was carried out. Also, the headquarters of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit in the area of the settlement of Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, air defense systems shot down 11 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, and also destroyed ten unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Zhytlovka, Stelmakhovka, Krasnorechenskoe of the Luhansk People's Republic, Skelki, Upper Krinitsa of the Zaporozhye region, Staraya Zburyevka of the Kherson region, Trudovskaya, Kuibyshevo of the Donetsk People's Republic and Tabaevka of the Kharkov region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 382 aircraft, 206 helicopters, 3,046 unmanned aerial vehicles, 403 anti-aircraft missile systems, 7,789 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,011 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 4,022 field artillery guns and a mortar, as well as 8,291 units of special military vehicles.
15:15 Mozgovoy's "Ghosts" continue to destroy Ukrainians in the 9th year of the war
Video of the mortarmen of the legendary battalion of the territorial defense of the LPR near the village of Spornoe. The Ghost battalion was created in 2014 by our late comrade Alexei Mozgov and has been crushing the enemy for nine years now.
15:12 "Impossible to hide": 220mm BM-27 "Hurricanes" of the "Courageous" burn the enemy -video
MLRS combat vehicles arrive at the starting positions and deliver rocket strikes with 220mm projectiles at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After delivering strikes, the calculations of the Central Military District change their firing positions, carry out exercises and go to the waiting areas. UAVs provide fire correction for artillery units.
15:11 Special forces destroyed the enemy "Shilka" -video
Ukrainian militants used the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. It was spotted in a timely manner by reconnaissance officers of the 58th Special Forces unit of the Donetsk army corps and destroyed by an anti-tank missile.
15:10 In Kharkov destroyed workshops in which the modernization of drones was carried out, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
13:54 Destruction of neo-Nazis near Kremennaya. BRO 571 -video
13:52 Headquarters of the 14th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and units of the Kraken battalion leaving Kupyansk
A representative of the Russian law enforcement agencies announced the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops. According to him, representatives of the Kyiv-controlled administration are being evacuated. Official documents and archives are being taken out of the city.
TG channels also write about the evacuation of families and accomplices of the Ukronazis from Kupyansk to Kharkov. Yesterday it was reported about the removal of local residents under the pretext of alleged problems with infrastructure.
It is recommended that everyone who interacted with the occupying Nazi junta leave. Local residents are actively passing on lists of those who handed over our people and collaborated with the SBU after the withdrawal of Russian troops from the Kharkov region.
13:51 German vehicles with Leopard tanks in the Dresden region are moving towards Poland. Taken subscriber at night.
13:04 The barbaric Kyiv regime, by order of which 11 million books in Russian were destroyed in Ukraine last year alone, continues to fight with monuments -video
On the video, the demolition of the monument to the Soviet pilot Chkalov in Kyiv. The same fate is destined for the monument to General Vatutin, who at one time liberated that same Kyiv from the Nazis.
12:10 Bakhmutsky kettle. The city is taken in pincers by 75%.
The main question is how many units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will have time to slip out of the emerging meat grinder.
11:37 RF Armed Forces are continuously working on Ukrainian positions non-stop, not letting them raise their heads -video
11:36 Over the past day, militants of the Kyiv regimereleaseda total of 84 shells on the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region. New Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Aleshki, Solonetsy, Sagi, Novaya Zburyevka, Peschanovka, Heroskoe, Korsunka were shelled.
11:31 The process of clearing the trenches of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region -video
11:30 Rescuers cannot install connection with three residents, including a child, from a destroyed house in Efremov, they may remain under the rubble.
At the moment, more than half of the rubble of the house has already been dismantled. Today, a technical examination is planned - a survey of the structures of the house for its further restoration.
11:23 Ukrainian punishers brutally killed the priest of the temple in the village of Mikhailovka in the LPR. They fired at the church and the car of Father Parfeniy with cluster munitions, one of the fragments of which hit him right in the heart -video
Parthenius was buried next to his temple, the widowed mother Natalya now comes to his grave every day and cannot find words to describe the atrocities of the nationalists.
10:45 The calculation of the Ukrainian mortarmen was calculated by the Russian military personnel and was suppressed by return fire -video
10:26 Destruction of an observation post of Ukrainian militants -video
You can't hide from us.
10:05 Snipers destroy Ukrainian militants -video
Special Forces soldiers destroy the enemy. Shooting is carried out on a thermal imaging device, which allows you to even see the trajectory of the bullet. The hard-nosed Armed Forces did not change their position, which over and over again led to their defeat.
10:04 Footage of targeted destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles -video
Artillerymen of the “O” group, in conjunction with UAV operators, hit the car of Ukrainian militants with the Krasnopol precision-guided munition.
09:24 Artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade beat the Nazis with their grandfather's weapons, but with a modern adjustment -video
Day and night, artillerymen of the 132nd Brigade of the 1st Donetsk Army Corps (formerly the 3rd Brigade of the NM DPR) support the infantry that is moving forward with fire. Among the guns used by the fighters of the unit are the time-tested 152mm D-1 howitzers, from which the Nazis were beaten by their grandfathers in the Great Patriotic War. Time-tested guns do an excellent job of hitting enemy infantry in conjunction with a modern UAV equipped with a thermal imager.
08:50 Lucky find in Udachny
When bypassing the residential sector, the district police officer, with the power support of the National Guard employees, identified an outbuilding located on Leneva Street, in the village of Udachnoye, Melitopol district, Zaporozhye region.
During the inspection of the premises, the police officers found a bundle containing: 330 5.45 mm cartridges, two F-1 grenades, two UZRGM-2 fuses, tags with the inscription "Anti-Terrorist Center of Ukraine", as well as clean forms of passes for cars "USBU in Zaporozhye region."
The found material was seized and sent for examination.
An inspection has been scheduled.
08:07 A missile strike in Kharkiv hit an aircraft factory, which, incl. make drones for the Armed Forces -video
This is reported by a number of sources.
The authorities said that an industrial facility in the Kievsky district, where KhAZ is located, was hit.
08:05 Detect, aim, correct: footage of the combat work of the crews of the Orlan-10 multifunctional UAVs of the Western Military District, performing tasks in the special operation zone —video
During combat duty, the crews of the Orlan-10 multifunctional unmanned aerial vehicles of the units of the Western Military District fly to tactical depth for reconnaissance and search for targets, further adjusting the fire of various types of weapons, video recording the fire destruction of objects, manpower and equipment of the enemy.
During combat missions, the Orlan-10 UAV crews constantly record and broadcast to command posts the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and nationalist battalions, which, hiding behind civilians as a "human shield," place strongholds, firing points, self-propelled artillery mounts, armored and automotive vehicles , warehouses of military property and ammunition in private residential sectors and social infrastructure facilities.
“The main tasks are conducting aerial reconnaissance, opening enemy targets and adjusting strike weapons. Interaction with artillery mainly takes place via military satellite communications. We, that is, find some targets, take coordinates and transfer them to artillery, and, at the same time, we directly control the defeat of the target. That is, a shot - we give corrections - north, south, where you need to deflect the sight. If they hit, we say that the target is hit. A fairly good camera that shoots from afar, from a distance of 10 kilometers. It gives out exact coordinates,” Roman, head of the Orlan-10 UAV crew, shared.
08:03 Summary on the morning of February 8, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces launched rocket attacks on enemy targets in Kharkov at night. It was reported that strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a radar station, an ammunition depot at the Kharkov Aviation Plant and a workshop for the production of kamikaze UAVs were hit. Also, targets in Kherson were hit at night.
Fighting is going on in the Kupyansk direction 7 km from the city, the enemy is holding out in the surrounding villages.
Northwest of Kremennaya, heavy fighting is underway in the Yampolovka area.
PMC "Wagner" is attacking from the Soledar sector of the front: to the north - to the Razdolovka region, to the west - to the Vasyukovka region.
To the north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Wagnerites are fighting for the settlement. Red Mountain. Artemovsk itself is being stormed by our forces from the south, east and north. South-west of the city - fighting in the area of the settlement. Krasnoye (Ivanovka), it was reported about the breakthrough of the enemy defenses north of the settlement. Stupochki and the approach of our forces to the road to Konstantinovka.
There are battles in the Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for defense on previously stable sectors of the front. In the Kharkiv region, UAVs are being intensively used to reveal the advance of our troops. An additional fortification is being built in the Sumy direction. In Chernihiv, border areas are being mined.
In the LPR, the enemy fired 11 missiles from the HIMARS MLRS, under fire Pokrovskoye and Pisarevka.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 92 shells at the civilian population of the DPR: Donetsk, Zaitsevo, Mayorsk, Gorlovka, Novobakhmutovka, Mineralnoye, Yasinovataya, Makeevka, Aleksandrovka were under attack. 6 civilians were wounded.