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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary August 8 (updated)
2023-08-09
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] 22:53 Another strike near Kupyansk.

In this area, presumably, there were hangars with equipment and ammunition of the 14th OMB of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

21:23 Ukrainian sources report explosions in Kharkiv region

19:30 The Armed Forces of Ukraine report that on August 6eliminatedcompany commander of the 128 Troops Brigade (Dnepropetrovsk) Lieutenant Andrey Veremienko.

Until 2014, the ideological Banderist worked in Norway, from where he returned to participate in the Euromaidan, writes Direction for Ukraine.

After the coup d'état, he volunteered for the Aidar National Battalion.

19:26 Sudoplatovtsev's FPV drone covered a group of militants -video

A quadcopter tracked the movement of a group of Nazis in a residential area. The militants thought that they had found a shelter for themselves, but immediately a kamikaze drone worked on them.

18:37 Air raid alert announced throughout Ukraine

Ukrainian monitoring services report the takeoff of the MiG-31K with hypersonic "Daggers" on board.

18:32 Zaporozhye direction!

To the north-east of the settlement of Orekhovo, at the positions where the RF Armed Forces stand, an enemy group of 12 people was identified.

The strongest artillery fire was inflicted on it,
as a result of which 6 people were killed, five people fled, and Ukrainians left one wounded.

We gave him first aid and took him away.

17:28 18+ exclusive

The result of the defeat of the BMP M2 "Bradley" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a landing force in the area of ​​the settlement. Kleshcheevka, where units of the “South” group of troops are fighting -video

17:26 How the special forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed the Dnieper and landed on the left bank of the Kherson region near the village of Cossack Camps: footage from our fighters -video

Soldiers of the battalion 1822 sent footage of the captured Ukrainian special forces, defeated in battle.

Earlier, a number of Russian sources stated that there was a battle in the area of ​​the Cossack Camps and up to 7 Ukrainian boats were destroyed.

The governor of the region, V. Saldo, confirmed that our fighters prevented an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to land in the area of ​​the settlement Kazachi Lagery on the left bank of the Dnieper.

The forces of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed the boats while trying to moor. The militants tried to swim back to the right bank, but were destroyed by dense artillery and small arms fire.

16:26 On July 12, a 24-year-old Azov militant Roman Radchenko was liquidated near Artyomovsk -video

Before SVO, he worked in a Kyiv hospital. After that, he voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a combat medic

16:24 Meanwhile, burials of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in full swing in Ukraine -video

The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented

Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones

15:33 No chance for the enemy -video

South-Donetsk direction

The crew of the UAV revealed a camouflaged firing position of a self-propelled artillery mount of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the impact of the loitering ammunition, the self-propelled guns were destroyed.

15:30 Defeat of the Ukron-German tank by the “Xovods” of the Airborne Forces -video

The counteroffensive is going according to plan, NATO equipment is burning every day. We are waiting for new deliveries.

14:25 Highlights of the briefing of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

The forward command post of the united group of Ukrainian troops "Khortytsya" in the Krasnoarmeysk region was hit;

In the Donetsk direction, 18 attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including a tank brigade, were repelled in the areas of Artemovsk, Kleshcheevka and Zaitsevo;

Assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces took more advantageous positions in the Olshan region of the Kharkov region;

A total of 17 APU drones were shot down, as well as five HIMARS MLRS shells.


14:23 Surgical precision: Russian snipers destroyed a machine-gun crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine —video

The fighters destroyed the enemy at a distance of 800 meters and immediately changed their position so as not to be detected.

13:29 The vaunted western military equipment does not have a significant impact on the battlefield. The army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continues to smash the enemy -video

The footage shows the destroyed Turkish armored vehicle Kirpi, which could not

13:26 Another Canadian-made Roshel Senator armored car did not take out the hit of fragments on it a little -video

12:18 Destruction of the Ukrainian 122mm MLRS BM-21 "Grad" with the help of the kamikaze drone "Lancet" -video

12:17 Another one downed soldiers from the Far East in the zone of the NMD, the Ukrainian reconnaissance UAV ASU-1 "Valkyrie".

11:27 For the past day:

As a result of fire defeat formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone destroyed:

- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: four KIAs; five wounded.

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

-120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: five KIAs; six wounded;

- 152mm howitzer MSTA-B with ammunition.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: three KIAs; four wounded.

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

- the place of deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the area of ​​the settlement. Zmievka.
- four units. automotive technology.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: 15 KIAs; eight wounded.

11:24 Footage of the destruction of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the release of Novoselovsky - the full version of the video -video

Fighting in the Kupyansk direction, the border of the LPR and the Kharkov region.

To hold the settlement, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine transferred the elite troops of the 25th Brigade from the Krasnolimansky direction. But they could not hold back the onslaught of the Russian troops and were knocked out with heavy losses.

10:33 Ukrainians continue to suffer large irretrievable losses along the entire front line -video

10:27 Photo shows Ukrainian nationalist Yaroslav Albert (Yarik). WaseliminatedNovember 1, 2022 in the Donetsk direction. He, along with his squad, came under shelling.

Prior to the SVO, he participated in the so-called ATO, was involved in crimes against civilians in Donbass.

In 2016, he signed a contract with the Armed Forces of Ukraine and served in the 10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade.

09:24 In the special operation zone eliminated Ukrainian nationalist Roman Muschinka.

Before the SVO, the militant participated in the so-called ATO as part of national formations.

09:22 Russian troops destroyed a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​Belogorovka (LPR) -video

08:22 Fire rain: footage of the destruction of the enemy from "Grad" in the Krasnolimansky direction -video

An enemy mortar crew and a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were in the affected area. It was possible to detect the targets from the air, they were spotted by the drone crew and transmitted to the ground the exact coordinates. Almost immediately, 122-mm rockets rushed to the target. At a distance of about 10 kilometers, the enemy was destroyed. The UAV camera recorded an accurate hit and defeat of designated targets.

08:07 Footage of the consequences of the strikes of the RF Armed Forces on the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Druzhba Hotel in the city of Pokrovsk, DPR, temporarily occupied by the Nazis Zelensky —video

Posted by:badanov

#3  I hope this happens 1000 X a day in St Petersburg and Moscow.

Then enjoy what happens to Kiev as a result. Ukrainians can't win on the battlefield so they lob missiles and drones at Moscow with little to no military effect. Der Furher tried the same thing with London. Germans paid the price.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-08-09 15:21  

#2   Different angle of the bombing of Moscow's optics/artillery shell production building. I hope this happens 1000 X a day in St Petersburg and Moscow.

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1689306914528567297
Posted by: Flater Forkbeard8651   2023-08-09 13:28  

#1   Looks like the war is coming to Moscow, this was a combo artillery shell factory and optics factory north east of Moscow. This is awesome:

https://twitter.com/Euan_MacDonald/status/1689232317644984320

Current Russian thinking, this woman's first thought, "was it a recruiting center"?

https://twitter.com/yarotrof/status/1689199270409179136

Kursk explosion:

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1689211212473507840

Bryansk Oblast explosion:

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/08/9/7414784/

https://twitter.com/markito0171/status/1689139145719922689
Posted by: Flater Forkbeard8651   2023-08-09 13:20  

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