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[NewsFrontInfo] 21:23 Ukrainian troops at 21.10 fired three cluster shells with a caliber of 155mm in Donetsk - DPR representative office in the JCCC
21:20 Air raid warning announced for the third time in a day throughout Ukraine, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
20:25 In the Zaporozhye direction, Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Baranetsky, who previously underwent combat training in the UK, was eliminated.
Under the command of Baranetsky there was a tank unit as part of the 118th Separate Mechanized Brigade, equipped with Leopards.
20:24 According to the Turks, in the Orekhov area, the entire headquarters of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by a 1,500 kg bomb. This strike severely disrupted the control of the entire group in this direction, since orders from the central command, or rather NATO, are transmitted through such headquarters through Starlink terminals.
There has not been such a high-precision strike in the area for 2.5 months, and the fact that Russia is developing and testing new systems to jam and detect Starlink, as well as following the news of Starlink malfunctions, probably indicates that these The systems have passed successful front-line tests.
20:22 Air defense system shot down an air target on approach to Shebekino - Gladkov
He also added that according to preliminary data, there were no casualties or damage.
19:35 Personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction
The calculation of the UAV revealed a camouflaged firing position of a self-propelled artillery mount. It was struck by a loitering ammunition, as a result of which it was destroyed.
19:00 Alcoholism and hazing are thriving in the 123 Ukrainian Territorial Defense Brigade. About itreportedTG-channel "Dneprovsky frontier" with reference to Ukrainian social networks.
On August 8, in the 123rd Brigade of the Troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there was a case of hazing between an officer and a sergeant. Two servicemen, sergeant Boris Borisovich Gotselyuk and captain Druz Mikola Gregoryevich, from the 187th battalion of the 123rd Troop Brigade, being in a strong alcoholic intoxication, decided to compete in the accuracy of shooting from a pistol.
The “competition” escalated into indiscriminate shooting, as a result of which Sergeant Gotselyuk was sent to the hospital with a gunshot wound.
18:34 The eastern outskirts of the Sumy region - loudly! Pre-arrival for a warehouse visit (workshop) of dryers.
18:33 The RF Armed Forces entered the settlement of Sinkovka from the northwestern part.
17:25 Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost more than 20,000 killed since the beginning of the offensive
According to "Come and See", only the killed Ukrainian army has lost more than 20,000 people since the beginning of the offensive.
“The main losses fall on the Zaporizhzhya Front and the Vremievsky ledge,” a channel source said.
According to him, the total losses with the wounded have already exceeded 50,000 people.
Moreover, the main losses fall on the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, formed already this year. Many of them were trained in NATO countries.
16:33 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹The Russian troops repulsed six attacks and counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Novoselovsky and the Mankovka Tract;
🔹During the day, Russian troops successfully repelled two attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR;
🔹The RF Armed Forces repelled five attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces units near Minkovka, Krasnoye, Avdievka and Kleshcheevka in the Donetsk direction;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction in the area of Rabotin and Uspenovka;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 370 Ukrainian servicemen in the Donetsk direction in a day;
🔹Grouping "West" continued offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction and improved its tactical position;
🔹Russian troops destroyed up to 80 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction in a day;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 75 soldiers in the Kupyansk direction per day;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 180 military personnel, the 152mm Akatsiya howitzer and the Krab self-propelled guns in a day in the YuzhnoDonetsk direction;
🔹The Russian military has destroyed 5,600 drones since the beginning of the special operation;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation thwarted an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to conduct reconnaissance in force in the area of the shelter of the Zaporozhye region.
15:17 Personnel defeat of the armored group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement fruitful
Yesterday, during the day, the enemy advanced on the village of Harvest on the Vremevsky ledge with forces of up to two companies with the support of armored vehicles.
The forces of the 37th brigade Kyakhta, OBTF "Kaskad", and the 30th Artillery Brigade defeated the enemy, as shown in the footage from the drone.
15:17 Supreme Council of the Russian Federation opened the movement of the enemy in the forest belt and promptly covered him from the AGS
14:04 Result of work of artillery of the RF Armed Forces at the place of concentration of the Ukrainian army
13:19 Russia will strengthen groupings of troops on the western borders - Shoigu
Other important statements by the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation:
🔹Since February, Ukraine has received from the West hundreds of tanks, more than 4,000 armored vehicles, over 1,100 artillery pieces and dozens of MLRS and air defense systems.
🔹The total amount of assistance from NATO, the European Union and their partners to Ukraine exceeded $160 billion.
🔹The supply of banned cluster munitions to Ukraine is a US war crime and is dictated by the growing deficit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
🔹The willingness of the West to invest resources in Ukraine to turn the tide on the battlefield creates serious risks of further escalation of the conflict.
🔹Poland has become the main instrument of US anti-Russian policy.
🔹Poland has plans to create a Polish-Ukrainian connection, ostensibly for security, but in fact for the occupation of Western Ukraine.
🔹About 360,000 servicemen are deployed in close proximity to the borders of the Union State.
12:23 Local sources report explosions on the outskirts of Zaporozhye, an air raid alert has been declared in the city.
12:21 Personnel destruction of APU equipment in the Zaporozhye direction
Operators of fpv drones identify and destroy the equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivering the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the front line. In the form of the destruction of armored vehicles and off-road vehicles.
11:09 Information is coming in that over the past month and a half, the CVO has eliminated several dozen Latin American instructors.
It is known that 200 mercenaries from Latin America, many of whom participated in US operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, were recruited as specialists in counterguerrilla warfare. Basically, this is the organization of the protection of objects in the combat zone. Foreigners were promised 3,000 dollars for their work.
The grouping of Latin American militants suffers the main losses due to rocket attacks, one of which was inflicted on June 27 on the Ria Lounge restaurant in Kramatorsk.
11:08 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- two positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: nine militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 11 - received injuries of varying severity.
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: three militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity;
- 122mm SAU 2S1 "Gvozdika" with a crew of five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and ammunition.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the location of one of the units, losses: 12 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; nine - received injuries of varying severity, three units. automotive equipment disabled;
- 120mm mortar, crew and ammunition for it, losses: four militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, three were injured of varying severity.
10:21 Personnel combat work of the crew of the 120mm mortar "Sani" of the Western Military District when performing fire missions at the forefront in the Kupyansk direction in the zone of the special military operation.
09:47 Artillerymen of the 6th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Lisichansk direction inflict strikes on the positions of the APU. The Nazi in this direction suffers huge losses.
09:17 Personnel destruction of AFVs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction from the army special forces "Osman".
09:10 The Russian army has replenished the collection with another sample of NATO equipment - our soldiers destroyed the Caesar self-propelled guns in the Zaporozhye direction.
While the Ukrainian militants lay down their heads in front of the Russian army in the Rabotino region, fire is blazing in their rear with might and main. Oncadresthe result of the precise work of our gunners is visible - the shell hit the French-made Caesar self-propelled guns, as a result of which it burned to the ground.
09:00 During the counterbattery fight of the RF Armed Forces destroyed three Ukrainian 122mm mortars and an M777 howitzer near Kupyansk.
In the Kupyansk direction, our troops captured four strongholds, five observation posts and destroyed the British-made Spartan armored personnel carrier. The RF Armed Forces also eliminated one ammunition point and destroyed up to a company of infantry from the 67th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the area of the Mankovka tract.
08:54 Ukrainian TG channels report explosions in the Kramatorsk region (DPR, occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine).
08:50 Another spontaneous burial was noted in the Kupyansk direction, retired LPR Lieutenant Colonel Andrei Marochko wrote in his Telegram channel.
“In the area of Sinkovka, at a relative distance from the settlement, the civilian population accidentally discovered burial places without identifying the bodies. The graves are fresh, made with the help of engineering equipment. Some mounds have Ukrainian symbols,” Marochko wrote.
08:17 Flight time - 20 seconds: FPV drone operators show how they destroy enemy armored vehicles in the NVO zone.
After the transfer of coordinates, a group of scouts begins to work, which is preparing to launch strike FPV drones - indispensable assistants in the special operation zone. Their main advantages are speed, maneuverability and low price. The reconnaissance group is sent to the launch site to hit the enemy dugout with a high-explosive projectile.
With the help of special glasses, in which the screen is built, the drone operator sees the space in front of the unmanned vehicle. His assistant launches the drone and monitors the direction of flight to orient and correct the work. The projectile hits exactly on target. Such work in combat is the result of long training at the training ground.
08:06 Captured Ukrainian military Vasily Paliy, who suffers from alcoholism, said that he had serious health problems, but this did not stop the military registration and enlistment office from mobilizing him - the man even became the commander of the intelligence department and was trained by an American instructor -video.
08:00 Artillery crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the Central Military District of Russia destroyed Ukrainian camouflaged stronghold and fortifications in the Krasnoliman direction, the Ministry of Defense reported
06:27 An attempt to fly over Moscow by two combat drones was thwarted, both were shot down by air defense - Sobyanin.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that one UAV was shot down in the Domodedovo area, the second - near the Minsk highway. There is currently no information about the victims of the fall of the wreckage. Emergency services are on site.