[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/21/2023 to 00:00 08/22/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 66 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the wounding of five civilians, incl. girls born in 2012, in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka.
Two residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
The regions of seven settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Svetlodarsk, Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City region), Gol'movsky, Zaytsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 31 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 32 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Svetlodar one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. Having fired 124 units of various ammunition.
A previous 30 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:55 "Brave" defended counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction:
In the area of N. p. Torskoye army aviation destroyed an armored group of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which advanced to attack.
In the area of N. p. Yampolovka opened a cluster of vehicles 21 Separate Mechanized Brigade APU. Artillery worked on targets.
In the area of Serebryansky forest, five attacks of the 42nd and 67th Separate Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled. The enemy was stopped by artillery fire
ATGM crews thwarted two attempts to transfer reserves of the 42nd Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard.
21:25 Statementhead of the press center of the group "South":
Missile units of the Southern Group of Forces attacked the Mezhevaya unloading station in the Avdeevsky direction. Three wagons with ammunition, ten units of transport vehicles and a significant amount of enemy manpower were destroyed.
Also, the missile strike was carried out by crews of Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems in the area of concentration of manpower and firepower of the 3rd motorized infantry battalion of the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Novodmitrovka.
The Su-25 aircraft of the group's ground attack aircraft hit the concentrations of enemy manpower in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Alexander-Kalinovsky and Mar'yinsky directions.
The artillery of the group struck at the point of temporary deployment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces unit in the Novomikhailovka area, the control point for enemy unmanned aerial vehicles in Lastochkino, pickup trucks with infantry in Krasnohorivka, Avdeevka, Belogorovka, as well as the Humvee infantry fighting vehicle in the Kleshcheevka area were hit.
During the counterbattery fight, a 152mm D-20 howitzer was destroyed in Dyleevka, 120mmr mortars in the areas of Grigorovka, Belogorovka, Kurdyumovka and Thin. Loitering ammunition "Lancet" struck an enemy infantry fighting vehicle in the area of Privolnoye.
FPV drones destroyed an armored "Hammer" and two pickup trucks with saboteurs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kleshcheevka area.
20:50 Statement head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the crews of the assault and army aviation of the "Center" group of forces launched eight missile strikes on the accumulation of manpower and firepower of the enemy in the areas: Novosadovoe, Chervonaya Dibrova.
In the area of the Torsky section and Serebryansky forest, the enemy made five attempts to regain lost positions. The advanced units of the "Center" group, with the support of artillery fire, inflicted fire damage on the assault groups of 63 and 42 Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which attempted to attack the positions of Russian troops. Enemy losses amounted to more than 30 militants, a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle and two Pickup vehicles were destroyed.
As part of the counterbattery fight, about 30 enemy artillery positions were opened and suppressed, and a 120mm mortar with a crew was hit.
Anti-aircraft missile system "Tor-M1" shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Kremennaya.
20:20 Statementhead of the press center of the Vostok group:
The advanced units of the Vostok group of forces, with the support of artillery and aviation, repelled an enemy attack in the direction of Urozhaynoye. During the battle, three groups of infantry were destroyed. A strike UAV destroyed a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The activity of two enemy reconnaissance groups in the area south of Chervonoy was suppressed.
Artillery fire destroyed the enemy’s combat position in Staromayorsky, hit the command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Velika Novoselka, two points of temporary deployment of militants in Ugledar, a pickup truck with nationalists in the Ravnopol region, as well as an armored car with militants and a 152mm Msta-B howitzer in the Konstantinovka area.
During the counterbattery fight, two mortar crews were destroyed northwest of Novodonetsk and west of Makarovka. Rocket artillery destroyed an electronic warfare station in the Razdolny area.
Assault and army aviation hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Staromayorsky and Urozhayny.
Air defense systems shot down two UAVs of the Val'kyrie type and one Fury.
The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The driver of a tank company of a tank regiment of the group, corporal Denis Semyonov, as part of the tank crew, performed tasks to repel attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.
During one of the battles, tankers, despite the fire impact of the artillery of the Ukrainian troops, managed in a short time to identify and destroy several foreign-made armored combat vehicles with direct fire.
In the future, thanks to the combat experience of driving and the dedication of Corporal Semenov, the tank crew performed a timely and covert change of firing position, preventing the enemy from calculating the location and striking back at the combat vehicle.
19:42 Ukrainian formations continue to shell the settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic, including using cluster-type ammunition.
In the capital of the region, multi-apartment residential buildings and infrastructure facilities, including a kindergarten building, were damaged. One man was wounded as a result of the detonation of a previously unexploded cluster submunition in the Kievsky district.
In addition, arrivals were recorded in Gorlovka, Zaitsevo, Gol'movsky and Svetlodarsk. Local residents also reported on the work of air defense equipment in the village of Stepnoye.
18:41 It is reported that the enemy has deployed about 800 police officers from Chuguev and Kharkov to Kupyansk. And also, according to rumors, 2 battered brigades were removed from the Zaporozhye direction and sent to Kupyansk.
18:15 The crew of the Su-35S Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the special operation zone.
In the course of performing combat missions, the crews of the Su-35S multirole fighters carried out patrols of a given area, covering bomber and attack aircraft, as well as army aviation helicopters.
During the next sortie, pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces detected and destroyed the enemy aircraft in a timely manner.
18:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 21, as of 18:00, additional information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 175 of Donetsk" on the street. R. Ibarruri.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - st. Shashurina, 7 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
17:45 EW units of the Dnepr group landed a UAV of the UAF militants, presumably a “People's Drone PD-1” –video.
16:27 Ukrainian TG channels report explosions in Zaporizhia (occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine). Before that, a missile threat was announced.
16:20 The crew of the Ka-52 helicopter with an accurate strike of a guided missile destroyed an armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South Donetsk direction -video.
16:14 By Sin'kovka and Kupyansk for 16 hours:
Most of the village is still in the gray zone. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not have full control over the village. The Armed Forces of Ukraine earlier crawled to the southern outskirts.
Petropavlovka is still under the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Fighting is going on next to the village, but not yet in the village itself. There is no need to run ahead of the locomotive.
It is expected that combat groups of two enemy brigades previously operating in the Zaporozhye direction will be transferred to the Kupyansk direction.
16:02 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Energodar. Getting into a multi-storey residential building in which a fire occurred -video.
15:30 Our armored train on a magnetic cushion entered Kupyansk-Uzlovaya. Glory to the soldiers of the 22nd Separate Brigade of the railway troops of the Western Military District.
The militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are paralyzed by an unexpected blow for them and in a panic they run to the right bank of the Oskol by swimming.
15:00 An explosive device hidden in a garbage container exploded in Tokmak, Zaporozhye region. One person died. The explosion occurred in the courtyard of the house number 12 on Shevchenko Street.
It was established that during the loading of garbage into a public utility vehicle, an unidentified object fell out of the bin, after which an explosion occurred. During the explosion, two employees of MUP "KP Contact" were injured. One of them died in the hospital.
14:48 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction, the Orekhovsky segment from the Summary and Analytics of the NWO:
The enemy again launched several attacks in the direction of the center of the village of Rabotino. At this moment, our army is counterattacking.
Our tactical aviation sent several FAB-500M-62s to the enemy's concentration in the northern outskirts of the settlement. The battle continues, the enemy has not achieved significant success.
14:45 They are going to Rabotino colors for the center of the village.
The enemy does not leave attempts to move deeper into Rabotino, constantly sending forward assault groups in an attempt to gain a foothold closer to the center of the village.
Footage of the joint work of the marines of the 810th Brigade and artillerymen of the 503rd Regiment to destroy an enemy group that had climbed deep into the village. Climb something climbed, but failed to build on the success. They were quickly discovered and put to flight. But not all. Some stayed where they were.
14:10 APU hit school in Dnepryan, Kherson region.
It is reported that a 120mm Ukrainian mine flew into the courtyard of the educational institution. The blow was so strong that 30 windows were knocked out at the school.
14:00 Circumstance at the front on August 21
Zaporozhye area:
Rabotino. On August 18, there was a lull: the Armed Forces of Ukraine were regrouping and pulling up the reserve to the northern outskirts. On the night of the 20th to the 21st, fighting resumed.
Ukrainian troops are trying to reach the northern border of the village, but attempts to gain a foothold so far have not led to anything. Most of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, after unsuccessful attacks, roll back to their original position and accumulate in forest plantations, where they are covered by artillery. The bulk of the Ukrainian troops are concentrated on the Rabotino-Verbove sector.
Many foreign mercenaries are recorded, presumably as part of the 82nd Specialized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Swedes, Danes, Norwegians. The village is under fire control of the RF Armed Forces.
Pyatikhatki - Foals. A similar situation. Over the weekend, the Armed Forces of Ukraine regrouped and again tried to carry out several sorties without equipment, but under the cover of artillery. The units were seen from the air and worked out by artillery, after which they retreated to their original positions. Heavy mining and a bunch of artillery + aviation of the Russian Armed Forces still prevent Ukrainian troops from moving in the area.
Pyaikhatki - Gulyaipole. The main attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to move forward in this area are concentrated along the railway line and the T-04-01 highway. At the junction of the Zaporozhye region and the DPR, in the area of Ol'govsky and Poltavka, enemy DRGs accumulated for several days. On Sunday evening, a temporary deployment point in the forest belts was discovered and destroyed, after which there is a temporary lull. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area works much less than usual.
South-Donetsk direction:
Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye are in the gray zone. The Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot enter there without loss, so they are looking for workarounds through fields and mines. Losses are constantly growing. So far, there has been a relative lull both in the operation of equipment and in attacks in general, which is associated with the regrouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for subsequent attacks. The 37th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffers especially heavy losses: this formation does not carry out attacks in the forehead, when trying to advance east of the brigade column, they were ambushed several times and hit by artillery.
Russian artillery is actively working along the section between Novodonetsky and Prechistovka. As long as the weather permits, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are concentrating all their forces in the forest belts, which makes it impossible to quickly evacuate troops and ammunition in the event of shelling.
Artyomovsk direction:
The alignment of the front line along the flanks in the south and north continues. The five-week assault on Kleshcheevka did not bring the expected result to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Over the past few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have minus 15 infantry fighting vehicles on a three-kilometer section between Kleshcheevka and Andreevka.
In the north, in the Vasyukovka area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually reducing the intensity of attacks. There are big losses. Also, after a series of failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and several counterattacks of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the surviving units of the Ukrainian army from the northern direction are being transferred near Kupyansk.
Kupyansk direction:
Sin'kovka is currently in the gray area. Presumably, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already left the village, the former defensive lines of the Ukrainian army in this area are now being examined from the air. Rocket artillery and aviation are constantly working on the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the positions of the 14th and 92nd Motorized Brigade. FAB-250 adjustable air bombs with planning and correction modules are widely used. It is reported that with the help of these munitions, the central bridge across the Oskol River was disabled.
With its help, the left and right banks of Kupyansk were connected. In the area of Kislovka and Kotlyarovka, the 202nd Separate Territorial Defense Battalion and units of the 88th Motorized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in a difficult situation. If this area is abandoned by Ukrainian troops, the way to Kupyansk-Uzlovaya, five kms from Kupyansk itself, will be opened for the RF Armed Forces. The first signs of a deterioration in the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kupyansk are already there: there are reports
13:45 The consequences of the artillery attack of the Kyiv region. Presumably, the artillery attack from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was carried out from cannon artillery -video.
13:30 Active hostilities are taking place near Sinkovka near Kupyansk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have already left the village, the head of the administration of the Ganchev region told RIA Novosti.
13:25 The enemy is again advancing near Rabotino on the Zaporizhzhya Front - Military commissars of the Russian Spring
Direction of the main attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Orekhovsky section of the Zaporozhye Front.
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not stop throwing units of the 82nd Airborne Brigade, 47th and 65th Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into attacks. At night and in the morning, enemy assault groups, supported by armored vehicles and artillery, again attacked our positions in the fields at the Rabotino-Verbovoye line.
The enemy is actively covered by our artillery. Several units of enemy equipment were hit by fire from Russian fighters. There are also battles for Rabotino itself, the enemy enters the village from the north side.
“Three assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to break through the Russian defenses near the village of Verbove in the Zaporozhye direction that night, but were destroyed,” said the head of the Balitsky region.
13:24 Personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction
Russian military FPV drone operators knock out armored vehicles involved in attempts to break through Russian defenses.
13:10 It is reported that the assault on Petropavlovka has begun. According to preliminary data, the enemy is leaving positions near Petropavlovka, Kasharovka, Podolov, Kurilovka. It is obvious to the enemy that it is pointless to keep these settlements
12:54 Russian Armed Forces are reporting an offensive in the Kupyansk direction towards Kislovka and Kotlyarovka. If the offensive is successful, then the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the left bank of the Oskol will be in the cauldron.
12:45 Incoming messages on the taking under control of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of the village of Sin'kovka, Khar'kov region. There were long battles in its vicinity, and finally, during the ongoing offensive of Russian troops on Kupyansk, the village passed under the Russian flag.
12:30 reported that Kupyansk is leaving the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and officers
12:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to take the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region, entering it from the flanks, but suffer heavy losses. Dmitry Rogozin, head of the military-technical center "Tsarskie Wolves", informed us about this.
Ukrainian units suffer heavy losses in manpower and military equipment, including Western-style ones.
11:58 Ukrainian channels confirm information about the difficult situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Sinkovka
11:27 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 21, as of 11:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk city (Kyiv district): - as a result of the detonation of a previously unexploded cluster submunition on the street. Artyoma, 169 “a”, a man born in 1986 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - st. Konstantinovskaya, 1 - apartment building.
10:56 Environment in the Zaporozhye direction, the Archangel of Spetsnaz reports:
n.p. Rabotino - all day the enemy went on assaults, there were battles and are still ongoing, equipment is being destroyed on the outskirts along with personnel.
n.p. Pyatikhatki - the situation is also normal in our sector, the enemy is destroyed without having time to get close to 600 m.
Aviation worked out with FABs on forest plantations with the enemy and was destroyed by the “X-leaders” of the AN/TPQ-36 radar
10:27 Circumstance in the South-Donetsk direction:
On the Vremevsky sector, the front line of enemy units preparing offensive operations in the direction of Cherished Zhelaniya and Staromlynovka runs along the southern border of Urozhaynoye and forest belts adjacent to the southern borders of the village. In these places, as well as in Staromayorsky and Urozhayny itself, fire damage is systematically inflicted, including by TOS.
This makes it difficult, but does not completely block the possibility of rotating units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Urozhayne. In general, for several days now there has been a decrease in enemy activity in this area, which indicates (in our subjective opinion) not about the exhaustion of the offensive potential, but about the preparation of a throw on the Staromlynovka-Kermenchik line.
To the north of Priyutnoye, the location of the Ukrainian DRG was discovered, which managed to drag a small ammunition depot into the forest belt. The object was destroyed by fire from the AGS, a secondary detonation of the BC was observed. During the night, two more DRGs were also opened in the area, which were scattered by artillery and mortar fire.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are completing the restoration of the combat capability of their 31st Brigade, previously withdrawn to the rear for resupply. The use of this mechanized brigade in this direction is expected. In total, units of the 35th, 37th and 38th Infantry Regiments, as well as 1st Brigade and 128th Brigade of the enemy's territorial defense are currently present in the Vremevsky sector.
In the Ugledarsky area, the situation remains relatively calm. One can only single out some activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Pavlovka area to the north-west of the settlement, which was suppressed by artillery fire.
10:21 The village of Sin'kovka near Kupyansk has come under the control of the RF Armed Forces. This is reported by the channel "Come and see". According to other sources, the battles for Sin'kovka continue - despite the advance of the RF Armed Forces, it is too early to talk about complete control over the village.
10:20 Russian army restrains the onslaught of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Rabotino despite the constant attacks - what is happening on the fronts on the morning of August 21:
Despite the insinuations about Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction in the enemy media, it is premature to talk about the withdrawal of the Russian military from the settlement, to put it mildly. The enemy is currently trying to attack the positions of the RF Armed Forces and gain a foothold in the northern part of the village, which has actually turned into a gray zone.
But, according to reports from the field, it is problematic to do this because of the constant work of our artillery. Approximately the same situation is in Verbovoye - enemy forces are constantly destroyed there.
In the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction, the enemy does not leave attempts to attack Kleshcheevka - but the reinforcements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine approaching the front line are destroyed by our artillery. In addition, there was a probing of our positions in the Donetsk direction near Avdievka.
A positive situation is developing in the Kupyansk direction, where the Russian military continues to take one after another the supporters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - this is especially true of Sin'kovka, where the fighting is taking place directly in the village, as well as Petropavlovka. It is difficult to go on the attack on this sector of the front, especially considering that this night Russian aviation worked out in the very district center.
10:05 Circumstance in the Kupyansky direction on August 21.
Changes in the situation in the Kupyansk direction indicate a qualitative change:
Firstly, we are talking about the enemy striking at the bridge over the Oskol. After that, in fact, the left-bank part of the agglomeration remains cut off from the city itself.
Secondly, as in the case of the Balakley-Izyum counteroffensive last summer, which was carried out by small forces with good information and psychological support, the enemy begins to “disperse” the topic of a counterattack in the Kupyansk area. Balakleya, and like Kupyansk in August-September 2022, were taken by 400 people, conditionally with “two tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles”, and our units defending these cities, having swallowed the misinformation, automatically retreated to Kucherovka and dug in there.
Realizing that now the forces and means of the 6th Army and 1st tank Army of the RF Armed Forces are concentrating on this sector, the TsIPSO SOF of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are throwing disinformation through controlled channels about the alleged transfer to the Kupyansky sector of reinforcement of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the preparation of offensive operations for August 24.
The stuffing also contains information about the transfer of additional equipment and weapons. The enemy in correspondence and personal conversations on the gsm-ether actively exaggerates the topic "waiting for orders." Many pro-Ukrainian Telegram channels have already officially begun to talk about the topic of the upcoming “battle for Kupyansk”, which write that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will squeeze the Russian army out of Lyman First.
Well - let's refute the enemy's attempts to sow panic and confusion by throwing out frank "misinformation":
Now the enemy is completing the construction of a line of defense in the Shevchenkove region, which has already been done for the second month. The number of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this area is far from the reserves required for a counteroffensive. Mobilized units from Odessa and L'vov are standing on the site, which create the appearance of the presence of the army.
Realizing that there are people left in Kupyansk itself who are waiting for the return of the RF Armed Forces, in the classic of information and psychological operations, the enemy defiantly launches columns consisting of several pieces of equipment along the surrounding roads (the composition and sequence of vehicles changes, but there is no transfer).
Leopard tanks, self-propelled guns Krab, M113 with a false turret were seen in the columns. They are also transported on tractors, creating the appearance of a transfer. Of course, one should not assume that there are no reserves at all in the Kupyansk direction - no. Their number is sufficient to partially deter our offensive. But not for a full-fledged counterattack.
Most of the “colleagues in the shop” form the opinion that the enemy is purposefully surrendering Kupyansk in order, following the example of Bakhmut, to subsequently tie down our large forces in this area, forcing us to defend the city from the flanks. The "Bakhmut precedent" and the tactics of flank attacks instilled confidence in the minds of the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Undermining bridge crossings over the Oskol is a signal to us that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not plan to defend the eastern part of the city. The question is where the equipment from the forest south of the Sakhzavod will go. It is possible that in the direction of Borovaya. But a demonstration of unpreparedness for defense is evident here.
09:46 Yrozhaynoye and Staromayorskoe in the DPR are in the gray zone, the Ukrainian army continues to try to gain a foothold in this sector of the front. Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, announced this on the air of the Rossiya-24 TV channel.
09:42 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Novaya Kakhovka.
According to the authorities, the impact damaged a gas pipeline in a non-residential building at 1 Sadovaya Street. The gas supply to the building is currently shut off.
09:20 Soldiers of the crew of the Strela air defense system showed rare Ukrainian UAVs shot down in the special operation zone.
At an altitude of up to 2 kilometers, any drones are shot down - reconnaissance, strike, loitering kamikaze drones. The main thing is to have time to detect them in time.
“Valkyrie”, “Fury”, “Shark” are the same. Aircraft type UAV. Well, and percussion, the so-called "kamikaze", which work, as usual, in pairs. That is, there is a shock, and behind it - reconnaissance, which produces video footage, ”says Gall.
Detection is done visually. One person from the calculation is at the air observation post, conducting visual reconnaissance. When a target is detected, the affiliation is specified - ours or the enemy. Immediately comes the command to calculate.
The fighters showed the “pride” of the Ukrainian military industry - the Shark reconnaissance drone, just shot down by our fighters. Body-mounted camera with 30x zoom, controls are protected by encryption. And speed up to 150 km/h. The assurances of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that Russian air defense systems are powerless in the fight against their offspring crumbled in the first months of using the drone in the special operation zone.
09:12 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:
- 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition, losses: four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, two were injured 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:
- two positions of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: nine servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; seven - received injuries of varying severity;
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 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: 12 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; six - received injuries of varying severity, three units of automotive equipment were disabled;
-120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity.
09:05 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Cossack Camps 18 rounds;
-- n.p. Radensk six rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka nine rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanovka 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryans nine rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki nine rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n. p. Velyka Lepetikha firing a total of 30 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
08:46 Zaporizhzhia direction area n.p. Rabotino on 21.08:
There is information that the enemy is gradually pulling up additional reserves that were not previously involved in this operational direction.
We are talking about three or four brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trained in NATO countries. The weapons are also mostly Western: Strykers, Bradleys, Leopards, Cheetahs and other felines. Aviation and artillery of the RF Armed Forces are ready to meet with the warmest hugs.
08:32 During the day, the DPR representative office in the JCCC recorded 30 facts of firing from the AFU, 99 ammunition was fired.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 19 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gor'lovsky - seven artillery attacks from artillery of 152mm caliber. On Yasinovatsky - three artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm.
On Volnakhsky - one artillery attack from 155mm artillery. The enemy fired at Donetsk, Ol'ginka, Makeevka, Yasinovataya, Gorlovka, Gol'movsky, Ozeryanovka.
Over the past day, one civilian died in Yasinovataya, five people were injured of varying severity in Yasinovataya and Olginka.
A total of 13 residential buildings and three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya.
08:19 The last was "Caesar": like "Msta-S" destroys near Maryinka Western equipment.
The city of Mar'inka in the Donetsk People's Republic is under full fire control of the Russian military. Our infantrymen working in the settlement are assisted by artillerymen on the Msta-S self-propelled howitzer.
The gun is commanded by a fighter with the call sign "Sky". According to him, it became very difficult to work. And it's all about cluster munitions, which the enemy randomly hits.
“We are most afraid of cumulative cassettes, because the armor will not withstand. If the cluster munition against the infantry is shrapnel, then the armor withstands well. The main thing is not to be on top, ”said the gun commander.
Russian fighters already have a lot of trophies. In Marinka they defeated hundreds of enemy artillery units.
“The last one was “Caesar” 3-4 days ago. Before that, there was a 777 howitzer,” said the commander of an artillery battery with the call sign “Dnepr”.
The fighters of the motorized rifle unit of the Southern Military District are beating the militants in this direction. Almost all come from the Rostov region. The government is trying to help them. They also hand over drones to the military, which are necessary for pinpoint strikes against the enemy.
08:11 Russian missilemen inflicted blow at the unloading station, destroying three wagons with ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 10 transport vehicles and a significant amount of enemy manpower, said Vadim Astafiev, head of the press center of the Yug grouping of the RF Armed Forces.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 21.08.2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, attacked between the villages of Rabotino and Verbove. There is a promotion. Part of the forward defense lines of the RF Armed Forces is now under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions in Plavni, Kamensky, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledar and Donetsk directions), Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Yegorovka, Gulyaipole, Malinovka and Poltavka. The Ukrainian army hit Zherebyanka, Nesteryanka, Kopany, Novoprokopovka and Novopokrovka.
In the Ugledarsky section of the RF Armed Forces, after shelling, they carried out a counterattack on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Urozhayne. Ukrainian units are under attack in Novodarovka, Staromayorsky, Blagodatny, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka, Ugledar and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Donetsk). Ukrainian artillery worked on Sheltered, Cherished Desire, Staromlynovka and Novodonetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, after the powerful work of artillery and the Russian Aerospace Forces, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Kleshcheevka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine held their positions at the heights. Also, Russian troops tried to advance from Berkhovka. Artillery of the RF Armed Forces fired on Ukrainian units in Belaya Gora, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Novomarkovo, Fedorovka, Rozdolovka, Vesel (a settlement north-west of Soledar), Sporny and Verkhnekamensky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Bakhmut and Berkhovka.
In the Lugansk direction, Ukrainian troops managed to slightly push the RF Armed Forces in the Serebryansky forest area near Dibrova. Novoselovsky has a similar situation. Russian troops fired on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Terny, Nevsky, Berestovo, Kotlyarovka, Kislovka, Kupyansk, Kucherovka and Petropavlovka.
08:03 According to Turkish sources, in the Zaporozhye region, at the Orekhov-Rabotino line, the Ukrainian army sent the remaining four brigades from the reserve into battle to break through the defense line at Rabotino.
The only place the attackers were able to reach was the space between the minefields and the front lines of defense, and despite the use of the most elite forces after 2.5 months of fighting.
Ukraine and NATO are making the "last shot" for the last chance to win, but so far to no avail. Once the resources for this offensive are depleted, they realize that everything will end with a Russian counterattack, and forces the Ukrainians to attack stubbornly.
Russia is trying to give the Armed Forces hope and force Ukraine to transfer all reserves to the front, and this tactic seems to be working.
07:40 Explosions were heard in the Zaporozhye region at night
The Russian army is launching a missile attack on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an alarm has been declared.