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| 'One of the most powerful during the SVO.' The Russian Armed Forces struck targets in Ukraine |
| 2024-08-27 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Mikhail Zakharov [REGNUM] Early in the morning of August 26, Russian troops launched a series of massive strikes on Ukrainian territory. The missiles and UAVs targeted various infrastructure facilities, as well as enemy air defense systems. Among the weapons used were Geranium strike drones, Iskander operational-tactical missile systems, strategic aviation forces, and weapons from the Black Sea Fleet ships. "This morning, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with long-range precision air and sea-based weapons and strike drones against critical energy infrastructure facilities that support the operation of Ukraine's military-industrial complex. All designated targets were hit," the Russian Defense Ministry said. We didn't have to wait long for confirmation of the effectiveness of our military's actions: Volodymyr Zelensky had already managed to complain that more than 100 missiles and about 100 drones used in the strike had significantly damaged Ukrainian energy facilities. According to him, the strike was one of the most powerful in the entire history of the SVO. It was loud throughout Ukraine: local media reported on the attacks on targets in the Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkov, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Odessa, Vinnytsia, Zhitomir, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Volyn regions. Power went out in many Ukrainian regions, emergency power outages were imposed across the country, water supply problems arose, and local railways had to switch to diesel locomotives. Apparently, this was the result of successful hits on substations in Rivne and Odessa, energy infrastructure in Lutsk, and serious damage to the Kyiv hydroelectric power station in Vyshgorod. It was also reported that two explosions thundered in Kyiv near the Zhulyany airport, where American Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems were located. Due to "Russian activity" in Ukraine, Poland scrambled its armed forces aircraft. Overall, the strikes by the Russian Armed Forces hit energy facilities, defense industry facilities, ammunition depots and other military targets. The Ukrainian military is not distinguished by such selectivity. On the morning of August 26, they once again struck a Russian residential building - a Ukrainian drone attacked a house in Saratov, four people were injured, a woman was hospitalized in serious condition. A drone also struck a multi-story building on Pushkin Street in the city of Engels, fortunately there were no casualties. In total, the Russian military intercepted 20 drones over seven regions overnight. The largest number of drones were neutralized in the Saratov Region — nine. The military was able to neutralize three more drones in the Kursk Region. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed two UAVs in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Tula Regions, and one in the Oryol and Ryazan Regions. In order to prevent the Ukrainian Armed Forces from continuing attacks on Russian territory, it is necessary to continue to strike targets on Ukrainian territory, notes military expert, retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk. At the same time, he calls for not considering the morning strike by the Russian Armed Forces as a "retaliatory strike." “These are systematic military actions that we are taking from the point of view of weakening the military potential and military economy of Ukraine,” the source told Regnum. Today's strike is a continuation of systematic work, military expert Vyacheslav Shurygin is sure. "Such strikes, when they are regular, certainly exhaust Ukraine. When they are made episodically, the enemy can come to its senses," the expert explained in a conversation with the Regnum news agency. In turn, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, stated that “today’s strike by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine is, among other things, a response to the provocation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region,” and that “there will be a continuation.” However, for now, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to throw new reserves into the military adventure in the Kursk region. Russian troops are repelling attacks by enemy assault groups in the direction of the settlements of Kremyanoye, Malaya Loknya and Nechayev, and are also preventing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from breaking through in the direction of Komarovka, Spalnoye, Korenevo, Pogrebki and Olgovka. “Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 400 servicemen and 27 armored vehicles, including a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored personnel carriers and 21 armored combat vehicles, as well as five artillery pieces, two mortars, 11 vehicles and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported. Meanwhile, Russian forces continue to successfully advance in Donbass. Units of the "East" group of forces have improved their tactical position, defeating Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades in the Ugledar area, as well as near the settlements of Vodyanoye, Pavlovka, Prechistovka and Neskuchnoye in the DPR. The Center group is also advancing into the DPR, in the area of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Tarasovka, Zhuravka, Vozdvizhenka, Novozhelannoye and Yasnobrodovka. In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces are breaking through the enemy's defenses, advancing simultaneously to the west within the borders of Novogrodovka and to the south through Kalinovo in the direction of the M-30 highway. At the same time, as reported from the field, the pace of the offensive has increased significantly. According to Anatoly Matviychuk, the advance in the Pokrovsk direction is extremely important, since it is the key point in the enemy’s operational defense. “With the capture of Pokrovsk, we gain operational space, which will allow us to maneuver either towards Dnepropetrovsk or Kramatorsk,” says the expert. He believes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack the Kursk and Belgorod regions so that the Russian command would transfer forces to this direction, easing the pressure in Donbass. But the enemy's plans failed. “Our units are calmly, at an increasing pace, breaking through the defense and reaching the enemy’s second defensive line, where he has neither troops nor prepared defenses, including fortifications,” explains the source of IA Regnum. According to Vladislav Shurygin, our forces are currently moving forward in several directions at once in Donbass – in four or five sections of the front. "There are also heavy battles in the Kharkiv region, where we have entered. Now the front has stabilized there, the Ukrainians are holding it as best they can. First of all, we do not give them peace there, but it cannot be said that we are trying very hard to push them there," the expert adds. Overall, he warns, it is too early to talk about major successes for Russian forces, even in Donbass: the front is in a difficult balance, Ukraine continues to stubbornly resist – there is still a lot of hard work ahead. |
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