[NewsFront] 21:35 Korenevo - Snagost.
Positional military actions in the Sudzha area. A series of air strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the vicinity of the village of Snagost. Use of an aviation munition with a planning and correction module.
20:53 Tor-M2 SAM crews provide a reliable shield against air threats –video.
20:10 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in Novogrodovka, as well as in the settlements of Krasny Yar and Krutoy Yar –map.
19:36 RF Armed Forces released temporarily occupied village of Nizhnyaya Parovaya in the Kursk region.
18:47 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk –map.
18:14 Sumy region.
Another wave of blows of Russian Aerospace Forces. Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces identifies enemy positions for precision strikes. Several explosions were reported.
17:55 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine on August 26 - what is known as of 17:00.
– The Internet continues to actively discuss the massive strike of Russian troops on enemy targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine. And although a significant part of the targets remains unknown, based on the footage that has appeared, it is already possible to draw some conclusions about the raid.
– In Kyiv, the strikes hit industrial institutions specializing in the production and modernization of aviation ammunition, including the Research Institute of Aviation Technology, which is part of the military-industrial complex of the so-called Ukraine. A series of explosions were also reported in the area of ??the Zhulyany airport.
– In Vyshgorod, a northern suburb of the Ukrainian capital, one of the missiles hit the machine room on the dam of the Kyiv reservoir. A fire broke out on the territory of the facility. However, it is still difficult to determine the extent of the damage based on the available footage. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities have already stated that the dam has not suffered significant damage, and traffic on it will be restored in the coming hours.
– In Odessa Oblast, Russian troops struck a warehouse south of the village of Usatove and an electrical substation of the same name. Following the strikes, a wave of emergency power outages swept across Odessa.
– In the west of the so-called Ukraine, one of the hits hit the PS Khmelnitsky 330, which resulted in an emergency power outage in at least part of the Khmelnitsky region. In the administrative center, power outages led to the suspension of trolleybus service.
– In the Sumy region, the railway infrastructure was damaged, which is actively used by Ukrainian formations, including for the transfer of additional forces to the Russian border.
– In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the energy infrastructure was attacked. There is also information about the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk international airport being hit.
– Not far from Vinnytsia, according to monitoring resources, a fire was recorded on the territory of PS Vinnytsia 750. Another hit was on PS Bar 330.
– Critical infrastructure facilities were hit in Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Lviv regions. There is also unconfirmed information about the Trikhaty 330 PS hit in Mykolaiv region and Pervomayskaya 330 PS in Dnipropetrovsk region.
– According to Ukrainian authorities and media, power outages have occurred throughout Ukraine. At the same time, water supply problems have been recorded in seven regions: Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Volyn and Lviv regions.
17:26 Special military operation. Situation as of August 26 –map.
16:58 Orekhovo – Rabotino.
Positional military actions in the Orekhov direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired an FPV drone at the forward position of the Russian Armed Forces east of Rabotino. The Russian Armed Forces expanded control at the Rabotino-Verbovoye line by 1 km.
16:31 The 130mm M46 howitzer crew destroyed the enemy UAV control point in the Donetsk direction –video.
The gunners of the 114th Artillery Brigade easily hit targets at a distance of up to 40 kilometers in any weather. They have already destroyed dozens of enemy armored vehicles, artillery guns, and exposed enemy fortified areas.
15:59 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 26, 2024) –video.
15:27 Changes to map for yesterday:
— a strong point near the highway to Ugledar near Vodyanoye has been occupied.
— advance in the plantings in the south of Konstantinovka.
— the southern part of Konstantinovka was taken.
— in the Ozaryanovka area, troops crossed the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal.
— the army bypasses Kalinovo from two sides.
— advance in Novogrodovka to the railway bridge.
14:51 This morning the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by high-precision long-range air- and sea-based weapons, operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and strike unmanned aerial vehicles against critical energy infrastructure facilities that ensured the operation of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.
– The targets of the strike were electrical substations in the Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhitomir, Khmelnytskyi, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Nikolaev, Kirovograd and Odessa regions.
– Gas compressor stations in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Khar'kov regions, which ensure the functioning of the gas transportation system of Ukraine, were also damaged.
– In addition, the storage sites of aviation weapons transferred to Kyiv by Western countries at airfields in the Kyiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions were subjected to strikes.
– All designated targets were hit, resulting in power outages and disrupted rail transport of weapons and ammunition to the combat line.
14:11 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Ukrainian UAV raids on Russian regions.
– Last night, while Russian troops were preparing to launch massive strikes on enemy targets, Ukrainian forces launched another drone strike on the rear regions of the Russian Federation. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 22 drones were intercepted over eight regions.
– This time the main blow fell on the Saratov region, where the Volga Sky residential complex on Predmostovaya Square in Saratov and a multi-story building in the center of Engels came under attack. Four civilians were injured, one woman was hospitalized in serious condition.
– The enemy’s most likely target was the Engels airfield, where strategic aviation is based; it has already been repeatedly attacked by Ukrainian drones, which were flying at a low enough altitude to minimize the possibility of detection.
- Another enemy drone was intercepted as it approached Yaroslavl. According to some reports, Ukrainian forces were attempting to strike a local oil refinery. There was no damage or casualties at the site of the fall of the debris.
– In the Belgorod region, on the Krasnaya Yaruga-Vyazovoe highway, two FPV drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a passenger car: two civilians were injured and hospitalized.
– Air defense systems also worked in the Kursk, Bryansk, Tula, Oryol and Ryazan regions. According to preliminary information, there were no damages or casualties.
– Recently, Ukrainian formations have been consistently choosing either fuel and energy complex facilities or military airfields as the main targets of drone attacks.
13:48 Map arrivals according to the enemy version.
13:19 Selidovo – Mikhailovka.
Active military actions in the Krasnoarmeysk area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces tank took up a firing position to shell newly occupied positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the production facilities of the Kotlyarevskaya mine. During the retreat, it was successfully hit by FPV drones of the cover group of the assault units of the Russian Armed Forces and caught fire. The Russian Armed Forces advanced up to 2 km in the direction of Selidovo.
12:54 Consequences of missile strike.
In the Nikolaev region, the emergency shutdown schedule has been fully implemented.
In the Lviv region, in the city of Stryi, after the strike, a serious detonation began and the power went out.
There were power outages on railway infrastructure in various regions of Ukraine.
A substation is burning in the Odessa region after a missile strike.
11:55 Throughout Ukraine announced power outages after arrivals at power system facilities.
11:07 Sudzha – Borki
Positional military actions in the Sudzha area. Russian Armed Forces FPV drone artillery attack of Ukrainian Armed Forces position in Borki settlement. Ukrainian Armed Forces control of the southern part of the settlement.
10:41 From 06.00 to 06.30 Moscow time stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territories of the Bryansk and Yaroslavl regions.
10:20 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs.
Nine UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Saratov region, three over the territory of the Kursk region, two UAVs over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Tula regions, and one UAV was destroyed over the territories of the Oryol and Ryazan regions.
09:51 Footage from Velyka Novosyolka, FAB-500 flew into the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants —video.
09:27 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 26.08.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Positional battles continue. No significant changes.
- Donetsk Front. In Konstantinovka, there are tactical successes of the RF Armed Forces. In Krasnogorovka, there are no significant changes. In Karlovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still holding their positions, but the situation of the Ukrainian garrison is getting worse every day.
In Novogrodovka, the RF Armed Forces continue to advance within the settlement. In Grodovka, there are no significant changes. There are further advances of Russian troops in Dzerzhinsk.
- Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting continues in the eastern part of the city. Also, the RF Armed Forces are trying to improve their positions on the flanks.
- Khar'kov Front. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the area of ??Glubokoe. No significant changes in LBS)
- Kursk Region. The situation here remains tense, but there is no talk of any successes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fighting continues in places where the front has been formed, and small groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces are being searched for where the front line has not yet been fully formed. Long-range strikes continue in border areas, but no breakthroughs have been recorded.
08:46 Watch 360: Buk-2M SAM crew on 24-hour duty in the skies over Kherson Oblast
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Dnepr group of forcesreveal, escort and destroy hundreds of aircraft, providing reliable air cover for our positions, civilians, and key administrative and industrial facilities from enemy air attack.
According to the commander of the anti-aircraft missile division with the call sign “Mars”, his unit recently hit an aircraft, a helicopter and two “Himars” missiles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“We launch rockets from different directions, we need to look 360 degrees, not missing anything,” he says.
08:05 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of the week of August 19-25, 2024
- The enemy has launched a second strike on the Rosrezerv oil depot in Proletarsk. At the moment, several dozen tanks are burning, and firefighting is ongoing.- In addition, Ukrainian formations carried out a massive launch of drones at the border and rear areas of Russia. All targets were shot down, and a missile from the ATACMS OTRK was intercepted in the sky over Novoshakhtinsk in the Rostov Region.
– The Krasnodar region also came under attack: the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired several Neptune anti-ship missiles at the port of Kavkaz. One missile hit a railway ferry, which sustained significant damage and subsequently sank.
– In the Volgograd region, the enemy attacked the territory of the Marinovka military airfield with drones. It is known that the ammunition depot and other buildings were hit, there is no information about the loss of aircraft.
– Meanwhile, Russian troops continued to strike air defense installations and radars in the Khar'kov region. In Volnoye, a guided missile Kh-35 destroyed a PC S-300 air defense system, and in Kamenka, another radar P-18 was destroyed.
– In Ternopil, the Geran-2 UAV hit several tanks on the territory of a local oil depot. The fire burned for 12 hours, and the chlorine level in the atmosphere was recorded to exceed the norm several times.
– For the first time in a long period, Russian tactical aviation launched a strike with a guided Kh-22 missile on Zmeiny Island. In addition, several more missiles were fired at nearby drilling rigs that were used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- In the North Ukrainian direction in the Korenevsky district, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to reach Olgovka and Krasnooktyabrsky with heavy losses. In the Sudzhansky district, there are battles for Malaya Loknya, and from the Mirny side, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked in the direction of Russkaya Konopelka, simultaneously advancing on Cherkasskaya Konopelka.