[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Ukraine has obliterated a £275million submarine prized by Putin in a missile strike on Russian-occupied Crimea.
The kilo-class vessel, named Rostov-on-Don, was hit during a huge missile barrage, Ukrainian forces confirmed.
The submarine, used to fire calibre class missiles into Ukraine, had been repaired from previous damage after being targeted in September last year.
Dramatic pictures last year showed a huge hole blown into the sub during Ukrainian strikes last year.
It was due to return to service when it was sunk by Ukrainian forces in Sevastopol on Friday night.
Repair. Rinse. Repeat. At least they get to practice their skills…
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[LB] During the past day, 123 combat clashes were recorded.
by Ivanna Kapustyanska
The eight hundred and ninety-second day of large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun. During the past 24 hours, 123 combat clashes were recorded, according to the summary of the General Staff.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched one missile attack against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using three missiles, as well as 80 airstrikes, including dropping 114 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out 4,693 attacks, 93 of them from rocket salvo systems.
The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Vovchanski Khutory, Ternova, Vovchansk, Synkivka, Petropavlivka, and Kupyansk settlements of the Kharkiv region; Druzhba, Shcherbynivka, Toretsk, New York, Diliivka, Malinivka, Elizavetivka, Myrnograd, Novogrodivka, Marynivka, Mykolaivka, Karlivka, Vugledar, Staromayorske, Makarivka, Urozayne, Blagodatne of the Donetsk region; Pavlivka, Novoandriivka, Zaporizhzhia region; Olhivka, Kherson region.
Last day, the aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces made 15 strikes on the enemy's personnel concentration areas, the OVT concentration area, the control point of the UAVs, and also hit two anti-aircraft vehicles and the enemy's ammunition warehouse.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continued offensive (assault) actions, a total of six combat clashes took place. The fighting took place in the districts of Hlyboke, Tykh and Vovchansk settlements of Kharkiv region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the number of combat clashes per day was three. Defense forces repelled enemy attacks in the Stelmakhivka area of the Kharkiv region.
In the Lyman direction, our troops repelled 15 enemy attacks in the districts of Makiivka, Luhansk region, Terni, and Torsky, Donetsk region.
In the Siversky direction, the Defense Forces repelled 11 attacks in the areas of Ivano-Daryivka, Spirne, Verkhnyokamianske, Pereizne and Vyimka settlements.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian soldiers stopped 12 enemy attempts to break through the defenses of our defenders in the area of Chasovoy Yar, Ivanovsky and Klishchiivka of the Donetsk region.
The enemy tried 24 times to wedge into our defenses in the Toretsk direction in the areas of Severnye, Toretsk, New York and Zalizne settlements.
In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders repulsed 36 attacks in the areas of Novooleksandrivka, Zhelanne, Vozdvizhenka, Ivanivka, Novoselivka Persha and Kalinove settlements, where the enemy tried to dislodge our units from the occupied lines.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the enemy in the areas of Krasnohorivka and Kostyantynivka settlements, where the enemy tried three times to break through the Ukrainian defensive positions.
In the direction of Vremivsk, the enemy made five unsuccessful attempts to break through the defense of our troops in the direction of Vodyanyi and Stepova Novosilka, Donetsk region.
In the Orihiv direction, two combat clashes took place in the Novodanilivka and Novoandriivka regions of the Zaporizhzhya region.
On the Volyn and Poliske directions, the operational situation has not changed significantly. No signs of formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions , the enemy maintains a military presence, carries out sabotage and reconnaissance activities, and attacks populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation.
Our soldiers continue to actively inflict casualties on the occupying forces in manpower and equipment, in particular in the deep rear.
In general, the Russian invaders lost 1,170 people in the past day. Also, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed four tanks, 27 armored combat vehicles, 56 artillery systems, one anti-aircraft missile system, an air defense vehicle, 52 operational-tactical BpLA, three cruise missiles, 54 vehicles and four units of special equipment of the occupiers.
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[Korrespondent] 21:59 In Belozerka, Kherson region, Russians dropped a munition from a UAV on a 12-year-old boy who was on the street - he is in moderate condition, OVA reported. Also, as a result of the enemy drone strike, three people were wounded in Antonovka. When medics arrived at the scene, the Russians struck again with a drone - a car was damaged, the medical team was not hurt. In addition, one person was wounded as a result of the Russian attack on the village of Zimovnik, another - in the village of Sadovoe, and another - in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson.
21:44 Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets reported that he urgently contacted the ICRC and the UN regarding the murder of a Ukrainian prisoner of war by Russians. According to him, a photo appeared online, probably of the body of a Ukrainian prisoner of war, whose head and limbs were cut off by Russians. "I would like to note separately that the current war is a hybrid one. By distributing similar photos and videos on social networks and committing such actions, Russia wants to intimidate Ukrainians - both civilians and soldiers," Lubinets noted.
The Office of the Prosecutor General reported that they had begun a pre-trial investigation into the violation of the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder.
17:17 Romania plans to develop Neptune anti-ship missiles together with Ukraine after the war, the defense publication Army Recognition reports. Journalists note that Romania seeks to have Ukraine as an ally to control the waters of the Black Sea from its territory.
16:52 The Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck a submarine and an S-400 anti-aircraft missile system of the enemy in Crimea , the General Staff reported. According to confirmed information, on August 2, units of the missile forces, in cooperation with units of the Navy, significantly damaged four launchers of the Triumf SAM system. In addition, the submarine of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Rostov-on-Don was successfully hit in the port of Sevastopol. As a result of the hit, the submarine sank on the spot.
The B-237 Rostov-on-Don submarine is one of four Kilo-class submarines capable of using Kalibr missiles. The boat was commissioned on December 26, 2014, and on September 13, 2023, it was significantly damaged as a result of a Ukrainian missile attack. After that, the Russians carried out repairs to it in the waters of the Sevastopol harbor.
15:58 Russians attacked Pokrovsk in Donetsk region twice during the day - at least one person was killed and two were wounded, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
14:50 Eight more children have been evacuated from the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, the OVA reported. Since the beginning of the year, 162 children have already been returned from the Kherson region to the territory controlled by Ukraine. In total, more than 20 thousand Ukrainian children have ended up in the occupied territories.
14:26 Russians attacked Antonovka in the Kherson region with drones, four people are known to have been injured, OVA reported. Another person was injured in Kindiyka. In addition, a resident of Belozerka, who was injured during Russian shelling yesterday evening, asked for help today.
14:13 In the Zaporizhia direction, SBU soldiers destroyed a Russian heavy flamethrower system TOS-1A Solntsepek. The special service reported that during reconnaissance, the position of the system was recorded, equipped with a full set of ammunition and ready to strike. "After a bright fireworks display, the crew disappeared along with the entire installation," the SBU noted and showed a video.
11:49 GUR attacked a fuel and lubricants warehouse on the territory of the Atlas plant near the village of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in the Rostov region using 15 Obsidian-type UAVs of the Nayan project, Ukrainian media reported, citing intelligence sources. This warehouse supplied fuel and lubricants to Russian military units and subdivisions stationed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
10:27 The General Staff confirmed a Ukrainian strike on the Morozovsk airfield in the Rostov region. A hit was recorded on ammunition depots, where, among other things, guided air bombs were stored. Information about the destruction of enemy air defense systems and aircraft is being clarified. The Defense Forces also attacked a number of oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage facilities in the Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions. There is information about a hit and subsequent fire on at least two oil product storage tanks.
09:35 The General Staff reported that over the past 24 hours, the enemy attempted to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses in the Toretsk direction 24 times in the areas of the settlements of Pivnichnoye, Toretsk, New York and Zaliznoye. A total of 123 combat clashes were recorded over the past 24 hours. Of these, 36 were in the Pokrovsk direction in the areas of Novoaleksandrivka, Zhelannoye, Vozdvizhenka, Ivanovka, Novoselovka Pervaya and Kalinovo, where the enemy attempted to displace Ukrainian units from the occupied lines.
08:58 Three people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on August 2: two in Yekaterinovka and one in Novogrodovka. Another eight people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:44 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and two were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:27 In the Zaporizhia region, over the past day, two people were injured as a result of Russian attacks on the Vasilievsky district, reported the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
08:12 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 3:
personnel - about 581,760 (+1170) people,
tanks - 8406 (+4),
combat armored vehicles - 16,238 (+27),
artillery systems - 16,217 (+56),
MLRS - 1135 (+1),
air defense systems - 908 (+1),
aircraft - 363 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,057 (+52),
cruise missiles - 2410 (+3),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 21,926 (+54),
special equipment - 2723 (+4).
07:43 Drones attacked different regions of Russia at night. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense systems allegedly intercepted and destroyed a total of 75 drones, including 36 over Rostov, eight over Kursk, nine over Belgorod, 17 over Oryol, two over Ryazan regions, one UAV each over Voronezh Region, the Sea of Azov, and Krasnodar Krai.
Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that as a result of the attack, a tank at an oil depot caught fire. In the Kamensky District of the Rostov Region, the Atlas Rosrezerva plant was attacked, which specializes in storing oil products and, among other things, supplies oil products to the Russian army, Russian publics write. Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev stated that as a result of the massive UAV attack, "a number of warehouse facilities in the Kamensky and Morozovsky Districts were damaged."
In the Morozovsky district of the Rostov region, according to local residents, the Morozovsk military airfield was attacked. Judging by the detonation, an ammunition depot or fuel tanks are burning, Telegram channels report. In the Oryol region, two drones hit a residential building in the Bolkhovsky microdistrict, said Governor Andrei Klychkov.
07:24 Air defense destroyed 24 out of 29 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night, the Air Force reported. The drones were shot down within the Kherson, Odessa, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions. In addition, at night the enemy struck with two S-300 anti-aircraft guided missiles from the occupied territory of the Donetsk region and two Kh-31P anti-radar missiles.
04:56 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops have achieved their long-standing tactical goal of reaching the O-0532 highway to cut off the Ukrainian land line of communication connecting Vuhledar and Konstantinovka in Donetsk Oblast. Russian troops have also advanced in New York and Zalizne, and an attempt to tactically encircle the Ukrainian Armed Forces is possible.
The Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the enemy has tactical successes in Zaliznoye and may already be trying to enter Toretsk itself, which is only 100 meters away.
03:58 In Vinnytsia region, during a night attack, a hit was recorded on an infrastructure facility, reported the first deputy head of the OVA Natalia Zabolotnaya.
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[EngMilRu] The units of the Sever Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of 31st, 42nd Mechanised brigades of the AFU, the 101st Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 13th National Guard Brigade close to Zarozhnoye, Prikolotnoye, Liptsy, Staritsa, and Volchansk (Kharkov region). Russian troops have repelled three counter-attacks of the AFU 92nd Air Assault Brigade and the AFU 36th Naval Infantry Brigade.
The AFU losses were up to 200 Ukrainian troops, four pickup trucks, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have captured more advantageous lines and positions, defeated 14th, 67th, and 115th Mechanised brigades of the AFU near Kupyansk, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), Makeyevka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Russian troops have repelled two counterattacks of AFU 66th and 67th Mechanised brigades' assault detachments.
The AFU losses were up to 470 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and ten motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one 155mm Polish-made Krab and one UK-made Braveheart artillery systems, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one 105mm UK-made L-119 gun, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun have been eliminated. In addition, 22 field ammunition depots have been also destroyed.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 23rd, 24th, 72nd Mechanised, 59th Motorised Infantry, 80th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 103rd and 109th Territorial Defence brigades near Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Chasov Yar, Dyleyevka, Krasnogorovka, and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counterattacks by the AFU 5th Assault Brigade and the 117th Territorial Defence Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 710 Ukrainian troops, one tank, 10 motor vehicles, one 203mm 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzers, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 105mm UK-made L-119 gun, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun. In addition, two Anklav electronic warfare stations and three field ammunition depots have been eliminated.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued advancing to the depths of enemy defences. Russian troops have hit 31st, 32nd, 47th, 151st Mechanised, 1st Tank, and 95th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Toretsk, Shcherbinovka, Sergeyevka, Nikolayevka, Grodovka, Vozdvizhenka, and Kalinovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
Three counter-attacks by assault detachments of 100th, 110th Mechanised brigades of the AFU and the Lut Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 400 Ukrainian troops, three infantry fighting vehicles, including two U.S.-made Bradley and German-made Marder armoured personnel carriers, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, one U.S.-made HMMWV armoured fighting vehicle, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery station.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vodyanoye and Storozhevoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were up to 115 Ukrainian troops, one tank, six motor vehicles, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on the AFU 124th Infantry Brigade, the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, the 39th Coastal Defence Brigade, and the 37th Naval Infantry Brigade near Shcherbaki, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), Burgunka, and Sadovoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 80 Ukrainian troops, one tank, three motor vehicles, one 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 155mm U.S.-made M777 howitzer, and one 100mm Rapira anti-tank gun.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have hit two S-125 surface-to-air missile system launchers, one P-18 radar station for detecting and tracking air targets, AFU fuel depots, one temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 138 areas.
Air defence systems have shot down one U.S.-made Patriot surface-to-air missile, nine U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 140 unmanned aerial vehicles, 80 of them outside the special military operation zone.
In total, 632 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 28,979 unmanned aerial vehicles, 561 air defence missile systems, 16,752 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,395 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 12,779 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,316 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 03.08.2024 to 00:00 04.08.2024.
30 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of two civilians being injured.
DAMAGED:
One car,
One residential building,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 14 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 15 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
One artillery attack in the Yasinovataya direction,
A total of 80 units of various ammunition were fired.
22:39 A powerful explosion was heard in Odessa after a high-precision strike on a warehouse with NATO weapons. There is heavy smoke and fire above the landing site. Presumably, ballistic missiles and Kh-59 missiles were launched at the targets.
21:00 Around 19:00 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
19:57 The Ocheretinsky section of the front from the Ukrainian Armed Forces side continues to “crumble”.
Before Russian troops had time to take Volchye and Progress, the Russian Armed Forces’ 220mm BM-27 Uragans and 122mm BM-21 Grads began to “cover” the Ukrainian army in neighboring Ivanovka.
19:54 Destruction of an enemy T-64BV tank by a Lancet on the Vrem'evsky sector of the front.
19:35 Three Ukrainian drones hit the T-72B3 at once, the drones "burned" the armor and tracks, but the tank did not "lose its shoes" and the crew remained intact. In Vovchansk, the vehicle was approaching almost right next to the nine-story buildings where the Ukrainian army militants were hiding.
18:58 Su-25 attack aircraft launched a strike with S-8 unguided air-to-air missiles, destroying an enemy stronghold and manpower in the area of ??responsibility of the Vostok group of forces.
17:57 Ukrainian Armed Forces flee Chasov Yar. Those who remain surrender and refuse to fire – video .
17:10 Servicemen of the 123rd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces are destroying positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Seversky direction.
16:40 On the situation in the Pokrovsky direction:
From the north, Russian units have come close to the village of Zhelannoye, and advances are also being observed from the west. Powerful artillery preparation has been underway since the night. The enemy is suffering significant losses in both equipment and manpower; two Bradley-type armored personnel carriers have been destroyed, one of which was hit by a Kornet anti-tank missile system, and the second was destroyed by an FPV drone.
Radio intercepts indicate panic in the enemy ranks. Food and water supplies are running low, which significantly complicates their combat capability and morale. Russian Armed Forces units are effectively disrupting rotation attempts and preventing enemy evacuation groups from completing their tasks, thereby increasing the pressure and forcing the enemy to retreat further, the NGP radZVedka channel reported.
15:48 Russian Armed Forces have broken through the water channel in Chasovy Yar and are conducting military operations in the western part of the city – German journalist Julian Röpke.
15:15 Work of a sniper pair of the 35th Army of the Vostok group – video .
14:54 FPV drone “arrives” at a building with Ukrainian military personnel – video .
13:55 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the Central Group of Troops of the Russian Armed Forces amounted to 400 servicemen;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two S-125 air defense missile system launchers and a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenary units;
In the area of responsibility of the Vostok group, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 115 servicemen;
Russian air defense shot down a Patriot missile, nine HIMARS projectiles and 140 unmanned aerial vehicles in one day;
In the area of responsibility of the Zapad group, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 470 servicemen and two ammunition depots.
13:35 Defeat of a Bradley IFV by a precise hit from an ATGM – video.
13:27 New York is burning under the blows of the Russian army
The fighters of the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Army Corps continue to destroy enemy manpower and equipment, advancing step by step through the populated area.
13:15 Statement by the head of the press center of the "West" group:
As a result of active actions, the motorized rifle units of the group improved their position along the front line, captured eight enemy strongholds, and repelled three counterattacks by assault groups from the 1st Brigade of the President of Ukraine.
With the support of artillery, heavy flamethrower systems and aviation, they inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of units of the 14th and 115th Mechanized brigades, the 3rd Assault Brigade, and the 107th and 110th Territorial Defense brigades in the areas of Senkovo, Novoosinovo, Stavki, Grigorovka and Makeyevka.
A unit of the group's rocket artillery in the Podvysokoe area struck a temporary deployment point of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as a result of which more than 50 militants and five vehicles were destroyed.
During the counterbattery fire, artillery units destroyed five 122mm D-30 artillery pieces, two American M777 howitzers, an M198 howitzer, an 100mm MT-12 anti-tank gun, and 15 mortar crews.
Air defense crews destroyed ten aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the course of a day, the enemy lost up to 510 militants and 42 units of weapons and military equipment, including nine artillery pieces, two Nota and one Anklav electronic warfare stations, 14 vehicles, three ammunition depots and ten UAV control points.
12:55 Footage of the destruction of a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle outside the village of Ocheretino.
12:40 Consequences of the night “arrival” at the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Krasnoarmeysk – photo .
11:46 A selection of the work of the Airborne Forces' "X-guides" in different areas.
11:30 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group:
Units of the Dnepr group of forces inflicted losses on the formations of the 117th Mechanized, 128th Mountain Assault brigades, 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and 39th Coastal Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The enemy's losses amounted to 100 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, including a MaxxPro armored personnel carrier and an HMMWV armored vehicle, seven cars, a 155mm M777 howitzer and a 152mm D-20 gun, and an Anklav electronic warfare station.
10:48 Enemy reports:
"In the Toretsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces captured the eastern outskirts of Zheleznoye, and in New York, Russian assault groups continue to attack the positions of Ukrainian units near the Krivoy Torets River.
The situation has become seriously complicated with the approach of Russian troops to Toretsk, which is only 100 meters away. The line of combat engagement is being clarified, but the Russian Armed Forces are definitely having tactical successes and may try to enter Toretsk itself.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in the area of Timofeyevka and Vesyoloye. At the same time, the Russian Armed Forces continue their offensive towards Zhelannoye.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces cut off a section of the T-05-24 highway connecting Konstantinovka and Ugledar."
09:57 Tula paratroopers stormed another stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near the village of Pereyezdnoye in the DPR and captured three Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen
09:09 Enemy reports:
"The Russian Armed Forces have advanced in Zhelannoye and Zheleznoye."
08:18 Footage of combat work by the crew of the Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system of the 20th Guards Combined Arms Army of the West group of forces to intercept and destroy an American ATACMS operational-tactical missile of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of a special military operation.
08:12 Destruction of an HMMWV armored vehicle and a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the Avdeevka direction – video .
08:00 A Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system crew of the Zapad group of forces destroyed drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as an ATACMS operational-tactical missile. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
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[Regnum] Units of American F-16 fighters transferred to Kiev are already operating in the skies over Kharkiv, the Ukrainian publication Strana reported on August 3.
According to Kharkiv volunteer Yuriy Sapronov, the day before he heard an unusual sound three times and barely managed to notice a plane moving very quickly. He explained that he had learned to recognize the sounds of various weapons very well.
"I checked with the military. F-16!" the publication quotes the volunteer as saying.
On July 31, the British newspaper Telegraph reported that Ukrainian pilots had made their first flights on F-16 fighters. Earlier, Bloomberg reported on the arrival of fighters in Ukraine, without specifying the number of aircraft.
The Washington Post reported that only six Ukrainian pilots have been trained to fly the F-16. It was noted that this limits the number of possible daily sorties, and that the F-16 fighters will be threatened by Russian anti-aircraft missile systems located near the front line.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stated that the supply of F-16s to Ukraine will not change the course of the SVO. The head of state emphasized that the Russian army will destroy these aircraft, as well as all other military equipment supplied by the West.
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I don't think any late model F16Cs are going to Ukraine
I know the Dutch and the Netherlands are giving F-16A/B Block 20 MLU (Mid-Life Update) variants which are just after the 1991 versions. They can definitely use the HARM, but the slammer used by the block 50+ so it is out of their reach.
Honestly I would be surprised if any are close to the front. Ukraine only has a dozen pilots now (by the end of the year they will have 25ish) and risking them and the planes is foolish. Better to use them as air defense for the airfields and factories in the west of Ukraine.
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Better to use them as air defense for the airfields and factories in the west of Ukraine.
Yeah, that is what I would do if I were me. Near the front, they become vulnerable to Russian air defense systems + guy in treeline with MANPAD. They are going to need some air defense of their own too, juicy little targets on the ground that they are. So better keep them in the back.
Also, depending on the exact loadout, it looks like F-16 anti-air missiles are shorter range the Russian glide bombs. Corrections welcome.
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Two of the eight Russians released on Thursday were world-class cybercriminals: Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Seleznev. Prosecutors said it was important for them to serve hard sentences as a message to other cybercriminals around the world, but now both are walking free.
Klyushin hacked into the databases of major American corporations and stole information that helped his criminal gang commit securities fraud on a massive scale. A federal court in Boston found that his scheme netted about $93 million in illicit profits. Klyushin personally walked away with over $34 million in his pockets, which the court ordered him to pay back.
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