[NYPOST] Shocking photos captured smoke billowing out of a Russia-controlled nuclear power plant in Ukraine — a ''reckless'' attack that risked a major ''nuclear accident,'' according to the head of the international nuclear watchdog.
Thick, black smoke was seen Sunday exiting the top of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that Russia captured shortly after launching its full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022.
The massive fire followed multiple explosions hitting the vast, six-reactor facility, according to the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog, which has staff there.
''These reckless attacks endanger nuclear safety at the plant and increase the risk of a nuclear accident,'' IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warned in a statement.
A non-functioning cooling tower was damaged in the fire, Ukraine's nuclear power company Energoatom said in a statement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said initial tests showed that ''the radiation indicators are normal.
''But as long as Russian gunnies maintain control over the nuclear plant, the situation is not and cannot be normal,'' he wrote on Facebook.
I think we all know what is the first thing to get defenestrated in war. But if the Russians were smart they would have shut that plant down right after they captured it.
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The photos at the link betray the truth. Someone lit and stoked a fire underneath a tertiary loop cooling tower. It's completely outside the reactor containment building.
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*Snicker* It’s always fun (and educational) watching the Rantburg crowd figure it out.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:17 During the day, the Russians repeatedly shelled Kherson, at the moment there are five known casualties, including a five-year-old child, OVA reported. In addition, two people were injured in the Belozersk community - the Russians attacked a civilian car moving along the highway from a drone. Also, two residents of Antonovka, who were injured as a result of yesterday's Russian strikes, sought medical assistance today.
21:22 US Senator Richard Blumenthal during his visit to Kiev called the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region "historic": "The breakthrough in Kursk on the front is historic. This is a large-scale breakthrough. Good news, big news that promises even more potential breakthroughs."
In turn, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region is "bold, brilliant and simply beautiful." He said that he would "press Biden so that the United States gives Ukraine all the weapons to win a war that cannot be lost."
20:15 Zelensky said in an evening video address that Kursk will be the "final" of Putin's rule: "We see how Russia is actually moving forward under Putin: 24 years ago there was the Kursk disaster - the symbolic beginning of his rule. And now we can see what will be the finale for him. And Kursk too. The catastrophe of his war."
The President emphasized that the territory of the Kursk region, which is currently controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "in particular, are the areas from which the Russian army launched attacks on our Sumy region, therefore our operations are purely a matter of security for Ukraine: liberation of the border area from Russian troops."
The head of state thanked "soldiers, sergeants and officers for their courage and effectiveness of their actions," and also separately thanked each unit that replenishes the exchange fund for Ukraine. "It is fundamental for us to return all our people from Russian captivity. And today, at Headquarters, the structures involved in exchanges - and this is the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs - were instructed to communicate as actively as possible with the relatives of Ukrainian prisoners. Transparently explain to them how the exchange lists are formed, who can really be returned now. In general, it was instructed to present a clear strategy for the return of our people from Russian captivity. The next Headquarters should have a corresponding report."
He also said that he met today with a delegation from the U.S. Senate, including Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal, both of whom represent both parties. "We discussed what exactly it takes to end this war and end it fairly. I explained in detail our need for long-range capability," the president said.
19:48 Russians shelled Konstantinovka in Donetsk Oblast - one person was killed, one was wounded, OVA head Vadim Filashkin reported. Another person was killed as a result of the Russian strike on Toretsk.
19:19 The military operation in the Kursk region may develop into a new full-fledged front in a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, Western analysts and journalists believe. Read more about what is happening in this Russian region in the article The Kursk operation is gaining momentum .
19:11 Zelensky promised on the occasion of Ukrainian Youth Day that Ukraine "despite the harsh circumstances of the war, will not have a generation lost because of the war. We will end this war the way Ukraine needs and restore security to our state."
19:03 The Foreign Ministers of Italy and Switzerland, Antonio Tajani and Ignazio Cassis, signed a joint declaration calling for a second Global Peace Summit "with the involvement of all parties," including Russia.
18:24 Zelensky officially confirmed the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region for the first time. According to the president, today he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, where the main report was given by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky on "our defensive actions at the front and the operation in the Kursk region." Among other things, the Minister of Internal Affairs, other officials, and the SBU were instructed to prepare a humanitarian plan for the territory where the operation is taking place.
During the meeting, Syrsky spoke about the "continuation of the offensive operation in the Kursk region." According to him, Ukrainian troops currently control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. He also emphasized that the troop groups "are fulfilling their assigned tasks."
In addition, the Coordination Headquarters, the Main Intelligence Directorate, the Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were instructed to prepare a clear and transparent strategy for the return of Ukrainians from Russian captivity, and the Ministry of Defense and diplomats were instructed to submit a list of necessary actions to obtain permission from partners to use long-range weapons to protect Ukrainian territory.
17:48 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called for an end to the "reckless attacks" on the Zaporizhzhya NPP: "These reckless attacks threaten nuclear safety at the plant and increase the risk of a nuclear accident. They must stop now."
17:31 Energodar Mayor Dmitry Orlov said that the fire in the cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhya NPP was a provocation by the Russians: "Now, since all the units are cold, they are not working at all, there is nothing to burn there. Unless the occupiers put something there that could burn. There are only metal structures and reinforced concrete. Therefore, there was nothing physically to catch fire there." He added that the distance to the nearest power unit is about a kilometer, so there is no radiation hazard.
17:26 The SBU stated that it is recording attempts by Russian special services to use the situation in the Kursk region to baselessly accuse Ukrainian defenders of committing war crimes. To do this, the Russian side creates and disseminates various fakes and information leaks that have nothing to do with reality.
According to the SBU, in the near future, Russian special services "may resort to staging crimes, in particular against the civilian population of the Kursk region, in order to subsequently accuse the Ukrainian side of committing them. The SBU warns that such attempts are useless and will not influence either the offensive actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces or the opinion of our state's international partners."
17:19 According to calculations by the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState, Ukraine controls approximately 44 settlements in the Kursk region, while another ten have the status of "unknown". Analysts added that "the estimate is extremely conservative", and now almost no one knows the real number. But there are villages near which there were photos of Ukrainian fighters, but the control was not by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "That is why the estimate is conservative", the experts explained.
16:40 The Russian Investigative Committee has announced the "defendants" in the criminal case opened in connection with the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. Moscow accuses the commanders of the 22nd separate and 80th separate airborne assault Ukrainian brigades, Vladimir Pipko and Emil Ishkulov, of "committing a terrorist act, murder and attempted murder."
16:34 After the start of the operation in the Kursk region, the number of KAB strikes on the Kharkiv region has sharply decreased, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, if earlier there were 30-60 such strikes per day, now there are no more than ten. At the same time, the head of the Sumy OVA Vladimir Artyukh said that Russia has increased the number of air strikes on the region to 50 per day.
16:01 Rheinmetall announced that it will transfer 14 Leopard 2 tanks and a Bergepanzer 3 Buffel armored vehicle for the needs of the Czech Armed Forces, which in turn will send military equipment to Ukraine. Representatives of the German concern noted that the delivery of equipment will be completed in early 2026.
15:53 Kursk Region Head Alexey Smirnov said that the situation in the region is "complicated", with 28 settlements under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to him, the regional authorities know nothing about the fate of about 2,000 people who are in these 28 settlements. Smirnov also said that about 121,000 residents have left the border areas of the Kursk Region to date. As a result of the attacks, 12 civilians were killed and 121 people were injured. There is no clear front line in the region, which complicates determining the location of Ukrainian troops, Smirnov added.
15:17 The worst situation in the Belgorod Region is in the Shebekinsky District, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported to Putin. According to him, 50-70% of residents have left Shebekino itself.
14:59 Putin said at a meeting on the situation in the Kursk region that "the Defense Ministry must drive the enemy out of the region's territory." According to the head of the Kremlin, Kiev is trying to improve its negotiating positions in the future with its actions in the Kursk region. That is why, Putin believes, Ukraine has rejected "peace proposals from Moscow and the mediators." Putin also said that Kiev's operation in the Kursk region allegedly pursues the military goal of stopping the advance of Russian troops.
14:09 The first FPV drones to be purchased from Lithuanian manufacturers may be transferred to Ukraine as early as the second half of September, said Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kaščiūnas. The total amount for which the drones will be purchased is 5 million euros. Another 3 million will be allocated for the needs of the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
13:23 Russians fired artillery at Ukrainsk in Donetsk Oblast - two people were killed, one was wounded, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
13:16 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have planted the Ukrainian flag on the Kinburn Spit between the Dnieper-Bug Estuary and the Black Sea. The video was shown by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko.
13:10 In the Dergachev and Lipetsk communities of the Kharkiv region, the curfew will be increased from today and will last from 17:00 to 9:00, the Kharkiv Regional State Administration reported.
12:41 In Ukraine, 479 athletes were killed as a result of Russian aggression, the Strategic Communications Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
12:32 The European Union is launching a humanitarian demining initiative in Ukraine worth 2 million euros, the EU Delegation to Ukraine reported. As part of the initiative, 16 Belgian Malinois shepherds will be sent to Ukraine along with eight Ukrainian trainers. All of them underwent intensive five-month training in Cambodia. These teams will demining liberated territories, including the Mykolaiv, Kherson and Kharkiv regions, which suffered greatly as a result of the war.
12:26 In Vovchansk, Russian troops have deployed assault groups to establish logistics and improve communications, the Kharkov group of troops reported. In the northwest of Tikhyi, the enemy is conducting aerial reconnaissance and strengthening its positions.
11:33 The Ukrainian corps plans to remain in the Kursk region - more and more evidence of such plans is now appearing, writes Forbes. The publication notes that the Ukrainians are digging trenches, and the Russians are also digging in in anticipation of a positional war. At the same time, both sides have begun to use industrial excavators to build fortifications.
At the same time, the article says that this does not mean that the Ukrainians have finished their offensive. It also does not mean that the Russians cannot counterattack and push the Ukrainians back to the border, analysts point out. "But it does mean that stabilization of the front line and long-term Ukrainian occupation of part of the Kursk region are on the agenda," the publication writes.
10:54 The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region is going better than expected, and this is a reason to talk about increasing the number of German Leopard 2 tanks for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Markus Faber.
10:25 The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that Beijing is closely monitoring the situation in the Kursk region and calls on all parties to de-escalate the conflict: "The Chinese side calls on all parties to adhere to the three principles of de-escalation of the situation, namely: the combat zone should not expand, the escalation of the armed conflict should not be allowed, and provocations leading to increased fire by either side should not be allowed."
09:42 In the Kharkiv region, over the past day, one person was injured as a result of Russian shelling of the village of Aleksandrovka in the Bogodukhov district, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:31 Ten people were wounded in Donetsk region as a result of Russian shelling on August 11, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:27 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed and 11 others were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
09:13 Russia will not conduct mobilization due to the events in Kursk Oblast, said the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov. According to him, "there is no need to conduct mobilization in Russia due to the situation in Kursk Oblast, there are enough fighters at the front."
08:42 Russian war correspondents write that a battle has been going on at the Kolotilovka border point in the Belgorod region since the morning. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the relocation of residents of the border Krasnoyarsk region to safer places "due to the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."
08:24 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 12:
personnel - about 592,000 (+1080) people,
tanks - 8450 (+3),
combat armored vehicles - 16,368 (+5),
artillery systems - 16,728 (+65),
MLRS - 1146 (+3),
air defense systems - 919 (+1),
aircraft - 366 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,472 (+73),
cruise missiles - 2426 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,590 (+66),
special equipment - 2801 (+1).
07:35 The fire on the territory of the Zaporizhzhya NPP has ceased. The radiation level in the Nikopol district is normal, said the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhiy Lysak.
07:27 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has found that Ukraine is advancing in the Kursk region despite Russian claims that the situation has stabilized. Geolocated footage, as well as Russian and Ukrainian reports from August 10 and 11, indicate that Ukrainian forces have advanced west and northwest in the Kursk region, although Russian sources have generally claimed that the Russian military has stabilized the situation.
The BBC writes that Ukrainian troops have advanced at least 30 km into Russian territory - this has become the deepest and most significant advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the counteroffensive in the fall of 2022. Thus, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that it had prevented attempts by Ukrainian forces to break through in the areas of the settlements of Tolpino and Obshchy Kolodez in the Kursk region, which are located approximately 25 and 30 km from the border.
Footage posted online and confirmed by the BBC also showed fighting near the village of Levshinka, about 25km from the border. And in Sumy, which borders the Kursk region, BBC correspondents witnessed a steady stream of armoured personnel carriers and tanks moving towards Russia. Aerial photographs have also emerged showing Ukrainian tanks being used in battles on Russian territory.
00:40 The IAEA said its experts witnessed "heavy dark smoke" in the northern part of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, which appeared after "numerous explosions." Meanwhile, the State Emergency Service reports that the radiation situation in Ukraine is stable, and no changes in the radiation state in the area of the Zaporizhzhya NPP have been detected. The posts of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center near the Zaporizhzhya NPP continue enhanced monitoring and promptly track the state of the radiation background, the agency noted.
Energoatom specified that the fire at the technical water supply facility of the Zaporizhzhya NPP broke out on August 11 at about 20:00. In particular, there was a fire at the cooling tower number one and damage to other process equipment. There are no violations of safe operating conditions, no exceedances of control levels for emissions and discharges of radioactive substances were recorded. The probable cause of the fire is the negligence of the occupiers or the deliberate arson of the cooling tower by Russians. In turn, the Russian authorities claim that the fire allegedly broke out as a result of Ukrainian shelling.
00:26 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the Russian army has advanced near Panteleimonovka in the Pokrovsky district, in North New York and its environs.
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[Korrespomdent] 21:56 The analytical group Conflict Intelligence Team (CIT) suggests that the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be able to hold a bridgehead in the Kursk region for "several weeks or more," depending on what losses the Ukrainian command is prepared to accept and what forces the Russian army is prepared to throw into battle.
Military analysts estimate the number of Ukrainian forces involved in the fighting in Kursk Oblast at several thousand. According to them, the front is about 50 km long. CIT believes that the culmination of the offensive is already behind us, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are consolidating their positions. At the same time, analysts confirm that in Donetsk Oblast, Russian troops are managing to advance towards Toretsk in the Pokrovsk direction, but they doubt that this is due to the transfer of Ukrainian forces to Kursk Oblast. No attempts by Russia to carry out a large-scale transfer of forces from Donetsk Oblast to Kursk Oblast have been recorded.
21:37 Soldiers from the Bravo group of the 130th separate reconnaissance battalion showed a video from the center of the Russian city of Sudzha in the Kursk region. Radio Liberty established that the video shows the very center of the city, Karl Marx Street. Another video from the center of Sudzha also does not show any Russian soldiers or civilians. Caution, the video is 18+
21:22 US Senator Richard Blumenthal during his visit to Kiev called the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region "historic": "The breakthrough in Kursk on the front is historic. This is a large-scale breakthrough. Good news, big news that promises even more potential breakthroughs."
In turn, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region is "bold, brilliant and simply beautiful." He said that he would "press Biden so that the United States gives Ukraine all the weapons to win a war that cannot be lost."
20:15 Zelensky said in an evening video address that Kursk will be the "final" of Putin's rule: "We see how Russia is actually moving forward under Putin: 24 years ago there was the Kursk disaster - the symbolic beginning of his rule. And now we can see what will be the finale for him. And Kursk too. The catastrophe of his war."
The President emphasized that the territory of the Kursk region, which is currently controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, "in particular, are the areas from which the Russian army launched attacks on our Sumy region, therefore our operations are purely a matter of security for Ukraine: liberation of the border area from Russian military." The head of state thanked "soldiers, sergeants and officers for their courage and effectiveness of actions," and also separately thanked each unit that replenishes the exchange fund for Ukraine.
19:19 The military operation in the Kursk region may develop into a new full-fledged front in a full-scale war between Russia and Ukraine, Western analysts and journalists believe. Read more about what is happening in this Russian region in the article The Kursk operation is gaining momentum.
19:08 Russian troops on the border of the Kursk region were calmly drinking coffee in the forest when they were attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Financial Times writes, citing Ukrainian soldiers who are participating in the operation. As one of them said, "we killed many of them on the first day because they were unarmed and did not expect us." Dozens more Russian soldiers surrendered. According to Ukrainian soldiers, they crossed the border at about 13:00 on Tuesday, August 6. The soldiers also said that they were transferred to the Kursk region from the Kharkiv region and from the hottest areas of Donetsk: Chasov Yar, New York and Toretsk.
18:55 Radio Liberty showed a detailed map of the advance of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region:
Radio Liberty showed a map of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in the Kursk region
18:24 Zelensky officially confirmed the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region for the first time. According to the president, today he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters, where the main report was given by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky on "our defensive actions at the front and the operation in the Kursk region." Among other things, the Minister of Internal Affairs, other officials, and the SBU were instructed to prepare a humanitarian plan for the territory where the operation is taking place.
During the meeting, Syrsky spoke about the "continuation of the offensive operation in the Kursk region." According to him, Ukrainian troops currently control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. He also emphasized that the troop groups "are fulfilling their assigned tasks."
17:47 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that the delivery of "additional forces and resources to increase the troop group and form reserves" has been organized to the Kursk region.
17:26 The SBU stated that it is recording attempts by Russian special services to use the situation in the Kursk region to baselessly accuse Ukrainian defenders of committing war crimes. To do this, the Russian side creates and disseminates various fakes and information leaks that have nothing to do with reality.
According to the SBU, in the near future, Russian special services "may resort to staging crimes, in particular against the civilian population of the Kursk region, in order to subsequently accuse the Ukrainian side of committing them. The SBU warns that such attempts are useless and will not influence either the offensive actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces or the opinion of our state's international partners."
17:19 According to calculations by the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState, Ukraine controls approximately 44 settlements in the Kursk region, while another ten have the status of "unknown". Analysts added that "the estimate is extremely conservative", and now almost no one knows the real number. But there are villages near which there were photos of Ukrainian fighters, but the control was not by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "That is why the estimate is conservative", the experts explained.
16:40 The Russian Investigative Committee has announced the "defendants" in the criminal case opened in connection with the breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. Moscow accuses the commanders of the 22nd separate and 80th separate airborne assault Ukrainian brigades, Vladimir Pipko and Emil Ishkulov, of "committing a terrorist act, murder and attempted murder."
16:34 After the start of the operation in the Kursk region, the number of KAB strikes on the Kharkiv region has sharply decreased, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. According to him, if earlier there were 30-60 such strikes per day, now there are no more than ten. At the same time, the head of the Sumy OVA Vladimir Artyukh said that Russia has increased the number of air strikes on the region to 50 per day.
15:53 Kursk Region Head Alexey Smirnov said that the situation in the region is "complicated", with 28 settlements under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the frontline length is 12 km, and the width is 40 km. According to him, the regional authorities know nothing about the fate of about 2,000 people who are in these 28 settlements. Smirnov also said that about 121,000 residents have left the border areas of the Kursk Region to date. As a result of the attacks, 12 civilians were killed and 121 people were injured. There is no clear front line in the region, which complicates determining the location of Ukrainian troops, Smirnov added.
15:45 Radio Liberty has shown satellite images showing damage to the Sudzha gas metering station. According to an analysis of the photographs, some of the damage occurred between August 9 and 10, and some between August 10 and 11. The photo from August 11 shows that one of the station's administrative buildings, as well as one of the sites where the metering equipment is installed, is almost completely destroyed. At the same time, on the morning of Monday, August 12, Gazprom claimed that it was continuing to pump gas through the station to Europe in the usual volume.
14:59 Putin said at a meeting on the situation in the Kursk region that "the Defense Ministry must drive the enemy out of the region's territory." According to the head of the Kremlin, Kiev is trying to improve its negotiating positions in the future with its actions in the Kursk region. That is why, Putin believes, Ukraine has rejected "peace proposals from Moscow and the mediators." Putin also said that Kiev's operation in the Kursk region allegedly pursues the military goal of stopping the advance of Russian troops.
14:21 The Russian Defense Ministry stated that Russian military forces allegedly repelled seven attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in the Kursk region in one day.
14:14 Russia is transferring fewer of its forces to the Kursk region than Ukraine would like, The Economist writes, citing Ukrainian military personnel. Thus, the transfer is mainly from the Kharkiv region and much less from the Donetsk region. "Their commanders are not idiots. They are transferring forces, but not as quickly as we would like. They know that we cannot expand logistics by 80 or 100 km," a source in the General Staff told the publication.
The offensive itself, according to The Economist, had been planned for a long time, but some aspects of it indicate a certain rush in preparation. All three soldiers interviewed who took part in the operation learned about it the day before the assault - they were withdrawn from other areas in eastern Ukraine. The main achievement of this offensive, according to the publication, is the rise in morale of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
12:35 The Kursk Region operational headquarters has decided to evacuate residents from the Belovsky District, said the head of the region, Alexey Smirnov.
11:33 The Ukrainian corps plans to remain in the Kursk region - more and more evidence of such plans is now appearing, writes Forbes. The publication notes that the Ukrainians are digging trenches, and the Russians are also digging in in anticipation of a positional war. At the same time, both sides have begun to use industrial excavators to build fortifications.
At the same time, the article says that this does not mean that the Ukrainians have finished their offensive. It also does not mean that the Russians cannot counterattack and push the Ukrainians back to the border, analysts point out. "But it does mean that stabilization of the front line and long-term Ukrainian occupation of part of the Kursk region are on the agenda," the publication writes.
10:54 The Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region is going better than expected, and this is a reason to talk about increasing the number of German Leopard 2 tanks for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Markus Faber.
10:49 Russian media write that in one day the area of military operations in the Kursk region has increased by 70 square kilometers and now amounts to about 720 square kilometers.
The area of military operations in the Kursk region is expanding
10:25 The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that Beijing is closely monitoring the situation in the Kursk region and calls on all parties to de-escalate the conflict: "The Chinese side calls on all parties to adhere to the three principles of de-escalation of the situation, namely: the combat zone should not expand, the escalation of the armed conflict should not be allowed, and provocations leading to increased fire by either side should not be allowed."
09:13 Russia will not conduct mobilization due to the events in Kursk Oblast, said the head of the State Duma Defense Committee Andrei Kartapolov. According to him, "there is no need to conduct mobilization in Russia due to the situation in Kursk Oblast, there are enough fighters at the front."
08:42 Russian war correspondents write that a battle has been going on at the Kolotilovka border point in the Belgorod region since the morning. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the relocation of residents of the border Krasnoyarsk region to safer places "due to the activity of the Ukrainian Armed Forces."
07:26 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Ukraine is advancing in the Kursk region, despite Russia’s claims that the situation has stabilized. Geolocated footage, as well as Russian and Ukrainian reports from August 10 and 11, indicate that Ukrainian forces have advanced west and northwest in the Kursk region, although Russian sources have largely claimed that the Russian military has stabilized the situation. Analysts predict that the Ukrainian operation in the Kursk region and subsequent possible Ukrainian incursions will force the Kremlin to reallocate resources to defend the state border, sacrificing the effectiveness of military operations in Ukraine.
The BBC writes that Ukrainian troops have advanced at least 30 km into Russian territory - this has become the deepest and most significant advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the counteroffensive in the fall of 2022. Thus, the Russian Defense Ministry stated that it had prevented attempts by Ukrainian forces to break through in the areas of the settlements of Tolpino and Obshchy Kolodez in the Kursk region, which are located approximately 25 and 30 km from the border.
Footage posted online and confirmed by the BBC also showed fighting near the village of Levshinka, about 25km from the border. And in Sumy, which borders the Kursk region, BBC correspondents witnessed a steady stream of armoured personnel carriers and tanks moving towards Russia. Aerial photographs have also emerged showing Ukrainian tanks being used in battles on Russian territory.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 36th Naval Infantry Brigade and 92nd Assault Brigade near Volchanskiye Khutora and Liptsy (Kharkov region) in Volchansk and Liptsy directions. Two counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 60 Ukrainian troops, one armoured personnel carrier, four motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-49 counter-battery warfare station.
One AFU ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 67th, 115th, 116th Mechanised brigades, and 3rd Assault Brigade near Kopanki, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Novosadovoye (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by an enemy assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 540 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzers. Two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 28th Mechanised Brigade and 81st Airmobile Brigade near Dyleyevka and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counter-attacks launched by the AFU units were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 570 Ukrainian troops, four armoured fighting vehicles, including one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, and 13 motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzers were destroyed.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 32nd Mechanised Brigade, 14th, and 15th National Guard Brigades near Toretsk, Grodovka, and Mirolyubovka (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 23rd and 31st Mechanised brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 390 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made M1A1 Abrams tank, two U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzer.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade and 120th Territorial Defence Brigade near Prechistovka and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Two counterattacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 58th and 72nd motorised infantry brigades were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, two Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 65th and 118th Mechanised brigades near Nesteriyanka, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 75 Ukrainian troops, 10 motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 127 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down two French-made Hammer guided aviation bombs, six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, 40 unmanned aerial vehicles, 22 of them outside the special military operation zone.
In total, 637 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 29,771 unmanned aerial vehicles, 566 air defence missile systems, 17,042 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,400 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,135 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,668 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 12.08.2024 to 00:00 13.08.2024
A total of 33 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the injuries of three civilians, including a child born in 2011.
DAMAGED:
Four residential buildings,
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
A total of 16 artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 17 artillery attacks in the Horlivka direction.
A total of 98 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:25 Enemy reports regarding the activity of our ballistics, an air raid alert has been declared in a number of regions.
21:00 Belovsky district of Kursk region is under the control of Russian troops, the regional government stated.
19:49 Soldiers of the 47th Motorized Rifle Division of the 1st Tank Army of the West Group of Forces are actively are advancing in the direction of the villages of Peschanoye and Peschanoye-Yuzhnoye in the Khar'kov region.
The UAV group commander with the call sign Kontora said that his guys accounted for three enemy pickup trucks, three American M-113 armored personnel carriers, four infantry fighting vehicles, eight Baba Yaga hexacopters and more than 200 Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters.
“Over the past two months, our division has liberated such settlements as Ivanovka, Kislovka, and Kotlyarovka on this section of the front,” Kontora emphasized.
The enemy in the area actively uses FPV drones, but the division's servicemen are constantly improving their approaches to electronic warfare and successfully cope with them.
19:44 An attempt by the Ukrainian armored vehicle "MaxPro" to break through the Russian border in the Belgorod region –video.
19:07 The Russian Armed Forces liberated the settlement of Lisichnoye in the DPR and increased the pace of the offensive in the Donetsk direction - Defense Ministry.
Control over city blocks in Krasnogorovka has been established. The cleansing of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and nationalists in the settlements of Ivanovka, Sergeyevka, Makeyevka, Kirovo, Artemovo and Zhelannoye is being completed.
Over the past week, the settlements of Timofeevka and Veseloe have been liberated in the Donetsk direction.
In total, in July, the Russian troop groups “Center” and “Southern” liberated 19 settlements in the DPR.
18:45 Two explosions were heard in Khar'kov in eastern Ukraine, the publication "Obshchestvennoye" reported.
18:17 Operators of reconnaissance and FPV drones of the "Center" group of forces support assault units in the Avdeevka direction.
"We try to help the attack aircraft to move forward. The reconnaissance aircraft shows where the targets are. After that, we hit the targets to move forward," said the FPV drone operator with the call sign "Boar."
17:44 122mm D-30 howitzer crews destroyed camouflaged self-propelled guns, positions and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The shooting was carried out with high-explosive fragmentation rounds at a range of up to 15 km. The servicemen of the unmanned aerial vehicle crews carried out reconnaissance of the enemy positions and adjusted the firing at the detected targets.
17:42 Execution Ukrainian BTR-4E from a 30mm cannon of a Russian armored personnel carrier on the road in the village of Giri in the Belovsky district of the Kursk region.
17:35 Destruction of Ukrainian servicemen from the 36th Separate Brigade in Volchansk –video.
17:24 Russian Armed Forces have advanced near Toretsk, plus movement is being recorded in the direction of Panteleimonovka. Russian troops have also advanced to the west and north of Tabayevka.
16:52 Destroyed Personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: objective control of night work in the forest belt.
15:52 American-made Stryker armored fighting vehicle destroyed in a strike by a Lancet in the border area of the Kursk region, the Ministry of Defense reported.
15:34 Soldiers of the 22nd Separate Special Forces Brigade destroyed the Ukrainian Armed Forces radar in the Zaporizhzhya direction –video.
14:54 Fighters of the Sever group captured another Ukrainian armored personnel carrier in the Sudzhansky district –video.
14:50 Footage of destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces radar station in the border region of Kursk.
The enemy radar was detected by aerial reconnaissance on the outskirts of one of the forest areas. The Lancet loitering munition was used to destroy it.
13:50 The Ukrainian army in the DPR is in deep crisis:
- the pocket between Artemovo and New York has been taken under stable control by the Russian army;
– the entire northeastern part of New York came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces (although the Ukrainians still consider it a gray zone);
- serious advance of the Russian Armed Forces at the line of settlements Panteleimonovka-Alexandropol. The heights are completely behind the Russian army, and the gray zone has already spread to Panteleimonovka;
– the Russian Armed Forces’ assault aircraft, moving along the Sladkoe-Vodyanoe road, reached the Konstantinovka-Ugledar highway;
– The Ukrainian Armed Forces were driven out of the area of ??the Severnaya mine waste heap near Toretsk;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces no longer control half of the multi-story buildings in Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk).
13:30 An Abrams tank was destroyed in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces; the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 390 servicemen, the Ministry of Defense reported.
Units of the "North" group of forces defeated two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy lost up to 60 servicemen, an ammunition depot was destroyed;
The Zapad group defeated three brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; the enemy lost more than 540 soldiers, a tank, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare stations;
Units of the "Southern" group of forces defeated two brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy lost more than 570 servicemen;
Units of the Center group of forces improved their tactical position and repelled two counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces; the enemy lost more than 390 soldiers;
Air defense systems shot down two Hammer guided bombs, six HIMARS rockets and 40 drones, 22 of which were outside the SVO zone.
13:14 A captured Ukrainian BTR-4 somewhere in the Kursk region –video.
12:54 Airborne artillerymen struck and destroyed a self-propelled howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
12:27 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported explosions in occupied Kherson
12:19 Footage of training crews of the North troop group to carry out combat missions.
Tank crews, after taking up firing positions in tank-hazardous directions, continue to destroy mobile armored groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
The tank crews camouflaged their combat vehicles and took up firing positions. Each such point allows the crews to quickly move out to destroy mobile armored groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The successful completion of tasks is facilitated by comprehensive timely provision of ammunition, fuel and lubricants, and equipment.
11:56 Enemy reports:
"In the Toretsk direction, fighting continues on the outskirts of Toretsk and in New York.
The Russian Armed Forces have occupied the territory between New York and the village of Yuzhnoye, which had previously been semi-encircled.
The village of Nelipovka remained to be taken before complete encirclement. Until now, this was the only place on the front where the line of contact remained unchanged since February 24, 2022.
The Russian Armed Forces advanced towards Toretsk from Druzhba and to the southwest of New York – towards Panteleimonovka and Alexandropol.
In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are also advancing in the forest belts in the vicinity of the Volchya River."
10:52 Advance of RF Armed Forces in front sectors:
Russian troops advanced south of Konstantinovka and reached the Ukrainian Armed Forces fortified area on the way to Vodyanoye.
There is also the advance of Russian Armed Forces fighters in Kirov, Artemovo and New York.
10:40 On frames: Soldiers of the 9th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces destroy the enemy in the area of the village of New York.
The loss of territory between New York and the village of Yuzhnoye, which was previously semi-encircled, is acknowledged by the Ukrainian resource Deep State.
10:20 Explosions are heard in Mirgorod, Poltava region.
10:07 The crew of the "Tosochka" "burns out" the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Urozhayne.
In the SVO zone there are strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forcesdestroyheavy flamethrower systems, including the newest TOS-2 "Tosochka". It can hit at 18 kilometers - this is twice as much as "Solntsepek".
10:00 FPV drone crews of the Center group of forces supported attack aircraft in the Avdiivka direction –video.
09:49 Russian Armed Forces advanced near Panteleimonovka, in North, New York and its environs.
09:27 Armed Forces of Ukraine re-equipped pickups in MLRS and fired at civilians. The militants fired indiscriminately at peaceful settlements in the border area of Kursk Oblast.
After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to strike with a Lancet loitering munition. The equipment was destroyed by a direct hit.
09:11 A Russian soldier shot down a Ukrainian Armed Forces FPV drone from the back of a truck while it was moving, using one shot from a machine gun. He saved his comrades from being dropped by the UAV –video.
08:37 Airborne artillerymen of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed a mortar crew of the Ukrainian army on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, the Ministry of Defense reported.
08:18 Army aviation crews on Ka-52 helicopters inflicted air strikes against concentrations of manpower, armored and automobile military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of Kursk Oblast.
The strike was carried out using unguided aircraft missiles and guided aircraft missiles "Vikhr" against reconnaissance targets.
08:14 The strike was carried out at night on the Martynovsky airfield in the Nikolaev region, a warehouse with long-range missiles was destroyed, the pro-Russian resistance stated
08:09 Slovak SPG Zuzana 2 of the enemy after meeting with our counter-battery fire in the Kursk direction –video.
08:07 Job of tank crews of the "North" military group in the border area of the Kursk region.
08:04 Shepot Fronta reported on the advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Novgorodskoye (New York) area in the DPR:
“By the evening of 11.08.2024, it became known that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had fled from the last semi-cauldron in New York... A huge territory was abandoned... The Russian army continues to press”
08:00 Units of the West Force Grouptook possession of 39 strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said the head of the group’s press center, Ivan Bigma.
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[Regnum] The enemy that attacked Russia will receive a worthy response. Moscow will achieve all its goals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on August 12 at a meeting on the situation in the border regions.
“ The leaders of the Kiev regime are not only committing crimes against the Russian people, but, in essence, have embarked on the path of exterminating the Ukrainians themselves, the Ukrainian people, whom, apparently, they no longer consider their own,” Putin said.
The Russian leader added that the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are increasing dramatically for them, including among the most combat-ready units and divisions that Kyiv is transferring to the Russian border.
“The enemy will certainly receive a worthy response, and all the goals facing us will, without a doubt, be achieved,” the president emphasized.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Ukrainian army forces have been attacking the Kursk region since August 6. The Russian Armed Forces units stopped them in the border areas, not allowing them to go deep into the territory. The enemy's losses in this direction by August 12 amounted to 1,610 people.
A Ukrainian military man detained by border guards in the Kursk region said that Ukrainian soldiers were given orders to shoot residents of the region on the spot for resisting, the FSB reported earlier. Ukrainian army militants intended to reach Kursk and Belgorod, the detainee also said.
The Times wrote that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the Kursk region was the riskiest step taken by the head of the Kyiv regime, Volodymyr Zelensky. The journalists explained that the riskiness is due to the fact that this decision will not help the politician avoid defeat.
✔Over the course of 24 hours, active actions by units of the North group of forces and approaching reserves, strikes by army aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery fire have thwarted attempts by enemy mobile groups to break through on armored vehicles deep into Russian territory in the areas of the populated areas of Obshchy Kolodez, Snagost, Kauchuk, and Alekseevsky. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense.
✔An attack by units of the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Martynovka has been repelled. Up to fifteen Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, and two automobiles have been destroyed.
✔Air strikes and artillery fire have damaged the manpower and equipment of the 22nd, 61st, 115th Mechanized, and 80th Airborne Assault Brigades of the enemy in the areas of Mikhaylovka, Korenevo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Oleshnya, Sudzha, and Nikolayevka.
✔During the clearing of the settlement of Ozerki, up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen and four Stryker armored personnel carriers were destroyed, six militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were captured.
✔Aviation and missile forces struck the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Myropolye, Mohrytsia and Petrushevka in the Sumy region.
✔Over the past day, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 420 servicemen, 55 armored vehicles, including three tanks, eight armored personnel carriers, an infantry fighting vehicle, 43 armored combat vehicles, 31 automobiles, a multiple launch rocket system launcher, and an artillery piece.
✔In total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the enemy lost up to 2,030 servicemen, 35 tanks, 31 armored personnel carriers, 18 infantry fighting vehicles, 179 other armored combat vehicles, 78 automobiles, four anti-aircraft missile systems, two multiple launch rocket system launchers, and 14 field artillery pieces.
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[Regnum] The Borey-class nuclear-powered strategic missile submarines (SSBNs) will remain in service for another 40 years, said Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy Alexander Moiseyev.
“Speaking about the prospects associated with the Borei submarine, this is the next 30-40 years of service to our state,” he said on the Zvezda TV channel. as reefs?
Moiseyev called the service life of nuclear submarines “undoubted,” and noted that the specified period is a requirement for such weapons.
Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser " Prince Pozharsky " is undergoing factory sea trials. This is the fifth nuclear submarine of Project 955A "Borey-A". The ship was built at the largest shipbuilding complex in Russia "Sevmash".
In total, the Russian Navy will receive 12 surface ships and four submarines in 2024. Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov said that the Russian Navy receives a new vessel almost every month, and the level of import substitution in their construction is currently 100%, so sanctions cannot interfere with their construction and delivery.
On July 29, the Vympel shipyard in Rybinsk, Yaroslavl Region, launched the high-speed missile boat Molniya. This boat will serve in the Navy, ensuring the security of Russian borders.
The nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser Knyaz Pozharsky is undergoing factory sea trials, said Mikhail Budnichenko, General Director of Sevmash.
"Work on the cruiser Knyaz Pozharsky is proceeding according to schedule. It is undergoing factory sea trials," he told journalists at the International Military-Technical Forum (IMTF) Army-2024.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on February 3, 2024, the Russian Navy received the nuclear-powered missile submarine "Prince Pozharsky". This is the fifth nuclear submarine of the 955A "Borey-A" project. The ship was built at the largest shipbuilding complex in Russia, "Sevmash".
Submarines of this project are armed with 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles and six torpedo tubes.
The Russian Navy will receive 12 surface ships and four submarines in 2024. This was announced at the end of January by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov during the ceremony of raising the Russian Naval Flag on the submarine Kronshtadt. He noted that the fleet receives a new vessel almost every month, and the level of import substitution in their construction is currently 100%, so sanctions cannot interfere with their construction and delivery.
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[Regnum] The radiation background in Energodar, a satellite town of the Zaporizhzhia NPP, is normal after the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the station, Alexey Semin, deputy head of Interregional Directorate No. 145 of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, told Regnum News Agency on August 12.
"At the moment, the radiation background in the city of Energodar is normal. A special device shows 0.03 μSv/h with the norm being 0.13 μSv/h. That is, this is a natural background," he informed.
Semin specified that measurements are being taken at 33 points in Energodar and near the Zaporizhzhya NPP. No excess radiation levels were recorded at any of these points.
Director of Zaporizhzhya NPP Yuriy Chernichuk also confirmed that the radiation background at the nuclear power plant is normal. According to him, Zaporizhzhya NPP specialists went to inspect the burning cooling tower to determine the impact of the fire on the building and supporting structures in order to determine the future fate of the facility.
As the correspondent of the Regnum news agency reports, there is no “evacuation” from Energodar, rumors about which Ukraine is spreading, the city is living its normal life: shops, pharmacies, and kindergartens are open.
As reported earlier, on the evening of August 11, Energodar was attacked by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A fire broke out at the Zaporizhzhya NPP cooling systems facility. The station's communications director, Evgeniya Yashina, later clarified that the emergency had not affected the NPP's operations.
The next day, IAEA experts received information about a drone attack on one of the NPP cooling towers. In addition, the agency's employees witnessed the appearance of thick dark smoke, which came from the northern region of the Zaporizhzhya NPP after numerous explosions.
The mayor of Energodar Eduard Senovoz stated that the strikes by the Ukrainian military on the city — a satellite of the Zaporizhzhya NPP — have become systemic. Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier called Western countries' ignoring the strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Zaporizhzhya NPP a big mistake.
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