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What is known about the battles in Urozhaynoye (DPR): analysis of the military chronicle
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Tatyana Vasilyeva

The battles for the village do not stop. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have not yet been able to fulfill the main combat mission, and the situation for the attackers is gradually beginning to become more complicated.

Who controls the village?
Contrary to statements that the village of Urozhaynoye was abandoned by Russian troops, the Kaskad OBTF, with the support of artillerymen and mechanized units of the Air Defense Forces, continues to control the southern part of Urozhaynoye. The center of the village is a gray zone in which there are no Ukrainian troops and in which the Russian Armed Forces conduct counterattacks if the need arises.

It is practically impossible for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to gain a foothold in the center of the village at the moment: a significant part of Urozhayne has been destroyed, any movement can be seen from the air. Because of this, some units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are still trying to accumulate reserves near the branch of the Mokrye Yaly River and on the northern outskirts, however, Russian artillery is working on Ukrainian infantry almost 24 hours a day. According to the Military Chronicle, the preparation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a strike on Urozhayny was revealed by military intelligence in a week, which made it possible to prepare in advance for battles and calculate various options for the enemy’s actions.

WHAT ARE THE LOSSES SUFFERED BY THE ARMED FORCES OF UKRAINE?
The 137th Separate Naval Infantry Battalion, the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 35th and 38th Naval Infantry Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as the 4th Separate Tank Brigade were thrown into the assault on Urozhayny from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The total losses of these, as well as several adjacent units, over 20 days are estimated at about 6,500 to 7,000 people killed and wounded (2.5-3 full-blooded brigades in the OShS of the Armed Forces of Ukraine). The number of destroyed equipment has yet to be calculated, but it is obvious that the Ukrainian command is trying to protect tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, unlike personnel.

At the same time, the age of the prisoners is rapidly increasing: if at the beginning of the battles for Urozhaynoye, men aged 35-40 were captured, now their age has grown to the level of 46 years - 52 years, and the situation continues to worsen. The longer the assault goes on and the more reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are thrown under Urozhaynoye, the higher the age of the prisoners.

This suggests that the mobilized reserve is gradually worn off. The main task of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Urozhayne does not change: they need to reach the southern borders of Urozhayne, so the infantry does not dig in the village itself. The command constantly drives the Ukrainian troops further, where they are covered by artillery and tanks, after which the Armed Forces of Ukraine have to retreat and, violating the order, try to hide in the building.

WHAT CONCLUSIONS CAN BE DRAWN?
First and most important, the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not control and have not controlled Urozhayne. Attempts to accumulate in the north of the village and break through to its administrative borders have been made over the past few days, but the Ukrainian troops have not been successful. Secondly, Russian troops did not retreat from Urozhaynoye.

The fortified areas around the village and the only paved road made it possible to change positions and open a fire bag, similar to that created during the defense of the village of Pyatikhatki. The Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on its capture many weeks ago, but in fact there is no control over the village - as soon as the Armed Forces of Ukraine try to accumulate reserves there for a subsequent attack on Zherebyanki and Lugovoe, massive artillery shelling begins and army aviation promptly arrives at the place.

Posted by: badanov || 08/16/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ukrainian defense forces have liberated Urozhayne
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/16/2023 10:14 Comments || Top||


#3  From the V Kontake page of 08/13/23 Military Informant channel. (Two Days Ago)

“Today, the village of Urozhaynoye was abandoned in the Yuzhnodonetsk direction.

In recent weeks, fighters of the Kaskad OBTF and the 40th Marine Brigade have been stubbornly resisting the Armed Forces of Ukraine there. The assault groups of the 40th Brigade repeatedly launched a counterattack and drove the enemy out of Urozhaynoye. Virtually every marine who participated in the fighting was wounded.

The problem in holding the village is mostly due to the lack of desire to defend it on the part of the 36th Army. The tank units of the 37th Brigade refused to support the infantry in the battles for Urozhaynoye, arguing that the tanks were supposedly destroyed immediately after entering the firing position.

The infantry of the brigade retreated from all forest belts east of Urozhaynoye on the 10th. This was argued by the fact that they no longer have personnel for combat operations. In fact, half of the brigade is busy drinking alcohol in the rear, and the officers are not able to bring them to their senses. But for some reason, the 37th Brigade continues to be thrown into the most important sectors of the front, which they successfully leave to the enemy.

Probably for Urozhaynoye they will again receive a decent amount of awards, as it was after the battles for Novodonetskoye. But the attack aircraft of the Marines from Storm Z, who voluntarily signed contracts and do not give up an inch of land without a fight, are not entitled to awards.

Posted by: badanov || 08/16/2023 10:46 Comments || Top||

#4  From a comment which appeared in a Russkaya Vesna V Kontakte page (today):

The militants of the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted a video release of the battles for the village of Urozhaynoye, claiming that they had allegedly completely captured it.

Based on geolocation data, control of only the northernmost part of the village has been accurately confirmed. The southern and central parts are still in the gray zone and are being shot through by our artillery, preventing the Armed Forces of Ukraine from gaining a foothold in the village.

1. Officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the flag of Ukraine and the 35th Naval Infantry Brigade in the northern part of the village. Coordinates: 47.760389, 36.818806

2-3. The same place where the previous shots were taken. The Armed Forces raise the flag over the damaged monument to veterans of the Great Patriotic War. Coordinates: 47.760389, 36.818806.

Posted by: badanov || 08/16/2023 10:59 Comments || Top||

#5  Company sized Russian infantry element being hit with artillery during the retreat from Urozhaynoye

Posted by: DarthVader || 08/16/2023 11:00 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Western psy-ops. Those Russians are advancing, and will soon reach Kyiv
Posted by: Matt || 08/16/2023 13:56 Comments || Top||


Ruble Turns to Rubble - below 100 Rubles per $
(Bloomberg) -- Russia’s central bank called an extraordinary meeting Tuesday after the ruble crashed through the level of 100 to the dollar for the first time since March of last year as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on and international sanctions hit trade.
Posted by: lord garth || 08/16/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Considering what a dollar is worth these days, that's gotta hurt.
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/16/2023 10:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Doesn't this mean the Rubble got stronger? Or dollar weaker?
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 08/16/2023 10:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Not that longue ago, several commenters here were saying the rouble was going to roule the wourld...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/16/2023 10:46 Comments || Top||

#4  When your rubles turn to rubble,
And your currency goes *CRASH*,
It's time to seek a second job,
Perhaps with Uralmash.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/16/2023 16:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Much, if not all, of currency is based on confidence. Why else could the US Fed issue trillions of dollars and not cause inflation?

But, our day is coming. It's not if, but when, but it'll be a while yet, most likely. I don't get too wrapped up in this BRICS thing. And gold bugs such as Peter Schiff has been squawking about the end of the dollar for a good 15-20 years. Well, he's still wrong.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 08/16/2023 19:12 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 15th, 2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title

21:47 Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Irina Vereshchuk said that the path to victory will be long and difficult: "We must prepare ourselves for a long struggle. Citizens and authorities must all prepare ourselves for a long and difficult war. Only then We will win". According to her, the Ukrainians should tune in "for a marathon, not a sprint, for a fight of twelve rounds, not three."

20:56 Macedonia became the 15th country to join the G7 declaration on supporting security guarantees for Ukraine, Zelensky said.

19:38 Talk about Ukraine joining NATO in exchange for giving up part of the territories is absolutely unacceptable, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said: "We have always proceeded from the fact that the Alliance, like Ukraine, does not trade territories. Conscious or unconscious participation of NATO officials plays into the hands of Russia in shaping the narrative about the possibility of Ukraine's relinquishing its territories. In the interests of Euro-Atlantic security, discuss ways to accelerate Ukraine's victory and gain full NATO membership."

19:10 Yermak, following a visit to the front along with Zelensky, said that the Ukrainian military told them about the problems that Russian UAVs create, in particular the attack Lancet and reconnaissance Orlan. The head of the Presidential Office stressed that, along with building up its own strike capabilities, Ukraine should do its best to limit Russian ones.

"We know that the Lancet UAV contains at least 19 foreign electronic components, in particular Western ones. There are many of them in the Orlan UAV. Together with the governments of partners, we are already working and will intensify work with respect to component manufacturers, as well as companies that supply them to bypassing sanctions restrictions. In addition, we are also working in the direction of Russian electronic warfare and radar systems, the production of which depends on foreign components. This is important for the offensive. We know that the best sanction is "bavovna", but we are working in all directions, "said Yermak.

19:01 Chief of Staff of NATO Secretary General Stian Jenssen did not rule out that Ukraine could become a member of the Alliance in exchange for the transfer of part of its territory to the Russian Federation, but stressed that only Kiev should make such a decision.

18:52 "Tribunal" in Donetsk sentenced Ukrainian military Vasily Shitrya to life imprisonment for allegedly killing four "civilians" of Mariupol in April 2022.

18:27 Ukrainian air defense has never managed to shoot down the X-22 missiles that Russia attacked Ukraine with tonight, Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said: "These are missiles that can be shot down with such means as Patriot. They destroy ballistics, daggers. Because "The X-22 missile, although it is considered a cruise missile, is supersonic. It flies about 4,000 kilometers per hour and enters the target mainly along a ballistic trajectory. Therefore, such missiles are not yet available for destruction by conventional air defense systems."

18:03 Russian troops shelled Kherson and settlements of the region during the day. According to preliminary information, the enemy struck with artillery and dropped air bombs. As a result of the shelling, two people were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.

17:36 The Russians fired on settlements in the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut districts of the Donetsk region, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. So, in the morning the invaders attacked from. Northern city of Toretsk with the use of FAB-250 bombs, as a result of which two local residents were injured. A few hours later, the Russian army fired artillery at a private sector in the city of Seversk and Yampol - two people were killed, three were injured.

17:01 In the occupied Oleshki, Kherson region, there are dead and wounded every day, Mayor Yevgeny Ryshchuk told Radio Liberty. According to him, the residents of the city after the flood due to the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station are now suffering from daily shelling, they are trying to leave.

16:55 Zelensky said that today he continues to work and meet with the military in the Melitopol direction.

16:28 The Russians attacked Novodmitrovka, Kherson region - at least ten residential buildings were damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.

16:24 Russia attacked the Swedish SKF bearing plant in Lutsk at night with missiles. Company spokesman Carl Bjornstam told Reuters that the three dead were SKF workers.

16:19 The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated more than UAH 1.2 billion from the state budget reserve fund to strengthen the defense lines of the northeastern regions, Shmyhal said. In particular, at the request of the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regional military administrations, 911.5 and over 363 million hryvnias were allocated, respectively. The funds will go to the construction of military engineering and fortifications.

15:23 The number of victims of a nighttime rocket attack in the Lviv region has increased to 19, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.

15:18 Sweden is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine for almost $314 million, the country's Ministry of Defense has reported. The package, in particular, will include ammunition for air defense systems and combat vehicles, spare parts for the installation of Archer.

15:00 In the morning, the enemy fired four rockets at the Zaporozhye region - a local gymnasium, a preschool education institution and residential buildings nearby were damaged by the blast, one person was injured, said the head of the Regional Military Administration, Yuriy Malashko.

14:41 This night, the Russians fired at Ukraine, in particular, with Kh-101 missiles made this year. The X-101s, released in April, contain about 30 foreign chips, Yermak said. He reiterated the need for tougher sanctions.

14:23 There will be a spiritual rehabilitation center for Ukrainian servicemen in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Anna Malyar said. Defenders on the territory of the Lavra will take part in cultural and educational events, spiritual and religious practices, master classes in icon painting, and view museum expositions. Military chaplains are involved in the cycle of the program. The program is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Culture and the Ukrainian Lavra Charitable Foundation.

13:49 The Ukrainian command sent reserves to the Kupyanskoye and Limanskoye directions in order to interfere with the movement of the enemy, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty: "Immediate clear orders were given to build an echeloned defense. Our firing positions were strengthened, certain methodological recommendations were given, reserves were transferred This made it impossible for the enemy to move."

13:35 Russia is planning a provocation at the Kursk nuclear power plant, reports the Center for National Resistance under the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with reference to the underground of the Kursk region. According to him, preparations are underway for evacuation from the zone of possible radioactive contamination in the event of an accident at a nuclear power plant. It is planned to evacuate from 21 to 57 thousand people, including from Kursk itself and its environs to the north of the region.

13:12 The Russians fired S-300 missiles at Slovyansk in the Donetsk region early in the morning. The Zeus Keramika plant was damaged, people were not injured, said the mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakh.

12:57 The Russian army is planning to encircle Avdiivka, because it cannot capture it with frontal attacks, Anna Malyar said. According to her, the enemy does not even risk entering Avdiivka, so as not to get bogged down in battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, so he wants to bypass it, surround it and move on. Malyar explained that it is important for the Russian Federation to move forward, since it wants to completely occupy the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and Avdiivka is a very serious obstacle on this path.

12:22 During attacks, Russian missiles very quickly change direction in order to bypass Ukrainian air defense, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, the rocket manages to change course in a matter of seconds, while the person on duty in the telegram channel is typing a message about where the rocket is heading. Then she changes direction again and again.

11:51 There are up to 6,500 Wagner PMC mercenaries in Belarus, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev said. According to him, now they do not directly threaten Ukraine, but this may change in the future, so Ukrainian intelligence is constantly monitoring the situation.

11:08 In the Lviv region, during a night attack, one Russian missile was shot down, six more hit, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. 15 people were injured, including a ten-year-old child. Five people have been hospitalized. In total, 40 houses were damaged in the region, including 20 in the Zheleznodorozhny district of Lviv. Windows were broken in the Monad Lviv Medical Professional College, and a fire broke out in three buildings of an industrial enterprise. One of the rockets hit the territory of the kindergarten.

In Stavchany, Lviv region, 15 residential buildings in the private sector were damaged, six of them were critical. In the village of Sukhovolya, Lviv region, four residential buildings in the private sector were damaged by rocket debris.

10:53 Shoigu said that Russia has so far allegedly not used cluster munitions in Ukraine "for humanitarian reasons", but this decision "may be reviewed."

10:38 As a result of a nightly massive missile attack, civilian facilities in eight regions were damaged. Among them are residential buildings, educational institutions, a hospital, Shmyhal said.

10:09 In the Dnieper, as a result of a night missile strike, an important sports facility was damaged - a stadium in which all-Ukrainian competitions were held and children were engaged. Windows flew out in it, the facade and the inner wall were broken, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.

09:17 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, air defense worked at night, rocket fragments fell on a private courtyard. Outbuildings and a residential building were damaged, but there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA, Svetlana Onischuk.

09:14 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Prechistovka), four more were injured. In the Kherson region, nine people were injured. In Kharkiv - one person died, nine were injured, among them a 14-year-old teenager, according to the OVA.

09:06 Ukrainian troops are advancing in the direction of Urozhaynoye on the southern front, said Andriy Kovalyov, spokesman for the General Staff. Also, the Defense Forces are advancing south of Bakhmut and continue to hold back the advance of the Russians in the Kupyansk and Liman directions, there are heavy battles.

09:00 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 15:

  • personnel - about 254,920 (+540) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 4313 (+7),

  • armored combat vehicles - 8370 (+16),

  • artillery systems - 5128 (+29),

  • MLRS - 714 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 482 (+3),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 314 (+1),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 4242 (+29),

  • cruise missiles - 1387 (+8),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 7584 (+22),

  • special equipment - 769 (+3).

08:49 On the evening of August 14, the Russians launched a missile strike from the S-300 air defense system at Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. The shells hit the warehouses where food was stored, a fire broke out on an area of ​​​​2400 square meters. m. One person was killed, one was injured, another is being sought, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.

08:37 In the Chernihiv region, within the Novgorod-Seversk territorial community, two enemy DRGs tried to penetrate into Ukraine, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Naev. Having suffered losses in the wounded and killed, the enemy retreated.

08:20 Two Russian cruise missiles during a night attack hit an industrial enterprise in Lutsk, said the head of the Volyn OVA Yuriy Pogulyaiko. It is known about three dead and three wounded.

08:04 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with air and sea-based missiles. In total, launches of at least 28 cruise missiles of various types were recorded, of which 16 were destroyed, the Air Force command said.

In particular, the enemy used four X-22 cruise missiles from six Tu-22M3 long-range aircraft (airfields based in Soltsy and Shaikovka); 20 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from 11 strategic aviation aircraft (Engels-based airfields, Olenegorsk); four Caliber cruise missiles from a frigate from the Black Sea (Yalta region). Air defense forces destroyed 16 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles, Caliber.

In addition, eight launches of enemy S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles were recorded in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.

07:58 Over the past day, more than 15 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary .

In Starobelsk, Luhansk region, the occupying "authority" obliged all men at state-owned enterprises to undergo a medical examination and register with the military.

The occupiers opened a school in Bekhteri, Kherson region, where children from the settlements of Obloi, Tendrovskoye, Zburyevka and Novochernomorye were obliged to study. Parents are threatened with administrative liability for absenteeism.

In Mikhailovka, Zaporizhia region, during the filming of a video by Russian propagandists with the participation of a high-ranking Kadyrov commander, a verbal skirmish broke out between Kadyrov’s and Dagestanis, which escalated into a large-scale armed conflict. The Dagestanis won it, but more than 20 killed and 40 wounded were recorded on both sides, and the commander of the Kadyrov unit was punished by being sent to the front lines.

07:43 The Russian army struck at an industrial enterprise in the Dnieper, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. A fire broke out on an area of ​​​​more than 800 square meters. m, it was localized. Two people are injured. Air defense forces shot down seven X-101/555 cruise missiles over Dnepropetrovsk region.

07:36 In the morning, the enemy launched rocket attacks on the Cherkasy region. In particular, in Smela, one rocket hit the territory of a private enterprise, and another one hit the territory of a medical institution. People were not hurt. Damaged water and heat supply networks, part of the city without water, said the head of the Igor Taburets.

07:29 Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy specified that the rocket had hit the yard of the kindergarten. In total, as a result of the attack, more than a hundred dwellings were damaged, more than 500 windows were broken, and a kindergarten was destroyed. Four people were injured.

07:08 The Russians attacked the Lviv region with rockets at night. According to the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky, in Lviv, fragments of rockets fell on apartment buildings on Paton and Kakhovskaya streets. There were fires, there are destructions and victims. Small fires were recorded in other parts of the city, they were quickly extinguished. In one of the hypermarkets, the ceiling collapsed due to falling rocket debris.

In Stavchany, ten houses were damaged, and several local residents had minor injuries. Houses in Sukhovol were also damaged, there were no casualties.

Posted by: badanov || 08/16/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary August 15 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 22:00 5th Brigade Donetsk 1st Army Corps burns Ukrainian armored vehicles in the Avdievka direction -video.

21:30 Tribunal in Donetsk sentenced Ukrainian military Vasily Shitryu to life imprisonment for the murder in April 2022 of four civilians in Mariupol.

20:30 Bandera resourcesthey poutabout the death of four militants at once from the special forces detachment “Lubart” of the MTR of Ukraine. Apparently, the militants acted as part of one of the DRGs.

19:35 An ATGM shot by the fighters of the group [V] destroyed an enemy armored personnel carrier in the Ugledar direction -video

19:33 Artillery of the 7th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces is destroying military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovsk direction -video

18:35 The administration of the city of Yavoriv (Lviv region) writes thateliminatedColonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Volodymyr Kamuz.

It is reported that since 2014, a Banderite soldier has been fighting in the ATO zone as part of the 51st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

After participating in a punitive operation in the Donbass, he was transferred to military service in the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine.

18:33 An exact hit by the Lancet-3 UAV hit another armored vehicle of Ukrainian militants -video

17:30 Another Ukrainian BTR-4 "Bucephalus" is "a little tired" after meeting with artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces -video

Demilitarization in action

17:28 Ukrainian soldier demonstrates a torn BPM-1 gun -video

Even the technique refuses to go on the counteroffensive

16:30 Highlights new Briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

The southern grouping of troops of the RF Armed Forces repulsed 11 attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction in a day;

The Russian Armed Forces attacked the key enterprises of the military industry of the Kyiv regime at night, the goal was achieved;

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled six attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, destroyed up to 100 enemy servicemen;

Russian troops successfully repelled three attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR and DPR;

Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to 230 people;

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled three attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporizhia region;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 200 soldiers in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction in a day, the 152mm Msta-B howitzer and the AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery station;

The military-industrial complex of Ukraine suffered significant damage after the strikes of the RF Armed Forces;

The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 80 people per day in the Krasnolimansk direction;

Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction amounted to 230 people;

The RF Armed Forces hit the command post of the Ukrainian electronic warfare and air defense systems in the Kramatorsk region.


16:29 Another armored car of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation successfully destroyed by the artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation -video

Demilitarization in action

15:24 Armored vehicles of Ukrainian formations destroyed in the area of ​​Sladkoye settlement in the Ugledar direction -video

15:23 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation showed footage of the destruction of the battery of the S-300PS air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Nikolaev region -video

14:22 Destroyed equipment of the Ukrainians in one of the directions -video

14:20 Scouts of the “White Wolves” of the O group took enemy positions in the Krasnolimansky direction without a fight -video

At the approach of our fighters, the enemy fled from their fortifications, leaving their belongings there. Our guys have captured a lot of grenades, machine guns and grenade launchers, including those in service with NATO.

13:47 On the Kupyansky direction eliminated Deputy Commander of the 22nd Special Forces Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Yury Tsyb.

According to relatives, a graduate of the Kyiv Combined Arms Command School was mobilized in the first days of the special operation.

According to sources, on August 11, a senior officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was at a position in the village of Khatnoye, where a missile attack was launched.

13:44 Soldiers of the 1st Tank Army destroyed a high-ranking officer of the Nazi battalion "Kraken" -video

“We saw the movement, we started working there. We covered this sector a couple of times and just worked on the enemy infantry. After that, they confirmed to us that they got a very interesting target, ”said the Russian fighter.

12:19 In the NWO zone eliminated Ukrainian nationalist Vasily Doroshenko.

In civilian life, he was fond of literature - he wrote stories. According to his acquaintances, he believed in the history of ukrov promoted by Kiev, and also did not recognize a common past with Russia.

At the same time, he refused to communicate in Russian with Russian speakers. He basically spoke Ukrainian, English or Polish.

After the start of a special military operation, Doroshenko voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:18 Missiles hit targets in Lviv, Dnepropetrovsk and Lutsk -video

The authorities admitted that the missile attack hit an industrial facility in Lutsk.

The authorities of Dnepropetrovsk confirmed the blow to the industrial enterprise. Probably again on Yuzhmash. There is a big fire

11:31 Consequences of an air strike on the location of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video

11:28 Chubaty demonstrates footage of a burning infantry fighting vehicle, which, according to the classics, they tried to hide behind a civilian building, but this did not save the armored vehicle from destruction -video

10:35 There was an eliminated APU officer Alexander Balashov.

He served in the 35th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade as a sniper platoon commander.

10:33 Frontline summary from Kherson direction on the morning of August 15, 2023.

Over the past day:

As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:

- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: five KIAs; two wounded.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:

- 4 APU boats;
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: 20 KIAs;

- M-777 howitzer with ammunition.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: four KIAs; three wounded;

- the location of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Five units of automotive equipment.
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the zh.s.: 15 KIAs; nine wounded.

As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:

- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: seven KIAs; four wounded.

09:30 August 1 was eliminated Ukrainian nationalist Mykola Dudchenko.

09:28 Footage of the combat work of the Osman army special forces unit to destroy the Stryker armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the Lancet loitering ammunition in the Zaporozhye direction -video

08:13 Offensive at Rabotino: "a direct hit by a Russian tank in Bradley" -video

A Ukrainian militant published footage and stated that a tank shell had landed in an American infantry fighting vehicle.

Our Orekhov Spartans destroyed and defeated a mountain of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Leopard tanks and other NATO equipment in 2 months.

08:04 152mm Msta-B howitzers destroyed artillery and mortars of Ukrainian militants -video

Calculations of 152mm towed howitzers of the Southern Military District strike daily at the positions and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Actual information about the situation on the front line: August 15 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:56 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/15/2023 to 00:00 08/16/2023

Over the past day Representationreportedabout 47 facts of firing by the VFU.

Information was received about the wounding of four civilians in the Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka.

Five residential buildings were damaged in Kievsky, Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.

Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.

Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Aleksandrovka.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 30 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.

On Gorlovsky seven artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm. On Yasinovatsky 10 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead. Having fired 154 units of various ammunition.

A previous 41 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.

22:00 Kupyanskoye direction:

The advance of the Russian Army to the outskirts of Petropavlovka is confirmed.

On the outskirts of the village there are close shooting battles.

21:30 Footage of missile strikes on the territory of the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepropetrovsk tonight -video.

20:30 Night blow Supreme Council of the Russian Federation in Lviv:

Last night, the RF Armed Forces launched a massive strike on military facilities in Ukraine. Several explosions occurred in the western regions of the country, including in Lviv: according to preliminary information, the LORTA plant for the production of radio equipment was hit there, as well as the area near the new terminal of the city airport.

Coordinates: 49.825034, 23.950956

Local authorities also reported damage to residential infrastructure, but this appears to have been the result of the Kalibr interception: one of the images shows fragments of a rocket lying on the ground, and clear traces of shrapnel can be traced on the houses.

According to military correspondent Alexander Kots, Western-style ammunition was stored at the arrival points. At the same time, work on the modernization of Ukrainian Air Force aircraft for the use of foreign aviation weapons could well have been going on at the LORTA plant.

19:30 Ukrainians confirms our advance on the Svatovo-Kremensky sector of the front in the direction of Borovaya.

18:55 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:

The forward subunits of the Vostok grouping of troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, inflict fire damage on the enemy in the area of Urozhaynoye. During the battle, more than two dozen combat positions and concentrations of enemy manpower were opened and destroyed, and the advance of six groups of infantry was stopped. An armored combat vehicle and an armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

As part of the counterbattery fight, howitzer artillery destroyed the Caesar artillery mount in Velikaya Novoselka, the M777 towed howitzer in Dobrovolye, as well as the command post for unmanned aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the Oktyabr state farm.

Artillery fire and the use of strike UAVs hit the point of temporary deployment of militants in Ugledar, a stronghold and places of concentration of nationalists northeast of Nikolsky.

The advance of two groups of enemy infantry in the southeast of Novodarovka and north of Priyutnoye was also prevented.

Aircraft hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Staromayorsky, Harvest, and the Oktyabr state farm.

Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor" and "Osa" shot down two UAVs of the aircraft type "Fury" and "Valkyrie".

The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.

The commander of an artillery gun of an artillery battery of a motorized rifle brigade of the group, Sergeant Shonkor Nogoymonov, as part of the unit, carried out tasks of hitting the enemy with fire as part of a counter-battery fight in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.

Under conditions of constant fire from the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the crew under the command of Sergeant Nogoymonov managed to destroy several enemy artillery pieces, two vehicles with ammunition, and over 10 nationalists in a short time.


18:30 Today, at about 17.00 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region was thwarted.

The UAV was detected and destroyed by means of air defense.

As a result of the thwarted terrorist attack, there were no casualties or damage.

17:55 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":

In the course of conducting active defense of the occupied lines in the Svatovsky and Krasnolimansky directions, the advanced units of the group of forces "Center", with the support of artillery fire and air strikes, thwarted and repelled five attempts to attack assault groups of mechanized brigades and the 68th Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 50 militants.

Anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor-M1" and "Osa-AKM" shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Rubezhnoye and Kremennaya.

As part of the counterbattery fight, more than 30 enemy artillery positions were opened and suppressed.

The group's aircraft carried out eight missile strikes on concentrations of manpower and firepower of militants in the areas of Serebryanskoye forestry, Chervonaya Dibrova, and Terny settlements.


17:30 Svatovsko-Kremenskaya section setting as of 17.00 August 15, 2023:

On the Eastern Front, Russian troops repelled several enemy attacks. At the Karmazinovsky ledge, units of the 66th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried with small forces to storm the strongholds of the RF Armed Forces, but to no avail.

To the south, a similar sortie was carried out near Torskoy. Moreover, the attack of the infantry group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was synchronized in time with the attacks of the enemy in Serebryansky forest. In the forests near Kremennaya, one Ukrainian AFV was hit.

Coordinates: 48.97821, 38.11925

At the same time, the activity of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is noted along the contact line. Ten fire groups have been created on the basis of the 40 artillery and 15 reconnaissance brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Nine Krab self-propelled howitzers and one Pion 2S7 self-propelled guns were transferred to their balance sheet. Guidance is provided by the Fury, Puma, Matrice-30 and Mavic-3 UAV operators, as well as the AN/TPQ-36/37 counter-battery radar.

The concentration of weapons, especially for fighting our artillery, as well as the evacuation of the civilian population from the Kupyansky district, suggests that the Armed Forces of Ukraine may try to counterattack in this direction. And the current measures are preparation for the offensive.


17:00 Ukrainian formations continue to strike at the Belgorod region.

This time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on Wet Orlovka and Kozinka of the Graivoronsky urban district, the details of the incident are still unknown.

16:30 APU fired upon Nova Tavolzhanka in the Belgorod region.

Three mines exploded next to a private residential building. A man and a woman were injured, the victims were taken to medical facilities.

16:00 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 15, 2023)

Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a concentrated strike with long-range air and sea-based high-precision weapons against key enterprises of the military industry of the Kyiv regime.

The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit. The military-industrial complex of Ukraine suffered significant damage.

During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to attempt offensive operations in the Zaporozhye, Kupyansk, Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and South Donetsk directions.

- In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of forces, with the support of army aviation and artillery, repelled three attacks by assault detachments of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the strategic reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.

Enemy losses amounted to over 200 Ukrainian servicemen, five tanks, six infantry fighting vehicles, two armored fighting vehicles, two vehicles and two 152mm Msta-B howitzers.

- In the Kupyansk direction, active and well-coordinated actions of units of the "Western" group of forces, army aviation strikes and artillery fire repelled six attacks by assault groups of the 14th, 32nd mechanized, 95th Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of settlements Novoselovskoe Luhansk Narodnaya Republics, Olshana and Sin'kovka, Kharkiv region.

The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three pickup trucks, an M777 artillery system made in the United States, self-propelled artillery mounts: "Krab" of Polish production and "Gvozdika", two self-propelled howitzers on a wheeled chassis "Zuzana-2" of Slovak production, the 152mm D-20 gun, as well as the US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.

- In the Donetsk direction, units of the "Southern" group of forces, in close cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled 11 attacks by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Razdolovka, Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 230 Ukrainian servicemen, two infantry fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, six vehicles, self-propelled artillery mounts: M109 "Paladin" made in the USA and 152mm "Acacia", as well as the 152mm D-20 howitzer.

- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the professional actions of units of the "Center" grouping of troops, army aviation strikes and artillery fire repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 68th Infantry and 42nd Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Novogorovka, Kuzmino of the Lugansk People's Republic and Veseleye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.

- In the South-Donetsk direction, air strikes, artillery fire, heavy flamethrower systems and units of the Vostok group of forces inflicted a complex fire defeat on the enemy in the area of the settlement of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region.

In addition, the activities of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were stopped.

During the day, up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, a combat vehicle of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery radar were destroyed.

- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, the enemy’s losses per day amounted to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, three vehicles, the US-made M777 artillery system, the Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount, and the 122mm D-20 howitzer.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated the enemy’s manpower and military equipment in 172 districts

In addition, in the area of the city of Kramatorsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, a command post for electronic warfare and air defense systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit.

An ammunition depot of the 43rd Artillery Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Omelnik, Zaporozhye region.

Air defense systems intercepted four French-made SCALP-EG long-range cruise missiles and two 220mm BM-27 Uragan multiple rocket launchers.

Also, during the day, 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Lisichansk, Svatovo of the Luhansk People's Republic, Volnovakha, Gorlovka, Makeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic and Tokmak of the Zaporozhye region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 458 aircraft, 246 helicopters, 5,761 unmanned aerial vehicles, 431 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,315 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,144 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,893 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 12,246 units of special military vehicles.


15:30 Vremyevsky section setting as of 14.00 August 15, 2023:

After the withdrawal of Russian troops from Harvest, the village moved into the gray zone. Confident control of the enemy is maintained only on the northern outskirts, in the south the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to dig in, but they are being hit by artillery and aircraft.

Nevertheless, two DRGs from the 35th and 37th Infantry regiments, supported by artillery using cluster munitions, attacked the positions of the Russian Armed Forces near Zavitne Bazhenya, but the attack was repulsed. At the same time, a Ukrainian R18 drone was operating in the air.

Judging by the movements of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the offensive in the Vremievsky sector will resume soon. And there can be several directions of impact in this direction. Assault groups of 128 mod trot arrived in Staromayorskoe along with anti-tank systems and machine guns.

Also, units of the 1st Brigade, including large-caliber mortars, were moved to Urozhaynoye, formations of the 31st Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared on the Priyutnoye site.

Considering the foregoing, an enemy offensive should be expected immediately in at least three directions: Priyutnoye, Staromlinovka and Novodonetskoye (artillerymen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine increased the intensity of fire with cluster rounds along the line).

And if we take into account the introduction of the Marun tactical group in the Orekhovsky sector, an attempt to break through to the Sea of Azov can begin as soon as possible.


15:00 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":

Su-25 aircraft of the attack aviation of the "Southern" group of forces hit the accumulations of manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.

The artillery of the group hit the position of the AGS-17 grenade launcher crew near the village of Vesyoloye, three enemy pickup trucks in Belogorovka and Krasnogorovka, and the control center for unmanned aerial vehicles in Pervomaisky.

During the counterbattery fight, 120mm mortars with crews in the areas of Avdievka and Tonen'koye were destroyed.

Unmanned aerial vehicles with an ammunition drop device hit a stronghold and an infantry group of the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Krasnoe.

FPV drones destroyed an enemy machine-gun crew in the Kleshcheevka area and an infantry fighting vehicle in Andreevka.


14:25 Battle for Urozhaynoye continues:

Ukrainian forces are suffering colossal losses.

Soldiers of the Vostok battalion report on the situation on the Vremievsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR.

“Yesterday both sides used all their resources – today they are replenishing. Involuntarily there was a brief respite. Sympathy does not come to visit on the battlefield, but seeing how much damage the enemy is taking in Urozhaynoye, we experienced feelings that are difficult to describe. We lacked infantry and equipment, but we had enough means of destruction to grind up a significant part of what the enemy threw at the capture of the village. Urozhaynoye resembled a meat grinder, which included living people, and minced meat came out.

The number of destroyed and damaged equipment was not calculated in units. A very specific residue remained: We lost Urozhayne, and at the same time caused such damage that part of our consciousness refuses to understand the motives of the Ukrainian command. So only those who hate them more than ours can drive their own to slaughter.


13:55 Ukrainian formations tried to strike in the Bryansk region:

Three aircraft-type UAVs were found at night and shot down near the village of Zhiryatino. There were no casualties and no damage.

13:25 Orekhovsky area setting as of 13.00 August 15, 2023:

South of Orekhovo, the consolidated units of the 46th detachment, 118th detachment and 15th detachment of the NGU continue their attacks near Rabotino. To the east of the village, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in strongholds a few kilometers away, hiding behind landings.

Also, attempts by the DRG of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to enter Rabotino itself became more and more frequent. On the northeastern outskirts, Ukrainian detachments, under cover of fire with cluster munitions, are rolling into the village. Forest belts adjoin the settlement, and the enemy moves along them.

Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to develop the offensive further. Additional forces of their 10 Army Corpss, as well as the Marun tactical group, were pulled to Malaya Tokmachka, the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Brigade of which had already fallen into a meat grinder near the village.

Also, new Starlink terminals have been deployed in Malaya Tokmachka, and training and coordination of assault units continues at the training ground in Upper Tersa, which are likely to go into battle in the event of at least some success at Rabotino.

Judging by the wedging of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the east of the village, the Ukrainian command wants to take Rabotino into a semi-encirclement and strike with a mechanized fist in the direction of Tokmak. However, the appearance of the Marun TGr at this stage makes one think that the enemy’s plans had to be adjusted due to losses of 118 Separate Mechanazied Brigade.


13:00 Statement of head of the press center of the group "West":

In order to restore the lost positions in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy during the day carried out five counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade against our positions in the area of the village of Sin'kovka, the Man'kovka tract and the forest of Usy.

All counterattacks were thwarted by inflicting preemptive fire damage by the artillery of the group. Enemy losses amounted to an infantry platoon.

In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy assault groups of the 44th Separate Mechanized Brigade attacked our positions twice in the vicinity of the Novoselovskoye settlement. The advance of the enemy was opened in a timely manner, the fire of the 152mm towed howitzers "Gyatsint-B" and 152mm self-propelled artillery mounts "Msta-S" inflicted a fire defeat, the attacks were repelled, destroyed to a platoon of manpower.

The crews of Ka-52 and Mi-35 attack helicopters of the Zapad grouping of forces delivered twelve air strikes against accumulations of manpower and firepower of units of the 14th, 32nd separate mechanized brigades and territorial defense units in the area of the settlements of Sin'kovka, Stelmahovka and Kislovka.


12:30 Rybar: the worst thing that can be done in the context of ongoing heavy fighting on several sectors of the front is to engage in hat-throwing, talk about the failure of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and share the skin of an unkilled bear. This is what, it seems, a certain deputy Andrei Gurulev did.

Take a look at least a set of stamps in a typical publication: NATO does not know how to fight, and the Alliance's strategy is bad, and Western weapons are "junk". Side by side, of course, there were stories about the best Russian weapons in the world and firing from S-300s at M777 howitzers.

The problem is not only that it is precisely such beliefs about a stupid opponent and "analogue" that led to sensitive failures on the battlefield last year. After all, such passages actually devalue the real achievements of the army and industry.

And while in the Zaporozhye region, HIMARS fighters hold back the onslaught of Bradley and Stryker, and defense factories work in three shifts to provide the troops with what they need, some expert says that the war, it turns out, is going on with a useless and not a serious enemy.

Of course, in comparison with previous times, there are still significantly fewer such odious statements in the domestic media field. But such a ride on a rake must be stopped in the bud: it cannot lead to anything good a priori.

12:05 Scouts of the "White Wolves" grouping "O" without a fight took enemy positions in the Krasnolimansky direction:

At the approach of our fighters, the enemy fled from their fortifications, leaving their belongings there. Our guys have captured a lot of grenades, machine guns and grenade launchers, including those in service with NATO.

11:30 Destruction of Marder infantry fighting vehicle and Stryker armored personnel carrier at the Orekhovsky site:

This morning, the Zaporozhye Front posted footage of the work of the operators of the Lancet loitering rounds on enemy armored vehicles. Judging by the characteristic machine gun turret, a Stryker armored personnel carrier was destroyed by a drone.

Coordinates: 47.4664158, 35.8700339

This is the first recorded defeat of the American armored personnel carriers at the front after their transfer to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to some reports, the Strykers were supplied to the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine.

The 82nd Airborne Brigade itself is part of the so-called Maroon tactical group, which also includes the 46th Separate Airmobile and 71st Jaeger Brigades, as well as 132nd Reconnaissance Battalion. Until that moment, only the 4th battalion of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade was involved in the battles.

Also on the footage published by the Archangel of the Spetsnaz, you can see the German infantry fighting vehicle Marder, which came under attack east of Rabotino, where in recent days the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been storming strongholds and trying to gain a foothold.

Coordinates: 47.456537768597656, 35.86561988467449

"Marders" are also in service with units of 82 Separate Air Assault Brigade. The appearance of armored vehicles of these types indirectly confirms the fact of a more massive introduction of the Marun TGr into battle. Initially, this formation was planned to be used by the second wave in the Pologovsky area. And their involvement in Rabotino now does not come from a good life.


10:58 Zaporozhye direction at 10:00:

n.p. Rabotino - during the night, the enemy again went on the assault after processing our positions with cluster munitions, but was stopped and destroyed.

At night, the Marder and Leopard infantry fighting vehicles were burned, judging by the radio interceptions at night, the enemy was doing poorly, a large number of those killed (up to 70 people).

In the morning there was another wave of offensive, the enemy began to do it more often.

n.p. Pyatikhatki - the enemy began to move to the old positions where they sank a little, went to our minefields, sat down in shelters, they were being shelled.

In the morning, a group that controls combat drones was destroyed, they landed in pickup trucks, went into the house and were destroyed by artillery.

In this section of the direction, the enemy also intensified sorties and small runs in small groups.


10:30 In the Belogorovsk direction, the artillery of the seventh brigade of the “South” group of troops worked out using the Ukrainian Khokhl technique -video.

10:05 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr grouping:

The artillery of the Dnepr group, as well as the crews of the Lancet unmanned aerial vehicles, as part of the counter-battery fight against the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction, identified and destroyed three 120mm 2B11 mortars with crews near the village of Ponyatovka, as well as a towed 155mm howitzer M777 manufactured in the USA on the outskirts of the village of Tomina Balka.

In the area of the settlement of Kazachi Lagery, Russian servicemen thwarted an attempt to transfer a sabotage group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a high-speed boat. The ship was successfully destroyed by coastal artillery fire.

09:24 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from barrel artillery:

-- 16 rounds in the village of Alyoshki;
-- n.p. Radensk nine rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoe 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki eight rounds;
-- n.p. Proletarian nine rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement Sagi, settlement Kazachi Lagery firing a total of 34 cannon artillery rounds.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed

09:23 Zaporozhye front, Orekhovskoe direction, reports NGP INTELLIGENCE:

During August 14, the enemy made several attempts to attack with the forces of 46 Separate Air Mobile Brigade and 118 Separate Mechanized Brigade, with the support of 15 Artillery Regiment of ON NSU in the area of the village of Rabotino.

The attacks were undertaken by a significant number of infantry, with forces up to the armored personnel carrier, armored vehicles were used to a lesser extent, only after the mine-explosive barriers were removed “manually”.

Support for the attacking enemy forces was provided by mixed artillery groups.

The enemy managed to gain a foothold in some strongholds, while only by the end of the first half of the day on August 14, the established losses of enemy forces amounted to 200 people killed and wounded.

The officers of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine note in their reports the unsatisfactory morale and psychological state of HP due to large losses, rotation is not carried out in some sectors of the front, because the enemy command is faced with a “deficiency” of HP.

There is also a significantly increased density of artillery fire from the RF Armed Forces along the entire front line in the southern direction compared to the beginning of the year.

08:24 Summary on the morning of August 15, 2023

During the night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered strikes to the entire depth of enemy territory.

In the Kherson direction, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the Antonovsky bridge and west of the Cossack Camps are being hit by artillery and drones. It is reported that the enemy forces in these areas are pinned down, but the enemy is trying to expand his positions, transferring small landing groups, while a significant part of the watercraft is destroyed while still on the water.

Fighting continues on the Zaporozhye Front, the direction of the main attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is gradually shifting east of the settlement. Rabotino to N. p. Willow. The enemy did not achieve success, lost several armored vehicles.

In the Vremevsky direction, fighting in Urozhayny, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to occupy the entire village, but in fact the village has repeated the fate of Pyatikhatki and Staromayorsky, in which there are constant battles.

Fighting continues near Kleshcheevka on the southern flank of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Russian Armed Forces carried out counterattacks using tank groups, pushing the enemy in the southern part of the village.

To the west and south of Kreminnaya, fighting is going on on the Torsky ledge and in the Serebryansky forestry. The enemy in counterattacks lost personnel and armored vehicles, but did not achieve success.

In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Army is advancing in the Sin'kovka area, expanding the zone of control.

In the Belgorod region yesterday, the air defense system shot down two air targets near the village of Pushkarnoe. In the DPR, due to the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, seven civilians were injured, incl. child born in 2017

08:09 Frontline summary on the morning of 15.08.2023

In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with powerful artillery support, are conducting assault operations on the northern outskirts of the village of Rabotino. They are also moving towards the southeastern borders of the settlement in order to capture units of the RF Armed Forces. In parallel, after artillery preparation, they attacked in the Verbovoy area. Russian troops fired on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novoandreevka, Orekhovo, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Belogorye. Ukrainian artillery hit Kopany, Novoprokopovka, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.

In the Ugledar sector of the RF Armed Forces, after artillery strikes, they counterattacked near Staromayorsky. And the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in Urozhaynoe. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian units in Blagodatny, Bolshaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Bogoyavlenka, Vuhledar and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Donetsk). The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the RF Armed Forces in Priyutnoye, Zavetnnii Zhelanoye, Staromlynovka and Nikol'sky.

In the Bakhmut direction, Russian troops launched counterattacks in the area of Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Veselo (a settlement north-west of Soledar). No success. Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belaya Gora, Ivanovsky, Chasovoy Yar, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Min'kovka and Privolye. Ukrainian fired at Russian troops in Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Bakhmut and Dubovo-Vasilyevka.

In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces attacked near Belogorovka and Andreevka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name south of Bakhmut). No promotion. Russian troops attacked the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berestovo, Peschanoe and Petropavlovka.


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Armed Forces of Ukraine are throwing new old German equipment into the offensive
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Sergei Adamov

[REGNUM] Although it is still premature to talk about the complete failure of the Ukrainian offensive, nevertheless, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost a significant part of their forces. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu drew attention to this when speaking on August 15 at the XI Moscow Conference on International Security.

"Preliminary results of the hostilities show that Ukraine's military resource is almost exhausted," the head of the military department said.

The assessment of the Minister of Defense is confirmed by the information that comes from the frontline zone.

Over the past few days, footage has appeared on the Web showing units of the reserve of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that have not previously taken part in the offensive operation. The new formations are equipped, in particular, with US-made Stryker armored personnel carriers and German Marder infantry fighting vehicles.

German infantry fighting vehicles in the amount of about a hundred APU vehicles received at the end of March - the Marders were taken from the reserves of the Bundeswehr and from the warehouses of the Rheinmetall enterprise. In order to put the equipment into operation, repairs and lengthy modernization were required, since the last machine of this model rolled off the assembly line in the mid-1970s.

The Marder BMP is designed to transport and fire support for a squad of six or seven people. The vehicle is very heavy, due to the armor its weight reaches 30 tons, but this provides increased survivability and security of the landing force.

A number of these combat vehicles were used by the German military contingent in Afghanistan. Two cars were blown up by improvised explosive devices, but in both cases, the BMP saved the lives of the fighters who were in the troop compartment.

Once again, we note that the mentioned vehicles were delivered in the spring, the Marders in March, the Stryker armored personnel carrier in April. The counteroffensive has been going on (judging by the official reports of Kyiv) since the beginning of June, and the equipment has been seen on the line of contact just now.

"WERE EXHAUSTED AND LOST COMBAT CAPABILITY"
It can be assumed that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine decided to throw reserves into battle. However, there may be several reasons behind this decision. Either Kyiv introduces new formations into battle due to the high level of losses in the advancing units, or reserves are introduced to expand the breakthrough zone. In the first case, we can say that the offensive is seriously stalling and devouring the last resources of the Ukrainian army, in the second, that the offensive, on the contrary, is moving into an active phase.

The first option is more likely, says military expert Maxim Tumbartsev.

New offensive tactics do not solve the main problem of the Ukrainian army
“My opinion is that the offensive went “for real” before. That is, not in the format of "reconnaissance in force", but at full power. The brigades that were thrown into battle in June and July were exhausted and, apparently, lost their combat effectiveness, and now they are introducing a reserve that was not previously affected,” Tumbartsev explained to IA Regnum.

Vladimir Rogov, the head of the Zaporozhye public movement “We are together with Russia”, also reported that the enemy, it seems, is depleting reserves of not only equipment, but also manpower in the counteroffensive. On the front in the Zaporozhye region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine involved "two thirds of the reserves, a significant part of which have already been lost in battle," RIA Novosti quoted Rogov as saying.

"GERMANS" FOLLOW THE "SWEDES"
In recent weeks, formations of the 116th, 117th, and 118th mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been sent to the front, Tumbartsev said. These units were joined by formations of the so-called " Offensive Guards", formed by the National Guard of Ukraine to participate in the "offensive".

The Marder infantry fighting vehicles spotted at the front most likely belong to the 82nd Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was also previously held in reserve.

Prior to this, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which use Swedish-made equipment - CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, Archer self-propelled artillery mounts and Strv122 tanks, were also introduced into battle. These formations were highlighted in the battles near Artemovsk, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine also did not achieve significant success. According to experts, about 60-70% of all units prepared for the offensive were put into battle.

“In general, the reserves are indeed gradually depleted. So over time, there will be no one to bring into battle. This does not mean that the front will crumble after that, but offensive actions will subside , ”Tumbartsev believes.

However, experts say, so far the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not exhausted all the opportunities for advancement - and the “Western allies” are doing everything possible so that the “counterattack” does not completely bog down.

BREAKOUT BET
At the end of last week, on August 11, the British Ministry of Defense officially announced that a group of 1,000 Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had returned to Ukraine after a six-month training course. According to the London Daily Express, it is this unit that should cross the Dnieper or be used at the forefront of the Ukrainian attack on the Crimea.

Earlier, the governor of the Nikolaev region Vitaly Kim hinted at the possibility of a large-scale landing operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Dnieper. In his Telegram channel, Kim posted photos of landing craft with the caption: “Wait soon on the left bank.”

The fact that American Stryker armored personnel carriers appeared in the “advance” zone may indicate that the enemy hopes to break through the front line in a narrow sector, a military expert, an officer of the tank forces in reserve Alexander Mikhailovsky , told Regnum news agency.

“Initially, it was announced that the United States would transfer about a hundred Stryker armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. Then about fifty more vehicles were delivered, as compensation for the losses incurred in the counteroffensive, - the expert draws attention. - The first batch included ten vehicles in the M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicle modification, designed to overcome minefields . So their appearance at the front right now is not accidental.

The American armored personnel carriers were handed over to the landing units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which operate in the area of ​​​​the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, where serious battles are taking place, Mikhailovsky noted. The Ukrainian army has been trying to break through the front in this area for a long time, but constantly suffers heavy losses without significant progress.

“The most rosy option for the Armed Forces of Ukraine looks like this: they are breaking along the front, pulling the available forces onto themselves. At this time, a landing force is landing across the Dnieper, setting up crossings (by the way, German bridgelayers were handed over to them just for this purpose) and a certain reserve goes along our rear lines directly to the Crimea,” Mikhailovsky outlined the proposed scenario of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

But, the expert emphasizes, in fact it turned out that part of the forces was erased in fruitless offensive attempts. “Moreover, the Dnieper line was also not left without cover by our military (as the enemy expected), so the prospects for such an operation, to put it mildly, are somewhat vague,” the source said.

Americans are investing in the next "offensive"
Unable to immediately break through the Russian defenses in the Zaporozhye direction, the command of the Ukrainian army switched to the tactics of positional battles, in which formations trained at the training grounds of NATO countries are gradually worn down, experts say.

The United States is learning to shoot at modern Russian technology
It seems that the Washington patrons of Kyiv are resigned to the fact that at least the current large-scale advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine failed. With the onset of autumn, it will be increasingly difficult for Ukrainian troops to conduct offensive operations, acknowledged the representative of the White House National Security Council, John Kirby.

The Joe Biden administration admitted that the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine could be postponed to 2024. Therefore, it is logical that the White House is considering funding the Ukrainian army for the next year, as evidenced by a recent publication in the Financial Times . President Biden, we recall, officially asked Congress to allocate an additional $13 billion for emergency military assistance to Kiev and another $8.5 billion to assist Kiev in the field of economy and security. True, there is no certainty that Congress will easily agree.

Experts agree that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not have much time left to try to develop an offensive in 2023: from three to five weeks. After that, the intensity of hostilities will in any case decrease, as a result of which a number of countries may begin to put pressure on Kyiv, inclining it to conclude a truce. However, the decision on a truce will be made not in Kyiv, but in Washington.

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#1  Well, The russians have been throwing obsolete crap into the fight, so why not return the favor?
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#2  The Junkyard of Empires™
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