Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:10 F-16 fighters are finally in Ukraine. On Sunday, August 4, the Day of the Ukrainian Air Force, Zelensky and Ukrainian media distributed footage from the ceremony of accepting the aircraft into service. The president called what was happening a new stage in the development of the Ukrainian Air Force. Now one of the main goals is to ensure that the fighters are not lost on the ground. For more details, see the article F-16 in Ukraine.
21:39 Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergei Ryabkov stated that Ukrainian special services were allegedly preparing attacks in Russia on Navy Day, when Putin and Defense Minister Andrei Belousov spoke at the ceremonial parade in St. Petersburg. According to him, Belousov reported this operation in a telephone conversation with Pentagon Secretary Lloyd Austin. Ryabkov claims that Austin was "extremely surprised by this news, but took it seriously enough, after which Washington contacted Kiev and demanded that they not do what was planned."
19:47 Botswana has joined the Peace Summit communiqué, Zelensky said.
18:32 Russia used a KN-23 ballistic missile from North Korea during the July 31 strike, which failed to reach its target, Defense Express writes. The launch was carried out from Russian territory in the direction of Bila Tserkva, but the missile exploded in the air in the Kiev region. Earlier, it was reported that more than half of the KN-23 missiles lost their programmed trajectory during flight and exploded in the air, since the launch of these missiles was recorded, but their debris was not found. Before that, the Russians did not use these missiles for five months.
17:56 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called Mali's decision to sever diplomatic relations with Kiev "short-sighted and hasty." The ministry resolutely rejected accusations by the transitional government of Mali of alleged "support by Ukraine of international terrorism." The republic did not provide any evidence of Kiev's involvement in supporting the Tuareg rebels. "Ukraine unconditionally observes the norms of international law, the inviolability of sovereignty and territorial integrity of other countries," the Foreign Ministry emphasized.
17:33 There was no crossing of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal by Russians in the vicinity of Chasov Yar and consolidation of positions behind it, said Andrey Polukhin, press officer of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade. According to him, after the stabilization of the front along the canal line in Chasov Yar, such attempts are constantly taking place with the participation of small infantry groups, but at the moment the enemy has not achieved any results.
16:38 The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security has approved a bill banning the mobilization of men under 25, MP Oleksiy Goncharenko reported. He clarified that this refers to bill 11379-d, which provides for a ban on the mobilization of not only partially fit men aged 18 to 25, but also those who have not completed military service or training at a military department.
15:59 In July, the Air Defense units of the Ground Forces destroyed 446 units of Russian air reconnaissance and attack assets, including three Su-25 aircraft and 437 UAVs of various types.
15:07 Russians are transferring units from the Luhansk region to the Kharkiv direction, said Vitaly Sarantsev, spokesman for the Kharkiv group of troops. In particular, according to him, the 22nd motorized rifle regiment is being sent to the Kharkiv region. In addition, Russian troops are conducting internal rotations and attracting volunteer units, as well as foreign citizens from the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa, who are being forced or deceived into going into battle.
14:38 The Ministry of Veterans Affairs announced the launch of a project to employ veterans in the civil service - the e-Map of Vacancies. The service is already available on the e-Veteran web platform. The goal of the project is to make it easier for veterans to find a job and to facilitate their employment in the civil service.
13:26 Russian propaganda has created a network of 800 Telegram channels to spread the Kremlin's influence abroad, Novaya Gazeta writes. Despite the fact that the EU and the US have banned the broadcasting and distribution of Sputnik and RT content, and YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram have blocked their accounts, pro-government media resources have found a loophole that has allowed them to increase their audience abroad by 2.3 times in two years of war.
In the foreign segment of Telegram, hundreds of pro-Russian channels spread Kremlin conspiracy theories and translate reports from the occupied territory of Donetsk Oblast into 30 languages. In total, they are read by 15.7 million users, and each day, posts from these resources are viewed on average 100 million times.
12:44 The Ministry of Defense has identified three fake Reserve+ web applications, said Deputy Head of the Ministry Ekaterina Chernogorenko. According to her, the sites were discovered at the creation stage, and the mailing has not yet begun.
11:58 Ukraine has received $3.9 billion in a non-repayable grant from the United States through the World Bank, Shmyhal said. According to the prime minister, these funds will help finance priority budget expenditures, such as salaries for teachers and rescuers, and social benefits. This is the first tranche of direct budget support from the United States in 2024. In total, Ukraine will receive $7.8 billion in direct budget assistance from the United States this year.
11:17 In Ukraine, over 87 thousand children were born in the first half of 2024, which is one and a half times less than before the full-scale invasion, according to the Ministry of Justice. At the same time, for every newborn there are three deaths: almost 251 thousand people died in the first six months.
10:54 The SBU reported the neutralization of a large-scale FSB agent network that operated in six regions of Ukraine and was preparing strikes on critical infrastructure facilities. As a result of the special operation, nine Russian agents were simultaneously detained in Dnipro, Zaporozhye and Sumy, as well as in Donetsk, Odessa and Kirovograd regions. The group included two officials: an employee of the Dnipro City Council and the head of the department in the Yuzhne City Council of the Odessa Region. Also among the Russian agents were two managers, a university student and a former employee of the disbanded police. The perpetrators are in custody and face life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
10:41 As a result of the Ukrainian strike on the Morozovsk military airfield in the Rostov region on August 3, a Su-34 fighter-bomber was destroyed, the Main Intelligence Directorate reported, citing space reconnaissance data. Two more Russian aircraft of the same type were probably damaged by debris - craters from explosions were recorded near the sides. The aviation weapons depot was also completely destroyed - large areas of scorched earth are visible from the secondary detonation of ammunition on the territory of the airfield and around it. Four technical buildings and two hangars at the Morozovsk airbase, located 265 km from the front line, also received damage that is clearly visible from space.
10:22 Russians struck Dniprovsky district of Kherson in the morning, one person was wounded, the city military administration reported. In addition, a resident of Berislav, who suffered from an enemy attack on August 2, sought medical assistance - Russian military dropped explosives from a drone on her house, OVA reported.
08:43 Air defense destroyed all 24 Shahed-type attack UAVs that Russia used to attack from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk at night. The drones were shot down in the Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk regions, the Air Force reported.
08:14 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were injured, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Prokudin.
08:10 In Donetsk Oblast, on August 4, one person was killed as a result of Russian shelling - in Grodovka. Three more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
07:59 The General Staff has adjusted some items of the total losses of the Russian Federation - air defense systems, aircraft, operational-tactical level UAVs, cruise missiles, automotive equipment and special equipment. The total figure has been adjusted, and the losses per day as of the morning of August 5 are submitted as usual:
personnel - about 584,090 (+1180) people,
tanks - 8417 (+6),
combat armored vehicles - 16,286 (+31),
artillery systems - 16,345 (+69),
MLRS - 1138 (+0),
air defense systems - 910 (+0),
aircraft - 365 (+0),
helicopters - 326 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,122 (+24),
cruise missiles - 2414 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,094 (+68),
special equipment - 2737 (+3).
07:40 In the evening and at night, Russians attacked the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, using a kamikaze drone and artillery. Two people were injured in the Pokrovsk community, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
01:57 The pro-Russian transitional government of the Republic of Mali announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Ukraine due to Kiev's support for the actions of Tuareg rebels, who recently routed a column of Malian soldiers and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner PMC. The published communiqué of the Malian junta also includes traditional Kremlin narratives about the "Nazi regime" in Ukraine.
00:26 The Russian army advanced in Pivnichnoye, Zaliznoye, Zhelannoye, Sergeyevka, Ivanovka, near Lisichnoye and Zhelannoye in Donetsk Oblast. Defense forces withdrew from the Stupki Golubovskie-2 tract in Bakhmut district, DeepState analysts report.
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[KavkazUzel] Daud Davydov, who was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2022 for beating prisoners at the Makhachkala pretrial detention center and extortion, disappeared in the military operation zone in Ukraine.
As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, on February 7, 2023, the court sentenced the former head of the Makhachkala pre-trial detention center Daud Davydov to eight years in prison, two of his subordinates received 5.5 years in prison in the case of beating prisoners and extorting money and property worth 9 million rubles.
The security officials did not admit guilt in torture and extortion. In November of the same year, the Supreme Court of Dagestan upheld the sentence of Davydov and his subordinates. In the spring of 2022, pre-trial detention center inspector Magomed Saliev received 3.5 years in prison, whom the court found guilty of abuse of power and receiving a large bribe. Saliev fully admitted his guilt and entered into a pre-trial agreement with the investigation. Several episodes in which he appeared were also incriminated to Davydov and his subordinates. Dagestani journalists and a lawyer called the sentence of Davydov and his subordinates unique .
According to the prosecution, from December 2015 to June 2019, security forces repeatedly used physical violence against the arrested man and forced him to re-register his ownership of a land plot, buildings, and an apartment worth more than 5 million rubles. They also received bribes totaling 150,000 rubles from the arrested man's wife and 300,000 rubles from a local resident to improve the conditions of his father's detention, and in February 2019, in collusion with the convicted man, they stole 3.2 million rubles from the arrested man, investigators found out.
The convicted former head of Makhachkala's SIZO-1, Daud Davydov, has gone missing in action in the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine, the chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev, reported today.
According to him, Davydov commanded a unit on the front line and went missing two months ago.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The Sever [Northern] Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, and 36th Naval Infantry Brigade near Volchansk, Tikhoye, and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost up to 125 troops, six pick-up trucks, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station. One Czech-made Vampire MLRS launcher and six field ammunition depots were neutralised.
The Zapad [Western] Group of Forces has taken more advantageous lines and positions. The Group inflicted fire damage on the 44th, 67th, and 116th Mechanised brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of Ukraine close Kolesnikovka, Sinkovka (Kharkov region), and Novosadovoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Four counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the 14th, 117th Mechanised brigades, 77th Air Mobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 117th Territorial Defence brigade were repelled.
The enemy suffered losses of up to 495 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one 155mm Ukrainian-made Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one German-made Panzerhabitze 2000, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 gun. Three AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Yug [Southern] Group of Forces improved its tactical position, inflicted fire damage on manpower and military hardware of the 24th, 28th, and 54th Mechanised, 72th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Predtechino, Trudovoye, Chasov Yar, Konstantinovka, Katerinovka, and Verkhnekamenskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). A counter-attack launched by the 5th Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was successfully repelled.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 620 Ukrainian troops, three armoured fighting vehicles, 11 motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, four U.S.-made 105mm M119 guns, and one UK-made 105mm L119 gun. Two ammunition depots and one Nota electronic warfare station were destroyed.
The Tsentr [Center] Group of Forces has improved the situation on the front line and defeated the formations of the 1st Tank Brigade, 32nd, 100th, 117th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 142nd Infantry Brigade, 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 1st Special Brigade close to Toretsk, Grodovka, Orlovka, and Nikolayevka (Donetsk People's Republic). Eight counter-attacks launched by assault groups of the 31st, 47th, 53rd, and 117th Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police have been repelled.
The enemy losses included up to 325 Ukrainian troops, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one 203mm 2S7 Pion self-propelled artillery system, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
The Vostok [Eastern] Group of Forces took more favourable positions and inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of the 72nd Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 129th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Razdolnoye, Vodyanoye, and Vremevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 115 Ukrainian troops, one tank, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B gun, and two Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations. Three AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
The Dnepr Group of Forces engaged the units of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 141st Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 39th Coastal Defence Brigade near Malyye Shcherbaki, Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye region), and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 70 Ukrainian troops, eight motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged two POL depots, clusters of AFU manpower and hardware in 132 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down six U.S.-made ATACMS operational and tactical missiles, four French-made SCALP-EG air-launched cruise missiles, seven U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, one French-made Hammer air bomb, and 43 UAVs.
In total, 633 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 29,184 unmanned aerial vehicles, 561 air defence missile systems, 16,774 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,396 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 12,843 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,396 units of special military equipment have been destroyed in the special military operation.
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Been watching this since it started. The path for Ukraine victory is attacking Russian infrastucture.
I think they realize this and are going to major on destorying Russian refineries, rail systems, etc.
Putin can maintain his troops in Ukraine, but, he's going to eventually have Russkiye revolt against him over the collapse of Russian infrastructure eventually.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Russian Armed Forces units have advanced in Kirovo and Druzhbamap. 21:11 Another arsenal of Ukrainian ammunition was destroyed in the area of the settlement of Mirnohrad –video.
20:59 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Pokrovsk direction: advance in Zhelannoye and expansion of the control zone in the area of Novosyolovka Pervaya.
– The situation of Ukrainian formations in the Pokrovsk direction is deteriorating with each passing day. The enemy side no longer hides that the deployment of new reserve units does not allow stabilizing the front line, which Russian troops are pushing further and further to the west.
– Southwest of Timofeevka, assault units of the Russian Armed Forces approached the southern outskirts of the small village of Lisichnoye, consisting of only a few houses, and in Ivanovka they drove the Ukrainian Armed Forces from their positions in the center and continue to push back on the northwestern outskirts.
– In Vesyoloye, the clearing of buildings and the surrounding area continues, and fighting is also ongoing on the outskirts of Sergeyevka, located nearby.
– Russian fighters entered Zhelannoye from the railway station, occupying several streets. To the east of the settlement, the Russian Armed Forces managed to reach the road connecting Zhelannoye and Novosyolovka Pervaya, creating a threat of encirclement for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- In addition, from the side of Novosyolovka Pervaya, a wedge has been formed in the direction of Mezhevoye, but there has been no information about the beginning of the assault on this village. Mezhevoye is located on the left bank of the Volchya River, on the bridge over which the Russian Aerospace Forces yesterday carried out an effective strike with an Kh-38 missile in order to reduce the logistical capabilities of the Ukrainian formations.
– It should be noted that over the past few days, unmanned aircraft crews have been actively working in this area against identified enemy positions, destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment. The enemy lost several armored vehicles, including two M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the Novozhelannoye area.
– The rapid retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has other reasons besides the direct onslaught of the Russian Armed Forces. Ukrainian units are forced to retreat from their positions, lacking not only sufficient ammunition for defense, but also basic things – drinking water.
– From intercepted radio communications it is known that the enemy is complaining about the effective actions of Russian troops in disrupting key logistics routes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area.
20:14 ATGM crews destroy armored vehicles of a simulated enemy at a training ground near Rostov –video.
At the Southern Military District training ground in the Rostov Region, intensive training of servicemen continues before being sent to the SVO zone.
19:55 Sumy region.
It is reported about a new series of air strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces. Frontline and tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces are identifying enemy positions to carry out high-precision strikes.
19:15 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Aleksandro-Kalinovskoe direction: successes of the Russian Armed Forces in Kirovo and Druzhba.
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, Russian troops are rapidly overcoming the enemy's defensive lines in the suburbs of Dzerzhinsk. The assault aircraft are developing their success on the northern flank and have already reached the outskirts of the abandoned Severnaya mine, the waste heap of which is a dominant height and is used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as an important defensive node.
– In Druzhba, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing through the private sector along Zheleznodorozhnaya Street, smoking out enemy infantry from shelters in the basements of houses. According to available information, the advance detachments of our attack aircraft have already reached Kosmonavtov Street and continue to push through the enemy's defenses to the northwest. In addition to regular airstrikes, the combat capability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units is affected by supply problems caused by the high activity of Russian UAVs, which hit the enemy's logistics transport.
– In Kirovo, units of the Russian Armed Forces also broke through the defense of the Ukrainian formations, reaching Kalinovaya and Tsentralnaya streets, through which supplies were supplied to most of the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in the east of the Dzerzhinsky agglomeration.
The depot on the territory of the Severnaya mine has already come under the control of Russian troops. Fortifications have been set up on its waste heaps, adapted by the enemy for long-term defense.
– In an effort to contain the onslaught of Russian troops, the enemy command deployed special forces units in this area with the support of armored vehicles. One of these groups was destroyed on Shkolnaya Street: an armored HMMW vehicle transporting members of an elite unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was shot down by Russian fighters. Later, the surviving enemy special forces were destroyed by small arms fire from a Russian attack aircraft.
– In the Novgorodskoye area, the Russian Armed Forces are pushing the enemy out of the “pocket” on the southeastern outskirts of the settlement. On the left flank of the “Novgorod salient,” Russian troops also carried out a series of successful attacks, expanding the zone of control and driving the enemy out of several forest belts.
Given the successes achieved on the southwestern outskirts of Artemovo, the Russian Armed Forces have a chance to quickly break through the enemy’s defenses to the northeast of Novgorodskoye itself and form a cauldron into which significant forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will fall.
– Despite fierce resistance, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command is unable to stabilize the situation and stop the advance of the Russian Armed Forces. A scenario is developing in the Dzerzhinsky agglomeration that is partly similar to what is happening in the Pokrovsky direction: Russian attack aircraft bypass and then isolate powerful enemy fortifications, making their defense quite problematic.
– It is likely that both waste heaps in the east of the agglomeration will soon come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, which will open the way for Russian troops to Dzerzhinsk itself.
18:51 Advanceof the Russian Armed Forces on the front lines –map.
– Units of the Russian Armed Forces advanced in a north-eastern direction towards the Rabotino square, forcing the enemy to abandon their positions.
– Advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the north of Urozhainoe.
18:08 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the front lines –map.
– The Russian Armed Forces are advancing near Zhelannoye and in Ivanovka.
– Advance of the Russian Armed Forces northwest of Rabotino.
17:48 Nikolaev region.
For more than an hour now, military facilities in the Nikolaev region are located under the blows of our ballistics. Onyx, Iskander and other ballistic missiles hit the parking lots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, ammunition depots and important military targets.
17:11 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 5, 2024) –video.
16:59 Su-34 crews destroyed temporary deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of responsibility of the West group of forces –video.
To destroy enemy positions, unguided FAB-500 aerial bombs with a universal planning and correction module were used.
16:22 Velikaya Novosyolka – Urozhainoe.
Positional military actions in the area of Velikaya Novosyolka. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces to the east of Urozhaynoye is under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces is at least one km in the northern direction.
16:17 Special military operation. Situation as of August 5 –map.
15:46 Dzerzhinsk – Kirovo.
Active military actions in the Gorlovka area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces by an infantry unit in the northern part of Kirovo. Movement of the assault group in the area of the Severnaya mine waste heap in the direction of the western entrance to the city from Dzerzhinsk under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces toward Dzerzhinsk about 900 meters through the residential development of Kirovo.
15:09 FABs inflict fire damage on enemy positions in Volchansk –video.
14:39 Enemy as of the first half of the day on August 5 admits advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the Ivanovka area, in the Dzerzhinsk area, in the Zhelanny area and in Konstantinovka.
The biggest problem for the enemy at the moment is the entire section of the front west of Ocheretino, which he cannot stabilize in any way.
14:24 In the area of the settlement of Shcherbinovka (12 km northwest of the settlement of Gorlovka), the temporary deployment point of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed –video.
13:15 Statement by the head of the press center of the Dnepr group –video.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces carried out combat missions in the Kakhovka direction. Provided control over the island zone of the Dnieper River. Artillery fire prevented the regrouping of enemy troops. Continued the destruction of Ukrainian Armed Forces floating craft seeking to land on the left bank of the Dnieper.
Defeated the formations of the 103rd and 108th Territorial Defense brigades in the Belogorie and Kazatskoye areas. Actively destroyed FPV drones, reconnaissance and attack UAVs.
The enemy's losses amounted to 75 servicemen. During the counterbattery battle, a 152mm D-20 gun, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, an Anklav-N electronic warfare station and three ammunition depots were destroyed. The use of attack UAVs disabled seven units of special automotive equipment.
12:27 Dzerzhinsk – Druzhba.
Positional military actions in the Gorlovka area. artillery attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Druzhba along Kosmonavtov Street. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces along the railroad in the direction of school number 7 up to 400 meters.
11:53 Another destroyed and abandoned M2A2 Bradley IFV with the remains of the BRAT DZ of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of ??the village of Sokol near Ocheretino –photo.
11:07 Statement by the head of the press center of the "West" group -video.
The West group of forces continues to carry out combat missions in the area of the special military operation.
As a result of active actions, the motorized rifle units of the group improved their position along the forward edge and captured 29 enemy strongholds. They repelled a counterattack by assault groups from the 54th Mechanized Brigade in the areas of Peschanoye and Chervona Dibrova.
With the support of artillery and aviation, they inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of units of the 107th, 112th, and 114th Territorial Defense Brigades in the areas of Sin'kovka, Makeyevka, Glushkovka, and Tabayevka.
The group's missile unit launched an Iskander-M missile strike on a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries in the Balakleya area. The facility was destroyed along with 80 militants.
During the counterbattery fire, artillery units destroyed two M198 and one M777 howitzers made in the USA, a British L119 howitzer, a 152mm D-20 artillery gun, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and 17 mortar crews.
Air defense crews destroyed eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
Over the course of 24 hours, the enemy lost up to 490 militants and 32 units of weapons and military equipment, including three tanks, one T-64 and two Leopards, an infantry fighting vehicle, two M113 armored personnel carriers, eight artillery pieces, the Bukovel and Nota electronic warfare stations, eight vehicles, two ammunition depots and 13 UAV control points.
10:44 Frontline summary as of the morning of 05.08.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. There are no significant changes in LBS here. The battles in this direction continue to be mainly positional in nature. Long-range weapons are actively working on both sides.
- Donetsk Front. In Krasnogorovka, Russian troops continue to clear the controlled territory. Fierce fighting continues in Karlovka, without significant changes.
In the Novoselovka area, the First Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to develop the offensive in the direction of Mezhevoy. There are more successes of Russian troops in New York.
- Chasovoyarskoe direction. No significant changes in the LBS. The RF Armed Forces continue to carry out measures to improve their positions in the eastern part of the city and on the flanks.
- Khar'kov Front. Fierce counter-battles continue in Volchansk. Ukrainian troops, although not so often, still continue to try to carry out counter-attacks. Without success.
10:12 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of the week 29 - 4 August 2024
– Throughout the past week, Russian troops continued to strike enemy targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, the Dolgintsevo military airfield was hit, where another enemy Su-25 was destroyed.
– Russian troops also carried out a massive drone attack on targets in the Kyiv region. At the same time, several ballistic missiles were launched into the region, hitting targets in Kyiv and Bila Tserkva.
– And in the Khar'kov region, the Russian Armed Forces hit a train with Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment at one of the railway stations. As a result of the hits, several vehicles from the Patriot air defense missile system were destroyed, as well as a temporary deployment point of the enemy in Izyum.
– In the Nikolaev region, airfields in Novy Bug and Nikolaev itself came under fire. In the latter, a training site for Ukrainian pilots under English-speaking instructors was damaged by fire.
- In turn, Ukrainian formations launched drones at targets in the rear regions of Russia. Two enemy drones were intercepted in North Ossetia while attempting to attack the Mozdok airfield.
– At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to hit targets in the Krasnodar Region by launching several UAVs at the region. Russian air defense crews shot down all enemy aircraft, but an electrical substation and a residential building were damaged.
– Rostov Oblast was subjected to a massive attack, with the enemy launching over 50 drones. Several drones hit the Morozovsk airfield and the Rosrezerv oil depot, causing a major fire.
– Meanwhile, in the zone of the special military operation, clashes continued along the entire contact line. In the North Ukrainian direction, Russian troops struck enemy border facilities in the Chernigov region.
09:51 Destruction of two Leopard tanks in the Khar'kov region.
FootageThe destruction of two Leopards in the Khar'kov region was shown by the Russian Ministry of Defense.
08:43 Fearless BMP-2M crews they are smashing enemy
BMP-2M crews equipped with the Berezhok universal combat module of the Sever troop group destroyed camouflaged positions and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The enemy is trying to resist in every possible way and opens return fire from the flanks.
08:42 Over the past week, the armed formations of Ukraine continued their attempts to contain the offensive actions of the Russian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics.
From July 27 to August 2, 2024, units of the North, South and West groups repelled 44 enemy counterattacks (a slight increase in enemy activity was noted). The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the reporting period amounted to about 9,380 Ukrainian militants and mercenaries.
Also derogatory:
– 97 units of motor vehicles;
– 24 units of various armored combat vehicles, including Turkish-made Kirpi and two HMMWV armored vehicles and three M113 armored personnel carriers made in the USA;
– 9 tanks, including Leopard tanks made in Germany;
– 129 field artillery pieces, including 51 self-propelled artillery mounts and 155mm howitzers of Western manufacture;
– 19 electronic and counter-battery warfare stations;
– 48 field ammunition depots (11 more than in the previous reporting period);
During the combat operations, our troops continued to advance into the depth of the enemy’s defenses and improved their tactical position.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 11 group strikes with high-precision weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which resulted in the destruction of: enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, which were engaged in the production and repair of armored vehicles, as well as assembly shops and storage sites for attack UAVs. In addition, warehouses of ammunition, aviation weapons and missile and artillery weapons, military echelons, as well as temporary deployment points of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries were destroyed.
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[Regnum] Kaspersky Lab experts have identified a Trojan-type virus that can be used by attackers to spy on Android device owners in Russia. The company reported this on August 5. "It's unusual in that it's not one of ours"
"LianSpy disguises itself as system applications and financial services. The malware's functionality includes collecting and transmitting to attackers a list of contacts from an infected device, as well as call log data, a list of installed applications," Izvestia quoted Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity expert Dmitry Kalinin as saying.
It is noted that the virus can also record the smartphone screen when opening individual applications, primarily instant messengers, however, most often, the attackers are not interested in the financial information of the victims.
The company added that when launched, the Trojan runs in the background and begins to fully control the device, for example, without showing the owner a notification about turning on the camera or microphone.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, American businessman and billionaire Elon Musk warned on July 7 about the dangers of using the WhatsApp messenger from Meta Platforms Corporation (an organization whose activities are recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation). The entrepreneur was referring to the protection of user data.
Co-founder of the Telegram messenger and the VKontakte social network Pavel Durov said on April 17 that he does not believe in the security of American Internet platforms. In his opinion, any devices used by users can be hacked.
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Convenient, that.
Kinda like the MicroSoft engineer who found the open source faults in Linux.
(So why is it you're digging around in a competing system looking for faults?)
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Google is on the list, some say on the cusp of being banned in Russia. Here's a headline from a day ago:
Russia could soon issue a block for Google, Android & iOS
Google and TikTok failed to comply with an order from communications regular in Russia, Roskomnadzor, over banned content. Google received a fine of 5 million roubles ($58,000) and TikTok 4 million roubles ($46,000).
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