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[Regnum] Hurricane wind damaged power line supports, leaving several districts of the Kherson region without power. This was reported on August 10 by the region's governor Volodymyr Saldo.
“150 kV power lines in the Zaporizhia region were damaged due to hurricane winds and heavy rain,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.
Saldo noted that the settlements of Genichesk, Novotroitsky, Kakhovka, Novaya Kakhovka and part of Ivanovo municipal districts of the Kherson region were left without electricity.
The head of the region added that an operational headquarters has been created to solve the problem, and repair teams are working on site.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in July the Russian Ministry of Energy announced that there were problems with electricity supply in four regions of Russia due to abnormally high temperatures. The outages occurred in the Rostov and Astrakhan regions, Adygea and Krasnodar Krai.
The press service of the St. Petersburg metro specified that one of the station vestibules was closed for entry due to technical reasons. Later they reported that it was operating as usual.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 7, heavy rain and hail covered the center of Moscow. In the west of the city, more than 20% of the normal precipitation fell in less than an hour. The roadway near the Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station was flooded, and cars were submerged on Vernadsky Avenue.
Even more from regnum.ru Earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hits east of Sakhalin
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 occurred in the Sea of Okhotsk to the east of Sakhalin Island, the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA ) reported on August 10.
The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk (47.4 degrees north latitude, 145.6 degrees east longitude), the depth of the source was 490 km.
No tsunami threat was declared.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, on August 8, the JMA reported a magnitude 6.9 earthquake near the southern part of the Japanese island of Kyushu. Seismologists have declared a tsunami threat.
Later, The Japan Times reported the possibility of a mega-earthquake in Japan in the Nankai fault area. The JMA called on municipalities in 29 prefectures to check their earthquake preparedness levels.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondet] 20:56 Zelensky said in an evening video address that he had already heard Syrsky's reports several times today - "regarding the front and our actions and pushing the war into the territory of the aggressor." According to the president, "Ukraine is proving that it really knows how to return justice and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed - pressure on the aggressor."
Zelensky also stressed that Kyiv is working for timely logistics so that Western aid can be felt at the front as soon as possible, and "we are really looking forward to decisions on long-range capabilities - from the United States, Great Britain, and France - strong decisions that will bring a just peace closer."
In addition, the head of state announced "a decision that will strengthen our Ukrainian spiritual independence. We must deprive Moscow of its last opportunities to infringe on the freedom of Ukrainians. And the solutions for this must be one hundred percent effective. We will provide them."
20:21 Six underground schools are being built in Zaporizhia Oblast, said Ivan Fedorov, head of the OVA. He specified that underground schools are being built not only in Zaporizhia, but also in rural communities - Kushugumskaya, Shirokovskaya, Belenkovskaya. Some schools are already at a high level of readiness, others are at the initial stages. The first schools are planned to open at the end of October.
20:08 The "authorities" of occupied Gorlovka in Donetsk Oblast have announced Ukrainian shelling of the city, which has left 14 people wounded.
18:57 The White House is maintaining contact with Kiev amid the operation in the Kursk region, said US Presidential Administration National Security Advisor John Kirby: "We are maintaining contact with our Ukrainian colleagues and working to better understand what they are doing, what their goals are, what their strategy is."
18:35 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the Russian army today advanced near Peschanoye, Stelmakhovka in the Kupyansk direction, Ivanovka in the Pokrovsk direction and Krasnogorovka in Kurakhovsky. According to analysts, the Russians are trying to cordon off part of the Defense Forces positions near Stelmakhovka and Peschanoye. North of the latter, the enemy will try to reach the heights to the north after encirclement, which will give them new opportunities for further advance on Kolesnikovka, DeepState notes.
17:18 In Volchansk, the Russian army, as part of preparations for conducting assault operations, carried out a regrouping of assault groups of the 153rd tank regiment, and is also conducting an internal rotation of personnel in units of the 138th separate motorized rifle brigade, the Kharkov group of troops reported.
17:01 In Konstantinovka, the rubble of a shopping center has been cleared away - as a result of yesterday's shelling, 14 people were killed and 44 were injured, reported Interior Minister Igor Klimenko.
16:55 Russians attacked the Kutsurub community in Mykolaiv Oblast with FPV drones, wounding two people, OVA head Vitaly Kim reported. In addition, three people were wounded in Ochakov as a result of enemy artillery shelling.
16:46 Lukashenko reported the destruction of some "air targets" from Ukraine over the territory of Belarus on the evening of August 9. According to him, the Air Force and Air Defense of Belarus were transferred to high alert due to the alleged violation of airspace by Ukraine. The head of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus Viktor Khrenin reported that Lukashenko gave instructions to strengthen the group of troops in the country in the Gomel and Mozyr tactical directions. In particular, according to him, special operations forces and missile troops, including Polonez rocket systems and Iskander complexes, were tasked with marching to "designated areas."
Lukashenko later said that he intended to personally deal with the "unsettled situation" on the border with Ukraine on the spot. And the Belarusian Foreign Ministry said that "the Ukrainian provocation with drones was undertaken at the instigation of external players" and "Minsk will fully exercise its right to self-defense."
15:24 The Ukrainian Navy and the Main Intelligence Directorate have struck one of the gas rigs in the Black Sea seized by Russia. Navy spokesman Dmitry Pletenchuk reported that Russian forces used the platform for GPS spoofing "in order to make civilian shipping dangerous." According to Pletenchuk, the day before the strike, the Russian Federation sent its equipment and military personnel to the platform. At the same time, Pletenchuk noted the work of the Navy's missile and artillery troops and specified that there were no civilians on the rig, and it was not performing its regular functions.
14:51 In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Ka-52 Alligator helicopter using an American Stinger MANPADS, the crew was eliminated. According to social media, the fact of the helicopter's destruction was confirmed by Russian Armed Forces captain Ilya Tumanov, who runs the Fighterbomber Telegram channel, and propagandist Kirill Fedorov.
13:47 In July this year, the number of civilian deaths and injuries in Ukraine was the highest since October 2022, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. According to the organization's official data, at least 219 civilians were killed and 1,018 were injured as a result of Russian attacks.
11:29 Russian military attacked Kherson from a UAV, two people were wounded, OVA reported.
10:08 Two children, aged nine and 11, have been identified among those killed in yesterday's Russian strike on Konstantinovka, the prosecutor's office said. Examinations are continuing to establish the identities of six more people, including, probably, one child. According to the latest data, the number of people killed in the attack is 14, 43 people were injured.
09:32 At night, Russians shelled the village of Pershotravneve in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region - two people were killed, one was wounded, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was injured as a result of shelling in the village of Ivashki and the urban-type settlement of Zolochiv in the Bogodukhov district.
09:27 In the morning, Russians shelled Kherson, one person was wounded, OVA reported. Over the past 24 hours, six people were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:23 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russia does not want to redeploy troops to the Kursk region in order not to disrupt the offensive. According to analysts, to counter the offensive in the Kursk region, the Russian military command is relying on existing units deployed in the border area and on easily accessible forces in the rear, most of which are units staffed by conscripts and irregulars.
According to ISW, the Russian military command has transferred forces from unspecified operational reserves, additional units staffed by conscripts, special forces, special operations forces, additional Chechen special forces Akhmat, as well as the 1st Army Corps of the "DPR" and former Wagner Group servicemen to areas of the Kursk region.
08:41 On the night of August 9, near the settlement of Chernomorskoye in Crimea, fighters of the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Group 13, using the Magura V5 strike marine drone, destroyed another Russian vessel - a high-speed boat of the KS 701 project of the Tunets type. As a result of the operation, three more watercraft were also damaged, their type is being established.
08:25 In the morning, Russians hit a critical infrastructure facility in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, with a missile - one worker was killed and several were injured. The facility's buildings were seriously damaged, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin. According to him, 14 people were killed and 42 were injured as a result of yesterday's strike on Konstantinovka.
08:06 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 10:
personnel - about 589,700 (+1160) people,
tanks - 8441 (+7),
combat armored vehicles - 16,350 (+9),
artillery systems - 16,605 (+69),
MLRS - 1143 (+1),
air defense systems - 918 (+2),
aircraft - 366 (+0),
helicopters - 327 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,372 (+47),
cruise missiles - 2425 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,453 (+82),
special equipment - 2789 (+20).
07:17 The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 32 UAVs at night, 26 of which were over the Kursk region and six over the Yaroslavl region.
06:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the column of Russian equipment that was destroyed in the Kursk region could have consisted of 14 covered Ural and KAMAZ trucks transporting Russian reserves. The burned column of Russian equipment was recorded along the 38K-017 highway. It was hit east of Rylsk near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kursk region, experts note.
Citing Russian sources, ISW reports that the convoy could have been transporting personnel from the 44th Army Corps of the Northern Group of Russian Forces (Leningrad Military District) or the Pyatnashka Brigade.
06:26 If Russian troops advance at the same speed as in other directions, they will need a year to recapture the lost territories in the Kursk region, writes The Washington Post. The publication notes that the sudden breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is the most serious challenge for Putin since the Wagner rebellion. Kiev's successes raise the morale of Ukrainian troops and civilians and at the same time hit the reputation of the Russian authorities and military hard.
According to the publication, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already occupied more than 20 Russian border villages and at least one city in part, and are now advancing toward the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. The article notes that Ukrainian brigades will have time to dig in at fortified positions, which could potentially give Kyiv a powerful trump card in the event of an upcoming ceasefire or peace talks.
01:51 A counter-terrorist operation regime has been introduced in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation "in connection with the increase in the level of sabotage and terrorist threats from Ukraine," the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation reported. In connection with the CTO regime, additional measures are being taken in the three regions "to ensure security, maintain law and order and strengthen the protection of facilities." The NAC added that Kiev has made "an unprecedented attempt to destabilize the situation" in a number of Russian regions.
19:40 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) calls for the Russian Federation to comply with the imperative to ensure the "physical integrity of the nuclear power plant" in connection with military actions near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in the Russian city of Kurchatov. This is stated in a statement by the organization.
18:00 More than 76,000 people have been evacuated from the border areas of the Kursk region, a representative of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported during a briefing in Kursk.
16:50 More than 16,000 residents of the Kursk region have asked to be resettled from border areas. This was stated by the mayor of Kursk Igor Kutsak.
13:03 In Kursk, the Russian Emergencies Ministry is setting up a tent city for 100 people to temporarily accommodate refugees from the battlefields.
09:37 A video has appeared on social networks in which Ukrainian soldiers claim that they have entered the village of Poroz in the Belgorod region.
09:23 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believes that Russia does not want to redeploy troops to the Kursk region in order not to disrupt the offensive. According to analysts, to counter the offensive in the Kursk region, the Russian military command is relying on existing units deployed in the border area and on easily accessible forces in the rear, most of which are units staffed by conscripts and irregulars.
According to ISW, the Russian military command has transferred forces from unspecified operational reserves, additional units staffed by conscripts, special forces, special operations forces, additional Chechen special forces Akhmat, as well as the 1st Army Corps of the "DPR" and former Wagner Group servicemen to areas of the Kursk region.
09:12 Russian media write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have entered the village of Plekhovo in the Kursk region.
08:59 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi called for "maximum deterrence" amid military activity near the Kursk NPP. He recalled several nuclear safety principles that were established for the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya NPP. According to Grossi, they can also be applied to the Kursk NPP.
07:17 The Russian Defense Ministry stated that air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 32 UAVs at night, 26 of which were over the Kursk region and six over the Yaroslavl region.
06:58 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the column of Russian equipment that was destroyed in the Kursk region could have consisted of 14 covered Ural and KAMAZ trucks transporting Russian reserves. The burned column of Russian equipment was recorded along the 38K-017 highway. It was hit east of Rylsk near the village of Oktyabrskoye in the Kursk region, experts note.
Citing Russian sources, ISW reports that the convoy could have been transporting personnel from the 44th Army Corps of the Northern Group of Russian Forces (Leningrad Military District) or the Pyatnashka Brigade.
06:26 If Russian troops advance at the same speed as in other directions, they will need a year to recapture the lost territories in the Kursk region, writes The Washington Post. The publication notes that the sudden breakthrough of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is the most serious challenge for Putin since the Wagner rebellion. Kiev's successes raise the morale of Ukrainian troops and civilians and at the same time hit the reputation of the Russian authorities and military hard.
According to the publication, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have already occupied more than 20 Russian border villages and at least one city in part, and are now advancing toward the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant. The article notes that Ukrainian brigades will have time to dig in at fortified positions, which could potentially give Kyiv a powerful trump card in the event of an upcoming ceasefire or peace talks.
02:33 The monitoring Telegram channel Nikolaevsky Vanek writes that in addition to reserves, conscripts and "some units that have never fought", operational reserves are moving or will be moving to the Kursk region from the following directions:
Kherson (two paratrooper battalions);
Zaporizhzhya (38th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade, 64th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade);
Kupyanskoye (several battalions of a motorized rifle regiment);
Kharkov (separate battalions of the 1009th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 79th Motorized Rifle Regiment, 272nd Motorized Rifle Regiment, and 138th Motorized Rifle Brigade were spotted);
Belgorod (from the Graivonsky district they are taking away about a company of one of the separate motorized rifle brigades, they also took away one of the motorized rifle regiments that attacked the settlement of Sotnitsky Kazachok);
Pokrovskoe (the 810th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, which recently arrived from the Kherson direction, several assault infantry battalions);
Lugansk (Kadyrovites).
The public also reports that some such enemy movements, in particular in the Kupyansk direction, were recorded, and successful strikes were carried out at the moment of their movement.
01:51 A counter-terrorist operation regime has been introduced in the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions of the Russian Federation "in connection with the increase in the level of sabotage and terrorist threats from Ukraine," the National Anti-Terrorism Committee of the Russian Federation reported. In connection with the CTO regime, additional measures are being taken in the three regions "to ensure security, maintain law and order and strengthen the protection of facilities." The NAC added that Kiev has made "an unprecedented attempt to destabilize the situation" in a number of Russian regions.
00:20 Photos of a destroyed column of Russian military equipment in the Kursk region of Russia have appeared online. Some of the military trucks are completely burnt out, some are heavily damaged by submunitions or debris:
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Russian ploy to expose and destroy Ukrainians. I understand two months ago the Russians were aware of such an attack. Several areas were offered as alternative attack locations. Ukraine would present the last of their best. They expected Russian depletion of other front line positions. That never happened as Russians have plenty in reserve back up. Two major pathways to Power plant now totally secure. Progress has stopped. Things have grown quieter. Initiative siding to Russia. Aggressive attrition on full display. Ukrainian PR event.
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A strategy worthy of Stalin!
"Act crazy. When fascists come callin',
Invade, let them win,
And vice versa. Again.
Then, half dead, comrades, race to, er, Tallinn!"
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, International Legion mercenaries, 125th, and 228th Territorial Defence brigades in Volchansk and Liptsy directions.
The AFU losses in these directions amounted to up to 95 Ukrainian troops, four pickup trucks, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 66th, 67th, 115th Mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade near Nevskoye, Chervonaya Dibrova, Stelmakhovka, Nadiya (Lugansk People's Republic), Novosadovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Gorokhovatka (Kharkov region).
Four attacks launched by assault detachments of the 1st National Guard Brigade and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 495 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer. Five AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 93rd, 150th Mechanised brigades, 143rd Infantry Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, and 114th Territorial Defence Brigade near Stupochki, Predtechino, Chasov Yar, and Kirovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 680 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer.
Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 24th, 32nd, 100th Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 109th, 111th Territorial Defence brigades, and 14th National Guard Brigade near Toretsk, Kalinovo, Grodovka, Novgorodskoye, Rusin Yar, and Druzhba (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 53rd Mechanised Brigade and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 350 Ukrainian troops, one tank, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, one 152mm Giatsint-B howitzer, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Vodyanoye and Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People's Republic).
One attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 125 Ukrainian troops, seven motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on units of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 15th National Guard Brigade near Nesteryanka, Kamenskoye, Zherebyanka, and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 110 Ukrainian troops, one Polish-made Oncilla armoured personnel carrier, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, one U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
One Israeli-made RADA RPS-42 air surveillance radar station and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one UAV workshop, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 152 areas during the day.
Air defence units shot down two French-made Hammer guided aviation bombs, 16 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, four U.S.-made Patriot SAM system missiles, 153 unmanned aerial vehicles, 97 of which outside the special military operation zone.
In total, 637 airplanes and 278 helicopters, 29,960 unmanned aerial vehicles, 563 air defence missile systems, 17,011 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,399 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,090 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,591 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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This data almost entirely based on Russian war blogger commentary. If Vladimir can't find help, Ukraine is fixin to effectively shut off logistical supply to occupied regions of Ukraine.
You know Xi is wondering if China might out to go for the gold here and take east Russia where the oil and gas is?
– Although the main attention is now focused on the fighting in the border area, the offensive of Russian troops in Donbass continues, including in the Donetsk direction.
– Yesterday evening footage emerged of the raising of the Russian flag by soldiers of the 110th Motorized Rifle Brigade on the western outskirts of Nevelskoye. Over the years of fighting it has been reduced to ruins, and numerous assaults have resulted in losses of personnel and equipment.
- Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the establishment of control over the long-suffering village, but the information was not confirmed. With the emergence of new objective evidence, we can say that the long-term battle for the settlement is over.
- At the same time, units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to advance in Krasnogorovka and have advanced on the outskirts, occupying houses on Engels and Sedov Streets. Most of the city has been liberated, but there is still fighting ahead for the Lenin Kolkhoz microdistrict.
– Also, Russian troops continue to attack in Maksimilyanovka from the side of the previously captured Georgievka, although no changes in the configuration of the LBS have been recorded there over the past few days.
20:53 Special military operation. Situation as of August 10 –map.
20:24 Air raid siege declared in Ukraine in Kyiv and several regions –map:
- Vinnytsia region
- Zhitomir region
- Kyiv region
- Kirovograd region
- Poltava region
- Sumy region
- Khar'kov region
- Cherkasy region
- Chernihiv region
19:33 Approximate situation in the southern regions of the Kursk region. The Russian Armed Forces are graduallyare fetteredenemy activity, due to which the pace of expansion of the breakthrough has significantly decreased, and the activity of mobile groups no longer brings the results that were observed on August 6-8. There is still a lot of work ahead.
18:45 To conduct counterbattery combat in the Kursk region, the enemy hit rare ARTHUR/MAMBA radar in a wheeled design. These radar systems are in service with the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
18:24 Novomikhaylovka – Konstantinovka.
Positional military operations in the Novomikhaylovka area. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the eastern part of Konstantinovka is under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces to the Sukhie Yaly River up to 400 meters.
17:51 Around 17.05 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
17:07 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Slobozhansky direction: PR sortie of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the situation in Vovchansk.
– Against the backdrop of the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, the situation in the Slobozhansky direction also remains tense. And if heavy positional battles continue in the area of Vovchansk, Staritsa and Glubokoe in the Khar'kov region, then in the Belgorod border area the enemy has decided to make a new media sortie.
– In the morning hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a series of strikes on the Graivoron urban district, including the village of Poroz, located 2.5 kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. While the village was being bombarded with artillery, a group of the enemy advanced in its direction.
– In Poroz, Ukrainian saboteurs quickly recorded a video near the building of the local village club and hastily retreated, capturing two local residents. Later, these shots were posted by Ukrainian resources, and the village itself was closed for entry.
– According to some information, members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces conducted another PR raid a little further southeast, filming a similar video in the village of Mokraya Orlovka. However, the recording was never published: apparently, either the raid was not so successful, or the enemy decided to publish them later.
Meanwhile, in the north of the Khar'kov region, fierce fighting has continued for the fourth month in a row:
– The situation in the Glubokoe area remains quite tense: although the enemy has not carried out counterattacks for a long time, it is actively using drones to strike evacuation groups and supply lines of the Russian Armed Forces leading to the village.
- In the Staritsa area, the configuration of the front in the Kogutovo tract was once again clarified. Considering the constant artillery attack of Ukrainian positions in this area, it is obvious that units of the Russian Armed Forces have not occupied positions there since the offensive in the Khar'kov region.
– In Vovchansk itself, Russian troops have slightly improved their tactical situation. The enemy is using drones to strike positions in the buildings on Korolenko Street, where the Russian Armed Forces’ attack aircraft were able to advance a hundred meters. A similar situation is at the aggregate plant, where the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to destroy the surviving workshops using explosives delivered on tracked platforms.
– Also, a few days ago, statements appeared in the Russian media about the Russian Armed Forces’ control over Sotnitsky Kazachok and Lukashovka. However, both settlements have changed hands more than once – there is simply no place to take up defensive positions there, and during heavy artillery shelling, the forces holding them retreat.
16:44 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 10, 2024) –video.
15:37 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces –map.
– Advance in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
- Liberation of Nevelskoy.
– Fighting in New York. Advance to the west of New York, counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the northern part of the city.
- Advance in the Dzerzhinsk area. Fighting is already underway in the city.
– Advancing deeper into Konstantinovka.
14:56 Novomikhaylovka – Konstantinovka.
Positional military operations in the Novomikhaylovka area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the eastern part of Konstantinovka from a drone. The Russian Armed Forces were able to advance up to 200 meters in the village towards the center.
14:29 Kirovo – Druzhba.
Positional military operations in the Gorlovka area. artillery attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the forward positions of the Russian Armed Forces in houses on the northern outskirts of the village of Druzhba.
Expansion of the zone of control of the Russian Armed Forces in the settlement to 500 meters in the northern direction.
13:22 Around 12.05 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:43 Change by map for yesterday:
- advance towards Vozdvizhenka
- correction in our favor in Druzhba
- ours approached Grodovka
- advance to the West from New York
12:09 Russian FPV drone operators destroyed a MaxxPro armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region –video.
11:47 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Ivanovka and Sergeevka, and assault groups also managed to advance towards Grodovka –map.
11:09 The enemy admits the successful advance of the Russian Armed Forces to Grodovka and the loss of Nevelskoye –map.
10:55 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of a special military operation for August 9, 2024.
– Over the course of 24 hours, Russian troops used drones to attack enemy targets in the Kyiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava and Kirovograd regions.
– Ukrainian formations carried out a raid on Crimea and Sevastopol, and also damaged infrastructure at the airfield in Lipetsk, and damaged a substation in the Oktyabrsky district of the Kursk region.
- In the North Ukrainian direction, battles are underway in Sudzha, the enemy holds the western suburbs of the settlement under its control.
In the Korenevo area, no breakthrough by the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been noted. Compared to previous days, the situation is more stable, although it is premature to talk about seizing the initiative.
– In the Artemovsk direction, Russian troops expanded the control zone along Mariupolskaya Street in the Oktyabrsky microdistrict in Chasov Yar.
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, assault units are advancing in Druzhba, and have also expanded the control zone by 400 meters in the area of Gorlovskaya Street in Novgorodskoye, where fighting is taking place in the center of the village.
– In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces have improved their tactical position in the fields south of Vozdvizhenka and are fighting on the southeastern approaches to Grodovka.
– In the Kherson direction, the enemy made another attempt on the Kinburn Peninsula: having lost one of the boats with landing troops, the enemy retreated.
10:21 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 32 aircraft-type UAVs: 26 over the Kursk region and 6 over the Yaroslavl region.
09:52 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported explosions in Sumy region.
09:49 Crew of a Su-34 Russian Aerospace Forces struck a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and military equipment in the border area of the Kursk region
The strike was carried out on reconnoitered targets using an ODAB-500 aviation bomb with a universal planning and correction module. Having received confirmation from reconnaissance about the destruction of the targets, the crew safely returned to the departure airfield.
09:37 Tankers of the Russian Armed Forces occupied firing positions to destroy mobile armored groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region, the Ministry of Defense reported.
09:25 Crews of Russian paratroopers' 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in strongholds at forward positions in the Verbovoye area.
09:15 Enemy admits successful advance of the Russian Armed Forces to Grodovka and the loss of Nevelskoy.
09:10 Raising the Russian flag over Nevel'skoye –video.
09:00 In the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine experienced a new unmanned tracked platform for delivering ammunition. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.
08:35 Russian sappers in the Zaporizhzhya direction strengthened preparation of counteraction to groups in the event of an attack on them by FPV drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
08:14 Airborne artillerymen from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a camouflaged self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region, the Ministry of Defense reported.
08:09 A sniper unit of the Arctic Motorized Rifle Brigade from the Dnepr group of forces discovers and destroys Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the Kherson direction. This was reported by the commander of the Russian Arctic rifle company of snipers with the call sign "Siberia".
08:04 Russian helicopters Mi-28N struck Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and armored vehicles in the border area of Kursk Oblast, the Defense Ministry reported
08:00 Crews of 82mm mortars "Podnos" of the motorized rifle unit of the group of forces "West" destroyed camouflaged dugouts, armored pickups and Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel identified by intelligence in the area of the special military operation.
Kursk II
[Regnum] Ukrainian formations failed to capture the city of Sudzha in the Kursk region, statements about this are lies and Kiev propaganda. This was stated on August 10 by the city's mayor Vitaly Slashchev.
“Sudzha is ours, don’t believe Ukrainian propaganda,” Gazeta.Ru quoted him as saying.
The mayor also called for “not to sow panic.”
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) began attacks on the Kursk region on August 6. The Ministry of Defense announced on August 7 that the Russian army did not allow the enemy to break through into Russian territory.
On August 9, the official representative of the Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops had stopped attempts by Ukrainian troops to break through deep into the country's territory in the Kursk region. Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 945 fighters in this direction.
The Defense Ministry also reported that Russian aviation and missile forces struck reserves of Ukrainian militants in the Sumy region. The Russian army also struck the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower and equipment in the settlements of Darino, Gogolevka, Melovoy, Nikolsky and on the western outskirts of Sudzha. The department also reported that the Russian Armed Forces are building up forces conducting active combat operations with Ukrainian militants in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
The authorities of the Kursk region are introducing a counter-terrorist operation (CTO) regime in the region, said Acting Governor Alexey Smirnov.
He clarified that this is due to the increased level of sabotage and terrorist threat from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“Due to the increased level of sabotage and terrorist threats from Ukraine, a counter-terrorist operation regime has been introduced in the Kursk region,” the acting head of the region wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier, the counter-terrorist operation regime began to operate for the same reason in the Bryansk region.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 6, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to break through to the territory of the Kursk region. The Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian troops prevented the enemy from advancing deeper.
On August 7, Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, during a report to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said that Kiev had sent up to a thousand militants to attack the Kursk region.
On August 9, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian army is building up forces that are actively fighting with Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters in the Sudzhansky district of the Kursk region.
#2
So the videos of Ukrainian troops standing in front of the town hall and the captured T-72 with a huge Ukrainian flag and a loudspeaker with gangster rap blaring as it drives down your street are deepfakes?
Text taken from the Telegram channel of project_nd
I am starting a series of posts dedicated to information about the structure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces defense built in Chasov Yar.
So, first of all, we will start from the enemy's forward positions. Let's start with the Druzhba forest south of the western part of the settlement of Kalinovka (♦️48.602027, 37.840905) and the forest south of the Novoye microdistrict (♦️48.577742, 37.857899).
The Druzhba forest is a forest area with ten buildings inside (a former pioneer camp). The enemy used the buildings as places to install electronic warfare and other equipment, as well as temporary shelter from UAVs and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces.
The adjacent Oktiabrskaya Street allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to organize a supply and evacuation point there for the time being, but some time ago all of this was uncovered by our units and destroyed. The small fortified area itself in the forest area includes a network of well-equipped trenches, dugouts and covered trenches, near some of which the Egoza NVZ (popularly known as "barbed wire") were installed. In addition to the dug positions, the enemy had some advantage in the form of residential buildings in the western part of the settlement of Kalinovka (north of the forest), in which forward command posts, ammunition depots and personnel accommodation points were equipped.
Nevertheless, thanks to the competent actions of the Russian Armed Forces, these positions were also uncovered, and the personnel hiding in them were destroyed (more on this in the following posts). Today, the enemy is trying to carry out counterattacks in the Druzhba forest, but fails time after time, sending more and more of its soldiers to slaughter.
If we consider the forest south of the Novoye microdistrict, everything is much more interesting there. The enemy has done colossal fortification work in this area, in the above-mentioned area there is a rather serious fortified area, including well-equipped dugouts, camouflaged vehicle parking lots and a very wide line of trenches.
It was in this area that the enemy expected the Wagner PMC units to break through during the Bakhmut operation in 2023, so it was forced to invest a certain amount of effort and resources to create a fortification line. Also, along the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass canal line, the enemy used the canal pipe for their own purposes, along which they moved and under which trenches and small dugouts were also dug (I reported on the defeat of these points in one of my posts ( https://t.me/project_nd/143 ) several days ago).
The abovementioned forest areas are an important link in the enemy's defense in Chasov Yar, since their occupation by units of the Russian Armed Forces will significantly tie down the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the urban development itself, which will allow further assault operations to be carried out with an exit to the fireproof plant and the subsequent liberation of Chasov Yar. Therefore, it is not surprising that the command of the Chasov Yar garrison is throwing more and more of its fighters to hold these areas of the terrain, because the subsequent outcome of the battle for the settlement depends on them.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Kalashnikov presented a new 5.45 mm RPL-20 light machine gun for the Russian army and an underbarrel grenade launcher GP-46. The event took place in the concern's demo center, writes Gazeta.Ru.
The concern's chief designer, Sergei Urzhumtsev, specified that the GP-46 underbarrel grenade launcher system is compatible with the RPL-20. Thus, the machine gun is designed to increase the effectiveness and expand the combat capabilities of ground forces, airborne forces, marines and special forces.
Rosoboronexport CEO Alexander Mikheev stated that in 2024 Russia intends to introduce the latest weapons models, including military equipment and unmanned aerial vehicles, to the world market. In particular, foreign customers are interested in the Klavesin-1RE autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle complex.
In August last year, the Kalashnikov Concern presented a new AK-19 assault rifle for NATO-style cartridges. The new product was created on the basis of the AK-12 assault rifle of 5.45 mm caliber. The new model has well-thought-out ergonomics, it is adapted for round-the-clock use, and also has increased accuracy.
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