Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:47 The United States was not involved in planning the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, said Deputy State Department Spokesman Vedant Patel. "Our role is to support Ukraine in its ability to defend itself. We remain focused on ensuring that our Ukrainian partners have everything they need to do that," Patel added.
21:55 Russia is transferring troops from Kaliningrad to the Kursk region, said Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas.
21:18 Ukraine held the first round of talks with Great Britain on concluding a bilateral agreement on the transition to a "stronger and deeper partnership," the Presidential Office reported. "The new document should contain even more ambitious goals for our cooperation. We seek to secure unprecedented provisions in all areas of mutual interest: from security to the economy, from energy to culture and art," said the head of the OP Andriy Yermak.
20:53 Zelensky reported that he had a meeting with Lithuanian Minister of National Defense Laurynas Kasciunas, who is visiting Ukraine. The key topics of the conversation were the development of the defense-industrial complex and Ukraine's priority defense needs.
20:16 Zelensky said in an evening video address that in the Kursk region "hundreds of Russian soldiers have already surrendered, and all of them will receive humane treatment - they have not seen such treatment even in their own Russian army." The president also emphasized that "the more the Russian military presence is destroyed in the border regions, the closer peace and real security will be for our state."
19:56 The Russian army is experiencing a shortage of troops to wage war against Ukraine, so this could force Moscow to begin a new wave of mobilization, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. The source said that the scale of Russian losses and the insufficient level of replacement are making it increasingly difficult to maintain the war strategy.
19:44 The first thematic conference on the implementation of the third point of the Peace Formula "Energy Security" will be held in August in an online format, Yermak said. According to him, the total generation losses as a result of Russian shelling amount to 9 GW, and the most difficult month for Ukrainians and the economy due to the unprecedented electricity shortage was July of this year. "Now our energy workers have managed to stabilize the situation, and there have been no outages for more than two weeks. But the autumn-winter season is ahead, and we must coordinate efforts to prevent new destruction and facilitate the restoration of the energy sector," the head of the OP added.
19:32 Ukraine controls 74 settlements in the Kursk region, Zelensky said following a conversation with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky. "Despite the difficult, intense battles, the advance of our forces in the Kursk region continues, the exchange fund for our state is replenished. Inspections and stabilization measures are being carried out there. The development of humanitarian solutions for these territories continues," the president added.
18:26 Latvia will transfer 500 domestically produced drones to Ukraine, the country's Defense Minister Andris Spruds said. According to him, this year the department has allocated 20 million euros for the drone coalition, of which more than 10 million is intended for the purchase of drones from the Latvian defense industry. In total, the coalition, created in February 2024, includes 14 countries.
17:33 Russian troops shelled Berislav in the Kherson region, one person was wounded, OVA reported. A resident of Dniprovske, who came under enemy fire at midnight, also went to the hospital.
16:36 Sabotage and arson are an element of subversive activities organized by the Russian special services with the aim of destabilizing the socio-political situation in Ukraine, said Nadezhda Maksimets, a spokesperson for the Prosecutor General's Office. According to her, most often, arson is committed by young people aged 18-23 who are looking for a quick way to make money on the Internet. At the same time, most of the perpetrators either do not receive the promised money at all, or receive a significantly smaller amount, Maksimets added. She noted that the real goal of these actions is not the destruction of property, but the obstruction of the activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and such crimes are punishable under several articles of the Criminal Code.
15:07 Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reports that the Russian army has occupied Lisichnoye, Ivanovka, Sviridovovka of the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region and advanced in Grodovka, Konstantinovka, Nevelskoye, near Sergeyevka, Peschanoye and Novotoretske. At the same time, the enemy has been pushed back near Stelmakhovka of the Luhansk region.
13:58 Ukraine has received 4.2 billion euros from the European Union under the Ukraine Facility program, Shmyhal said. The government will direct these funds to social programs, the humanitarian sphere, and other important budget programs. Ukraine continues to finance military expenses exclusively from its own resources. Since the beginning of the year, the EU has already provided Ukraine with more than 12 billion euros in budget support.
12:46 People's Deputy, Secretary of the Parliamentary Defense Committee, SBU Colonel Roman Kostenko said in an interview with Ukrayinska Pravda that the new law on mobilization has allowed the number of personnel in the Armed Forces to increase, but there is a problem with the quality of those mobilized: "We often have this situation where the TCC chases numbers: you are told - there should be ten per day, you go, catch them and send them to the training center. And as a result - one is a drug addict, another is sick, another has some other problems. These people come to the training center, and then people from military units come and simply do not take them." According to the people's deputy, then these mobilized "sit in training centers, receive wages, but they cannot be fired," and thus it turns out that "our army seems to be growing, but the quality of personnel is not."
In addition, according to Kostenko, the mobilization age in Ukraine should be from 20 to 50 years: "We really have a problem in that the category of people who are currently being called up to the army is quite old... If we want to provide combat units with adequate supplies so that people go healthy and can perform combat missions, this should be the age range of 20-50 years." In his opinion, everyone over 50 years old "can be mobilized at their own request, but not into combat units."
11:50 At night, Russian UAVs attacked energy facilities in the northern region, resulting in the de-energization of industrial and household consumers in certain areas of the Chernihiv region. As of this morning, all consumers have been healed, emergency recovery operations are ongoing, Ukrenergo reported.
11:39 Restrictions on the movement of all categories of citizens in the 20-kilometer border zone have been introduced in Sumy Oblast, the General Staff reported. The corresponding decision was made by the military command "in connection with the increase in the intensity of military actions, the intensification of the activities of sabotage and reconnaissance groups, special operations forces of the enemy and in order to preserve the lives of civilians and military personnel." Admission to the specified territory is carried out on the basis of passports of citizens of Ukraine with a corresponding mark on registration of residence in this zone.
10:44 Ukraine and Russia will maintain gas supplies to Europe through the Sudzha gas metering station in the Kursk region despite the fighting in the region, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. They explained that both sides have a financial incentive to continue gas supplies. For Kiev, transit provides critical funds for its war-torn economy - about $ 1 billion in 2021, while Europe remains one of the largest consumers of Russian pipeline gas.
09:26 In the morning, Russians fired at Zimovnik, Sadovoe and Tyaginka in the Kherson region, five people were wounded, including a foreigner, the prosecutor's office reported.
09:20 On the evening of August 12, Russians shelled the city of Bogodukhov in the Kharkiv region - one person was wounded, four children aged from several months to 11 years were diagnosed with an acute stress reaction, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was wounded as a result of a rocket attack on the village of Zabrody in the Bogodukhov district. One person was also injured in Vovchansk as a result of an FPV drone attack.
09:11 In the Kherson region, over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, 17 were injured, including two children, reported the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin. Also today, a resident of Antonovka, who was attacked by a Russian drone several days ago, went to the hospital.
08:47 In Donetsk Oblast, four people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on August 12: two in Ukrainsk, one each in Toretsk and Konstantinovka. Another four people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:25 In Sumy Oblast, as a result of a night missile strike, according to preliminary information, one person was wounded, OVA reported. A power line, a gas pipeline, and a hospital building were damaged. Part of the population of Sumy was left without electricity and gas.
07:58 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 13:
personnel - about 593,160 (+1,160) people,
tanks - 8455 (+5),
combat armored vehicles - 16,385 (+17),
artillery systems - 16,764 (+36),
MLRS - 1146 (+0),
air defense systems - 920 (+1),
aircraft - 366 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,491 (+19),
cruise missiles - 2426 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,649 (+59),
special equipment - 2806 (+5).
07:20 Air defense destroyed 30 of 38 Shahed-type attack UAVs in Mykolaiv, Vinnytsia, Sumy, Kirovohrad, Kherson, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions at night, the Air Force reported. In addition, Russia used two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles during the night attack.
06:32 The United States supports the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, since this operation is aimed at self-defense, said Deputy Spokesman for the State Department Vedant Patel. He emphasized that Putin launched an illegal invasion of Ukraine, and if he does not like how the country defends itself, he can simply withdraw troops and end the war. At the same time, Patel added that Washington still does not allow the use of American weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory.
05:34 The IAEA said it had inspected a damaged cooling tower at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant but was unable to determine the cause of the fire that broke out there on August 11. "The agency's experts found no immediate evidence of drone remnants and concluded that it was unlikely that the primary source of the fire started near the cooling tower," the agency said in a statement. According to experts, the damage to the plant was likely concentrated in the interior of the tower at the level of the water nozzle distribution at a height of approximately 10 meters. "The team confirmed that there was no significant evidence of debris, ash or soot located at the base of the cooling tower," the IAEA added.
02:59 Russians attacked civilian infrastructure in Chernihiv Oblast, OVA head Vyacheslav Chaus reported. One of the strikes was carried out on civilian infrastructure in the city of Bakhmach. Preliminary - no casualties.
04:51 Trump called Putin a "good negotiator" in an interview with Elon Musk, while Biden "made a stupid mistake" by allowing Ukraine to join NATO: "When I left, they started building a big army on the border with Ukraine. I thought that with Putin, and he is a good negotiator, they do this to negotiate. And then Biden started saying stupid things. For example, he said that Ukraine could be in NATO. As long as NATO existed, Russia said that it would never do that. And then we go and say this... Russia defeated Germany together with us. Napoleon. They have enormous power. And Ukraine doesn't even have people now. They send young and old people to war. We are in a terrible situation."
Trump also once again said he planned to "get along" with Putin, saying he had threatened him during his presidency if he attacked Ukraine: "I told Vladimir Putin, 'Don't do it. You can't do it, Vladimir. There are going to be bad days. Don't do it.' I told him what I would do in response to his actions. He said, 'It's impossible.' I said, 'Oh, it's possible.' That was the last conversation we had. He would never do that. I got along with him. I hope to get along with him now. It will be a very good thing."
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[Korrespondent] 22:47 The United States was not involved in planning the Ukrainian offensive in the Kursk region, said Deputy State Department Spokesman Vedant Patel. "Our role is to support Ukraine in its ability to defend itself. We remain focused on ensuring that our Ukrainian partners have everything they need to do that," Patel added.
21:55 Russia is transferring troops from Kaliningrad to the Kursk region, said Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas.
20:16 Zelensky said in an evening video address that in the Kursk region "hundreds of Russian soldiers have already surrendered, and all of them will receive humane treatment - they have not seen such treatment even in their own Russian army." The president also emphasized that "the more the Russian military presence is destroyed in the border regions, the closer peace and real security will be for our state."
19:38 Russia has withdrawn some units from the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions due to the operation in the Kursk region, Dmitry Likhoviy, spokesman for the Tavria operational group of forces, told Politico. At the same time, he noted that this was a "relatively small" number of units.
19:32 Ukraine controls 74 settlements in the Kursk region, Zelensky said following a conversation with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky. "Despite the difficult, intense battles, the advance of our forces in the Kursk region continues, the exchange fund for our state is replenished. Inspections and stabilization measures are being carried out there. The development of humanitarian solutions for these territories continues," the president added.
17:32 The Kursk region authorities announced the cancellation of the previously introduced regional emergency regime, since a federal emergency regime has now been introduced in the region.
17:18 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are 40 km from Kursk, writes the Russian opposition publication Astra, citing official data from the Russian Defense Ministry. According to the agency, Russian aircraft struck Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the areas of Mikhailovka, Korenevo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Oleshnya, Sudzha, and Nikolayevka - this settlement is 40 km from Kursk in a straight line. In addition, it is claimed that the Russian Armed Forces allegedly "carried out a cleansing operation" of the settlement of Ozerki in the Belovsky District.
16:49 Russians are massively transporting humanitarian aid intended for temporarily occupied territories to Kursk Oblast, the National Resistance Center of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports. According to the resistance, this is being presented as an initiative of the TOT population, and locals are being denied delivery so far.
14:51 The Russian Defense Ministry announced attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through in the areas of the settlements of Obshchy Kolodez, Snagost, Kauchuk, Alekseevsky in the Kursk region.
14:43 Ukraine does not intend to annex the territories of the Kursk region over which the Ukrainian Armed Forces have established control, confirmed Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tikhyi.
13:30 The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has asked Moscow for access to the Kursk region to verify data on alleged human rights violations, Russian media reports.
13:16 Displaced persons from the border areas of the Kursk region will be placed in sanatoriums and boarding houses in the occupied territory of the Zaporizhia region - on the shores of the Sea of Azov from Berdyansk to Kirillovka, said the head of the Russian region, Alexey Smirnov, following a conversation with the Gauleiter of the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region, Yevgeny Balitsky. In addition, according to him, "Zaporozhye volunteers" and "lawyers" have arrived in the Kursk region, who will provide assistance to residents on the spot.
12:37 Recently, the Ukrainian OSINT project DeepState reported that the 225th Separate Assault Battalion successfully defeated Akhmat's unit in the Kursk region. The fighters provided evidence by demonstrating photos with Kadyrov's IDs. "It is difficult to determine exactly which fighters were eliminated (visual identification is complicated by the condition of the bodies) and who retreated from the battlefield, but it is important that people know their names," the statement from the Separate Assault Battalion reads.
10:44 Ukraine and Russia will maintain gas supplies to Europe through the Sudzha gas metering station in the Kursk region despite the fighting in the region, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. They explained that both sides have a financial incentive to continue gas supplies. For Kiev, transit provides critical funds for its war-torn economy - about $ 1 billion in 2021, while Europe remains one of the largest consumers of Russian pipeline gas.
06:32 The United States supports the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, since this operation is aimed at self-defense, said Deputy Spokesman for the State Department Vedant Patel. He emphasized that Putin launched an illegal invasion of Ukraine, and if he does not like how the country defends itself, he can simply withdraw troops and end the war. At the same time, Patel added that Washington still does not allow the use of American weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, the Sever Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the 57th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and 36th Naval Infantry Brigade close to Malyye Prokhody, Staritsa, and Volchanskye Khutora (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 65 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Zapad Group of Forces has taken more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted fire damage on the 22nd, 67th, 116th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, 107th, 110th, and 117th Territorial Defence brigades close to Tabayevka, Novoyegorovka, Druzhelyubovka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by the 3rd Assault and 77th Airmobile brigades have been repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 470 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carrier, four pick-up trucks, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, one UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzer, and three field ammunition depots.
The Yug Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation, delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of the 24th, 30th, 54th Mechanised brigades, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Serebryanka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Minkovka, Pereyezdnoye, Chasov Yar, and Kurakhovo (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy has lost more than 510 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, two U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two U.S.-made 105mm M119 howitzers.
The Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Lisichnoye (Donetsk People's Republic) as a result of active operations. The Russian Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on the 31st, 32nd, 53rd, 100th Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and 109th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Toretsk, Druzhba, Nelepovka, Rozovka, Grodovka, and Zavetnoye (Donetsk People's Republic). Four counter-attacks of the assault groups of the 1st Tank Brigade and 142nd Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police have been repelled.
The enemy suffered losses amounting to up to 635 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made Abrams tank, one U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, three 122mm D-30 howitzers and 105mm M119 howitzer manufactured in the USA.
The Vostok Group of Forces has improved the tactical situation along the front line and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 15th and 72nd Mechanised brigades, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and 120th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Zolotaya Niva, and Prechistovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, two Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery systems, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, two 100mm Rapira anti-tank guns, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.
The Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of the AFU 141st Infantry Brigade, 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, and 124th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Pyatikhatki, Kamenskoye (Zaporozhye region), and Antonovka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 55 Ukrainian troops, four motor vehicles, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and two ammunition depots.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed a Su-27 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force at the home airfield; three launchers and radar of the S-300T SAM system, as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 146 areas.
Air defence systems shot down one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, one French-made Hammer aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 52 unmanned aerial vehicles, with 19 of them outside the special military operation zone.
In total, 638 airplanes and 279 helicopters, 29,823 unmanned aerial vehicles, 569 air defence missile systems, 17,046 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,400 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,198 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,686 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation.
Over the past 24 hours, active actions of the Sever Group of Forces and arrived reserves, army aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery fire prevented enemy mobile armoured groups from getting into the rear of Russian territory close to Obshchiy Kolodez, Snagost, Kauchuk, and Alekseyevsky.
An attack launched by the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Martynovka has been repelled. Up to fifteen AFU personnel, two armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles were neutralised.
Aviation and artillery strikes hit manpower and hardware of 22nd, 61st, 115th Mechanised brigades, and 80th Airborne Assault Brigade close to Mikhailovka, Korenevo, Nikolayevo-Daryino, Oleshni, Sudzha, and Nikolayevka.
Up to 15 Ukrainian soldiers and four Stryker armoured personnel carriers were neutralised; six Ukrainian servicemen have been taken prisoners.
Aviation and missile troops inflicted fire damage on AFU reserves close to Miropolye, Mogritsa, and Petrushevka in Sumy region.
During the day, the AFU losses amounted to up to 420 Ukrainian troops, 55 armoured vehicles, including three tanks, eight armoured personnel carriers, one infantry fighting vehicle, 43 armoured fighting vehicles, 31 motor vehicles, one MLRS launcher, and one artillery gun.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the enemy lost up to 2,030 Ukrainian troops, 35 tanks, 31 armoured personnel carriers, 18 infantry fighting vehicles, 179 armoured fighting vehicles, 78 motor vehicles, four anti-aircraft missile systems, two MLRS launchers, and 14 field artillery guns.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/13/2024 to 00:00 08/14/2024.
A total of 19 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the injuries of three civilians, including two teenagers born in 2007 and 2009.
DAMAGED:
Two residential buildings.
Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
Ten artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction,
A total of 53 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:00 Reported explosions in Sumy region
21:35 Video strike by the Iskander-M missile system on the parking lot of a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet at the Mirgorod airbase.
It is not entirely clear whether the real aircraft was destroyed, or a mock-up or a non-flying model covered with a camouflage net precisely to hide the characteristic signs of unsuitability from objective control.
20:59 Destruction of another Canadian armored vehicle Roshel Senator by a hit from a Lancet –video.
20:22 L'gov – Kauchuk.
Military operationsin the Sudzha area. Successful destruction of a Ukrainian Armed Forces combat armored vehicle from the assault mobile group at a position east of the settlement of Kauchuk with a Lancet loitering munition. Distance from the demarcation line between Russia and Ukraine up to 30 km.
19:56 The situation in the Toretsk direction ismap:
The Russian Armed Forces have again advanced into the settlement of Pivnichnoye (Severnoye) along Repina and Verkhnyaya streets. From there, Russian troops managed to enter the first high-rise buildings of microdistrict 1 (inside the city of Toretsk) on Lesnaya street.
The situation southwest of Donetsk: Over the past 48 hours, the Russian army has made new progress in Konstantinovka.
19:14 The Osa-AKM air defense missile system crew of the Center group of forces destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces reconnaissance drone in the Avdeevka direction –video.
18:43 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
South Donetsk direction: fighting in the east of Konstantinovka and Russian troops reaching the T-05-24 highway.
– In the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops have already reached the key T-05-24 highway in several places, along which the Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Ugledar was supplied. At the same time, assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces achieved significant success in Konstantinovka, overcoming the defensive lines of Ukrainian formations in the southeastern part of the settlement.
– After prolonged battles on the approaches to Konstantinovka, Russian troops were able to break through the enemy’s defenses and advance into the settlement itself. Russian Armed Forces units took advantage of the terrain and attacked Ukrainian Armed Forces positions on the southern outskirts of the village, gaining a foothold in the eastern part of Chkalov Street.
Somewhere around August 10, assault groups drove Ukrainian formations from their positions on Shevchenko, Mira, and Shakhtarskaya Streets on the eastern outskirts of the settlement.
– After this, the units of the Russian Armed Forces began systematically pushing back the Ukrainian formations to the central part of the settlement. Despite the resistance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, by the evening of August 12, the advanced assault groups were able to dislodge the enemy from several more positions and “pull up” their right flank, reaching the left bank of the Sukhi Yaly River. The enemy regularly uses attack drones, as evidenced by objective control footage.
– To the southeast of Vodyanoye, there is fierce fighting on the approaches to the T-05-24 highway. After several months of fighting in the Ikryanoy and Solenyenkaya gullies, Russian troops were able to approach and take the transport artery under fire control in several more places. This makes it virtually impossible for the enemy to use it to supply the garrisons of Ugledar and Konstantinovka.
A further offensive in this area will eventually allow the Russian Armed Forces to bypass the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in Konstantinovka and its environs from the south and take fire control of the S-05-11-33 Katerinovka – Konstantinovka highway, significantly complicating the supply of the latter’s garrison.
- However, to implement this scenario, Russian troops will have to overcome the enemy's defense northwest of the highway and liberate Vodyanoye. Ukrainian formations, understanding the prospects opening up for the command of the Russian Armed Forces after taking this village, will strive to stop the advance of Russian troops in the area and will probably use significant forces for this.
– Complicates the liberation of Vodyane and the control of Ukrainian formations over the territories of the mines "Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 1" and No. 3. The shafts of both mines allow enemy observers to monitor tens of kilometers around both by visual observation and specialized cameras.
Air strikes using various types of ammunition are regularly carried out on the territory of the mines, but it is difficult to destroy such capital structures even with aerial bombs.
18:18 Russian Armed Forces advance near Grodovka –map.
The enemy admits that up to a quarter of Grodovka is already under the Russian Armed Forces or in the grey zone.
17:48 Around 15:40 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.
Two Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
17:21 Special military operation. Situation as of August 13 –map.
16:38 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 13, 2024) –video.
16:12 UAV operators destroyed a Ukrainian combat armored vehicle with a Lancet loitering munition in the border area of ??the Kursk region –video.
15:59 Russian troops released from the Ukrainian occupation of the village of Sviridonovka and fighting began in the residential area of ??Grodovka. The offensive on Krasnoarmeysk continues to develop successfully.
15:37 Artemovsk – Kleshcheyevka.
Active military actions on the southern flank of Artemovsk. An infantry fighting vehicle of the Russian Armed Forces came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces while retreating from a firing position near a strong point at height 215. The Russian Armed Forces advance up to 800 meters west of Kleshcheyevka.
14:52 Russian Armed Forces have driven the enemy out of Lisichny –map.
Meanwhile, battles are already underway in Grodovka itself. The front continues to crawl toward Krasnoarmeysk. In the near future, the enemy will lose several more settlements here.
13:58 The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost a fighter jet –video.
A strike from an Iskander missile system destroyed a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 aircraft at the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava region
11:47 Korenevo.
Military operationsin the Sudzha area. artillery attack by Russian Armed Forces FPV drones of positions of the mobile group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the vicinity of Korenevo. Distance from the demarcation line is about 20 km.
11:11 A spectacular attempt by an International MaxxPro armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through the state border in the area of the Kolotilovka checkpoint in the Belgorod region –video.
10:53 Su-34s hit a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment –video.
At night, the crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34s carried out a strike on a concentration of manpower, armored and special military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
The strike was carried out on reconnoitered targets using aviation bombs with a universal planning and correction module. Having received confirmation from reconnaissance about the destruction of the targets, the crews safely returned to the departure airfield.
10:16 During the past night stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. Duty air defense systems destroyed 14 fixed-wing UAVs: 12 over the Kursk, one over the Belgorod, and one over the Voronezh regions.
09:52 Ukrainian tank hits anti-tank mine and explodes —video.
09:20 A sniper pair from the 35th Combined Arms Red Banner Army "Vostok" has claimed five more Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters —video.
08:48 Tula paratroopers destroyed enemy manpower in the Soledar direction
The operators of the reconnaissance UAVs identified areas of terrain with a large concentration of enemy personnel. This information was transmitted to the Tula paratroopers' artillery command post.
The 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS crews, having received the task for combat work, immediately moved to the combat mission area, from where they inflicted fire damage on the enemy with 122mm unguided rockets. The fire was adjusted by the operators of the Airborne Troops reconnaissance UAVs.
08:05 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for August 12, 2024
– Russian troops hit an aircraft parking lot at the Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region. The enemy launched drones at the Voronezh, Rostov, Belgorod and Kursk regions.– In the Kursk direction, the enemy attempted an attack from the Spalnoye-Krupets line in the direction of the village of Giri, where during the attack they lost up to ten armored vehicles, most of which were BTR-4Es, one of which was taken as a trophy.
– In the Slobozhansky direction, Russian troops repelled several attempts by the enemy to break through the state border line in the area of ??Kolotilovka and Bezymene.
– In the Artemovsk direction, Russian troops have made significant advances in the direction of Grigoryevka from the side of Bogdanovka.
– In the Pokrovsky direction, Russian attack aircraft have consolidated their positions on the outskirts of Grodovka near the ruins of a brick factory on the southeastern outskirts, and have also liberated Lisichnoye and captured most of Ivanovka.
– In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces took full control of Yasnobrodovka, having secured a position on the opposite bank of the Karlovskoye Reservoir from Karlovka.
– In the South Donetsk direction, Russian troops are expanding the zone of control in Konstantinovka, and have also advanced several kilometers to the west in the direction of the T-05-24 highway near the Ikryanaya ravine.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Kirill Velesov
[REGNUM] Since August 6, the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk direction have exceeded 2,000 people, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on August 13. During this time, more than 300 units of enemy equipment have also been destroyed, the department noted.
Over the past 24 hours alone, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 420 people in this direction, and breakthroughs by enemy mobile groups were prevented, the department noted. During the cleansing of the liberated settlement of Ozerki, up to 15 Ukrainian Armed Forces militants were killed and six were captured.
The Ministry of Defense also reported that the delivery of additional forces and resources to the Kursk region has been organized to increase the troop group and form reserves.
All of Russia has risen to the defense of the Kursk region, said the acting head of the region, Alexey Smirnov, on August 13. The enemy has already realized that it will not be able to break the residents of the region, Smirnov wrote on his Telegram channel.
"From all over Russia, we receive medicines, food, building materials, essential items, transport, and equipment for the military. In the first, most difficult days for us, the heads of Russian regions responded to our call for help: they accommodated migrants, sent humanitarian aid, provided financial, technical, personnel, and most importantly, moral support," the acting governor noted.
The federal center provides powerful support to the region, and President Vladimir Putin personally oversees the work, Smirnov emphasized.
"THERE ARE 2,000 PEOPLE UNDER ENEMY OCCUPATION"
The Ukrainian Armed Forces control 28 settlements in the Kursk region, acting head of the region Alexey Smirnov said on August 12 during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
"The enemy controls 28 settlements in the Kursk region, the penetration depth is 12 kilometers, and the front width is 40 kilometers. There are 2 thousand people under enemy occupation, about whose fate we know nothing. 180 thousand people are subject to evacuation, 121 thousand people have left and been evacuated," Smirnov said.
In Kursk Oblast, as well as in neighboring border regions — Belgorod and Bryansk Oblasts — a counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced on the night of August 9-10. Residents are being evacuated from Sudzhansky, Bolshesoldatsky, Lgovsky and Korenevsky districts of Kursk Oblast and Krasnoyarsk-Belgorod.
In Belgorod region, according to the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov, the situation has recently deteriorated sharply due to shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Drone attacks, shelling of the border area with barrel artillery and mortars have become more frequent, and "social tension" is growing in the region.
Shebekino is one of the most affected cities in the region, and evacuation from it continues. According to Gladkov, about 50-70% of residents have left the city.
"KYIV IS FULFILLING THE WILL OF ITS WESTERN MASTERS"
Having heard the reports, the head of state named the reasons that pushed the Ukrainian Armed Forces command to attack in the Kursk region. First of all, Putin noted, the situation in the region shows why Kyiv refused peace talks with Moscow, including peace initiatives of mediators.
"Such actions, of course, pursue the main military goal - namely, to stop the advance of our troops to fully liberate Donbass and Novorossiya and improve our negotiating positions. The Russian Armed Forces are advancing along the entire line of combat conflict in the special operation zone, and the pace of advancement of the Russian Armed Forces along the entire front has increased by 1.5 times," the president emphasized.
Despite the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to create favorable conditions for negotiations with their offensive, there can be no negotiations with people “who are hitting civilians and creating a danger to nuclear power facilities,” Putin said.
Among other goals of Kyiv, which is fulfilling the “will of its Western masters,” the president named an attempt to destroy the cohesion of Russian society and emphasized that the enemy had failed to do so.
"The West is fighting the Russian Federation with the hands of Ukrainians, Putin said. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are increasing dramatically, including among elite units," the head of state summed up.
He set the task for the relevant departments and security agencies to drive the enemy out of Russian territory and strengthen the security of the state border, as well as to ensure a counter-terrorist operation regime in the border area.
According to Putin, not only Kursk, but also Bryansk region may be subject to attacks: he called on the leadership of this region to be vigilant, despite the fact that “everything is calm there today.”
At the same time, the government is engaged in supporting residents of the Kursk region, as reported to the president by the First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov.
The support measures include evacuation of the population; one-time payments of 10 thousand rubles per person, and within the framework of the current emergency status, citizens receive another payment of 15 thousand rubles; payments for complete or partial loss of housing and to relatives of the deceased; free communication in areas suffering from shelling.
Putin supported the decision to introduce a moratorium on mortgage and consumer loan payments in the Kursk region, and in the future, in the Belgorod region.
DELIBERATE ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS
The situation in Kursk Oblast was also commented on by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The report by the official representative of the department, Svetlana Petrenko, stated that the Investigative Committee is recording targeted crimes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against the civilian population.
"Ukrainian servicemen opened fire on a group of civilians who were evacuating from the Gornalsky St. Nicholas Belogorsky Monastery. As a result, one person died. The Ukrainian operator of an FPV drone, who sees everything around the aircraft he controls in real time, deliberately directed it at an ambulance in the city of Sudzha.
The paramedic and the driver were killed in the explosion, and the doctor was hospitalized with injuries. Journalist Yevgeny Poddubny, who was performing his professional duties, became a target of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and was wounded, despite the fact that he did not have a weapon with him. And these are just a few examples," Petrenko said.
The defendants in the case are also known: the commanders of two units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Vladimir Pipko and Emil Ishkulov, who are suspected of committing a terrorist attack, murders and attempted murders.
Every day, more and more evidence appears of the participation of Western mercenaries in the fighting in the Kursk region.
On August 12, the FSB Public Relations Center reported that officers of the Border Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Kursk Region in the Belovsky District, with the assistance of local residents, detained a serviceman of the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the interrogation, the report noted, the prisoner reported that he had received an order to shoot everyone on the spot if the local population resisted. And when entering populated areas of the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen were engaged in looting and took with them everything they could carry.
Later, a video of the interrogation provided by the FSB Public Relations Center was published. The prisoner was a fighter from the 2nd squad, 2nd platoon, 6th company, 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, Ruslan Poltoratsky. He said that they were transferred to the border on July 28, and that they were ordered to kill residents of the Kursk region by a commander with the call sign Strizh.
But Poltoratsky spoke about more than just this. Among other things, he reported on the foreigners who invaded Russia with them.
"When we crossed the border with Russia, at first I thought there was interference with the radio, but then I understood the speech. They were speaking English, Polish, maybe even French. It was strange, I didn't understand anything. I said into the radio: "Repeat, repeat," and there was some gibberish.
When we had already taken up positions, we also went on air with the command, we went on air with ours. And I also heard something being said in English, something about houses, house, and I heard shooting. And even though we were quite far away, the screams were heard separately,” Poltoratsky recalled.
His words are far from the only evidence of the presence of foreign mercenaries in the Kursk region.
“A missile strike with a thermobaric warhead on a temporary deployment point for foreign mercenaries on the southern outskirts of Sudzha killed 15 militants,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported on August 10.
And soon some of the mercenaries were caught on video.
"GAMARJOBA!"
On Thursday, August 8, two videos appeared on The Dead District account on the social network X. The first showed Ukrainian troops firing mortars. The second showed Ukrainian soldiers taking cover.
"Georgians in the Kursk People's Republic," the first video was captioned. "Georgians together with Ukrainians in Kursk (Kursk region. - Ed.)," the second one was captioned.
The American publication The Warzone reported that the Georgian Legion* (a terrorist organization banned in Russia. — Ed.) is participating in the fighting. At the same time, a source familiar with the situation told the publication that a total of about 120 militants from the organization are taking part in the fighting in the region.
Two days later, on August 10, a video appeared on social media showing Ukrainian soldiers posing in front of the House of Culture in the village of Poroz, in the Grayvoronsky District of the Belgorod Region. "Good health to you. Battalion 252 is in the village of Poroz, Belgorod Region," said one of the soldiers.
The soldiers were holding two flags. One was the 252nd Marine Battalion of Ukraine, the other was the Georgian flag with signatures on it. The soldier holding the Georgian flag resembled the soldier from the video from August 8.
Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov first stated that the situation was being looked into and entry to Poroz was closed. And already on the evening of August 10, Gladkov published a video from Poroz on his Telegram channel.
"Two of our residents from the village of Poroz in the Grayvoron district were forcibly detained by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They are fine now - they are alive, healthy and are with their families. We met with one of the families, talked with relatives. Of course, everyone was very worried, did not sleep all night. Thank God, everything worked out," Gladkov wrote.
The participation of Georgian mercenaries in the invasion of the Kursk region, as well as in reconnaissance in force in the Belgorod region, among other things, coincided with the 16th anniversary of the operation to force Georgia to peace.
As a number of commentators have noted, the participation of Georgian mercenaries could have had several goals. Firstly, it was a kind of "revenge" on Russia. Secondly, if the mercenaries were killed or their symbols were desecrated, this would have caused an increase in Russophobic sentiments in Georgia, creating further difficulties for the pragmatic government of the republic, which does not want to sacrifice the interests of the country for the sake of the West.
Moreover, it is not only Georgian mercenaries who want to achieve “revenge” in the Kursk region.
GERMAN HAWKS
On August 12, in a commentary for the publication Die Welt, retired Bundeswehr General Klaus Wittmann called for the lifting of restrictions on the use of Western weapons in Russia by Ukraine.
"I am a historian by education. I know what role Kursk played in the Great Patriotic War. And it is there that Russia is now being hurt! And this is simply grandiose!
"What you say here about the West, about Western permissions and restrictions, I can only repeat clearly: the restrictions that we impose on Ukraine, on the use of Western weapons, I consider them absurd, and they help Putin. They only work for Russia. And this fear of escalation must stop!" Wittmann said.
Moreover, this was not the first German justification for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of the Kursk region. Earlier, the German Foreign Ministry stated that "Ukraine has the right to self-defense, enshrined in international law. This right is not limited to its own territory."
At times, German politicians even found completely Jesuitical arguments.
“The question of whether Western weapons were involved (in the invasion – Ed.) does not arise, since after delivery they become Ukrainian weapons,” said Bundestag member and foreign policy expert for the Christian Democratic Union Roderich Kiesewetter.
However, Wittmann's words indicate that the day is not far off when German politicians will begin to justify the direct use of the Bundeswehr against Russia.
But for German soldiers, as well as Polish, French and many others, if there is a place on the fields of Russia, it is only among the coffins that are not alien to them.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Permission for the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to strike deep into Russia with Western weapons will be fraught for the West, said Senator and member of the International Committee of the Federation Council Sergei Tsekov.
"This decision will be fraught for them, as it will be regarded as a declaration of war against us. A response from our side will definitely follow," RT quotes the senator as saying.
At the same time, Tsekov added that the West, by supplying the Kiev regime with weapons, is already participating in the conflict with Russia.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 12, the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, stated that Ukraine intends to obtain permission from Western allies to strike with their weapons deep into Russia.
On the same day, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov stated that Kiev is seeking permission from Paris to strike Russia with French weapons.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces are interpreting NATO restrictions on the use of Western weapons supplied to Kiev too freely, the Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung noted on August 9. Ukraine has been arguing with its partners for several months now over the scope of use of foreign weapons, the article noted.
The situation in the Kursk region shows the reason for the Kiev regime's rejection of Moscow's and mediators' peace proposals, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on August 12. According to him, Ukraine is thus fulfilling the will of its Western masters and seeking to improve its position in future peace talks. The Russian leader added that Ukraine's armed forces will continue to try to destabilize the situation in the border areas.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has requested Russia to provide access to the Kursk region to verify data on human rights violations by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was reported by OHCHR official representative Ravina Shamdassani.
"We are trying to gather information about the situation in the Kursk region, but without access it is very difficult. We are asking Russia for access to its territory in order to be able to obtain additional information," Lenta.Ru quotes Shamdassani as saying.
Earlier, on August 11, the Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova appealed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and demanded that terrorism on the part of the Kiev regime be condemned.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the Kursk region another large-scale provocation by Kiev, emphasizing that Ukrainian armed formations are conducting indiscriminate shooting from various types of weapons, attacking residential buildings, ambulances, and civilian buildings with missiles.
In turn, the Commissioner for Children's Rights Maria Lvova-Belova called the attacks on defenseless people another manifestation of the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime, which cynically kills women and children to intimidate people. She compared these actions with the shootings of civilians in Mariupol, when the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot children in the back, not allowing them to leave the occupied city with their parents.
A Ukrainian soldier detained by border guards in the Kursk region said that they were given orders to shoot residents of the region on the spot for resisting, the FSB reported earlier.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Former deputy head of the department of the Research Institute of Military History of the Military Academy of the General Staff, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Belkov, turned out to be one of the leaders of the pro-Ukrainian neo-Nazi group exposed by the FSB, which maintained ties with the terrorist RDK and "Azov". RDK is a reference to the Ukrainian military units who fought against the Russians.
What is characteristic, at the Institute of Military History, Belkov studied the Vlasovites, whom he called "Russian volunteers". Well, what can you say - everything is quite predictable.
As they say, more plaques to Wrangel and Skoropadsky, schools named after Ivan Ilyin, regular readings named after the Nazi accomplice Ivan Shmelev and the introduction of Bandera sympathizer Solzhenitsyn into the school curriculum. The result is obvious. That's all I have! Ivan Ilyan and Ivan Shmelev were pro Tsar Russian literary figures from the October Revolution era of Russia. Wrangel and Skoropadsky are references to White military commanders during the Russian civil war.
Vlasovites is a reference to Lt. Gen. Andrey Vlasov, who was a Soviet general the Germans turned in 1941. We need to increase the intensity of the exposure of the Bolsheviks and the bloody tyrant Stalin!
Seriously speaking, I have never been surprised, it is not the first time that "Vlasov researchers" have turned out to be real Vlasovites.
Of course, thanks to the FSB for catching this scum, but how did he work in the cleanup?
P.S. The last few days have been active movements, so publications are irregular. Approximately from Thursday-Friday they will be in the usual format, so be patient.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Yesterday and today, the enemy began to realize that the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces did not take the bait of the proposals to withdraw reserves from New York and the Krasnoarmeysk direction and continues to maintain intense pressure on the enemy's positions, which leads to the liberation of settlements and territory that Russia intends to liberate one way or another.
Of course, the enemy expected that, having succumbed to panic, the Russian command would begin to stop the operational crisis that had arisen at the expense of the most successful directions, and thus the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Kursk region would allow the enemy to stabilize the critical sections of the front for him. But this did not happen.
Against the background of the initial PR success, all the operational problems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces came to light related to the fact that part of the reserves needed in the Donbass were tied up in the battles for the southern regions of the Kursk region, without much prospect of achieving serious operational-strategic goals such as the capture of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
And the longer the Ukrainian Armed Forces reserves are tied up in these battles, the more critical their absence will be in key sections of the front in the Donbass.
In this regard, the enemy is left with either increasing the load on the operation in the Kursk region by throwing the available reserves into the battle, or undertaking a more serious attack on the border of the Bryansk or Belgorod regions in order to reverse the emerging operational trends. Or activate the old adventure with the landing on Energodar and Zaporizhzhya NPP.
The enemy's problem is that simple defense is no longer enough - the transition to a full defense in the Kursk region in the current configuration of the front and the transfer of available reserves to Donbass will mean an obvious fixation of the failure of the Kursk adventure, for which part of the front in Donbass was sacrificed.
Therefore, it is more likely that the enemy will try to activate additional strikes on the border or go all out with the landing. Sitting on the defensive will certainly not bring anything good to Ukraine - this scenario is even more advantageous to Russia. Therefore, now, of course, we must carefully watch how the mad animal will rush about in search of a way out of the worsening strategic situation.
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In the area of the village of Giryi (Kursk region), veterans of the PMC "Wagner" together with marines from the 810th brigade destroyed a large mechanized column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Seven BTR-4 "Bucephalus", one pickup truck and up to 50 enemy personnel were destroyed. One BTR-4 "Bucephalus" was captured as a trophy. Equivalent to a Ukrainian motorized rifle company (-)
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