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[Korrespondent] 22:15 The Ukrainian Air Force lost a MiG-29 today, no one was hurt, reported Defense Ministry military correspondent Yuriy Ignat.
22:08 From August 19, entry to five settlements in the Belgorod Region will be closed, residents will be resettled, and help will be provided to remove property, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. He also said that residents of part of Shebekino and several villages in the Belgorod Region can go to temporary accommodation points or receive housing payments, the measure will be introduced for three months.
22:01 Russian military carried out an FPV drone strike on the Kutsurubskaya community of Mykolaiv region - three police officers who arrived to the village residents to document the consequences of the previous enemy attack by FPV drones were wounded, the National Police reported.
21:47 Zelensky said in an evening video address that the Verkhovna Rada "has been proposed a bill that can really guarantee that there will be no manipulation of the Ukrainian church from Moscow. This bill should work and should add conciliarity to Ukraine, our real spiritual unity."
20:59 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk showed footage of the destruction of a bridge in the Kusk region:
19:38 Kursk Region Head Alexey Smirnov confirmed that the automobile bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky District was destroyed as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Meanwhile, Russian Telegram channels write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking another bridge across the Seim - in the village of Zvannoye.
19:24 Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Kursk region, today they have advanced 1-3 km in different areas, Syrsky reported to Zelensky. Also, according to him, the replenishment of the exchange fund continues, there are battles near the settlement of Malaya Loknya.
19:09 The Kursk operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been going on for ten days now, but so far one of its key tasks - to force Russia to redeploy troops from other parts of the front - has not been accomplished. The situation on the eastern front - in particular in the area of Krasnogorovka, Chasov Yar and other parts of Donbas - remains extremely difficult for Ukrainian forces. For more details, see the article The Ukrainian Armed Forces Are Having a Hard Time in Donbas .
17:52 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a bridge over the Seim River in the Kursk region by firing several Himars missiles at the crossing, Russian publics write. According to them, one of the munitions hit a minibus with "volunteers" - two were killed, one was wounded. Telegram channels write that as a result of the destruction of the bridge, part of the Glushkovsky district is now cut off - this is Tetkino, Popovo-Lezhachi, Wolfino and about 27 other settlements. The civilian population can now only be evacuated by water.
17:31 Deputy Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh has again spoken about the possibility of "escalation" if Ukraine is given permission to strike long-range weapons on Russian territory. According to her, "the fact that Russia has not responded to something does not mean that it cannot or will not respond in the future."
At the same time, the Pentagon representative emphasized that it is not only the United States that provides weapons and defense capabilities to Ukraine, but also a coalition of partners. "We believe that the best way they can be effective on the battlefield is to combine these capabilities together and continue to push back Russian forces to retake their sovereign territory. That will not necessarily happen through long-range deep strikes inside Russia. And, of course, we are concerned about escalation," Singh explained.
17:18 In occupied Mariupol, they plan to place "refugees" from the Kursk region in "ownerless" housing, the city council reported. At the same time, thousands of families are still waiting for the compensation housing promised by the occupiers.
17:00 Russian troops are 6 km from Mirnohrad in Donetsk Oblast. 20,000 people remain in the city, said GVA Chief Yuriy Tretyak: "The line of combat engagement is currently approximately 6 km from the city of Mirnohrad. People are leaving, but not as quickly as we would like, as the situation requires. First of all, we are trying to organize the evacuation of children and elderly people who have difficulty taking care of themselves, who have problems with mobility." He noted that all people from Mirnohrad are planned to be evacuated by the end of August.
16:54 21 thousand people have already been evacuated from Sumy Oblast, the authorities are ready to evacuate another 25 thousand, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko: "We are also talking about children. 70% have already been evacuated. We are currently taking a number of measures to explain to the population the need for evacuation. We are working together with the OVA, which determines the settlements and the number of people who need to be evacuated."
15:41 The "authorities" of occupied Donetsk announced an alleged Ukrainian attack on the Petrovsky district, where the Galaktika shopping center is located, 11 people were injured.
15:33 Journalists from the We-Ukraine TV channel visited Sudzha in the Kursk region and showed footage of a destroyed Gazprom gas distribution station. The journalists also spoke with local residents, who confirmed the good attitude of the Ukrainian military towards the Russians who remained in the city.
14:59 The head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Markus Faber, called for increasing supplies of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, as well as starting supplies of Fuchs armored vehicles. Earlier, he stated that Ukraine could use weapons provided by Germany for its offensive on Russian territory.
13:21 The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Russian air defense allegedly repelled an attack by 12 ATACMS missiles on the Crimean Bridge tonight, "all missiles were destroyed."
13:16 The Cabinet of Ministers has clarified the requirements for summonses generated using the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service, and Reservists. In particular, assigning such summonses a unique electronic identifier in the form of a QR code. The mechanism for checking summonses, the status of summonses on a form and summonses generated electronically, and their legal force have also been defined.
12:29 Ukrenergo also warned of an energy deficit in the system next week: due to the heat, consumption may increase by 10-12%. "In order to cover such a level of consumption, it would be necessary to use an additional volume of capacity equal to the operation of several large power plants. Unfortunately, there is no additional capacity in the system. The Ukrainian energy system is still being restored after eight massive missile and drone attacks by the Russians, which they carried out from March to July 2024," the company noted and called for economical consumption throughout the day.
In the event of a significant increase in consumption, Ukrenergo will take all necessary measures to balance the energy system and compensate for the deficit, in particular, attract emergency assistance from European countries, and, if necessary, apply measures to limit consumption.
11:15 Ukraine may return to power outage schedules next week due to hot weather, Deputy Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk said.
10:48 As a result of the night attack on Crimea, a ferry crossing in the port of Kerch and a boat in Chornomorsk were damaged, reported the spokesman for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army South, Sergei Bratchuk.
10:34 Ukraine is free to use tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment donated by Canada at its own discretion, including on Russian territory, said the country's Defense Ministry spokesperson Andre-Anne Poulin: "Ukrainians know best how to defend their homeland, and we are committed to supporting their capabilities... Canada has no geographic restrictions on the use of the military equipment that we donate to Ukraine." According to her, Canada has donated eight Leopard 2A4 tanks, several dozen armored combat support vehicles and hundreds of armored patrol vehicles, as well as several M-777 howitzers to Ukraine.
09:22 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on the village of Prikolotnoye in the Kupyansk district of the Kharkiv region has grown to six, two people have died, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:17 In the morning, Russians shelled Tomina Balka in the Kherson region, one person was injured, OVA reported. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed, five were injured, including one child. Critical and transport infrastructure facilities, a humanitarian headquarters, a private enterprise, ten private houses, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
09:10 Z-publics write that another large column of the Russian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Korenev in the Kursk region. They claim that "exactly the same thing happened as near Rylsk" and blame the military command for this.
09:04 Three people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on August 15: two in Verkhnekamenskoye and one in Nikolaevka. Five more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:56 At night, Russia attacked with three Iskander-M ballistic missiles, three Shahed-type attack UAVs and two unidentified drones. All drones were shot down in the Poltava, Zhitomir, Kirovohrad, Odessa and Nikolaev regions, the Air Force reported.
08:49 The General Staff showed the first hours of the operation in the Kursk region. "Demining, breaking through the border, destroying the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation, artillery, prisoners. The first hours of the offensive operation of the Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation on August 6, 2024. A day that will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Careful preparation, planning, surprise, fighting spirit and information silence became decisive at the initial stage of the operation," the General Staff said.
07:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 16:
personnel - about 596,950 (+1330) people,
tanks - 8496 (+12),
combat armored vehicles - 16,461 (+35),
artillery systems - 16,927 (+59),
MLRS - 1159 (+5),
air defense systems - 922 (+0),
aircraft - 367 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,659 (+61),
cruise missiles - 2429 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,848 (+73),
special equipment - 2829 (+16).
07:07 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that air defense forces allegedly intercepted and destroyed five drones over the Black Sea overnight, and also destroyed two unmanned boats heading toward Crimea. Publics wrote at night about explosions and a fire in the area of Mount Mithridates in Kerch, and explosions were also reported in Simferopol. Some Russian monitoring channels claimed that eight missiles were shot down over the Crimean Bridge.
05:24 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russian forces are maintaining a relatively high tempo of advance in the Donetsk region, demonstrating that the military command continues to prioritize advances in eastern Ukraine despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in the Kursk region. There is no sign of significant Russian forces being redeployed there.
01:58 The United States still does not want to give Ukraine permission to use long-range weapons in the Kursk region, but the reason is not a possible escalation, CNN reports, citing several officials. According to them, the issue is that the United States has a limited supply of long-range ATACMS missiles for delivery to Ukraine, so Washington believes that they are better used to continue attacks on Crimea.
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[Korrespondent] 20:59 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk showed footage of the destruction of a bridge in the Kusk region:
19:38 Kursk Region Head Alexey Smirnov confirmed that the automobile bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky District was destroyed as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Meanwhile, Russian Telegram channels write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking another bridge across the Seim - in the village of Zvannoye.
19:30 In Sudzha, Kursk region of the Russian Federation, a monument to Lenin was torn down. The photo was published by the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, Darya Zarivnaya:
19:24 Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Kursk region, today they have advanced 1-3 km in different areas, Syrsky reported to Zelensky. Also, according to him, the replenishment of the exchange fund continues, there are battles near the settlement of Malaya Loknya.
19:09 The Kursk operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been going on for ten days now, but so far one of its key tasks - to force Russia to redeploy troops from other parts of the front - has not been accomplished. The situation on the eastern front - in particular in the area of Krasnogorovka, Chasov Yar and other parts of Donbas - remains extremely difficult for Ukrainian forces. For more details, see the article The Ukrainian Armed Forces Are Having a Hard Time in Donbas .
17:51 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the bridge over the Seim River in the Kursk region by firing several Himars missiles at the crossing, Russian publics write. According to them, one of the munitions hit a minibus with "volunteers" - two were killed, one was wounded. Telegram channels write that as a result of the destruction of the bridge, part of the Glushkovsky district is now cut off - this is Tetkino, Popovo-Lezhachi, Wolfino and about 27 other settlements. The civilian population can now only be evacuated by water.
17:18 In occupied Mariupol, they plan to place "refugees" from the Kursk region in "ownerless" housing, the city council reported. At the same time, thousands of families are still waiting for the compensation housing promised by the occupiers.
15:33 Journalists from the We-Ukraine TV channel visited Sudzha in the Kursk region and showed footage of a destroyed Gazprom gas distribution station. The journalists also spoke with local residents, who confirmed the good attitude of the Ukrainian military towards the Russians who remained in the city.
15:24 A month before the Kursk operation, some Ukrainian fighters were sent to Britain, where they underwent several days of training together with British soldiers, The Times writes. The main focus of the training was raids on high-rise buildings. However, preparations for the offensive "were shrouded in secrecy." This not only caught Russia by surprise, but also "came as a shock" to many high-ranking military officials in Kiev, the newspaper notes.
11:52 Bild open data analysis expert Julian Repke writes that the area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' presence in the Kursk region is expanding. He published a map on which the territories that have partially or completely come under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past two or three days are highlighted in blue. "The Ukrainian army's offensive in the Kursk region continues. For more than a week, on the ninth day, Russia has not yet managed to stop the Ukrainian advance," the analyst notes. At the same time, he added that Russian troops are currently advancing in the direction of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.
10:34 Ukraine is free to use tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment donated by Canada at its own discretion, including on Russian territory, said the country's Defense Ministry spokesperson Andre-Anne Poulin: "Ukrainians know best how to defend their homeland, and we are committed to supporting their capabilities... Canada has no geographic restrictions on the use of the military equipment that we donate to Ukraine." According to her, Canada has donated eight Leopard 2A4 tanks, several dozen armored combat support vehicles and hundreds of armored patrol vehicles, as well as several M-777 howitzers to Ukraine.
09:10 Z-publics write that another large column of the Russian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Korenev in the Kursk region. They claim that "exactly the same thing happened as near Rylsk" and blame the military command for this.
08:49 The General Staff showed the first hours of the operation in the Kursk region. "Demining, breaking through the border, destroying the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation, artillery, prisoners. The first hours of the offensive operation of the Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation on August 6, 2024. A day that will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Careful preparation, planning, surprise, fighting spirit and information silence became decisive at the initial stage of the operation," the General Staff said.
07:01 A video is published on social networks in which fighters from the Nachtigall battalion communicate with local residents of the Kursk region, and in response they hear the Ukrainian language:
05:24 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russian forces are maintaining a relatively high tempo of advance in the Donetsk region, demonstrating that the military command continues to prioritize advances in eastern Ukraine despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in the Kursk region. There is no sign of significant Russian forces being deployed there.
04:12 Russia is still trying to formulate a response to Ukraine's operation in the Kursk region, but so far this response is "slow and scattered," said NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli. In his opinion, Russia's response is due to several factors: firstly, the lack of understanding of who is responsible for the fighting inside Russia, and secondly, the lack of freed-up troops that Russia can use to counter the operation in Kursk.
01:58 The United States still does not want to give Ukraine permission to use long-range weapons in the Kursk region, but the reason is not a possible escalation, CNN reports, citing several officials. According to them, the issue is that the United States has a limited supply of long-range ATACMS missiles for delivery to Ukraine, so Washington believes that they are better used to continue attacks on Crimea.
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[EngMilRu] From 10 to 16 August 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered 17 group strikes by precision weaponry and attack unmanned aerial vehicles at Ukrainian military industry enterprises, airfield infrastructure as well as storages and workshops of attack UAVs.
Moreover, strikes were delivered at POL bases, AFU reserves concentration areas, temporary deployment areas of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continue to repel attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to invade the territory of the Russian Federation in Kursk direction.
Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery strikes inflicted fire damage at the located enemy manpower and hardware clusters of two AFU mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, and one national guard brigade. The enemy's attempts to deploy reserves were thwarted.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades. Four counter-attacks of AFU assault detachments were repelled.
Over the past week, the AFU losses in the areas of the Sever Group of Forces responsibility amounted to 2,765 Ukrainian troops, 33 tanks, 221 armoured fighting vehicles, including 13 U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and eight U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carriers as well as 117 motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, seven MLRS launchers and 34 field artillery guns were destroyed. Three U.S.-made Patriot SAM systems and one Buk-M1 SAM system as well as four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Over the past week, units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on formations of five AFU mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, and two territorial defence brigades. 12 counterattacks launched by AFU units were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,450 Ukrainian troops, six tanks, 18 armoured fighting vehicles, including nine U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, and 34 motor vehicles.
Moreover, in the course of counter-battery warfare, 36 field artillery guns, including 15 U.S.-made, German-made, and Polish-made 155mm howitzers and self-propelled artillery systems were destroyed. Four electronic and counter-battery warfare stations as well as 23 field artillery guns were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four AFU mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, three assault brigades, two airmobile brigades, and one territorial defence brigade. Four counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,825 Ukrainian troops, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, and 50 field artillery guns. Three AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Lisnichnoye, Ivanovka, and Sergeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of four AFU mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, two assault brigades, and one territorial defence brigade. Twenty counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled.
Over the week in this direction, the AFU losses amounted to up to 3,195 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, including two U.S.-made M1A1 Abrams tanks, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, 23 motor vehicles, and 29 field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades. Eight counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 770 Ukrainian troops, 34 motor vehicles, and 19 field artillery guns. Eight AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one AFU mechanised brigade, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 555 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, 48 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, including six U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers. Three electronic warfare stations and eight ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one Su-27 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force at the base airfield as well as three U.S.-made HIMARS launchers.
Tonight, air defence units repelled a group strike by 12 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles launched at the Crimean Bridge. All missiles were destroyed.
Over the past week, one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight Tochka-U tactical missiles, 11 French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, one U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS and one BUK SAM systems missiles, 70 U.S.-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles, and 543 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
Units of the Black Sea Fleet and Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed three uncrewed surface vehicles and damaged one uncrewed surface vehicle of the Ukrainian Navy.
Over the past week, 57 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, 638 airplanes and 279 helicopters, 30,050 unmanned aerial vehicles, 569 air defence missile systems, 17,307 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,406 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,295 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,833 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
Active actions of Sever Group of Forces' units, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery strikes repelled an attack launched by assault detachments of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Russkoye Porechnoye.
One attack launched by the enemy's assault detachment supported by five armoured fighting vehicles through the State Border in the direction of Gorgeyevka was repelled.
Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery fire eliminated the enemy's mobile groups attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory one kilometre west of Anastasiyevka and 1.5 kilometres south east of Kauchuk.
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 22nd, 61st Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and 129th Territorial Defence Brigade near Aleksandriya, Snagost, Mirnoye, Kazachiya Loknya, Korenevo, Plekhovo, and Pushkarnoye.
Near Yunakovka and Miropolye, precision missile strikes wiped out three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, and two escort vehicles.
Operational-Tactical Aviation delivered strikes at the AFU reserves, ammunition and fuel depots near Yuriyevo, Khoten, Vorozhba, Ivolzhanka, Zhuravka, and Boyaro-Lezhachi (Sumy region).
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses have amounted to 220 Ukrainian troops and 19 units of armoured hardware, including four tanks, eight armoured personnel carriers, seven armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, three HIMARS MLRS launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, and two field artillery guns.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses have amounted to up to 2,860 Ukrainian troops, 41 tanks, 40 armoured personnel carriers, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, 213 armoured fighting vehicles, 102 motor vehicles, four SAM systems, six MLRS launchers, including three HIMARS MLRS, two transport-loading vehicles, 22 field artillery guns, and three electronic warfare stations.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/16/2024 to 00:00 08/17/2024.
A total of 30 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 13 civilians, including a teenager born in 2008.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 21 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 99 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:05 Crew of the Su-34 multifunctional supersonic fighter-bomber of the Aerospace Forces struck a concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
19:56 Russian Su-34 with Kh-35 guided missile destroyed Ukrainian S-125 air defense missile system in the village of Ryabina, Sumy region.
19:35 Destruction of aviation equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Dnepr airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
A Russian Iskander-M missile system crew launched a missile strike on the aircraft parking lot while Storm Shadow (SCALP-EG) cruise missiles were being suspended from a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber.
19:07 New explosions in Dnipropetrovsk region. Missile strike on enemy targets.
18:57 Servicemen of the 18th Army destroyed UAV control point in the village of Antonovka on the right bank of the Kherson region.
18:35 Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper.
18:20 Fighters of the Vostok group demonstrated trophies collected from the captured strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Konstantinovka –video.
17:34 Footage of combat work of the crew of the engineering system of remote mining "Agriculture" of the "North" group.
17:00 Explosions have thundered in Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) and Pavlograd in Ukraine.
16:24 An explosion has occurred in the Ukrainian city of Sumy.
16:10 Dynamics of the advance of Russian forces towards Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) –video.
16:00 Explosions have thundered again in the city of Kherson, which is under the control of Kyiv.
15:50 The Ukrainian Armed Forces tank camouflaged in the forest was destroyed by the Lancet strike in the border area of the Kursk region.
15:49 Army aviation crews on Ka-52 helicopters with guided air-launched missiles "Whirlwind" struck armored and automobile military equipment of the enemy. According to intelligence reports, all the indicated targets were successfully destroyed.
15:45 Footage of defeat of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of the Kursk region.
During reconnaissance activities in the border area of the Kursk region, Russian servicemen identified a camouflaged position of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank. After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to fire at the enemy combat vehicle. As a result of a direct hit from a Lancet loitering munition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tank was destroyed.
15:32 Assault units of the "East" group of forces are improving their skills in capturing enemy strongholds at a training ground in the rear area of the North Military District –video.
14:47 In the Polozhsky direction, units of the 35th Army of the Vostok group are “smashing” mortar and heavy machine gun positions, dugouts and repeaters of the Ukrainian army –video.
13:45 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces prevented attempts by enemy reserves to approach the area of responsibility of the North group;
Over the past week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 555 servicemen, three electronic warfare stations, and eight ammunition depots in the area of responsibility of the Dnepr group;
The Ukrainian army lost up to 3,825 soldiers and three ammunition depots in a week as a result of the actions of the “South” group;
The Vostok group repelled eight counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a week; the enemy lost up to 770 soldiers and eight ammunition depots;
Over the course of a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 2,765 servicemen, 13 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and eight Stryker armored personnel carriers in the area of responsibility of the North group;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a Su-27 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force and three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems at the airfield where they are based;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed three Patriot and Buk-M1 self-propelled air defense missile systems;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Air Defense Forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, as well as 543 drones;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost two Abrams tanks and up to 3,915 soldiers in a week in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces;
Over the course of a week, the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed three unmanned Ukrainian boats and damaged another.
13:05 According to operational information, after the liberation of Orlovka and Nikolaevka, our troops continued moving in the fields in the direction of Novogrodovka to the railway. The enemy rolled back to the city limits.
12:47 The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance into the DPR; Russian attack aircraft have already reached the outskirts of Novozhelannoye and Mezhevoy.
12:20 An explosion has occurred in the city of Zaporizhia, which is under the control of Kyiv.
12:17 New explosions have thundered in Dnepr, the publication "Public. News" reported.
12:15 An explosion has occurred in Sumy in northern Ukraine, the publication "Public. News" reported.
12:10 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not yet made a decision to leave the city of Chasov Yar in the DPR, the situation there is tense, Russian troops are liberating house after house, said the head of the republic Denis Pushilin.
11:54 Another Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the Kursk region near the village of Kremyanoye –video.
11:26 Russian troops advanced near Peschanoye in the Khar'kov region and in Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region – Ukrainian resources.
10:50 Explosions were heard in Dnepr in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication “Obshchestvennoye” reported.
10:44 RF Armed Forces destroyed two HIMARS MLRS launchers and two packages of rounds for them in Miropolye, Sumy Oblast, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
10:37 Donetsk direction – there is a small advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Novogrodovka. The enemy, driven out of Orlovka, is consolidating in the settlement and preparing for defense.
10:00 Russian army took under control of half of the large village of Grodovka in the DPR.
09:52 The situation in the Kursk direction is normal, under the control of Russian troops, intensive work is underway to destroy units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Apti Alaudinov.
09:50 Explosions occurred in the Sumy region of Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication “Obshchestvennoye” reported.
09:20 Consequences of missile and artillery strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on a concentration of vehicles and infantry of Ukrainian formations.
09:00 Crew of the T-72B3 tank destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction.
The tank crews of the Center group of forces received target coordinates from the reconnaissance UAV crews. Using the terrain, the tank crew marched to a pre-prepared position, quickly aimed the combat vehicle at the targets and successfully destroyed them. The shooting was carried out with constant fire adjustments by the UAV operators.
08:19 Russian military spent 24 hours destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces watercraft attempting to land on the left bank of the Dnieper. This reported Head of the press center of the Dnepr group Roman Kodryan.
08:16 Crews of towed 120mm guns "Nona-K" of the motorized rifle brigade of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the "West" group of forces destroyed mortarmen, AGS crews and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in one of the directions in the area of the special military operation.
08:14 Night defeat Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment with Mi-28NM helicopters in the Kursk region.
The strike was carried out by guided missiles "Vikhr" on reconnoitered targets. After using air weapons, the crew performed an anti-missile maneuver, released heat traps and returned to the takeoff site.
08:10 UAV operators of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces communication antennas on the right bank of the Dnieper.
08:09 The Russian Armed Forces advanced in the Khar'kov region to the village of Peschanoye.
08:06 Job of scouts of the 173rd Separate Brigade of the 106th airborne division to destroy a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck with personnel in the village of Fedorovka in the Seversky direction
08:02 Loitering Lancet spreads armored vehicle "Cossack" in the Kursk region
The target was discovered by a reconnaissance unit of the North military group.
08:00 Airborne artillerymen from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
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[REGNUM] Notes of the deacon of the Znamenskaya Church, Christopher Kamenny, in which he talks about his travels along the front with the clerk of the medical battalion, Ivan Luzgin, who was afraid of war, heights, darkness, and loved his commander very much - a good comrade, the battalion commander. Continued on Page 49
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[Regnum] With the help of new NATO members Sweden and Finland, the West is trying to deprive Russia of access to the Baltic Sea. This was stated by the Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev.
“NATO continues to increase its naval presence in geopolitically significant areas of the World Ocean, including in the waters of the oceans and seas adjacent to the territory of the Russian Federation,” Patrushev said in an interview with Izvestia.
In addition, Western countries are actively implementing a strategy of constraining Russia in the Black Sea. Here, NATO intends to increase its presence in violation of the Montreux Convention. In order to increase their influence in the World Ocean, the US and its allies ignore other international agreements, the presidential aide added.
As reported by IA Regnum, according to the British newspaper The Financial Times, NATO plans to use Sweden if there is a conflict with Russia. An unnamed source of the publication noted that the territory of the kingdom is well suited as a logistics hub for the transfer of alliance forces to the Baltics.
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May 2022. Finland was accepted into the alliance in April 2023, while Turkey and Hungary opposed Sweden's accession. Ankara subsequently dropped its claims against Sweden, and Hungary was the last to approve its accession to the alliance; the parliament ratified the application on February 26.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called it surprising how quickly Finland and Sweden abandoned the neutrality that had earned them a reputation for decades and decided to join NATO. He stressed that Russia would definitely respond to this, deploying additional weapons in the Moscow and Leningrad military districts that would meet the new challenges.
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[Regnum] On August 16, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched strikes with Western missiles on civilian targets in the Kursk region for the first time. Most likely, these were HIMARS, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
"For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western-made rockets, probably American Himars. As a result of the attack on the bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky district, it was completely destroyed, and volunteers who were helping the evacuated civilians were killed," the diplomat's official response to the possible use of Western-made multiple launch rocket systems by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region reads.
Zakharova emphasized that those guilty of inhumane acts will be severely punished.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 16, the acting head of the Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov, confirmed the destruction of the automobile bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky district as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been attacking the Kursk region since August 6. Russian Armed Forces units stopped Ukrainian troops in border areas, preventing them from entering the region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 2,860 people and hundreds of pieces of equipment, the Defense Ministry reported on August 16.
Ukrainian militants, together with their curators, are planning to carry out a missile attack with NATO weapons on the Kursk and Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plants in the near future. This was reported on August 16 by the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev.
"The terrorist attack is being supervised by Western intelligence agencies, mainly Britain. Without their knowledge, long-range missiles do not fly to targets. Of course, Russia will be blamed," the underground activist noted on the Telegram channel.
The point of the probable attack is to accuse Russia of being unable to manage nuclear power plants, which will lead to a catastrophe. The IAEA has already prepared a corresponding statement, Lebedev said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, according to a representative of the Russian security agency, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intend to attack the Kursk and Zaporizhzhya NPPs using so-called " dirty bombs " - charges with warheads containing radioactive substances. The warheads have already been delivered to the settlement of Zhovti Vody in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
War correspondent Marat Khairullin noted, citing informed sources, that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing to detonate a "dirty" bomb. According to Khairullin, the Ukrainian army intends to strike at storage sites for spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
Many residents of Kaliningrad are pushing to break away from Moscow, restore the name Königsberg, and establish a new Baltic republic.
"The Kremlin's current policies are severing our connections with Europe. We cannot remain hostages to its imperial agenda." pic.twitter.com/w4yQig0dMO
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Rather not. This picture is (at least) from 2017. Today such a demonstration would not last longer than 5 minutes, with 25 years in a penal colony for each participant.
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I don't care about 'Gaza' when the Soviets got away with annexing and ethnically cleansing East Prussia.
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