Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:31 Reintegration Minister Irina Vereshchuk called on residents of Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad and Selydove in Donetsk Oblast to evacuate. She explained that the situation in the Pokrovsk direction remains difficult.
22:02 As a result of today's Russian airstrike in Belopolye, Sumy Oblast, one person was killed and three were wounded, including an 11-year-old child, OVA reported. Another person was injured as a result of KAB airstrikes in the Yunakivska community.
19:57 Russians shelled the village of Razliv in the Velikonovoselkovsky community of Donetsk Oblast - one person was killed and one was wounded, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin. Another person was killed and one was wounded as a result of the Russian attack on the city of Toretsk, the prosecutor's office reported.
18:30 British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has instructed the country's National Security Council to develop a plan for expanded support for Ukraine. The Times writes that the new support for Kiev will likely be comprehensive. In particular, this includes not only military aid, but also "economic, industrial, and diplomatic aid." London has already created a special group that will develop a unified British policy toward Ukraine. It includes representatives of the country's Ministry of Defense and Foreign Ministry.
18:13 On Monday, August 19, due to the heat, power outage schedules will be applied: from 17:00 to 21:00, one phase of outages will be in effect, Ukrenergo reported.
17:54 Russians dropped a KAB on Belopolye in Sumy Oblast - according to preliminary information, one person was killed, one was wounded, OVA reported.
17:16 Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak stated that the church in Ukraine will be deprived of Moscow's influence: "Even since Soviet times, the church in Russia and for Russia has been the territory and ears of their special services. Russia today is a country that destroys churches in Ukraine. For them, there is no God, no faith. When in Ukraine today there are those who are ready to defend the influence of the Moscow church, beat people, threaten them on social networks, having the status of a people's deputy, then this is not normal. And this is not about freedom, but about something else. This should not be done - our society has already passed all the tests for unity. There will be no church schism here. And no threats either."
16:31 Russians shelled Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast with artillery throughout the day - two people were killed, one was wounded, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin. He also reported that the curfew has been tightened in Myrnohrad and Selydove: from Monday, August 19, it will be in effect from 15:00 to 11:00.
15:22 Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova denied information from The Washington Post that Russia planned to hold secret talks with Ukraine in Qatar on a partial ceasefire, which were disrupted by the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive in the Kursk region. "Nobody disrupted anything, because there was nothing to disrupt. No direct or indirect negotiations between Russia and the Kiev regime on the security of civilian critical infrastructure facilities have been or are being conducted," Zakharova said.
14:51 Lukashenko said that Belarus has transferred almost a third of its army to the border with Ukraine because there are allegedly more than 120 thousand Ukrainian troops there. According to him, Ukraine believes that "Putin will again attack from the territory of Belarus." "In response, I was forced to transfer almost a third of the army additionally to strengthen what was there," Lukashenko noted.
In turn, the speaker of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine Andrei Demchenko called this statement by Lukashenko "a new portion of escalation." According to him, the situation on the border with Belarus remains unchanged, "we are not currently seeing an increase in equipment or personnel of Belarusian units at our border."
12:40 This morning, the Russian army carried out a massive attack in the area of the settlements of Pivnichnoye and Zaliznoye in the Donetsk region. In particular, Russian troops, supported by an armored group of 12 vehicles, tried to break through the positions of the Defense Forces and advance towards Toretsk. The Defense Forces repelled the attack, no positions were lost, the General Staff reported.
12:27 Russian troops are approaching Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast - the enemy is 11 km from the outskirts of the settlement, said the head of the city's military administration, Sergei Dobryak, and called on city residents to evacuate. According to him, 59,980 residents still remain in Pokrovsk. Before the full-scale invasion, about 86 thousand people lived in the Pokrovsk community. Dobryak added that the humanitarian situation in Pokrovsk is normal, but due to the proximity of the front, the threat of shelling is growing.
11:53 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russians attacked a substation twice with a drone - a fire started, and as a result of the repeated shelling, a rescuer was injured, the Ministry of Energy reported.
11:09 The General Staff reported that the Defense Forces struck the Kavkaz plant in the Rostov region on the night of August 18 - oil and oil products were stored there, which were supplied, among other things, for the needs of the Russian Armed Forces. At least two fires were recorded on the territory of the facility, detailed information is being clarified.
09:48 In the morning, the Russian army attacked Stepanivka in the Kherson region, one person was wounded, the OVA reported. Over the previous day, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the region.
09:40 In Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on August 17 - in Mirnohrad and Toretsk. Another eight people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours, four of them in Mirnohrad, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:33 At night, Russia used 16 air attack weapons to attack Ukraine: one Iskander-M ballistic missile, two KN-23 ballistic missiles, two Kh-59 guided air missiles, three cruise missiles (type to be specified), and eight Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs, the Air Force reported. All drones were destroyed, as well as two KN-23 ballistic missiles and three cruise missiles of an unspecified type. Aerial targets were destroyed within the Kyiv, Sumy and Poltava regions. The remaining missiles, not included in the statistics of those shot down, did not reach their targets.
08:12 This morning, at about 05:00, Russia attacked Kiev with ballistics. This is already the third ballistic shelling of the capital in August with a clear interval of six days between each attack, said the head of the KGVA, Sergei Popko. According to him, the strike was almost identical to the two previous ones - most likely, the enemy used North Korean ballistic missiles of the KN-23 type. All of them were shot down as they approached the capital. In addition, almost simultaneously with the ballistics, several attack UAVs were approaching Kiev - they were also destroyed outside the city.
Two hours after the attempt to carry out a ballistic strike, at about 07:00, the enemy attacked Kyiv with cruise missiles - preliminarily, Iskander-K. After lengthy complex maneuvers across several regions, the missiles attempted to hit targets from the southern direction, but all were destroyed. At present, there are no destructions or casualties in Kyiv.
07:56 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 18:
personnel - about 599,350 (+1170) people,
tanks - 8508 (+7),
combat armored vehicles - 16,480 (+7),
artillery systems - 17,056 (+71),
MLRS - 1161 (+1),
air defense systems - 923 (+0),
aircraft - 367 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,752 (+38),
cruise missiles - 2432 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,992 (+79),
special equipment - 2846 (+2).
07:21 Drones attacked an oil depot in Rostov Oblast, Governor Vasily Golubev reported. According to him, air defense forces allegedly repelled the UAV attack, but as a result of debris falling on the territory of industrial warehouses in Proletarsk, diesel fuel caught fire. Later, the oil depot was attacked by a UAV again, there were no casualties. The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of five UAVs overnight, two of which were over Belgorod Oblast, one over Kursk, and two over Rostov Oblast.
01:13 The IAEA said nuclear safety at the occupied Zaporizhia NPP had deteriorated following a drone attack on August 17. The drone exploded near cooling ponds and just 100 metres from a critical power line supplying the plant. There were no casualties or damage to equipment. Agency Director Rafael Grossi expressed "serious concern" and called on "the parties" to strictly adhere to nuclear safety principles.
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This is why Ukraine will win this war, they can successfully attack east of the Urals infrastructure and it will get way worse, plus sanctions are destroying their rail system:
Plus, the above is so weird, Russia was a Marxist state and it's top dogs just own the entire place, old communist operators still FUCKING the entire nation which doesn't generate wealth like western states:
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[Korrespondent] 22:16 Zelensky said in an evening video address that he had heard Syrsky's report: "And on the situation in eastern Ukraine, and on the operation in the Kursk region, and on the exchange fund, on the staffing of our brigades - the staffing of our reserves: this includes shells and weapons. In all areas, our guys - you are great. But we need to speed up the supplies from our partners. We are asking for it. War has no vacations. We need solutions, we need timely logistics for the announced packages. I am especially addressing the United States, Great Britain, and France now."
The president also reported on "good, necessary results in the destruction of Russian equipment near Toretsk." "And all this is more than protection for Ukraine, this is now the main task of our defense actions in general - to destroy as much Russian potential, war potential, as possible, and to carry out maximum counterattack work. In particular, this is the creation of a buffer zone on the territory of the aggressor - our operation in the Kursk region."
18:25 Due to a shortage of personnel, the Russian command has transferred Aerospace Forces servicemen who were written off as motorized riflemen to defend the Kursk region, writes the Russian publication Vazhiye Istorii. According to its information, a motorized rifle regiment of Aerospace Forces servicemen was created in May-June for the border cover group.
The VKS infantry arrived in the border areas several weeks before the Ukrainian Armed Forces raid in mid-July. They were assigned to the infantry from the Ukrainka airfields in the Altai region, Belaya in the Irkutsk region, and Engels in the Saratov region. All of these airbases are home to heavy Tu-22M or Tu-95 bombers, which launch missiles at Ukrainian cities. There are also servicemen from one of the Russian spaceports, special VKS personnel, and personnel from the Voronezh radar stations. These stations are deployed along Russia's borders to prevent a nuclear strike.
17:58 North Korea condemned the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive in the Kursk region and called it "an unforgivable act of aggression and terror." Thus, the DPRK became the second country to directly condemn the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive on Russian territory. The first was Syria, which on August 10 called the Ukrainian offensive a "terrorist attack."
11:04 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk confirmed that aviation destroyed another bridge in the Kursk region and showed a video:
09:03 In the Kursk region, the Ukrainian Armed Forces damaged the second bridge across the Seim River - in the village of Zvannoye, Russian and Ukrainian Telegram channels report and publish photos. Supplies to Russian units in the Kursk direction were carried across this bridge. Earlier, as a result of an attack, a bridge in neighboring Glushkovo collapsed. Thus, in the Glushkovsky district, the only bridge left is in the village of Karyzh, "after the obvious imminent destruction of which, supplies to the group of the Russian Armed Forces defending the region (in particular, the border Tetkino) will fall on pontoons and boats," notes one of the Russian military publics.
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UKR never opened a humanitarian corridor, mined all the roads out and in to Kursk, blew up all the bridges, and are reported to be taking and or bussing Russian Civilians to undisclosed locations.
All appearances - UKR is taking Russian Kursk Civilians as Hostages for future bartering pieces.
Meanwhile the UKR line in DPR is collapsing. UKR lost New York over the weekend, Russia continues to advance with Pokrovsk & Nelepovka Citizens reported to be fleeing those DPR cities today.
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[KavkazUzel] Two soldiers in military uniform robbed a mobile phone store in the Kursk region, according to a video posted on social media. Two Chechens must answer for the looting, said an adviser to the governor of the Kursk region.
A video showing two bearded men in military uniform robbing a mobile phone store was published today by the Telegram channel "Typical Kursk".
One of the men in military uniform tries to kick down a door with a sign saying "special offer"; the door is located in a room with empty shelves. When this fails, he takes a fire extinguisher and repeatedly hits the lock with it. The lock doesn't give in, so another man in military uniform joins in, also continuing to hit the lock with a fire extinguisher. Then he collects the few items left on the display case, and the first one continues to hit the door again, but to no avail. Both collect everything that is left on the display case and carry it all out the window onto the street, and they themselves also leave through the window. At the same time, they talk to each other.
As follows from the video, the recording was made on August 17. The description of the video states that the communication salon is located in the village of Glushkovo.
Blogger Hasan Khalitov stated on his Telegram channel that the fighters in the video are "Alaudinov Apti from the Akhmat unit."
"Caucasian Knot" cannot confirm where and when the video was made.
Kursk Governor's Advisor Roman Alekhine admitted that the robbers were "two Chechens." However, he did not confirm the connection with the "Akhmat" unit. "The looters have a first and last name and each one should be held personally responsible for the crimes, and not the people or the entire unit should be held responsible for them. These two scumbags are already responsible!" Alekhine wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to him, anyone who put on the uniform of a Russian soldier, took an oath and then stole or destroyed the property of a Russian citizen, regardless of nationality, must answer under the laws of wartime! "Because they not only stole, they disgraced the uniform of our soldiers," he said.
By 23:05 Moscow time, the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, had not commented on the video that had spread on social networks.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot", three signalmen and two riflemen of the "Akhmat-Chechnya" unit were captured in the Kursk region, the commander of the "Akhmat" special forces, Apti Alaudinov, said on August 13. He emphasized that "not Kadyrov's men" were captured, fighters of the "Akhmat-Chechnya" unit, but of the "Akhmat" special forces, and added that for a Chechen there is nothing more shameful than captivity. The day before, he called reports of mass surrender of Chechen fighters "enemy plantings". The "Akhmat-Chechnya" unit consists of natives of the republic who are not ready for combat and are engaged in maintaining law and order. The combined battalion "Akhmat", which is commanded by Alaudinov, the so-called "Isa Army" ( the unit is called "Isa Army" in honor of Jesus Christ because many Orthodox fighters serve in it) mainly consists of volunteers who arrived from different regions of Russia, as well as former "Wagnerites", there are few Chechens in it, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated.
In June 2023, Ramzan Kadyrov reported on his Telegram channel that the 42nd division from Chechnya was in the SVO zone in the Zaporizhia direction. It includes 6 thousand Chechen soldiers from the Akhmat-Russia, Akhmat-Chechnya, Sever-Akhmat regiments, the Zapad-Akhmat, Vostok-Akhmat and Yug-Akhmat battalions. In March 2024, it became known that the Akhmat-Russia and Akhmat-Chechnya units were in the Bryansk and Kursk regions in the Sumy and Chernigov directions. According to the head of the republic, fighters from the Russian Guard Directorate for the Chechen Republic from the 94th and 96th regiments and the Akhmat-1 OMON were in the special military operation zone. The Akhmat special forces also carry out combat missions in Ukraine.
The Akhmat combined battalion (also called the Akhmat special forces) is part of the Russian National Guard, according to Kadyrov's November 2021 statement, in which he reported on the order of the Federal Service of the National Guard Troops of the Russian Federation "On assigning names to special police units" of the Russian National Guard Directorate for the Chechen Republic. The Akhmat-Chechnya unit is part of the Russian Defense Ministry. This follows from a statement by the Grozny-Inform agency dated June 18, 2023, said military expert, associate professor of the Department of Political Analysis and Socio-Psychological Processes at the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, military political scientist Alexander Perendzhiev.
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 43rd Mechanised Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade near Liptsy, Beliy Kolodez, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 90 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
One ammunition depot was destroyed.
Units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 30th, 67th, 440th Mechanised brigades, and 117th Territorial Defence Brigade near Petropavlovka, Tabayevka, Novoplatonovka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic). One counterattack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 241st Territorial Defence Brigade was repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 440 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, and six motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzer, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Two AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 24th Mechanised Brigade, 5th Assault Brigade, and 24th Assault Battalion near Chasov Yar, Stupochki, and Predtechino (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 420 Ukrainian troops and two motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, one 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS launcher, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, three U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers, one U.S.-made 155mm M198 howitzer, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, two UK-made 105mm L-119 howitzers, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzer, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station were destroyed.
Two field ammunition depots and one petroleum depot were destroyed.
As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Sviridonovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of the AFU 47th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 111th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 15th National Guard Brigade near Vozdvizhenka, Kalinovo, Ptichiye, Novoekonomicheskoye, and Dolinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Two counterattacks launched by units of the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to more than 500 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, five motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, three 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, two 100mm Rapira anti-tank guns, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery warfare station.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 33rd and 72nd Mechanised brigades near Zelenoye Pole and Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 100 Ukrainian troops, one tank, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made 155mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, one 155mm Bogdana self-propelled artillery system, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station. Three AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 65th Mechanised Brigade and 128th Mountain Assault Brigade near Malaya Tokmachka and Pyatikhatki (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses amounted to up to 80 Ukrainian troops, six motor vehicles, two U.S.-made 155mm M-777 howitzers, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, and two Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Two AFU ammunition depots was destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces wiped out one tank gun workshop, one U.S.-made M270 MLRS launcher, and one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launcher.
In addition, clusters of AFU manpower and hardware have been engaged in 163 areas.
Air defence units shot down one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, seven U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, 27 unmanned aerial vehicles, 11 of which outside the special military operation zone.
In total, 639 airplanes and 282 helicopters, 30,112 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,320 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,411 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,392 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,894 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.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army aviation and artillery strikes conduct reconnaissance-search actions to locate and eliminate the enemy's sabotage and reconnaissance groups in forest belts attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory to the south of Alekseyevskoye, Safonovka, and Sheptukhovka.
Attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 22nd, 61st, and 115th Mechanised brigades, and 82nd Air Assault Brigade toward Komarovka, Olgovka, Russkoye, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye were repelled. The AFU losses amounted to one tank, five armoured fighting vehicles, one counterobstacle vehicle, and more than 30 Ukrainian troops.
Aviation and artillery strikes along with actions of defending troops inflicted losses on AFU manpower and hardware clusters near Borki, Fanaseyevka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, Novoivanovka, Mikhailovka, Snagost, and to the south of Kurilovka.
One U.S.-made M270 MLRS launcher was destroyed by a missile strike near Bezdrik (Sumy region).
Operational-Tactical Aviation delivered strikes at the enemy's reserves, ammunition and POL depots of the AFU 22nd Mechanised Brigade, 80th Air Assault Brigade, 103rd, and 107th Territorial Defence brigades near Atinskoye, Belopolye, Vorozhba, Kiyanitsa, Kositsa, and Shalgino (Sumy region).
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses have amounted to more than 300 Ukrainian troops and 27 units of hardware, including six tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armoured personnel carriers, 18 armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one MLRS launcher, and two units of engineering vehicles, including one counterobstacle vehicle.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses have amounted to 3,460 Ukrainian troops, 50 tanks, 25 infantry fighting vehicles, 45 armoured personnel carriers, 262 armoured fighting vehicles, 115 motor vehicles, five SAM launchers, seven MLRS launchers, including three HIMARS and one M-270 MLRS, 25 field artillery guns, four electronic warfare stations, four units of engineering vehicles, including one counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 21:35 Telegram channel " Rybar ":
- Aleksandro-Kalinovskoye direction: advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in the Novgorodskoye area and to the southwest of Artemovo.
– Along with the problems in the Pokrovsky direction, a difficult situation for Ukrainian formations is also developing in the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, where assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces have also managed to significantly expand the zone of control.
– Information about the successes of Russian troops in the Novgorodskoye (New York) area has appeared on the Internet. In particular, the territory of the Phenol Plant was taken, as well as the private sector to the east of the industrial zone. Thus, almost the entire settlement is under the confident control of the Russian Armed Forces, with the exception of the northern outskirts.
– To the north-east, near the city of Artemovo (Zheleznoye), Russian armored groups with landing troops attacked from the side of the Central-330 electrical substation in the direction of Nelepovka. According to unconfirmed information, fighting is already underway on the eastern outskirts of the settlement.
- In addition, to the southeast of Nelepovka, the "pocket" where the positions of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were located was partially cleared. Ukrainian formations brought reinforcements there to the south of the Zheleznaya River until the very end, but were later forced to retreat. Nevertheless, there may still be a focal presence of Ukrainian formations in this area.
- The current target of Russian troops in this area is Nelepovka, which is being attacked from both Artemovo and Novgorodskoye. After its liberation, the Russian Armed Forces will be able to concentrate their efforts on storming the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses in Leonidovka, Shcherbinovka and Petrovka. Establishing control over them will allow them to encircle Dzerzhinsk (Toretsk) from the west in the future.
20:44 The Russian Armed Forces have begun storming Nelipovka after liberating New York. Fighting is already underway on the outskirts of the village. There is also an advance in Dzerzhinsk. The enemy has announced the official evacuation of Selidovo and Krasnoarmeysk.
20:18 Zones of control and advance of the Russian Armed Forces – map:
– Adjustment of the front line, near Stelmakhovka and Rozovka
– Fighters of the Shtorm assault unit of the 1st Slavic Brigade raised the flag over the waste heap in Kirovo. The Russian Armed Forces also advanced in New York and near Artemovo.
19:55 Khar'kov direction (Kupyansk area)
It is reported that our crew of the MT-12 Rapier cannon destroyed the firing position of a 120mm Ukrainian Armed Forces mortar crew.
19:22 Telegram channel "Rybar":
Pokrovsk direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in several areas.
– While Ukrainian formations continue to attack in the Kursk region, the operational crisis of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsk direction has been steadily worsening over the past weeks. In a few days, units of the Russian Armed Forces were able to expand the zone of control in the direction of both Novogrodovka and the Karlovskoye Reservoir.
– To the northwest of Zhelannoye, Russian troops have occupied Zhuravka and have begun fighting in Kruty Yar. Apparently, the main target of the Russian Armed Forces in this area is the mine No. 3 “Novogrodovskaya”, located to the west, which is on a hill.
– To the south, the assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces have also expanded their control zone, but given the lack of objective control footage on the Internet, it is difficult to establish the front line. At the same time, here too, Russian servicemen are trying to break through to the Kotlyarevskaya mine (formerly Rossiya), which was previously used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a location for equipment and communications systems.
– There are also reports of Russian Armed Forces attack aircraft entering the outskirts of Selidovo, but it is not yet possible to confirm this information. The city itself has been hit by artillery several times, and FPV drones are already flying in to targets within the city limits.
– Russian troops managed to achieve significant success on the southern flank, where at least five settlements came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Among them is Zavetnoye, from the center of which videos of the raising of the flag appeared.
– From the Novoselovka Pervaya – Yasnobrodovka line, units of the Russian Armed Forces have leveled the control zone along the shore of the Karlovskoye Reservoir. On the opposite side, Ukrainian formations still retain control over Ptychye.
– The Russian Ministry of Defense also reported the liberation of the village of Sviridonovka, located on the northern flank. However, according to our information, the village itself was occupied by units several days earlier.
- Over the past weeks, the situation of Ukrainian formations in the Pokrovsk direction has significantly worsened, and the general description of the situation for the enemy is often reduced to interjections. The scale of the advance of Russian troops also demonstrates the cost of the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region.
– At the same time, the Ukrainian command is already actively preparing Selidovo and Mirnohrad for defense in case of further advancement of the Russian Armed Forces – since August 19, a virtually round-the-clock curfew has been imposed in the cities, and reserves are being transferred there at the same time.
18:36 Defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ “Kazak” armored vehicle by the “Lancet” in the Kursk region – video.
The enemy continues to suffer heavy losses in armored vehicles.
18:08 The Russian army took the waste heaps of the Artem mine near Toretsk.
17:48 Special military operation. Situation on August 18 – map.
17:24 Russian fighters have liberated the settlement of Zavetnoye - attack aircraft are on site, the settlement is below us.
16:51 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Sviridovka in the DPR, the Ministry of Defense reports.
16:27 Telegram channel "Rybar":
Liman direction: advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Makeyevka
– For a long time, positional battles have been going on in the Liman direction practically along the entire contact line. One of the most active areas remains Makeyevka, where Russian troops have been storming the enemy's defenses for two months.
– Nevertheless, due to the lack of objective control footage and information from the field, it was not possible to establish the current configuration of the front in the populated area. However, yesterday it was possible to clarify the situation somewhat after the enemy published a video from the enemy side.
– According to the footage that has appeared, units of the Russian Armed Forces have occupied most of Makeyevka, while the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding positions on the opposite bank of the Zherebets River – a further advance by Russian troops on the remaining part of the village will subsequently allow them to create a bridgehead from which they can increase pressure on the Nevskoye-Yampolovka line.
– In other areas, the situation has not changed significantly – in the Serebryanskoye forestry, in the vicinity of the Zhuravka gully, and in the salient near Torskoye, positional battles are underway. Russian troops periodically strike both enemy artillery and mobile electronic warfare systems.
15:44 Between 13:50 and 14:35 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
Six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
15:14 Russian artillerymen hit a mortar position of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region – video.
As a result of aerial reconnaissance, a camouflaged enemy mortar position was discovered in one of the forest plantations. Having received all the necessary data and coordinates of the mortar section of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, artillery crews of the North troop group launched an attack and hit the enemy mortar position. The hit of the target was confirmed by objective control means.
14:35 The assault squad and units of the 3rd battalion of the 228th Motorized Rifle Regiment report that the settlements of Novozhelannoye and Zavetnoye have come under our control. The inhabitants have been cleared of the enemy.
13:57 Telegram channel "Rybar":
– Kursk direction: Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on bridges and local battles.
- The situation in Kursk Oblast remains stably tense. The enemy is consolidating its positions in the occupied territory and amassing forces.
– In the Glushkovsky district, there are no attempts by the enemy to advance, but they are striking at populated areas. In addition, the condition of the bridge in Zvannoye after the recent landing has become clearer: judging by the footage, the object has received serious damage, but has not collapsed and may be suitable for use by pedestrians and, in some cases, light vehicles.
– There is no information about advances from either side from the Korenevsky and Sudzhansky districts. Fighting continues, and footage of the aftermath of strikes on Ukrainian equipment and captured members of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is multiplying on the Internet. On the enemy side, in turn, videos are appearing that indicate control over settlements taken last week.
– In the Belovsky district, after the unsuccessful dash to Girya, the enemy is not taking active action – evidence of this, at least, does not appear in open sources.
– At the same time, Ukrainian formations are taking steps to consolidate their positions in the occupied territory of the Kursk region, bringing in both engineering equipment and air defense systems.
12:40 Destruction of a Ukrainian howitzer during counterbattery fire in the Kurakhovsky direction. The fire of the powder charges is clearly visible. The 238th Guards Artillery Brigade is at work.
12:10 Sudzha – Martynovka.
Military operations in the Sudzha area. The Russian Armed Forces' FPV drone hits an armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the mobile assault group left in the village of Martynovka. The distance from Sudzha along the Kursk highway is about five km.
11:47 Sumy and Poltava regions.
It is reported that as a result of the night strike on military facilities, a parking lot of Ukrainian military equipment and a radar station were hit. Russian aviation used Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles against enemy targets.
11:05 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces on the front lines – map :
– The Russian Armed Forces advanced south of Konstantinovka and took control of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya mine shaft.
– The Russian Armed Forces drove the enemy out of Zhuravka and Novozhelannoye.
10:43 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, five Ukrainian fixed-wing UAVs were destroyed by the air defense systems on duty, two of which were shot down over the territory of the Belgorod region, one over the territory of the Kursk region, and two over the territory of the Rostov region.
10:14 Heavy blows to the enemy – video.
The footage shows combat work by crews of 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled howitzers and 152mm 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled guns of the Sever troop group while carrying out fire missions in the border area of the Kursk region.
During the execution of combat missions, artillerymen use high-explosive fragmentation ammunition, which is capable of damaging both manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
09:51 FPV drones flying into targets in the Pokrovsky direction — video.
08:52 Merciless "Lancet": another enemy armored personnel carrier burned in the border area of the Kursk region
The reconnaissance unit of the North group of forces identified an armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The target was hit by a Lancet loitering munition.
Objective monitoring equipment recorded the fire of an enemy armored personnel carrier.
08:05 Telegram channel "Rybar":
Kursk direction: destruction of MLRS M-270 and battles in several areas of the front, which is known by the outcome of August 17, 2024
– Counter clashes continue in the Kursk direction. Russian troops destroyed an M270 MLRS near the settlement of Bezdrik in the Sumy region, which was discovered from the air and quickly covered with an Iskander OTRK missile with an air burst.– In the Glushkovsky district, there were no visible changes in the combat situation by the end of the day. Russian troops are holding positions in Tetkino. There were reports online about the Ukrainian Armed Forces entering the settlement of Otruba on the right bank of the Seim River, but there is no objective confirmation of this.
– In the Korenevsky district, information is again coming in about clashes on the approaches to Korenevo. Although the information is fragmentary in the best traditions, the battles themselves look logical in light of the attempts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to capture the city.
– In Sudzhansky district, new footage from the western districts of the city has appeared, including the removal of Russian prisoners and captured hostages from among local residents in the direction of Sumy region. There are battles on the approaches to Martynivka, and south of Kremyane, FPV drone operators destroyed a Ukrainian BMP-1.
– In the Belovsky district, there are clashes between the settlements of Giri and Ozerki; there is no information about a change in the configuration of the front.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] There is nothing to talk about with the Ukrainian Nazi regime, which kills civilians and creates threats to nuclear security. This was stated in a comment by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.
She noted that after August 6, “the whole world saw the Ukrobanderites’ response to this gesture of goodwill – a bandit raid into the Kursk region, their atrocities against the civilian population,” as well as the murders of doctors, rescuers and volunteers, attacks on civilian vehicles, rocket attacks on residential buildings and the creation of threats to nuclear safety.
“Of course, as Vladimir Putin said, there is nothing to talk about with people who do such things,” she summed up.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been attacking the Kursk region since August 6. Russian army units stopped the Ukrainian military in the border areas and did not allow them to go deep into the territory.The Investigative Committee reported that Ukrainian militants are actively using NATO weapons in the Kursk region.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack another large-scale provocation by Kiev. He added that Ukrainian armed forces are firing indiscriminately from various types of weapons, attacking residential buildings, ambulances, and civilian buildings with missiles.
Zakharova warned that the Russian military will give a tough response to the Ukrainian Armed Forces for attacks on Russian regions. She stated that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of the Kursk region is an act of terrorism. According to her, the actions of Ukrainian military personnel are aimed at destroying civilian infrastructure, as well as killing and intimidating civilians.
No direct or indirect negotiations between Russia and the Kiev regime on the security of civilian critical infrastructure facilities have been or are being conducted, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported on August 18.
This is how the department commented on an article in The Washington Post, which reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the Kursk region allegedly disrupted indirect negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow in Qatar on the topic of strikes on critical infrastructure facilities.
“Nobody tore anything down because there was nothing to tear down,” says a commentary published on the Russian Foreign Ministry website.
They added that the threat to the security of such facilities, including the Zaporizhzhya and now the Kursk NPP, is created solely by the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the complicity with them by the United States and other Western countries.
The department also pointed out the symbolism of the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces began their sortie into the Kursk region on August 6, the anniversary of the American nuclear bombing of Hiroshima - the first and only use of nuclear weapons against civilians and civilian infrastructure in human history.
The Russian Foreign Ministry also once again reminded that the Russian Armed Forces do not strike civilian targets. Moreover, they are currently doing everything possible to protect such targets from strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using Western weapons and to protect the world from a large-scale man-made disaster.
As reported by the Regnum news 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.
In a telephone conversation with Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev, CEO Rafael Grossi expressed his willingness to visit nuclear power plants located in the Ukrainian conflict zone.
If the Ukrainian Armed Forces begin to implement criminal plans aimed at creating a man-made disaster in the European part of the continent with radioactive contamination of vast territories, Russia will immediately take tough countermeasures, the Ministry of Defense stated.
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