Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 20:21 Russians shelled Konstantinovka in Donetsk region, one person was killed, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
20:00 The Netherlands will purchase and transfer to Ukraine 51 mobile air defense radars manufactured by Robin Radar Systems by the end of 2024, the country's Defense Ministry reported.
19:42 Zelensky reported that he discussed with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew the new law on the spiritual independence of Ukraine, supported by the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, and stressed that "an independent people must also be independent spiritually." "He assured that our state strives to strengthen Orthodoxy in Ukraine and will promote open dialogue between churches," the president added.
18:57 Borrell said lifting restrictions on Ukraine's use of Western weapons would help advance peace efforts. According to the EU diplomat, such a decision would strengthen Ukraine's self-defense, save lives and reduce destruction, and would also help advance peace efforts.
18:23 The Russian prosecutor's office has requested up to 24 years in prison for Ukrainian prisoners of war from Azov, writes Mediazona. Nine women, most of whom worked as cooks in Azov, have been asked to receive 16 to 19 years in a general regime penal colony, while the men have been asked to receive 16 to 24 years in a strict regime penal colony. They are accused of actions allegedly aimed at "the violent seizure of power," participation in the activities of a "terrorist organization," and undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out "terrorist activities."
At the same time, a number of those captured by Russia took part in the defense of Mariupol and Azovstal, while others had already left the service at the time of the Russian invasion: they were detained at home or during “filtration.”
17:59 The Murmansk region of the Russian Federation has been attacked by drones for the fourth day in a row, said Violetta Grudina, former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in the region. There have been no official reports of attacks or drone downings in the region, but today restrictions on the use of airspace were introduced at the airports of Murmansk and Apatity. Publics write that UAVs are storming the Murmansk region in the direction of the Olenya airfield, which is the location of Tu-95 strategic bombers.
17:11 The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) attacked the Savasleyka military airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region with drones, Ukrainian media write, citing intelligence sources. As a result of the attack, a MIG-31K/I aircraft, two Il-76 aircraft were destroyed and about five aircraft, probably MIG-31K/I, were damaged.
16:28 Czech President Petr Pavel believes that the war in Ukraine should end with negotiations, but not now: "I am more of the opinion that in a few years both sides will understand that it is impossible to continue, and negotiations will take place. In particular, world states should make a significant contribution to this - not only the United States, but also China." Pavel also stated that if the Nord Streams were blown up by Ukraine, they were a legitimate target. At the same time, he emphasized that he has no information about who is behind the explosions of the gas pipelines.
16:04 Russian troops have launched a drone strike on a Kherson suburb, OVA chief Oleksandr Prokudin reported. As a result of the attacks, one person was killed in Antonovka and two were wounded in Kindeyka. Another person was injured today as a result of enemy shelling of the village of Nikolskoye.
15:47 The head of the "council for the development of civil society and human rights" of the Russian Federation, Valery Fadeyev, stated that he will come forward with an initiative to ensure that "foreign mercenaries" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are not included in the exchange procedure.
14:53 Radio Liberty journalists visited Sudzha in the Kursk region and in their report told what is happening there:
14:38 Russia is preparing another propaganda operation in Europe, this time against Ukrainian refugees, said Vadim Skibitsky, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. According to him, the goal of the operation is to convince Ukrainians who left the country because of the war not to return. "This is a very powerful work that the Russians have started: this includes the creation of various societies, the education of children, the church - this is what is used to make our Ukrainians lose their identity, and even more so - to never return to us," Skibitsky noted.
13:56 In the morning, Russians shelled Ukrainsk in the Selidovo community of Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin. Another person was killed by enemy artillery in Seversk. In addition, today it became known that one person was killed as a result of yesterday's shelling of Toretsk.
13:07 The Rada adopted a bill on deferment from conscription for military service during mobilization for those liable for military service whose close relatives, in particular a full or half brother or sister, died or went missing while participating in military operations during martial law.
13:03 The "governor" of the occupied Zaporizhia region signed a "decree" on the "recreation of the Cossack army." According to him, the Zaporizhian Cossacks "have traditionally been one of the strongholds of Russian statehood."
12:50 In the Nikolaev region, as a result of a Russian drone falling on one of the substations, energy equipment was damaged, the regional power company reported.
12:44 The Pentagon believes that the war in Ukraine is heading towards a dead end, Bloomberg writes. Thus, according to the publication, the Defense Intelligence Agency does not see sufficient military resources in either Ukraine or Russia to conduct large-scale offensive operations.
Russia has adopted a strategy of exhausting Ukraine and will be able to hold the captured territory, but does not have enough forces "to threaten a deeper advance into Ukrainian-held territory, for example, in Kharkov." Ukraine still cannot match Russia in terms of ammunition, and a large-scale counteroffensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be impossible in the next six months, Washington believes. This report covered the period up to June 30, that is, before the start of the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive in the Kursk region.
12:32 In Sumy district, enemy aircraft shelled a border settlement the day before - one person was killed, one was wounded, the State Emergency Service reported.
11:53 Air defense destroyed 50 of 69 Shahed-type attack UAVs at night and in the morning, the Air Force reported. Another 16 enemy UAVs were lost in location - they probably fell under the influence of electronic countermeasures. A Russian attack drone was also recorded crossing the state border with Belarus in the Chernihiv region, and another UAV returned to the Belgorod region. As of 11:15, one enemy drone is in the airspace of the Cherkasy region, combat operations continue.
In addition to drones, Russia used two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and a Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missile (which was shot down by air defense) during the attack. Air targets were destroyed within the Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, Cherkasy, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kherson, Donetsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
10:38 At night and in the morning, Russia again attacked Kiev with drones: according to preliminary information, up to ten UAVs were heading towards the capital, all of them were destroyed on the approaches to the city. Currently, there are no casualties or damage in the capital, said the head of the KGVA, Sergey Popko.
09:42 On Tuesday, August 20, Russians used a drone to strike a car in the village of Kazachya Lopan in the Kharkiv region - one person was killed and one was wounded, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. Another person was injured as a result of shelling in Kupyansk.
09:31 In Donetsk Oblast, on August 20, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed - in Konstantinovka. Another four people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
09:25 In the morning, the Russian army shelled Kamyshany in the Kherson region, wounding two people, OVA reported. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed and 15 were wounded, including four children.
09:14 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that during his visit to Kiev on August 23 he will "share prospects" for a peaceful resolution of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. "As a friend and partner, we hope for a speedy return of peace and stability in the region," Modi said.
08:58 On the night of August 21, the Defense Forces struck a S-300 air defense missile system position near Novoshakhtinsk in Rostov Oblast, the General Staff reported. Explosions were recorded at certain aiming points, and the accuracy of the strike is being further reconnoitred.
08:21 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on a children's cafe in Malokaterinovka, Zaporizhia district, has risen to nine, including six children. Another child was killed, said OVA head Ivan Fedorov. In addition, late in the evening, the Russians again struck a populated area - one person was killed, one was wounded.
08:13 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 21:
personnel - about 603,010 (+1210) people,
tanks - 8522 (+4),
combat armored vehicles - 16,542 (+21),
artillery systems - 17,216 (+60),
MLRS - 1166 (+0),
air defense systems - 928 (+2),
aircraft - 367 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,902 (+38),
cruise missiles - 2442 (+4),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 23,221 (+79),
special equipment - 2887 (+2).
07:19 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced "one of the largest drone attacks of all time" on the Russian capital. However, no damage or casualties were reported. The Russian Defense Ministry said that air defense allegedly destroyed 45 fixed-wing UAVs at night: 11 over the Moscow Region, 23 over the Bryansk Region, six over the Belgorod Region, three over the Kaluga Region, and two over the Kursk Region.
Publics are also writing about a major fire in the Russian city of Novoshakhtinsk. Rostov Region Governor Vasily Golubev reported that a missile was allegedly shot down there, and there were no casualties. Russian Telegram channels are writing that the fire was caused by debris from the missile that attacked the oil refinery.
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[Korrespondent] 18:37 Russian troops are actively using aviation in the Kursk region: today, 17 airstrikes with the use of 27 guided aerial bombs on populated areas of the Russian Federation are already known, the General Staff reported. Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk, in turn, showed a video of tactical aviation pilots striking enemy concentrations, equipment and positions of Russians who, after the announced evacuation of civilians from the border area of the Kursk region, are actively occupying civilian facilities:
14:53 Radio Liberty journalists visited Sudzha in the Kursk region and in their report told what is happening there:
12:55 The Kremlin believes that the fighting in the Kursk region will last for several months, and is preparing to convince Russians that this is a "new normal," Meduza writes, citing sources close to the Putin administration and the government. According to them, immediately after the start of the Ukrainian invasion, the Russian elites were shocked, but in two weeks "the shock passed, and they got used to it."
In order to calm the anxious mood in society, the Kremlin, according to media reports, intends to prepare Russians for life in the conditions of a "new reality" and "new normality" through controlled media. The main theses will be as follows: the Ukrainian Armed Forces have indeed broken through to Russian territory, they are facing "inevitable defeat", but the return of territories will take time, Russians need to wait. In the meantime, Russian citizens will be offered to "direct negativity and shock into a positive direction" by helping the Kursk region in every possible way.
Meduza also writes that the Kremlin has begun discussing the announcement of a new wave of mobilization due to the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive in the Kursk region, but so far there has been no decision and the problem of the shortage of personnel in the border area is being solved by conscripts.
12:03 In the Kursk region, fighting has begun for the next major settlement, Korenevo, writes Bild. The publication notes that the advance of Ukrainian troops is taking place against the backdrop of statements by the Russian leadership that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have allegedly already been stopped, which means that the loss of Korenevo will be a huge reputational blow to Putin personally.
11:52 Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed how they destroy Russian pontoon crossings in the Kursk region:
11:44 The Wall Street Journal writes that several months before the Ukrainian Armed Forces' offensive on the Kursk region, Russian General Alexander Lapin dissolved the regional defense council, which coordinated the actions of the military and special services, so during the Ukrainian offensive, the Russians were left without a single control center. Then the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation began to compete with each other, figuring out who was in charge. This led to chaos. The WSJ notes that the failure of the defense of the Kursk region was also due to a critical shortage of military personnel in the region.
In November 2022, Lapin was removed from his post as commander of the Central Military District when the Ukrainian Armed Forces recaptured territories in northeastern Ukraine. Later, in January 2023, Lapin became head of the General Staff of the Ground Forces and was responsible for the defense of the Russian border.
08:59 The Russian military command has redeployed some of its units from the direction of Chasovy Yar to the Kursk region to stop the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports. According to analysts, elements of the 11th Brigade, intended to replace or reinforce the forward units, have been redeployed near Sudzha. At the same time, Russians participating in combat operations at the front were not touched.
ISW believes that such redeployments could affect the pace of Russian offensive operations, but this could take several months. In general, the Russian military command does not want to withdraw units involved in combat operations from higher-priority sectors of the Donetsk region.
According to Russian sources, the Russian Armed Forces command has redeployed units of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment (72nd Motorized Rifle Division, 22nd Army Corps, Leningrad Military District) to the Kursk Region, which as of mid-July was operating in the north of the Kharkov Region. ISW also cited one of the Ukrainian military observers, who claimed that an unspecified unit of the 4th Tank Division (1st Guards Tank Army, Moscow Military District) was operating in the Kursk Region. However, this unit was probably there even before the start of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk Region.
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If I was the Ukes, I would nail every highway bridge, railroad trestle, and railway switch. Also the power infrastructure for the russ electric trains.
Nice going away present.
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#3
^And then the Russians will take off silk gloves and bomb Ukraine to stone age.
#4
^And they have already tried. Simple thing is, they can't. They blew their wad already and only have nukes left and lied about every redline they had for their use. Even if Russia gets a win beneficial to them in this war, they are finished.
#6
^Denial ain't just a river in Egypt our Putin-Loving friends? Wasn't this a two week Special Military Operation a couple years ago? Don't you "talk to people"?
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the best either side can get at this time is a Pyrrhic victory
both sides have taken losses that any western country would consider to be a catastrophe
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#8
Seems like a reminder that there is a whole lot more Russian border to defend not too mention Kalingrad…
#9
the best either side can get at this time is a Pyrrhic victory
Pyrrhic victory or Pyrrhic defeat. In anything beyond the short term, what’s the difference?
President Putin’s invitation to the unhappy citizens of Christendom to make their home in Russia is an attempt to replace a population that’s been falling since the 1990s as well as create a groundswell of goodwill behind NATO lines.
#10
Well Grom has been slurping down what the Kremlin has been spurting out for a while.
The simple fact of the matter is if the war keeps going this way with a small stream of western support for Ukraine, Russia will win (Barring political issues at home). It is the way Russia has fought for centuries. Throw more bodies at the problem than the enemy has.
The long term survival of Russia is doomed no matter what they do. Demographics is a bitch and there are not enough Russians to maintain a Russian ethnic majority in 2100 and this war is accelerating the issue. (Ukraine is also doomed in the long run unless they win and have a 50 year baby boom).
The main issue for the immediate war is some kool-aid drinkers think Russia has this vast reserve that they are just holding back and will unleash if made mad. They don't. The tank storages are out of tanks that can be quickly activated, they can't build them faster than they are destroyed so it falls to a slow attrition grind. Russia has nothing left to throw into Kursk. The latest unit was a battalion of engineers and mechanics from their rocket launching base. They aren't gonna stop armor. Ukraine is also using the last of their main reserves for this so if Russia does rip a bigger whole in the Donbass Ukraine is screwed.
Conscripts here are from the main Russian population centers and that can put some major pressure on the Kremlin as the main supporters start turning as their sons are made POWs. Conscripting from there only makes the political situation worse. Seems they are happy to let Ukraine expend themselves capturing more territory there while pushing in the south. The calculation being there isn't enough political pressure building to break things before the Ukrainian lines are broken. Both strategies are high risk-high reward.
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Tail of Dove Bear, or, "Olly olly in come free!"
"True Russians, indifferent to pain
And demography," Russians explain,
"Have grown rather few...
Which is why we'll need you,
Brother Russians, to green our Ukraine."
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[EngMilRu] The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces in Volchansk and Liptsy directions have engaged 43rd Mechanised and 92nd Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, and the 13th National Guard Brigade near Zolochyov, Liptsy, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 100 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have captured more advantageous lines and positions, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 14th, 43rd, 66th, 116th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, and the 110th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Tabayevka, Peschanoye, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic), and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Six counteattacks of the 115th AFU Mechanised Brigade's assault detachments, the 110th Territorial Defence Brigade, and the 12th AFU Azov Special Operations Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 470 Ukrainian troops, one tank, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, and one 152mm Msta-B howitzer.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 28th, 30th, 32nd Mechanised, 56th Motorised Infantry, 72nd Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 116th Territorial Defence Brigade near Pereyezdnoye, Grigorovka, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Chasov Yar, Kurdyumovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The AFU losses were more than 700 Ukrainian troops, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-made M-777 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, two U.S.-made 105mm M-119 guns, one Croatian-made 122mm RAK-SA-12 MLRS launcher, and two electronic warfare stations.
One ammunition depot has been destroyed.
As a result of active actions, the units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated Zhelannoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, Russian troops have launched strikes on formations of 23rd, 53rd, and 151st Mechanised brigades of the AFU, and the 15th Brigade of the National Guard close to Shcherbinovka, Tarasovka, Zhuravka, Kalinovo, Dzerzhinsk, and Grodovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Six counterattacks by 47th and 150th Mechanised brigades of the AFU, the 14th Brigade of the National Guard, and the Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police have been repelled.
The enemy losses were more than 630 Ukrainian troops, 12 Kazak armoured fighting vehicles, U.S.-made 155mm M-777 and M-198 howitzers, one 152mm Giatsint-B gun, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, and four 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Mechanised Infantry Brigade, 106th and 125th Territorial Defence brigades near Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, and Velikaya Novosyolka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Four counterattacks of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and the 125th Territorial Defence Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 130 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, one 155mm Braveheart self-propelled artillery system, and one UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzer as well as one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on the 65th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU and the 39th Coastal Defence Brigade close to Malye Shcherbaki and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region).
The AFU losses were up to 30 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, and two 152mm D-20 howitzers.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed one POL depot as well as clusters of AFU manpower and hardware in 131 areas.
Air defence systems have shot down seven French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, one Neptune-MD anti-ship missile, 15 U.S.-made HIMARS projectiles, and 63 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 639 airplanes and 282 helicopters, 30,255 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,348 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,416 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,470 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,977 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.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army Aviation and artillery have thwarted attacks launched by enemy assault detachments in the direction of Komarovka, Korenevo, Malaya Loknya, and Russkaya Konopelka.
As a result, the Armed Forces of Ukraine losses were more than 45 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two of them captured, two tanks, one U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carrier, and six armoured fighting vehicles.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue reconnaissance and search operations to locate and eliminated the enemy small sabotage and reconnaissance groups attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory.
n addition, air strikes, artillery fire, and actions of the defending troops have engaged manpower and hardware of the AFU the 22nd Brigade, the 115th Mechanised Brigade, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade close to Apanasovka, Borki, Vishnyovka, Kositsa, Nizhniy Klin, Snagost, Sverdlikovo, and Kazachya Loknya.
Operational-Tactical Aviation have attacked the concentration areas of AFU reserves in Sumy region: 22nd and 41st Mechanised brigades, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade, the 92nd Assault Brigade, 103rd, 106th, and 129th Territorial Defence brigades as well as the 69th Rifle Battalion in the areas of Belopolye, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Glukhov, Krasnopolye, Novye Virki, Pokrovka, Pisarevka, Mogritsa, and Yunakovka.
The AFU lost up to 300 Ukrainian troops and 26 armoured vehicles, including six tanks, three armoured personnel carriers, 17 armoured fighting vehicles as well as two motor vehicles, four artillery guns, and two MLRS launchers.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses amounted to up to 4,400 Ukrainian troops, 65 tanks, 27 infantry fighting vehicles, 27 infantry fighting vehicles, 53 armoured personnel carriers, 316 armoured fighting vehicles, 133 motor vehicles, 31 artillery guns, five SAM launchers, nine MLRS launchers, including three of HIMARS system and one MLRS system, six electronic warfare stations, as well as four units of engineering vehicles, including two counter-obstacle 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 Bryansk region. Attempted attack on our positions.
According to updated dataworkedat least two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups. One was fired upon from several positions. The second was preliminarily engaged in combat. The result is being clarified. The enemy had no success.
20:50 At 18:12, the crew of the Buk-M3 air defense missile system of the 5th Air Defense Brigade of the 6th Air Defense Force of the Sever group attempted to drop guided aerial bombs on the territory of the Kursk region and destroyed Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 aircraft.
20:22 Pokrovskoe direction. The village of Ptichye came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces –map.
19:11 Kherson direction.
Location of enemy personnel destroyed by a strike from a high-precision Kh-38 missile.
18:54 South Donetsk direction.
It is reported on the defeat of the NATO "Bradley" enemy IFV. According to preliminary information, the enemy IFV was destroyed by our 12.7mm machine gun and 30mm. 2A72 cannon from the BMP-3.
18:26 Russian troops released the settlement of Zhelannoye in the Pokrovsky direction.
17:48 Krasnoarmeysk – Zhuravka.
Active military operations in the Krasnoarmeysk area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces by an infantry unit in the settlement of Zhuravka. An assault group under fire from a Ukrainian drone in a residential area of the settlement. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces through the settlement in the direction of Krasnoarmeysk for about 800 meters.
17:03 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 21, 2024) –video.
16:56 Sumy region.
District settlement Konotop –reported about a new nighttime flight to the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Parking site of equipment). This night, our Aerospace Forces again struck one of the enterprises of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the equipment located nearby.
16:12 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Massive raid by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones on Bryansk and Moscow regions.
– Last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a massive drone attack on several regions of Russia at once. Air defense forces intercepted 45 enemy UAVs, with most of them shot down over the Bryansk and Moscow regions.
- A total of 23 drones of Ukrainian formations were intercepted in the skies over the Bryansk region. The first targets were detected in the airspace of the region at about 01.00., the air defense of the Russian Armed Forces continued until 07.00, since the UAVs were used in "waves". Nevertheless, casualties and destruction in the region were avoided.
- Another 11 drones were shot down in the airspace of the Moscow region, in the area of Podolsk to the south of Moscow. Similarly to the Bryansk region, UAVs moved wave after wave and were shot down as they approached the local air defense system. No damage or casualties were reported in the region either.
– In the Kaluga Region, not far from the border with the Bryansk Region, three drones were intercepted, in the Kursk Region, air defense forces shot down two UAVs, as well as two missiles. Another six drones were intercepted in the Belgorod Region.
– In the Novoshakhtinsk area of Rostov Oblast, air defense units, according to some information, shot down an ATACMS missile of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The ammunition fell on a vacant lot and caused a fire in dry grass; nearby buildings suffered damage to their windows due to the blast wave. There were no casualties.
To date, this is the first recorded case of the enemy using the ATACMS OTRK against objects in the internationally recognized territories of Russia. It is likely that this was only a test launch and the enemy will soon launch combined attacks using this type of missile.
15:42 The Lancet crew destroyed another M777 howitzer on the right bank of the Dnieper –video.
"Our crew has another American M777 howitzer, the 12th already. We use Lancets against the enemy without any particular difficulty. We also conduct aerial reconnaissance with copters and Zala drones, we find them and immediately begin to work on them," said the UAV crew commander with the call sign "Lynx".
15:01 From 12.20 to 13.00 Moscow time stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
14:44 Fighters of the Southern Group of Forces in the area of the settlement of Predtechino destroyed a Polish self-propelled howitzer "Krab" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a loitering munition "Lancet" -video.
14:07 Situation in the SVO zone –map:
– The situation in the Toretsk direction: Russian troops have advanced in the northern part of Kirovo. Meanwhile, Russian troops have begun fighting with the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Toretsk itself.
– The situation in the Pokrovsk direction: The Russian army has occupied the settlement of Kamyshevka and has begun an assault on Ptichye. Also, our troops have begun an offensive south of Zavetnoye. In addition, Russian troops have advanced along the railway and the M-30 highway, taking a number of positions on the southeastern outskirts of Novogrodovka. In addition, Russian troops have advanced slightly inside Grodovka along Michurin Street.
– The situation southwest of Donetsk: the Russian army has advanced west of Paraskoviivka, reaching the Shakhtar garden community north of Konstantinovka.
13:26 Around 11.20 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region by air defense systems on duty.
12:39 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces near Grodovka and Novogrodovka –map.
12:15 Su-34 with the help of FAB-500 destroyed the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment in the Kursk region –video.
11:49 Orekhov – Lugovskoye.
Positional military operations in the Orekhov direction. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Lugovskoye came under artillery fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Orekhov up to 1.5 km.
Clarification of the line of combat contact.
11:17 Kherson direction.
It is reported, that today the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation worked on the identified enemy positions on the right bank. The crew of the M-777 gun and the engineering vehicle were hit.
FAB-250 and FAB-500 with UMPK hit enemy fortified positions and deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:53 An army aviation crew on a Mi-35M helicopter carried out an air strike on a concentration of manpower and armored military equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of ??the Kursk region –video.
According to intelligence reports, enemy personnel and armored vehicles were destroyed.
10:21 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed 45 aircraft-type UAVs.
Eleven UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Moscow region, another 23 UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk region, six UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region, three over the Kaluga region and two over the Kursk region.
09:54 Arrival of the Lancet at the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhya direction – units of the 35th Army of the East Group of Forces are working –video.
09:21 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 21.08.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes. Positional battles continue.
- Donetsk Front. Active fighting continues in Konstantinovka. In Krasnogorovka - no significant changes, fighting for the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces position.
In Karlovka - no significant changes. Also, the Russian Armed Forces have secured the outskirts of Kamyshovka and are beginning to approach Ptichye. Active fighting continues in Novogrodovka and Grodovka.
- Khar'kov Front. No significant changes. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the Glubokoe area.
- Kursk region. There have been no major changes on the ground in the last 24 hours. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to expand their zone of presence, but all attempts have been unsuccessful. No breakthroughs have been observed in the border areas either.
08:44 Work of the special forces "Akhmat" on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Martynovka, Sudzhansky district, Kursk region -video.
08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for August 20, 2024
– Russian troops struck enemy military facilities in Glukhov, Sumy Oblast, where a substation was also hit. In addition, drones hit an oil depot in Ternopil.– At the same time, the liquidation of the consequences of the attack by Ukrainian drones on the Rosrezerv oil storage facility in Proletarsk, Rostov Region, continues. About six hundred Emergencies Ministry employees are working on the scene, the fire has been localized on the territory of the oil depot.
- In the North Ukrainian direction, Ukrainian formations are attacking in the direction of Russkaya Konopelka and Spalnoye. The configuration of the front in the area of Malaya Loknya has been clarified, and a column of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed in Korenevo.
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Novgorodskoye, attacking Nelepovka from two sides. In Kirovo, Russian troops advanced 800 meters to the northwestern outskirts of the settlement.
– In the Pokrovsk direction, fighting continues in Grodovka, as well as on the approaches to Novogrodovka to the south. The advanced assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the vicinity of the Mikhailovka station, trying to take control of the waste heap located behind it.
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[REGNUM] On the morning of August 20, Russian media published a photograph of American mercenaries in the Kursk region — members of the Forward Observations Group (FOG) private military company. “The boys in Kursk,” read the caption under the photo, which can be translated as “The boys in Kursk” (Kursk region). The photo, which appeared on Instagram on August 16, shows three mercenaries against the background of an HMMWV armored vehicle. The mercenaries' uniforms have blue identification stripes, and their faces are hidden. But one of them was quickly identified. According to RT, the person in the center of the photo is FOG founder Derrick Bales. He was recognized by his modified M4A1 rifle, as well as the distinctive skull tattoo on his right arm. Continued on Page 49
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[Regnum] During the session on August 21, the Verkhovna Rada deputies voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), while taking care of the protection of their war criminals, MP Irina Gerashchenko reported on the Telegram channel.
Kyiv ratified the Rome Statute, but took care of its war criminals
"The ratification was supported by 281 deputies. This is truly one of the European integration obligations," she wrote.
The Rada recognized the Rome Statute on the condition that the Kiev regime would not recognize the ICC jurisdiction for seven years after the law came into force if it affected war crimes committed by Ukrainian citizens. Gerashchenko explained this by the desire of the deputies to protect their servicemen from trial while military actions were ongoing.
"We believe that today the authorities should not take steps aimed at demotivating the military. Even fears that Ukrainian military personnel may be extradited at the request of the International Criminal Court demotivate our defenders," Gerashchenko said.
She also recalled that many Ukrainian military personnel, when discussing the ratification of the Rome Statute, called for this issue to be postponed.
Ukraine signed the Rome Statute in 2000. According to the association agreement with the EU, signed in 2014, Kyiv committed to ratifying the document recognizing the ICC.
As reported by Regnum News Agency, in March 2022, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov stated that Moscow does not recognize the ICC and its jurisdiction. The Russian Federation has not ratified the Rome Statute. The official representative of the Kremlin also noted that this court also conducts trials that are kept secret.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called the ICC decisions legally null and void for most states. He recalled that the US also threatened to impose sanctions on members of this court who decided to investigate the crimes of American soldiers in Afghanistan.
In Russia, criminal cases have been opened against ICC representatives. The prosecution targets prosecutor Karim Ahmad Khan, judges Tomoko Akane, Rosario Salvatore Aitala and Sergio Gerardo Ugalde Godinez.
On August 20, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukrainian soldiers who committed crimes in Donbass, Novorossiya and Kursk Oblast will definitely be punished. He also compared what the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants are doing to terrorism in the Caucasus.
On August 6, the Russian Investigative Committee reported that it was investigating crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces during attacks on the Kursk and Belgorod regions. Ukrainian militants also attacked an ambulance with medics and a civilian vehicle carrying children. Civilians were killed and injured in the attacks.
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[Regnum] The vicar of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavlo of Vyshgorod and Chernobyl, fell ill during a court hearing. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) reported this on August 21 in its Telegram channel.
It is noted that the hierarch was hospitalized. Doctors provided him with first aid and took him to the hospital.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, Metropolitan Pavlo had heart problems in August 2023. He was urgently hospitalized in one of the cardiology clinics in Kiev, where he underwent surgery.
In 2023, they began trying to evict the UOC monks from the monastery. Metropolitan Pavel was placed under house arrest. He was forced to leave the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra and was forbidden to come to the monastery for services.
The SBU brought charges against the metropolitan for inciting interreligious hatred. The priest himself called the criminal case against him an attempt to remove him from the leadership of the monastery.
On August 20, the Verkhovna Rada adopted the bill banning the UOC in its final reading. The law was supported by 265 deputies with 226 votes required, and will come into force 30 days after its publication. Advisor to the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill, Archpriest Nikolai Balashov, stated that this law tramples on internationally recognized norms in the area of protecting religious freedom and provides the opportunity for the Kiev regime to widely deploy anti-church persecutions.
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