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[Regnum] A new defendant has appeared in the criminal case of mother of many children Yulia Loginova and her accomplice Natalia Patoka on the trafficking of newborn children — a resident of the Moscow region Victoria Ponomareva. This was reported on August 25 by law enforcement agencies.
It is noted that the suspect has already confessed, TASS reported. Her involvement in the crime has also been confirmed by information from the civil registry office and the findings of molecular genetic forensic examinations.
The court chose a preventive measure in relation to the woman in the form of a ban on certain actions. She is prohibited from leaving Moscow and the Moscow region, communicating with other defendants and witnesses, sending and receiving correspondence, and conducting negotiations using communication devices and the Internet.
“Ponomareva Viktoria has been charged with trafficking in minors as part of an organized group (Part 3 of Article 127.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation),” a source in law enforcement agencies clarified.
In total, there are 13 defendants in the case.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the investigation into the main defendant in the case began in October 2023. Loginova came to the attention of law enforcement officers when doctors found a drug contraindicated for his illness in the blood of one of her children. When they found out where the woman had so many children, she said that she gave birth to two herself, three were born to her by a surrogate mother, and the rest were adopted.
DNA testing did not confirm Loginova's relationship with any of the children. According to investigators, Loginova submitted false information about the birth of her children to specialized agencies in 2018–2019, since she could not have given birth to them during this period for medical reasons. Investigators suspect that the woman may have bought the children. In total, the accused is supporting 15 minors.
On October 18, the Preobrazhensky Court of Moscow decided to remand Loginova in custody. The case also involves Natalya Patoka, who is suspected of assisting Loginova, and Farizade Usmanova, who gave her her young daughter and son for adoption using false documents.
Investigative bodies are conducting DNA tests to identify new defendants in a criminal case on the trafficking of newborn children in Moscow. Investigators have managed to identify another suspect. The woman was charged under the article on human trafficking for a transaction made in 2020.
According to the case materials, ten criminal cases on the trade of newborn children in Moscow have been combined into one proceeding. The investigation period for this case has been extended until October 16.
On August 10, it became known that Loginova fully admitted her guilt in the child trafficking case.
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[NY Post] The sound of explosions rang out in central Kyiv on Monday morning during rush hour as Ukraine’s military warned of a massive Russian missile and drone attack following waves of drone attacks in the early hours.
The air force told Ukrainians Russia had 11 TU-95 strategic bombers in the air and confirmed the launch of a number of missiles.
Outside the Ukrainian capital, Reuters reporters heard the sound of air defenses engaging targets.
Local authorities reported explosions in the northwestern city of Lutsk and said that an apartment block had been damaged and that they were verifying possible casualties.
The Operational Command of the Polish armed forces said on X that Polish and allied aircraft had been activated after Russia launched the attack which also targeted regions in Ukraine’s west and near the Polish border.
Ukrainians have been expecting a major Russian missile attack for some time.
The US embassy issued a warning last week of an elevated risk of attack around Ukrainian Independence Day, which Ukraine marked on Saturday.
Ukraine has itself stepped up its long-range drone attacks on Russia to try hit back at Moscow, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
"The desire to destroy our energy will cost the Russians dearly: their infrastructure," Andriy Yermak, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff, said on Telegram, apparently vowing retaliation.
Russia launched two waves of drone attacks earlier on Monday, Ukraine’s military said, with initial information showing no damage or casualties.
Up to 10 drones were destroyed on their approach to the city in the region around Kyiv at about 0230 GMT, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.
There was no immediate comment from Russia.
Both Russia and Ukraine deny targeting civilians.
Each says its attacks are aimed at destroying infrastructure key to the other’s war effort.
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This was a massive attack striking entire Ukrainian country. During the day. Full view. No defense to speak of. No let up. Russian tempo will only continue and increase.
[NY Post] A British safety adviser working with a team of journalists was killed after a Russian missile struck a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, Reuters news agency confirmed.
Ryan Evans, 38, was staying at the Hotel Sapphire with colleagues in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region when it was hit by a Russian missile Saturday night.
Two other members of the six-person Reuters crew were hospitalized with injuries.
Local officials said the hotel was struck by an Iskander-M Russian ballistic missile, leaving the reporters with blast injuries, concussions and cuts on the body.
Associated Press reporters at the scene described the hotel as "rubble," with excavators being used to clear debris hours after the attack.
Besides the hotel, a nearby multistory building was also destroyed, said Donetsk regional Gov. Vadym Filashkin.
Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region also came under Russian fire, resulting in multiple civilian injuries, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov wrote on the Telegram messaging app Sunday.
In Kharkiv’s Chuhuiv region, five people were injured, including a 4-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, after two houses were hit by a Russian strike.
In Kharkiv city, eight people were wounded when a two-story house was set on fire by a Russian attack.
In Russia, five people died in Ukrainian shelling in of the border region of Belgorod, officials said Sunday.
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When I served during Intifada I, I often fantasized about killing western journalists.
A precise missile strike in Kramatorsk destroyed a hotel where Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and mercenaries were staying
The Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike on a hotel in Kramatorsk (northern DPR), where Ukrainian Armed Forces militants and mercenaries were accommodated.
The enemy publishes footage of the aftermath of the strike.
The region's occupation authorities claim that foreign journalists were living there, two of whom were wounded.
When I was in we had a saying that if you saw a soldier with an RPG pointed at you and a cameraman with a camera pointed at you, shoot the cameraman as their weapon does more damage.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:12 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced in the Kursk region from one to three kilometers and taken control of two more settlements, Zelensky said following a conversation with Syrsky. "Active actions continue in relation to another settlement. There is a replenishment of the exchange fund... We also discussed our Donbas separately - our defensive actions. The most attention is on Novogrodovka, Vodyanoye. The most assaults," the president noted in an evening video address.
20:45 The Foreign Ministry stated that Belarus, under the guise of exercises, is concentrating a significant number of personnel and military equipment in the Gomel region near the northern borders of Ukraine. The presence of mercenaries from the former Wagner PMC has also been recorded. "Conducting exercises in the border zone and in close proximity to a nuclear power facility, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, creates threats to the national security of Ukraine and global security in general. We call on officials of the Republic of Belarus not to make tragic mistakes for their own country under pressure from Moscow, and its armed forces to stop unfriendly actions and withdraw troops from the state border of Ukraine," the statement said.
The agency also emphasizes that Ukraine "has never taken and is not going to take any unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people," and in the event of a violation of the state border, "it will take all necessary measures in order to implement the right to self-defense guaranteed by the UN Charter." At the same time, all troop concentrations, military facilities and supply routes to the territory of Belarus will be legitimate targets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
20:34 As a result of the Russian strike on Kramatorsk, one person was killed and six were injured, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin. The deceased was a British journalist born in 1984, among the injured were four journalists and two local residents. A hotel was destroyed, 17 private houses and six multi-story buildings, three enterprises, an administrative building and a cafe were damaged.
18:59 The number of people injured in the Russian strike on a hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, has risen to six, and rescuers have found a body of a deceased person under the rubble, the head of the city's military administration, Oleksandr Goncharenko, reported. All the victims are Reuters journalists, citizens of Ukraine, the United States, Latvia, Germany and Great Britain.
18:13 Pope Francis is concerned about the decision to ban the Russian church in Ukraine: "Let no Christian church be abolished, directly or indirectly: churches should not be touched." The Pontiff called for allowing people to pray "in the church they consider their own."
17:45 Zelensky said in an interview with Indian media that he is in favor of holding the second Peace Summit in one of the countries of the Global South, possibly in India: "I really believe that the second Peace Summit should be in one of the countries, preferably in the Global South. And we are very open. There are countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, like Turkey... But I want to be frank. This applies not only to India, but to any state that would be positive about hosting the summit - we will not be able to hold the Peace Summit in a country that has not yet joined the summit's communiqué. No one is pressuring anyone, but this is logical."
14:12 Zelensky said in an interview with Indian media that the Kursk operation is part of a "large military-political, military-diplomatic operation. Everything we do is only to force Russia to be ready for a just peace."
10:19 The Russian army struck a residential building in the Dniprovsky district of Kherson, one person was killed, reported the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin. Over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, two people were killed, nine more were injured, including one child.
10:08 The Prosecutor General's Office clarified that Russian troops struck Kramatorsk on the evening of August 24, probably with an Iskander-M ballistic missile. Two foreign media journalists were injured on the territory of the destroyed hotel, and another colleague is probably under the rubble.
09:37 At night, Russians attacked Chuguev in the Kharkiv region - five people were injured, including two children aged four and 14, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. Also at night, Russian troops attacked the Slobodsky district of Kharkiv - eight people were injured.
In the city of Balakleya, one person was injured as a result of the evening shelling. Another four people were injured as a result of yesterday's shelling of the village of Novoosinovo in the Kupyansk district and one in Kupyansk. Also in Balakleya, while extinguishing a fire, a rescue vehicle was blown up, two of them were injured.
09:26 Zelensky showed the Ukrainian drone missile Palyanitsa for the first time. According to the president, the missile's development lasted a year and a half, it is cheaper than its analogues. There are about 20 Russian airfields within the Palyanitsa's operational range. The Ukrainian missile is launched from a ground-based launcher.
09:11 Russians shelled Sumy the day before - one person was killed, six were wounded, OVA reported. Ten people were wounded in the Verkhnesyrovatskaya community, including three children.
08:35 At night, Russians attacked a hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast - currently, two people are known to be injured, and another person is under the rubble. All three victims are journalists, citizens of Ukraine, the United States, and Great Britain, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin. In addition to the hotel, a nearby high-rise building was also damaged. On August 24, seven people were killed in Russian shelling in the region: five in Konstantinovka, one each in Toretsk and Kotlino. Another 15 people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours.
08:23 At night, Russia launched a missile strike on the frontline regions of Ukraine with various types, the Air Force reported. The Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk regions were attacked. The enemy used ground-based missiles: the Iskander-K cruise missile, the Iskander-M ballistic missile and six Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles. As a result of the counteraction, most of the missiles did not reach their targets. In addition, the Russians attacked with nine Shahed-type attack drones, eight of which were shot down in the Nikolaev region.
08:14 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 25:
personnel - about 607,680 (+1,190) people,
tanks - 8547 (+5),
combat armored vehicles - 16,631 (+11),
artillery systems - 17,396 (+47),
MLRS - 1171 (+2),
air defense systems - 936 (+1),
aircraft - 367 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 14,095 (+31),
cruise missiles - 2444 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 23,475 (+92),
special equipment - 2928 (+17).
02:20 Ukraine is seeking permission from the West to use long-range Storm Shadow missiles for a "demonstration attack" on Russia, The Guardian reports, citing sources. This, according to Kiev, could force Moscow to negotiate a cessation of hostilities. According to one of the publication's sources, the idea is that Russia will only consider negotiations when it believes that Ukraine is capable of "threatening Moscow and St Petersburg." However, this strategy is associated with high risks and does not yet enjoy the support of the United States.
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[Korrespondent] 22:12 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced in the Kursk region from one to three kilometers and taken control of two more settlements, Zelensky said following a conversation with Syrsky. "Active actions are continuing in relation to another settlement. There is a replenishment of the exchange fund," the president noted in an evening video address.
21:50 The US and UK provided Ukraine with satellite images and reconnaissance of the Kursk region after the Ukrainian Armed Forces began their offensive, The New York Times reports, citing US officials. The information helped Ukrainian troops track the movement of Russian reinforcements that could attack the Ukrainian Armed Forces or cut off their possible retreat routes to Ukraine.
Some sources reported that with the strengthening of the Defense Forces' control over the western part of the Russian Federation, the risk of overloading the logistics chains and air defense systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces increases. The transfer of additional forces to the Kursk region could threaten to weaken Kyiv's position along the front lines in eastern Ukraine.
At the same time, Washington is not sure that Ukraine will hold the captured territories in the long term. At the same time, a Pentagon representative in a commentary to the NYT noted that Kyiv may be planning to strengthen its positions on Russian territory in order to expand the buffer zone. Officials also emphasized that the Ukrainian Armed Forces offensive was indeed carefully planned, but the success exceeded expectations. "Ukraine took advantage of Moscow's slow reaction and is now acting more flexibly," the sources note.
14:12 Zelensky said in an interview with Indian media that the Kursk operation is part of a "large military-political, military-diplomatic operation. Everything we do is only to force Russia to be ready for a just peace."
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[EngMilRu] The units of the Sever Group of Forces in Volchansk and Liptsy directions have engaged the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 36th Marine Brigade, the 13th National Guard Brigade, and the 117th Territorial Defence Brigade in Velikaya Pisarevka (Sumy region), Prudyanka, Liptsy, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).
The AFU losses were up to 130 Ukrainian troops, one armoured personnel carrier, one armoured fighting vehicle, and four 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, 44th, 45th mechanised, 3rd assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 112th Territorial Defence Brigade near Berestovoye, Kolesnikovka, Novoosinovo, Petropavlovka (Kharkov region), Novovodyanoye (Lugansk People's Republic), and Serebryanka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Five counter-attacks of the AFU 66th Mechanised Brigade, 1st and 4th national guard brigades, and the 12th AFU Azov Special Operations Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 510 Ukrainian troops, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and nine motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 and M198 howitzers, one Polish-made 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, three 122-mm D-30 howitzers, one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun, and three Anklav-N and Kvertus electronic warfare stations have been eliminated. Four AFU ammunition depots have been destroyed.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of 24th, 28th, 30th, 32nd, 54th mechanised, 56th motorised infantry, 46th airmobile, 79th air assault brigades of the AFU, the 37th Marine Brigade close to Pereyezdnoye, Zaliznyanskoye, Grigorovka, Raigorodok, Chasov Yar, Kurdyumovka, Pleshcheyevka, Kurakhovo, Katerinovka, and Konstantinovka (Donetsk People's Republic). One counter-attack launched by units of the AFU 59th Mechanised Infantry Brigade has been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 630 Ukrainian troops, one U.S.-made Abrams tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, and 17 motor vehicles.
In the course of counter-battery warfare, Russian troops have hit one U.S.-made 155-mm M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery system, two U.S.-made 155-mm M777 and M198 howitzers, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, four 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105-mm M119 gun. Three AFU ammunition depots have been destroyed.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces' continue to advance into the depths of enemy defences and inflicted losses on 32nd, 110th mechanised, 25th airborne, 71st jaeger brigades of the AFU, 109th, 111th, 129th territorial defence, and 15th national guard brigades close to Selidovo, Galitsynovka, Vozdvizhenka, Tarasovka, Grodovka, Rozovka, Toretsk, Memrik, and Dimitrovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven counter-attacks by AFU 100th, 150th, 151st mechanised, 68th jaeger brigades, the 49th Assault Battalion, and the 14th National Guard Brigade have been repelled.
The AFU losses were more than 500 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, nine motor vehicles, one 152-mm Giatsint-B gun, one 152-mm D-20 gun, and one 122-mm D-30 howitzer.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of the AFU 58th Mechanised Infantry Brigade, the 105th Brigade, and the 48th Assault Battalion of the Territorial Defence near Ugledar, Vodyanoye, Shakhtyorsk, Prechistovka, Zolotaya Niva (Donetsk People's Republic), and Novodarovka (Zaporozhye region).
Two counter-attacks by the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade have been repelled.
During the day, the enemy losses were up to 130 Ukrainian troops, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured fighting vehicle, five motor vehicles, one French-made 155-mm Caesar self-propelled artillery system, and two Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged the units of 65th mechanised, 141st infantry brigades of the AFU, the 35th Marine Brigade, and the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region), Kherson, Tokarevka, and Dneprovskoye (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were up to 60 Ukrainian troops, five motor vehicles, two 152-mm D-20 howitzers, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged one temporary deployment area of foreign mercenaries as well as clusters of enemy manpower and military hardware in 147 areas.
Air defence facilities have shot down six U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles and 41 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 640 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 30,475 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,566 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,425 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,621 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 25,200 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
With the support of Army Aviation and artillery, the units of the Sever Group of Forces have repelled attacks launched by enemy assault detachments in the direction of Komarovka, Malaya Loknya, Nechayev, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye.
Russian troops have thwarted enemy attempts to attack in the direction of Vishnyovka, Borki, Pogrebki, and Spalnoye. As a result, the AFU losses were up to 40 people killed and wounded, one tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, and two motor vehicles.
Russian servicemen continue to conduct reconnaissance and search operations to identify and destroy enemy sabotage groups in forestry areas attempting to move deep into Russian territory.
Aviation, artillery, and troops have defeated manpower and hardware concentration areas of 22nd and 61st mechanised, 80th and 82nd air assault brigades of the AFU as well as the 1st National Guard Brigade and the 1004th Security and Service Brigade close to Vishnyovka, Gordeyevka, Ivashkovsky, Krasnooktyabrsky, Kruglenkoye, Lyubimovka, Mikhailovka, Novaya Sorochina, Plekhovo, Rubanshchina, and Snagost.
Operational-Tactical Aviation have carried out strikes in Sumy region against enemy manpower and military hardware concentration areas of reserves of the 22nd, 41st, 54th, 61st, 115th mechanised, 80th, 82nd air assault, and 92nd assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the 1st Brigade of the National Guard. Russian troops have also hit 101st and 103rd territorial defence brigades near Belopolye, Belovody, Vorozhba, Druzhba, Katerinovka, Obody, Pervomayskoye, Pershetravnevoye, Peremoga, Svessa, Sumy, Ugroyedy, Yunakovka, and Yastrebinoye.
The enemy losses were over 300 troops and 14 armoured vehicles, including one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, 11 armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, one artillery gun, one engineering vehicle, two electronic warfare stations as well as ST-68 air target acquisition radar.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses were over 5,800 troops, 72 tanks, 31 infantry fighting vehicles, 58 armoured personnel carriers, 383 armoured fighting vehicles, 177 motor vehicles, 37 artillery guns, 5 air defence missile systems, 11 multiple-launch rocket system launchers, including three HIMARS MLRS and one another MLRS, 9 electronic warfare stations, one counter-battery warfare radar, one air defence radar, five engineering vehicles, including two counterobstacle vehicles, and one UR-77 mine clearing vehicle.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/25/2024 to 00:00 08/26/2024
A total of 13 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of a civilian being injured.
DAMAGED:
Two civil infrastructure facilities.
Five artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
Eight artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 39 units of various ammunition were fired.
23:30 Sumy borderland –works Russian aviation, enemy reserves are being destroyed.
22:51 Russian military "captured" enemy armored personnel carrier International MaxxPro –photo
21:35 FPV drone operators of the "East" group of forces hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and equipment in the South Donetsk direction –video.
"My task is to defeat the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower, as well as their equipment - tanks, artillery and other weapons. I have destroyed such targets as the Ukrainian Armed Forces' infantry, strongholds, command posts," the senior FPV drone operator with the call sign "Beha" said about his combat work.
21:31 A Ukrainian tank burns out in Dzerzhinsk after being hit –video.
20:55 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Novogrodovka –map.
20:25 Dzerzhinsk – Microdistrict No. 1.
Positional military operations in the Gorlovka area. Advance of assault units of the Russian Armed Forces to the south of Microdistrict No. 1 about 500 meters. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the railway line to the correctional facility came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Expansion of the control zone of the Russian Armed Forces to the west of the Severnaya mine waste heap.
19:49 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Pokrovsk direction: offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of Novogrodovka and Kalinovo.
– The units of the Russian Armed Forces are developing their success on the southern face of the Pokrovsk direction. Russian troops are pushing through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces both in Novogrodovka itself and from the flanks, trying to take the city in a semi-ring. The Ukrainian formations, deprived of their usual advantage in the form of well-fortified defensive lines, are gradually rolling back on several sections of the front at once.
– The advanced units of the Russian Armed Forces have advanced along the Krutoy Yar – Krasny Yar line, having secured a foothold on the southeastern outskirts of the latter. Russian troops are actively using artillery and UAVs to suppress the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ firing points, which allows attack aircraft to clear enemy positions without significant problems.
– Some sources are already reporting that the Russian Armed Forces have control over both settlements, but it has not yet been possible to confirm this information with objective control personnel.
– The liberation of Krutoy and Krasny Yar will allow the Russian Armed Forces to begin the assault on the Ukrainian Armed Forces positions on the Novogrodovskaya mine waste heap No. 3. This height serves as the “key” for forming the northern face of the Novogrodovka semi-envelopment and the enemy units located in the city.
– In Novogrodovka itself, Russian assault aircraft are rapidly overcoming the enemy’s defensive lines. We can confidently speak about the Russian Armed Forces’ control over Michurin and Turgenev streets, as well as the beginning of battles for Molodezhnaya street. According to some reports, the advanced Russian assault groups have already reached the central part of the city and started fighting there.
– Information is being spread online about Russian troops occupying enemy positions in the area of the crossing on the western outskirts of the city and isolated firefights to the north, in the area of the substation on Nekrasov Street. It is likely that we are talking about Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups disrupting supplies and attacking key defense nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and not about line units capable of gaining a foothold in the area.
– Despite the spreading panic in the enemy’s information space, it is premature to talk about the Russian Armed Forces’ control over the city. Most reports of Russian units entering certain areas of the settlement come from disoriented local residents who do not have adequate information about the situation in the city.
- To the south, Russian troops are fighting on the approaches to the Kotlyarevskaya mine, the capture of which will simplify the offensive in this section of the front. The advanced assault detachments have advanced close to the Mikhailovka railway station and physically cut off the M-30 highway, along which the enemy units on the northern flank of the Donetsk direction were supplied.
– On the Karlovka-Memrik line, Russian troops significantly expanded their zone of control, developing an offensive from Ptichye towards Kalinovo, and also significantly advanced south along the Karlovskoye Reservoir after taking Skuchnoye.
– According to some information, Russian troops are actively attacking from the flanks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defensive lines in the Kalinovo area, trying to bypass and isolate the enemy’s strongholds. The enemy, in turn, is attempting to prevent the Russian Armed Forces from breaking through to the M-30 highway and advancing on Galitsynovka.
19:23 Army aviation attacks Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kursk region –video.
An army aviation crew on a Ka-52 helicopter carried out an air strike on the manpower and armored military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of ??the Kursk region.
18:58 Krivoy Rog. Explosion.
It is reported, that the explosion in Krivoy Rog was the result of our tactical aviation. Our Su-34 worked. The X-59 cruise missile accurately hit the target.
18:12 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Kursk direction: fighting in the Ol'govka area and attacks on Ukrainian armored vehicles.
– In the Kursk region, Russian troops continue to contain the enemy’s onslaught, inflicting significant losses on Ukrainian formations along the entire length of the contact line.
– In the Korenevsky district, the Russian Armed Forces have regained control over Ol'govka, which was fought over several days ago. Apparently, after losing a large number of armored vehicles and manpower in the village and district, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were forced to retreat.
– Two BMP-1s were hit by FPV drones on the approaches to Korenevo and Zeleny Shlyakh. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are not giving up their attempts to enter Korenevo itself, but all their attacks are successfully repelled.
- In the Sudzhansky district, fighting continues in the area of ??Malaya Loknya. All attempts by the enemy to enter and consolidate the village have been thwarted; it is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Counter-clashes continue in the area of Martynovka and Russkoye Porechny.
– An increase in the intensity of artillery artillery attack on Russian positions has been observed in this area, which is associated with the transfer of additional weapons by Ukrainian formations from other parts of the front.
– Russian troops continue systematic work to destroy air defense systems and radar stations in the Sumy region. UAV operators hit an ST-68 radar of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a Lancet kamikaze drone near Shevchenkove in the Sumy region. In the morning, a Buk-M1 air defense missile system was hit in Gritsenkove.
17:50 Fighters of the Storm detachment of the 68th Army Corps of the Vostok group advanced in the Konstantinovka area –map.
17:01 RF Armed Forces by midday control more than half of Novogrodovka, advancing to the western and northwestern outskirts of the city. The enemy is currently unable to stop this offensive.
The enemy also claims that the Russian Armed Forces in the Marinovka area have taken the Krasnoarmeysk-Karlovka highway under fire control, which will worsen the situation of the Karlovka group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Kalinovo has not yet been liberated, and fighting for the settlement continues.
16:38 "Rooks" hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower and equipment in the border area –video. Rook is a Russian designation for the Russian Su-25 ground interdiction fighter.
Attack aircraft crews on Su-25 aircraft carried out an air strike on a concentration of manpower, armored and automobile military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk Region. The strike was carried out with air missiles on reconnoitered targets.
After using airborne weapons, the crews performed an anti-missile maneuver, released heat traps, and returned to the departure airfield. According to intelligence reports, all indicated targets were destroyed.
Active military operations on the southern flank of Artemovsk. An assault infantry unit of the Russian Armed Forces occupies new positions in a stronghold on the western bank of the Seversky Donetsk-Donbass Canal. Russian forces crossed the canal south of Ozaryanovka in the Peschanaya gully area under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
15:55 Special military operation. Situation as of August 25 –map.
15:10 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces to Kalinovo –map.
14:44 Novomikhaylovka – Konstantinovka.
Active military operations in the Novomikhaylovka area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces by an infantry unit near Konstantinovka. An assault group of the Russian Armed Forces clears a Ukrainian Armed Forces position at a strong point in a forest belt on the southern approaches to the village. Expansion of the Russian Armed Forces control zone by about 1 km in the western direction.
13:48 Footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS by artillerymen of the Sever group of forces in the Kursk border area –video.
During reconnaissance activities, servicemen detected the movement of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the border area of the Kursk region. After analyzing the received intelligence, a decision was made to destroy the enemy's combat vehicle. As a result of a precise strike by the artillery of the "North" group of forces, the combat vehicle of the MLRS "Grad" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed.
13:29 DPR (region of Konstantinovka settlement).
It is reported about the work of our tactical aviation on the identified enemy positions. In addition, bombers of the 11th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense struck an enemy ammunition depot in the Konstantinovka area.
12:45 Russian Army knocked out Nazis in the Krasnoarmeysk direction northwest of the village of Kalinovo and is conducting a cleanup operation on a bridgehead of eight square kilometers, the 105th Motgorized Rifle Regiment of the DPR People's Militia reports.
11:38 Around 10.30 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region by air defense systems on duty.
11:05 Another MLRS was destroyed in Sumy Oblast –video.
10:44 Destroyed Ukrainian 122mm self-propelled gun 2S1 "Gvozdika" in the Khar'kov region -video.
10:10 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 25.08.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes in LBS. Positional battles continue. However, at the same time, reports continue to arrive about the concentration of Ukrainian forces and assets in this section of the front.
- Donetsk Front. Fighting continues in Konstantinovka, Russian troops continue to put pressure on the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In Krasnogorovka, the Russian Armed Forces also continue to drive the Ukrainian garrison out of the settlement, and the clearing of occupied positions continues.
In Karlovka, Russian troops, with artillery support, are conducting assault operations, there is progress.
In Novogrodovka, at least half of the settlement is under the control of the Russian Armed Forces. Fighting is underway on the approaches to Kalinovo.
In Dzerzhinsk, assault operations by Russian troops continue. There is progress.
- Chasovoyarskoe direction. As a result of successful assault actions, the Russian Armed Forces were able to advance in the eastern part of the city.
- Khar'kov Front. No significant changes. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the Glubokoe area.
- Kursk region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not abandon their attempts to break through deep into the Kursk region, but each of their attacks is unsuccessful. In some areas, the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot consolidate their positions and, under pressure from the Russian Armed Forces, retreat.
However, low coordination and lack of communication between Russian units remain a serious problem. It is also impossible to say that the offensive potential of the Ukrainian Armed Forces is exhausted at the moment. The Ukrainians are actively feeding their group with fresh reserves.
09:51 Ka-52 helicopters are again operating against identified concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Kursk region —video.
09:22 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Naval infantry of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade broke through to Malaya Loknya.
That night, the Black Sea naval infantry managed to break through to Malaya Loknya, where our soldiers repelled the attacks of superior enemy forces for a long time.
08:54 FPV drone operators of the "East" group of forcesare striking manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the South Donetsk direction
"My task is to defeat the Ukrainian Armed Forces' manpower, as well as their equipment - tanks, artillery and other weapons. I have destroyed such targets as the Ukrainian Armed Forces' infantry, strongholds, command posts," the senior FPV drone operator with the call sign "Beha" said about his combat work.
08:00 They don’t let the enemy raise their heads:
On frames– combat work of the 130mm M-46 gun crews of the North troop group in the border area of ??the Kursk region.
130mm M-46 gun crews set up firing positions in the border areas of the Kursk region to destroy mobile armored groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Reconnaissance UAV operators uncovered a temporary deployment point of one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units, after which the gun crews launched an artillery strike on the militants.
The senior gunner of the crew told how he decided to sign the contract:
"I finished my military service two years ago as a 2S19 gunner. I watched the news, what was going on, and decided to sign a contract. I wanted to help the guys. I came to the regiment where I did my military service, to my guys, and now I continue to work."
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