[Breitbart] The Nicaraguan newspaper Confidencial reported on Sunday that Russia established a spy center in one of Nicaragua’s military bases under the auspices of the country’s communist regime.
Confidencial, citing unnamed sources in the Nicaraguan military, warned in its report that the communist regime uses the spy base’s systems to monitor embassies and detect possible “traitors” of dictator Daniel Ortega.
The Russian spy base is reportedly housed in an Army base located in Mount Mokorón, south of the capital city of Managua. The base, known as “Unit 502,” is part of the Nicaraguan Army’s Directorate of Military Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DICIM). According to Confidencial, DICIM processes information received by the Army’s radio direction-finding systems that “geographically locates telephone, television, or radio signals generated in the radioelectric spectrum, as part of the national defense strategy.”
The newspaper claimed that Russia turned the base into one of its main spy centers over several years and that Russian personnel are the only ones who control and manipulate both the equipment and the information obtained, while Nicaraguan officials provide “security” at the base.
The sources explained that the Russian soldiers in the spy base are accompanied by a Nicaraguan lieutenant colonel who serves as a translator to “guide and train” Nicaraguan soldiers.
“The installation and start-up of the Russian spy equipment was supervised by Brigadier General Leonel Gutiérrez López, head of the DICIM,” Confidencial stated, citing the unnamed sources.
One of the sources further explained to Confidencial that Russia installed antennas and other espionage equipment in several Nicaraguan military bases in mid-2017 — the same year that the Ortega regime inaugurated a Russia-Nicaragua Anti-Narcotics Training Center in Managua.
In September 2023, during the 44th anniversary of the Nicaraguan Police, Ortega admitted that the anti-narcotics training center built by Russia helped implement his regime crackdown on dissidents during the 2018 wave of anti-communist protests, when thousands took to the streets to demand an end of the Ortega regime’s decades-long authoritarian rule of Nicaragua. The Ortega regime’s repressive response to the protests left over 300 dead.
Four Russian officers who were the only ones who understood the spy equipment, the source further pointed out, directed the antenna installation process. Nicaraguan officers and soldiers carried out the construction works.
The alleged Russian-run spy center in Mokorón received one such “giant” satellite dish at the end of 2017 alongside other Russian-made equipment installed on one of the base’s surrounding buildings. According to Confidencial, the base now features five antennas.
The base’s original “giant” antenna, one of the sources explained, is “similar” to one installed in the ground station of the Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass), a base located at the slopes of the Nejapa Lagoon in the outskirts of Managua. The base is believed to also serve as a Russian intelligence center in Nicaragua.
“Everyone talks about the base in Nejapa, but the real Russian espionage center is in Mokorón. Few know of the existence of that satellite dish,” one of the sources told Confidencial.
The newspaper listed eight other locations across the country where the Nicaraguan Army has antennas and other radio listening systems in addition to the Russian spy center in Mount Mokorón, which acts as a coordination center.
The sources warned that Russia provided the listening stations with the SORM-3 software that allows the facilities to spy and listen to the communications of their “targets,” as well as those of the Ortega regime’s “internal enemies.”
Russia has noticeably increased its support to Nicaragua in the past few years, particularly for for the espionage and repression of dissidents following the 2018 wave of anti-communist protests. In March, Ortega authorized the establishment of a Russian-made “Instruction Center” for the “retraining and professional improvement” of the Nicaraguan police that experts have denounced as a possible “cover-up” for another prospective Russian spy agency in the country.
The announcement of the new alleged instruction center occurred weeks after Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolái Pátrushev’s visited Managua in February to sign several agreements with dictator Ortega, including a “cooperation protocol” agreement between Nicaragua’s police and Russia’s Interior Ministry to have Russia “retrain” Nicaraguan police officers to bolster the Ortega regime’s repressive capabilities.
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[Korrespondent] 21:57 Tomorrow, power outage schedules are possible, DTEK warned. According to preliminary information, in Kiev, Kiev, Odessa, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk regions, the schedules will operate as follows:
00:00 - 06:00 three stages of shutdowns;
06:00 - 11:00 four queues;
11:00 - 15:00 three queues;
15:00 - 21:00 four queues;
21:00 - 00:00 three queues.
21:49 As a result of today's attack in Ukraine, seven people were killed and 47 were injured, including four children, the State Emergency Service reported.
21:38 Today's attack on Ukraine cost Russia almost $1.3 billion , Forbes calculated.
20:41 The physical presence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, active actions to destroy the Russian threat on its territory - this is, among other things, a way to compensate for the deficit in range, Zelensky said in an evening video address. According to him, in the Kursk region "we continue our actions in certain areas exactly as Ukraine needs. Over the past 24 hours, we have more control, there is another replenishment of the exchange fund."
The president also reported that today at the meeting of the Headquarters, Syrsky reported on the situation at the front: "About the Pokrovsky direction - the most difficult, the most Russian assaults, also the Vremevsky direction, Toretsky, Kurakhovsky. There is a decision to strengthen our positions." In addition, according to the president, he discussed with the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine the repulse of today's missile attack by the Russian Federation and the preparation of Russia's response, as well as the use of F-16s.
In addition, Zelensky said that he held a meeting today with the heads of law enforcement and anti-corruption agencies: "The main focus is on counteracting collaborators, investigating criminal proceedings against those who justify Russia's aggression, serve this war against Ukraine, illegal border crossing and the anti-corruption program. In two weeks, we must develop and present a clear plan for resolving problematic issues."
19:36 All of Vinnytsia was left without water: due to emergency power outages, all of the city's water stations, including the Central one, stopped working, Vinnytsiaoblvodokanal reported.
19:25 In Kyiv, due to problems with electricity, the water supply system of the right bank will operate at reduced pressure, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. Also, due to the lack of voltage, the capital's electric transport is delayed, trolleybuses and trams with the largest passenger flows are duplicated by buses. In addition, temporary failures in the operation of traffic lights are possible.
19:19 Zelensky reported that he held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters. According to him, "in detail, for each region, they analyzed the effectiveness of air defense and electronic warfare systems, mobile fire groups, as well as engineering protection" of energy facilities, "and made appropriate decisions." According to the president, the aftermath of the attacks is ongoing at the facilities themselves; in some places, the Russian Federation attacked with cluster munitions, so sappers must work before repairs.
"We also do not forget about the front. There was a report from Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky regarding the operational situation, including the defense of Pokrovsk. We made a decision to further strengthen the direction," Zelensky added.
18:56 The Air Force reported the most massive air attack: Air defense shot down 102 missiles and 99 attack UAVs. A total of 236 enemy air attack weapons were detected - 127 missiles and 109 attack drones:
three Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
six Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles;
77 X-101 cruise missiles;
28 Kalibr cruise missiles;
three X-22 cruise missiles;
ten Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles;
109 Shahed-131/136 type attack UAVs.
Air defense forces shot down one Kinzhal; one Iskander-M/KN-23; one Kh-22 missile; 99 Kh-101, Kalibr cruise missiles, Kh-59/69 guided air missiles; 99 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs. In addition, several UAVs were lost on Ukrainian territory, and two more crossed the state border with Belarus.
17:33 Zelensky signed a decree according to which Heroes of Ukraine who were awarded the Gold Star Order will receive housing from the state.
16:40 Donetsk regional authorities have decided to expand the zone of forced evacuation of families with children. This concerns 21 settlements of the Konstantinovka community and six settlements of the Selydovka community, said Vadim Filashkin, head of the OVA.
16:24 As a result of today's massive Russian attack, at least five people were killed and 30 were injured. 57 objects in more than 50 settlements were damaged, said the press officer of the State Emergency Service, Oleksandr Khorunzhiy.
16:08 There is no significant damage to the Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Station dam in Vyshgorod as a result of today's attack, and the passage is planned to be opened in the near future, said the head of the Kyiv Regional Police Department, Ruslan Kravchenko.
15:59 The number of victims in today's attack in Poltava Oblast has risen to six, the prosecutor's office reported.
15:27 In the Goloseevsky district of Kiev, fragments of an enemy UAV fell on the road - a fire broke out, which completely destroyed a passenger car, and its driver was injured, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
15:22 In the Zhytomyr region, the number of victims as a result of today's Russian attack has increased to three, one person died, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
15:18 The number of victims as a result of the shelling of Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region has increased to seven, including a 14-year-old child. One person died, the prosecutor's office reported.
14:51 Russians fired artillery at Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region - according to preliminary information, one person was killed and six were wounded, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
14:44 Polish Army General Maciej Kliszcz announced a violation of the country's airspace during the massive Russian attack on Ukraine. According to him, it was probably a drone, the search for which on Polish territory is still ongoing. The object was recorded by at least three radar stations.
14:26 In Yaroslavl, a drone attempted to attack the largest oil refinery in northern Russia. Yaroslavl Region Governor Mikhail Evraev claims that the UAV was destroyed as it approached Yaroslavl, there was no damage or casualties. Meanwhile, in Omsk, the Gazpromneft-ONPZ oil refinery is on fire. The cause of the fire has not been officially reported, but publics write that a strong explosion thundered before it. This is one of the largest oil refineries in Russia.
13:52 Telegram channels publish a video with the alleged consequences of today's Russian attack on the Kyiv hydroelectric power station. The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Kovalenko stated that there is no threat of the dam breaking: "It is impossible to destroy it with missiles. It is not worth comparing with the Kherson region - there was an explosion from the inside. The Russians are using this topic for information purposes to whip up panic, nothing more."
13:37 As a result of a missile strike on a civilian enterprise in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and two were injured, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov. In the village of Pershotravneve in the Krasnograd district, an infrastructure facility was damaged.
13:29 Two energy facilities were damaged in the Kyiv region, the OVA clarified. Among the three victims is a five-month-old child.
13:21 As a result of a massive attack, there are power outages for consumers in the city of Khmelnytsky and the Khmelnytsky community. There is also no electricity in part of the Khmelnytsky district, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Tyurin.
12:58 The number of victims in the Kiev region as a result of the attack has increased to three, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.
12:52 Russia has struck an infrastructure facility in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, three people were injured, said OVA head Svetlana Onishchuk.
12:50 The number of victims as a result of the Russian attack on Odessa region has risen to seven, including two children aged ten and eight, said OVA head Oleg Kiper.
12:46 Today's combined Russian strike was one of the largest: Russia launched more than 100 missiles of various types and about 100 "shahids" at Ukraine, Zelensky said. The strike was aimed at critical civilian infrastructure, there is a lot of damage in the energy sector. In this regard, the president once again emphasized that "there can be no range restrictions in Ukraine when terrorists have no such restrictions. America, Britain, France, and other partners have the power to help us stop terror. Solutions are needed."
12:41 During the morning attack, one of the Russian missiles fell into the Kiev reservoir, publics write and publish a video. Attention! The video contains obscene language!
12:34 Peskov stated that the topic of negotiations with Ukraine has currently "lost its relevance." The Kremlin spokesman also claims that there were no negotiations between Russia and Ukraine before the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in the Kursk region. As for the attack on the Kursk region, Peskov said that "such hostile actions cannot remain without a response, there will be one, we are not talking about any one decision."
12:31 Moldovan operator Moldelectrica reported power outages due to Russia's morning attack on Ukrainian critical infrastructure, but does not expect major problems.
12:28 Head of the Kyiv State Military Aviation Service Sergey Popko said that the combined missile and drone strike on Kyiv began at about three o'clock in the morning with an attack by numerous attack UAVs. Up to ten such drones approached the capital from different directions, all were destroyed on the approaches to the city. At about five in the morning, a missile attack began, including ballistics. Air defense forces destroyed about 15 missiles. The attack on Kyiv by attack UAVs is currently ongoing. The air raid alarm in the capital has been in effect for over six hours. There is currently no damage or casualties in Kyiv, but emergency power outages have been introduced. There are problems with the power supply in many areas of the capital.
12:25 In Zhytomyr region, as a result of today's attack, one person was killed and another was injured, the prosecutor's office clarified.
12:22 All three "Boyko rigs" in the Black Sea have caught fire, the Crimean Wind monitoring group reports, citing satellite imagery. According to analysts, all three drilling platforms east of Zmeiny Island were attacked. As of August 24, the middle platform is on fire, and a column of smoke is coming from the third platform. Ukraine has previously struck "Boyko rigs" where Russian military personnel hid equipment to spy on the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Black Sea.
12:09 As of Monday morning, August 26, the situation on the border with Belarus remains unchanged, said State Border Service spokesman Andrei Demchenko: "We have not noted or observed any movement of equipment or personnel in the immediate vicinity of our border. But overall, this area remains threatening."
11:48 Ukrzaliznytsia reported a hit on a railway infrastructure facility in Sumy Oblast. The contact network and buildings were damaged, and an assistant driver was injured. Sumyoblenergo reported that numerous energy facilities in the region were damaged by enemy shelling. 213 settlements were left without electricity, 19 of them partially. The energy facilities in Glukhovskaya, Belopolskaya, Seredino-Budskaya, Yampolskaya, Velikopisarevskaya, Sumy, Krasnopolskaya, and Putivl communities suffered the most.
11:35 In Lutsk, the number of victims as a result of the Russian attack has risen to five, one person has died, Mayor Igor Polischuk reported.
11:13 In Odessa region, as a result of an enemy attack, four people were wounded, including a ten-year-old child, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Kiper. There are power outages in the Odessa region.
11:10 In Zhytomyr Oblast, residential buildings and critical infrastructure facilities were damaged as a result of a missile attack, according to preliminary data, one person was killed, OVA reported. Due to the difficult situation in the power system, emergency power outages have been introduced.
11:08 A hit to critical infrastructure facilities was recorded in Vinnytsia Oblast, reported First Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Natalia Zabolotnaya.
11:05 In the Zaporizhia region, Russians struck an energy infrastructure facility, a fire started there, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
11:03 In the Rivne region, Russians attacked an energy infrastructure facility, settlements in the Rivne district were de-energized, reported the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Koval.
11:00 In the Dniprovsky district, as a result of a Russian attack, one person was killed and one was injured, the prosecutor's office clarified.
10:56 Three people were wounded in the Nikolaev region as a result of a massive rocket attack, reported the head of the OVA, Vitaly Kim.
10:48 Russia launched strikes with drones, cruise missiles and Kinzhal missiles on energy infrastructure in 15 regions, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal reported.
10:39 In Kiev, water supply equipment has resumed operation on the right bank; within an hour, the pressure in residential buildings will reach optimal parameters, Klitschko reported.
10:23 In the Kiev region, as a result of the Russian attack, infrastructure facilities were damaged, one person is known to be injured, reported the head of the OVA Ruslan Kravchenko. In the region, by order of Ukrenergo, emergency power outages were introduced, districts and communities were instructed to promptly begin work on points of invincibility.
10:18 Energy Minister German Galushchenko announced a difficult situation in the energy sector; an emergency shutdown regime has been urgently introduced.
10:15 Le Monde writes that Ukraine and Russia allegedly held talks with the mediation of Qatar in Doha in early August and agreed not to strike energy infrastructure any more, but Moscow broke this agreement after the Ukrainian Armed Forces began their offensive in the Kursk region.
10:12 Points of invincibility are being deployed around Kiev due to power outages, KGVA reported.
10:09 In Donetsk Oblast, three people were killed as a result of Russian shelling on August 25: in Memrik, Vozdvizhenka and Ukrainsk, reported OVA head Vadim Filashkin. Another four people in the oblast were injured in the past 24 hours: two in Konstantinovka, one each in Lozove and Pivnichne.
10:06 At night, the Russian army struck Kherson from drones, wounding two people, OVA reported. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed and seven were wounded.
10:02 In the Zaporizhia region, one person was killed as a result of the Russian attack, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov. He also warned of possible power outages and emergency power outages. In the Zaporizhia region, by order of Ukrenergo, emergency power outage schedules have been introduced for industrial consumers.
09:57 The enemy attacked energy facilities in the Lviv region, reported the head of the OVA Maksym Kozytsky. In Lviv and the region, there were partial power outages.
09:43 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of a morning attack, according to preliminary information, one person was killed, reported the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. Explosions were heard in the Dniprovsky and Kryvyi Rih districts.
09:31 Zhitomirvodokanal reported that water supply in the city has been stopped due to a power outage following the shelling.
09:27 Ukrzaliznytsia has warned of possible train delays due to power outages in various regions. Reserve diesel locomotives have been brought out, all long-distance trains will continue to operate.
09:15 In Lutsk, as a result of the attack, an apartment building and an infrastructure facility were damaged, one person is known to have died, the city's mayor Igor Polischuk reported.
09:11 Kyivvodokanal reports that there is no water supply in Shevchenkivskyi, Svyatoshinskyi, Solomenskyi and Goloseevskyi districts. This is due to the power outage at the water utility facilities as a result of the power outage.
09:06 Ukrenergo has issued an order to introduce emergency power outages, DTEK reported. During emergency power outages, schedules that can be predicted in advance do not apply.
09:00 Power outages are being recorded in a number of regions of Ukraine as a result of the Russian attack. Thus, residents of Kiev and the region, in particular Brovary, as well as Krivoy Rog, Zaporizhia, and Odessa, are reporting problems. Emergency shutdowns have begun in the Nikolaev region. Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed power outages in several districts of the capital. According to him, "this is due to problems with the all-Ukrainian energy network." Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak said that "the desire to destroy our energy will cost the Russians dearly, their infrastructure."
08:39 Russia is attacking various regions of Ukraine with missiles from Tu-95MS bombers. Air defense is operating near Kiev, explosions are heard in the capital, the KGVA reported. There are also reports of explosions in Zaporizhia, Krivoy Rog, Kremenchuk, Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Khmelnytsky, Kropyvnytsky and Kharkov. The head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov reported that due to the security situation, traffic on the Dnieper Hydroelectric Power Station dam will be blocked for some time.
08:24 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 26:
personnel - about 608,820 (+1,140) people,
tanks - 8551 (+4),
combat armored vehicles - 16,648 (+17),
artillery systems - 17,443 (+47),
MLRS - 1172 (+1),
air defense systems - 937 (+1),
aircraft - 367 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 14,134 (+39),
cruise missiles - 2444 (+0),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 23,555 (+80),
special equipment - 2941 (+13).
07:48 Russians attacked an industrial facility in the Poltava region, injuring five people, reported the head of the OVA, Filipp Pronin.
07:26 During a night drone attack in Saratov and Engels, debris fell on residential buildings, injuring four people, local authorities reported. Following the attack, temporary restrictions were imposed on the arrival and departure of aircraft at the Saratov airport. Publics calculated that the distance from the residential buildings damaged by debris to the military airfield in Engels is about 10 km. The Russian Defense Ministry stated that 20 UAVs were allegedly destroyed overnight: nine over the Saratov region, three over the Kursk region, two each over the Belgorod, Bryansk, Tula regions, and one each over the Oryol and Ryazan regions.
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[Korrespondent] 20:41 The physical presence of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, active actions to destroy the Russian threat on its territory - this is, among other things, a way to compensate for the deficit in range, Zelensky said in an evening video address. According to him, in the Kursk region "we continue our actions in certain areas exactly as Ukraine needs. Over the past 24 hours, we have more control, there is another replenishment of the exchange fund."
15:25 An IAEA mission led by Rafael Grossi will visit the Kursk NPP on Tuesday, August 27, the agency’s Director General said in a statement.
12:44 Peskov stated that the topic of negotiations with Ukraine has currently "lost its relevance." The Kremlin spokesman also claims that there were no negotiations between Russia and Ukraine before the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in the Kursk region. As for the attack on the Kursk region, Peskov said that "such hostile actions cannot remain without a response, there will be one, we are not talking about any one decision."
12:38 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that Russian troops are redeploying forces from less priority areas of the front in Ukraine to the front line in the Kursk region. In particular, they have recorded troops there who were previously in the Kharkov and Seversk directions and in the area of Chasov Yar.
12:29 The Washington Post journalists examined more than 100 videos and photographs taken since the beginning of the Kursk operation and confirmed that at least 247 Russian soldiers were captured by the Ukrainians. The article also confirms that young Russian soldiers surrendered without resistance.
12:06 Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala called the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in the Kursk region "a certain symbolic change" that will not bring about a turning point at the front. "We do not expect any significant change on the battlefield. We cannot expect a fundamental turning point in the conflict now," Fiala said.
11:21 The goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region is threefold: to force Russia to withdraw its troops from eastern Ukraine, to destroy the narrative of defeat on the battlefield, and to improve its position ahead of potential peace talks, The Wall Street Journal writes, citing American officials. They believe that all three goals have been achieved, albeit to a limited extent. According to sources, Washington was initially concerned that Kiev had taken such a drastic step. Now the White House is cautiously waiting to see whether Zelensky's gamble will pay off.
10:15 Le Monde writes that Ukraine and Russia allegedly held talks with the mediation of Qatar in Doha in early August and agreed not to strike energy infrastructure any more, but Moscow broke this agreement after the Ukrainian Armed Forces began their offensive in the Kursk region.
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[EngMilRu] Today in the morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have delivered a group strike by long-range air- and sea-based precision weaponry and attack UAVs at the critical infrastructure of the power infrastructure of the Ukrainian defence industry. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, 13th and 17th National Guard brigades near Glubokoye, Liptsy, Volchanskiye Khutora (Kharkov region) and Pokrovka (Sumy region).
The enemy lost up to 90 troops, two motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and two counterbattery warfare stations.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the 30th, 44th, 67th, 115th, and 116th Mechanised brigades, 4th Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 110th and 241st Territorial Defence brigades near Sinkovka, Petropalovka, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), Stelmakhovka, Makeyevka, Nevskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Serebryansky forestry. The Zapad Group of Forces also repelled four counterattacks of 1st, 4th National Guard brigades and 12th Azov Special Operations Brigade.
The enemy losses are as follows: 480 troops, one tank, one Kozak armoured fighting vehicle, and ten motor vehicles.
In counter battery warfare, the Russian units engaged five 155mm howitzers including one M198, two US-made M-777, and two UK-made FH-70 howitzers, as well as one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
Moreover, Russian forces destroyed three field ammunition depots, three EW stations, and one counterbattery warfare station.
The Yug Group of Forces seized favourable lines and inflicted losses on manpower and materiel of 23rd, 28th, 93rd Mechanised brigades, 5th Tank Brigade, 56th Motorised Infantry Brigade, 143rd and 144th Infantry brigades, 5th, 10th, 80th Assault brigades of the AFU, and 109th, 117th Territorial Defence brigades near Verkhnekamenskoye, Pereyezdnoye, Grigorovka, Chasov Yar, Dyleyevka, Krasnogorovka, Konstantinovka, and Uspenovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The Russian forces repelled one counter-attack launched by an assault detachment of the AFU 8th Mountain Assault Brigade.
The enemy lost up to 570 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, four 155mm howitzers including one U.S.-made M-777 and three UK-made FH-70, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, one 152mm D-20 gun, and three 122mm D-30 guns.
For 24 hours, the enemy has lost two EW stations and four field ammunition depots.
The Tsentr Group of Forces went on advancing to the depth of hostile defence. The Group inflicted losses on formations of 31st, 32nd, 47th,100th, 151st Mechanised brigades, 1st Tank Brigade, 95th Air Assault brigades of the AFU, 111th, 122nd Territorial Defence brigades, 14th and 15th National Guard brigades near Dzerzhinsk, Tarasovka, Zhuravka, Vozdvizhenka, Novozhelannoye, and Yasnobrodovka (Donetsk People's Republic). The Russian troops repelled seven counter-attacks of the 53rd, 150th Mechanised brigades, 68th Jaeger Brigade, 25th Airborne Brigade, and Lyut Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian National Police.
The enemy losses amounted to 585 troops, three tanks, one German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, two 152mm D-20 guns, two 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled systems, three 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 gun.
The Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation, inflicted losses on manpower and materiel of 61st Mechanised Brigade, 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade of the AFU, 123rd and 128th Territorial Defence brigades near Vodyanoye, Ugledar, Prechistovka, and Neskuchnoye (Donetsk People's Republic). The Russian units repelled two counterattacks launched by the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade.
The enemy lost up to 135 troops, five motor vehicles, and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
The Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted damage on the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 37th Naval Infantry Brigade, 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Malye Shcherbaki (Zaporozhye region), Sablukovka, Tokarevka (Kherson region), and Kherson.
The enemy losses are up to 70 servicemen, five motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 gun, and one EW station.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have destroyed two AFU UAV workshops, as well as engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 143 areas.
Russian air defence units have downed one French-made Hammer guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 58 UAVs.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 640 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 30,533 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 anti-aircraft missile systems, 17,574 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,425 MLRS combat vehicles, 13,677 field artillery guns and mortars, and 25,234 units of support military vehicles have been neutralised.
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 repelled attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments in the direction of Kremyanoye, Malaya Loknya, and Nechayev, as well as thwarted attempts to launch attacks in the direction of Komarovka, Spalnoye, Korenevo, Pogrebki, and Olgovka.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 30 troops killed and wounded. One tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, and one motor vehicle were neutralised.
Russian troops continue reconnaissance and search operations to detect and neutralise hostile sabotage and reconnaissance groups in forest belts attempting to get into the Russian territory.
Aviation, artillery, and troops destroyed manpower and materiel clusters of the 22nd and 115th Mechanised brigades, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 1004th Security and Service Brigade near Apanasovka, Borki, Vishnyovka, Victorovka, Desyaty Oktyabr, Kruglyenkoye, Loknya, Mikhaylovka, Novoya Sorochina, Plekhovo, Snagost, and Yuzhny.
Operational-tactical aviation delivered strikes at manpower and materiel clusters of the 22nd, 41st, 54th Mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 80th, 82nd, 95th Air Assault brigades, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade of the AFU reserves, 1st National Guard Brigade, 103rd, 106th, 129th Territorial Defence brigades near Belopolye, Bunyakino, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Baranovka, Druzhba, Zapselye, Katyerinovka, Malushino, Pervomayskoye, Orlovka, Pustogorod, Svessa, Sumy, Khotyen, Chervonoye, and Yastryebinoye.
For the last 24 hours, AFU losses amounted to over 400 troops, 27 units of armour including one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armoured personnel carriers, 21 armoured fighting vehicles, five artillery guns, two mortars, 11 motor vehicles, and one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the enemy lost up to 6,200 Ukrainian troops, 73 tanks, 33 infantry fighting vehicles, 61 armoured personnel carriers, 404 armoured fighting vehicles, 188 motor vehicles, 42 artillery guns, five surface-to-air missile launchers, 11 MLRS launchers, including three of HIMARS and one of MLRS, nine EW stations, two counter-battery warfare radars, one AD radar, five engineering vehicles such as two counterobstacle vehicles and one UR-77 mine clearance system.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:35 Korenevo - Snagost.
Positional military actions in the Sudzha area. A series of air strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukrainian Armed Forces positions in the vicinity of the village of Snagost. Use of an aviation munition with a planning and correction module.
20:53 Tor-M2 SAM crews provide a reliable shield against air threats –video.
20:10 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces in Novogrodovka, as well as in the settlements of Krasny Yar and Krutoy Yar –map.
19:36 RF Armed Forces released temporarily occupied village of Nizhnyaya Parovaya in the Kursk region.
18:47 Advance of the Russian Armed Forces in Dzerzhinsk –map.
18:14 Sumy region.
Another wave of blows of Russian Aerospace Forces. Tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces identifies enemy positions for precision strikes. Several explosions were reported.
17:55 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine on August 26 - what is known as of 17:00.
– The Internet continues to actively discuss the massive strike of Russian troops on enemy targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine. And although a significant part of the targets remains unknown, based on the footage that has appeared, it is already possible to draw some conclusions about the raid.
– In Kyiv, the strikes hit industrial institutions specializing in the production and modernization of aviation ammunition, including the Research Institute of Aviation Technology, which is part of the military-industrial complex of the so-called Ukraine. A series of explosions were also reported in the area of ??the Zhulyany airport.
– In Vyshgorod, a northern suburb of the Ukrainian capital, one of the missiles hit the machine room on the dam of the Kyiv reservoir. A fire broke out on the territory of the facility. However, it is still difficult to determine the extent of the damage based on the available footage. At the same time, the Ukrainian authorities have already stated that the dam has not suffered significant damage, and traffic on it will be restored in the coming hours.
– In Odessa Oblast, Russian troops struck a warehouse south of the village of Usatove and an electrical substation of the same name. Following the strikes, a wave of emergency power outages swept across Odessa.
– In the west of the so-called Ukraine, one of the hits hit the PS Khmelnitsky 330, which resulted in an emergency power outage in at least part of the Khmelnitsky region. In the administrative center, power outages led to the suspension of trolleybus service.
– In the Sumy region, the railway infrastructure was damaged, which is actively used by Ukrainian formations, including for the transfer of additional forces to the Russian border.
– In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the energy infrastructure was attacked. There is also information about the territory of the Dnipropetrovsk international airport being hit.
– Not far from Vinnytsia, according to monitoring resources, a fire was recorded on the territory of PS Vinnytsia 750. Another hit was on PS Bar 330.
– Critical infrastructure facilities were hit in Zhytomyr, Mykolaiv, Poltava and Lviv regions. There is also unconfirmed information about the Trikhaty 330 PS hit in Mykolaiv region and Pervomayskaya 330 PS in Dnipropetrovsk region.
– According to Ukrainian authorities and media, power outages have occurred throughout Ukraine. At the same time, water supply problems have been recorded in seven regions: Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Volyn and Lviv regions.
17:26 Special military operation. Situation as of August 26 –map.
16:58 Orekhovo – Rabotino.
Positional military actions in the Orekhov direction. The Ukrainian Armed Forces fired an FPV drone at the forward position of the Russian Armed Forces east of Rabotino. The Russian Armed Forces expanded control at the Rabotino-Verbovoye line by 1 km.
16:31 The 130mm M46 howitzer crew destroyed the enemy UAV control point in the Donetsk direction –video.
The gunners of the 114th Artillery Brigade easily hit targets at a distance of up to 40 kilometers in any weather. They have already destroyed dozens of enemy armored vehicles, artillery guns, and exposed enemy fortified areas.
15:59 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 26, 2024) –video.
15:27 Changes to map for yesterday:
— a strong point near the highway to Ugledar near Vodyanoye has been occupied.
— advance in the plantings in the south of Konstantinovka.
— the southern part of Konstantinovka was taken.
— in the Ozaryanovka area, troops crossed the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal.
— the army bypasses Kalinovo from two sides.
— advance in Novogrodovka to the railway bridge.
14:51 This morning the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted a massive strike by high-precision long-range air- and sea-based weapons, operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces, and strike unmanned aerial vehicles against critical energy infrastructure facilities that ensured the operation of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine.
– The targets of the strike were electrical substations in the Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhitomir, Khmelnytskyi, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Nikolaev, Kirovograd and Odessa regions.
– Gas compressor stations in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Khar'kov regions, which ensure the functioning of the gas transportation system of Ukraine, were also damaged.
– In addition, the storage sites of aviation weapons transferred to Kyiv by Western countries at airfields in the Kyiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions were subjected to strikes.
– All designated targets were hit, resulting in power outages and disrupted rail transport of weapons and ammunition to the combat line.
14:11 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Ukrainian UAV raids on Russian regions.
– Last night, while Russian troops were preparing to launch massive strikes on enemy targets, Ukrainian forces launched another drone strike on the rear regions of the Russian Federation. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 22 drones were intercepted over eight regions.
– This time the main blow fell on the Saratov region, where the Volga Sky residential complex on Predmostovaya Square in Saratov and a multi-story building in the center of Engels came under attack. Four civilians were injured, one woman was hospitalized in serious condition.
– The enemy’s most likely target was the Engels airfield, where strategic aviation is based; it has already been repeatedly attacked by Ukrainian drones, which were flying at a low enough altitude to minimize the possibility of detection.
- Another enemy drone was intercepted as it approached Yaroslavl. According to some reports, Ukrainian forces were attempting to strike a local oil refinery. There was no damage or casualties at the site of the fall of the debris.
– In the Belgorod region, on the Krasnaya Yaruga-Vyazovoe highway, two FPV drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked a passenger car: two civilians were injured and hospitalized.
– Air defense systems also worked in the Kursk, Bryansk, Tula, Oryol and Ryazan regions. According to preliminary information, there were no damages or casualties.
– Recently, Ukrainian formations have been consistently choosing either fuel and energy complex facilities or military airfields as the main targets of drone attacks.
13:48 Map arrivals according to the enemy version.
13:19 Selidovo – Mikhailovka.
Active military actions in the Krasnoarmeysk area. The Ukrainian Armed Forces tank took up a firing position to shell newly occupied positions of the Russian Armed Forces in the production facilities of the Kotlyarevskaya mine. During the retreat, it was successfully hit by FPV drones of the cover group of the assault units of the Russian Armed Forces and caught fire. The Russian Armed Forces advanced up to 2 km in the direction of Selidovo.
12:54 Consequences of missile strike.
In the Nikolaev region, the emergency shutdown schedule has been fully implemented.
In the Lviv region, in the city of Stryi, after the strike, a serious detonation began and the power went out.
There were power outages on railway infrastructure in various regions of Ukraine.
A substation is burning in the Odessa region after a missile strike.
11:55 Throughout Ukraine announced power outages after arrivals at power system facilities.
11:07 Sudzha – Borki
Positional military actions in the Sudzha area. Russian Armed Forces FPV drone artillery attack of Ukrainian Armed Forces position in Borki settlement. Ukrainian Armed Forces control of the southern part of the settlement.
10:41 From 06.00 to 06.30 Moscow time stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Two Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defense systems on duty over the territories of the Bryansk and Yaroslavl regions.
10:20 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 and intercepted 20 Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs.
Nine UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Saratov region, three over the territory of the Kursk region, two UAVs over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Tula regions, and one UAV was destroyed over the territories of the Oryol and Ryazan regions.
09:51 Footage from Velyka Novosyolka, FAB-500 flew into the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants —video.
09:27 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 26.08.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. Positional battles continue. No significant changes.
- Donetsk Front. In Konstantinovka, there are tactical successes of the RF Armed Forces. In Krasnogorovka, there are no significant changes. In Karlovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are still holding their positions, but the situation of the Ukrainian garrison is getting worse every day.
In Novogrodovka, the RF Armed Forces continue to advance within the settlement. In Grodovka, there are no significant changes. There are further advances of Russian troops in Dzerzhinsk.
- Chasovoyarsk direction. Fighting continues in the eastern part of the city. Also, the RF Armed Forces are trying to improve their positions on the flanks.
- Khar'kov Front. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the area of ??Glubokoe. No significant changes in LBS)
- Kursk Region. The situation here remains tense, but there is no talk of any successes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Fighting continues in places where the front has been formed, and small groups of Ukrainian Armed Forces are being searched for where the front line has not yet been fully formed. Long-range strikes continue in border areas, but no breakthroughs have been recorded.
08:46 Watch 360: Buk-2M SAM crew on 24-hour duty in the skies over Kherson Oblast
Anti-aircraft gunners of the Dnepr group of forcesreveal, escort and destroy hundreds of aircraft, providing reliable air cover for our positions, civilians, and key administrative and industrial facilities from enemy air attack.
According to the commander of the anti-aircraft missile division with the call sign “Mars”, his unit recently hit an aircraft, a helicopter and two “Himars” missiles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
“We launch rockets from different directions, we need to look 360 degrees, not missing anything,” he says.
08:05 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of a special military operation: events of the week of August 19-25, 2024
- The enemy has launched a second strike on the Rosrezerv oil depot in Proletarsk. At the moment, several dozen tanks are burning, and firefighting is ongoing.- In addition, Ukrainian formations carried out a massive launch of drones at the border and rear areas of Russia. All targets were shot down, and a missile from the ATACMS OTRK was intercepted in the sky over Novoshakhtinsk in the Rostov Region.
– The Krasnodar region also came under attack: the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired several Neptune anti-ship missiles at the port of Kavkaz. One missile hit a railway ferry, which sustained significant damage and subsequently sank.
– In the Volgograd region, the enemy attacked the territory of the Marinovka military airfield with drones. It is known that the ammunition depot and other buildings were hit, there is no information about the loss of aircraft.
– Meanwhile, Russian troops continued to strike air defense installations and radars in the Khar'kov region. In Volnoye, a guided missile Kh-35 destroyed a PC S-300 air defense system, and in Kamenka, another radar P-18 was destroyed.
– In Ternopil, the Geran-2 UAV hit several tanks on the territory of a local oil depot. The fire burned for 12 hours, and the chlorine level in the atmosphere was recorded to exceed the norm several times.
– For the first time in a long period, Russian tactical aviation launched a strike with a guided Kh-22 missile on Zmeiny Island. In addition, several more missiles were fired at nearby drilling rigs that were used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
- In the North Ukrainian direction in the Korenevsky district, the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to reach Olgovka and Krasnooktyabrsky with heavy losses. In the Sudzhansky district, there are battles for Malaya Loknya, and from the Mirny side, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked in the direction of Russkaya Konopelka, simultaneously advancing on Cherkasskaya Konopelka.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Mikhail Zakharov
[REGNUM] Early in the morning of August 26, Russian troops launched a series of massive strikes on Ukrainian territory. The missiles and UAVs targeted various infrastructure facilities, as well as enemy air defense systems.
Among the weapons used were Geranium strike drones, Iskander operational-tactical missile systems, strategic aviation forces, and weapons from the Black Sea Fleet ships.
"This morning, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with long-range precision air and sea-based weapons and strike drones against critical energy infrastructure facilities that support the operation of Ukraine's military-industrial complex. All designated targets were hit," the Russian Defense Ministry said.
We didn't have to wait long for confirmation of the effectiveness of our military's actions: Volodymyr Zelensky had already managed to complain that more than 100 missiles and about 100 drones used in the strike had significantly damaged Ukrainian energy facilities. According to him, the strike was one of the most powerful in the entire history of the SVO.
It was loud throughout Ukraine: local media reported on the attacks on targets in the Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkov, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, Odessa, Vinnytsia, Zhitomir, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil and Volyn regions.
Power went out in many Ukrainian regions, emergency power outages were imposed across the country, water supply problems arose, and local railways had to switch to diesel locomotives. Apparently, this was the result of successful hits on substations in Rivne and Odessa, energy infrastructure in Lutsk, and serious damage to the Kyiv hydroelectric power station in Vyshgorod.
It was also reported that two explosions thundered in Kyiv near the Zhulyany airport, where American Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems were located. Due to "Russian activity" in Ukraine, Poland scrambled its armed forces aircraft.
Overall, the strikes by the Russian Armed Forces hit energy facilities, defense industry facilities, ammunition depots and other military targets.
The Ukrainian military is not distinguished by such selectivity. On the morning of August 26, they once again struck a Russian residential building - a Ukrainian drone attacked a house in Saratov, four people were injured, a woman was hospitalized in serious condition. A drone also struck a multi-story building on Pushkin Street in the city of Engels, fortunately there were no casualties.
In total, the Russian military intercepted 20 drones over seven regions overnight. The largest number of drones were neutralized in the Saratov Region — nine. The military was able to neutralize three more drones in the Kursk Region. In addition, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed two UAVs in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Tula Regions, and one in the Oryol and Ryazan Regions.
In order to prevent the Ukrainian Armed Forces from continuing attacks on Russian territory, it is necessary to continue to strike targets on Ukrainian territory, notes military expert, retired colonel Anatoly Matviychuk. At the same time, he calls for not considering the morning strike by the Russian Armed Forces as a "retaliatory strike."
“These are systematic military actions that we are taking from the point of view of weakening the military potential and military economy of Ukraine,” the source told Regnum.
Today's strike is a continuation of systematic work, military expert Vyacheslav Shurygin is sure.
"Such strikes, when they are regular, certainly exhaust Ukraine. When they are made episodically, the enemy can come to its senses," the expert explained in a conversation with the Regnum news agency.
In turn, the head of the State Duma Defense Committee, Andrei Kartapolov, stated that “today’s strike by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine is, among other things, a response to the provocation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region,” and that “there will be a continuation.”
However, for now, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to throw new reserves into the military adventure in the Kursk region. Russian troops are repelling attacks by enemy assault groups in the direction of the settlements of Kremyanoye, Malaya Loknya and Nechayev, and are also preventing the Ukrainian Armed Forces from breaking through in the direction of Komarovka, Spalnoye, Korenevo, Pogrebki and Olgovka.
“Over the course of 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 400 servicemen and 27 armored vehicles, including a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three armored personnel carriers and 21 armored combat vehicles, as well as five artillery pieces, two mortars, 11 vehicles and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar,” the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
Meanwhile, Russian forces continue to successfully advance in Donbass. Units of the "East" group of forces have improved their tactical position, defeating Ukrainian Armed Forces brigades in the Ugledar area, as well as near the settlements of Vodyanoye, Pavlovka, Prechistovka and Neskuchnoye in the DPR.
The Center group is also advancing into the DPR, in the area of the settlements of Dzerzhinsk, Tarasovka, Zhuravka, Vozdvizhenka, Novozhelannoye and Yasnobrodovka.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces are breaking through the enemy's defenses, advancing simultaneously to the west within the borders of Novogrodovka and to the south through Kalinovo in the direction of the M-30 highway. At the same time, as reported from the field, the pace of the offensive has increased significantly.
According to Anatoly Matviychuk, the advance in the Pokrovsk direction is extremely important, since it is the key point in the enemy’s operational defense.
“With the capture of Pokrovsk, we gain operational space, which will allow us to maneuver either towards Dnepropetrovsk or Kramatorsk,” says the expert.
He believes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack the Kursk and Belgorod regions so that the Russian command would transfer forces to this direction, easing the pressure in Donbass. But the enemy's plans failed.
“Our units are calmly, at an increasing pace, breaking through the defense and reaching the enemy’s second defensive line, where he has neither troops nor prepared defenses, including fortifications,” explains the source of IA Regnum.
According to Vladislav Shurygin, our forces are currently moving forward in several directions at once in Donbass – in four or five sections of the front.
"There are also heavy battles in the Kharkiv region, where we have entered. Now the front has stabilized there, the Ukrainians are holding it as best they can. First of all, we do not give them peace there, but it cannot be said that we are trying very hard to push them there," the expert adds.
Overall, he warns, it is too early to talk about major successes for Russian forces, even in Donbass: the front is in a difficult balance, Ukraine continues to stubbornly resist – there is still a lot of hard work ahead.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The Russian Navy has accepted a new small missile ship of Project 22 800 "Amur",the press service of the Ministry of Defense reported on August 26.
The ceremonial reception of the ship and the raising of the St. Andrew's flag took place under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, in Kaspiysk.
"The Karakurt-class ships, designed by engineers from the Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau, embody the power of strike weapons and high seaworthiness. They will make a significant contribution to strengthening combat readiness, operating as part of the surface component of the Navy," Moiseyev said.
The Navy Commander-in-Chief also noted that the program to equip the fleet with ships carrying high-precision weapons (the Amur is capable of carrying Kalibr-NK cruise missiles) will continue.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, earlier in August, Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko reported that the strategic nuclear-powered missile submarine cruiser Knyaz Pozharsky was undergoing factory sea trials. The submarines of this project are armed with 16 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles and six torpedo tubes.
The Russian Navy will receive 12 surface ships and four submarines in 2024, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Viktor Yevtukhov said in January. He noted that the fleet receives a new vessel almost every month, while the level of import substitution in their construction is 100%, and sanctions cannot interfere with the work.
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