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[Korrespondent] 19:20 During a massive attack on August 26, Russia used a Kalibr missile with a cluster warhead for the first time, the National Police reported.
19:09 The curfew has been extended in three communities of Donetsk Oblast: in all settlements of Selydivska and Kurakhivska communities, restrictions on movement will be in effect from 15:00 to 11:00 the next day, and in the territory of Konstantinovka community - from 17:00 to 9:00, said the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin. He also once again called on residents of the region to evacuate.
18:48 The death toll from the Russian strike on Krivoy Rog has risen to three, with one more person still missing, said OVA head Serhiy Lysak.
18:36 Stoltenberg said that he will convene a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council on August 28 at the request of Kiev.
18:29 Ukraine's war with Russia will end with dialogue, Zelensky said: "Of course, everything will end with dialogue. But we need to have strong positions before this dialogue."
18:13 On Wednesday, August 28, measures to limit electricity consumption will be in effect across the country. Two stages of shutdowns will be in effect in all regions throughout the day, Ukrenergo reported.
17:40 The United States has upgraded the electronic warfare systems on the F-16 fighters that Ukraine received, the US Air Force's 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing reported. "In order to effectively integrate the F-16 into the Ukrainian Air Force, its electronic warfare subsystems had to be reprogrammed to be effective against Russian threats," the US military explained.
16:54 Russian troops have occupied 27% of Ukraine’s territory, Zelensky said.
16:36 Zelensky spoke about the need to return Ukrainians to Ukraine, but without coercion. According to him, Ukraine plans to create a specialized Ministry of Unity for this: "If we do not return 7.5 million Ukrainians, if we do not bring all taxpayers out of the shadows, we will have a serious challenge after the war... Therefore, we need to return the adult population to Ukraine. We need to return our children, students, etc. Without coercion. Create all the conditions so that they want to do this."
16:22 Zelensky said that dialogue with Putin is currently meaningless: "With Putin, not just compromises, but dialogue with Putin in principle today... is empty, meaningless. Because he does not want to end the war diplomatically. He is supposedly ready to do it diplomatically, but to give him 30% of our land. It seems to me that we cannot play along with him in this."
The president also noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in the Kursk region "helped" Ukraine "a lot", since the number of calls for "peace talks" with Moscow has decreased. At the same time, he emphasized that the operation in the Kursk region is defensive, Kyiv does not need foreign lands and citizens.
16:03 Ukrainian manufacturers can produce 1.5-2 million drones per year, but there is not enough money for this, Zelensky said.
15:47 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said after visiting the Kursk NPP that he will visit Kyiv next week and meet with Zelensky. According to the agency's Director General, cases of military activity near the Kursk NPP "raise concerns for its safety."
15:18 Zelensky said that Russia will lose 50-60 thousand of its people near Pokrovsk - just like it did with Bakhmut. According to the head of state, the Russians will continue to put pressure on the Pokrovsk direction.
15:11 Russia's participation in the second Peace Summit is the desire of all countries, because they believe that this will be the way to end the war, Zelensky said. "We will prepare a plan, and representatives of the Russian Federation, if they want, will be present. Otherwise, we may lose a large number of countries at the second summit," the head of state added.
15:02 Rotations have begun at the front for the first time, "but they are not fundamental yet," Zelensky said: "The number of people who have begun to prepare has increased. This will greatly help the guys to have at least some rotations. Because some rotations have begun for the first time. I cannot call them fundamental rotations yet. But I will be frank: there is a beginning, this is very important. And we are constantly talking about strengthening Pokrovsk."
14:56 Zelensky refused to comment on the situation at the Kyiv hydroelectric power station after yesterday's massive Russian shelling: "I don't really like energy PR. I don't really support it when the enemy knows what damage he has caused. Let the information about the state of our energy facilities and what we are doing there now be kept quiet."
14:51 Russia, thanks to the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, has moved some of its troops from the Kharkiv and Zaporizhia directions, Zelensky said. At the same time, the Donetsk region remains a strategic target for the Russian Federation, so it is not withdrawing its troops from there, the president added.
14:47 Ukraine has successfully tested its first ballistic missile of its own production, Zelensky said. He also said that during yesterday's Russian attack, some missiles were shot down by F-16s.
14:42 Ukraine will not extend the agreement with Russia on gas transit - this is the end of it, Zelensky said. "As for transit from other companies: if the request of some of our European colleagues continues, we will consider their requests," the president added.
14:38 Zelensky stated that the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region is one of the points of the plan for Ukraine's victory. At the same time, the president emphasized that it is in no way connected with the meeting in Qatar on stopping strikes on energy infrastructure, which Western media had previously written about. "The Kursk operation is not connected with any of the points of the peace formula. Is the Kursk operation connected with the Second Peace Summit? Yes, because it is one of the points of the plan for Ukraine's victory. The Kursk operation had and has completely different goals than the meeting on energy with colleagues," the head of state noted.
Zelensky also said that he would present Biden with a plan for a Ukrainian victory in September. According to the president, this plan will also be handed over to US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. And in November, the document will be ready for the Second Peace Summit. At the same time, Zelensky again emphasized that Ukraine is not ready to exchange its territories as part of any negotiations.
14:31 Zelensky claims that the Kursk operation stopped the occupation of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions: "There are goals that I can say, and very important goals that I cannot say. The Kursk operation brought several things - the occupation of the Kharkiv region was stopped. We had information about the creation of buffer zones in the Kharkiv region, and then in the north - we understood that the Sumy region, Chernihiv region could be in the plans ... The sequence of the desire for these buffer zones was unknown to us, but we understood that this could be. The Kursk operation resolved the issue of not the occupation of the Sumy region and not the occupation of the Chernihiv region. And it also defeated a large number of troops."
14:22 Lavrov said that Russia "will not bite" at the Peace Summit with Ukraine in a country of the Global South, "if it follows the same logic as the first one." At the same time, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry added that if the West is interested in ending the war in Ukraine, then it is necessary to sit down at the negotiating table.
14:10 The Russian Army concentrated a significant number of troops in the Kursk direction and planned an offensive operation in this direction, Syrsky reported. Therefore, according to him, the goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region was to create a security zone, stop shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation, protect civilian objects in the Sumy region, and preempt the enemy. Another task was to divert significant enemy forces from other directions. "First of all, this concerns the Pokrovsk and Kurakhovsky directions. Of course, the enemy understands this, so it is concentrating its main efforts in the Pokrovsk direction, where its most combat-ready units are concentrated," the commander-in-chief noted.
In the Pokrovsk direction, according to him, the situation is difficult, because on average more than 50 combat contacts occur here daily. The enemy is trying to seize a section of the Konstantinovka-Pokrovsk highway and disrupt the logistics of the Defense Forces. "The enemy is paying a very high price, the Defense Forces are doing everything possible to stop the advance. Every day in this direction our soldiers neutralize up to 300 invaders. The situation is under our control, the command is doing everything possible to stabilize the situation," Syrsky added.
13:55 Lavrov said that the doctrine of Russia's use of nuclear weapons "is currently being clarified." He also called the discussion of Ukraine's possible use of Storm Shadow missiles for strikes deep into Russia "playing with fire." In turn, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the consequences of Russia's actions in response to the US involvement in the Ukrainian Armed Forces' attack on the Kursk region "could be much more severe than they have been so far."
13:31 Russia has transferred 30,000 troops from Ukraine to the Kursk direction, Syrsky reported: "The Kursk operation has diverted a significant number of troops. At the moment, we can state that about 30,000 troops have already been transferred to the Kursk direction, and this figure is growing." In particular, because of this, the enemy has reduced its activity in the south. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine added that the enemy is trying to withdraw units from other directions, while in Pokrovsk, on the contrary, it is increasing its efforts.
Syrsky also reported that in the Kursk region the Ukrainian Armed Forces already control 1,294 square kilometers and about 100 populated areas, and 594 Russian servicemen have been taken prisoner.
13:28 One of the countries of the Global South should soon begin an investigation into crimes committed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, which will expand the geography of bringing Russian war criminals to justice, said Prosecutor General Andrei Kostin. He also reported that in Ukraine, during the full-scale war, more than 136 thousand war crimes by the Russian Federation have been registered, 660 suspects have been identified, and 126 war criminals have been convicted.
13:00 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who recently returned from Kiev, had a telephone conversation with Putin. Modi said that in a conversation with Putin he "shared conclusions" about his recent visit to Ukraine. The day before, he also discussed this visit with Biden.
12:52 The location of the Second Peace Summit has not yet been determined, but Ukraine would like the conference to be held in one of the countries of the Global South, Yermak said. "The main condition is the readiness of the joint plan that we are working on. It will be ready in a short time," the head of the President's Office added. He also noted that he encounters "a lot of skepticism" and questions about "what if Russia does not agree." Yermak emphasized that the main thing is not Russia's position, but support for the common plan by all countries.
12:46 Ukraine will present the Biden administration with a list of targets in the Russian Federation that it will be able to hit with long-range weapons if it is given permission, Politico writes, citing sources. This will be another attempt by Kiev to convince Washington that this restriction should be lifted. The list of targets will be brought to the United States by the head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
12:29 In Zaporizhia, the number of people killed in the night attack has risen to three - one of the victims has died in the hospital, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov. One victim remains in the hospital, two others refused further hospitalization.
12:25 As a result of an enemy attack on Bogodukhov in the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and six were wounded, the prosecutor's office reported.
12:22 Shmyhal announced the introduction of the "fight or work" principle to de-shadow the labor market. According to the prime minister, it will include a number of measures aimed at legalizing jobs, increasing average salaries, and increasing budget revenues.
12:17 Russians shelled Marganets in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, one person was killed, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
12:14 Russia yesterday attacked Ukrainian distribution substations with cluster missiles for the first time, Shmyhal said. He added that yesterday's attack damaged "a very small amount of equipment thanks to the first and second levels of protection."
11:41 As a result of Russian attacks on Tuesday, August 27, all regions of Ukraine will be subject to power consumption restrictions, Ukrenergo reported. From 6:00 to 11:00 and from 15:00 to 21:00, four stages of shutdowns will be applied simultaneously, and at other times of the day - three stages.
11:33 Three people injured in yesterday's massive attack have died in hospital in Poltava Oblast, reported OVA head Filipp Pronin.
11:05 China, Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia are concerned about the "softening" of the conditions by Western countries for Ukraine to use the weapons they provided to strike military targets in the Russian Federation, said Li Hui, the special representative of the Chinese government. According to him, Beijing and its three partners from the Global South consider one of the main reasons for the continuation of the war in Ukraine to be the interest of "the military-industrial complex of some countries."
Li Hui added that Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia agree with the Chinese side that "a specific country" is using the war in Ukraine for its own benefit and threatening sanctions against China and other countries that have "normal" economic and trade ties with Russia. Li Hui also expressed hope that "more countries will approve and support the six-point consensus proposed by China and Brazil. Then there will be more hope for de-escalation of the situation and the prospects for peace will be brighter."
10:54 NATO has no information that the drone that flew into Poland the day before was a direct attack by Russia on the Alliance, NATO spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah said. At the same time, she said, it was still "irresponsible and potentially dangerous." The Polish military assumes that it was a Russian Shahed drone, but there is no official confirmation.
10:37 In Sumy Oblast, 20 people were injured as a result of enemy shelling during the day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. A total of 267 strikes from various types of weapons were recorded in 49 settlements of the region.
10:26 As a result of today's massive Russian attack, four people were killed and 16 were injured, Zelensky said.
10:14 In the morning, Russians struck two infrastructure facilities in the city of Bogodukhov in the Kharkiv region, three people were wounded, said OVA head Oleg Sinegubov. In addition, late yesterday evening, the enemy struck an infrastructure facility in the village of Andreyevka in the Izyum district with an Iskander, four people were injured. Another person was wounded as a result of a hit to an infrastructure facility in the village of Kopanka in the Izyum district.
09:48 Russia used 91 air attack weapons to attack Ukraine at night and in the morning, the Air Force reported:
three Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles;
one Iskander-M ballistic missile;
one Iskander-K cruise missile;
five X-101 cruise missiles;
81 Shahed-type attack UAVs.
The air defense shot down all five X-101 cruise missiles and 60 attack drones. Another ten drones were lost (probably crashed) on the territory of Ukraine, one crossed the border with Belarus, and about ten more remain in the airspace of Ukraine. Combat operations were conducted in most regions of the country: in the Kyiv, Khmelnytsky, Rivne, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, Kherson, Nikolaev, Zaporizhia, Khmelnytsky, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kirovohrad regions.
09:35 Ukraine's long-range drone missile Palyanitsa is "a completely new development, from scratch," and not a reworking of a Soviet weapon, one of the specialists involved in the project told the Associated Press. According to him, work on the new weapon began about a year and a half ago. The missile is accelerated by a solid-fuel booster, and then a jet engine is activated. One such missile costs less than $1 million, and the military is turning to businesses to further reduce production costs.
09:29 In the morning, the Russian army struck Novooleksandrivka in the Berislav district of the Kherson region - as a result of explosives dropped from a drone, two people were injured, the OVA reported. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed and ten were injured.
09:06 In Donetsk region on August 26 as a result of Russian shelling one person was wounded - in Konstantinovka, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
08:57 This night, the Russian Federation again launched a combined attack on Ukraine using strike UAVs, ballistic, cruise and aeroballistic missiles. In Kiev, the air raid alarm was declared four times since the beginning of the day and lasted for a total of more than five hours, said the head of the Kyiv City Defense Army, Serhiy Popko. In total, since the beginning of the day, the air defense has destroyed about 15 strike drones and several missiles around the capital. All air targets flying to the capital were destroyed. Kinzhal missiles also flew through the Kiev region towards the western regions.
At this moment, it is known about the fall of debris in the forest park zones of the Dniprovsky and Desnyansky districts - the forest litter caught fire there, some cells have already been eliminated, the rest have been localized. There is no information about victims, there is no destruction. Popko emphasized that the alarm is currently ongoing in the Kyiv region, there are still enemy UAVs in the airspace.
08:32 In the Khmelnytsky region, during a night attack, as a result of falling debris, fires occurred in two private houses, one person was injured, reported the head of the OVA, Serhiy Tyurin.
07:59 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 27:
personnel - about 610,100 (+1280) people,
tanks - 8563 (+12),
combat armored vehicles - 16,667 (+19),
artillery systems - 17,495 (+52),
MLRS - 1173 (+1),
air defense systems - 937 (+0),
aircraft - 367 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 14,254 (+120),
cruise missiles - 2547 (+103),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 23,613 (+58),
special equipment - 2944 (+3).
07:43 At night, Russians attacked Zaporizhia and the Zaporizhia region with drones - three people were killed, five were wounded, said the head of the OVA Ivan Fedorov.
07:36 Russia launched a missile strike on a hotel in Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk region, at night - two people were killed, five were injured, and two more are being sought, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak.
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[Korrespondent] 16:22 Zelensky said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' operation in the Kursk region "helped" Ukraine "a lot" because the number of calls for "peace talks" with Moscow has decreased. At the same time, he stressed that the operation in the Kursk region is defensive, and Kiev does not need foreign lands and citizens.
15:47 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said after visiting the Kursk NPP that he will visit Kyiv next week and meet with Zelensky. According to the agency's Director General, cases of military activity near the Kursk NPP "raise concerns for its safety."
14:51 Russia, thanks to the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region, has moved some of its troops from the Kharkiv and Zaporizhia directions, Zelensky said. At the same time, the Donetsk region remains a strategic target for the Russian Federation, so it is not withdrawing its troops from there, the president added.
14:38 Zelensky stated that the operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region is one of the points of the plan for Ukraine's victory. At the same time, the president emphasized that it is in no way connected with the meeting in Qatar on stopping strikes on energy infrastructure, which Western media had previously written about. "The Kursk operation is not connected with any of the points of the peace formula. Is the Kursk operation connected with the Second Peace Summit? Yes, because it is one of the points of the plan for Ukraine's victory. The Kursk operation had and has completely different goals than the meeting on energy with colleagues," the head of state noted.
14:31 Zelensky claims that the Kursk operation stopped the occupation of the Kharkiv and Sumy regions: "There are goals that I can say, and very important goals that I cannot say. The Kursk operation brought several things - the occupation of the Kharkiv region was stopped. We had information about the creation of buffer zones in the Kharkiv region, and then in the north - we understood that the Sumy region, Chernihiv region could be in the plans ... The sequence of the desire for these buffer zones was unknown to us, but we understood that this could be. The Kursk operation resolved the issue of not the occupation of the Sumy region and not the occupation of the Chernihiv region. And it also defeated a large number of troops."
14:10 The Russian Army concentrated a significant number of troops in the Kursk direction and planned an offensive operation in this direction, Syrsky reported. Therefore, according to him, the goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region was to create a security zone, stop shelling from the territory of the Russian Federation, protect civilian objects in the Sumy region, and preempt the enemy. Another task was to divert significant enemy forces from other directions.
13:50 Publics write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have taken control of the village of Kazachya Loknya in the Kursk region.
13:31 Russia has transferred 30,000 troops from Ukraine to the Kursk direction, Syrsky reported: "The Kursk operation has diverted a significant number of troops. At the moment, we can state that about 30,000 troops have already been transferred to the Kursk direction, and this figure is growing." In particular, because of this, the enemy has reduced its activity in the south. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine added that the enemy is trying to withdraw units from other directions, while in Pokrovsk, on the contrary, it is increasing its efforts.
Syrsky also reported that in the Kursk region the Ukrainian Armed Forces already control 1,294 square kilometers and about 100 populated areas, and 594 Russian servicemen have been taken prisoner.
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[EngMilRu] Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with long-range airborne precision weapons, including Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, and attack UAVs against critical airfield infrastructure of Ukraine. All the assigned targets been engaged.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces in Liptsy and Sumy directions have engaged the 22nd Mechanised Infantry Brigade, 101st and 118th Territorial Defence brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Chervonoye, Vorozhba, Baranovka, Pustogorod (Sumy region), and Liptsy (Kharkov region).
Three counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 115 troops, three motor vehicles, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
The units of the Zapad Group of Forces have improved the tactical situation and delivered strikes at manpower and hardware of the 4th Tank Brigade of the AFU, the 12th Special Operations Brigade, 104th, 110th, and 114th Territorial Defence brigades near Kolesnikovka, Boguslavka, Tabayevka (Kharkov region), and Serebryansky forestry.
Four counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of AFU 43rd and 63rd mechanised brigades have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 490 troops, two U.S.-made M113 armoured personnel carriers, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, two UK-made 155mm FH-70 howitzers, one U.S.-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery warfare radar as well as Anklav-N and Kvertus electronic warfare stations.
The units of the Yug Group of Forces have taken more advantageous lines and positions, defeated manpower and hardware of 54th, 93rd Mechanised, 110rd Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the 119th Territorial Defence Brigade near Kuzminovka, Verkhnekamenskoye, and Katerinovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
One counterattack launched by the AFU 5th Assault Brigade has been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 780 troops, one German-made Leopard tank, one armoured fighting vehicle, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-198 howitzer, one 152mm Msta-B howitzer, two 122mm D-30 howitzer, and one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Three AFU field ammunition depots have been destroyed.
The units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated Orlovka (Donetsk People's Republic), defeated units of 53rd, 110th Mechanised, 25th Air Assault brigades of the AFU, and the 109th Territorial Defence Brigade near Vozdvizhenka, Rozovka, Novgorodskoye, and Sergeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Seven counterattacks launched by AFU 150th and 151st Mechanised brigades have been repelled.
The AFU losses were up to 530 troops, one tank, four armoured fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, one 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
The units of the Vostok Group of Forces have improved the situation along the front line and hit manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade close to Vodyanoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Russian troops have repelled one counterattack launched by assault detachments of the 128th Territorial Defence Brigade.
The AFU losses were up to 145 troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, one 152mm D-20 howitzer, and one electronic warfare station.
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have defeated units of the AFU 35th Naval Infantry Brigade and the 124th Territorial Defence Brigade close to Ivanovka and Tokarevka (Kherson region).
The AFU losses were more than 85 troops, four motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155mm M-777 gun, one 155mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, one U.S.-made 105mm M-119 howitzer as well as one Anklav-N electronic warfare station.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces have engaged AFU manpower and hardware in 142 areas during the day.
Air defence facilities have shot down four Tochka-U tactical missiles, three French-made Hammer aerial guided bombs, and 31 unmanned aerial vehicles.
In total, 640 airplanes and 283 helicopters, 30,564 unmanned aerial vehicles, 575 air defence missile systems, 17,586 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,425 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,690 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 25,262 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The units of the Sever Group of Forces supported by Army Aviation and artillery have repelled 11 attacks launched by AFU assault detachments in the direction of Borki, Kulbaki, Kremyanoye, Malaya Loknya. In addition, Russian troops have thwarted attempted attacks in the direction of Krasnooktyabrskoye, Olgovka, and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye. The Armed Forces of Ukraine losses were up to 65 troops killed and wounded as well as one armoured personnel carrier and eight armoured fighting vehicles.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue reconnaissance and search operations in forestry areas to locate and eliminate enemy small sabotage groups attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory.
Aviation and artillery together with troops have engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters of 22nd, 61st, and 115th Mechanised, 80th, 82nd Air Assault brigades as well as the 1004th Security and Service Brigade near Apanasovka, Borki, Bogdanovka, Viktorovka, Desyaty Oktyabr, Kruglenkoye, Kazachaya Loknya, Lyubimovka, Mikhailovka, Novoivanovka, Plekhovo, and Snagost.
Operational-Tactical Aviation has struck concentration areas in Sumy region of reserve manpower and military hardware of 41st and 54th Mechanised, 80th and 82nd Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the 1st Ukrainian National Guard as well as 101st, 103rd, and 107th Territorial Defence brigades close to Atinskoye, Belopoloye, Baranovka, Vorozhba, Glybnoye, Katerinovka, Orlovka, Pokrovka, Pervomaiskoye, Pustogorod, Pershetravnya, and Esman.
The AFU losses were up to 400 troops and 30 armoured vehicles, including one infantry fighting vehicle, one armoured personnel carrier, 28 armoured fighting vehicles, 13 motor vehicles, three artillery guns, two multiple-launch rocket system, including one U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS and two mortars.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses were over 6,600 troops, 73 tanks, 34 infantry fighting vehicles, 62 armoured personnel carriers, 432 armoured fighting vehicles, 201 motor vehicles, 45 artillery guns, 13 multiple-launch rocket system launchers, including four HIMARS MLRS and one MLRS, five SAM launchers, nine electronic warfare stations, two counter-battery warfare radars, one air defence radars, five engineering vehicles as well as 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] 21:00 UAV Operators destroyed another Ukrainian Armed Forces combat armored vehicle in a shelter in the border area of ??the Kursk region
A reconnaissance unit of the North group of forces, using a UAV, identified a Ukrainian Armed Forces combat vehicle that was trying to take cover in one of the buildings.
The detected target was promptly destroyed. Objective control means recorded the fire and destruction of the enemy's combat armored vehicle.
19:50 The Russian Armed Forces were able to encircle Grodovka from the south and north. In addition, Russian fighters "broke into" the southern outskirts of the village.
19:37 Russian Armed Forces approached the city of Ukrainsk (DPR)
19:30 Ukrainian channels reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces began retreating from Karlivka to neighboring Galitsynivka
19:27 The Russian army destroyed a bridge in Akhtyrka in the Sumy region. This bridge was used as one of the enemy's main logistical arteries, through which the group on the border of the Belgorod region is supplied.
19:25 Crews of strike UAVs of the airborne artillery unit of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed two mortars and an ammunition depot on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
18:52 Job of operational-tactical aviation of the 11th Army in the Ugledar direction
Another FAB strike was carried out on a concentration of militants on the territory of one of the ventilation shafts of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya mine.
18:46 Fire damage to fleeing Ukrainian “targets” by UAV operators of the 132nd Motorized Rifle Brigade –video.
18:32 Calculation of the Buk-M2 air defense missile system of the Dnepr group of forces knocked down. There are two Ukrainian Armed Forces “Himars” missiles in the sky over the Kherson region.
17:52 Army aviation crew on a Ka-52 helicopter struck manpower and armored military equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of Kursk Oblast.
The attack was carried out using aircraft missiles against reconnoitered enemy targets.
17:42 Explosions in Khar'kov region
16:51 Footage of combat work of the UAV operator of the 1st Motorized Rifle Battalion of the 429th Motorized Rifle Regiment against enemy positions in the Zaporizhzhya direction.
16:24 RF Armed Forces advanced in Memrik, near Kalinovo and Mikhaylovka. The remnants of the enemy have been driven out of Novogrodovka and Krutoy Yar. Assault groups are advancing in Grodovka
16:07 The crew of the 152mm Msta-B howitzer of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed a tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Orekhov direction –video.
15:42 Russian military destroyed armored vehicle of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with a mine trawl near Korenev (Kursk region).
15:37 The situation near Pokrovsk is approaching critical: if the city is taken, Ukraine will lose a vital transport hub.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, out of 170 combat clashes recorded over the past 24 hours, almost a third - 60 assaults by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled there. We are talking about the areas of the settlements of Kalinove, Vozdvizhenka, Novooleksandrivka, Panteleimonivka, Zelenoye Pole, Mirolyubovka, Grodovka, Novogrodovka, Memrik, Mykhailovka and Karlovka.
At the same time, according to information from Ukrainian resources, the Russian Armed Forces have already occupied Ptichye, and have also advanced near Peschanoye, Kalinovoye, in Karlovka, Memrik, Krasny Yar, Mikhailovka, Severny, Novogrodovka and the surrounding areas.
15:27 FPV drone operators of the "East" group of forces hit the Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and equipment in the South Donetsk direction –video.
15:10 Aerial reconnaissance of one of the units of the Sever group of forces detected an armored combat vehicle and a truck of the Ukrainian Armed Forces moving along a road in the border area of ??the Kursk region. The detected targets wereamazeda direct hit from a Lancet loitering munition.
In real time, objective monitoring equipment recorded a strong fire in enemy military equipment.
14:35 The operational and strategic situation in which the Ukrainian Armed Forces find themselves remains difficult, Syrsky said.
He also admitted that the Kiev regime wanted to divert significant forces of the Russian army from the Pokrovsk direction with the terrorist attack on the Kursk region, but the attempt failed.
14:10 Russian troops inflicted an attack on an enemy deployment point on the outskirts of Slavyansk (DPR), the Donbass Partizan channel reported.
Rocket artillery strikes destroyed an enemy post that was set up on the territory of the Europa Hotel. Several enemy vehicles were destroyed/damaged. Activity of evacuation vehicles was recorded.
The artillery attack also caused a fire at the Parallel gas station, where Ukrainian soldiers often stop. No civilians were harmed.
13:51 RF Armed Forces inflicted strikes on Bogodukhov (Khar'kov region). After the "arrivals" a strong fire was observed.
13:42 Footage of liberation of the village of Kalinovo in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
13:32 In the Kupyansk direction, the 77th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was withdrawn for recovery due to heavy losses.
13:26 Konstantinovka: units of the 68th Army Corps continue to develop the offensive. The enemy's firing position was suppressed by artillery and drone strikes.
As a result of the fire damage, the enemy was forced to “roll back”, which allowed the soldiers of the unit from Sakhalin to advance and gain a foothold, raising the flag of the Sakhalin Region over the building.
12:54 The group of Ukrainian troops remaining in the village of Grodovka near Krasnoarmeysk (Ukrainian name - Pokrovsk) of the DPR has been operationally surrounded, the region's security forces reported.
12:35 Ukrainian Armed Forces retreat from Novogrodovka in the Pokrovsk direction, the city is beginning to come under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, - Ukrainian Telegram channels
On the Deep State resource map, the city is almost completely under the control of the Russian Armed Forces or in the gray zone.
12:17 Russian Defense Ministry briefing:
Operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Armed Forces struck concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower and equipment in 142 areas;
The "West" group of forces destroyed formations of five enemy brigades, including "Azov", the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces amounted to 490 servicemen;
Russian troops defeated three Ukrainian brigades in the Liptsov and Sumy directions;
Ukrainian troops lost up to 115 people in one day due to the actions of the Russian “North” group;
The units of the Southern Group occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 780 servicemen, a Leopard tank;
Air defense systems shot down 4 Tochka-U tactical missiles, 3 Hammer aerial bombs, and 31 UAVs;
Units of the Vostok group improved their position along the front line; the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 145 servicemen;
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the zone of the "Center" group of forces in one day amounted to 530 soldiers, a tank and four armored vehicles.
12:12 Units of the Center group have liberated the settlement of Orlovka in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
12:10 The Russian Armed Forces carried out a group strike with precision weapons, including Kinzhal missiles, on critical airfield infrastructure facilities in Ukraine tonight. All designated targets were hit, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
11:44 The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Krasnoarmeysk (Ukrainian name - Pokrovsk) in the Kyiv-controlled territory of the DPR is close to disaster, believes Verkhovna Rada deputy Alexey Goncharenko*.
11:35 Explosions thundered in the city of Kherson, controlled by Kyiv, the publication "Public. News" reported.
11:20 The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to break through the border of the Belgorod region, the situation is difficult, but under control, the governor said.
10:51 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr group
The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces carried out combat missions in the Kakhovka direction. They ensured control of the island zone of the Dnieper River. They did not allow the enemy troops to regroup with artillery fire. They continued to destroy floating means of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, trying to land on the left bank of the Dnieper. They actively destroyed FPV drones, reconnaissance and attack UAVs.
Over the past 24 hours, the enemy's losses amounted to 70 servicemen and six vehicles. During the counter-battery battle, a 152mm D-20 gun and an electronic warfare station were destroyed.
10:30 Calculation of the FPV drone of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the "West" group of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the 12th Ukrainian copter "Baba Yaga" is in the Kupyansk direction.
10:10 A Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold captured by Russian attack aircraft on the Ugledar-Konstantinovka (DPR) highway –video.
09:57 Sounds of explosions thundered in Bogodukhov, Khar'kov region, the Ukrainian publication “Strana” reported.
09:56 Ukrainian Armed Forces units suffered very heavy losses in the Kursk direction in one day, they are revising their plan of action – Alaudinov.
09:46 Iskander missile strike destroys HIMARS of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Stepanovka in Sumy Oblast – MLRS exploded and burned completely –video.
09:15 In the morning, the enemy reports the collapse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ defense in the Krasnoarmeysk direction:
– The occupation of Novogrodovka by the Russian Armed Forces continues.
– After the liberation of Kalinovo, the Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards Memrik.
– The Russian Armed Forces are advancing towards the outskirts of Selidovo.
- In the eastern part of Karlovka, the Armed Forces are advancing towards the center of the village. At the same time, there is a threat of the Russian Armed Forces reaching the rear of the Karlovka garrison from the direction of Kalinovo.
08:18 Russian military has liberated two more settlements in the Kursk region - Nizhnyaya Parovaya and Nechayev, said the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Major General Apty Alaudinov.
08:11 Russian paratroopers destroyed two Ukrainian boats with mercenaries from Poland attempted to land at the Kinburn Spit in the Kherson region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
Chronicle of the battle:
Early in the morning, Russian airborne reconnaissance detected Ukrainian Armed Forces landing craft with personnel moving at high speed in the direction of the Kinburn Spit from the direction of Ochakov;
As the boats approached the shore, the enemy opened massive artillery fire along the coast, trying to suppress the firing points of Russian units in order to successfully land the naval assault force;
Anti-tank crews defending the coast of the Dnieper estuary on the Kinburn Spit, having allowed the enemy to approach the range of destruction with anti-tank weapons, the crews launched guided missiles from the Kornet ATGM, destroying a landing craft with enemy personnel;
Later, the enemy managed to clear a small section of the coast by blowing up a guided combat boat, after which it attempted to land on the coast. The first group of Ukrainian Armed Forces that landed was destroyed by the launch of a Fagot ATGM, after which, in a small-arms battle, anti-tank paratroopers of the Airborne Forces artillery unit destroyed the personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces sabotage and reconnaissance group, among whom, as was later established, were foreign mercenaries from Poland.
08:09 The Russian Armed Forces repelled attempts by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through into the settlement of Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region, taking up defensive positions in penal colony No. 11, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
The department noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost about 10 units of armored vehicles and about 100 soldiers while attempting to break through to the settlement of Malaya Loknya in the Kursk region.
08:00 Crews of strike UAVs of the "Southern" group of troops near Chasovy Yar destroyed howitzer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, disrupting the rotation.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] Kyiv's attempts to transfer the fighting to Russian territory are predictably failing: the Russian army is repelling new attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. At the same time, Russian forces continue to advance along the entire front in Donbass, pushing back the enemy and preventing it from creating new lines of defense. The most tense section of the front remains the Pokrovsk direction, where the Russian Armed Forces expand the zone of control almost daily. After losing a number of fortified lines and defensive lines, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have not yet managed to stabilize the front line.
According to sources on the ground, Ukrainian troops are building up defenses around individual settlements, so Russian troops are increasingly encircling enemy defense nodes, cutting them off from supplies, and then occupying settlements that end up in the rear.
Using similar tactics, Russian troops liberated the settlements of Kalinovo and Ptichye. To the north, a group of Ukrainian soldiers found themselves in an operational encirclement near the settlement of Grodovka.
The fighting is gradually moving to the area south of the Karlovka-Pokrovsk highway. Fighting is underway for the settlements of Mikhailovka and Memrik, which have partially come under the control of the Russian army.
The advance in the Kalinovo area will make it possible to cut off the route to Karlovka in the near future and put the Ukrainian garrison at risk of encirclement, a source in the Pokrovsk direction told Regnum.
"As far as we know, they are not even trying to regain control of the highway or unblock Karlovka. There are attempts at local counterattacks, but overall - without a critical breakdown. So we should expect that in the near future they will begin to retreat from Karlovka," the source notes.
If the advance in the Memrik area creates a threat to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Karlovka, then from Mikhailovka a road opens to the large settlement of Selidovo, which is only one and a half kilometers to the west.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Command and local Ukrainian authorities have no illusions and do not expect the situation to change in their favor. The day before, the authorities expanded the zone of forced evacuation of local residents from a number of settlements in the Selydovsky district.
BURNT RESERVES
According to Forbes, Kiev planned to change the situation in Donbass by launching an offensive on the Kursk region. However, journalists note that the tactics did not justify themselves.
"Analysts had previously described the situation around Pokrovsk as 'critical.' And that was before the Russians took several more villages along the road to Pokrovsk, including Orlovka and Nikolaevka. Even after slowing the pace of their advance, Russian troops are continuing to advance, which could lead to the fall of Pokrovsk," Forbes writes.
The defeat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Pokrovsk will be one of the most severe in the entire period of military operations in Donbass. At the same time, the Ukrainian Armed Forces command may regret deploying large forces - potentially 10-15 assault battalions, each of which has up to 400 people - in the Kursk direction.
Remaining in reserve, the units could have been deployed in the Pokrovsk direction at a critical moment. However, these forces were now spent on the Kursk adventure, the publication summarizes.
Ukrainian sources are gradually coming to similar conclusions. Messages from volunteers who have access to fighters from the 47th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which has been fighting from Avdiivka to Pokrovsk since last spring, without rotation or reinforcements, are spreading on social networks.
The 47th Brigade bore the brunt of the losses, both in manpower and armored vehicles. The day before, the brigade lost another M1 Abrams tank. According to researchers, this is already the 20th of 31 vehicles of this model supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by the United States.
PREPARING FOR A "RETREAT TO NEW FRONTIERS"
Simultaneously with the evacuation of a number of populated areas in the Selidovo region, the forced evacuation of civilians was also announced in the area of the populated area of Konstantinovka, which is located west of Chasov Yar and northwest of Toretsk.
This decision by local authorities can be called a kind of preparation by the Ukrainian Armed Forces to transfer military operations to the region.
Earlier, the Russian army began a new stage of the offensive in the city of Toretsk, the center of a large agglomeration of the same name. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were forced to abandon most of the settlement of New York, which was located in this area. According to information from the field, some of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units that tried to break out of New York were surrounded. We are talking about two battalions of the 212th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Toretsk area, Russian troops are simultaneously continuing their offensive in residential areas and in the outskirts of the city, trying to bypass the defenses of Ukrainian troops.
The offensive is developing in the direction of the settlements of Druzhba and Dachnoye north of Toretsk and Nelepovka to the south. In the city itself, Russian troops managed to take control of the area of the Central City Hospital.
It is noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this area are increasingly making attempts to counterattack and are more often retreating without a fight. This may indicate the exhaustion of the reserves of the Ukrainian army in this section of the front, a source of the IA Regnum in the ranks of the 1st Army Corps reports.
"There is information, at the level of rumors so far, that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are planning a retreat in our area. Not immediately, of course, but they will roll back. Now they will play for time while new lines are being built in Konstantinovka and the population is being evacuated. We, as always, continue to fire, do not allow them to retreat in order and are advancing ourselves," the source said.
For Kyiv, the withdrawal of troops from Toretsk and the organization of defense in the Konstantinovka area will mean the loss of a large area of territory and the loss of initiative on a large section of the front.
Russian troops, on the contrary, can use the retreat of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to attack the Ukrainian garrison in Chasovy Yar from the rear or cut it off from supplies altogether.
VAGUE HINTS
As the situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces worsens, the question becomes increasingly acute: is this approach by the Ukrainian command stupidity or a conscious decision?
A number of experts and frontline correspondents note that Kyiv has not yet thrown its existing reserves into battle, which are being stored for some other purpose.
The reserve forces consist of recruits recruited in the winter-spring of 2024 and trained at NATO training grounds. There is no information in open sources about what kind of reserves the Ukrainian Armed Forces have, but rumors suggest that they are about 10-15 infantry and mechanized brigades.
At the same time, Militaryland analysts report that Ukrainian troops are forming new mechanized brigades, which will be assigned numbers in the 160 series. These units will be ready to enter combat by early 2025.
Officials in Kyiv are not saying where the next attack will be, only hinting that it should be truly sudden. At the same time, games of secrecy and vague hints could lead to the Ukrainian Armed Forces finally losing control over the situation in Donbass - they will have nowhere to "counterattack".
Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Reports from the Novorossiya militia
[VK] Note from the channel "Veteran's Notes"
"Ukraine has begun forming new brigades for the offensive in 2025, and the Western paramilitary community is talking about this quite openly.
The so-called "160th" brigades have begun forming as part of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.series. They will recruit Ukrainian citizens living in Europe on a voluntary (and voluntary-compulsory) basis. For example, after the announcement of the creation of the "Ukrainian Legion" in Poland, information appeared that this legion will not act as an independent unit, but as a training hub, after which they will be distributed into new brigades.
Training centers for the creation of the "160th brigades" will be deployed in Eastern and, probably, Western Europe. These same European countries will provide the brigades with weapons and ammunition at the place of formation (while the burden associated with the training of such units is removed from the USA and Great Britain).
It is already known that the formation of the 160th separate mechanized brigade has begun somewhere on the territory of one of the NATO states. At the same time, the so-called "150th brigades", which were formed in 2023-2024 on Ukrainian territory, are already actively participating in hostilities along the entire front, including in the Kursk region. It is assumed that these two series of brigades will become the main component of mechanized formations after the currently existing mechanized brigades are defeated and exhausted in the battles of 2024.”
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Kalashnikov showed a new underbarrel grenade launcher GP-46. The video was published on August 27 in the concern's official Telegram channel. The GP-25 40mm underbarrel grenade launcher was a major problem for Russian spec ops who use suppressors. The distance between the upper side of the grenade and the bottom of the suppressor was barely one millimeter (0.040"). Kalashnikov put the launcher on a sort of a riser to cure the problem. (See the video below)
The company noted that the world premiere of the new weapon will take place at the fifth International Defense Industry Exhibition ADEX 2024, which will be held on September 24–26 in Baku.
“The product is designed to defeat enemy manpower located on the ground, in trenches, ditches and unarmored vehicles,” the publication states.
The GP-46 can be attached to a Kalashnikov assault rifle, as well as to a special folding buttstock, the material says. The weapon allows for overhead or flattened shooting; when firing direct fire, the grenade launcher's range is 400 m. The length of the GP-46 is 380 mm, the caliber is 40mm. The grenade launcher weighs 1.6 kg. The weapon's rate of fire is 5-6 rounds per minute.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 10, Kalashnikov presented a new RPL-20 5.45 mm light machine gun for the Russian army, as well as an under-barrel grenade launcher GP-46. The concern's chief designer, Sergei Urzhumtsev, noted that the under-barrel grenade launcher system is suitable for the RPL-20. The machine gun is designed to increase the effectiveness and expand the combat capabilities of ground forces, airborne forces, as well as marines and special forces, Urzhumtsev said.
Earlier, the concern presented a new AK-19 assault rifle for NATO-style cartridges. The new product was created on the basis of the AK-12 assault rifle of 5.45 mm caliber. The new model is adapted for 24-hour use and also has increased accuracy, the report noted.
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