[UKRINFORM] Russian forces have struck the city of Voznesensk, located near the South Ukraine Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Fragments of a missile were found in the observation area of the station, so it is not ruled out that the missile could have been fired at the South Ukraine NPP.
According to the investigation, on August 20, 2022, at 11:30, military personnel of the aggressor country, disregarding the norms of international humanitarian law, launched a missile attack on the city of Voznesensk. An enemy rocket hit a five-story residential building, damaging two entrances to the building, as well as nearby private houses and vehicles. According to preliminary information, 12 people were injured, including three children.
It added that in March, the attempt to seize the NPP was unsuccessful: the Ukrainian Armed Forces stopped the invaders. Then it was near Voznesensk that SBU officers detained three Russian soldiers who were hiding in abandoned buildings. All of them were part of a group that planned to seize the station.
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it is not ruled out that the missile could have been fired at the South Ukraine NPP.
A mostly-true statement. However, a quick peek on Google Earth shows the power plant to be roughly 18 miles from the city. The Rus might have missed badly. However...
Actual buildings in the city were hit, missile fragments were found at the power plant. That suggests the city was the target and fragments of intercepted missiles fell on the power plant. It could be the other way around, but I am curious what was going on in the buildings that were destroyed.
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Actual buildings in the city were hit,
If you look at the photos, the strike wasn't in the city. It hit an apartment block in a rural area. Don't know distance from the NPP, but imagine missile fragments don't travel more than a few hundred meters.
but I am curious what was going on in the buildings that were destroyed.
Life. Families trying to make it through another day. 12 people were injured, including three children
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the strike wasn't in the city. It hit an apartment block in a rural area.
Looking at google earth, the city is rather spread out with quite a bit of greenery. It would be interesting to know exactly what was hit.
imagine missile fragments don't travel more than a few hundred meters.
Not the fragments from the impact/detonation. Fragments from an intercepted missile. Ideally, the interception happens at altitude some distance away from the target, but you still get chunks of both the incoming and the interceptor.
[BBC] Ukrainian strikes on Crimea are having major psychological and operational effects on Moscow's forces, Western officials have told journalists.
Explosions at the Saki airbase on 9 August and other assaults have put more than half of the Black Sea fleet's naval jets out of action, they said.
The fleet has a revered history, but it has suffered a series of humiliations since the invasion began in February.
Officials said the setbacks have forced it to adopt a defensive posture.
In April, the fleet's flagship, the cruiser Moskva, was sunk by Ukraine. The 510-crew missile cruiser had led Russia's naval assault on Ukraine, and its sinking was a major symbolic and military blow.
At the time, the Russian defence ministry said ammunition on board the Moskva exploded in an unexplained fire, and the ship tipped over while being towed back to port.
[LB] The air and missile attacks of the Russian occupiers on civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine do not stop.
by Iryna Gamalii
The 177th day of heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion continues. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook about the situation at the front as of 6:30 p.m.
No signs of the creation of offensive groups were found in the Volyn and Poliske directions . The exercises of the Air Force and Air Defense units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus are being held . There is still a threat of the enemy launching missile and air strikes from the territory and airspace of this country.
On the Siverskyi direction , the enemy shelled civil and military infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Pushkari in Chernihiv region and Myropyllya and Pavlivka in Sumy region.
In the Kharkiv direction, Russian killers carried out fire damage from barrel and rocket artillery of civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Kharkiv, Protopopivka, Petrivka, Slatine, Velyki Prohody, Korobochkine, Milova and Husarivka. Airstrikes were carried out near Stary Saltov and Yavirskyi. The enemy maintains a high intensity of UAV reconnaissance. The occupiers tried to improve their tactical position near Pytomnik, were repulsed and retreated. They carried out remote demining of the terrain in the districts of Stary and Verkhnyi Saltov.
In the Slavyansk direction , the enemy carried out fire damage from tanks, barrel and rocket artillery near Dibrivny, Virnopill, Chepil and Bogorodychny. In the areas of Karnaukhivka, Dibrivne, Virnopillya and Dolyna settlements, the enemy made attempts to break through the defenses of our troops. Suffered losses and ran away in disgrace.
In the Kramatorsk direction , enemy shelling was recorded near Siversk, Hryhorivka, Berestovo, and Ivano-Daryivka. The invaders tried to advance near Vyimka and Ivano-Daryivka with offensive and assault actions, received a strong repulse and retreated.
In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy fired from tanks, barrel and jet artillery in the areas of the settlements of Svitle, Soledar, Berestov, Vershina, Bilogorivka, Zalizne, and Yakovlivka. Used aviation for strikes near Soledar and Yakovlivka. He led offensive and assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Kodema, Bakhmutske and Zaitseve, he was unsuccessful, he left.
In the Avdiiv region , the areas of Novoukrayinka, Krasnohorivka, Vodyane, Maryinka, Shevchenko, Lastochkine, Avdiivka and Opytne settlements were affected by fire. The enemy carried out airstrikes near Maryinka, Novoselivka Druga and Nevelskyi. He led an offensive in the districts of the settlements of Opytne, Pisky and Mayorsk, had no success, withdrew.
In the direction of Novopavlivka , shelling was recorded near Velika Novosilka, Pavlivka, Novomykhailivka, and Zolotaya Niva. The enemy launched airstrikes near Pavlivka and Novomykhailivka. Near the latter, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to improve the tactical position, suffered losses and retreated.
In the Zaporozhye direction , the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Samiilivka, Gulyaipole, Preobrazhenka, Mala Tokmachka, Poltavka, Novosilka, Temyrivka, Zaliznychne and Novoandriivka with barrel and jet artillery and tanks. He carried out airstrikes near Shcherbaki, Dorozhnyanka and Novosilka. Conducted active reconnaissance of the positions of our anti-aircraft troops.
In the South Buz direction, the enemy concentrated its efforts on preventing the advance of our troops and replenishing losses. He continued shelling from tanks and artillery of various types along the entire contact line. He carried out airstrikes near Mykolaivskyi, Novy Zhitto, Pervomaiskyi, Bila Krynytsia, and Lozovoy.
He made an attempt to break through our defenses in the area of Kirov settlement with assault actions. With the results of fire damage, he suffered losses and retreated chaotically. In order to conduct aerial reconnaissance, the BpLA was actively involved.
In the water areas of the Black and Azov Seas , the enemy's naval group continues to support the actions of the ground group of troops, block civilian shipping in the northwestern part of the Black Sea, and damage objects and infrastructure elements deep in the territory of Ukraine.
Yesterday, Russia shelled Sumy Oblast three times, Chernihiv Oblast seven times, struck Donetsk Oblast with an unguided air missile, - OVA
The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhya, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil Oblasts, Cherkasy Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Odesa Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Kyiv Oblast and Zhytomyr Oblast.
Over the past day, the enemy launched three shellings of the border areas in the Novgorod-Siversky district of the Chernihiv region. Without victims and destruction, says the summary from OVA.
Yesterday, the Russians carried out seven shellings of three communities in the Sumy region. 93 arrivals were recorded. No victims, but there is destruction. As a result of shelling of the Bilopol community with barrel artillery, a non-residential building and school premises were damaged. From 2:20 p.m., there was shelling from 120 mm mortars in the Myropil community - 15 hits. The shelling continued at 5:30 p.m. As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure was damaged. Today, at 6:00 a.m., mortar shelling of the Bilopol community began. The consequences are clarified.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian troops shelled three districts. In Kryvorizky, they hit two communities - Apostolivska and Zelenodolska: a man died in Apostolivska, and no one was injured in Zelenodolska. There is housing destruction in both communities. In the Synelnyk district, the Mezhivsk community was fired at from the Tornado S anti-aircraft missile system. A child is injured. Several houses were damaged. In Nikopol, the city center was shelled. Up to 20 high-rise buildings, eight shops, several institutions and lyceums were damaged. People were not injured.
At 4:38 a.m. the occupiers shelled Kharkiv with rockets . There are hits in the Industrial, Kyiv, and Osnovyan districts. According to preliminary data, one woman died. One of the rockets hit the building of the educational institution. There is also land impact, an industrial facility and a private residential building. Preliminary - there are no victims. Chuguyiv, Kharkiv, Bogoduhiv districts were shelled by artillery during the day. Residential buildings and commercial buildings were hit. In the Zolochiv community, the club premises, the library and wheat in the field were on fire. A man was injured in Pechenegs due to shelling.
During August 18, eight enemy attacks were repelled. Most of them were directed in the Bakhmut direction. The assault is organized, including, from the villages and cities of Luhansk Region. In eight settlements, the Russians involved aviation. Last night alone, barrel and jet artillery were used 16 times, targeting settlements and fortifications of our military.
In the Donetsk region, the Russians killed five civilians and wounded 10 during the day. Shelling - artillery, mortars, tanks, an unguided aerial missile strike, "Uragan" anti-aircraft missile defense system. Zalizne, Zelenopillia, Avdiivka, Toretsk, Maksimilianivka, Druzhba, Mykolaivka, Pryshyb, Bakhmut, Ozaryanivka, Oleksandropil were fired upon. Three high-rise buildings, nine private residential buildings, a garage, three civilian cars, one official car, and a store were damaged.
At around 5 a.m., Kramatorsk was shelled. The building of the Kramatorsk Technological Technical College was partially damaged. Shelling of Avdiivka, Maryinka, Ocheretynska and Sviatohirska communities, in particular the villages of Tetyanivka and Pryshyb. The region remains without gas and partly without water and electricity. Mandatory evacuation of the population continues.
Yesterday in Mykolaiv, the facilities of the port infrastructure were again attacked. There are no casualties. Around 04:00, the city was shelled by S-300 missiles. Three rockets again hit P. Mohyla CNU, damaging the surrounding houses. Previously, one person was injured. An enterprise was also damaged in another district of the city. There are no casualties.
In the Mykolaiv district, during the day, there was enemy shelling in the village. Halytsynov of the Halytsynov community . As a result of the impact of the cluster ammunition of the "Smerch" MLRS, several residential buildings were damaged, the building of the fire station was destroyed, and a fire truck was destroyed. Three people were injured.
The Shirokiv community was shelled in the Bashtan district last day. The community was also shelled from 22:00 to 04:00. The hits were outside the population centers. There are no casualties. Settlements of the Berezneguvat community on the demarcation line remain under constant fire. Information on victims and damage is being clarified.
During the day, hostilities continued on almost the entire territory of the Kherson region. Anti-personnel fragmentation mines (POM-2) were found in the de-occupied territories, which can cause damage without touching it. In many communities of the region, there are many mined territories, the tense situation remains in the villages bordering the neighboring regions and through which the Ingulets River passes.
Residents of the region continue to demonstrate their pro-Ukrainian views. Russians are forced to import young people from other regions to paint Ukrainian symbols in occupied Kherson. For more than two and a half months, residents of the region have been without Ukrainian communications, the Internet, and television.
We will remind, according to the summary of the General Staff, the enemy in the Kharkiv direction carried out shelling from tanks , barrel and jet artillery in the districts of Kharkiv, Chuguyev, Zolochiv, Protopopivka, Sosnivka, Korobochkino, Shestakovo, Milovy, Duvanivka, Husarivka and Prudyanka. Fighting continues in the Avdiyiv direction.
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[Vesti] August 19 is the 177th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
6:00 a.m. Dnipropetrovsk region . Under fire from "Hurricanes" were Krivorozhsky, Sinelnikovsky and Nikopol regions . A 36-year-old man was killed, a 12-year-old boy was wounded. The Russian Federation sent 10 shells from cannon artillery to Nikopol . Up to 20 high-rise buildings, a dozen shops, a lyceum, a bank and a bus stop were damaged in the city.
7:00 am . Kharkov region . At least 5 rockets were fired at Kharkiv, the Kiev, Osnovyansky and Nemyshlyansky districts of the city suffered. There is a hit in a residential building and an "arrival" at an infrastructure facility. One woman who worked as a security guard in an educational institution died.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine took prisoner two soldiers of the Russian army, the OK "South" reported. Successful offensive actions were carried out in the Nikolaev-Kherson direction. 4 S-300 systems were destroyed, with which the Russians hit Nikolaev. 4 strikes were inflicted on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and equipment in the Bashtansky and Berislavsky districts.
Nikolaev region . Russian troops fired again at one of the universities in Nikolaev.
8:00 a.m. Donetsk region . The Russians attacked the Kramatorsk Professional College of Technology and Design and the Donbass State Machine-Building Academy.
Timeline of the war in Ukraine: Friday, August 19 (updated) - photo 1
9:00 a.m. Nikolaev region . Three Russian S-300 missiles hit the ChNU named after P. Mohyla in Nikolaev , houses nearby were damaged. One person was previously injured. As a result of the hit of cluster munitions by the MLRS "Smerch" in the Nikolaevsky district, several residential buildings were damaged, the building of the fire department was destroyed, a fire truck was destroyed, three people were injured.
Donetsk region . 5 civilians were killed as a result of shelling over the past day: 2 in Avdiivka, 1 in Druzhba, 1 in Zelenopolye and 1 in Pervomaisky. Another 10 people were injured.
9:50 am . Sumy region . 14 "arrivals" from mortars were recorded. Previously - without loss and destruction.
10:10 am . Kiev . The FSB tried to install "bugs" on the sidelines of the Verkhovna Rada . The SBU exposed the attempt. The agent turned out to be an employee of the support unit of the Office of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. He was supposed to collect intelligence about the visits of foreign delegations to the Ukrainian parliament, including their personal composition, the content of official and informal conversations.
11:00 am . Zelensky may meet with Putin on November 15-16. Putin plans to come to the G20 summit in Bali. Vladimir Zelensky is also invited. At the summit, it is quite likely that the first meeting between the President of Russia and the President of Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion could take place.
11:30 am . Russia failed to claim any territorial gains for the first time since 6 July. Also, she could not advance on the territory of Ukraine. The Russian Federation carried out mostly unsuccessful attacks in eastern Ukraine on August 18, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
12:00 . Kherson region . The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the plans of the Russians to repair and use the Kakhovka bridge. It's most likely damaged again. Although earlier the Russians announced its restoration, said the deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergey Khlan.
Erdogan invited Zelensky to hold a meeting with Putin in Turkey. The proposal was made in the context of concern about the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP.
13:00 . Kharkov region . It is reported about 15 dead as a result of shelling of a hostel in the Saltovsky district of Kharkov.
13:15 . Kharkov region. The first stop-shelter appeared in Kharkov. There are 12 seats, CCTV cameras and about 100 kg of sand to extinguish fires.
14:00 . Zaporozhye region . The head of the Regional State Administration Oleksandr Starukh said that the explosions in Zaporozhyearethe result of the work of the air defense.
14:30 . Zaporozhye region . Russia plans to disconnect the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant from the energy system of Ukraine , Energoatom reports. The Russian military has restricted personnel access to the station. In the near future, they plan to stop the power units and disconnect them from the Ukrainian energy system. .
15:50 . Dnipropetrovsk region . 5 Russian shells flew into the residential areas of Marganets . Two people were previously injured: an 18-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man. Both are in the hospital. There is destruction of buildings, the power line is out of order.
16:10 . Donetsk region . From September 1, there will be no doctors left in Avdiivka . The local medical facility is about to be evacuated.
16:30 . The Cabinet of Ministers allowed men liable for military service to travel abroad from September 1, subject to a deposit and for up to 7 days . We are talking about no more than 10 employees of export-oriented companies whose average salary is at least UAH 20,000 and there are no debts on taxes and fees to the budget.
18:20 . Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to reconsider the previous requirement that the IAEA come to the Zaporozhye NPP through the territory of the Russian Federation. French President Emmanuel Macron asked the mission to pass through Ukraine.
18:50 . The Cabinet of Ministers extended the quarantine and state of emergency until December 31, 2022.
19:48 . The United Stateswill allocate $775 million in military assistance to Ukraine, the new package will include:
Rockets for HIMARS.
16 105mm howitzers and 36,000 shells for them.
15 Scan Eagle drones.
40 MRAP vehicles.
HARM anti-radar missiles.
PTRK TOW.
1000 PTRK Javelin.
2000 armor-piercing shells.
20:14 . Russian troops made several attacks in the Donbass, but Ukrainian defenders repulsed them. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped an attempt to break through on the border with the Kherson and Nikolaev regions.
20:58 . An air defense system went off in the temporarily occupied Crimea near Evpatoria. The local Telegram channel claims that drones were shot down over the peninsula as a result of air defense. Local publics also report on the work of air defense in Sevastopol.
Chronology of the war in Ukraine: Friday, August 19 (updated) - photo 2
22:19 . US President Joe Biden has signed a decree allocating Ukraine a new $755 million military aid package.
[Vesti] During the day on August 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled eight enemy attacks in the Donbass.
The troops of the Russian Federation are trying to strengthen the offensive against Bakhmut and, against the backdrop of serious losses, are gathering new forces. This was announced by the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai.
He noted that during the day on August 18, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled eight enemy attacks in the Donbass, most of which were directed at Bakhmut.
"The assault, for which they are gathering forces, including from the villages and cities of the Luhansk region. In another direction, the fighting went on from the very morning. Near eight settlements, the Russians deployed aircraft," Gaidai stressed.
The head of the UVA specified that only last night the Russian army used cannon and rocket artillery 16 times, directing attacks on settlements and positions of Ukrainian troops.
He also stated that the self-proclaimed authorities of the Luhansk region allowed forced "mobilization" in the territories seized after February 24, although they promised not to do this.
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[Korrespondent] 23:41 Zelensky, in an evening video message, said that Ukrainian diplomats, partners, representatives of the UN and the IAEA are working out the specific details of the mission to be sent to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: "This mission can begin the restoration of full security at the ZNPP and Energodar. If Russian radiation blackmail will continue, this summer may go down in the history of various European countries as one of the most tragic of all time, because not a single instruction at any nuclear power plant in the world provides for a procedure in case a terrorist state turns Nuclear power plant at the target.
23:13 Temporary restrictions are introduced in Kiev in connection with Independence Day: from August 21 to August 24, the operating time of the metro has been reduced - trains will run from 6:00 to 21:00; Mass events are prohibited from August 22 to 25.
22:41 Biden signed a decree on the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $775 million, the White House said. The funds will be used for defense, as well as for military education and training of Ukrainian fighters.
22:36 The Main Directorate of Personnel of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine proposes to amend the legislation regarding the registration of women for military registration, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. In particular, according to her, the parliament is offered:
reduce the list of specialties and professions, after which women are registered in the military, in accordance with the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
introduce voluntary military registration of women who have received the relevant specialties;
start military registration of women not earlier than one month after the end of the "special period" in the state.
Malyar stressed that the relevant bill is now being coordinated in other ministries, and the final decision will be made by the Parliament. "Let me remind you that since 2014, not a single woman has been forcibly sent to the front - only with her consent," Malyar concluded.
22:20 The IAEA is negotiating with Ukraine and Russia to send a mission to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant soon, the organization said in a statement. Agency CEO Rafael Grossi will personally lead this mission.
21:42 The "authorities" of Sevastopol also reported that air defense had worked in the city, preliminary, according to the UAV, "the targets were hit."
21:29 Explosions thundered in Evpatoria - the "authority" says that the air defense system has worked.
21:18 Germany handed over to Ukraine three more Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns in addition to the 12 already transferred and 11 M113 tracked armored personnel carriers (33 have already been transferred). Ukrainian troops also received 1,000 dry rations, the German government said. Separately, the list includes weapons that are being prepared for shipment to Ukraine. It is noted that almost all of this equipment is at the production stage. In the list:
twenty 70 mm rocket launchers with 2,000 laser-guided missiles;
1592 shells for 155 mm artillery;
255 Vulcano shells for 155 mm artillery;
60,200 rounds of 40 mm caliber;
six hoisting and transport machines (forklifts);
40 units of updated anti-drone devices;
12 Bergepanzer 2 recovery vehicles based on the Leopard 1 tank, as well as 30 MG3 machine guns for them.
20:41 The monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports that the troops of the Republic of Belarus have extended their training until August 27. In total, the exercises will last for 17 weeks, so the army has become more prepared for defensive operations, but is still not ready for a large-scale offensive, as it lacks real combat experience, analysts say.
20:29 Reznikov said that the Ukrainian Defense Forces received qualitatively new opportunities thanks to the "people's satellite", which was acquired by the Prytula Foundation. According to him, the information received from the ICEYE satellite constellation will help to defeat the enemy much more effectively and "quickly drive him out of our land, while saving the lives of our people."
The minister said that Prytula met with specialists from the Ministry of Defense, who, based on the analysis, determined the best option, allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine "to climb several steps up." He explained that in order to optimally use the new weapons, which Ukraine began receiving in June, it was necessary to significantly increase intelligence capabilities not only at the tactical, but also at the operational level. Ukraine receives information from satellites from partners, but this data is mainly from optical satellites, which have their own technological limitations for working at night or in cloudy weather. Now the situation will be fundamentally different, Reznikov stressed.
"Our army will begin to receive information that it could not receive at all before. And it will do it quickly, when it is needed, and from where it is needed," the head of the Defense Ministry emphasized.
20:12 Since the beginning of the day, the Russian troops have made several unsuccessful attempts to storm the Donbass. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy’s attempt to break through on the border between the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, the General Staff reports in the evening report .
20:03 The United States intends to transfer NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine within two to three months, the Pentagon reported.
19:44 A delegation of the Association of European Cities EuroCities visited Ukraine. Zelensky thanked for the visit and reported on its results: “I thank the European cities for providing asylum for our people who fled the war. We will also be grateful for the help in restoring housing, infrastructure - the conditions for the return of Ukrainians to their homeland. It is important that the restoration does not start after the war, namely now. Today, another step has been taken towards this - a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to support the sustainable recovery of Ukrainian cities."
19:31 Gazprom announced that gas transportation via Nord Stream will be suspended for three days - from August 31 to September 2. The reason is "scheduled maintenance of the only working gas pumping unit."
19:15 The United States announced the provision of a new $775 million military aid package to Ukraine. It will include:
ammunition for HIMARS;
16 105 mm howitzers and 36,000 rounds for them;
15 Sky Eagle drones;
HARM missiles to combat radar;
TOW anti-tank systems;
1000 Javelins.
18:41 Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov said that now ten ships are being loaded and prepared to leave the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny. Also received more than 40 applications for calling at Ukrainian ports. In total, during the operation of the grain initiative, 25 ships with 630,000 tons of agricultural products on board were sent from three ports.
18:28 Putin told Macron that he is ready to reconsider the previous demand that the IAEA come to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant through Russian territory, the Elysee Palace said. Macron asked the mission to pass through Ukraine.
18:11 Macron and Putin will call again in the coming days - after negotiations of technical groups on the IAEA mission, the Elysee Palace reports.
18:08 Pushilin said that a "referendum" on joining the "DPR" to Russia will be held only after "the republic's constitutional borders have been reached."
18:04 Ukrainian forces are believed to be behind the explosions at warehouses in the Belgorod region, a Western intelligence spokesman said at a closed briefing, ITN journalist Emma Burrows reports. He stressed that such goals "are legal and do not threaten the territorial integrity of Russia." Also, an intelligence representative said that the Russians are running out of ammunition, even those that were stored deep in the rear, so that the Russian Federation is losing combat effectiveness.
According to the speaker, Russia and Ukraine use the Zaporozhye NPP in the struggle for the "information environment". He stressed that the nuclear power plant is built in such a way that it "can cope with a civil airliner flying into it," but if the power supply is disrupted, "we will find ourselves in a more serious situation."
17:46 With statements about an alleged desire to resume peace talks, Russia is trying to divert the attention of Ukraine and the world community in order to buy time to prepare for the continuation of the expansionist policy, Podolyak said in an interview with Wirtualna Polska.
17:25 In Lviv, the remains of the military of the Soviet army will be reburied from the Field of Mars. The Memorial Complex of Heroes of Ukraine will appear on this site in memory of the military who gave their lives for the independence of the country, said Lilia Onishchenko, head of the department for the protection of the historical environment of the Lviv City Council. According to her, an architectural competition for a new project of the Memorial is currently being prepared.
17:14 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed to the Russian authorities with a request not to disconnect the Zaporozhye NPP from the Ukrainian power grid: "Obviously, the electricity from the Zaporizhzhya NPP is Ukrainian. The Ukrainian people need it, especially during the winter period. This principle must be fully observed" .
17:12 From September 1, there will be no doctors left in Avdiivka - the local medical facility will be evacuated, said Vitaliy Barabash, head of the city's military-civilian administration. He urged residents to evacuate while they can.
17:10 In the occupied Volchansk, Kharkiv region, they began issuing SIM cards with the Russian code +7 (990). A call to Russian numbers costs 3 rubles, to Ukrainian - 20.
17:07 Macron called Putin for the first time in a long time. According to the Kremlin, both presidents noted the importance of sending an IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as soon as possible, which would be able to assess the real situation. Putin confirmed his readiness to provide assistance and accused Ukraine of shelling the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Putin also "reminded" Macron of the "invitation" to experts from the UN Secretariat and the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the detention facility in Yelenovka.
17:03 Explosions at the Saki airbase in Crimea disabled more than half of the combat aircraft of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Reuters writes citing a European official.
16:56 It used to be possible to leave Melitopol through Crimea, but after the latest explosions on the peninsula, the occupiers do not let Ukrainians in, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said: "We tell residents of the occupied territories that they can leave through Crimea, but it's been two days since this message It should be noted that the filtration in Crimea has increased significantly, and many men are no longer allowed into Crimea, whose phones contain information that Russian special services do not like."
Fedorov added that at the checkpoint in Vasilyevka, the queues of those wishing to leave for the territory controlled by Ukraine are increasing. Departure is possible only along a dirt road in Kamenskoye, which is washed out due to rains, and traffic is blocked.
16:47 The Cabinet of Ministers allowed men - employees of Ukrainian companies to travel abroad. At the same time, they must have an official salary of at least 20 thousand hryvnia. Also, the company should not have debts on taxes and fees. The new rules come into effect on September 1st. It will be possible to leave for up to seven days, at the request of the employer on the Diya portal.
No more than ten people, or 10% of the company's employees, will be able to cross the border, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko said on the air of the telethon. She explained this decision by the fact that Ukrainian companies should be able to take part in international events and sign contracts.
16:37 There will be no heating in Melitopol due to the lack of gas. According to the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, at first the invaders wanted to pull the gas pipeline from Berdyansk, then they wanted to bring in coal. However, for the second day they have been mining heating plants and three large boiler houses: they want to stage a diversion in order to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the resistance forces of disrupting the heating season.
16:33 The Russians are expanding the military base and airfield in Luninets, Brest region of Belarus, located 50 km from the Rivne region, the Belarusian Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images. Before the invasion of the Russian troops, this airfield was a reserve airfield and had no strategic importance. In January, Lukashenko visited it, and a few days after his visit, Russian troops occupied the airfield.
New satellite images show that the Russians are actively building the airfield - they are clearing the territory of the forest, constructing new facilities, including a military camp, expanding warehouses, building barracks and hangars.
16:23 Estonia will propose the eighth package of sanctions against Russia to the European Commission, the country's Foreign Ministry said: "Estonia wants the eighth package of sanctions to include expanded sanctions against Russia in the economic, energy and trade sectors, as well as additional individuals and organizations to be subject to restrictions. Estonia also proposes that sanctions be extended to travel of Russian citizens to Europe."
15:56 The Russians again hit the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region from barrel artillery. In Marganets, as a result of shelling of residential areas, two people were injured, and a power line was disabled, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
15:32 The ICEYE satellite, which was bought with money raised by the Prytula Foundation, will remain the property of Ukraine even after the expiration of the data access period until the end of work in orbit, according to EOS Data Analytics.
15:17 Lukashenka said that he was not going to attack Ukraine and he had no intention of sending Belarusians to fight: "Don't think that I'm planning some kind of attack here - we'll bomb Ukraine from the territory of Belarus and so on. I don't have no desire for your and my children to fight. In the name of what? We need to calm down. No Ukraine is at war today. Today, the entire NATO bloc and America, above all, are at war with Russia."
14:46 Russia is not preparing for an offensive on Ukraine's Independence Day, but Ukrainians should still be prepared for possible "surprises", Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Enin said on the air of the telethon: "I can say right away, and it's not a secret that there will be no storming of the capital or an offensive by the Russians is not foreseen on that day. At the same time, the Russians are armed with missiles, aerial bombs, and other, so to speak, surprises prepared for the civilian population of Ukraine. That is why these days it is especially necessary to heed the advice that We give what the military administrations give."
14:43 The EU has submitted information to the International Court of Justice in the framework of the case of Ukraine against the Russian Federation regarding the accusations of genocide, which the Russian Federation used to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
14:40 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Odessa. He will inspect the shipment and dispatch of Ukrainian grain. Negotiations on the issue of grain corridors will also continue there.
14:37 The occupiers can soon stop the operating power units of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and disconnect them from the communication lines for power output to the Ukrainian energy system. Currently, the Russian military is looking for suppliers of fuel for diesel generators, which should turn on after the shutdown of power units and in the absence of external power supply for nuclear fuel cooling systems, Energoatom reports.
The night before, a propaganda film crew arrived in Energodar, whose members, together with representatives of the FSB, held a joint meeting on the territory of the Alisa Group of Companies. And already at 00:15 on August 19, the Russian occupiers were shelling in the direction of the training center of the station. It is precisely recorded that these shellings were carried out from two places - the bus station and the discharge channel.
14:34 In Mariupol, the invaders began to cut out the MMK them. Ilyich for scrap, at the same time, residents of the city are told that the plant's activities will be resumed, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko.
14:28 The leader of the Free Democratic Party and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not support the proposal of his party deputy, Vice Speaker Wolfgang Kubiki to launch Nord Stream 2.
14:09 Residents of Zaporozhye heard explosions - it was air defense, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
14:01 The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case of "elite refugees" - well-known and wealthy Ukrainians who ended up abroad after the start of the war. As the UP writes, they are suspected of illegally leaving Ukraine using their official position. In total, there are 84 names on the list, among them there are deputies and members of their families.
13:55 The former mayor of Krasnodar Andrey Alekseenko headed the "council of ministers" created by the Russians in the occupied territory of the Kharkov region, Russian media write.
13:49 Estonia, which yesterday announced the provision of another package of military assistance to Ukraine, will also take part in the training program for the Ukrainian military, Reznikov said: "Even more military assistance from our Estonian friends for the Ukrainian army: mortars; anti-tank weapons; field hospital ( in cooperation with Germany); Estonian soldiers will join the British training program for our soldiers."
13:24 The first safe public transport stop was presented in Kharkiv. Citizens can hide in them in case of a threat of shelling and wait out the air raid. The stops are equipped with Wi-Fi and video surveillance; you can learn about the arrival of transport from the dispatcher or through the monitor.
13:17 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow "does not accept" Kiev's thesis on self-defense, "Ukraine is already openly talking about an attack in the depths of Russian territory, this is an escalation at the suggestion of the United States."
13:13 Podolyak commented on calls for negotiations with Moscow: “Negotiations with the Russian Federation are a game of Russian roulette with a full reel and a fatal ending for everyone. The continuation of the war, terror and criminal blackmail. The key parameters of the negotiation process were announced by President Zelensky. The main condition is the withdrawal of Russian occupying troops from all Ukrainian territories.
13:11 The Vice Speaker of the Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party, which is part of the ruling coalition of Germany, Wolfgang Kubiki advocated the opening of Nord Stream 2. In his opinion, this is necessary to fill the gas storage facilities for the winter: "There are no good reasons not to open Nord Stream 2."
Kuleba responded that the situation with Nord Stream is reminiscent of drug addiction: “Calls by some German politicians to launch Nord Stream 2 for a short time and then close it are irrational. It resembles drug addiction when a person says: “Just the last time!” Without realizing the devastating consequences. Dependence on Russian gas kills!"
12:55 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar reproached the media for referring to anonymous sources: "If "our source in the President's Office" and "an unnamed person from the Ministry of Defense" really exist, then they have begun to play their game and deliberately misinform those who refer to them. Because over the past few months, not a single hit in reality.
12:46 The IAEA mission may go to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in early September, if there are no "extraneous factors," Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative in Vienna, said.
12:43 Erdogan said that he offered Zelensky to hold his meeting with Putin in Turkey. The Turkish leader also said that he plans to discuss the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with Putin and ask him to take concrete measures.
12:39 Head of the Naval Academy of Russia Viktor Sokolov announced that he had been appointed interim acting. commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
12:18 Stoltenberg will take part in the second summit of the Crimean Platform, which will be held on August 23 in an online format, the NATO press service reported. Earlier, three leaders of the G7 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida - confirmed their participation in the Crimean Platform online summit.
11:57 Ukrainian forces destroyed one of the columns of Russian military equipment and manpower, which was moving from Mariupol towards Zaporozhye. “Unfortunately, we cannot reveal all the details, but the fact is that the occupied city is effectively resisting despite the cruelty of the regime,” wrote Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
11:46 On the Independence Day of Ukraine, the occupiers are planning to hold a demonstrative trial of the captured defenders of Azovstal in Mariupol. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, for this purpose, the surviving premises of the Mariupol Chamber Philharmonic Society are being urgently refurbished. Iron cages are being mounted on the stage of the Philharmonic, where Ukrainian defenders will be kept. Several new temporary buildings are also being built next to the premises.
In order to give the appearance of "legitimacy" to this action, the occupiers train specially trained "witnesses" and bring in representatives of the propaganda media. According to one of the scenarios, the occupiers can launch a targeted missile attack on the premises, blaming Ukraine for this.
11:25 The FSB was preparing two puppet orders for the fall of Kiev's capture ahead of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to The Washington Post. Behind the tributes, among the main "allies" of the FSB, were Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Medvedchuk.
The investigators call Medvedchuk "an oligarch, who became one of the leaders in the main pro-Russian party of Ukraine after the establishment of such victories" with Putin. Yanukovych, having enchanted the group, climbed in Belarus on the cob birch tree, so that, perhaps, he could try to turn his own power to Kiev. Another group, to which a large number of members of the Party of Regions had gone, settled on the paid-back territories of Ukraine.
11:21 The European Commission will allocate $21 million to clear debris in Ukraine, the EU Delegation to Ukraine has reported. The money will be provided to the United Nations Development Program. The funds will be used to address environmental threats and to repair and purchase strategic infrastructure for the affected regions.
11:16 In Kharkiv, the death toll after the strike on two dormitories in the Slobodsky and Saltovsky districts has increased to 19 people , said the region's police chief Volodymyr Tymoshko. At the same time, according to him, the removal of rubble in the Slobodsky district continues, "we can assume that there are two more people under the rubble." At the moment, it is known about 15 dead and 20 wounded in a hostel in the Saltovsky district and four dead (of which one child) and 22 wounded in the Slobodsky district.
11:03 The occupiers can turn the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant into Fukushima-1, the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation said. Thus, as a result of shelling by Russian troops, three of the four lines connecting the nuclear power plant with the energy system of Ukraine were damaged. If the station loses the latter, the probability of a radiation release will increase significantly.
10:37 The SBU exposed the FSB's attempt to install "bugs" on the sidelines of the Verkhovna Rada. Counterintelligence has established the fact of the recruitment by the special services of the Russian Federation of a former employee of the support unit of the Administrative Department of the Verkhovna Rada Administration. At the direction of the curator, the agent was supposed to collect intelligence about the visits of foreign delegations to the Ukrainian parliament, including their personal composition, the content of official and informal conversations.
10:12 In the six months of the invasion, Russia has not been able to achieve success in the information war against Ukraine - Russian operations in the information space were inept, and fakes were easily dispelled by released intelligence, writes the head of British intelligence Jeremy Fleming in an article for The Economist.
“Just as with the ground invasion, Russia’s original online plans appear to have failed. The country’s use of aggressive cyber tools was irresponsible and indiscriminate. Now President Putin has completely lost the information war in Ukraine and the West. Although this is cause for joy, we should not underestimate how Russian disinformation operates in other parts of the world," Fleming writes.
09:48 According to the order of the "administration" of the Luhansk region, now the invaders can "legally" carry out "mobilization" in the occupied territory, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "When men really began to run out in the territories occupied eight years ago, they decided to carry out forced mobilization throughout the territory Luhansk regions. The other day, they even issued an appropriate order. I received a passport of the "LNR", which were carried almost through the streets in spring and summer, like gypsies chalk - go to the front."
He added that men had disappeared before in Starobelsk, Belovodsk, and even in the recently captured Severodonetsk and Lisichansk: "Some managed to tell their relatives that they were going to Luhansk 'on business', but have not returned until now."
09:27 Politico writes that the US State Department informally warned Congress about the negative consequences of recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. In particular, it will jeopardize the execution of the grain deal. It is currently working and gradually contributing to the resolution of the global food crisis, but there are no guarantees that the Russian Federation will not withdraw from the agreement after being recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism.
09:24 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 19. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 44,700 (+400) people liquidated,
tanks - 1899 (+10),
armored combat vehicles - 4195 (+16),
artillery systems - 1016 (+6),
MLRS - 266 (+1),
air defense systems - 141 (+5),
aircraft - 234 (+0),
helicopters - 197 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 795 (+2),
cruise missiles - 190 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3130 (+69),
special equipment - 94 (+1).
09:16 British intelligence notes that Russian forces hold the Kharkiv sector relatively easily, but continue to carry out local attacks against Ukrainian forces. They are probably trying to force Ukraine to leave significant forces on this front in order to prevent them from being used for a counterattack elsewhere.
08:56 In Kharkiv, as a result of morning shelling, the building of one of the institutions of higher education, the building of a civil enterprise were destroyed, two private houses were damaged. One person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
The mayor of Kramatorsk Alexander Goncharenko also reported damage to the educational institution as a result of Russian shelling, people were not injured.
08:34 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, five civilians were killed - two in Avdeevka, one each in Druzhba, Zelenopolye and Pervomaisky. Ten more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:16 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians fired at three districts at night - Krivorozhsky, Sinelnikovsky and Nikopolsky. One person died, a 12-year-old child was injured, he was operated on, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
07:40 Ukrainian fighters continue to successfully repulse the assault actions of the occupiers. Also, battles are currently being sharpened in the directions of Pokrovskoye-Bakhmutskoye and Lozovoye-Pervomayskoye, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report .
07:13 Russians repeatedly fired at the Pyotr Mogila Black Sea National University in Nikolaev with two S-300 missiles at night, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
06:23 Early in the morning, the Russians fired on Kharkov again - the Kiev, Osnovyansky and Nemyshlyansky districts were under attack. There is a hit in a residential building, previously one person was injured. An infrastructure facility was also damaged, a fire broke out there, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
05:19 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Russian Defense Ministry seems to be creating informational conditions in order to accuse Ukrainian forces of future operations at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Analysts also noted that on August 18, for the first time since July 6, no Russian territorial gains in Ukraine were announced. However, Russian forces were still conducting limited and unsuccessful offensives to the east on 18 August.
In particular, Russian troops conducted ground assaults south of Seversk and northeast and south of Bakhmut. They also continued to conduct offensive operations to the north, west and southwest of Donetsk and made an unsuccessful ground assault in the Zaporozhye direction.
The Kremlin is likely using Cossack organizations to support Russia's efforts to build up a military, ISW notes.
03:42 Bloomberg, citing Indonesian President Joko Widodo, writes that Putin will arrive in Bali for the G20 summit in November. The day before, the heads of state held telephone conversations.
03:11 The United States is preparing a new $800 million military aid package for Ukraine. According to Reuters, the Biden administration may announce it as early as Friday, August 19.
02:37 Ukrainian aviation delivered four blows to the accumulation of manpower, weapons and equipment of the enemy in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions. Including the Armed Forces of Ukraine violated the plans of the enemy to repair and continue to use the Kakhovka bridge, OK Pivden reported.
01:58 Podolyak, in an interview with Channel 24, announced the further destruction of military facilities in Crimea: "We will ask the sun, wind, water and even tobacco products to work effectively in ammunition depots. On the other hand, we will continue to insist that Russia voluntarily dismantled all the illegal bases and bridges that had been built in Crimea in eight years."
00:13 In the Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, explosions at military facilities continue. Now they are reported in Kerch and Sevastopol.
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[KavkazUzel] A former police officer was taken to intensive care after a shooting in the Dagestan village of Almak, three more people were slightly injured, the head of the village said.
The shooting in the village of Almak, Kazbekovsky district, occurred after a conflict between the former accountant of the administration and fellow villagers, said the head of the village, Mukhudin Salaev.
"The suspect used to work as an accountant in the administration. Due to disagreements over work, he began to shoot opponents," he said.
Perhaps he should apply for a job with the improved IRS...
According to him, a former police officer in serious condition was hospitalized in intensive care. Three more, including a village deputy and deputy imam, were slightly injured, Interfax-South writes.
Salaev said that the incident took place on the night of August 19, and the suspect surrendered to the police. "He came with a confession. Now police officers are working with him," TASS quoted the head of the village today.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, as of 10.33 Moscow time, did not report on its website and Telegram channel about the incident.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:50 The military administration of the Kherson region: air defense systems repelled six attempts to attack Novaya Kakhovka. 23:19 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in order to stop the panic, the Ukrainian nationalists of the Kraken demonstratively shot 100 servicemen who left their positions.
22:31 Air defense systems repelled a missile attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region.
21:53 More than one target was shot down off the coast of Sevastopol.
20:53 In Evpatoria, the air defense system allegedly worked, Crimea is under reliable protection - adviser to the head of Crimea Kryuchkov
20:51 Active over Crimea today works air defense
19:50 The United States is exploring the possibility of supplying new types of weapons to Ukraine, which "will make it possible to change the situation on the battlefield" in the south and east of the country, the Pentagon said.
18:16 In Odessa militant for shouting “Glory to Ukraine” he was beaten by his "comrades."
The Ukrainian Nazi complains about other fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who really did not like such exclamations.
Apparently things are going from bad to worse for the APU.
17:16 The mayor's office of Kyiv banned face-to-face classes in schools without equipped shelters
17:16 Ukrainian tells that he fled from his country not because of Russian soldiers, but because of local bandits, to whom Zelensky distributed machine guns and released them from prisons onto the streets of cities.
"In Kharkov, my friends were attacked by a fighter of the defense. He had a loaded machine gun, and he went straight to the people. An almost identical situation happened to me in Lviv. At the station I was attacked by armed men with a loaded machine gun, they attacked me in front of women and children. Dear Ukrainians, tell me, who are they fighting against?"
"The worst thing is that half of these armed bandits are already in Poland today," the Ukrainian added.
16:12 Map distribution of radioactive fallout from the Zaporozhye NPP in the event of an accident.
First of all, it will go to Ukraine itself, Poland and all of Western Europe. Autumn and winter winds in Russia tend to come off the Urals from east to west. 15:01 Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Danilov said that the issue of "step-by-step demilitarization of Crimea with its subsequent de-occupation" is on the agenda.
15:01 In the area of the old airfield in N. p. Tomarovka (Belgorod region) Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian drone.
14:00 The authorities of the Zaporozhye region have all the evidence of shelling of nuclear power plants by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the UN and the IAEA, said the head of the military-civilian administration Yevhen Balitsky.
14:00 "They just don't have it" - Arestovich in an interview with "The Best Radio of Israel"told why Western countries have reduced the supply of weapons to Ukraine
According to and about the Goebbels of Ukraine, the West simply does not have weapons to transfer to Kyiv. Arestovich noted that Ukraine asked for ground artillery supplies, but the United States has very little artillery.
"The cat wept for this artillery. They would give, but they don't. The Americans, the European countries are a little better with artillery, because they are not so good with aviation, but it is also all counted," he said.
13:01 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (19.08.2022)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
- As a result of the offensive actions of the allied forces in the Kharkiv region, on August 14, 2022, units of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the area of the settlement of Udy. Under the onslaught of Russian troops, the remnants of the formation fled from their positions and left this settlement.
To suppress panic and intimidate the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the nationalists of the Kraken armed formation exponentially shot 100 servicemen of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade who left their positions.
- High-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit the points of temporary deployment of units of the nationalist formations "Azov" in the area of Nikolaevka and "Aidar" in the area of Soledar of the Donetsk People's Republic. Over 50 nationalists were destroyed, as well as 12 units of military equipment.
- In the area of the village of Dorozhnyanka, Zaporozhye region, a warehouse of weapons and military equipment of the 65th Mechanized Brigade was hit by a precision strike. More than 15 units of armored and motor vehicles were destroyed.
- As a result of a concentrated fire strike on the positions of the 14th mechanized brigade in the area of the settlement of Stary Saltov, Kharkov region, the enemy’s irretrievable and sanitary losses amounted to more than 100 people.
- The strikes by operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery on military facilities on the territory of Ukraine continue. During the day, six command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, including the 115th Mechanized Brigade in the area of the settlement of Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 247 districts.
Four depots of missile and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kurakhovo and Dachnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, Belaya Krinitsa in the Kherson region and Zaliman in the Kharkov region, as well as an M777 howitzer made by the United States in the area of the settlement of Primorskoe in the Zaporozhye region.
- As part of the counterbattery fight, two platoons of BM-300 300mm multiple rocket launchers in the Vasyukovka district of the Donetsk People's Republic and Orekhov in the Zaporozhye region and a platoon of Gvozdika 122mm self-propelled artillery mounts in the Dzerzhinsk region were suppressed.
Also hit: two platoons of BM-21 122mm multiple launch rocket systems in the areas of Mayaki and Soledar, two platoons of Giatsint-B guns, as well as three platoons of D-30 122mm howitzers at firing positions in the areas of Kodema, Yakovlevka, Marinka Donetska People's Republic, Novoaleksandrovka, Kherson region and Good, Mykolaiv region.
- Russian air defense systems shot down 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the areas of the settlements of Chervony Shakhtar, Malye Prohody, Kamenka, Dolgenkoe, Dry Kamenka, Novoosinovo, Krakhmalnoye of the Kharkiv region and Lyubomirovka of the Nikolaev region.
In addition, the following were intercepted: a ballistic missile "Tochka-U" in the area of the settlement of Yubileynoye, 12 shells of a multiple launch rocket system "Haimars" in the area of Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, two shells of a multiple launch rocket system in the areas of the settlements of Topolskoye and Suligovka, Kharkiv region, as well as two US-made anti-radar missiles in the area of the settlements of Alchevsk and Stakhanov of the Luhansk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 267 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1,770 unmanned aerial vehicles, 366 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,347 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 807 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,315 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 4,958 units of special military vehicles.
12:52 In the liberated part of the Kharkiv region, a council of ministers has been formed, it is headed by the former mayor of Krasnodar Andrey Alekseenko, follows from the decree.
12:25 In Melitopol passed constituent assembly of the public organization of war invalids and the armed forces.
11:31 The main thing from the statement of the Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev:
- The West does not stop preparing for an open armed conflict with Russia;
- The West is trying to "balance on the edge" between hybrid actions and an open armed conflict with the Russian Federation;
- All responsibility for a possible catastrophe at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant will be borne by the USA, Great Britain and their henchmen;
- Events in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan this year were the result of attempts by the West to organize "color revolutions" there;
- The United States, with the help of associations such as AUKUS, plans to begin NATO expansion into the Asia-Pacific region;
- The United States fights terrorism only in words, IS and Al-Qaeda* were created by the Americans and are still being used by them;
- The United States does not abandon attempts to negotiate with Afghanistan's neighbors on the creation of its supposedly anti-terrorist military infrastructure there.
11:31 Last month, there were systemic outages with the payment of "combat". The budget for this limitation of funds, which forces the Armed Forces of Ukraine to constantly reduce the list of those who receive the promised 100 thousand, now these are those who are on the front line with constant combat contact. If hostilities are not conducted for several weeks, then this is no longer considered combat.
11:31 A ground-based high-precision weapon struck a temporary base for foreign mercenaries in the city of Kharkov. More than 90 militants were destroyed.
10:36 In Ukraine, in the immediate vicinity of the borders of the Russian Federation, the development of biological weapons components was carried out with the participation of the United States, said Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolai Patrushev.
09:29 Ukraine will do everything possible so that all military installations and illegally installed bridges in Crimea are eliminated, adviser to the head of the presidential office Mikhail Podolyaka.
There will be a bright velvet season in Crimea. “We will ask the Sun, wind, water and even tobacco products to work effectively in ammunition depots.”
08:31 Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation told about new exploits of the military of the Russian Federation during the special operation.
Loading the guns of the battery of the 2nd army corps of the NM of the LPR, Private Valery Gryaznov, during his short military biography, managed to take part in the liberation of several settlements. In the battles for Lisichansk, his battery managed to destroy up to 10 pieces of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Gryaznov noted the well-coordinated work of the artillerymen, who constantly coordinate their actions with the allied forces, which makes it possible to ensure overall success. "News"
07:15 Gauleiter of Kharkov reports strikes on three districts of the city. Explosions in Kiev, Osnovyansky and Nemyshlyansky districts.
06:31 The Russian Defense Ministry showedpersonnelcombat work of crews of self-propelled artillery mounts 2S3 "Acacia" 122mm of the Central Military District during a special operation in Ukraine. All targets were hit on time, the senior officer of the battery said. Video: Russian Defense Ministry.
05:53 A series of powerful strikes against targets in Kharkov and the region. Ten explosions thundered in different areas.
05:15 Russian military showed how they neutralize mines left by Ukrainian nationalists in the Kharkiv region
The Russian artillery spotter spoke about his work and showed a hit on the positions of the Ukrainian military in the Kharkiv region..
04:33 On targets in Nikolaev rocket strikes are applied, more than 10 explosions thundered.
0:02 AFU fired at least seven heavy artillery shells in the area near the nuclear power plant in the city of Energodar in the Zaporozhye region, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region.
#1
Did the Russians forget to stage the nuclear incident they were threatening? Or did they realize advertising it so far in advance made it clear they were staging jt?
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Good question, Badanov knows the answer, too.
He gets his orders and paycheck directly from the Kremlin. Makes me wonder where the owner of this sites heart lies.
Below is a tweet from a Russian permanent government representative to some international organizations.
Essentially, Russians are now being honest( shocking I know), either Ukraine stops with their ideas of being their own people separate from Russia or they all need to die.
Hitler and Russia are so similar, thank GOD Russia is weak as water compared to 1940 Germany.
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Ukraine hacked into Crimean TV and they changed the welcome sign on the Kerch bridge! Russians, wise up and overthrow your corrupt state and demand decent governance and leave Ukraine and all non Russian neighbors the hell alone:
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It is amazing how the western media is so wrong in its reporting. It appears to me a major psyops in effect. With mid terms coming up Biden is going to send everything but the kitchen sink to support his image with Ukraine. With winter coming and severe energy problems increasing the west must work a deal to stop the Ukrainian mess they created. Meanwhile Russia and China are actively pursuing fracking. China must have cheap energy to restore its industry(massive effort at this time). China is now working with Saudi Arabia on oil deal. So prices will go up. Long term They will become major energy suppliers(especially Russia with fracking in Siberia). Biden has destroyed our energy industry.So we will be a competitor for energy with EU. While the rest of the world turns to Russia and China.
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Badanov does a marvelous job here. I appreciate his efforts. The adverse reactions are expected. When I speak to the left or the right myself some subjects trigger bad humors in each. Polarization is the norm these days.
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Omineling Forkbeard1962 dear, why would a Russian agent post as many Ukraine-oriented articles as Russia-oriented ones?
You sing the same tune every single day, but somehow never comment on the Ukrainian articles. One begins to suspect that it is you who are the paid agent, though one imagines you are too ineffective to earn much for your work.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:29 One of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaitsevo voluntarily laid down its arms. The unprepared and poorly armed mobilized Armed Forces of Ukraine, sent by Ukrainian generals to die in Zaitsevo, chose life and took advantage of the offer of the NM DPR to voluntarily surrender their weapons. 21:25 In Lisichansk continues clearing the rubble after the shelling of the Ukrainian fascists.
Ukraine, as always, sought to strike at civilians, so it hit the ambulance station directly - directly at civilians and those who save their lives.
20:31 Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the LPR Andrey Marochko on the air of the program "There is a Question" on the TV channel "Lugansk 24" told that the armed formations of Ukraine are striking at the civilian infrastructure of cities in order to try to discredit the People's Militia of the LPR.
"From reliable sources, it became known that one of the artillery units was given orders to deliver pinpoint strikes on the settlement of Soledar, specifically on civilian infrastructure, so that there would be as many casualties among the civilian population as possible. Those documents that fell into our hands indicate that this is being done in order to discredit both the servicemen of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic and the Russian army," he said.
20:31 Personnel from the front line in the Maryinsky direction near Donetsk. Soldiers of the 100th Brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR took the stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are conducting a sweep
19:32 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 19.08.2022
Over the current day, according to information from the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired more than 80 rounds from BM-21 122mm rocket artillery multiple launch rocket systems, barreled artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, as well as 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of nine settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, one civilian was injured. Six houses were damaged. Additional information about the injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
We regret to inform you that while performing military duty in the struggle for independence, five defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and seven were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
18:38 Calculations of the MLRS "Tornado" of the 20th Army of the Western Military District destroy fortified areas of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belt on the outskirts of Slavyansk. Demilitarization of Ukraine is carried out 24/7
18:35 The mayor of Gorlovka Ivan Prikhodko reports about the "arrivals" of Ukrainian rounds in the area of the knitting factory (Central-City district of Gorlovka).
18:29 Artillerymen of the People's Militia of the LPR are firing at Ukrainian nationalists who have settled in Soledar,propaganda rounds.
--In such rounds, instead of explosives, leaflets are placed calling on Ukrainians to stop resistance and surrender.
--This work contributed, among other things, to the fact that, according to the intelligence of the special operation forces in the Soledar direction, soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are deserting en masse.
"Donbass decides"
17:52 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired three rounds of 155mm caliber;
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kyiv region): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
17:36 Hit near Donetsk railway station.
17:15 The Government of the LPR, by its decree, approved the procedure for inspecting capital construction objects damaged as a result of hostilities, with the exception of residential buildings. This was reported by the press service of the Government.
In accordance with the document, the examination is carried out by a commission consisting of representatives of structural divisions of the administrations of the territories and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the LPR.
According to the results of inspections of objects, the possibility of their restoration is determined. If recognized as unsuitable for reconstruction, they will be included in the Unified Register of Capital Construction Objects Subject to Demolition.
17:09 Allied forces are fighting for the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Tonenkoe in the DPR, control over which will allow taking Avdievka into pincers - Basurin.
16:53 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-- n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Ceramic - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: fired eight mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): 10 rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Marinka (western) - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
-- n.p. Makeivka (Kirovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
16:19 The residential area "Komsomolets" (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka) and adjacent settlements are being shelled from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are firing at the village of the Rumyantsev mine (Kalinin district of Horlivka), according to the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko.
15:34 Servicemen of the NM DPR continue to increase your efficiency at the landfills of the Republic
On the training grounds of the Republic, training, combat coordination of units and practical development of the acquired knowledge in conditions of imitation of urban battles are taking place in order to increase the efficiency of units participating in the Special Military Operation. "People's Militia of the DPR"
15:08 Tankers of the 9th Marine Regiment of the NM DPR worked near Avdievka.
According to the coordinates from intelligence, they worked out a square with enemy manpower and equipment.
14:55 In the Donbas, Russian troops liquidated Ukrainian politician Yuriy Karakay, who fought in the ranks of the Ukrainian of territorial defense.
14:31 Kyiv district of Donetsk - under the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts are also under fire.
14:25 The allied troops left the Soledar industrial area in the DPR and entered the city, several streets are already under control - the people's militia of the LPR.
14:15 A school on the outskirts of Soledar has been turned into the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the territory is littered with abandoned ammunition.
Despite the tearful assurances of Ukrainian propaganda that the Russians are bombing civilian targets where there is no military presence, evidence to the contrary continues to be found at every turn. Military correspondent Readovka Anastasia Elsukova visited at another "peaceful facility" on the outskirts of Soledar - in a dilapidated school.
14:09 Consequences of shellingof Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Injured local resident.
13:15 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Makeivka (Kirovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
13:03 Kyiv district of Donetsk. The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from the Grad MLRS.
12:06 Head of the administration of Stakhanov Sergey Zhevlakov told about the consequences of the shelling of the city by the armed forces of Ukraine in the evening of August 18, 2022.
12:04 Representation of the LPR in the JCCC fixed the consequences of the shelling of the city of Stakhanov (LPR). As a result of the shelling of the city of Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (in total, the enemy fired three missiles of the M31 GMLRS type into the city), two residential buildings and the Stakhanov Automobile School of the DOSAAF LPR were damaged.
Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
11:55 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): six mines fired with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired three rounds of 155mm caliber;
-- n.p. Dzerzhinsk (South mine) - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): issued seven mines caliber 120mm;
-- Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
11:52 Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports: as a result of night shelling of the village of Russky Kray (Kalinin district of Gorlovka), a house, a chimney and a greenhouse at the address: st. Gudkova, 13, damaged power lines at the address: st. Barabinskaya, 78.
As a result of the armed aggression of Ukrainian militants, the house at the address: st. Parkhomenko, 58. Gorlovsky village Bayrak is partially de-energized, without electricity 175 subscribers.
11:38 Consequences of shellingArmed Forces of Ukraine Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Volochaevskaya st., 4-6.
11:32 The headquarters of the DPR TeroO reports that as of August 19, 2022, on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, a group of troops of the DPR and LPR, with fire support from the RF Armed Forces, liberated 270 settlements, including Zaitsevo and Dacha.
11:24 Russian troops continue to advance in the Slavic direction
In particular, it became known about the active advance of the Russian army in the direction of the settlement. Barvenkovo, along the axis Karnaukhovka - Novaya Dmitrovka - Dibrovnoe. The liberation of Barvenkovo will allow Russian and allied troops to create a springboard for further assault on Slavyansk and Kramatorsk and force the UAF militants to withdraw their forces from the area in order to avoid operational encirclement.
11:19 It is reported that the Liberation Forces in the DPR have taken control of the village of Pavlovka near Vuhledar. There has been no official confirmation of the information.
10:39 Consequences of shelling of the settlement of the Izotov mine in Gorlovka.
10:32 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 10.30 19.08.2022
The Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which in turn do not pose a danger to the enemy and are not military targets.
Over the past day, according to the Representative Office of the JCCC in the DPR, the enemy fired 375 ammunition from BM-21 rocket artillery multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, 120mm mortars, and 80mm unguided rockets .
The fire was fired at the areas of twelve settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, six civilians were killed and twenty-three were injured. Twenty-one residential buildings and three civil infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed enemy weapons and military equipment: a D-30 howitzer, a mortar crew firing position, an armored personnel carrier. Losses among the enemy personnel amounted to more than 15 people.
Currently, a set of works is underway to clear anti-personnel mines PFM-1 "Lepestok" (PFM-1C).
10:30 "Better than lying in the field" - a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine completely realized it's better to lay down your arms than die.
10:10 In the morning VKS RF hit the barracks, the enemy, which was located in a school in the city of Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk). The Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses in manpower.
10:03 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of August 19, 2022
Over the past 24 hours, during the active offensive operations of the units of the People's Militia of the LPR, the enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower and military equipment. Destroyed:
- up to 45 personnel;
- five armored personnel carriers;
- two artillery installations;
— three units of special automotive equipment;
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement. Svetlodarsk, Lisichansk and Stakhanov using American-made M 142 HIMARS MLRS, BM-27 Uragan MLRS and 155mm artillery mounts, firing three rockets and 17 rounds.
As a result of the attacks:
- in the settlement of Svetlodarsk, two civilians were killed, including one child, and 12 people were injured, as well as four multi-storey residential buildings and the city hospital were damaged;
— in n.p. Lisichansk destroyed a residential building and damaged an ambulance station;
— in n.p. Stakhanov damaged driving school.
Peaceful life is being restored in the territories of the Lugansk People's Republic liberated from Ukrainian nationalists: engineering and sapper units of the People's Militia of the LPR continue demining. During August 18, they cleared more than five hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Shipilovka and Novodruzhesk.
The NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, is delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas.
09:55 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Zhovanka - n.p. Zaitsevo (southern): fired five mines in 120mm caliber;
-- n.p. Orlovka - city Donetsk (Kyiv district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kalinin district): one shell fired with a caliber of 155mm.
08:55 Adviser to the head of the DPR told on the training of UAV pilots on the territory of the Republic. RIA Novosti reports.
08:51 Telegram channel Joker DNR reports that before the arrival of the UN representatives, Ukraine is preparing a war crime with the use of the poisonous warfare substance Iprit and the victims in order to blame the Russian side.
According to the channel, in the coming days Mustard gas will be used against Ukrainian soldiers who are now in Maryinka.
08:49 Battle for Marinka
The liberation of Marinka continues successfully, as a result of which more than 2/3 of the city is already under the control of the allied forces.
Servicemen of the 107th battalion of the NM DPR showed fortifications and strongholds recaptured from the enemy.
07:00 Summary of the Luhansk People's Republic Representation in the JCCC for the past 24 hours, August 18.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, three shellings were recorded on the settlement. Svetlodarsk, Lisichansk and Stakhanov using the American MLRS M142 HIMARS (three missiles), MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane" (12 rounds) and 155mm artillery (five rounds). As a result of the attacks:
- in the settlement of Svetlodarsk, two civilians were killed, including one child, and 12 people were injured, as well as four multi-storey residential buildings and the city hospital were damaged;
-in n.p. Lisichansk destroyed a residential building and damaged an ambulance station;
-in n.p. Stakhanov damaged driving school.
Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
06:50 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka: nine each 152mm rounds fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: seven each 152mm rounds fired;
— n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka: six rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Leonidovka - n.p. Novobakhmutovka: six rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
06:27 Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports: Elena Vladimirovna K. died in Gorlovka this morning. She is an employee of the Gorlovka City Management Company. The woman was at her workplace, performing her professional duties.
05:55 RIA Novosti correspondent transmits from the positions of the DPR in the Avdievka direction. The commander of a howitzer battery with the call sign "Bear" talks about the work of artillery.
05:10 The Russian Armed Forces and the People's Militia of the DPR are gradually pushing the national formations a step back.
Thus, the artillery battalion of the 1st Slavic Brigade actively supports the offensive of the foot troops, which, in turn, transmit intelligence to the artillerymen. It is at these points that art strikes, freeing up a further path for advancement.
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[REGNUM] The head of the opposition United National Movement, Nika Melia , said that the state is responsible for every murder of women in the country, the Georgian television channel TV Pirveli reported on August 19.
According to the leader of the UNM, the security forces are only concerned with protecting the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili , while the killing of women in Georgia has become almost the norm.
"Today a man strangled a woman. Yesterday a woman was found with her throat cut, on August 12, her ex-husband killed a woman in Ozurgeti! All these horrible murders happened in a week! Women are ruthlessly killed, and no one protects them - neither the state nor the police! And who will try to protect them when they have such a big concern - they are only busy protecting Ivanishvili, they protect him from everything - from us or from the wind, or from the cold, so as not to freeze. Meanwhile, such cases have become almost the norm. In this regard, the state has forgotten about its functions. So, this state, this government is involved in the death of each of these women! .. Yes, the state was at the same time with that bastard in Avlevi, cut the throat of a woman, ... and the state, together with her ex-husband, killed a woman in Ozurgeti because of their criminal system inaction!" Melia said.
It should be reminded that on August 18, in the village of Avlevi, Karelian municipality, a husband strangled his 30-year-old wife during a quarrel.
By Western standards, women are very much second class citizens throughout the former Soviet Union. By their standards, western women are spoilt rotten.
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