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[REGNUM] The Tbilisi authorities, as well as the Georgian society, believed that the only possible way to resolve the Abkhaz and South Ossetian issues was only the use of brute force. Therefore, for these purposes, Georgia was forming a full-fledged national army as quickly as possible.
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[REGNUM] The Soviet government was in a hurry to eliminate the remaining centers of the Civil War, which could divert forces from the western direction. The white North fell first. Even from the beginning of January 1920, changes were noticeable in the mood of the soldiers of General Miller. On the night of February 7-8, most of the 8th Infantry Regiment went over to the side of the Bolsheviks. On February 8, 1920, the Red Army went on the offensive along the entire Northern Front. It developed successfully. The unrest in the rear of the whites intensified, many teams made up of prisoners fled. On February 17, a mass exodus of soldiers from the front began; on February 18, it became clear to Miller that Arkhangelsk would have to be surrendered. The authorities of the Northern region also failed to organize the correct evacuation - they did not prepare for it in advance. On February 21, the Red troops entered Arkhangelsk, Miller and his supporters fled the city on the armed icebreaker Minin, which was towing the yacht Yaroslavna. Those who remained on the shore in desperation fired at the ships with machine guns, the Minin responded with cannon shots.
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[Vesti] In the Volyn and Polesye directions , the composition, condition and position of the military units of Belarus in the Brest and Gomel regions remain unchanged. However, Belarus continues to supply certain types of ammunition for the needs of the military of the Russian Federation. In addition, the threat of missile strikes from the territory of this republic remains, the General Staff reports in an operational summary as of 18.00 Tuesday, August 2.
In the Seversky direction, the enemy does not stop shelling the positions of our troops from the territory of the Russian Federation and conducting aerial reconnaissance in the border areas of the Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
In the Slobozhansky direction , the enemy continues to conduct combat operations in order to hold the occupied lines and prevent the creation of favorable conditions for the resumption of the offensive by the defense forces . Takes measures to replenish the losses of personnel, as well as weapons and military equipment.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery at the areas of the settlements of Kharkov, Chuguev, Dementievka, Protopopovka, Gusarovka, Chepol, Pitomnik, Cherkassky Tishki, Petrovka, Rtishchevka, Stary Saltov, Skripai, Sosnovka, Tsirkuny. Launched an air strike near Upper Saltov. The Russians failed and retreated while trying to improve the tactical situation in the direction of Ternov–Bayrak .
In the Slavic direction , the enemy fired from cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kurulka, Grushuvakha, Dibrivno, Adamovka, Dolina, Krasnopolye, Mazanovka, Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Vasilyevka Pervaya and Krestishche. Launched an airstrike near Dibrovnoe. The activity of reconnaissance groups near Dovgenkiy and the Valley was noted, the groups retreated.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy is concentrating its efforts on conducting an offensive in the Bakhmut and Avdeevsky directions . By the systematic use of fire weapons, the enemy is trying to tie down the actions of our troops and prevent their transfer to threatening directions.
In the Kramatorsk direction, shelling was recorded near Seversk, Serebryanka, Verkhnekamensky, Zvonovka and Donetsk. The enemy launched an air strike near Serebryanka. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV near Krivy Luki. The enemy tried to advance in the direction of Novoluganskoye - Ivano-Daryevka. He received a decisive rebuff from our soldiers and retreated.
In the Bakhmut direction, artillery shelling was recorded in the areas of Yakovlevka, Soledar, Bakhmut, Zaitsev, Pokrovsky, Vesely, Kurdyumovka and Zhelezny. The enemy increased the intensity of the use of aviation in the indicated direction and launched air strikes near Yakovlevka, Pokrovsky, Soledar, Bakhmut and Kodem. All attempts to advance the enemy in the directions of Rota - Vershina, Vladimirovka - Yakovlevka, Klinovo - Zaitsevo and Pokrovskoye - Bakhmut were successfully repelled , the enemy retreated with losses. In the direction of the Renaissance - Kodem, individual enemy units have a partial success .
In the Avdievka direction, the enemy shelled the areas of the settlements of Avdeevka, Netaylovo and New York. Inflicted air strikes near Avdievka and Novobakhmutovka. The Russian military invaders conducted assault operations in the direction of Mineralnoye - Avdievka, unsuccessfully , withdrew. In the direction of Donetsk - Peski, the enemy has a partial success .
In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, shelling was recorded near Novomikhailovka, Pavlovka, Zheleznodorozhny, Kamensky, Poltavka, Krasnoye, Novoandreevka and Maryinka. At the latter, the enemy also inflicted an air strike. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of the UAV in the Olgovsky area.
In the Yuzhnobuzhsk direction, the enemy is concentrating efforts on holding the occupied lines and preventing the offensive of the Defense Forces units . Tries to restore the lost position. He fired from tanks, cannon artillery and multiple rocket launchers at the areas of settlements Nikolaev, Trudolyubovka, Osokorovka, Ivanovka, Olenevka, Zarya, Blagodatnoye, Prishib, Tokarevo, Novovorontsovka, Belaya Krinitsa, Andreevka, Vesyy Kut. Launched an air strike near Zarya. Conducted aerial reconnaissance to clarify the results of fire damage and identify the position of our troops.
Two carriers of sea-based cruise missiles are in readiness for the use of missile weapons.
"The enemy continues to suffer losses in manpower and equipment. An increase in the facts of alcohol abuse is recorded among the Russian military, as a result - disobedience to officers and interethnic conflicts," the General Staff added.
August 2 is the 160th 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 .
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[Korrespondent] 22:23 Departure from the Kherson region to the territory controlled by Ukraine is actually blocked, because the road through Vasilievka was washed out because of the rains, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson OVA Serhiy Khlan. According to him, "it was the only more or less normal way to get out of the occupation in the direction of controlled Ukraine."
22:20 US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan shocked the world over China's threats. Relations between China and Taiwan are an ever-smoldering conflict that began more than 70 years ago. Read more in the material Confrontation between China and Taiwan .
22:17 Zelensky admitted in an evening video message that Ukraine still cannot completely break the advantage of the Russian army in artillery and manpower: "And this is very felt in battles, especially in the Donbass - Peski, Avdiivka, and other directions. It's just hell. This can't even be described in words... And every Ukrainian should always be grateful to our soldiers who defend the Ukrainian positions there, despite the tangible fire advantage of the terrorists."
22:10 In one of the districts of Nikolaev, after powerful explosions around 21:00, a fire started, there are also power outages, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
21:38 The RF Armed Forces are deploying airborne units to the Kherson direction, thus making up for the losses, said the adviser to the head of the Kherson OVA Sergey Khlan on the air of the telethon. At the same time, he denied the information about the impending attack of the enemy. Khlan also said that the Russians are moving pontoon bridges across the Dnieper near Kherson by boats, the crossing takes about two hours. The pontoons carry civilian vehicles and military equipment.
21:17 The first dry cargo ship with Ukrainian grain arrived in Istanbul, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. After inspection, the ship must deliver the cargo to the port of Tripoli in Lebanon.
20:49 In the Lviv region, during an air raid, two explosions occurred on the territory of a military facility in the Chervonograd region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky. The extent of the damage is currently being established, and there are no casualties yet.
20:14 Today, the Russians fired eight X-101 (X-555) type cruise missiles in the direction of the central, southern and western regions of Ukraine, said Air Force Command spokesman Yuriy Ignat. Seven out of eight missiles were shot down by air defense, including six missiles destroyed by anti-aircraft missile troops and one shot down by an Air Force fighter.
19:43 The troops of the Russian Federation conducted assault operations in a number of operational areas, while in some of them the invaders had partial success, and in the rest they were stopped, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in an evening summary . In particular, the enemy has partial success in the Vozrozhdeniye-Kodema and Donetsk-Peski directions.
19:32 The United States expanded sanctions against Russia, adding 13 more individuals to the list, including Alina Kabaeva and the head of Phosagro Guryev, as well as more than 30 legal entities and two ships. New sanctions, among other things, will be introduced against Skolkovo and the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works, the Gauleiters of Mariupol Ivashchenko and the Kherson region of Saldo.
In addition, the US is imposing visa sanctions on 893 Russian officials, including members of the Federation Council and the military, as well as 31 third-country officials for supporting the annexation of Crimea.
18:59 Russia launched a missile attack on the territory of the Chervonograd district of the Lviv region, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
18:55 Podolyak called the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation to recognize the Azov Battalion as a "terrorist organization" as legal nonsense. He recalled that no Azov volunteer battalion has existed in nature since 2014, since Azov is a separate special forces detachment, which is part of the 12th operational brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, that is, it is part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office stressed that the decisions of the Russian courts will not have any consequences in the international legal field, and Russian jurisdiction does not extend to the territory of Ukraine and the actions of Ukrainian citizens to protect the territorial integrity of the state. "In any case, Russia will bear direct legal responsibility for the abuse of prisoners of war, in particular, by provoking invalid and fake" court decisions ". Even if these decisions are needed by the Russian Federation purely for internal propaganda use," Podolyak summed up.
18:47 The presence of the OSCE in Ukraine will continue without the consent of the Russian Federation, Zbigniew Rau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, said at a press conference in Kiev.
He also announced a new program for Ukraine: "Today I have the opportunity to announce that we are launching a large and ambitious program for Ukraine ... We are determined to stay on the ground and support Ukraine on its way to overcome a huge number of challenges, as well as with post-war reconstruction. I am convinced that the OSCE will play an important role in these projects."
18:35 Germany is blocking a package of assistance to Ukraine for 8 billion euros, Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Igor Zhovkva said at a briefing: "We expect another 8 billion euros to be provided. Unfortunately, certain EU states, in particular Germany, are blocking consideration of this issue, and the President of Ukraine is active negotiations with partners.
18:04 Air defense has just shot down two Russian missiles over the Vinnytsia region, the head of the OVA, Sergei Borzov, said.
18:01 There is no reason to trust the lists of the dead and wounded in Yelenovka published by the Russians, Andrey Yusov, a representative of the GUR MOU, said on the air of the telethon. According to him, the coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war immediately turned to Russia for information after the attack, but has not yet received official answers.
During the check, it turned out that the lists published by the Russians contain the names of Ukrainian soldiers who were wounded before the events in Yelenovka and in respect of which there were agreements on an exchange in the near future. At the time of the attack, they should have been in a hospital, not in a barracks in an industrial area, Yusov stressed. "Accordingly, we cannot talk about confirming the lists, and the Russians have not yet provided official answers within the framework of international law," he added.
17:51 The whole world is watching the tour of the third person in the US government to the island, which China considers its own, expecting a military conflict. There is a concept of the Thucydides trap about the inevitability of war between America and China. Read more in Taiwan Pelosi Press .
17:30 Another 500 thousand people can be called up to the Armed Forces of Ukraine if necessary, but so far there are no problems with personnel in the Ukrainian army, Major General Andriy Kovalchuk, commander of the Pivden operational command, said in an interview with Tabletmag: “We have already mobilized half a million people, and we can mobilize another half million if necessary. What we need now to continue the operation is heavier weapons."
16:48 Canada has expanded the list of sanctions against Russia, adding more than 40 individuals and 17 legal entities to it.
16:33 In the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated seven more settlements, the total number of de-occupied ones has increased to 53 , the head of the OVA Dmitry Butriy said on the air of the telethon: “To date, 53 settlements have been officially confirmed that have been liberated. We provide this information only when it is agreed with the General Staff, until the complete liberation, the military will carry out certain demining actions." At the same time, he added that almost the entire de-occupied territory is under constant enemy shelling, so it is still impossible to return to these settlements.
15:54 Miami is handing over 167 firearms to Irpin as part of a campaign to buy weapons from Americans called Guns 4 Ukraine, Irpin Mayor Alexander Markushin said. Those wishing to hand over unnecessary weapons were offered a cash reward in the amount of 50 to 200 dollars per unit. To the repurchased pistols and machine guns, the Miami police added confiscated ones. Now the legal procedure for the transfer of weapons to Irpen is being completed, a license and permits have been received. Similar negotiations are already underway with Houston. The weapons will be handed over to the Irpin police and territorial defense fighters.
15:27 Spain will not send the promised Leopard tanks to Ukraine, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said. According to her, due to downtime, the equipment is in a deplorable state and is unsuitable for shipment.
15:12 Shoigu said that the occupation of the Donetsk region "is going according to plan." According to the head of the RF Ministry of Defense, after "taking control" of the territory of the "LPR", the Donetsk region is planned to be "liberated". He clarified that recently the Russians allegedly seized six settlements - Grigorievka, Berestovo, Stryapovka, Pokrovskoye, Semigorye and Novoluganskoye, as well as the Uglegorsk TPP.
14:48 American legislators have submitted a bill recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The initiators of the legislation, including both Democrats and Republicans, explain that they want to use all possible levers to end the Russian war against Ukraine. For more details - in the material , Congress recognizes the Russian Federation as a sponsor of terrorism - what does this change .
14:33 Zelensky signed a decree according to which foreign volunteers serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to renew their contracts for ten years at once - up to reaching the age limit for military service.
14:12 Stoltenberg said that he spoke with Zelensky about priorities in military support, the grain agreement and the need for its full implementation: "It is imperative that NATO and allies provide even more assistance to Ukraine and even faster."
14:09 The death toll as a result of a rocket attack on Vinnitsa on July 14 has risen to 27 people: another doctor died from burns in the hospital, said the head of the OVA, Serhiy Borzov.
13:45 Podolyak reacted to Trump's statement that Ukraine needed to give Crimea to Russia and abandon NATO: "Russia would not have attacked Ukraine if it had abandoned NATO and Crimea! - an absurd Russian propaganda stamp that is repeated by some Western politics. Why? Russia attacked because it wants to destroy Ukraine, kill children, scare Europe with its cruelty. There is no need to look for excuses for non-humans."
13:37 Partisans began to work successfully in the Lugansk region, the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai said on the air of the telethon: "The situation in the Luhansk region remains unchanged for several weeks in a row. In a small part of the Lugansk region, in the area of two settlements, our Armed Forces hold the line of defense. Everything offensives that the Russians are trying to undertake, they repulse. So the Russians have no success there. But the partisans began to work for us, and quite successfully. This is not only posting leaflets, but also the destruction of infrastructure, which helps a lot to slow down attacks and advance Russian army".
13:30 The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation recognized the Azov battalion as a "terrorist organization" and banned it on the territory of Russia.
13:26 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the recognition of Russia as a sponsor of terrorism could lead to a break in diplomatic relations with the United States.
12:38 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, OSCE Chairman-in-Office Zbigniew Rau arrived in Ukraine, the organization reported. OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid arrived with him. The delegation has already visited Bucha.
12:35 The first vessel with Ukrainian grain successfully passed through the grain corridor, the Joint Coordination Center in Istanbul reported. Now the ship is moving to Istanbul, where it will arrive at midnight, it will be inspected by representatives of Turkey, Russia, Ukraine and the UN.
12:14 Ukraine has not yet lost a single HIMARS system, Major General Andrei Kovalchuk, commander of the Pivden operational command, said in an interview with Tablet Magazine. At the same time, he emphasized that every HIMARS missile hits the target: “Each missile destroys a bridge or an ammunition depot. Our allies also saw tremendous economic efficiency in the way we use missiles. Each missile fired destroys much more of its value in Russian equipment or ammunition.”
The general noted that Ukrainian troops use missiles against HIMARS much more effectively than the Russians, who hit missiles worth millions of dollars for "insignificant gain."
11:41 In Crimea, they are preparing to return to the control of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, told TSN: "The enemy continues to regroup its forces in the Kherson and Zaporozhye directions. A battalion tactical group of Russian paratroopers has arrived in the occupied Crimea to be sent to the mainland of Ukraine. In addition "On the peninsula, the invaders are strengthening the air defense system. Against this background, the partisans and the movement against the invaders have become more active. People are preparing for the fact that we will return there."
11:37 Blinken said that the Russians are using the occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as a military base, which serves as a kind of "nuclear shield" for them. According to him, Russian troops are constantly firing at Ukrainian forces from the territory of the nuclear power plant, but they do not receive a response, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot allow an accident at the plant.
In turn, the representative of the Russian Federation to the UN stated that "there are no military formations at the nuclear power plant, with the exception of a limited number of military personnel necessary to control its safety."
11:29 The Ministry of Culture recommends renaming streets throughout Ukraine named after Gagarin, Pushkin, Gorky, Lermontov, Mayakovsky, Michurin, Chkalov, Komarov, Suvorov and Matrosov. According to the ministry's expert council, these are the ten most common toponyms associated with Russians whose lives and activities have nothing to do with Ukraine.
11:08 Irina Vereshchuk announced the start of mandatory evacuation from Donbass. The first train arrived this morning in Kropyvnytskyi. Among the evacuees are women, children, the elderly, and many people with limited mobility. "Everyone was met and settled, everyone was helped," the minister assured.
10:53 The share of Russian gas in Germany's imports has fallen from 55% to 30%, Scholz told The Globe and Mail: "I don't want to deny that we have relied too different reality and are adjusting quickly. We have stopped importing coal from Russia, we will stop importing oil by the end of this year. Gas is the hardest thing."
The chancellor also called Moscow's idea of gas supplies through Ukraine instead of Nord Stream a trap, and problems with the delivery of the turbine - Putin's bluff: "He can no longer use this pretext and refer to technical reasons for reducing gas supplies. This is already a well-known scheme: the Russian Federation wanted to stop gas supplies and blame the outcome on EU sanctions."
10:38 The Administration of the Sea Ports of Ukraine reported that 68 ships with 1.2 million tons of cargo on board have been in Ukrainian ports since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. Two-thirds of these cargoes are "food awaited around the world."
10:25 The head of Nibulon Alexey Vadatursky knew that Russia was hunting him, Le Monde journalist Olivier Truk, who met with Vadatursky in Izmail in mid-July, told Le Monde journalist: “The day before our meeting, he barely escaped from a missile attack on Nikolaev University. Visibly stunned However, he was preparing to return on the road to Nikolaev. He asked us not to remember his visit. He knew that he was a priority target. Alexey Vadatursky knew that he was under attack, especially since he condemned the organized theft of Ukrainian grain by Russian troops, the victim of which he became in his warehouses in Kherson.
10:19 In the Kharkiv region, Russians fired at Kharkiv, Bogodukhovsky, Chuguevsky and Izyumsky districts at night, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. As a result of the shelling, civilian infrastructure was damaged: production in the Chuguevsky district, a residential building in Kharkovsky, a hotel and restaurant complex and outbuildings in Cherkasy Tishki, a farm in the Bogodukhovsky district. People were not hurt.
09:43 Russians again fired at two districts of Nikolaev from MLRS Smerch and S-300 tonight. The dormitory of one of the universities was damaged, a guard was wounded. Residential buildings and shops were also damaged. Previously without casualties, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. Settlements in the Nikolaevsky and Bashtansky districts also came under shelling, there is no information about the victims and injured.
09:26 Before the launch of HIMARS missiles, Ukrainian and American intelligence are holding consultations, allowing Washington to stop any potential attacks if they are "dissatisfied with the intended target," said Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, in an interview with The Telegraph. According to him, for precision strikes on Russian targets, Ukraine “uses real-time information,” but at the same time, “US officials do not provide direct targeting information so as not to undermine the argument that they are not direct participants in the war.” .
Skibitsky also said that a special group of GRU special forces from unit 29155 is hunting for HIMARS systems in Ukraine. Today, the total number of installations in Ukraine is 16 pieces, their destruction is not confirmed. According to Skibitsky, Russian agents monitor all Western weapons that enter Ukraine mainly through the airfield in Polish Rzeszow. Then they pass the information on to agents in Ukraine, who direct them to the places where Caliber is stored. Skibitsky admitted that "Russia has a lot of information", they use all types of intelligence: air, space, collaborators from the Ukrainian side.
09:09 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy by the morning of August 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Krivoy Rog directions.
personnel - about 41,170 (+140) people liquidated,
tanks - 1768 (+0),
armored combat vehicles - 4014 (+3),
artillery systems - 936 (+4),
MLRS - 259 (+0),
air defense systems - 117 (+0),
aircraft - 223 (+0),
helicopters - 191 (+1),
UAV operational-tactical level - 739 (+3),
cruise missiles - 174 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2914 (+2),
special equipment - 82 (+0).
08:42 British intelligence notes that the incident with a drone near the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol was another setback for the Black Sea Fleet in the five months of the war against Ukraine, among which was also the loss of its flagship, the cruiser Moskva. After reports of the cancellation of the celebrations, it is unlikely that the Black Sea Fleet will be able to hold high-profile public events in parallel with hostilities, analysts say.
08:29 In the occupied Kherson region, the Russians are suffering significant losses - the number of wounded is constantly increasing, which caused the deployment of a military hospital in Berislav on the basis of the hospital. According to the deputy head of the Kherson Regional Council, Yuriy Sobolevsky, doctors were brought from Russia, about forty people. They tried to resettle them in dwellings left by people, but the locals drove them away, so for now military doctors are forced to live in one of the hospital buildings.
08:13 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the enemy assault on the Bakhmut, Kharkov, Kramatorsk, Yuzhnobugsky, Avdeevsky directions, the General Staff said in the morning report .
08:06 Scholz said in an interview with Globe and Mail that Ukraine is receiving weapons from the Germans that the Bundeswehr does not yet have: “Self-propelled howitzers, multiple rocket launchers, anti-aircraft systems, counter-battery radars. Some of these systems are so new that they were very few were produced, and some of them were not even represented in the Bundeswehr."
Ukrainians are being trained on new and more sophisticated equipment at several locations in Germany, he said, and Berlin will continue to support Ukraine "for as long as it takes."
07:35 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) is convinced that the Russian forces are responsible for the death of 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war in the colony in Yelenovka. According to analysts, satellite and other images from the site show that only one building was damaged in the attack, the walls of this building were not destroyed, and there were no shell craters around, which is very strong evidence that the destruction of the prison was the result of either point strike, or embedded inside an incendiary or explosive. In addition, there are no traces of the use of HIMARS on the territory of the colony, as stated in the "DNR".
06:01 In Nikolaev around 4:00 powerful explosions thundered in several districts of the city, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said. According to preliminary data, one person was injured.
03:44 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Russians are transferring troops from the north of the Donetsk region to Zaporizhia and stop the campaign to attack Slavyansk. This is likely to create an opportunity for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch a counteroffensive in the Izyum direction - just as the Russian seizure of the Luhansk region allowed Ukraine to create conditions for a counteroffensive in the Kherson region, analysts say.
The redeployment of Russian troops to the Zaporozhye region suggests that Ukrainian counter-offensives will not be limited to the Kherson region and will likely be carried out along the entire southern axis, according to ISW.
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[KavkazUzel] YouTube video hosting has blocked one of the parody videos that ridiculed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, blogger Max KomikazdZe said. The deleted video was the first part of a series of several videos starring the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.
The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly criticized the President of Ukraine and the filming of the "series" about Zelensky has become a continuation of the federal trend of attacks against the Ukrainian authorities, although the videos with Kadyrov's participation should be considered primarily as entertainment, they pointed out political scientists Alexei Malashenko and Sergei Zhavoronkov. Such videos are not capable of strengthening the political position of the head of Chechnya at the federal level, Caucasian expert Ruslan Kutaev pointed out.
Since July 4, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has been publishing on the social network a series of "series" "The Adventures of Zelensky", ridiculing Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The head of Chechnya himself took part in the filming of the commercials. In one of the videos, Kadyrov forces the actor playing the role of Zelensky to sign the act of capitulation of Ukraine and say "Akhmat is strength," and in the second, he refuses to accept him into the Akhmat battalion.
Kadyrov, by publishing "humorous videos" about Vladimir Zelensky, made an attempt not only to humiliate the President of Ukraine, but also to exalt himself, netizens pointed out. Who is behind the creation of these videos ?Bad jokes: Kadyrov's "TV series about Zelensky " was ridiculed online.
YouTube removed the first of three parody videos about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, blogger Max KomikazdZe, who played Zelensky, said on his Telegram channel on August 1. The video was removed "due to copyright infringement in several initial frames," the blogger wrote. Youtube will give the video maker the opportunity to remove the copyrighting material before making the new video public. It's either that or it was stated after the video was removed. I seriously doubt it was just a Youtube user who made the request.
According to the screenshot attached to the KomikazdZe post, the content was removed at the request of user Evgeny Panyuta on July 30th. The second and third parts of the "series" "Zelensky's Adventures" are still available on the blogger's YouTube channel.
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, who starred in all three videos of the "series", at 17.42 Moscow time did not comment on the news about the removal of the first series on his pages in Telegram and VKontakte.
Ramzan Kadyrov published the first part of the series "Zelensky's Adventures" on July 4 in his Telegram channel. In the video, the blogger KomikazdZe, who played the role of Zelensky, announces the signing of the document on the surrender of Ukraine and quietly adds: "Akhmat is strength." The next two videos appeared on Kadyrov's channel on July 7 and 11.
After Kadyrov began to actively write about the military operation in Ukraine in his Telegram channel, the number of subscribers to his blog increased significantly. So, in February, about 60 thousand people signed up for it. As of 17.42 Moscow time on August 2, 2,697,137 people signed up for it.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:47 The SBU has detained several hundred civilians since the beginning of the SVO. Most of them are random people.
According to Country V, hundreds of citizens have been detained in Ukraine in the five months since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine. The SBU is actively looking for "spotters" and "traitors", but finds completely random people.
"The key problem is the lack of any adequate methods of digital warfare by the SBU. The cyber police are outsourced, and the hardware is damaged by the fighting," said a channel source familiar with the situation.
In general, the work of the SBU on the "search for spies" is based on the methods of the last century. These are passport checks, interrogations, and often torture.
"Everything ends as usual. Bribes are taken from the rich and the poor are taken away. The accusations of collaborating with the “enemy” of young children look especially terrible,” notes the interlocutor of “Country V."
21:47 Ukrainian media: Ukrainian volunteer Serhiy Gnezdilov wrote on Facebook a story about "six days of hell" in Peski, where he is now fighting. Judging by his information, everything is very bad with the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Gnezdilov writes that the enemy fires 6,500 shells per village per day. "Two mortars 82 and 120 are working from our side. Sometimes he wakes up and “sneezes” two artillery barrels towards Donetsk. We almost do not answer," the military man reports.
According to him, the Russians are hitting with large calibers, and many of his comrades have already been killed: "The bodies of those who were dearer to me than my relatives are lying in the heat in the trenches torn apart by 152-caliber. Counter-battery fire is absent from the word "completely", the enemy, without any problems for himself, puts an artillery shell in our trenches, dismantles very strong, concrete positions in tens of minutes, without a pause and minimal rest, pushing through our line of defense," Gnezdilov reports.
He writes that the day before yesterday - that is, on Sunday - the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses in the dead and wounded in Peski: “The reserve goes to the position, close the breakthrough with itself, and after five minutes out of 15 people only one remains intact."
Soldiers have not seen artillery support for a week now.
"Right now we are losing Peski, all our human and material possibilities are almost exhausted,” writes Gnezdilov.
The fact that the enemy advanced in the Peski area was officially acknowledged by the Ukrainian General Staff today for the first time.
21:46 The first dry cargo ship with Ukrainian grain arrived in Istanbul, - the media, citing the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
21:46 There was a hit on the territory of a military unit in the Chervonograd region, there were two explosions, - the head of the Lviv OVA Kozitsky. There is no information about the victims, the extent of the destruction is currently being established, he said.
21:04 The Pentagon appropriates the funds allocated to Ukraine. Colonel Douglas McGregor, a former adviser to the US Secretary of Defense, said in an interview that the funds allocated as aid to Ukraine are actually returning back to the United States without reaching the recipient.
"We must not forget about money. All those billions of dollars, where are they? Most of them simply do not reach Ukraine. Huge sums end up in the Pentagon as compensation to the armed forces for the fact that equipment and resources were transferred to Europe," he said. It's okay. It's printed money anyway. 21:04 A blow was struck at the deployment point of the Ukrainian "Foreign Legion" in the Nikolaev region, up to 250 mercenaries were destroyed, most of which are EU citizens," - Russian Defense Ministry
19:00 "Howitzer ready for battle": Russian artillery works on the positions of nationalists in the Kherson region
18:10 Ukrainian air defense is trying to bring down cruise missiles over the Nikolaev region
16:53 Zelensky's office said that Germany is blocking the allocation of 8 billion euros of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine.
15:46 Equipment for reading ID-cards was installed in the passport offices of Kherson and Nova Kakhovka. It is no longer necessary to bring a paper statement of the place of registration.
14:51 Ukrainian troops, with strikes from the MLRS, again set fire to fields with wheat in the Pologsky district of the Zaporozhye region, local farmers reported and showed video
14:09 The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not let people go home: hundreds of people cannot return to Kupyansk. An unofficial corridor has been operating in the area of the Pechenezh dam for several months: every Monday, and sometimes more often, people could move between the two districts of the Kharkiv region.
However, recently this "shop" has closed: hundreds of people who traveled to Kharkiv on business are now unable to return home. The Kyiv regime reacted to numerous reports, including Western media, of a massive flow of people leaving for Russian-controlled territories.
14:09 As a result of the morning strike of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on Nikolaev, the dormitory of one of the universities was destroyed. Apparently, another location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
13:06 During a special operation in Ukraine, the Russian military destroyed:
- six launchers and over 200 MLRS HIMARS missiles;
- 33 American M777 howitzers;
- five launchers of the Harpoon anti-ship missile system.
13:06Russian defense minister Sergey Shoigu called the number of air targets intercepted by the Russian army in July:
- 34 Ukrainian aircraft;
- 39 missiles of the Tochka-U complex;
— 226 shells of multiple launch rocket systems.
12:00 Head of the Ministry of Reintegration of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk announced that mandatory evacuation from Donbass has begun
"The first train arrived this morning in Kropyvnytskyi. Women, children, old people, many people with limited mobility. Everyone was met and settled, everyone was helped," Vereshchuk said.
12:00 In Ukraine, the maximum contract period for military personnel with foreign citizenship or stateless persons has been increased to 10 years. Previously, this period was 1 year.
11:01 Personnel night arrivals in Nikolaev.
11:00 Zelensky asked the Odessa City Council to consider a proposal to demolish the monument to Catherine II. This is stated in his response to a petition with a proposal to install in its place a pedestal to porn actor Billy Herrington.
09:40 Inspection of a vessel with grain that left the port of Odessa will be held on Wednesday in Istanbul, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source familiar with the situation.
08:08 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky asked the Odessa City Council to consider a proposal to demolish the monument to Empress Catherine II.!
07:30 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports:
North of Kharkov Russian offensive attempts towards Bayrak and Dementievka.
Attacks on Ivano-Daryevka resumed near Seversk.
Fighting continues in the area of Bakhmut and Zaitsevo (a village south of the regional center). Assaults on the Summit, Kodemy and Grass.
"Near" Peski fighting continues.
In the north of the Kherson region there was an assault on Trudolyubovka - near the border of the Dnepropetrovsk region. That is: the Russians are conducting offensive operations and reconnaissance in force in many directions at once.
01:41 Artillery battles on the front line Kherson - Nikolaev
Explosions are thundering in Nikolaev, MLRS are being hit from the direction of Kherson. In Nikolaev fire on shelling.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:54 Additional information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC about civilian casualties as a result of shelling of the cities of the Republic by the AFU:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- a man born in 1954 died.
- a man born in 1949 was wounded.
Kievsky district:
- men born in 1973, 1952, 1995 were injured.
Kirovsky district:
- as a result of a mine explosion PFM-1 "Lepestok" wounded: a teenage boy born in 2005, a boy born in 2002, a girl born in 2002.
As of 22:30 on August 2, 11 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. one child, on mines PFM-1 "Petal".
Thus, the total number of civilian casualties from AFU attacks on August 2, 2022 is 27 people (2 killed, 25 injured).
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
d. Donetsk, Kirovsky district:
— str. Institutskaya, 4 – the power line is damaged;
- he is. Kirova, 207 - private residential building;
- he is. Tekstilshchikov, 15 «b» — School No. 97;
— as a result of strafing on the street. Kirov missile launcher PFM-1 "Lepestok".
n.p. Yelenovka:
- as a result of shelling in the village. Novonikolaevka scattered PFM-1 "Petal".
As of today, as of 22:30, the enemy fired 393 rounds of various types, including the BM-27 Uragan and BM-21 Grad MLRS, as well as artillery ammunition with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm.
22:15 On the street. Kirov in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, three people, including a teenager born in 2005, were blown up by mine petals. 21:53 a.m. Travnevoe (DPR) came under the control of the Allied Forces.
20:57 Petrovsky district of Donetsk, on a residential area on the street. Romanovskaya died a man
20:42 A Russian sister region has appeared near the Lutuginsky district of the republic. The corresponding agreement was signed today by the Governor of the Ulyanovsk Region of Russia, Alexei Russkikh, and the Head of the Administration of the Lutuginsky District, Evgeny Bondar.
19:32 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation at 19.30 02.08.2022:
Over the current day, according to information from the JCCC of the DPR, the enemy fired more than 300 rounds from Uragan multiple launch rocket systems, cannon artillery with a caliber of 155mm, 152mm and 122mm, 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of ten settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, one civilian was killed, 17 were injured, including a child born in 2016. Twenty-two residential buildings and 10 civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged.
Additional information about 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, seven defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic died and seventeen were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
19:23 Five Ukrainian soldiers surrendered to the People's Militia of the Donetsk People's Republic in the village of Peski in the suburbs of Donetsk, the NM DPR department reports.
"The units of the People’s Militia of the DPR, with the support of parts of the Russian Federation, are conducting successful operations in the Avdievka direction. The result was the fact that five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were taken prisoner in the village of Peski in the suburbs of Donetsk. This happened on the first of August, ”RIA Novosti reports with reference to a representative of the People’s Militia of the Republic.
18:08 DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Noises - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): six mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm.
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts): seven rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
17:49 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-- n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovskiy, Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Noises - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov mine): eight mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm;
— n.p. Nikolaevka 2 — n.p. Golmovsky: 10 rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
17:38 As a result of the shelling of Aleksandrovka, three people were wounded along Shkolnaya Street.
17:03 As of 16:00 on August 2, the DPR has already registered seven cases of undermining civilians on PFM-1 “Petal” mines. Reported by Rodion Miroshnik.
16:47 Consequences of shelling Kievsky district of Donetsk. The Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the city with 155mm rounds. A woman died and ten people were injured.
16:28 Avdievka fortified area of ??the Armed Forces of Ukraine was taken into a semicircle by units of the allied forces.
Earlier, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, the armed formations of Ukraine fired on their own soldiers, retreating from Donetsk.
"The 21st battalion of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade, which suffered significant losses in the area of Peski, during the retreat to the settlement of Vodiane, was subjected to artillery fire by Ukrainian troops and was almost completely liquidated."
15:32 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (Dugouts): fired six rounds of 152mm caliber;
-- n.p. Dzerzhinsk — n.p. Gorlovka (Kalininsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (Kalinin district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: seven rounds of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of the Rumyantsev mine): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Nevelskoye - n.p. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky districts): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:20 As a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the combat positions of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the settlement of Maryinka of the Donetsk People's Republic, more than 50 nationalists of the 2nd battalion of this formation were destroyed.
Seven ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Artyomovsk, Konstantinovka, Ocheretino of the Donetsk People's Republic, Trudovoye of the Zaporozhye region and Nikolaev.
Also suppressed: four platoons of the Grad MLRS and nine artillery platoons at firing positions in the areas of the settlements of Seversk, Kirovo, Artemovsk, Avdievka, Peski, Orlovka, Miners, Velyka Novoselka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Dobropolye of the Zaporozhye region, Shirokoye, Bereznegovatoe of the Nikolaev region, Russian Lozovaya and Nortsovka, Kharkiv region.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
15:01 Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of MLRS Hurricane (BM-27)
remotely mined the microdistrict Azotny Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
14:29 Officers of the LPR representation in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire recorded the effects of the shelling of Stakhanov by the Kyiv security forces. This was reported in the office.
14:14 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Donetsk (Kyiv, Voroshilovsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
-- n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three BM-27 Uragan missiles (equipped with PFM-1 Petal anti-personnel mines) were fired.
14:12 Consequences of shelling in the Kievsky district of Donetsk.
14:11 In the Kiev region of Donetsk, a civilian was killed during the shelling.
13:10 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
-- n.p. Pervomaiskoye - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): four rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Netailovo - n.p. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Donetsk (Kyiv region): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Donetsk (Leninsky district): three rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
12:56Peski district is a tough fight. Our units are driving the enemy out of the village. Reports reporter Rudenko.
12:18 Six DPR settlements have recently been liberated during a special military operation in Ukraine, the liberation of the DPR is underway - Shoigu
12:07 Footage from the recently recaptured positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Avdievka in the area of the ventilation shaft of the Butovka-Donetskaya mine.
11:27 Consequences of the night shelling of Nikitovka in Gorlovka.
10:50 Kirovsky district of Donetsk was remotely mined today with the help of MLRS Hurricane with mines PFM-1 "Petal" prohibited by international conventions. Local residents help the sappers in clearing mines with simple improvised methods, a tire and a rope.
10:35 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 02.08.2022
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 DPR JCCC, the enemy fired 355 rounds from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
Artillery was fired at the districts of thirteen settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, one civilian was killed and four were injured. Eighteen residential buildings and two civilian 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 the following enemy weapons and military equipment: one installation of the Uragan MLRS, one BM-21 Grad, three trucks and more than 50 personnel. Three enemy firing points were suppressed in the areas of the settlement. Avdievka, Nevelskoe and Zhelannoe.
10:01 Statement by the official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M. as of 08/02/2022. Over the past day, 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 60 personnel;
-six armored personnel carriers;
-three artillery installations;
-five units of special vehicles;
The enemy continues shelling civilian infrastructure facilities in LPR settlements. These facilities are not military and are not used by the People's Militia. Over the past 24 hours alone, the armed formations of Ukraine fired at the settlement Pervomaisk and Stakhanov using American-made M142 HIMARS MLRS, firing fifteen missiles.
As a result of shelling in N. p. Pervomaisk, five apartment buildings were damaged, the building of the Pervomaiskugol enterprise was destroyed, the branch of the Pension Fund, the City Center for Culture and Leisure Zarya, the Yunost Complex Children's Youth Sports School, and a store were damaged.
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 1, they cleared more than six hectares of territory from explosive objects left by Ukrainian nationalists in the areas of the settlements of Sirotino and Belaya Gora.
The forces of the NM of the LPR, together with public organizations, are delivering humanitarian aid to the residents of these areas. Yesterday, pupils of the Young Guard - Yunarmiya VPD delivered humanitarian aid to the residents of the village of Novoderkul.
09:47 "As our guys say, they haven't been this close to Avdievka for eight years," Denis Pushilin, in an interview with RT, reported on the breakthrough of the defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by allied units across the highway in the direction of Konstantinovka.
The head of the DPR stressed that this allows the troops to occupy certain heights one by one and move on. Also, according to Pushilin, there are some successes in the Peski area and in the Maryinsky direction.
09:24 Headquarters of the Tero DPR: over the past day, from 08:00 on August 1 to 08:00 on August 2, as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, one person was killed and four more civilians were injured, of which one was blown up by a mine PFM-1.
09:09 A fighter of the 11th Regiment, who heroically storms Peski, told that the defense has been breached. The liberation of this settlement will help to encircle Avdievka.
08:59 The DPR JCCC recorded shelling from the AFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Aleksandrovka: 10 each 122mm rounds were fired;
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Donetsk (Kirovsky, Petrovsky districts): seven rounds of 152mm caliber were fired.
— n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired three rounds with a caliber of 122mm;
— n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kyiv district): three rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
08:58 The shelling of Stakhanov by the Kyiv security forces led to the destruction of the building of the motor transport enterprise, two buses burned down. This was announced by the city administration.
08:23 AFU mine the city of Donetsk. This time, mines were scattered in the Tekstilshchik microdistrict.
08:05 Kirovsky district of Donetsk under fire. Mines "Petal" near the ice palace "Leader", arrival through the playground on Tereshkova.
07:00 Summary of the Representative Office of the Luhansk People's Republic in the JCCC for the past day, August 01.
From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, 2 artillery attacks were recorded on the settlement. Pervomaisk and Stakhanov using American MLRS M142 HIMARS (15 missiles).
As a result of shelling in N. p. Pervomaisk, five apartment buildings were damaged, the building of the Pervomaiskugol enterprise was destroyed, the branch of the Pension Fund, the City Center for Culture and Leisure Zarya, the Yunost Complex Children's Youth Sports School, and a store were damaged. Additional information about the victims and damage is being specified. Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
06:55 Artillery duelin the DPR - near Artemovsk and Soledar. Ukrainian militants are firing at the advancing troops from American M777 howitzers, in response they receive a flurry of fire from the artillery of the allied forces.
06:23 After the DPR JCCC 06:00 shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired;
0:18 Fighting near Artemovsk does not subside even at night. Allied troops are advancing on this city occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the DPR. Artillery hits the outskirts, where the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Battalions dug in.
Commentary by Russian military journalist in italics.
According to the Russian ministry of defense, this narrative was taken from the Facebook page of purported Ukrainian volunteer Sergiy Gnezdilov.
Ukrainian military journalist Yuri Butusov confirms the story.
[ColonelCassad] The realities of the battles for the village of Peski. View from the Ukrainian side of Peski.
What to lose, what else can be taken from me on the sixth day of my personal hell, in Peski, a kilometer from the first street of Ukrainian Donetsk? The bodies of those who were dearer to me than relatives are lying under the heat in trenches cut with 152mm caliber. As I wrote earlier, 6,500 shells per fucking village in less than a day.
There have been six days of such attacks, and it doesn’t fit in my head how at least some of our infantry remains alive in this flurry of fire.
No, I don't whine.
Two mortars 82mm and 120mm are working from our side.
Sometimes he wakes up and “sneezes” two artillery barrels towards Donetsk.
We hardly answer. There is no counterbattery fire, from the word at all, the enemy, without any problems for himself, puts an artillery shell in our trenches, dismantles very strong, concrete positions in tens of minutes, pushing through our defense line without a pause and minimal rest.
The day before yesterday, it broke down, and dead/wounded poured in. I do not publish any statistics, it is prohibited in our country, but you can’t even imagine the number and percentage of losses.
This is a hell of a meat grinder, where the battalion simply holds back the invasion with their bodies.
For almost a week we have been waiting for at least some help that would hit the enemy artillery, we, I repeat, are being burned with impunity with everything that the Russian military system is rich in, aviation was working today.
I am proud of the leadership of the battalion, which remains here with us. The battalion commander is with us, everyone is with us, shell-shocked, light wounded, having bandaged, they return to their positions in a couple of hours, if you can call these bottomless funnels that way.
There is a war going on.
But without a counterbattery fight, it turns into a senseless meat grinder, where a frantic amount of our infantry is ground in a day.
Are you sure you want the truth? Here it is, the naked truth.
The reserve goes to the position, close the breakthrough with itself, and after five minutes out of 15 people only one remains intact.
The bodies are lying. If it's a lightly wounded, maybe you'll be lucky, you'll stumble, and you'll go out on foot, you'll get there.
They took only wounded. He shouted all the way: - Where is the support? Where is the artillery? Why were we abandoned? Why didn't anyone cover us?
I don’t know, my friend, why no one covered us ... he screams, And I’m ashamed that I’m still safe and sound, only a couple of times I got pretty deaf.
Vomited, pissed off, sorry, and back in the ranks.
All reserves will disperse, military equipment is on fire, the enemy approaches and takes our positions without any problems after another barrage of artillery.
Right now we are losing the Peski, all our human and material possibilities are almost exhausted.
Denis, a resident of Mariupol, who told me, "Well, I believe Arestovich, we will return everything back very soon" is dead. He was wounded twice, they bandaged him right in the trench, they told him, Denchik, go to the evacuation, but he answered, "Guys, I won't leave you." Arestovich is a Ukrainian video blogger, and former Ukrainian military.
And he was wounded for the first time, and after the second wound he continued to shoot back.
We haven't recovered his body yet. On the ruins of the Peski, he lies with his arms outstretched, and his gaze is fixed. He asks for revenge. How can I refuse his latest request? How can we all leave Dan?
I believe that Dimka survived after all. Because he couldn't die, having recently returned from the hospital, just proposed to his girlfriend. They say that after one of the parishes, he simply disappeared. Covered with earth. But, I believe that this is a mistake and he is alive. Foolish hope and expectation.
I know my state doesn't like thinking out loud. But, I was not left with a choice among victory rage and arrest. The truth should sound, not whispered conversations in the kitchen. Of course, for this message will fly separately, because how; So, is the state really lying to its own citizens?
I won’t be surprised if someone says today: “Kremlin agent Sirozha blabbed about the ingenious plan of the winner on the Donetsk front. We’ll hang him on Myrotvorets.”
I've been trying to say that everything is under control. Now in Peski everything is not fucking under control, but for some reason the situation is hushed up.
Ring the broken bells while we cover Peski with bodies.
From the translation of Butusov's account, the ending:
We need artillery.
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