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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions also came under fire.
by Iryna Lysohor
During the day, the enemy attacked nine regions of Ukraine. A bridge was completely destroyed in Luhansk
The Russians fired five times a day (42 explosions) in the Chernihiv region . The enemy used mortars and artillery on the Novgorod-Siversk community (three mortar shells, one from artillery), and one mortar shell on the Horodnyansk community of the Chernihiv district. It passed without victims and destruction, says the message from OVA as of this morning.
The enemy launched two shellings in Sumy at night and in the morning. 20 explosions were recorded. Three settlements in Novoslobidska, Seredino-Budska, and Khotynska communities were fired from rocket salvo fire systems and mortars. Previously - without human losses and destruction of civil infrastructure. Yesterday, during the day, the enemy fired 21 shots. 139 explosions were recorded. 14 settlements in seven communities were shelled: Krasnopilska, Bilopolska, Khotynska, Seredino-Budska, Shalyginska, Esmanska, Novoslobidska. Seredino-Budsk community: mortar shelling (four explosions), artillery (16 explosions). As a result of the shelling, the farm building was damaged. Khotyn community: mortar shelling (five explosions), two households were damaged as a result of the shelling.
In Dnipropetrovsk that night, the enemy hit with a rocket. The explosion rang out in the Pokrovsky community of the Synelnyk district. A fire broke out, which the rescuers have already extinguished. Other consequences of the attack are being investigated. Fortunately, there were no casualties. In the morning, the Russian army shelled the Myrivsk community in Nikopol region. Shells from heavy artillery flew there. Information about the consequences and victims is being clarified.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, the enemy fired artillery at Ochakov. There are no casualties.
In Luhansk , the enemy launched another airstrike on Bilogorivka. The occupiers opened artillery fire on this village, as well as in the direction of Kuzmyny. During the day, there were 25 shellings along the battle line near Nevsky. The enemy fired 20 shells at the Novolyubiv bridge. The bridge was completely destroyed. The road surface near the bridge was also destroyed.
In Kharkivskayesterday morning, as a result of an attack on Kharkiv by a S300 missile, the building of a repair shop in Kholodnohirsky district was damaged, and a fire broke out. No casualties. In the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out mortar and artillery attacks on populated areas, in particular Guryev Kozachka, Strelecha, Gatysh, Potykhonovo, Odradny, and Bolohivka.
In the Kupyansk direction, our soldiers successfully repelled enemy attacks in the area east of Petropavlivka. The enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Petropavlivka and Podoliv. Figolivka, Dvorichna, Kindrashivka, Kucherivka, Kupyansk and Kislivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks. As a result of a guided aerial bomb attack on Petropavlivka, farm buildings were damaged, and the farm was on fire.
As a result of the artillery shelling of Kupyansk, the forest caught fire. A 31-year-old civilian was injured. A 61-year-old woman and her 65-year-old husband were injured as a result of shelling in the Putnykovo Kupyan district. The man's condition is light, the woman's condition is moderate. As a result of the strike of a guided aerial bomb, a forest fire broke out in Podil, and private homes were damaged.
A 57-year-old woman died. A 66-year-old man was injured and hospitalized. The condition of the injured is serious. INThere were 69 attacks on 24 settlements in Zaporozhye . Over the past day, the enemy carried out 61 artillery barrages on the territory of Orikhov, Gulyaipol, Mala Tokmachka, Zaliznychny, Preobrazhenka, Priyutny, Novodarivka, Novoandriivka, Gulyaipilsky, Olhivskyi, Malynyvka, Charivny, Krasnoye, Levadny, Temyrivka, Verkhnya Tersa, Shcherbaki, Stepovoy, P' Yatykhatok, Lobkovo, Maly Shcherbaki, Kamiansky and Novoivanivka. There were three airstrikes on Orikhov, shelling from MSZV was recorded on Temyrivka, Novodarivka, Malynivka, Gulyaipilskyi and Lobkovo. 15 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities. There were no casualties.
In Donetsk last day, the occupiers shelled populated areas of the region with artillery and 122mm BM-21 Grad rocket launchers. Avdievka is under fire (residential sector, Akkhz PJSC, Mikofud enterprise), residential sectors of the cities of Novoukrainka and Krasnohorivka.
In Khersonskaon the night of August 7, the enemy attacked Kherson, the Russian army continued to set fire to houses in the central part of the city. A 93-year-old woman was injured. She was hospitalized with a mine-explosive injury and contusion.
In the morning, the occupiers shelled the residential building. Eight residents were diagnosed with a situational neurotic reaction. One person with reduced mobility was hospitalized. Two rescuers were injured while extinguishing a fire caused by an enemy strike. They were taken to the hospital with general body overheating. The shelling continued in the morning. A 59-year-old woman died, a 60-year-old man suffered a contusion as a result of an artillery shell hitting the house. During the day, the enemy carried out 30 artillery attacks (99 shells) in the region, of which four shellings (12 shells) were fired at Kherson.
The enemy hit the districts of 14 settlements of the region, the territory of the summer cottage cooperative in Beryslav. In the evening, the occupiers shelled Olhivka. One of the shells hit the yard of a private house. Two women, 77 and 73 years old, were injured; the victims were hospitalized. In total, four people were injured during the day due to Russian aggression.
We will remind you that during the past day, the enemy launched 30 missile and 52 air strikes, fired 75 rocket salvo fire systems at the positions of our troops and populated areas. As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, residential buildings and other civil infrastructure were destroyed.
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[VESTI] August 7 is the 530th 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, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Kherson region. Throughout the night, Russia shelled the center of Kherson: a residential building was damaged, 8 residents were diagnosed with a situational neurotic reaction, two rescuers were injured during the fire extinguishing. Half an hour later, shelling continued: as a result of an artillery shell hit, a 59-year-old woman died, and a 60-year-old man suffered a shell shock. At about 03:15, the Russian army attacked the house again: a 93-year-old woman was wounded.
08:00 . 9,000 artillery attacks in a week: in continuous artillery fire, our fighters continue their offensive in the Bakhmut direction . Over the past week, Russians have fired half a million rounds of ammunition in eastern Ukraine.
Kharkov region. On August 6, the Russians attacked Kharkov with an S-300 missile: the building of the enterprise was damaged, no casualties were reported. As a result of the shelling of the Kupyansky district, a woman was killed, 4 people were injured.
Dnepropetrovsk region. At night, the Russian Federation fired a rocket at the Sinelnikovsky district: no dead or injured. In the morning, the Russian army shelled the Nikopol region with heavy artillery.
09:00 . Zaporozhye region. During the day, Russia carried out 61 artillery shelling, 15 reports of destruction were received, and there were no casualties.
Sumy region. At night and in the morning, the Russian Federation carried out two attacks, 20 explosions were recorded, there were no casualties.
Kherson region. During the day, Russia carried out 30 attacks, firing 12 shells at Kherson, four people were injured.
10:00 a.m. Kharkov region. The Russians shelled the village of Kucherovka: hitting the house, two dead and three wounded.
11:00 am . Ukraine returned home from captivity 22 soldiers . All are fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, among them two officers, privates and sergeants. There are wounded among those released.
12:00 . Kherson region. Spetsnaz GUR reported the destruction of a unit of Russian missile forces for special purposes on the left bank of the region.
13:00 . Zelensky held a conference call: they discussed intense defensive and offensive operations. The President heard a report by Valery Zaluzhny on the situation at the front in terms of tense defensive and offensive operations. Intelligence, the Main Intelligence Directorate and the SVR, brought to the attention of the data received from Russia, and the head of the SBU, Malysh, reported on the fight against "traitors in Ukraine."
14:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russians fired at Orekhov: hitting a nine-story building, the fire engulfed apartments from 1 to 9 floors on an area of 1,400 square meters.
15:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. A Russian reconnaissance-type UAV was shot down.
16:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russian army shelled Nikopol : a 36-year-old man died, another local resident was injured, private houses, outbuildings, cars were damaged, a gas pipeline and power lines were broken.
17:55 . Latvia accused the Belarusian border guards of provocation. They pierced the fence at the border of the countries to help illegal migrants enter Latvia, and then patched up the mesh so that the migrants could not return to Belarus.
18:44 . In a week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 10 ammunition depots and four more bases/command posts/headquarters of the RF Armed Forces.
19:16 . Relatives and relatives of the missing should remember about information security in social networks, recalled the press service of the Ministry of Reintegration.
20:01 . Russia will be left without ships until the end of the war if it continues to attack Ukrainian ports, Zelensky said.
20:39 . The Russians attacked Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. As of now, two dead people are known in Pokrovsk - a woman and a man. The four wounded were taken by ambulance. The Russians launched two attacks on the city center with an interval of several tens of minutes. They damaged nine and five-story buildings, residential buildings in the private sector, a hotel, catering establishments, shops, office buildings.
21:00 . Hours Yar Donetsk region today looks like this.
21:42 . The Russians also attacked the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region today. It is known about two dead and five injured.
21:59 . Ukrainian artillery destroyed a Russian truck along with a 152mm self-propelled gun 2S19 "Msta-S" at the time of loading ammunition.
22:31 . Smoke rises over Donetsk in the area of the railway station, according to local publics
23:01 . Polish border guards appealed to the Ministry of Defense with a request to send another thousand troops to the border with Belarus. The head of the border service, Tomasz Praha, said that this year 19,000 people tried to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border.
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[Korrespondent] The Ukrainian attacks on bridges in critical Russian directions are part of a broader Ukrainian campaign to set the stage for future counter-offensives.
Ukraine is actively hitting the rear and logistics of the Russian army. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny says that the Ukrainian defenders "continue to create conditions step by step to move forward." The initiative is on the side of the Ukrainian army, and this is how it uses it.
Experts from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) are analyzing Ukrainian strikes on the Chongar and Genichesk bridges that link annexed Crimea with mainland Ukraine.
Analysts say the strikes targeted two key road bridges along critical Russian land lines, forcing Russian troops to divert vehicular traffic from shorter eastern routes to longer western ones.
Volodymyr Saldo, the head of the occupation administration of the Kherson region, said that Ukrainian troops fired 12 missiles at the Genichesk bridge, and Russian air defense systems allegedly intercepted nine of them. Sergey Aksyonov, appointed by Russia as the “head of Crimea,” said that Ukrainian troops fired two missiles at the Chongar bridge.
Russian sources claim that Ukrainian forces used British- and French-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles in both strikes, although the ISW has not yet been able to obtain confirmation that Russian air defenses intercepted those missiles.
In general, according to experts, Ukrainian attacks on bridges in critical directions for Russians are part of a broader Ukrainian campaign aimed at creating conditions for future counter-offensive operations.
PROBLEMS OF THE OCCUPIERS
Attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on bridges in Chonhar and Genichesk, Kherson region, led to the fact that "they are not able to help the enemy supply what he needs - reserves, resources for combat platforms," said Natalya Gumenyuk, spokeswoman for the Southern Defense Forces, on the air of a single telethon .
“I will note that the Defense Forces are not destroying infrastructure, they are not destroying what we need again, but they are destroying the plans and strategy of the enemy. Therefore, hitting these bridges has put them in a state where they are not able to help the enemy supply what he needs - reserves, resources for combat platforms," Gumenyuk explained.
She added that the Russian occupiers are now forced to bypass what they brought in from Crimea . Bypass roads pass through Armyansk, and this is critically close to the Defense Forces.
"The range of the Defense Forces frightens and surprises them (the Russians) very significantly. And now they have to use the ground transport route in order to be as close as possible to the Defense Forces. This is a defeat, this is again a complication and slowdown in logistics. They are trying to interleave their military columns with civilian transport,” said a spokeswoman for the Southern Defense Forces.
She also drew attention to the large movement of civilian transport from Crimea, because all the main arteries are blocked - from the Crimean bridge to the bridges of the Kherson region, which are being hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“The entire flow of traffic is narrowing to one artery. We feel it. Having worked hard enough at the enemy’s field ammunition points, we see that he cannot bring up resources and reduces the number of shelling,” Gumenyuk said.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2022. Linked in the title
23:08 The Ministry of Economy of Germany announced the expansion of the program of state investment guarantees for German enterprises that decide to invest in Ukraine. The decision provides that the German government will now cover not only property losses up to the complete loss of investments, but also conversion and transfer risks for interest payments on investment-like loans.
22:55 The Russians attacked residential buildings in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, with Iskander missiles, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
22:17 The number of those injured as a result of Russian strikes on Pokrovsk has risen to 31 - of which 19 are police officers, five rescuers and one child. Five people were killed, the rubble is being cleared , the National Police said.
21:43 The Russians fired four guided bombs at the village of Kruglyakovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region, hit private houses. According to preliminary data, two people were killed and five were injured, the President's Office said.
21:38 As a result of two Russian strikes on residential buildings in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, at least five people were killed and 18 injured , Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. As of 9:20 p.m., four people were killed and three injured as a result of the first strike. And during the repeated shelling, the deputy head of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in the Donetsk region was killed, four more rescuers, eight policemen and three civilians were injured. Search and rescue work continues.
21:19 The first batch of American Abrams tanks will leave for Ukraine next weekend and arrive by the beginning of autumn, said the head of the procurement department of the ground forces, Doug Bush. He specified that spare parts for them, fuel equipment and a repair base would be sent along with the tanks. We are talking about 31 tanks - they were being repaired and prepared for shipment for several months.
20:46 In the area of the village of Robotino, Zaporozhye region, soldiers of the 47th brigade shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter, Alexander Tarnavsky, commander of the Tavria group of troops, said.
20:43 Kuleba had a conversation with Blinken, urged him to contribute to the provision of ATACMS missiles to strengthen Ukraine's long-range capabilities.
20:31 The Russians launched two missile attacks on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region - they hit a residential building, there are victims, Zelensky said.
19:59 The participating states of the summit in Saudi Arabia did not agree on all the points of the Zelensky Peace Formula, the dialogue on controversial issues continues, Yermak said: "There are points on which there are no objections at all, and there are those on which the dialogue continues." According to the head of the Presidential Office, the point on the territorial integrity of Ukraine is indisputable: "There can be no compromises regarding the territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty, and many countries have emphasized this."
As for the problematic points, this is justice, which provides for the punishment of the Russian political leadership, those guilty of aggression, war crimes, etc., and compensation to Ukraine. “We still need to work with the countries of the Global South on difficult issues, such as responsibility. But not because they are against it, but because they need more explanation on how this will happen,” Yermak said. He added that a meeting of advisers will be held within a month, where they will discuss issues on which there is no final agreement.
19:03 The Russians have been shelling the Nikopol district of the Dnepropetrovsk region all day today, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. In addition to attacks on Nikopol itself, as a result of which one person died and one was injured, the enemy hit the Marganets community, where the shells caused a fire, as well as the Velikomikhaylovskaya community of the Sinelnikovsky district.
In addition to two downed drones, Ukrainian defenders shot down an enemy missile today. Debris fell in the Dnieper region, one person was injured.
18:44 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley: "He spoke about the operational situation at the front. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct defensive and offensive operations."
According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the defense is stable, in a number of areas the enemy is conducting active assault operations, but is not successful. In particular, this is due to an attempt to divert Ukrainian forces from certain sectors of the front. As for the offensive, there are heavy battles, the Ukrainian troops, step by step, continue to create the conditions for moving forward. The initiative is on the side of Ukraine. The parties also discussed the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in weapons and ammunition.
18:20 After the meeting in Jeddah, Ukraine plans to hold two Peace Formula summits, one of them with the involvement of Russia, Yermak said: "The first summit is a founding one, at which participants must approve Zelensky's ten-point Peace Formula as a basis... The second summit - the final one - will have to fix the end of the war."
The head of the Presidential Office emphasized that this plan is impossible without the implementation of the point on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine: “And we were supported in this ... In particular, the representative of Germany clearly said: we cannot even allow the thought of a frozen conflict and that troops".
17:43 Zelensky said in an interview with Latin American media that Ukraine is not going to continue the war on the territory of Russia: “We liberate only our own territories. They have somewhere to return, but we don’t. They have somewhere to go, but we don’t. Because this is ours the only land.
17:27 The defense forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, had tactical success in the direction of Malaya Tokmachka, Robotino, Zaporizhia region, are fixed on the achieved lines, Anna Malyar said. At the same time, the enemy is seriously strengthening his defensive lines, which significantly complicates the advance.
16:49 Zelensky, in an interview with Latin American media, criticized Brazilian President Lulu da Silva for the idea of providing security guarantees to the Russian Federation: "It is strange to talk about Russia's security. Only Russia, Putin and Lula talk about Russia's security, about the guarantees that should be given for Russia's security. I just think he has his own opinion, I don't think it's necessary for your thoughts to be the same as Putin's... If President Lula wants to tell me something, let him sit down and say it, and I think we'll be done with this. To be honest, I thought he had a broader understanding of the world."
16:33 Zelensky said in an interview with Latin American media that Ukraine will attack Russian ships if the Kremlin continues to shell ports: "If Russia continues to dominate the Black Sea and block it by firing rockets, then Ukraine will do the same, which is fair protection of our capabilities. If they continue to shoot, we do not have many weapons, but if they continue to shoot, then until the end of the war they may be left without ships. And this is what we want to show them."
16:06 Russian troops are deliberately exacerbating public tension in certain areas on the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine in order to encourage the local population to leave for the Russian Federation. According to Anna Malyar, the number of cases of rude and disdainful attitude of Russian military personnel towards the local population has increased. At the checkpoints, the displaced persons are threatened with weapons and demanded to give them funds and other material values.
15:55 Russians have been shelling Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region from heavy artillery since the very morning - one person was killed, another one was wounded. Private houses, outbuildings, cars, a gas pipeline and power lines were damaged, said Serhiy Lysak, head of the OVA.
15:47 In July, Ukraine produced twice as many mortar and artillery ammunition as last year. In addition, before the end of the year, the country will produce NATO-standard 155-mm ammunition, said Alexander Kamyshin, Minister for Strategic Industries, in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.
At the same time, he clarified that the July production results rather indicate not how much Ukraine produces now, but how little was produced a year ago. According to the minister, Ukraine will need years before it can produce enough ammunition to meet current needs. In the year prior to the invasion, the country produced no munitions at all.
15:14 In the area of Novodanilovka, Zaporozhye region, the Russian army the day before made two artillery shellings from MLRS with ammunition containing a chemical substance (probably chloropicrin). People were not injured, the command of the Tavria troops said.
14:51 Iranian Foreign Minister Amir Hossein again claims that Tehran allegedly does not supply drones to the Russian Federation: "During the conflict in Ukraine, we never supplied Iranian drones or weapons to Russia. It is the supply of weapons by Europe and America that leads to further destruction and slaughter."
14:49 Key parliamentary factions of the Bundestag have reached a consensus on the transfer of Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine, Yegor Chernev, deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, head of the permanent delegation of Ukraine to the NATO PA, said citing his sources. "For a long time we worked with German parliamentarians to form a support group, and now, finally, the ice has broken. We are waiting for an official decision," he wrote.
14:38 China at the summit on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia made it clear that it is ready to participate in further international negotiations to resolve the war, writes the Financial Times, citing European officials. One European diplomat said that Beijing "looked constructive" and "wanted to show that it is not Russia." "The very presence of China shows that Russia is becoming more and more isolated," the source said. Another European official said that China "has been actively involved and positive about the idea of a third meeting at this level."
13:51 One of the most difficult issues on the sidelines of the summit in Saudi Arabia was to convey to all participants that Russia should leave the territory of Ukraine, Podolyak said: "Some countries continue to think that this is a matter of some territorial nuances. It is understood that the Russian Federation is attacking for the sake of this territory - we are talking about the east of Ukraine. Leaving something to the Russian Federation, even a small piece, will mean that the war is simply postponed to the next stages."
13:23 Zelensky said that at the daily conference call, they listened, in particular, to Zaluzhny's reports on the situation at the front and intelligence reports on data received from Russia. The head of the SBU reported on the fight against traitors in Ukraine. "We are also preparing for implementation some decisions of the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on the continuation of the work of the grain corridor," the president added.
12:50 The speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yury Ignat Ignat denied the information about the launch of Daggers from Belarus during a massive attack on August 5. According to him, Kinzhal missiles were launched from a MiG-31K aircraft near Tambov, and their flight path passed through Belarus. It was from this side that they entered the airspace of Ukraine in the direction of the Khmelnitsky region.
12:39 Poland will hold the largest military parade in 30 years and the first after a three-year break, Polskie Radio reports. The parade will take place on August 15, the Day of the Polish Army, which is celebrated in honor of the victory of the Polish troops over the Red Army in 1920. It is expected that about 2,000 military personnel, 200 vehicles, 92 aircraft will take part in the parade. Soldiers of the allied countries - the USA, Great Britain, Croatia and Romania will also participate in it.
12:31 Russia expects that the BRICS countries participating in the meeting in Jeddah on Ukraine will inform Moscow about the progress of the consultations, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said. According to her, without the participation of Russia and taking into account its interests, "no meetings on Ukraine have the slightest added value." Zakharova also stressed that a "fair settlement" is possible only if "Kyiv stops hostilities and terrorist attacks, and the West stops pumping Ukraine with weapons."
12:06 Ukraine returned 22 defenders from Russian captivity , Yermak said. These are fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, among them two officers, privates and sergeants. They participated in battles in different directions, among the liberated there are wounded.
11:48 On May 4, Russia wanted to avenge the drone attack on the Kremlin and fired a Kinzhal missile in the direction of the government quarter of Kiev, writes The Times, citing a lieutenant colonel of the Kiev air defense. A Russian MiG-31 took off from the Savasleyka airbase and "the pilot was ordered to take revenge." The missile was fired, but it was shot down with the help of Patriot air defense systems.
"We have a tablet to control the air situation, and when there is an approaching ballistic missile, the computer immediately registers this and draws the area that it should hit. It calculated the target based on the trajectory. The system drew a circle with the center over the Maidan - they were aiming exactly at the government quarter ", - said the source of the publication.
11:19 The alleged meeting between Erdogan and Putin may take place in the last week of August, writes the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet.
11:03 The Russians fired at the village of Kucherivka, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region: they hit a residential building, it is known about two dead and three wounded, the OP reported.
10:56 The Russians were preparing a strike on the Nikolaev region when Zelensky was there on a working visit. The SBU said it had detained a Russian informant who was preparing an air strike. In particular, she tried to establish the time and list of locations of the president's approximate route in the region, as well as to identify the location of electronic warfare systems and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ochakov area. Russia planned to use this information to prepare a new massive air strike on the Nikolaev region.
The attacker turned out to be a resident of Ochakovo, a former saleswoman in a military store on the territory of a military unit in the region. She faces up to 12 years in prison.
10:35 The situation in southern Ukraine remained difficult last week, the key task for the Ukrainian military is to weaken the enemy, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said. According to her, the enemy "mines positions even in three layers, and mines not only positions, but in general all possible directions of movement." In addition, the Russian Federation strengthens and concretes the dominant key heights.
Meanwhile, in the East, the Russian army is trying to regain lost positions, Malyar said: “The enemy is desperately trying to cordon off Avdiivka, but they can’t get in. They don’t take risks because they don’t want to get involved with our soldiers in street battles and don’t want to lose. they can't move." In addition, the enemy is trying to take control of Maryinka, but he does not succeed.
10:28 In the occupied territory of the Kherson region, the death toll as a result of the explosion by the Russians of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station has grown to 57 - the bodies of two more people have been found, the emergency services of the Russian Federation reported.
10:17 British intelligence notes that the Russian Aerospace Forces continue to spend significant resources to support ground operations in the war against Ukraine, but without a decisive operational effect. So, during the summer, Russian tactical combat aviation usually made more than 100 sorties a day, but mainly over Russian-controlled territory - because of the threat from Ukrainian air defense.
Since the beginning of the Ukrainian counter-offensive in June 2023, Russian attack helicopters have been working effectively. In recent weeks, however, Russia appears to be less able to provide an effective tactical air force in the south.
09:38 The Russians fired on the village of Sadovoye - as a result of a blow to a residential building, one person was injured, the OVA reported.
09:24 Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev met with the commander of the Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Poland Tomasz Piotrowski - they discussed, in particular, possible threats due to the deployment of Wagner PMC mercenaries in Belarus.
08:49 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, four were injured, the OVA reported.
08:21 The Russians fired at the central part of Kherson at night, hit several residential buildings. One person died and ten were injured. In addition, during the extinguishing of the fire, two rescuers were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. Over the previous day in the Kherson region, four people were injured as a result of Russian shelling.
08:13 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 7:
personnel - about 250,240 (+540) people liquidated,
tanks - 4244 (+7),
armored combat vehicles - 8270 (+8),
artillery systems - 4977 (+12),
MLRS - 709 (+4),
air defense systems - 467 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4154 (+28),
cruise missiles - 1377 (+18),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7451 (+10),
special equipment - 735 (+1).
07:48 At night, the Russians hit the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with a rocket, a fire broke out, which the rescuers have already extinguished. People were not hurt. In the morning, the Russian army fired heavy artillery at the Mirovskaya community in the Nikopol region, the information is being specified, the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak, said.
07:35 During the day, 50 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff reported in the morning report . In particular, in the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the area east of Petropavlovka, Kharkiv region, in the Bakhmutsky direction they are holding back the enemy in the area northeast of Dilievka, in Avdeevsky, they repelled attacks of Russian troops in the Avdeevka area.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the areas of Maryinka and Krasnogorovka, and in the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Robotino region of the Zaporozhye region.
01:01 The total amount of aid allocated by the United States to Ukraine has already exceeded the amount of aid to any other country, writes The Washington Post. According to the newspaper's calculations, this amount has reached $66.2 billion, of which $43.1 billion is military aid, $20.5 billion is economic support, and another $2.6 billion is humanitarian aid. "This is actually a US investment in an ally, the likes of which have not been seen since the Marshall Plan. Moreover, then the volume of assistance, adjusted for inflation, was about $ 150 billion over three years," the newspaper writes.
00:12 There are now about 6.2 million people outside Ukraine who have left since the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, said Deputy Economy Minister Tatyana Berezhnaya. In addition, more than 5 million internally displaced persons are registered in Ukraine. Berezhnaya suggested that the real figure could be higher, since not everyone is registered when leaving the war zone.
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[RIA] Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov explained to the American partners that the implementation of the SVO has nothing to do with the presidential elections and other political activities in America. "Our actions do not depend on the internal political alignments in the United States. The NWO has clear goals and objectives. We will implement them until they are fully achieved," the diplomatic mission's Telegram channel says.
In the last century, when US foreign policy was run by professionals and employed thousands of qualified experts, such clarifications probably would not have been needed. But now the degradation of the American establishment has gone too far. The local press is actively spinning a narrative according to which Russia is deliberately "dragling out" the NWO in Ukraine in order to wait for the change of power in the United States in 2024. Then, they say, the US foreign policy approaches will change, support for Ukraine will come to naught, and Russia will easily win the conflict.
There is no sense in this, sorry for the expression, there is no discourse from the word at all. First, the US Democratic Party has demonstrated that it is ready to commit any crimes, just to keep the presidency for itself. Whether it's the mighty old Biden or the ever-chuckling Kamala Harris , if they can be pushed into the White House, they'll stick to exactly the same line as before. For their “election”, all means will be good: they will lock people up at home under the pretext of a new pandemic or an invasion of aliens, arrange voting by mail, all algorithms have been successfully developed back in 2020.
Secondly, if the Republicans still manage to win the presidential race, this does not bode well for Russia. Yes, there are many who oppose multibillion-dollar injections into Ukraine, but only because so far the Democrats are sitting on these streams. If the Republicans manage to intercept these tranches, then they will begin to vote diligently for the allocation of budgetary funds to Kiev : cuts and kickbacks are a sacred thing.
Most Republicans' hatred of Russia is off the charts. It is the representatives of this party who from time to time offer to "bang" in Moscow . The star of the Republicans, the main rival of Trump , Florida Governor Ron DeSantis thought of the fact that he forced to celebrate November 7 in the schools of his state as a day of mourning for the victims of the communists. You will be surprised, but in the view of illiterate fans of DeSantis, Russia is still the abode of communism and the second, after China, an existential enemy.
Thirdly, even if a miracle happens and a relatively sane politician becomes the President of the United States, he simply cannot do anything. The Deep State - the tandem of the American oligarchy and bureaucracy - will tie him hand and foot and will not let him fulfill any of his campaign promises. Donald Trump trumpeted for four years in the presidency, however, even under him, Ukraine was pumped up with weapons and actively prepared to fight with Russia.
This is not to mention the fact that sane politicians run the risk of not surviving until November 2024. Donald Trump walks very dangerously. Robert Kennedy - he is a Democrat but a staunch opponent of the war in Ukraine - looks like a real kamikaze. Recall that his father and uncles were shot during the political struggle in the United States in the 60s.
Well, and most importantly, why Russia does not look back at Washington in the Ukrainian conflict is that the United States is no longer pulling. The world hegemon did not come out of them. Yes, on the Potomac they continue to believe that they control the universe. But in fact, the maximum that they are enough for is to get into some kind of conflict, splash kerosene there and run away. They can no longer play for a long time, they do not have enough strength.
Today, sovereign states are pursuing their long-term goals on their own, and the factor of the US presence on the world stage is becoming more and more insignificant every day. Countries can quickly use Washington's resources for their own purposes, but the Americans cannot fully control them, as before.
The modern global world is a uniform holiday of disobedience. The BRICS countries are pursuing their own policies, and the African continent is pursuing its own policy, and each country demands respect. And no one, except for the fussy European vassals, is no longer ready to follow orders from Washington. Naturally, Russia, one of the superpowers of today, goes about its own business without taking into account the internal political situation in the United States.
On the contrary, in recent years - this began even before Trump's election - there is a strange feeling that the internal situation in the United States is increasingly dependent on external factors. Remember the hysteria about the Russian hackers who allegedly hacked the US elections in 2016? And what about Trump's "Russian trace"? Yes, all this turned out to be fake, but it showed one simple thing: the situation in the United States is very bad. The fragile balance within the country depends entirely on external factors, and every year this dependence is only growing.
It's not other countries that are looking anxiously at Washington — what alternatively gifted leader will replace Biden there? It is in Washington that they frantically calculate the risk factors that can tear their country to shreds. What if China cuts off critical supplies to the US or speeds up the dumping of US bonds? What if Russia wins in Ukraine? Will this all lead to civil war and the collapse of the United States?
For the past couple of years, Washington has openly bet on the collapse of Russia and saw this as its only salvation. However, this bet did not work. Therefore, the Americans began to disperse the idea that Moscow is waiting for the results of the US elections: they say, look, the bad Russian elites are striving for some kind of "agreement" following the results of the NWO.
The purpose of this stuffing is clear, but it will not work in the same way as the previous provocations. The Russians will not ruin their country to save the United States from disintegration. Thank you, don't, you're on your own, guys.
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In the last century, when US foreign policy was run by professionals and employed thousands of qualified experts, such clarifications probably would not have been needed.
(TRANSLATION):...Oh, for the days when diplomats of both parties knew their limits when it came to Russia, and who were concerned above all with not rocking the boat. We did fine before - and after - that maniac Reagan, who very nearly ended the game.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:30 Military chronicle: an explosion was heard in Kyiv 23:02 The military chronicle reports attacks on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kherson and the Zaporozhye region.
22:45 Explosions are heard in Kherson, no air raid alert was announced there, according to Ukrainian media.
21:15 EW forces landed two UAVs in the Kursk region, one of which was with the symbols of "Azov" - Governor Starovoit
The head of the region said that today two enemy drones were landed by EW forces on the territory of the region, one of which was marked with the symbols of "Azov". The governor separately thanked the military and border guards for their work.
20:57 Subdivisions of the Southern Group of Forces continue to destroy Western equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
One of the units of the Southern Group of Forces, while conducting aerial reconnaissance, discovered a hidden Polish self-propelled gun "Crab" in a forest belt. With an accurate hit by the Lancet, the artillery mount and the crew were destroyed
20:20 Army special forces "Osman" are working on enemy infantry with the help of FPV drones in the Zaporozhye direction.
19:50 liquidated foreign mercenaries in the NWO zone:
- American Lance Lawrence.
– Colombian Edison Giraldo.
- Georgian Achiko Devrashvili.
19:14 Utilization of the command staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
In the battles near Kupyansk eliminated the commander of the border detachment of the Special Forces, Lieutenant Colonel Simushin Vasily Ivanovich with the call sign "Khartsizsk".
19:11 Shipbuilders destroy enemy infantry with FPV drones -video
In video 1, an enemy pickup truck was found while patrolling the road, chock-full of militants. Immediately, a kamikaze drone worked on the target.
On 2 - with a blow from an FPV drone, the fighters razed the Nazi shelter to the ground.
18:20 Russian military from the 37th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade defeated another Armored Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region -video
18:18 Battles near Artyomovsk: 200th Brigade destroys enemy tanks -video
Tankers of the Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Northern Fleet destroy enemy armored vehicles on the left flank of Artyomovsk.
With accurate fire from a Russian tank, another tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed along with the crew while trying to advance to our positions.
17:26 Artillery of the 4th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Artyomovsk direction destroy the positions of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
17:23 "Alligators" in action: the crews of the Ka-52 of the Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
During the sortie, the helicopter pilots launched missiles at detected targets, as a result of which they destroyed the enemy’s command post and armored vehicles.
16:18 July 22 at the Zaporozhye Front eliminated 30-year-old Ukrainian nationalist Dmitry Boychuk (pictured left).
According to media reports, he was a junior sergeant, served as a medic in a mekhbat (which is not specified), loved weapons and often posted photos with him on social networks.
16:15 Another destroyed American-made M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, in the zone of the NMD -video
15:39 On the Zaporozhye direction eliminated former deputy of the Volyn Regional Council, People's Deputy of Ukraine of the 4th convocation Serhiy Slabenko
15:36 Footage of the T-72 tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine submerging under water with its crew in the Wet Yaly River during an attempt to storm Urozhaynoye -video
14:31 Highlights of the briefing Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued unsuccessful attempts to attack in the Donetsk, South-Donetsk, Krasnolimansk and Zaporozhye directions;
One attack was repulsed in the Donetsk direction, the losses of Ukraine amounted to 135 military personnel;
In the South-Donetsk direction, an attack was repelled in the area of Urozhaynoye, the losses of Ukraine exceeded 225 servicemen and three tanks;
In the Kupyansk direction, over the past three days, the advance of the RF Armed Forces has amounted to 11 kilometers along the front and more than three kilometers in the depth of the enemy’s defense, Kiev’s losses amounted to 110 military, M777 artillery system, US-made counterbattery radar AN/TPQ 50;
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the attack of the assault groups of the 42nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Serebryansky forest was successfully repelled, more than 65 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in the direction;
Three enemy attacks were repulsed in the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 80 people and three armored vehicles in a day;
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 20 Ukrainian servicemen, two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed;
Russian air defense intercepted nine Storm Shadow missiles in a day.
14:30 ATGM shot destroyed a group of Nazis -video
Krasnolymansk direction. The “Black Hussars” of the O group smashed the Ukrainian militants who had settled in the forest belt with a well-aimed shot.
13:29 "The Brave" gave the enemy a fiery rain in the Krasnolimansky direction -video
The calculation of the UAV revealed the positions of the enemy and transmitted the coordinates to the gunners. 122mm BM-21 "Grad" advanced to the firing point and worked on the enemy. The mortar crew and the stronghold of the Nazis were destroyed.
13:23 Paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian pillbox near Artemovsk with thermobaric ammunition -video
After finding the target, the Airborne Forces destroy enemy fortifications with accurate fire from Shmel jet flamethrowers, daily holding back Ukrainian militants in the Kleshcheevka area.
12:26 The crew of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter Ka-52 destroyed the armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a direct hit by a guided missile -video
12:24 Meanwhile, burials of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in full swing in Ukraine -video
The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented
Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones
11:20 It became known that this week there we read mission Polish mercenaries.
The point of deployment of foreigners was in one of the premises of the Dynamo sports complex in the Shevchenkovsky district.
On the night of August 1, the object was hit by Shahed drones.
11:18 In the NWO zone eliminated Ukrainian nationalist Valery Pokolodny.
In 2014, he supported the coup d'état in Kyiv, and in October of the same year he ran for parliament.
After the start of the SVO, he voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Destroyed near the village of Kleschievka, Artyomovsky District.
10:20 Kleshcheevka was destroyed an entire unit from Ivano-Frankivsk ... as the bloggers themselves write from there, almost a whole platoon was put on the attack.
10:18 Footage of the drowning of the T-72 tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by its crew in the Wet Yaly River during an attempt to storm Urozhayny -video
The same tank from the report above, the soldiers of the OBTF “Cascade” are watching the strange action.
09:26 In the NWO zone eliminated two officers of the special forces of the National Guard of Ukraine - Major Igor Demchuk and Senior Lieutenant Sergey Zaitsev.
09:20 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone destroyed:
- Two enemy boats and 10 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of Borshchevoy Island.
- One enemy boat and five military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the area of Belogrudy Island.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
-120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: three KIAs; four wounded.
- The position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: six KIAs; four wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- The position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Berislav.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: four KIAs; three wounded.
- 122mm Howitzer D-30 with ammunition.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: five KIAs; two wounded.
08:07 Ukrainian armored personnel carrier YPR-765 destroyed together with the crew and troops. Excellent work of the soldiers of the 5th Guards Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the 104th Guards Airborne Assault Regiment of the Russian Airborne Forces -video
08:04 Soldiers of the Southern Group of the RF Armed Forces destroyed an artillery gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction as a result of a counterbattery fight -video.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/07/2023 to 00:00 08/08/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 28 facts of firing by the AFU.
There were no reports of civilian casualties.
Three residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka and Yasinovataya, as well as 3 civilian infrastructure facilities.
The areas of four settlements of the Republic were under enemy fire: Gorlovka (Central City, Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 20 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 5 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky 3 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 100 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 53 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
22:18 The head of the Kursk region announced the suppression of two drones by EW forces.
21:50 Orekhovskoye direction soldiers from the Akhmat-Vostok battalion hold the first line of defense -video.
20:49 Investigators of the UK discovered fragments of ammunition produced by NATO countries at the site of the artillery attack of Dniprorudny in the Zaporozhye region.
20:20 It is reported that during the counterattack, the RF Armed Forces returned a number of previously lost positions near the village of Rabotino (Zaporozhye direction). Ukrainian military analysts recognize the loss of part of the positions.
Thus, in the main direction of the counteroffensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine achieved little, and even less.
19:46 The village of the mine named after V. I. Lenin is partially de-energized as a result of artillery attack by Ukrainian troops, Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko reports in his telegram channel.
“As a result of the Ukrainian armed aggression, the Gorlovsky village of the mine named after V.I. Lenin, - the message says.
19:40 Personnel the work of 122mm BM-21 "Gradov" units of the Central Military District in the Krasnolimansk direction.
18:45 Video: The Armed Forces of Ukraine opened fire 40 times in a day on the settlements of the Zaporozhye region, said the acting governor of the region Yevhen Balitsky.
He noted that two of the six civilians injured during the artillery attack of the city of Dneprorudnoe remain in serious condition.
17:47 During the day, the offensive of the Ukrainian army in the Orekhov area wasstopped, and the Russian group advanced in a counterattack in the area northeast of Rabotino.
On the Novoselovka-Staromayorskoye section, the Ukrainian army is again trying to attack Urozhaynoye from the west and north-west with massive forces.
Russian tanks, anti-tank systems and artillery are intensively hitting the area. The lines of communication of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under pressure from FPV drones, loitering ammunition and combat helicopters. Periodically, airstrikes are also carried out by glide bombs.
New offensive efforts by Ukrainian forces south of Bakhmut were unsuccessful. One of the units of the Azov Regiment (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) has lost its combat capability, possibly with losses of more than 85%, having suffered heavy losses in recent weeks, and is trying to withdraw from the area.
In the Oskol region, Russia halted the Ukrainian counteroffensives and advanced northeast of Kupyansk, continuing large and small offensives with mechanized units along the front line.
On this line, a fate similar to the "Azov" in a matter of days befell the defense brigade. The only difference is that there are too many cases of desertion and surrender.
Ukraine is putting forward every additional battalion and brigade it can muster to say that the counter-offensive continues.
Ukrainian mobilized, short-term, and well-trained and experienced personnel are rapidly depleted in the face of the intense firepower of the RF Armed Forces.
In the Oskol direction, where the tactics of artillery attack and joint military operations of the Russian army were more intense, this situation manifested itself in an increase in the number of deserters and soldiers who took refuge in Russia, communicating on special frequencies allocated by the Russian command.
Thus, in the long term, the first signs of a movement towards more widespread cases of desertion, capitulation, and even rebellion began to take shape.
16:54 Soledar direction situation as of 16.00 August 7, 2023
Around Bakhmut, after a brief lull, Ukrainian formations resumed attacks on Russian positions in small groups.
On the northern flank, the nationalist battalion "Donbass" was transferred to Zvanovka. Apparently, in the near future, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will again begin attacks in the direction of Yakovlevka.
Also last night, several assault groups on nine units of armored vehicles of various types rolled from the side of Orekhovo-Vasilevka and the highway to Slavyansk. Helicopters of army aviation dealt several blows to the attackers, as a result of which the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated.
Also, shooting battles are taking place at the turn of Yagodnoye - Berkhovka, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to break through the defense of Russian fighters with small forces. Artillerymen of the RF Armed Forces are firing heavily at enemy strongholds in Khromovo.
On the southern flank near Kleshcheevka, the enemy is recuperating. One of the unidentified formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be disbanded due to losses, and the personnel will be sent to resupply the 23rd and 33rd Brigades in the Orekhovsky and Ugledarsky districts.
Early in the morning, two tanks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (one with a mine sweep) and two infantry fighting vehicles attacked the lines of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade of the RF Armed Forces, covering the infantry. Artillery of the 72nd Motorized Rifle Brigade was struck, as a result of which at least two infantry fighting vehicles were hit, and the rest retreated.
16:52 From Kharkiv direction report:
In the Kupyansk direction, the offensive of units and subunits of the 1st Panzer Army continues. The enemy retreats to the Oskol River. The active use of aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces is noted.
15:48 FSB prevented terrorist attack on a playground in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region.
The FSB deactivated an improvised explosive device that was found on the territory of a playground in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region. The IED was stuffed with damaging elements and, if triggered, could cause critical injuries, especially to children.
15:32 Vremyevsky section situation as of 15.00 August 7, 2023:
On the Staromayorskoye sector, an enemy infantry group tried to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces near Urozhaynoye, but as a result of a small arms battle, the Russian army fighters repelled the attack.
Apart from this sortie, the situation in the Vremievsky area is practically unchanged. After the bloody campaign against Staromayorskoye, the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to restore combat capability due to huge losses in manpower.
Our artillerymen and aviation are conducting a massive artillery attack of Ukrainian formations. Due to intense fire, the forces of the rifle battalion of the 1st detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from the landings west of Staromayorsky.
Marine units of the 35th and 37th Naval Infantry Brigades are understaffed with mobilized ones. According to the interception of negotiations, the RF Armed Forces successfully hit one of the training grounds of the 37th Regiment in Maksimovka.
At the same time, the forces of the newly created 142 Infantry Jaeger Brigade were transferred to Temirovka. Three more similar compounds are being formed at several test sites in Ukraine.
15:00 Consequences of the artillery attack of Yasynuvata by Ukrainian militants -photo.
14:51 Difficult situation in the settlement Urozhaynoye. Vsu managed to cling to the outskirts of the village, there are fierce battles
14:30 Report of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 7, 2023):
The Russian Armed Forces repelled three attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Uspenovka and Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction;
Russian troops successfully repulsed the attack of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Serebryansky forest;
The RF Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction successfully repulsed the attack of the assault groups of the airmobile brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovka area in the DPR;
The RF Armed Forces improved the situation along the front line in the areas of the settlements of Olshana and Pershotravneve in the course of offensive operations;
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction amounted to 135 fighters per day;
The Russian Armed Forces repelled an attack by Ukrainian assault groups in the Urozhaynoye area in the DPR;
The advance of the RF Armed Forces in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 11 km along the front and more than three km in the depth of the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 225 military personnel in the Yuzhnodonets direction in a day;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 65 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a day in the Krasnoliman direction;
The RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed 12 enemy counterattacks in the Kharkov region and the LPR;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depots of three brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions;
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 110 servicemen;
During the day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried unsuccessfully to advance in the Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Yuzhno-Donetsk and Krasnoliman directions;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 80 Ukrainian soldiers and a 122mm D-30 howitzer in the Zaporozhye direction;
The air defense of the Russian Federation intercepted nine Storm Shadow missiles in a day, destroyed 14 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
14:01 Tells about the situation in the Zaporozhye direction Diary of a Paratrooper:
“Over the past day, the situation is as follows: in this operational direction, the enemy 24/7 inflicts fire impacts throughout the entire direction. They work on the positions of the RF Armed Forces from several points with cannon artillery.
Also, mortar crews work throughout the day. The enemy is actively using cluster munitions day and night, indiscriminately shooting at civilians and military, trying to raze everything to the ground.
On the front lines, in addition to the above weapons, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the enemy come out every day along with aircraft. Himars are used at the advanced positions of the RF Armed Forces.
I want to note that the RF Armed Forces have the strongest support, if any equipment is detected, all Arta flies there. As soon as the enemy begins to move to the forefront, the RF Armed Forces at the highest level, with the support of artillery, tanks, "Sunshine" and aircraft of the RF Armed Forces, fights back!
In addition, there are shooting battles at the forefront. The situation is tense, but controlled by the RF Armed Forces. Aerial reconnaissance is being carried out without interruption at all frontiers.
13:41 Zaporozhye front, area Rabotino, the front-line bird reports:
In the morning the enemy attempted to storm our positions. Armored vehicles were involved in the composition of several armored vehicles, infantry fighting vehicles and several tanks. When approaching the forest belt, they hit them with an artillery salvo. 1 armored vehicle was destroyed, the enemy personnel returned to their original positions.
12:45 News from Zaporozhye direction:
N.p. Rabotino - the enemy attempted to storm, but this time he was pushed back by 1.5 km. The enemy suffered losses both in equipment and in personnel.
Now there is shelling, there is a search for mercenaries in the forest belt to destroy them, reportsArchangel Spetsnaz.
N.p. Pyatihatki - At night, the patrol of one of the units of the Special Forces noticed the enemy’s DRG, a shooting battle ensued, according to radio interceptions, the enemy had four wounded heavy and there are several KIAs, the remnants fled north into the forests.
12:39 Orekhovsky area situation as of August 7, 2023
The activity of Ukrainian formations in the Orekhovsky sector remains low. Continuous attempts to break through the line Rabotino - Verbovoye and Pyatikhatki - Zherebyanka led to heavy losses in manpower. Because of this, paratroopers of the 46th Airborne Brigade of the Airborne Forces of Ukraine from the Marun tactical group were deployed from the rear areas to Orekhov. Earlier, formations of 71 ebr arrived at Belogorye.
So far, units of the 46th Separate Airborne Brigade are occupying new frontiers. During the last days there were several small sorties by infantry groups, probably as part of the probing of the soil, but the attacks were repulsed. Artillery guns of the 44th and 47th Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as from the formations of the 10th Army Corps, are also being drawn to the front line. At the same time, even in the "elite" brigades, there is a shortage of equipment, and due to lack of time, repair teams operate at the forefront.
Despite the reduction in combat potential, the enemy still has resources. The artillery attack does not stop, but the supply of rounds continues. But the introduction of the tactical group "Maroon" confirms the data on the heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As proof of this, a new brigade hastily formed in Primorsky.
11:47 Video: APU unsuccessfully tried to break through forest plantations in the vicinity of Rabotin, Zaporozhye region: a shooting battle began early in the morning, RT military commander Vlad Andritsa said.
11:33 This morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine went on the attack in the Artemovsk area.
The landing force noticed the advance of the Ukrainian column from the side of the Berkhovsky reservoir - four tanks and six armored vehicles. They connected artillery, burned four tanks and five armored vehicles. The surviving militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine scattered through the wooded areas, finished off all morning.
10:47 The situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
In the Vremevsky sector, after the failure of yesterday's attack, the enemy is bringing up new reserves, at the same time trying to open vulnerable areas in our defense. In the area of Velikaya Novosyolka, a tank company of the 1st Separate Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was placed in readiness.
To the north of Vremevka, assault groups are being formed from the battered 35th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Northeast of Yrozhaynoye, the enemy conducts reconnaissance in force in small groups. Aerial reconnaissance uncovered an armored column of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the north of Staromayorskoye, which was dispersed as a result of fire impact.
In the Ugledar sector, the enemy did not conduct active operations. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to identify equipment and the accumulation of enemy manpower for inflicting fire damage.
10:20 Brief summary of the situation at the front.
Zaporizhia Front: in order to make up for losses among personnel and weapons and military equipment, the enemy is transferring brigade artillery of 44 Artillery Regiment. to the Zaporozhye Front. Over the past 24 hours, up to 200 personnel from among the mobilized citizens who were trained in the Chernihiv region arrived at the 128th Guards Brigade. Nevertheless, despite the regular use of reserves, the losses of the enemy are such that in some units of the brigade the number of personnel is not more than 30% of the regular one.
Artyomovskoe direction: in the near future, the enemy intends to take offensive actions in the area of the settlement of Kleshcheevka, the formation of a grouping of up to nine battalions has been completed. Enemy goal: blocking the settlement of Kleshcheevka and capturing the railway to the north of the settlement
In order to increase the combat capability of the offensive grouping, additional air defense systems are being deployed to the area of the settlement of Chasov Yar. On the night of August 6-7, in the area of Kramatorsk, an unidentified radar station was observed moving in the direction of Konstantinovka.
09:16 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 08/06/2023 to 00:00 08/07/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 53 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the wounding of nine civilians in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka.
Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka and Staromikhaylovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 35 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 16 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm and 122mm.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 202 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 60 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
09:15 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region ??, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from the cannon artillery:
-- n.p. Kardashinka nine rounds;
-- to n.p. Cairo nine rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan eight rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka seven rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Gornostaevka, settlement Podstepne firing a total of 30 rounds from barreled artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure to be confirmed
08:26 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/07/2023
In the Zaporozhye direction, the RF Armed Forces seriously moved the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the north-east of the village of Rabotino. We are talking about moving at least 1.5 kilometers. Ukrainian positions in Stepnogorsk, Pyatikhatki, Maly Shcherbak and Shcherbak are under shelling. There is a desire to seize the initiative.
Ugledarsky section without traffic on both sides. The RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Staromayorsky. No success. Russian artillery worked for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Levadny, Blagodatny, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka and the city itself. Ukrainian beat on the RF Armed Forces in Cherished Desire and Novodonetsk.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations in Maryinka and on the northwestern approaches to Avdiivka. No promotion. artillery attack of Ukrainian positions in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Pervomaysky, Orlovka (a key point in this area), Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions), Novokalinovo and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in Donetsk and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, a counterattack by the RF Armed Forces near Kurdyumovka. APU under attack in Belaya Gora, Aleksandro-Shultin, Predtechina, Stupochki, Chasovoy Yar, Khromov and Tikhonovka. Ukrainian artillery shelled Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
08:24 Summary on the morning of August 7, 2023
To the south of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop the attacks of Kleshcheevka. The Nazis demolish the houses to the ground with the fire of tanks and artillery, they try to fill up the cellars. Acting in small groups of infantry, the enemy tries to gain a foothold while moving forward.
On the northern flank of Artyomovsk, from the side of the Berkhovsky reservoir, our paratroopers repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from four tanks and six armored vehicles, only 1 armored personnel carrier was able to escape the fire of the Russian Armed Forces.
In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, the enemy is operating on foreign-made armored personnel carriers, trying to deliver personnel to the front line. The equipment is being destroyed by our ATGM operators.
At the Vremevsky Board of the Armed Forces of Ukraine yesterday they tried to attack in the direction of Urozhaynoye with up to two motorized infantry platoons supported by tanks.
In the Kherson direction, the enemy is extremely active with drones for reconnaissance and artillery fire adjustment. Not the first day from the direction, incl. from the Antonovsky Bridge area, they report about our problems with the organization of electronic warfare and counter-battery combat. However, the enemy does not achieve success when operating on the islands in small landing groups, constantly losing personnel.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine yesterday officially confirmed the strikes with Storm Shadow missiles on civilian infrastructure facilities: the Chongarsky and Thin automobile bridges between Crimea and the Kherson region.
Near the capital of Russia, an enemy UAV was shot down on approach to the capital near Podolsk.
The artillery attack of the civilian population of the front-line regions by the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues. 9 civilians were wounded in the DPR.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited by Stanislav Stremidlovsky
[REGNUM] After the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky called for the sake of reducing the diplomatic escalation between Kiev and Warsaw not to allow “ no political moments to spoil relations between the Ukrainian and Polish peoples ” and asked to cool emotions, adviser to the head of his office Mikhail Podolyak gave new food to warm up disputes.
Speaking on the FREEDOM TV channel, Podolyak said that "after the end of the war, we will, of course, have competitive relations, of course, we will compete for certain markets, consumer markets, and so on." And he added that Kyiv would definitely remain on a pro-Ukrainian position and firmly defend its interests in relation to Poland and any other country.
By and large, the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine did not say anything new, which was not previously said in Poland itself. As the Polish magazine Do Rzeczy wrote following the results of the July NATO summit, it is unlikely that the Polish-Ukrainian "friendship" will stand the test of time in the future. Ukraine will become Poland's main competitor in the West, since Kyiv will focus not so much on Warsaw as on Western European capitals.
“Poland has achieved its grandiose successes over the past thirty years, of course, unintentionally, largely at the expense of Ukraine ,” the publication stated. Suffice it to recall that the Polish GDP over the past 30 years has grown more than five times, while the Ukrainian GDP over the same period is still at the 1991 level. At the same time, Ukrainians have great advantages. Cheap labor, cheap energy, less fragmented agriculture.”
So Podolyak just repeated these theses, only not in political Polish, but in political Ukrainian. However, in Poland, some politicians and publications took the statements of the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine rather emotionally.
“Thank you for your honesty,” Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, a member of the European Parliament from the ruling Polish Law and Justice Party (PiS), reacted caustically . “Ukraine is barely alive, and the guy representing the President of Ukraine is saying such terribly stupid things,” Jacek Lensky, a journalist for the pro-government television channel TVP, said.
“ Ukrainians I know grab their heads.” “This is how the Neopilsud dreams of “Jagiellonian Poland” and the Lower Sea end,” commented Professor Adam Velomsky .
On the whole, however, Podolyak touched on a topic that - unlike Ukrainian grain and Polish farmers - will be harder for Warsaw to fight off. At one time, Polish propagandists picked up the thesis of the Kyiv regime that, in conflict with Russia, it protects all of Europe from the “Russian threat”. This means that now Poland should be a priori “thankful” to Ukraine for solving the problems of Polish security and not criticize it.
Another thing is not clear: why did the adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine talk so confidently about Polish-Ukrainian relations in the context of European politics. Poland is a country that is a member of the European Union and NATO, where Ukraine seems to want to join. If the "indestructible friendship" between the Polish and Ukrainian peoples, according to Podolyak, will crack in the future, then what sense will Warsaw see in supporting the European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations of the Kyiv regime?
Perhaps the fact is that in Kiev they carefully listened to the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who recently warned that Poland was preparing an operation to enter Western Ukraine. “The ideas of introducing certain Polish units are being thrown around ” and “ if this happens, this will be the beginning of the path of tearing away the western territories of Ukraine in favor of Poland,” Putin said.
As one of the Slovak publications noted the other day, among other things, the tension on the Warsaw-Kyiv line is provoked by "Poland's great-power ambitions, manifested in the Poles' sounding out thoughts about creating a confederation in which it would dominate in the Baltic states and Ukraine" and "the creation of an excessively powerful and ambitious Polish army, which causes mixed feelings in the circles of the Ukrainian generals.”
In this situation, Podolyak's speech could serve two purposes. Firstly, he tried to dispel the fears of Ukrainians who were concerned about too close rapprochement between Warsaw and Kiev during the current military operation and Poland's initiatives to implement its own economic and other projects in Ukraine with the prospect of absorbing Western Ukraine.
Secondly, an adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine conveyed a message to Warsaw itself, from where over the past year there have been “optimistic” arguments about Polish-Ukrainian integration up to the creation of a kind of confederal state. The Kiev regime does not see Poland in conflict with the leading European decision-making centers, an obligatory participant in peace negotiations to resolve the Ukrainian crisis and build a new security architecture in the post-Soviet space.
This is an embarrassing moment for the ruling Polish party. But at present, Warsaw has no leverage against Ukraine, except perhaps to publicly shame these “ungrateful” ones. And it is also obvious that it will not be easier for Poland with Ukraine after the Kiev regime ceases to “protect” Europe from the “Russian threat,” as Podolyak said bluntly.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The Armed Forces of Ukraine will use ground-based drones that act as self-propelled mines against Russian tanks and dugouts. The fact that the enemy uses such “motor-wheels” - small boxes equipped with explosives with wheels from scooters or gyro scooters, is reported by fighters of the Russian Armed Forces, whose words, in particular, are cited in his Telegram channel by a member of the Human Rights Council under the President of Russia , chief editor of IA Regnum Marina Akhmedova . “You can’t throw a grenade under a tank, but the wheels drive in. The tank does not just come off the tracks, it spreads, ” said the military.
According to IA Regnum sources , similar miniature "tank killers" are also adopted by our fighters.
“Various types of such vehicles are used for hunting armored vehicles. They differ both in functionality and in their characteristics,” Sergey Ivanov, a retired military engineer of the 2nd Lugansk-Severodonetsk Army Corps, told IA Regnum (his name has been changed). - There are unmanned platforms that are used to mine the area. Such a machine is equipped with a mechanism for installing anti-tank mines TM-62 in a tank-hazardous direction.
These ground-based drones can be used for "impudent mining" right under the noses of advancing armored vehicles, the source said. “For example, the area was cleared, gaps were made in the minefields, armored vehicles rushed there - and suddenly such a thing drops a mine right on the cleared area, on the route of the column. If everything is done according to the mind, it turns out extremely efficiently , ”explained the expert.
The mass of the TM-62 anti-tank mine is from seven to eight kgs, its detonation allows you to disable the undercarriage of tanks, inflict serious wounds on the crew and more serious damage to light armored vehicles, both tracked and wheeled, Sergey Ivanov explained. At the same time, the small mass of the drone itself allows it to move freely through the minefield it has created, without fear of detonation.
SHAHID MOBILES WITHOUT "SHAHEEDS"
But, the military engineer continues, there are more sophisticated developments that allow small drones to attack heavy armored vehicles.
“There have been rumors for a long time about the creation of a kind of analogue of “shahid-mobiles”, or, as they are called in the English-language press, SVBIED. An explosive device with a pressure detonator is installed on an unmanned platform. Simply put, such a thing accelerates and flies into a tank, an infantry fighting vehicle - into any target. The detonator fires, an explosion occurs , ”the source said.
This tactic was used by militants in Syria - only they used mopeds, motorcycles with an explosive device built into the body. “ But there the presence of a suicide bomber was required, but here everything is automatic. It turns out such a mouse that makes even an elephant scared, ”the expert noted.
FOUR WHEELS ARE BETTER THAN TWO
Both our military technicians and the enemy are experimenting with unmanned platforms, attracting various developments that are used in the civilian market, the military engineer points out. To perform various tasks, drones made on different chassis options, as well as with different control systems, can be used.
“If we are talking about the chassis, then there may be several options,” Ivanov explains. The first option really implies the location "a la hoverboard - two wheels, a platform between them." “The second option, more practical, by the way, is based on a four-wheeled chassis,” the expert explained.
The third option is caterpillar. Such a machine moves better over rough terrain, but slower for a number of reasons. “As a rule, a module with a machine gun, an automatic grenade launcher or an anti-tank system is installed on a tracked platform ,” the source explained. The operator of such a "machine" sees the target through the camera, can work on targets while remaining safe.
"RC CAR" OR "ROBOT COURIER"
There are two approaches to how a drone should be used.
The first is, conditionally, a machine in control. “That is, an operator is sitting somewhere, who controls with the help of a remote control. He can also work in conjunction with the guidance drone operator, who corrects the work from above,” the military expert explained.
The second approach is to use for military purposes fully automatic systems that some courier services are implementing. “A program with a minefield map is loaded into the robot, and it drives and throws off mines. The only thing is that it needs to be supplied with them, but the task of mining is generally simplified because the drone is autonomous. In addition, it does not have a control signal by which it can be drowned out, ” the specialist explained.
Autonomous drones can show the greatest effectiveness during urban battles, since it is possible to load the route of movement through the streets into the program, based on map data available in the public domain, making some changes to them. Also, such platforms can perform the tasks of evacuating the wounded, delivering ammunition to individual units, and not only, the interlocutor listed.
WELL FORGOTTEN OLD
According to experts, unmanned technologies - which, in conjunction with satellite navigation and artificial intelligence, are changing the nature of modern warfare - are by no means a new invention. This also applies to UAVs (whose prototypes began to be developed during the First World War), and ground-based drones.
For the first time, radio-controlled tankettes were used by the army of the Third Reich on the fields of World War II. The first Borgward self-propelled guns were received by the Wehrmacht back in 1939. Their task was to throw themselves under the tracks of an enemy tank, putting combat vehicles out of action.
Caterpillar tankette mines "Goliath", controlled by wire at a distance, were used by the Germans, including against Soviet tanks - starting from the battle on the Kursk Bulge. One of the "captured" in 1943 "Goliaths" was shown at the permanent exhibition of captured weapons in Moscow. Self-propelled mines, for all their cheapness (1,000 Reichsmarks per unit, while anti-tank guns cost more than 10,000 marks), were not popular due to their low speed, rather thin armor, and the vulnerability of the control wire. The wire also limited the range of movement of the "wedge-torpedo". As a result, the Goliaths did not have a great influence on the course of hostilities.
With the development of unmanned technologies, various variations of drones began to play an increasingly active role in hostilities, in particular when clearing terrain. A drone equipped with a manipulator is capable of extracting mines and moving them to a safe distance for subsequent destruction.
Combat self-propelled "drones" were developed in the days of the USSR. For example, radio-controlled teletanks of the TT series (TT-26 and others), which even “went into series” and were tested in action in 1939 during the Soviet-Finnish war, but the experience was unsuccessful, as the vehicles often lost radio contact. There were also projects of self-propelled mines themselves - for example, the "electric tank" engineer Bogun-Dobrovolsky, developed already in July 1941. But this and other projects remained on paper.
The concept of a "self-propelled mine" gained a second life during the NWO. But despite the successful debut of aerial drones, their ground counterparts remain in the shadows. And there are good reasons for this.
ROBOT WITH AN ACHILLES HEEL
“In fact, there are many reasons,” Sergey Ivanov explains. - The first thing that was revealed back in the years of the Second World War was that unmanned platforms are easily lost. Especially in tall grass. This means that they are more difficult to control, even if there is a copter that works from above .
Another point is low speed and vulnerability. “There are platforms on lithium batteries, like electric scooters,” points out a military engineer. “They have limited speed, plus they have to lug a heavy battery. If you want a higher speed, put a bigger battery, a well-known story.”
Platforms on a gasoline engine are already better. But here there is such a moment as the terrain. “Some bump, pit, funnel, which is not visible from above, can disable such a machine,” says the source. - And let's not forget about things like puddles, mud, snow in the end. All this limits the capabilities of unmanned platforms .
To protect a static position from a "self-propelled mine", it is enough to dig a minimal ditch or pour a shaft. So there remains work on moving targets, on armored vehicles, but here there is also such a moment as low speed. That is, the drone can be noticed and destroyed in advance, the expert notes.
To increase the effectiveness of unmanned kamikaze platforms, the interlocutor of IA Regnum summarizes, it is necessary to use them in large numbers, from the ratio of “five drones per tank” or even higher. In this case, the probability of destroying the target will constantly increase. At the same time, the cost of one destroyed tank will pay for the production of dozens of drones. Therefore, in the near future, small drones will increasingly influence the course of hostilities.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy continued attacks in the Orekhovsky direction, but could not achieve any significant progress in the direction of Pyatikhatki and Rabotino. Neither another change of tactics, nor the massive use of cluster munitions helped to reverse the negative trends for the enemy, which causes growing skepticism in the West about the prospects for such an expensive offensive, which the United States and all its main satellites have been preparing since the end of last year, spending more than 200 billion dollars. dollars. Several settlements in the foreground of the Russian defense are clearly not what Washington was counting on.
2. On the Vremyevsky ledge, fighting continues in Staromayorsky (the enemy has not been able to establish full control over the village, ours appear there in the southern regions, the enemy controls the northern part of the village and is trying to expand the zone of control around the village in order to be able to intensively attack the adjacent heights, which controlled by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.The enemy is also trying to solve the problem that has arisen in Staromayorskoye, by attacking Urozhaynoye, which ours hold and do not allow the enemy, relying on Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye, to develop an offensive on Staromlynovka.As a result, the Ukrainian offensive is stalling here, wasting time without significant changes - positional battles continue with periodic local attempts by the parties to improve their position in the landings and in the area of dachas.
4. On the Maryinsky direction also without significant changes. In the western part of the city, the front stands, in the area of "Zvirinets" and near Krasnogorovka in the area of the ventilation shaft of the Trudovskaya mine, without significant changes.
5. In the Avdiivka area, positional battles continue with periodic attacks from the sides near Vodiane, Pervomaisky and Severny, as well as near Nevelskoye, where ours recently managed to advance towards the village (however, it is still far from taking Nevelskoye). To the north, fighting continues west of Krasnogorovka. Ours are fixed in new positions in the Kamenka area, from where they recently pushed the APU. There is still no operational encirclement of Avdiivka, despite the shelling of the road from Orlivka.
6. In the area of Artemovsk, our troops continue to repel enemy attacks in the direction of Dubovo-Vasilyevka, Berkhovka, Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka. Despite the titanic efforts and the reserves transferred here, Syrsky still cannot take at least one settlement in order to announce at least some tactical success. The resilience of our troops and the huge losses of the enemy made adjustments to the enemy's plans for the rapid capture of Artemovsk in a semi-envelope.
It is also worth noting that the enemy is trying to be active with DRG forces in the area of dachas on the southwestern outskirts of Artemovsk - the situation here is generally controlled, the enemy has no forces for a direct assault on the city from the west, although Artemovskaya meat grinder 2.0 might and would be beneficial to us. But the enemy will obviously not give us a second such gift.
7. On the Seversky ledge, as a whole, no changes. Enemy attacks in the direction of Soledar were confidently stopped. Our troops, in turn, continue positional battles in the area of Disputed and Belogorovka, but we have not yet made significant progress here either. The main threat to the Seversky ledge now is the threat of Russian troops to reach the northern bank of the Seversky Donets west of Belogorovka and take the Seversk-Belogorovka road under fire control, which could violate the integrity of the defense of the ledge.
8. The successful offensive of Russian troops continues in the Svatovsky direction. Novoselovka was completely liberated, which opens up opportunities for a further offensive against Kupyansk not only from the north and northeast, but also from the east and southeast. The control of Novoselovsky removes the threat from Kuzemovka and sharply reduces the enemy's prospects in the Svatovsky direction. The advance to Oskol also continues at a speed of 1-1.5 km per day. The enemy continues to overtake reserves to strengthen the grouping in the Kupyansk area and in the Svatovsky direction as a whole.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the enemy is still holding positions in the area of Torskoye and Yampolovka, periodically undertaking counterattacks. Also, the enemy is still holding the defense in the western and southwestern parts of the forest area to the west of Kremennaya.
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