Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. France refused to take its ambassador out of the country. Yesterday, Niger demanded that the ambassador leave within 48 hours. The ultimatum expires tomorrow. France, meanwhile, continues to prepare military aggression against Niger at the hands of ECOWAS.
2. The army of Niger is on alert, the recruitment of volunteers continues to repel aggression among the civilian population.
3. Burkina Faso and Mali received the go-ahead from the government of Niger to bring their troops into Niger territory to help repel foreign aggression. Burkina Faso and Mali have previously stated that they are ready to provide people and weapons to help Niger.
4. On the territory of Nigeria and Benin, preparations for the intervention of Niger continue. Now there are ongoing attempts to put together an invasion group. The declared grouping of 12,000 people and several hundred pieces of equipment is obviously insufficient.
5. In Niger itself, mass demonstrations are taking place in support of the new government of the military and against foreign intervention. Martial law has been introduced in the country.
6. Most of the local authorities in Niger, who previously hesitated or tried to sit on two chairs, against the backdrop of the threat of intervention, voiced their support for the new military government. In fact, the threat of foreign intervention has accelerated the legitimization of the military junta inside Niger.
7. Along the way, various militants have stepped up on the border between Niger and Mali. The Niger army conducted a successful operation near the border with Mali, killing more than 80 militants, as well as destroying or taking as trophies more than 200 motorcycles and 5 cars.
8. The forces of PMC "Wagner" stationed in the territory of Mali, in the territory of Niger have not yet been observed.
[Regnum] Countries that are members of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS) suggested that the National Council for the Salvation of the Motherland, led by the commander of the Niger Guards, Abdurahman Tchiani, meet in a neutral place. This was announced on August 27 by ECOWAS Commissioner for Politics, Peace and Security Abdel Fatau Musah on the air of Al Jazeera TV channel.
“We invited the leaders of the military council in Niger to meet with us in a neutral place,” said Abdel Fatau Musah.
In addition, the Commissioner noted that ECOWAS asked the military seized power in Niger, as a goodwill gesture, to release the deposed and captured by the rebels, President Mohamed Bazum.
At the same time, the ECOWAS representative explained that the organization was in no hurry to choose a military path to resolve the crisis in Niger, but was interested in resolving the situation as soon as possible.
“We have not seen any concrete steps from the military and will not wait forever,” Abdel Fatau Musah warned.
Previous talks between ECOWAS representatives and the Niger rebels have not been successful. During the meeting, the delegation demanded the immediate return of power to President Mohamed Bazum, who was ousted by the rebels. Members of the military council of Niger rejected this demand.
Earlier , IA Regnum reported that Nigerian President Bola Tinubu , who chairs ECOWAS, said that the organization seeks to resolve the situation in Niger, where the rebels seized power, peacefully, relying on diplomacy. However, the politician indicated that ECOWAS representatives are ready for any possible scenario.
In turn, the Niger Armed Forces switched to maximum readiness mode. Such an order was given to the country's army by the head of the defense headquarters Moussa Salau Barmu. He explained that the decision was made to adequately respond to possible aggression against Niger.
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20:55 The State Security Service of Latvia reported on attempts by Russian special services to recruit refugees from Ukraine. According to the department, this happens during the border crossing procedure on the territory of the Russian Federation. So, employees of the FSB of the Russian Federation, posing as border guards, conduct lengthy conversations with Ukrainians, but in fact interrogations. In most cases, the purpose of interrogation is information, but sometimes it is also followed by overt recruitment attempts.
19:21 Zelensky will propose equating corruption with treason for the period of martial law in Ukraine. According to him, the parliament will receive the draft law within a week.
The president also said in an interview with Natalya Moseychuk that Ukraine "is ready to fight for a long time if we do not lose people," like, for example, Israel. But, according to him, the war should not go to the territory of Russia, otherwise "it is a big risk that we will be left alone." Zelensky does not rule out that when the Armed Forces of Ukraine find themselves on the administrative border with Crimea, "it is possible to politically press the demilitarization of Russia on the territory of the peninsula."
Zelensky allowed the possibility of elections during martial law, but, according to him, for this, the US and EU, which are calling for elections, must finance the electoral process, as well as send their observers to the trenches to the front to monitor the voting of the military.
17:42 The Russians fired from the MLRS with. Odnorobovka of the Zolochiv community of the Bogodukhovsky district of the Kharkiv region - one person died, said the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
16:39 On the night of August 27, the military counterintelligence of the SBU attacked the Kursk airfield with 16 drones, the UP reports, citing sources in the department. In particular, the drones allegedly worked on four Su-30 and one MiG-29 aircraft, as well as on the S-300 and Pantsir complexes.
16:03 The Russians shelled the central part of Kherson - one person was killed, one was wounded, the OVA reported.
15:18 Zelensky said that preparations for a "powerful September for Ukraine" have already begun, during which international activity will be "no less than during these weeks." According to the president, first of all, we are talking about new defense packages: artillery, armored vehicles, air defense and missiles, mine-clearing equipment. In addition, the next rounds of negotiations on security guarantees and the accession of new countries are expected.
Also, preparations are underway for the first Defense Industries Forum, for Ukraine's participation in international events, in particular in the session of the UN General Assembly, for new communication with the countries of the Global South. Kyiv is also working on the sanctions steps of partners in response to the deportation of Ukrainian children.
14:51 Ukrainian troops are advancing towards Novoprokopovka, a village south of Rabotino, Zaporizhia region, Alexander Shtupun, spokesman for the defense forces of the Tauride direction, said. According to him, the enemy is transferring reinforcements to this direction from other sectors of the front, and also increasing the number of air strikes to stop the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, the movement of Ukrainian troops is constrained by the strong fortifications of the Russian army.
14:12 The Russians fired at the village of the Tyagin community of the Kherson region - one person died, another was injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
13:36 The Investigative Committee of Russia confirmed the death of Prigozhin following the results of molecular genetic examinations. The RF Investigative Committee stated that the identities of all ten people killed in the plane crash in the Tver region have been established, they correspond to the list stated in the flight sheet.
11:40 Russia has concentrated about 100,000 troops in the Liman-Kupyansk direction, Ilya Yevlash, spokesman for the Eastern Group of Forces, said. He specified that there are about 45,000 Russian troops in the Kupyansk direction, and 48,000 Russian troops in the Limansky direction. According to Yevlash, in the Liman-Kupyansk direction, the enemy is actively using Storm-Z attack aircraft.
"Their plans remain the same as they were. Just flood our positions with quantity, and also create so-called fire shafts, as Soviet textbooks still write. For example, in order to take a company or platoon stronghold, you need to use 40 thousand ammunition So they invest these 40,000 ammunition, but the aiming and accuracy leave much to be desired," Yevlash said. He assured that the Armed Forces of Ukraine control the situation in the area of Kupyansk and Liman.
10:37 British intelligence reports that in the Black Sea there are battles for the so-called Boyko towers. Analysts note that the strategically important gas and oil platforms between Crimea and Odessa are not only valuable hydrocarbon resources. Like Snake Island, they can be used as forward deployment bases, helipads, and for long-range missile systems.
After a full-scale Russian invasion in 2022, Ukraine launched strikes against several Russian-controlled platforms. At the same time, both Russia and Ukraine periodically seize these towers, the intelligence said.
10:26 On the evening of August 26, two Shahed strike UAVs were destroyed in the Zaporozhye region, the command of the Air Force reported.
09:48 In the Kiev region, during a night rocket attack, two people were injured as a result of falling debris from downed rockets, the IVA reported. Ten private houses were damaged.
09:35 Tonight, the Russians used a complex system of maneuvers during the attack, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. According to her, the enemy maneuvers missiles or drones a lot during attacks in order to identify and deplete the air defense system. "The tactics are clear. But now we have observed a very complex pattern of maneuvers. They were probably looking for options for laying routes for future attacks," Gumenyuk added.
09:11 In Kursk, a drone crashed into an apartment building, Governor Roman Starovoit said. Glass was shattered on several floors, and the neighboring building of the university was also damaged by the blast. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the air defense allegedly shot down two drones over the Bryansk and Kursk regions.
09:04 In the Zaporozhye region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died (in Kamenskoye), four more were injured. In the Kharkov region, two people were killed as a result of enemy shelling with. Hems of the Kupyansky district, one wounded. In the Kherson region, one person died, four were injured, and two were injured in the Donetsk region, according to the IVA.
08:53 At night, air defense forces destroyed four Russian Kh-101/Kh-55/Kh-555 cruise missiles. The missiles were fired from five strategic aircraft from Russian airspace in the Engels area. The Air Force Command reported that up to eight air targets were observed by location, but four of them were probably false, there were no reports of hits. All missiles were destroyed in the central and northern regions of Ukraine.
08:27 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 27:
personnel - about 260 820 (+550) people,
tanks - 4396 (+6),
armored combat vehicles - 8554 (+15),
artillery systems - 5403 (+24),
MLRS - 728 (+2),
air defense systems - 498 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4378 (+11),
cruise missiles - 1411 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7854 (+31),
special equipment - 808 (+4).
07:42 During the day, more than 40 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary. In particular, the Russians tried to advance in the region of Novogorovka, Lugansk region, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Kleshcheevka, Stepnoy and Maryinka, Donetsk region, but were unsuccessful.
06:39 At night, the Russians attacked Ukraine with Kh-101/555/55 cruise missiles. All enemy targets that were moving in the direction of Kyiv were destroyed by air defense forces and means, there were no casualties or destruction, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA.
Text taken from Russian ministry of defense website (available only through a VPN).
[EngMilRu] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (27 August 2023)
Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a strike with long-range airborne high-precision weapons against an airfield near Pinchuky (Kiev region). The objective of the strike has been achieved. All the assigned targets have been engaged.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces, supported by aviation, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrowers, repelled 11 attacks by assault detachments of the 43rd, 44th, 115th Mechanised and 68th Jaeger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the day in the areas of Sin'kovka (Khar'kov region), and Novosyolovskoye and Novoegorovka (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy's losses in Kupyansk direction amounted to up to 120 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, as well as a U.S.-made M777 artillery system.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian grouping of forces, using the results of air strikes and artillery fire, successfully repelled five attacks by assault groups of the 116th Mechanised, 82nd Air Assault, and 46th Airmobile brigades of the AFU of Rabotino and Uspenovka (Zaporozhye region).
Over the day in Zaporozhye direction, up to 200 Ukrainian servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, four vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, German-made Panzerhaubitze 2000 and Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, a D-20 howitzer, and a U.S.-made M119 gun were neutralised.
In Donetsk direction, two enemy attacks were repelled close to Pervomaiskoye and Nevel'skoye (Donetsk People's Republic) by concerted action of the Yug Group of Forces in co-operation with aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrowers.
The enemy's losses in Donetsk direction amounted to up to 240 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three armoured fighting vehicles, five pick-up trucks, a 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, air strikes, and artillery fire repelled three attacks by assault groups of the 42nd Mechanised Brigade of the AFU near Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
During the day, the enemy's losses in Krasny Liman direction amounted to more than 80 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, two pick-up trucks, and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery units.
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, air strikes, artillery fire, and heavy flamethrowers inflicted fire damage on clusters of AFU manpower and hardware in the areas of Novodonetskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy's losses amounted to up to 130 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20, 152mm Msta-B, and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In Kherson direction, Russian units eliminated up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, five motor vehicles, a U.S.-made M777 artillery system, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer as a result of a complex fire attack.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Armed Forces' grouping of troops (forces) engaged manpower and military hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 144 areas.
In addition, a P-37 radar station used for detecting air targets, guiding fighter aircraft, and targeting anti-aircraft missile systems was destroyed near the city of Zaporozhye.
An ammunition depot of the 47th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU has been destroyed near Slavgorod (Dnepropetrovsk region).
The Russian fighter aviation shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near Zalivnoye (Zaporozhye region).
Air defence forces shot down two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force close to Malaya Tokmachka and Novodanilovka (Zaporozhye region). Nine HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were intercepted during the day.
In addition, 30 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down close to Nikol'ayevka, Privolye, and Topol'evka (Lugansk People's Republic), Lozovoye, Ivanovka, Semigorie, and Podgornoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Novoye, Chapayevka, Tokmak, and Skel'evatoye (Zaporozhye region) and Vasil'ievka (Kherson region).
In total, 466 airplanes and 247 helicopters, 6,152 unmanned aerial vehicles, 433 air defence missile systems, 11,527 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,145 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 6,079 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,463 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/27/2023 to 00:00 08/28/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 68 facts of firing by the VFU.
Wounds of varying severity were received by six civilians, incl. four children in the Kuibyshevsky, Kievsky districts of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka.
A total of 13 residential buildings were damaged in the Kievsky, Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka, as well as three civilian infrastructure facilities in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Central City district of Gorlovka.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky, Central City districts), Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 46 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 17 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky five artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm. By releasing 245 units of various ammunition.
A previous 71 attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU during the day.
21:45 Museum trophies:
As a result of the fighting near Rabotino, a serviceman with the call sign "Buffalo" captured a new trophy. “The owner of this machine gun surrendered. Now he is warm, fed: we gave him a drink, fed him,” says Buffalo.
The Russian soldier examined the captured weapon, fired it and came to the following conclusion: “For them it may be beautiful, but for us it is ineffective. That is, you won’t take us with this weapon.”
“Buffalo” notes: “The weapons that come with NATO caliber are basically all abandoned. And everyone is fighting with our Soviet Kalashnikovs. That is, until now he shows himself in battle and has no equal to him.
In addition to the machine gun, the Buffalo has two M-16s and one M-4. “Everyone went to the museum, so to speak, to the museum of trophies of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation <…>. To my Ukrainian NATO colleagues, I can only say one thing: send more – we have a lot of space in the museum.”
20:45 Briefly about the situation on LBS from Front-line soldier:
Ugledarskiy front
Everything's under control. The situation is under control. Our artillery continues to work.
Ukropsky Mi-8 was shot down by aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Zalivny area.
Work gray zone.
Our guys are attacking, they also pulled up their equipment.
Heavy fighting is going on in Mar'inka, Nevel'skoye and Pervomaisky.
Kupyanskoe direction
Our guys have successes near Petropavlovka.
20:00 Kherson direction, a rocket from a Su-34 flew into the location of the 124th Troop brigade on Alekseevsky Island on the Dnieper.
19:25 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
The advanced units of the group of forces "Vostok", with the support of artillery, thwarted the attack of enemy infantry groups in the directions of Staromayorsky and Priyutnoye. Having suffered losses, the enemy retreated.
Artillery fire suppressed the activities of the sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Urozhaynoye, and also destroyed a mortar crew and an enemy stronghold.
Attack UAVs destroyed an armored personnel carrier and two pickup trucks with nationalists.
Rocket and cannon artillery crews destroyed enemy strongholds in Staromayorskoye and north of Novomayorskoye, an ammunition depot northeast of Nikol'skoye, an engineering blocking vehicle in the Novodarovka area, as well as manpower concentration sites in Urozhaynoye, Maksimovka and Ravnopol.
As part of the counterbattery fight, two 122mm D-30 towed howitzers were destroyed southwest of Shakhtyorskoye and in the area of Zolotoy Niva.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a self-propelled artillery installation "Paladin" in the area of Privolnoye, two self-propelled guns "Crab" in the areas of Novodarovka, a tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Ugledar.
Assault and army aviation hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Vladimirovka, Nikol'sky and Staromayorsky.
Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor" and "Osa" shot down two UAVs of the aircraft type "Fury" and one "Valkyrie".
18:45 Teleconference with servicemen of the Central Military District and their relatives from the Republic of Altaitook placein the area of the NWO
Relatives of the servicemen were able to see their defenders performing combat missions in the Luhansk People's Republic, and also express their gratitude to them for the courage, heroism and courage they show in performing combat missions.
The fighters assured their loved ones that victory would be for the Russian army and they would soon return home.
17:45 "Lancets" destroy enemy artillery along the entire front:
On one video a marine drone destroyed an enemy self-propelled gun camouflaged in a forest belt in the Zaporozhye direction.
On the 2nd, the UAV struck an American M777 howitzer on the right bank of the Dnieper, as a result of which its ammunition was undermined.
17:15 Destruction of vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by artillerymen of the 36th Army -video.
16:35 Military Chronicle - What is known about night strikes in Kramatorsk and Konstantinovka:
According to the Military Chronicle, while the Geran-2 drones hit objects in the Dnepropetrovsk region, the bulk of the “heavy” arrivals fell on the industrial zone of the Energomashspetsstal plant and the territory of the former airfield.
For several days, some military cargo and personnel with weapons were brought there by helicopters. A significant part of the ammunition and equipment, presumably, was located on the territory of the steel shop and the main (molding) building. Simultaneously with the strike on Kramatorsk, the location of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka was allegedly destroyed.
16:05 At night, strikes were made on columns of enemy armored vehicles in the Zaporozhye region
Summary from the Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye region E. Balitsky
Last night, the movement of enemy equipment was recorded, nine columns with equipment and personnel, which immediately fell under our fire.
Last night alone, these columns lost eight armored vehicles, four tanks, four pickup trucks and more than 150 people from among the Ukrainian Armed Forces killed.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine want to gain a foothold at the Rabotino-Verbove line by all means, throwing all available reserves for slaughter.
15:30 New footage of the use of kamikaze lancet strike drones on Ukrainian targets -video.
15:10 Sudoplatov's FPV drones covered a group of Ukrainian militants
The first blow destroyed two Nazis, oncadresyou can see how the helmet was torn off by an explosion from one of the militants. The rest were destroyed by the second blow.
14:00 Circumstance at the turn of Rabotino-Verbovoye as of 12:00 27.08:
At the turn of Rabotino-Verbovoye, intense clashes continue. And if at Rabotino the RF Armed Forces were able to stabilize the situation: the fighting continues on the southern outskirts of the settlement, active artillery and aviation work is being carried out on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which continue to attack, then at Verbovoy Armed Forces of Ukraine they were able to advance in the fields towards the settlement.
The tactics have not changed: infantry groups attack with massive artillery support, delivered in armored vehicles. The RF Armed Forces have retreated from several positions and are actively engaged in artillery and aviation work against the attackers.
The core of the assault group is the elite 82nd and 46th brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which suffer significant losses. Lost at least a few infantry fighting vehicles. Meanwhile, new forces are being concentrated near Orekhov: dozens of armored vehicles and tanks, artillery have been deployed. We look forward to continued attacks in the coming days. We continue to inform about the development of the situation.
13:30 Tula paratroopers were awarded state awards on the front line
The paratroopers were awarded the insignia "St. George's Cross" IV degree, medals "For Courage", Suvorov, Zhukov and for "Saving the Perishing".
The commander of the airborne regiment thanked the soldiers of the "winged infantry" for the courage and heroism shown in the course of carrying out combat missions, and also wished the fighters all the best and a speedy victory over the enemy!
12:55 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr grouping:
Over the past day, servicemen of the Dnepr group in the area of the settlements of Burgunka and Sadovoe identified and destroyed three small-sized high-speed vessels and up to six people of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
During the counterbattery fight in the area of the settlement of Tokarevka, Russian artillery fire suppressed and destroyed the 122mm D-30 and 152mm 2A65 guns, along with the crews. Operators of the Lancet strike UAVs in the area of the village of Zelenovka discovered and destroyed a US-made M777 howitzer.
At the same time, fire damage was inflicted on three points of temporary deployment of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlements of Ochakov, Tyaginka and Nikol'skoye, and an ammunition depot near the settlement of Dmitrovka was destroyed.
12:30 “You can’t hide from them”: frames of the work of Russian UAV operators to detect military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the forest belt and hit them with fragmentation ammunition.
11:45 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the areas of the Torsky ledge and the Serebryansky forestry of the Krasnolimansky direction, assault detachments of 42 and 63 Mechanized Brigades, as well as the Azov Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, made seven attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops.
The professional actions of the units of the grouping of troops "Center", with the support of air strikes and artillery fire, inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy. The losses of the Ukrainian troops amounted to more than 80 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle, three armored vehicles, and a pickup were destroyed.
During the counterbattery fight, about 30 artillery positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were opened and suppressed. Destroyed 120mm mortar with crew.
11:10 Accurate hit on the defensive midfielder of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
UAV operators opened an enemy position in the forest belt and fired artillery. As a result of accurate hits, the stronghold, together with the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was destroyed -video.
10:40 Statement of officer of the press center of the group "West":
In the Kupyansk direction, the assault units of the group of forces "West" in the course of offensive operations captured two strongholds, destroying about 30 enemy servicemen.
At the same time, four counterattacks were repelled by forces up to a platoon, each with the support of armored vehicles from the composition of 14, 43, 44, 67, 115 Separate Mechanized Brigades and 68 Separate Jaeger Brigade.
The total losses of the enemy per day amounted to three platoons, two tanks, one mortar crew and two Kozak AFVs.
10:20 Frontline summary on the morning of 27.08.2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, were attacking Kopan. No advance.
Fierce oncoming battles in the village of Rabotino. Ukrainian troops after the artillery attack managed to move a little towards Verbovoe. Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine seek to expand the foothold in the zone of active offensive.
The RF Armed Forces delivered strikes against Ukrainian troops in Plavnya, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Charovny, Gulyaipolsky, Zheleznodorozhny and Gulyaypole. The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit on Zherebyanka, Novoprokopovka and Novopokrovka.
In the Ugledar sector, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked on the outskirts of the city itself. And so the relative calm. The Russian artillery worked for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Blagodatnoye, and the Ukrainian artillery for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in Priyutnoye, Zavetnoye Zhelaniya and Staromlynovka.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, again conducted assault operations in Mar'yinka. And again without success. Under shelling, positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Kurakhove, Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevel'sky, Pervomaisky, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), Avdievka, Stepnoy (do not confuse with the settlements of the same name on the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions), Novokalinovo and Druzhba. Russian - in Donetsk, Vodyany and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Kleshcheevka, as well as in the area of Ivanovsky and Dubovo-Vasil'yevka. At the first of the listed settlements, they managed to recapture several previously lost positions. Under the blows of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin and Belaya Gora. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - in Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops attacked near Belogorovka and Novoegorovka. Artillery worked for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Peschanoe, Podil, Kupyansk and Sin'kovka.
10:00 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Dnepryans 10 rounds;
-- in the village of Rybalcha nine rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Nova Kakhovka 11 rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, N. p. Korsunka firing a total of 32 cannon artillery rounds
Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction to be confirmed
09:27 Military summaryon the morning of August 27, 2023
The Russian Armed Forces attacked targets in the Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lvov, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy, and Zaporozhye regions at night. Missiles were launched, including from ships and strategic missile carriers. By 0600 hrs, another missile salvo was fired at enemy targets.
On the Zaporizhia Front, the enemy is expanding the zone of control in the direction of the settlement Verbovoye, throws dozens of armored vehicles into battle, including for the delivery of troops to the northern part of the settlement. Rabotino. The enemy is not sensitive to the most serious losses of manpower, there are heavy bloody battles, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine fail to develop a result comparable with the losses thanks to the heroism and dedication of our naval infantry, motorized riflemen and paratroopers. The enemy command is trying to achieve an indicative result before the rains, grinding the strategic reserve against our defenses.
Fighting continues on the islands in the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are dropping landing groups on small watercraft with the support of drones and artillery fire. They tried to “solve” the problems of organizing combat activities in certain units of the Russian Armed Forces by recording a positive video with servicemen from units, the real state of affairs in the unit is still unchanged.
On the Vremevsky and Ugledrasky directions, the intensity of hostilities over the past day has slightly decreased: the enemy regrouped and conducted reconnaissance in small groups.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces repulsed the attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to counterattack, and consolidated their positions.
Seven enemy attacks were repelled in the Krasnolimansky direction.
South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) the front near Kleshcheevka is stabilized, however, the Armed Forces of Ukraine show high activity, without stopping the attack.
In the Belgorod region, artillery attack of the civilian population by the Armed Forces of Ukraine has intensified, incl. from MLRS. One civilian was killed and six were injured. A UAV of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot down on approach to Belgorod.
In the Bryansk region, the Klimovsky district was shelled, and a drone was shot down over the Trubchevsky district. Explosions sounded in Kursk in the morning. Six civilians wounded in DPR due to artillery attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces
09:26 Kupyanskoye direction. Units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation slowly, step by step are moving forward.
Over the past 24 hours, reports have come in that our servicemen have cleared several more enemy fortified areas in the Petropavlovka area.
Also, the RF Armed Forces are advancing in the area of Sin'kovka, continuing to bypass this settlement along the flanks and approaching Kupyansk.
In the morning they reported the occupation of two more strong points. During the battle, about 30 Ukrainian militants were destroyed.
Four counterattacks of the enemy were repulsed by forces up to a platoon each with the support of armored vehicles.
Enemy losses per day amounted to three platoons, two tanks, a mortar crew and two Cossack combat armored vehicles.
08:11 "Gives a feeling of reliability": the driver of the T-80BVM tank spoke about his combat vehicle -video
Kupyanskoe direction
Tankers of the Western Military District provide fire support to motorized rifle units, ensuring the offensive of Russian troops.
Crews widely practice shooting from closed firing positions. Tankers successfully hit targets that are at a considerable distance and out of line of sight. Fire is adjusted with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles.
08:07 At night, the Kyiv regime tookattemptsto attack the Kursk and Bryansk regions - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
Two drones were launched in the Russian regions. They were discovered by duty air defense equipment - the devices were destroyed in flight, the department specified.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Viktoriya Tolkacheva
[REGNUM] Donbass is a mining region. The land of steppes and waste heaps, even the smallest inhabitants of these lands know about it. We can say that it was here that such a holiday as Miner's Day was born: first, in the city of Irmino, miner Alexei Stakhanov set a record for coal production, and then an important date was officially approved at the suggestion of the Ministers of the Coal Industry of the USSR Dmitry Onika and Alexander Zasiadko.
The Zasyadko mine is still operating in Donetsk, the city of Stakhanov has a glorious history in the LPR, and the miners, “soldiers” of a difficult but peaceful profession, not only work for the good of their land, but also defend it with arms in their hands.
Back in 2014, many units of the people's militia of the LPR and DPR were replenished with ordinary hard workers who, with all their courage, opposed the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Among these workers were also miners, who, after working dangerously underground, were not easily intimidated by shelling and armored vehicles.
This year, the memory of the fallen and living miners - the defenders of Donbass decided to perpetuate in a separate monument.
The Russian Military Historical Society plans to open a separate monument in Lugansk, which will be dedicated to two generations of heroes: modern times and the times of the Great Patriotic War. The monument will represent two soldiers who have real prototypes.
This is a participant in the Great Patriotic War Ivan Shcheglov , who was awarded the Order of Glory of the III degree for military merits, and his great-grandson, a member of the SVO Sergey Sidenko , who volunteered for the front in February 2022.
Is such a history and continuity of generations real?
Quite. Since today there are still many men of mining professions defending the borders of the people's republics. One of them is the fighter Aleksey with the call sign Cosmonaut, a resident of a small urban-type settlement located between the mining towns of Rovenki and Anthracite.
The astronaut got to the mobilization front in February 2022.
The man tells about it simply: a summons came, so he collected a duffel bag and went to the military registration and enlistment office. It became hard later, when, without any preparation, he and the same miners ended up in the Kharkov direction. The newly minted fighters did not fully understand what they needed to do, and they had to gain experience in the course of hostilities - for six months in the Kharkov region they learned to fight from scratch.
- Our entire regiment was a miner, and there were people who did not even serve in the army. I myself served in the army 26 years ago,” says Alexei. — At first, we had one and a half thousand people, miners who took up arms. After leaving Kharkov, our regiment has already changed two times for sure. Now we have fighters from Mari El in our regiment, there are guys from Perm, from Ulyanovsk. The backbone of the miners remained, somewhere around 150 people, and the rest of the composition changed to mobilized Russians.
According to Cosmonaut, working in a mine is somewhat comparable to war. You may not return from the mine either, as this work is quite dangerous. This is hard work, but you can get used to it over time, and this is what, perhaps, allowed the man to quickly adapt to the fighting.
During his life, the man changed three mines, gave this work almost 27 years of his life, but what is important, he continued the dynasty of miners. His father also worked in this area, and before that, his grandfather, who also fought for the freedom of his homeland during the Great Patriotic War.
- My grandfather on my father's side died early, and I know little about him. And my mother's father Yakov Grigoryevich Lissitzky started the war in Latvia as a lieutenant. At the very beginning, they were surrounded, the grandfather led people behind him, ended up in the NKVD, but he was given a second chance, and as a result he became the commander of an engineering and sapper regiment. He liberated the Bryansk region, Belarus, Poland. He did not get to Berlin, he remained in Poland, where he was a commandant in one of the cities, ”recalls Alexey.
In Poland during the war, Yakov Grigorievich met his future wife, they had a son, and then two more children - the mother of the Cosmonaut and her younger brother. After the end of the Great Patriotic War, my grandparents returned to the Donbass, as my grandfather was from the village of Kartushino, which is adjacent to the place of residence of Alexei himself.
The combat path of the Cosmonaut, of course, differs from the path of the grandfather, but this does not make it any easier.
First there was the Kharkov region, then the border of the Belgorod region. From November to December 2022, they had to make war in the Popasna area, after which they had to hold the defense near Soledar. Aleksey's call sign, which is unusual for a miner, has its own separate history. Initially, he was called Cosmos, by the nickname that he received at the Komsomolskaya mine because of his high growth. And then colleagues nicknamed the Cosmonaut.
Alexey suits the fact that he is a hereditary miner. The man's family is also proud of him as a soldier defending his home. The astronaut admits that the front changed a lot of things in his head, and most importantly, in his soul. Now the main goal is victory, which will allow children to live in peace. And only then it will be possible to return to peaceful work.
Miner with the call sign "Cosmonaut", went to fight like his grandfather in 1941
- Such a disaster came, we had to take up arms. Many of the guys I knew are no longer alive. It is bitter and painful to lose friends. But we advance our victory, getting closer and closer to it. And for the sake of those guys who are no longer with us, I think we all have to win, - says Alexey. - I want to wish my colleagues, fellow miners one thing: that everyone return home alive, safe and sound. Victory will be ours, boys, together we are strong.
This is how the Donbass has been living for many years: it works and fights, glorifies its land with labor and protects its homes. And the monuments in the republics have prototypes of real heroes: miners Ivan Shcheglov and Sergey Sidenko, Yakov Lissitzky and Alexei Kosmonavt. Eternal memory to the fallen, strength, courage in the slaughter and alive at the front.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] After the completion of the grain deal, the agricultural sector of Ukraine has found itself in a stalemate, and Ukrainian farmers are suffering huge losses. This was reported on August 27 by the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal.
Valery Kolosha, a farmer from the Chernihiv region , told Western journalists that the grain market is “dead” for Ukrainian producers.
“I'm just trying to keep my head above water,” the entrepreneur lamented.
He said that he lost the opportunity to sell the grown grain. Now, due to a sharp drop in income and rising costs, he is struggling to break even by switching from grain to growing sunflowers.
Other participants in the Ukrainian market also complained about huge losses due to the completion of the grain deal.
Experts noted that grain prices increased on the world market, while at the local Ukrainian market they decreased due to a reduction in supplies abroad. So, for example, Ukrainian farmers receive $160 per ton of wheat, which goes to the country's ports on the Danube, while in neighboring Romania the fee is $215.
As IA Regnum reported, on July 17, Russia officially notified the UN, Turkey and Ukraine of the suspension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative. The reason for this decision was that not one of the promises given to Russia at the conclusion of this agreement was ever fulfilled. As part of the agreement, Russia provided a safe maritime corridor for agricultural cargo - grain and fertilizer - from Ukraine.
On August 16, the first ship left the port of Odessa along the temporary corridor opened by Kiev in the Black Sea. The second vessel with grain entered the Black Sea on August 26.
Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia on August 25 agreed on an appeal to the European Commission demanding an extension of the ban on grain imports from Ukraine until the end of 2023.
In May 2023, the European Commission banned the export of wheat, corn, rapeseed and sunflower from Ukraine to Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. At the same time, transit through these countries was allowed.
Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Theory of the Russian University of Economics GV Plekhanova Ekaterina Novikova, in an interview with a Regnum correspondent , said that within the framework of a non-working grain deal, establishing a full-fledged grain export from Ukraine is rather problematic.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Olga Kuznetsova
[REGNUM] The main outcome of the 15th BRICS Leaders Summit, which ended in Johannesburg on August 24, was the adoption of a decision on the potential expansion of the bloc in 2024. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Ethiopia and Argentina received invitations to join the BRICS. But you shouldn't jump too high for joy. Full membership of the listed countries should begin only from January 1, 2024, and before that, you should remember the difference between such words as “acceptance” and “invitation”. And it depends not so much on the leadership of the BRICS, but on the legislative approval process in some of the above-mentioned states.
#1
Gee, and remember the humble economic beginnings of the European Union, the European Coal and Steel Community from the 1950's. Look out that turned out (geography aside).
#4
"becoming a new center of influence on the world stage."
Only because it is new and sparkly.
Any massive trade union deserves to be recognized.
But BRICS being a center of influence is... hmmm, i doubt it. BRICS is mostly third world, half are closed to failed states, many are dictatorships, and all their economies and debt ratios are worse than the USA. The new BRICs currency will not be back by gold, fanfiction, it will be another fiat currency, and its main benefit will be a currency that can skate around US Sanctions.
#7
The Bi-Polar World, alert to the genuine reality of MAD, was a far safer, and frankly, saner, place than what is emerging now. The progress and prosperity of the American Century has been squandered and frankly, ignored by the children of elite privilege who are certain modernity means better in all things. Their lives of un-imagined human comfort even twenty years ago, are assumed to be the norm, the lessons of history unread amidst the reams of progressive curricula on gender-studies and Zinn-edited textbooks. The genuine foundational matrix of policy, institutional linkages, cultural confidence, and allegiance that under- girds it all, has atrophied and decayed to the point of collapse in many areas. Their ignorance blinds them to the Marxist Pied-Pipers who are the hands behind the increasingly risible Puppet Show.
We are not Tango-Uniform, but we are in deep, deep kimchi!
For the still-robust, your crucible begins, for the capable, lend a shoulder to the shield-wall, for the spent who did not prepare, BOAKYAG!
#8
Yeah, it's a good bet that a couple second tier nuclear powers go at it and everyone else has to choose a side or hope the wind blows in a felicitous direction.
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