Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast and reportedly advanced on September 2. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces conducted offensive operations in the Melitopol (western Zaporizhia Oblast) direction. Russian milbloggers who have recently maintained that Russian forces hold positions in the southern part of Robotyne claimed that Russian forces withdrew from the southern outskirts of the settlement to unspecified positions further south.
Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar stated on September 1 that Ukrainian forces have overcome the Russian "first line of defense" in some areas of the Zaporizhia direction, but that the situation remains difficult due to additional Russian concrete fortifications and dense minefields.
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The New York Times reported on September 2 citing Ukrainian military personnel that Russian forces are spreading inflammable agents on mined fields and igniting them with drone-launched grenades while Ukrainian forces clear mines from the areas in an effort to hinder Ukrainian mine clearing efforts that have allowed Ukrainian forces to advance in certain areas.
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There was a clip of a company sized Russian force dismounting just south of Robotyne and got hammered by artillery cluster munitions so there is definitely fighting going on in the south of the town.
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[Korrespondent] APU made a breakthrough in the south
The invaders spent 60% of their time and resources on building the first line of defense and only 20% each on the second and third lines, so things should move faster from there.
After weeks of hard work clearing mines, the Armed Forces of Ukraine broke through Russia's first line of defense near Zaporozhye. This was stated by the commander of the Tavria operational-strategic grouping of troops, Brigadier General Alexander Tarnavsky in an interview with the Observer , which was published on Saturday, September 2.
“Now we are between the first and second lines of defense, we are completing the destruction of enemy units that provide cover for the withdrawal of Russian troops behind the second line of defense,” Tarnavsky said.
He noted that the occupiers spent 60% of their time and resources on building the first line of defense and only 20% each on the second and third lines, because they did not expect Ukrainian troops to be able to break through.
According to him, the Russian troops "just stood and waited for the Ukrainian army," shooting equipment with shells and drones, but now this barrier has been overcome, and the invaders are forced to resort to maneuvers, and the Ukrainians returned their tanks and other armored vehicles to the battlefield after demining.
"The enemy is pulling up reserves not only from Ukraine, but also from Russia. But sooner or later, the Russians will run out of all the best soldiers. This will give us an incentive to attack more and faster. We have everything ahead. When we started the counteroffensive, we spent more time than expected to clear the territories," Tarnavsky said.
He also added that there is a very big difference between the first and second lines of defense - the second line is not built so well, so the Armed Forces of Ukraine can use equipment.
According to Tarnavsky, now we need to concentrate and "bring the matter to the end."
Recall that at the end of August, American General Mark Milley suggested that Ukrainian troops could break through the first line of defense of Russian aggressors in the Zaporozhye region.
A few days later, it was reported that in the Kherson region, Ukrainian defenders forced the ORDLO militants to withdraw from their positions. At the same time, Russian paratroopers fled the battlefield.
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The beginning of the first layer was a shit ton of mines and small fortified entrenchments in the wood breaks. Was damn hard for any nation to break through. But the Ukrainians are reporting there are few to no mines in front of the dragon's teeth and none behind it.
If I was Russia, I would have just as many behind and if my guys had to withdraw, they have cleared paths and then can mine those narrow spaces when they left. Gotta do it all over again. Doesn't seem to be the case now.
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[LB] More than 15 combat clashes took place during the day.
Vera Perun
The Russian occupiers carried out unsuccessful offensives in Luhansk region and Donetsk region.
As reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine , the Russians failed to advance in the Lymansky direction in the Novoyehorivka area of the Luhansk region, in Avdiivskyi - in the area east of Severnyi in the Donetsk region, in Marinskyi - in the area south of Krasnohorivka and Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region.
During the day, the enemy launched two missile and 34 airstrikes, carried out 42 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
Aviation of the Defense Forces carried out nine strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment and two - on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems. During the day, units of missile troops and artillery hit five areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, 12 artillery pieces in firing positions, two ammunition warehouses, 2 control points and an anti-aircraft missile complex of the enemy.
More than 15 combat clashes took place during the day.
The situation at the front as of 18:00 on September 2 is as follows:
on the Volyn and Poliske directions , the operational situation has not changed significantly;
on Siverskyi and Slobozhanskyi, the enemy carried out an airstrike in the Chugunivka area of the Kharkiv region. He carried out mortar and artillery shelling of more than 20 settlements, in particular, Khrinivka, Karpovychi, Leonivka of Chernihiv region, Ukrainy, Shalygine, Kostyantynivka, Veselovka, Ryasne, Grabovskoe of Sumy region and Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve, Vovchanski Khutory, Varvarivka, Potykhonov of Kharkiv region;
Kamianka and Berestov of the Kharkiv region were attacked by the enemy in Kupyansk ;
on Lymanskyi, the Russians carried out airstrikes in the districts of Cherneshchyna, Kharkiv Region, Novoyehorivka, and Bilogorivka, Luhansk Region. More than 10 settlements, including Makiivka, Nevske, Belogorivka of Luhansk region and Yampolivka, Dronivka, Verkhnyokamianske, Vyimka, Vesele and Privillia of Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery fire;
in Bakhmutskyi, more than 15 settlements, including Vasyukivka, Hryhorivka, Chasiv Yar, Stupochki, Predtechine, and Kurdyumivka of the Donetsk region, were hit by enemy artillery fire;
in Avdiivsk, the occupiers fired artillery and mortars at the settlements of Pervomaiske, Karlivka, Avdiivka, Stepove, and Novokalynove of the Donetsk region;
on Maryinsky, the settlements of Oleksandropil, Georgiivka, Pobyeda, Kostyantynivka, Elizavetivka of the Donetsk region were hit by artillery fire;
on Shakhtarskyi, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Vugledar and Staromayorskyi of the Donetsk region. The enemy shelled more than 10 settlements with artillery, including Vodyane, Prechistivka, Velyka Novosilka, Staromayorske, Novosilka and Zelene Pole of the Donetsk region;
in Zaporizhzhia, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the areas of Mala Tokmachka, Novodanilivka, and Robotiny of Zaporizhzhia region.
More than 15 settlements, including Levadne, Malynivka, Gulyaipole, Novodanilivka, Mali Shcherbaki, Pyatikhatka of the Zaporizhia region, and Nikopol of the Dnipropetrovsk region, were hit by artillery fire;
in the Kherson region, more than 10 settlements, including Mykhailivka, Novoberislav, Mykolaivka, Tyaginka, Kherson, and Pervomaiske of the Kherson region, were subjected to enemy shelling.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, are entrenched at the achieved boundaries, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.
It will be recalled that the Ukrainian aviation will be able to hit AMRAAM missiles at a distance of 160-180 km, such weapons were ordered by the Pentagon for the Defense Forces.
According to Reuters, the USA will send ammunition with depleted uranium to Ukraine . Ammunition may be fired from American Abrams tanks, which are due to be delivered to Ukraine in the coming weeks.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
22:14 Russia has spent 60% of its time and resources on building the first line of defense and only 20% each on building the second and third lines, Alexander Tarnavsky, commander of the Tavria operational-strategic grouping, said in an interview with The Observer. According to him, the Kremlin did not expect the Ukrainian Armed Forces to break through the first line. "Now we are between the first and second lines of defense, we are completing the destruction of enemy units that provide cover for the withdrawal of Russian troops behind the second line of defense," the general said.
20:21 The Russians fired at Vuhledar in the Donetsk region, residential buildings were in the epicenter. As a result of an explosion in one of the high-rise buildings, two people were killed, two more were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
19:23 During the day, the enemy fired five times at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region from heavy artillery, and also attacked with a drone. Four people were injured, an infrastructure facility, a shop, a utility company, and 14 private houses were damaged, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said.
18:57 The Russians fired at Kramatorsk from the MLRS - the shells hit the apartment of the high-rise building, the territory near the cemetery and damaged the roadbed. The rocket that hit the residential building did not explode, people were not injured, said Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA.
16:59 Aircraft missiles AMRAAM, which the United States is preparing to supply to Ukraine, are capable of covering a distance of 160-180 km - this is "more than enough to reach Russian aircraft without entering the enemy air defense strike zone," Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said.
15:16 Russians fired from mortars of Seredina-Buda of the Shostka district of the Sumy region. The shells hit the official car of Sumyoblenergo, two employees were injured. A power line, two institutions and a local enterprise were also damaged, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
14:38 The Russians hit Odradokamenka, Beryslavsky district, Kherson region, from aviation with guided bombs, hit private houses. One person died, two were injured, said Alexander Prokudin, head of the OVA.
13:21 In the south, seven boats of Russian saboteurs were destroyed in a day, said the speaker of the Defense Forces of the South, Natalya Gumenyuk: "Each time, trying to find out what is happening on the Left Bank, the enemy sends out his sabotage and reconnaissance groups on boats. Over the past day, minus seven such boats occupier. That is, whenever an enemy group leaves for a task, it never returns."
According to Gumenyuk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are pushing the enemy back on the left bank of the Kherson region: “The enemy’s attempts to come closer to hit the Right Bank have actually stopped. Because, trying to move there, they endanger themselves. our counter-battery fight."
10:37 Russians shelled Kherson at night: shells hit near residential buildings, two people were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
08:50 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported, citing Budanov's information, that Russia deployed part of the newly created "reserve army" (25th Combined Arms Army) to enable units that are now on the front line in the Luhansk region to redeploy to protect against the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the south of Ukraine. According to ISW analysts, the 25th combined-arms army is unlikely to be combat-ready, given its hasty deployment.
ISW also reported that the Russian military was frustrated with the level of their counter-battery fighting near Urozhaynoye and along the Novomayorskoye-Novodonetskoye-Kermenchik line, and the soldiers defending in the area were in poor physical and psychological condition.
08:42 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in the village of Shevchenko), three more were injured. In the Kherson region, two people died and two were injured, according to the IVA.
08:39 The Russians over the past day fired at the settlements of Kharkov, Chuguevsky, Kupyansky and Izyumsky districts of the Kharkov region. One person died as a result of shelling. Volchanskie Khutor of the Chuguevsky district, another one was wounded in Volchansk, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
08:31 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 2:
personnel - about 264,060 (+570) people,
tanks - 4471 (+12),
armored combat vehicles - 8637 (+24),
artillery systems - 5560 (+30),
MLRS - 736 (+1),
air defense systems - 501 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4433 (+12),
cruise missiles - 1447 (+2),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 8043 (+34),
special equipment - 835 (+4).
07:23 Over the past day, 45 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to attack in the area of Novoselovsky, Luhansk region, as well as Kurdyumovka, Severny and Krasnogorovka, Donetsk region.
In the Volnovakha district of the Donetsk region, families who refused to send their children to school are visited by representatives of the regional departments of education, accompanied by the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation, and they conduct "preventive talks" about compulsory secondary education in accordance with the norms of Russian legislation. Parents are issued protocols on improper performance of parental duties, and if three such protocols are drawn up, they are threatened with deprivation of parental rights and transfer of children to orphanages in the territory of the Russian Federation.
02:47 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Ukraine tried to attack the Crimean bridge with semi-submersible unmanned boats - all three boats were allegedly destroyed.
01:25 The United States will send armor-piercing ammunition with depleted uranium to Ukraine for the first time, Reuters reports citing sources. According to the agency, such shells will be included in a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, which should be announced next week. The depleted uranium projectiles can be used with the help of American Abrams tanks, the first ten of which Ukraine should receive in the coming weeks.
One of the officials told reporters that the cost of the future package, which will include shells, will be from 240 to 375 million dollars, depending on what else is included in it.
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[RIA] In autumn, in our latitudes, it is customary to take stock. Moreover, there is a reason: the third month of the Ukrainian counter-offensive is coming to an end. It was expected to start in the winter, but it did not happen: the APU was waiting for Western equipment. They waited in the spring - the thaw and the fall of the Bakhmut Fortress were added to the lack of tanks. Summer came, and on June 4, General Zaluzhny moved his regiments forward.
And now we can state that the Ukrainian army cannot achieve any significant success at the front. And it would be fine if this "can't" meant the postscript "without meat assaults." But no. Can't even with them.
Moreover, judging by what the Armed Forces of Ukraine demonstrated, the military genius of the Kyiv military leaders boils down to meat assaults. At first, they really tried to use what they were taught in the West, and wanted to break through to the Russian positions on the armor.
But this tactic had to be abandoned: it turned out that Western technology - even the newest of the samples delivered to Kiev - is no better than domestic, and in some respects it is completely inferior to it. Especially in the form in which the Armed Forces of Ukraine received it: some of the equipment was removed from it so that it would not go to the Russian troops for study.
And when the world was shown footage clearly demonstrating the vulnerability of the vaunted "Leopards" and "Bradley", on Bankova Street, scratching their heads, they decided to abandon their active use so as not to set up sponsors from Europe and the USA . The advertisement for Western arms concerns came out painfully unconvincing - with such a picture, they cannot sell an elephant. Therefore, the infantry will act independently. Technique is Western. And the infantry is its own, native, Ukrainian. She won't be caught idly through the streets. There is someone to saturate the thinned ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the bottom line, the results of the counteroffensive can be summarized as follows: one and a half villages in the foreground of the Russian defense moved into the gray zone, but the Ukrainians themselves cannot gain a foothold there either. Firstly, only the names on the map remained of them - so they were battered by artillery from both sides. Secondly, they are also located in the lowlands, and any troops there are a convenient target for howitzers, self-propelled guns, MLRS and Solntsepekov.
And here it is important to note something important: the Ukrainian command emphasizes that the "partners from NATO " themselves would never have decided on an offensive operation in such conditions. There is neither vital air superiority, nor the ability to suppress Russian artillery, nor operational space for breaking through the front - the Russian command drew conclusions from the course of the campaign and prepared for the strike, building a powerful line of defensive lines. The Ukrainian generals are telling the truth here, but this is the key advantage of the West in this conflict: by investing in it financially and technically, you can insure yourself against human losses. Well, don't worry about the Ukrainians!
Nevertheless, the bet that was made on Bankovaya did not work, and the promises to walk along the Yalta embankment in the summer, or at least reach the Crimea, remained a shaking of the air. All the steam of the Ukrainian counteroffensive went off the whistle. And the account of the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine already goes to tens of thousands only over the past summer.
But since it can take a long time to demand fighters from the West, and you need to attack yesterday, you have to compensate for the lack of military leadership talent and military equipment with an abundance of mobilization resources. Hence Zelensky's statements that the military command wants to mobilize more people. The problem is that those who can hold a weapon in their hands, but have not yet received it, are becoming less and less every day.
And here we recall the recent decision of the Ukrainian president - after a year and a half of the conflict, to dismiss all regional military commissars. Allegedly for bribery. Logical questions, where the relevant authorities have been looking all this time, are preferred to be ignored in Kyiv. And then you start to answer - and even more uncomfortable moments will come out along the chain. In any investigation, as you know, it is important not to go out on yourself.
Instead, it is better, as Zelensky's spokesman Fyodor Venislavsky said recently , to cancel the deferment from mobilization for those who receive a second higher education. Why does Mykola need books when there is a machine gun?
Salt of a situation that it will not solve a problem. To achieve a radical change in the state of affairs at the front, Kyiv must offer something revolutionary for this conflict, not only for the success of the counteroffensive, but at least for changing the status quo. Indeed, for now, one gets the feeling that time is working for Russia - it has not even come close to that stage of lack of resources for existence, in which Ukraine has long been . The survival of the Kyiv regime is completely outsourced. The only question is how long Western sponsors will pay for the work of the life support apparatus for an already dead state.
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The important thing, they run out of conscripts and are starting to waste their elite (ideologically solid [mostly Gallician]) units. Vlad promised to deNazify Ukraine, Vlad delivers.
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[EngMilRu] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (2 September 2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian Group of Forces' units, artillery and aviation repelled four attacks by AFU 47th, 65th mechanised brigades, the 46th Aeromobile Brigade, the 82nd Air Assault Brigade and the 15th National Guard Brigade near Rabotino and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
Over the past 24 hours, up to 115 AFU servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, two M777 artillery systems, one U.S.-manufactured M119 towed howitzer, as well as two howitzers: one Msta-B howitzer and one 122mm D-30 howitzer were eliminated.
One U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar has been destroyed near Charivnoye (Zaporozhye region).
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces' units, supported by Army Aviation and artillery, launched attacks at the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade near Ugledarn (Donetsk People's Republic).
In addition, one ammunition depot of the AFU 117th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Kamyshevakha (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were more than 105 AFU militants, four tanks, three infantry fighting vehicles, six motor vehicles, two 152mm Akatsiya and 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems, as well as two howitzers: one 152mm D-20 howitzer and one 122mm D-30 howitzer.
In Donetsk direction, Russian troops actively improved positions along the front line close to Klescheyevka (Donetsk People's Republic.)
Over the past 24 hours, the Yug Group of Forces' units, artillery and aviation repelled five attacks of AFU 129th, 241st Territorial Defence Brigades' assault groups near Artyomovsk (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as three attacks of the AFU 109th Territorial Defence Brigade'units and the 79th Air Assault Brigade's units close to Mar'yinka (Donetsk People's Republic.)
More than 250 AFU servicemen, one tank, one infantry fighting vehicle, four armoured fighting vehicles, two motor veicles, one Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, one 122mm D-30 howitzer, as well as one U.S.-manufactured M119 howitzer were eliminated.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces' units, supported by Army Aviation and artillery, launched attacks at the AFU 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade's units near Kislovka (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 40 servicemen, three armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, two attacks by assault groups of the 5th National Guard Brigade's units and the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, AFU 63rd and 67th Mechanised Brigades' units have been hit near Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic).
More than 60 AFU servicemen, as well as two armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks, and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were eliminated.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were more than 30Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzer.
One field ammunition depot of the AFU 106th Territorial Defence Brigade was destroyed near Tyaginka (Kherson region), as well as one UAV control post close to Otradokamenka (Kherson region).
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 108 areas.
Two command and observation posts of the 28th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU have been destroyed near Dyleevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
One communications center of the AFU 110th Mechanised Brigade has been destroyed near Avdeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Air defence systems intercepted two U.S.manufactured HIMARS rocket-propelled projectiles and one HARM anti-radar missile.
Over the past 24 hours, 25 AFU unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down near Trudovskoye, Kodema, Klinovoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Pshenichnoye, Ocheretovatoye and Tarasovka (Zaporozhye region), as well as Tavolzhanka (Kharkov region)
In total, 466 airplanes, 247 helicopters, 6,318 unmanned aerial vehicles, 435 air defence missile systems, 11,607 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,147 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,182 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,620 special military motor vehicles 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 09/01/2023 to 00:00 09/02/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 86 facts of firing by the VFU.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a woman in Staromikhaylovka.
Wounds of varying severity were received by 9 civilians in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka.
Nine houses were damaged in Kievsky, Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Nine civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in Kievsky, Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Mironovsky.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Svetlodarsk, Mironovsky, Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Gol'movsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 59 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 15 artillery attacks from artillery 152mm and 155mm, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Yasinovatsky 10 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Svetlodar two artillery attacks from MLRS. By releasing 273 units of various ammunition.
A previous 47 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
21:00 In a residential building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, in the courtyard of which five people were injured during the shelling, the case of a Ukrainian cluster shell broke through the wall and flew into the apartment, RIA Novosti correspondent reports.
The owner of the apartment was in it at the time of the incident. Cluster submunitions wounded people who at that moment were walking in the yard.
19:35 Firs tpersonnel burnt French self-propelled guns CAESAR of the latest modification.
19:04 Details of the artillery attack of Tokmak by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
Today, at about 15:00, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an artillery strike on the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region. As a result of the shelling, a transformer caught fire on Korolenko Street. Emergency services are on the scene.
18:30 Situation on the section Rabotino - Verbovoye on September 2:
In the area of the Uspenovskaya beam, the destruction of personnel and equipment of the 118th Motorized Brigade continues. The forces of the 82nd Airborne Brigade, as well as the remaining units of the 47th Motorized Brigade "Magura", are currently bogged down in a positional struggle between Rabotin and Verbovoye. Units of the 82nd Airborne Brigade, abandoned in this area as the main reserve, do not have time to receive significant reinforcements and lose people and equipment near the former village of Yablonevoy.
The 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (OAeMBr) suffered heavy losses when trying to turn to Verbove and hit the joint between Rabotin and Verbovoye in the last three days. Some of the servicemen of this formation surrendered a few hours after the unsuccessful assault.
High losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are due to strikes by operational-tactical aviation: FAB-500 bombs with planning and correction modules are actively used on the positions of Ukrainian infantry in the fields and landings.
18:10 Personnel the destruction of the YPR-765 armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the forces of the paratroopers of the 31st Airborne Brigade near Bakhmut.
17:54 Zaporozhye front. Tokmok is again under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:35 Kramatorsk received a lot of rocket attacks.
The military chronicle reports five powerful arrivals in Kramatorsk. Presumably, the strikes were inflicted in the area of the Kramatorsk metal structures plant, and also, probably, Karachun-gory, not far from which hangars for military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were located. The exact list of affected objects, as well as their number, is not yet known.
17:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 2, as of 17:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Alexandrovka:
artillery attack at 12:40:
- on the street. School, 268 wounded man born in 1860;
artillery attack at 13:20:
- on st. Gorky, 278, a man born in 1966 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - st. Aksayskaya, 27 - a private residential building.
n.p. Mironovsky: - branch of GBPOU "Debaltsevsky multidisciplinary technical school" on the street. October.
16:27 Ukrainian militants fired for rockets from MLRS at Svetlodarsk. Another two rockets from the MLRS were fired at Mironovsky - the representative office of the JCCC of the DPR.
16:10 Broken wall and shattered windows: the number of victims of the artillery attack of Donetsk by Ukrainian nationalists has grown to eightvideo.
The shell hit an apartment building in the Petrovsky district of the city. Earlier it was reported that a hit was recorded in the building of a boarding school in the same area.
15:25 From midnight to noon, the Nazis shelled the territory of the DPR twenty times using cluster munitions. This was announced by Rodion Miroshnik.
Basically, these are 155mm NATO caliber rounds, which, upon explosion, scatter additional explosive elements that cause additional damage. Many of them do not explode immediately, but have a delayed lethal effect. Given that the Armed Forces of Ukraine systematically and purposefully strike at residential areas of densely populated cities, the number of civilians affected by artillery attack is growing.
“The number of attacks on cluster munitions is growing as their supply from the United States grows. Despite the fact that the Convention on the Prohibition of Cluster Munitions has already been supported by 123 states. But Kyiv and Washington don’t give a damn about it,” Miroshnik wrote in his Telegram channel.
14:32 Ukrainian militants fired six rockets from the MLRS in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - the representative office of the JCCC DPR.
14:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for September 2, as of 14:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): - on the lane. Shakhtersky, 11, a man born in 1984 was wounded.
Additional information has been received about the damage caused by the artillery attack of the Ukrainian cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
artillery attack at 10:30:
- st. Krasnogorovskaya, 12 - apartment building.
artillery attack at 12:40:
- MBOU "Boarding School No. 3 of Donetsk" on the street. Krasnogorovskoy;
- 22 transformer substations are de-energized, 2200 subscribers are without power supply.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. Novozavodskaya, 43 - a private residential building, power lines were also damaged;
– 23 transformer substations, school, hospital, two kindergartens, 2,336 subscribers are de-energized.
13:50 Destroyed Ukrainian armored car KrAZ Spartan in the zone of the NWO.
13:25 The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to strike at the educational institutions of Donetsk!
During the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district, a direct hit on the roof of the educational building of boarding school No. 3 occurred. The artillery attack continues.
12:50 Kherson direction. Right bank. 12:40 02.09
It is reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces delivered another blow to the rear positions of the enemy on the right bank of the Dnieper. Su-30 and Su-34 used UFAB glide bombs and air-to-ground missiles.
12:34 Ukrainian militants fired 20 rockets from the MLRS in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - the representative office of the JCCC DPR.
12:27 An explosion occurred in the city of Zaporozhye, controlled by Ukrainian troops. This was reported by the agency Ukrinform.
12:17 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for September 2, as of 12:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district): on the street. Stepan Shchipachev, five civilians were injured of varying severity: women born in 1968, 1976, 1981, born in 1983. and a man born in 1977
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Petrovsky district):
artillery attack at 08:50:
- MBDOU "Kindergarten No. 150 of Donetsk";
- st. Stepana Shchipachev, 10 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
artillery attack at 10:45:
- st. Kosareva, 53 - a private residential building;
- st. Polukhina, 16 - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - st. Otboynaya, 7 - a private residential building.
12:00 Personnel combat work of the crews of the MLRS "Tornado-S" of the guards rocket artillery brigade of the Western Military District.
11:25 Reported about the impact of cruise missiles on Krivoy Rog.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, arrivals and explosions were heard in the area of the warehouses with weapons of the 17th Brigade in the west of the city, as well as in the area of the airfield.
10:57 Artillerymen of the 205th Brigade destroyed a warehouse with ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Kherson direction.
As a result of the fire damage, the following were destroyed: rounds for the 155mm towed howitzer "M-777", self-propelled artillery mount M109A6 "Paladin", self-propelled howitzer "Krab" of foreign production, as well as rockets for the Grad MLRS and rounds for the barrel artillery.
10:35 AFU attacked the village of Maslovka in the Kherson region with drones, a civilian was wounded - the authorities.
10:32 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00 from the Archangel Spetsnaz:
n.p. Rabotino - during an attempted assault, a tank and an infantry fighting vehicle "Bradley" were destroyed, an intense shooting battle is underway, artillery is working on forest plantations, the weather conditions are all blurred.
On the air, you can understand that the enemy is losing too much personnel, the evacuation groups do not have time to arrive and leave. From the nearest settlements are already looking for blood donors.
n.p. Pyatihatki - The situation is calm, reconnaissance units also record any approach and inflict fire damage on the enemy.
10:27 Consequences of artillery attack of Donetsk by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with cluster munitions on September 1.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired 15 rounds from the MLRS in the Kyiv region. As a result of the shelling, apartment buildings and the private sector were destroyed. More than ten people were injured.
10:08 The situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
In the Vremevsky sector, an increase in the intensity of enemy artillery artillery attack of positions of our troops along the Staromayorskoye-Priyutnoye line is noted. Earlier, units of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division “cheered up” the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their area of responsibility, burning down the enemy’s air defense in Zeleny Pole and moving it north of Priyutnoye.
Over the past day, foot units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made another attempt to enter these forest belts, but as a result of the shooting battle they suffered losses and retreated. Otherwise, the situation in this direction remains in the “calm before the storm” format. The enemy daily draws up reserves to the rear areas and prepares the resumption of the offensive in three possible directions - Staromlynovka-Kermenchik, Priyutnoye-Staromayorskoye or Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye.
On the Ugledar site, no changes. Artillery attacks, hunting for single pieces of equipment by FPV drones from both sides.
09:45 In the Krasnolimansky direction, the Russian army, with the help of the Lancet loitering ammunition, hit the 122mm D-30 howitzer -video.
09:27 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. Podstepnoye nine rounds;
-- n.p. Peschanovka eight rounds;
--o n.p. Kazachi Lgery 10 rounds;
--o n.p. Naked Pier 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Nova Kakhovka 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryans nine rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, N. p.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:05 Over the past day, 47 facts of firing by the AFU were recorded.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a girl born in 2016. in the Kiev region.
Wounds of varying severity were received by 23 civilians, including children born in 2008, 2009, 2013. in Kievsky, Petrovsky, Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Aleksandrovka, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Novonikolaevka.
A total of 35 houses were damaged in Kievsky, Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka.
Five civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk.
Under enemy fire were areas of eight settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Aleksandrovka, Luganskoye.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 37 attacks from the MLRS, incl. incendiary, artillery 155mm, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky eight artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
08:55 Ukrainian militants fired five rockets from the MLRS in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - the representative office of the JCCC DPR.
08:17 Russian military captured two strongholds andreflected5 counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, the losses of the enemy amounted to up to a company. This was announced by the head of the press center of the grouping of the RF Armed Forces "West" Sergei Zybinsky.
08:11 Summary on the morning of September 2, 2023:
On the Zaporizhia Front, it is reported that the Russian Armed Forces retreated to positions south of the settlement. Rabotino. By evening, the enemy began delivering troops to the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, trying to build on the success. The attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Verbove do not stop. There are heavy battles.
In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine intensified landing operations on our bank of the Dnieper. Since the middle of the week, the enemy has been holding a bridgehead in the direction of the Kazachi Lagery - Podstepnoe. Yesterday I tried to replenish the number of personnel near the Antonovsky bridge, an artillery strike was inflicted. In the battle for the islands, two enemy boats were destroyed, another four enemy landings were delivered to one of the islands.
South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Armed Forces of Ukraine stepped up offensive operations on the Kleshcheevka (photo)-Andreevka-Kurdyumovka line, throwing infantry and equipment into battle. Our aviation and heavy flamethrower systems are working, the enemy failed to take our strongholds, losing several armored vehicles. The enemy is pulling up reserves.
In the direction of Kremennaya in the Serebryansky forest and on the Torsky ledge, enemy attacks were repelled, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and equipment.
In the morning and at night, enemy UAVs (three drones in total) were shot down over the Belgorod region. Yesterday morning in the Kursk region, two UAVs attacked the city of Kurchatov, where the nuclear power plant is located. Shot from. Troitskoye, Korenevsky district. The DPR was subjected to massive shelling. 23 civilians were wounded, three were killed. Including a six year old girl.
08:05 Artillerymen of the Vostok group of troopsstartledin the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction, an unmanned aircraft control point, a stronghold with a satellite communications station, as well as a control point for territorial defense units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by the head of the press center of the group Oleg Chekhov.
08:00 In the Seversky direction, the crews of the T-90M "Breakthrough" do not allow the enemy to approach their defensive positions -video.
Tanks moved into combat position. When repulsing the attack, they destroyed the equipment of Ukrainian nationalists. With aimed fire and direct fire, tank crews inflicted heavy damage on the enemy. Further advance of the enemy towards the defensive positions was stopped.
#1
Rains filling trenches with water. Mud and weather increasingly plays its part. I look for a major Russian push within next two weeks. Otherwise stall and delay and so on it goes. Fatigue of war setting in for the west.
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[REGNUM] Against the backdrop of filling European underground gas storage facilities by more than 90%, calls were again made to abandon not only Russian pipeline gas (the share of the Russian Federation in European imports of such gas fell from more than 40% to less than 10%, or less than 15 if combined with LNG), but also from LNG. The import of which, after the start of the NWO, was growing all the time. What is happening and what to prepare for?
Formally, unlike oil and coal, pipeline gas has not yet come under European sanctions. The rupture of relations, which were formed back in the 1960s and 1970s, occurred due to a complex of reasons and mutual actions, including the unilateral refusals of Gazprom's former main importers to continue to deal with it. However, LNG, apparently, in this sense "does not smell" or "smells less", being perceived as if impersonal.
Therefore, already in the past, in 2022, the export of Russian LNG to the EU against the backdrop of a collapse in exports through the pipeline increased by 33% compared to 2021, to 14.1 million tons (19.4 billion cubic meters). This year, the trend has intensified: in the first half of this year, the EU has already imported 22 million tons of Russian LNG, a year-on-year growth of 40%, paying about 5.3 billion euros to the hated Russian treasury.
By the way, it is worth noting that Russia receives payment for LNG in dollars or other convertible currency, and not in rubles, as was prescribed (with conversion through Gazprombank) for pipeline gas, which became a reason for many European importers to abandon such a scheme and , respectively, gas imports through the pipeline. So let's consider this as another reason for the growth of LNG exports to the EU from the Russian Federation. Against the backdrop of LNG exports from the United States, however, Russian volumes still look modest. Thus, the United States, which has long dreamed of ousting Russia from the gas market in Europe - and now, dreams come true - increased LNG exports to Europe last year by 2.5 times, coming out on top.
The LNG market is generally highly diversified, much more flexible, and this is its main “charm” for buyers. Although so far one has to pay a much higher price for it than for the relatively “cheaper” pipeline gas. But here, from the beginning of the NWO, politics, and not economics, unconditionally "steers".
As a result, total EU spending on LNG imports increased by 3.3 times last year, with imports coming from 27 countries, including Russia, a striking exception to the overall sanctions policy. In the EU, Spain (slightly less than 20% of total Russian LNG sales) and Belgium (17%) are the leaders in terms of Russian LNG imports, two countries that are not distinguished by soft approaches to relations with the Russian Federation at all. In Spain, by the way, this made it possible to sharply bring down electricity prices by the end of last year, from which consumers moaned. Other major importers of Russian LNG last year included France (up 44% in imports by 2021) and the Netherlands. Among the small importers were the UK (this year refused completely), as well as Portugal, Italy, Greece and even Lithuania.
Although now political pressure is growing in some countries in favor of unilaterally (without any sanctions) renunciation of Russian liquefied gas. And the government of the same Spain (it hardly retained power following the results of the June parliamentary elections) is trying to persuade importers not to enter into new LNG contracts with the Russians. The European Commission, without sanctions, gave the EU member states the right to unilaterally refuse Russian LNG supplies.
However, since the LNG market is much more flexible than the pipeline gas market, the positions of Russian LNG producers in this area look much more secure. And so far, export opportunities, unlike oil, coal and the same pipeline gas, are limited not so much by direct and/or indirect sanctions as by the production capacities of Russian companies.
The main export potential of LNG is provided by the Yamal LNG plant (17.4 million tons per year), a controlling stake in which belongs to the Russian company Novatek (50.1%). The remaining shares are distributed between the French Total Energies (20%), the Chinese CNPC (20%) and the Chinese state Silk Road Fund (9.9%).
Yamal is based on Western technologies. The second large-tonnage producer Sakhalin-2 (11 million tons, 51% of Gazprom's shares), the project was created on the basis of the technologies of the Anglo-Dutch Shell, which withdrew from the project by selling its stake to Novatek, but Japanese Mitsui and Mitsubishi remained in it (12.5% and 10% respectively). Now Novatek is building a second Arctic LNG-2 plant.
There are several other medium-tonnage projects in operation (by Gazprom and Novatek), but the volumes there are much smaller. There are currently no free LNG production capacities in Russia. Even last year, against the background of a sharp increase in prices and demand, it was possible to increase LNG production in Russia by only 8%, and this was mainly due to a reduction in the volume of repairs against the backdrop of a good start made earlier.
With small-tonnage LNG plants, the picture is better, their capacity is planned to be increased by 2.5 times already in 2025, but these will be relatively small volumes anyway (638 thousand tons). Now more than 60% of the production volume of small-tonnage LNG plants is exported, the rest goes to the domestic market. The growth of exports is hindered to a certain extent by the monopoly of Gazprom: it is allowed to sell only through it, Novatek has the right to independently export, as an exception, only LNG produced at its facilities (at Yamal).
On the other hand, small-tonnage LNG production is based on domestic technologies. However, as now and medium-tonnage. A significant increase in large-scale LNG production, also using domestic technologies, is planned from about 2030. For example, the new Murmansk LNG plant for the production of liquefied natural gas will operate exclusively on the Russian large-capacity Arctic Mix technology. Its planned capacity is up to 20 million tons of LNG per year.
In 2023–2026, three more Arctic LNG-2 lines will be launched with a total capacity of 19.8 million tons per year. The construction of the complex in Ust-Luga has begun, the planned volume is 13 million tons of LNG. As a result, instead of the current approximately 30 million tons of LNG, by 2030 production may increase to 80 million tons. The target government indicator, as always, is round - 100 million tons per year.
Even in the worst case, in the next couple of years, unless something else extraordinary happens, the EU will not completely abandon LNG imports from Russia, but will focus on the goal of completely stopping gas imports through the pipeline. Next - how will it go. However, in this case, by increasing the capacity for the production of liquefied gas, Russian producers will find a market in other parts of the world. First of all, the Northern Sea Route will be adjusted for its export.
In principle, the development of LNG technologies should have been taken care of earlier, including for the sake of gasifying the sparsely populated regions of Russia itself, without relying only on mega-projects for the construction of more and more new pipelines such as the same Nord Stream, where billions as a result literally ended up thrown into the pipe.
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[Regnum] Data on the deaths of 400 thousand
...that’s nearly half a million. Where did they put all the bodies?
military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine was accidentally disclosed in Kyiv. This was told by the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, Colonel Douglas McGregor in an interview with journalist Stephen Gardner .
“People are finally telling me, ‘You know, McGregor, you were right. 400,000 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died.” The Ukrainians themselves accidentally confirmed this, saying that they should pay tribute to the dead. They mentioned the same number - 400,000 troops," McGregor said.
The former adviser to the head of the Pentagon pointed out that the losses of the Ukrainian army exceeded the total losses of the United States during the Second World War. At the same time, the Americans fought with the Wehrmacht, by 1944–1945 already deprived of air superiority and significantly exhausted by the battles on the Eastern Front.
According to McGregor, with such losses, it is impossible to deceive anyone for too long, so the situation will soon change and the conflict will end.
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that the Ukrainian mobile operator Kyivstar accidentally disclosed real losses among the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). The operator launched a charity event with a request to send a message with the word "thank you" to the number of a fallen soldier.
The operator's promo said that 400,000 fighters would never answer the call. The video was later removed.
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Have to call bullshit. 400k casualties with many returning and getting hurt again, I can believe. 400K dead, not so much. Not even Ukraine is claiming that many dead on the Russian side and the Muscovites have been attacking mostly which means you get more casualties.
#3
that’s nearly half a million. Where did they put all the bodies?
According to the Russians they leave them to the Russians to bury or treat if wounded. This way USA Ukraine doesn't have to pay death benefits to tthe families.
#4
Let's see... interior volume 2400 m³, or 80-something thousand ft³, times 5 (i.e., the number of bags I've handled meself that would fit comfortably into 1 ft³)...
An empty tomb,
["Not the Moustache's!"]
A long line of trucks bearing ashes
["The fruit of cremation
our unified Nation!"]
Of 400,000 Uke fascists.
#5
Col. MacGregor completed his PhD in 1987, and likely has retired Soviet contacts feeding him those numbers. That's who he repeats the provably false Soviet claim of 39 million dead in WW II.
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^He's always carefull to say he's using official Russian sources.
The hypothesis that you all ignore is that Ukraine wasn't supposed to beat Russia. Russia was supposed to collapse due to sanctions. That's why EUros agreed to the sanctions - they were supposed to have to do without Russian products for weeks at the most.
Text taken from the website lostarmour.info via Boris Rozhin.
[ColonelCassad] General statistics
Prior to the start of the NWO, the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, according to the LostArmour map, controlled 16,787 km² of territory.
As of August 24, 2023, the control of the former Ukrainian territory within the borders of 2014 (after the annexation of Crimea, but before the declaration of independence of the LPR and DPR), within which polygons were drawn on the LostArmour map, is 81253 km². Exactly one year before, on August 24, 2022, control within the former 2014 borders was 99657 km² (mainly decreased due to two retreats in the Kherson and Kharkiv regions).
As of August 24, 2023, Russia controls 14.09% of the territory within the former borders of Ukraine in 2014 (after the return of Crimea and before the appearance of the LPR and DPR), and 17.78% within the former borders of Ukraine in 1991 (a year ago it was 17.28% and 20.98% respectively).
Statistics by regions and republics
Kherson region of Russia (within current borders) - 19048 km² out of 26881 km² (70.86%) km²), more than for other subjects under consideration. Probably, the water surface was also included in the reference area of the Kherson region.
Zaporozhye region of Russia — 20,191 km² out of 27,183 km² (74.28%)
Donetsk People's Republic of Russia — 15,449 km² out of 26,517 km² (57.51%)
Luhansk People's Republic of Russia — 26,208 km² out of 26,684 km² (98.22%)
Kha'rkov region of Ukraine under the control of Khar'kov VGA - 636 km² out of 31418 km² (2.02%)
Changes in control over the year
1. On September 30, 2022, referendums were held in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic, in which the overwhelming majority of the population voted in favor of joining the Russian Federation. During the referendum, parts of the Nikolaev region were temporarily attached to the Kherson region - the Kinburn Spit, which previously belonged to the Ochakovsky district, and parts of the abolished Snigirevsky district, they became part of the new subject of the Russian Federation.
The remaining three regions entered the borders of the former Ukrainian subject of the Zaporozhye region, as well as the declared territories of the independent DPR and LPR. However, both after the entry of new regions into Russia, and at the moment, parts of all four subjects are under temporary Ukrainian occupation.
2. In September-October 2022, due to military failures, the RF Armed Forces left a significant part of the controlled territories in the Kharkiv region, the entire territory of the DPR beyond the Seversky Donets and part of the territory of the LPR, which from July 3 to approximately September 19, 2022 was completely controlled by the LPR and Russia. Control over six cities was lost: Balakleya, Volchansk, Izyum and Kupyansk of the Kharkov region, Svyatogorsk and Krasny Liman of the DPR.
2.1. Subsequently, during the winter, spring and summer campaigns, part of the territory of the Kharkiv region, the DPR and the LPR lost as a result of the "Balakleya embarrassment" was returned to Russian control: a number of settlements on the left bank of the Oskol in the Kharkov region, the so-called "Tor ledge" in the DPR with attempts to consolidate in the village Torsky, a number of settlements in the west of the LPR. The RF Armed Forces continue to advance to the west.
3. At the end of August 2022, during a local offensive, the village of Komsomolskoye, Mykolaiv region, was taken under control, but after that, during the southern counteroffensive of the VFU, control was lost over part of the territories of the right-bank Kherson region (the Sukhoi Stavka area in August-September and most of the territory north of the Davydov line Brod - Dudchany in October).
As a result of the terrorist shelling of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station by the VFU, there was a threat of its destruction and cutting off the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from the main forces; Troops, civilians, the Kherson Zoo and part of the historical values of the city were evacuated. The predicted dam failure occurred on June 6, 2023.
3.1. Subsequently, both the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the armed formations of Ukraine had zones of fire and physical control both on the left and on the right banks of the Dnieper.
4. From May 2022 to May 2023, the Russian Armed Forces, NM DPR, NM LPR, PMC "Wagner" and other Russian armed forces advanced in the east of the DPR, during which the cities of Soledar and Artyomovsk, occupied in 2014, were returned, the latter is a large transport hub, key to the return of the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration. At the moment, the RF Armed Forces are on the defensive, repelling the Ukrainian offensive in this direction.
5. The advance of the RF Armed Forces continues in the area of the city of Marinka, the airport of Donetsk and Novobakhmutovka on the outskirts of Avdiivka. A number of settlements were liberated.
6. In October-January 2023, the NM of the DPR and the RF Armed Forces improved the situation in the area of the city of Ugledar DPR.
7. On the sector of fronts from the former Kakhovka Reservoir to Ugledar, for most of the year, the RF Armed Forces stood on the defensive and prepared to repel the announced Ukrainian counteroffensive, local offensives were carried out with little tactical advances. From June 2023 to the present, the VFU have been attempting an offensive in the areas of the village. Kamensky, the villages of Pyatikhatok, Rabotina, town.
Velikaya Novoselka. Despite knocking out Russian forces from about a dozen settlements, the armed formations of Ukraine have suffered disproportionate losses in manpower and equipment and have not yet achieved a single declared goal. Similar, even more fruitless, offensive attempts have been carried out since May 2023 in the Artyomovsk region of the DPR, as a result of which, at the moment, the AFU has not been able to dislodge Russian forces from any settlement.
During the year of hostilities, Russia, the LPR and the DPR managed to:
1. Liberate significant territories in the east of the DPR, including the city of Soledar and the large city of Artemovsk.
2. Take control of most of the territory of the city of Marinka and reach the borders of the city of Krasnogorovka in the DPR.
3. Advance in the vicinity of Avdiivka, making it easier in the future to encircle and liberate the city.
4. Dislodge the AFU from the vicinity of the city of Kreminnaya LPR, create a bridgehead on the right bank of the river. A stallion with prospects for further advancement in the direction of Borovaya, Kharkov region.
5. Prepare for a defensive operation during the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the summer of 2023.
6. With the cancellation of the "grain deal" to introduce a virtual naval blockade of Ukraine, preventing the supply of weapons by sea to its territory.
[Jpost] Russia's Defense Ministry said early on Saturday that its forces had destroyed an unmanned Ukrainian boat attempting to attack the bridge linking the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it had brought down three Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod region, while the regional governor said that one man had been killed in a Ukrainian rocket strike on a village close to the border.
Separately, the governors of the nearby frontier regions of Bryansk and Kursk said a string of border villages had come under fire from Ukraine, and a woman had been wounded in Kursk region.
Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian territory have picked up in recent weeks, with dozens of drones striking Russia at once on some days, reaching as far as the western city of Pskov, 400 miles (600 km) from Ukraine.
Russian-installed authorities in the Moscow-controlled part of Ukraine's Kherson region also said on Saturday that Kyiv struck the village of Maslivka in a drone strike, wounding a civilian.
Russia's Defense Ministry said early on Saturday that its forces had destroyed an unmanned Ukrainian boat being used in an attempt to attack the bridge linking the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland.
The ministry, in a post on Telegram, said the unmanned vessel had been "spotted and destroyed in time off the Black Sea coast" at about 11.15 p.m. (2015 GMT) on Friday.
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[Asia Times] Ukraine attack on Russian airfield may have been launched from nearby Estonia, threatening to widen the war as counteroffensive falters
In the Bradley Square area where Robotyne is situated, the Ukrainians tried to press their attack to the east toward the village of Verbove.
Unfortunately for the Ukrainians, they inadequately protected their flank around Robotyne, which exposed the attack toward Verbove to Russian artillery strikes. The Ukrainians lost the better part of an entire brigade (although which brigade it was is not clear).
Trying to occupy Robotyne turned out to be not such a good idea for Ukraine since most of the village has been flattened and also exposed to Russian artillery.
The move to the east by Ukraine is very important if it is to split Russia’s forces and move on toward Melitopol. This now is very much in question and may point to a significant failure in the latest part of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
The outcome still remains in doubt, but the optimistic Wall Street Journal report about the breach of the Russian defensive line now seems an exaggeration.
Meanwhile, Ukraine is keeping up its drone attacks on Russian territory. A Ukrainian drone has targeted the Russian city of Kurchatov, an industrial hub near the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
The city of Kurchatov is located in the Kursk Region, which shares a border with Ukraine. It was founded in the late 1960s and named after physicist Sergey Kurchatov, known as the father of the Soviet atomic bomb. The Kursk Nuclear Power Plant is located around 4 kilometers (2.4 miles) from Kurchatov.
Apparently only one drone got through and hit a residential building.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainians claim they used Australian "cardboard" drones in the attack on Pskov near the Estonian border. There is controversy on how the drones reached the air base there which is more than 800 km (500 miles) from Ukrainian territory.
Ukraine is now saying they were launched from inside Russia. However, the attack involved at least 10 drones, suggesting the launch point may have been from Estonia. The Russians have not formed a public conclusion about the drone’s flight path.
The waxed foamboard drone has minimal radar signature.
The Ukrainians claim this is the drone that hit Pskov. But the Sypaq drone (officially Sypaq Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System) has a range of only 75 miles, which means if this is the drone that was used in the Pskov attack it needed to be launched from relatively close range.
The Estonian border is 38.1 miles (61.3 km) from Pskov, within range of the cardboard drone. The drone does not appear to have a camera and is likely guided by GPS. The drone itself weighs 5.3 lbs (2.4 kg) empty and can allegedly carry up to 6.6 lbs (3 kg), more than the weight of the drone itself. It is battery-powered.
The Ukrainians have said the same drones were used against the Kursk airfield on August 27, two days before the Pskov attack. Kursk is close to the Ukrainian border.
To the right is a photo of a crashed Sypaq drone from June. The location isn’t reported.
Ukraine has posted this graphic on the drone’s characteristics:
Take note that the indication of redundant navigation systems means the drone is pre-programmed to hit a specific target and updates itself so long as it has GPS information. Typical jammers are located around high-value targets.
The above photo shows no camera pod. The Australian drone is produced from commercial off-the-shelf components, likely Chinese in origin.
Putin is walking on eggshells if his generals insist the attack came from Estonia, since that would make Estonia complicit in the attack. What Russia might do about Estonia is unknown.
Meanwhile, the Russians have slowed down their operations in the Kupyansk area and have stopped a number of Ukrainian counterattacks. It does not look now that the Kupyansk offensive is advancing, except on the periphery.
There are reports that Ukraine will attempt a major mobilization this month. This is likely to backfire on Zelensky as those who will be recruited include students, factory workers and overage men. Russia, so far, has not announced any further mobilization.
Ukraine has now used virtually all of its strategic reserve units and is now filling and patching with far less capable territorial units drawn from Lviv (the 125th territorial reserve) and the area bordering Moldova (106th brigade), which have been sent to the Kupyansk area — where Russia may start a major offensive.
This leaves the Ukrainian army without reserves and with very great losses in the field. Even with a mobilization planned for September, Ukraine will not be in a position to continue offensive operations, especially if the high losses continue.
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‼⚡⚡⚡The Ukrainian TGC "Military Analytics" writes:
The main clashes, as before, are taking place in the Rabotino area in the Zaporozhye-Tavrichesky direction.
Yesterday, with heavy fighting, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to take Rabotino, now the troops are moving towards Novoprokopovka, a village south of Rabotino.
According to our information from the front, now the main task for the Ukrainian army is to expand the bridgehead around Rabotino so that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not get into the fire bag when moving forward.
The Russians are 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 also constrained by the strong fortifications of the Russian army.
Russian troops have been pushed out of Rabotino, but the enemy is constantly firing artillery and airstrikes. Rabotino and Novoprokopovka - villages on the way to Tokmak. This major transport hub is considered the main tactical target of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction.
If it is taken, the Ukrainian army will be able to strike at the main supply road for Russian troops in southern Ukraine, which runs through Melitopol. From Rabotino to Tokmak about 25 kilometers. And from Novoprokopovka - 20. For comparison, from the beginning of the offensive in the Rabotino area.
However, between Rabotino and Tokmok there are powerful defensive lines of the Russians. Thus, whether or not Ukrainian troops will be able to reach Tokmok in the near future depends on the answer to the question whether or not the Russian Federation has reserves to ensure a defense here no less dense than it was in the Rabotino area.
In addition, a problem for the Armed Forces of Ukraine is the relatively narrow zone of advance in the Rabotino area. Without its expansion, a further offensive towards Tokmak will be under threat due to the possibility of the Russians to attack the communications of the Ukrainian troops from the flanks.
The difficulties with an offensive deep into the Russian defense lines are also evidenced by the example of the village of Pyatikhatki, located to the west of Rabotino. Ukraine announced its capture on June 18, but since then Ukrainian troops have hardly advanced there.
More from Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin. Text taken from the Telegram page of @Multi_XAM About enemy tactics
[ColonelCassad] Back to enemy tactics. What is typical for the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the line of contact - how the forces of the counterattack are echeloned.
Directly at the forward positions on the LBS and strong points (at a distance of up to 1-5 km, in the immediate rear), up to 15% of the personnel of the listed number of units are deployed. As a rule, these are not assault groups. These units ensure the withdrawal of attack aircraft to the front, conduct surveillance and aero-visual reconnaissance.
At a distance of 5-10 km from the LBS, at strong points and in shelters (mainly in forest belts), up to 35% of the manpower of the units is located. They form the basis for the formation of groups of consolidation, evacuation, tactical reserve of attack aircraft.
In the rear areas at a distance of up to 15 km from the front line, the remaining 50% of the personnel of the units are deployed. Use for placement of stationary objects and buildings with basements. It is on their basis that assault detachments are formed. Despite the use of an echeloned troop distribution system on the LBS, the enemy was unable to minimize losses among the personnel and equipment on the front end due to the concentrated fire of our artillery and minefields.
However, he ensured a stable influx of the reserve of the offensive grouping to the LBS, counting on a debilitating effect. This is typical for the entire front line. It is especially manifested in the areas of the most acute battles: the Zaporozhye and South-Donetsk sectors of the front, the Bakhmut (Artemovsk) direction. The only site where this system has not been implemented is Kupyansky.
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[Regnum] The chances of resuming the grain deal in the previous format following the upcoming talks between Russian and Turkish Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan are extremely small, since neither Turkey nor the UN can fulfill the demands set by Russia, a source in Turkish political circles told TASS .
“The chances of actually agreeing on the revival of the previous grain deal during the negotiations between Erdogan and Putin are very low. The topic will be discussed, of course, but agreements should not be expected. The positions of the parties - the UN, the USA, Russia - do not give them the opportunity to effectively and mutually beneficially resolve the issue. And Turkish mediation efforts will not help here, ” the agency quotes its interlocutor.
Russia demands the fulfillment of earlier promises made to it, but since the United States opposes this, neither the UN nor Turkey can fulfill this demand, the source added.
As IA Regnum reported earlier, UN Secretary General António Guterres said in August 2023 that he had sent a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov with "specific proposals" to renew the deal. The proposals that were handed over to Moscow on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in August 2023 contained only new promises, Lavrov noted in turn.
The new UN proposals include reconnecting Rosselkhozbank to SWIFT and unfreezing the assets of Russian fertilizer companies, Turkish state news agency Anadolu reported September 2. These promises were made earlier, but were not fulfilled, recalled the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry , Maria Zakharova .
Russia is considering the possibility of organizing the supply of Russian grain to Turkey for its further processing and shipment to the poorest states, this will be an alternative to the grain deal, the Foreign Ministry noted earlier. In addition, Russia intends to send grain to the poorest countries and directly, added Lavrov.
Putin and Erdogan will hold talks in Russia on September 4. At these negotiations, the grain deal can be discussed in two versions, one of them does not involve the use of Ukrainian food, director of the Institute for Socio-Economic Research of the Financial University under the government Oleksiy Zubets said earlier in an interview with a Regnum correspondent .
On July 17, Russia notified the UN, Turkey and Ukraine of the suspension of the grain deal. The promises given to Moscow were never fulfilled, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted. Ukraine and the West made money on the deal, Kyiv used the sea corridors to prepare terrorist attacks against Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry and Defense Ministry said. Moscow may return to the grain deal after the promises are fulfilled, Vladimir Putin noted.
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