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Wait til mosquito breeding season arrives. Tires collect water. Then it spills over, full of algae and such. Just what you want all over your expensive airplane.
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Tires collect water.
That might start to get pretty heavy. Interesting.
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This doesn't make sense. Tires don't hide the outline of a plane seen from the sky. If you want to camouflage a plane, throw a net over it.
Tires are not protection from a big blast. We have seen vids of FPV drones landing on a plane and blowing up. Don't see tires helping with that at all.
I question whether tires are involved. We have grainy aerial photos.
Maybe it is some kind of maintenance procedure. Or some cool pin striping. War may be hell but you can still be stylish.
[NYPOST] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced plans to replace his defense minister — a major administration shake-up coming just over a month after he vowed to crack down on wartime corruption.
Zelensky said during his nightly address to the nation Sunday that he was dismissing Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov and would appoint Ukraine’s State Property Fund chairman Rustem Umerov to the high-level position.
"I’ve decided to replace the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Oleksii Reznikov has been through more than 550 days of full-scale war," Zelensky said in the address.
"I believe the ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction with both the military and society as a whole."
He added that he expected the state parliament — which must approve the appointment — to move forward with Umerov in the near future.
The dismissal is the first major administration shake-up in Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.
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Why do I think this is just the tip of the iceberg?
"At one point this year, about $980 million in weapons contracts had missed their delivery dates, according to government figures, and some prepayments for weapons had vanished into oversees accounts of weapons dealers, according to reports made to Parliament. Though precise details have not emerged, the irregularities suggest that procurement officials in the ministry did not vet suppliers, or allowed weapons dealers to walk off with money without delivering the armaments."
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[LB] Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk and Kharkiv were also affected.
The Russians carried out 11 shellings (92 explosions) in the Chernihiv region during the day. The enemy shelled the Novgorod-Siverskyi and Koryukivskyi districts with mortars and grenade launchers. A house was damaged in the village of Gremyach of the Novgorod-Siversk community. It passed without victims, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
At night, the Russians launched a mortar shelling of the Sveska community of the Sumy region. Two explosions were recorded. Previously - without human losses and destruction of civil infrastructure. The data is being verified. Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 19 shelling of the border. 105 explosions in border areas and settlements were recorded. Znob-Novgorodsk, Esmansk, Seredino-Budsk, Khotynsk, Bilopolsk, Druzhbivsk, Krasnopilsk, Novoslobidsk communities came under fire. A mortar attack was carried out in Seredyna-Buda, as a result of which two civilians were injured, the premises of the cultural center and a car were damaged. The Russians also struck with artillery, as a result of which four civilians were injured, one person died. Two private homes and a car were damaged. In addition, the city was shelled by UAVs, as a result of which the premises of the former utility company were damaged. Krasnopil community:
In Dnipropetrovskthis morning, the occupiers searched the Nikopol district. We kissed in the Pokrovsk village community. Heavy artillery and "Grady" were used; in total - more than 30 shells. Five high-rise buildings and a civil infrastructure object were damaged, four cars were destroyed, and one was destroyed. Fortunately, people were not affected. Since yesterday morning, the enemy shelled the Nikopol district five times with heavy artillery. Fired more than four dozen shells. He also attacked the district with a drone. He targeted Nikopol, Marganetska and Mirivska communities. Four people were injured: 40-, 52-, and 63-year-old men and a 60-year-old woman. An infrastructure object, a shop, a utility company, 14 private houses, farm buildings and power lines, a tractor and four cars were damaged.
In Mykolayivska yesterday, during the day, the enemy struck the water area of Ochakivska community. There were no casualties.
In Luhansk, the invaders again became more active near Novoyehorivka, in the area of Bilogorivka and Myasozharivka, airstrikes were carried out. Makiivka, Nevske and Bilogorivka suffered from enemy artillery hits. During the day, the enemy fired 155 rounds (543 shells).
In Kharkiv yesterday, in the Slobozhansk direction, the enemy carried out an air strike in the area of Chugunivka. He carried out mortar and artillery attacks on the settlements of Kozacha Lopan, Ohirtseve, Vovchanski Khutory, Varvarivka, Potykhonov. On the Kupyansk direction, Kamyanka and Berestov came under enemy fire.
In Zaporizhzhia, 120 shellings fell on 25 settlements of the Vasylivskyi and Pologivskyi districts of the region. Damage or destruction of 21 objects of civil infrastructure was recorded. Fortunately, there were no casualties. Over the past day, Russian troops carried out 91 artillery barrages on the territory of Gulyaipol, Orikhov, Novodarivka, Levadny, Malaya Tokmachka, Shcherbaki, Malynyvka, Kamyany, Stepovoy and other villages in the line of fire. 14 airstrikes were directed at Orikhov and Robotyn, 11 attacks from rocket salvo systems fell on Orikhov, Gulyaipol, Chervony, Novodarivka, Novodanilivka, Levadny, and Lukyanivskyi. In addition, Novodarivka, Levadne, Novoivanivka and Plavni were attacked with anti-aircraft guns.
On the night of September 3, the Russian occupiers carried out several waves of attacks on the Odesa region with "Shahed-136/131" attack UAVs. The launches of 25 "Shahed-136/131" attack UAVs that attacked the southern regions were recorded. 22 of them were destroyed.
In Donetsk , the Russian occupying forces carried out 1,332 shellings along the contact line: 304 in the Donetsk direction, 459 in the Soledarsky direction, and 569 in the Lymansky direction. Eight settlements came under the fire of the occupiers: Chasiv Yar, Toretsk, Avdiivka, Vugledar, Kramatorsk, Krasnohorivka, Urozhane , Antecedent. Three residential buildings (two of them multi-apartment buildings), a company car, a civilian car, 20 graves in the city cemetery, and a road surface were damaged. In Donetsk region, two people died and two were injured in a day.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy launched 79 shellings (510 shells) in the region, including four shellings (14 shells) at Kherson. The rioters targeted the districts of 30 settlements of the region, a religious building in Kherson. A 69-year-old woman was injured as a result of night shelling in Kherson. She has a landmine blast injury, facial injuries and an acute stress reaction. Medics provided assistance to the victim on the spot. A 49-year-old man was also injured. He was hospitalized with a shrapnel wound to the chest and a mine-explosive injury. In the afternoon, the occupiers launched guided aerial bombs on Odradokamyanka, Beryslav district. The impact damaged a number of houses in the village. A 43-year-old man received non-life-threatening injuries. Another 42-year-old man was hospitalized in serious condition. Doctors are now fighting for his life. A 57-year-old man was also injured. He has multiple shrapnel wounds. In Bilozerka, a 68-year-old man was injured as a result of a direct hit of an enemy projectile into a house. Doctors provide him with the necessary assistance. As a result of Russian aggression in the Kherson region, one person died and six others were injured.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
22:21 Zelensky said that during a conversation with Macron, he discussed a very important agreement - on training Ukrainian pilots in France. The parties also discussed what France can do to protect Odessa and the region.
21:58 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had decided to replace Reznikov as Minister of Defense: "I decided to replace the Minister of Defense of Ukraine. Oleksiy Reznikov went through these more than 550 days of a full-scale war. I believe that the Ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction both with the military and with society as a whole. Now Rustem Umerov should head the Ministry. The Verkhovna Rada knows this person well, and Mr. Umerov does not need additional introductions. I expect parliament to support this candidacy."
21:25 In the Russian Kurchatov, Kursk region, an explosion thundered, a fire started. Local authorities said the drone attack caused a "non-residential building" to catch fire. The Babel publication reports, citing a source in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, that the drone hit the FSB building.
19:23 The Russians fired at residential buildings in Belozerka, Kherson region - one person was killed, three were injured, including a nine-year-old child, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. The enemy also hit the Korabel microdistrict in Kherson, one person was wounded.
18:40 Ukraine has already introduced 287 NATO standards out of more than 1,200, and by the end of 2023, about 200 more standards have been adopted and planned to be introduced, Reznikov said in an interview with Ukrinform. According to him, there are three defining criteria for Ukraine's accession to NATO, and the number of introduced standards is not among them. In particular, this is the presence of civil-democratic control over the Armed Forces of Ukraine, transparent procedures for supporting the armed forces, as well as joint planning of operations. According to the minister, the first criterion has been met, while the second one is being seriously worked on.
Reznikov also said that Ukraine has received about $100 billion in military aid since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, including almost $60 billion from the United States.
18:17 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has approved a new list of diseases , according to which fitness for military service is assessed, and has streamlined the service of those who are limitedly fit.
16:53 Zelensky said that he had a telephone conversation with Macron, discussed the situation on the battlefield, the urgent needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, security in the Black Sea and the work of the grain corridor. We also agreed that the teams of Ukraine and France will work on a bilateral document on security guarantees. In addition, we discussed preparations for the Global Peace Summit and France's participation in the Ukrainian Defense Industries Forum.
16:35 The Russians fired on the village. Northern city of Toretsk and with. Tikhonovka, Kramatorsk district, Donetsk region: one person died, five were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
14:58 The head of Orban's office, Gergely Gulyash, said that the West should provide security guarantees to Russia and refuse Ukraine's membership in NATO. In his opinion, the deployment of peacekeepers can ensure lasting peace in Ukraine in the long term, and effective negotiations between Russia and Ukraine can only take place with the participation of the United States.
Also, the head of the office of the Hungarian prime minister believes that Russia does not pose a threat to Central Europe, since the Russian army "has not achieved quick and amazing results" in the war in Ukraine over the past year and a half. In addition, he is convinced that Ukraine will no longer be able to return the territories seized by Russia.
12:03 1,662 people still remain in front-line Avdiivka, Donetsk region, head of the military administration Vitaliy Barabash said. According to him, the evacuation is very difficult, because people do not want to leave, despite the constant shelling and the fact that there will be no heating in winter.
11:16 Russians on September 2 fired from the territory of the Russian Federation of the city of Seredina-Buda of the Shostka district of the Sumy region at a time when law enforcement officers recorded the consequences of previous shelling. One policeman was killed and two others were injured. One civilian was also injured, the Prosecutor General's Office said.
10:29 British intelligence believes that Russia is recruiting migrants from Central Asia for the war in Ukraine to avoid mobilization on the eve of the 2024 presidential election. According to intelligence, the Russian Federation has been recruiting migrants to participate in hostilities in Ukraine since at least May 2023, promising them quick citizenship and salaries of up to $4,160. In particular, such announcements were seen in Armenia and Kazakhstan.
08:47 Medvedev claims that since January 1, about 280,000 people have been accepted into the RF Armed Forces.
08:44 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Vugledar), two more were injured. In the Kherson region, one person died and six were injured, according to the IVA.
08:26 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of September 3:
personnel - about 264,660 (+600) people,
tanks - 4476 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 8649 (+12),
artillery systems - 5582 (+22),
MLRS - 739 (+3),
air defense systems - 502 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4444 (+11),
cruise missiles - 1447 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 8102 (+59),
special equipment - 841 (+6).
08:07 Over the past day, 30 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary. In particular, the Russian army unsuccessfully tried to advance in the areas of Novogorovka, Luhansk region, east of Severny, south of Krasnogorovka and Novomikhailovka, Donetsk region.
07:15 The enemy attacked the civilian infrastructure of the Danube region in the Odessa region at night, the South Defense Forces reported. The massive drone attack lasted over three and a half hours. There is a hit in the port infrastructure, a fire broke out. Two casualties are known to have been reported.
07:12 At night, the Russians attacked the southern regions of the Odessa region with 25 Shahed-136/131 attack drones, the Air Force command reported. Of these, 22 UAVs were destroyed. Launches were made in several waves from the south and south-east direction (Cape Chauda, Crimea and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia).
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 (3 September 2023)
Last night the Russian Aerospace Forces have launched a group strike by unmanned aerial vehicles against fuel storage facilities used to supply AFU military hardware in the port of Reni (Odessa region).
The goal of the attack has been reached. All the assigned targets have been neutralised.
In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have repelled four attacks by assault groups of the 4th National Guard Brigade, the 5th Assault Brigade, the 77th Airmobile Brigade, and the 30th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU close to Kleshcheevka, Artyomovsk, Dubovo-Vasilyevka, and Zaliznyanskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), as well as two attacks by 110th mechanised and 79th Airborne Assault Brigades of the AFU close to Veseloye and Staromikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, as well as 152mm Msta-B and 152mm D-20 howitzers.
In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian grouping of troops, supported by aviation and artillery, have repelled three attacks by assault detachments of 47th Mechanised and 82nd Airborne Assault Brigades of the AFU close to Rabotino and Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
In addition, Ground-Attack and Army aviation, and heavy flamethrower systems hit manpower and hardware concentration areas of the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the AFU west of Verbovoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were over 130 Ukrainian soldiers, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, three M777 artillery systems, and three U.S.-manufactured M119 howitzers, as well as three 122mm D-30 guns.
In addition, three field ammunition depots of AFU units have been destroyed near Novosyolovka, Chervonaya Krinitsa, and Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).
In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces, aviation and artillery have repelled three counterattacks by 32nd and 43rd Mechanised Brigades of the AFU near Sergeevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
Enemy manpower and hardware concentration areas have been hit close to Sverdlovka and Sergeevka (Lugansk People's Republic), Dvurechnaya, Berestovoye, and Budarki (Kharkov region).
The enemy losses were up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, one Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, and one U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system.
In Krasny Liman direction, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have repelled two attacks by assault groups of the 5th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard and the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the AFU close to Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic) and Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic).
In addition, AFU 21st, 63rd and 67th Mechanised Brigades have been hit close to Yampolovka and Torskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), Kuzmino and Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
The enemy losses were up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, two pickup trucks, as well as one control point for unmanned aerial vehicles close to Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).
In South Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok Group of Forces, in cooperation with Army Aviation and artillery, have destroyed clusters of manpower and military hardware of 38th and 36th Brigades of the AFU Marines near Shevchenko (Donetsk People's Republic), and Levadnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses were up to 125 Ukrainian personnel, one armoured fighting vehicle, and two motor vehicles.
In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 60 Ukrainian servicemen, one tank, and five motor vehicles.
In addition, two ammunition depots and a control point for unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed in close to Vysshetarasovka (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Dneprovskoye (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 119 areas.
Fighter Aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down one MiG-29 fighter aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Bekarovka (Zaporozhye region).
Air defence facilities have shot down five HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system projectiles, as well as one U.S.-manufactured JDAM guided aerial bomb.
In addition, 34 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed and suppressed by electronic warfare means close to Berestovoye, Novobakhmutovka, Paraskovievka, Novomikhailovka, Gol'movsky (Donetsk People's Republic), Peremozhnoye, Chubaryovka, Novoye, Ocheretovatoye (Zaporozhye region), Vladimirovka, Zolotaryovka, Belogorovka, Shipilovka, Nikolayevka (Lugansk People's Republic).
In total, 467 airplanes, 247 helicopters, 6,352 unmanned aerial vehicles, 435 air defence missile systems, 11,634 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,147 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,197 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,660 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 09/03/2023 to 00:00 09/04/2023
Over the past day Representationreportedabout 75 facts of firing by the VFU.
Over the past day, information was received about the death of a civilian - a man in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.
Wounds of varying severity were received by five civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka.
Eight housing constructions were damaged in Kuibyshevsky, Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Chervonogvardeysky district of Makeevka.
A civilian infrastructure facility in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk was damaged.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Aleksandrovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 47 attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 24 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Yasinovatsky four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 239 units of various ammunition.
In the previous 24 hours, 86 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
21:06 Personnel destruction of a Ukrainian tank near Rabotino, Zaporozhye region
19:47 Ukrainian militants fired six rockets from the MLRS in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - the representative office of the JCCC DPR.
18:50 The situation on the Zaporizhia front is reported by the Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring. Direction of the main attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Orekhovsky area.
Today, the enemy has been preparing artillery for several hours and is again throwing infantry into attack on our positions at the Rabotino-Verbovoye line, trying to get to the trenches.
The outskirts of Rabotino are still under our control, the enemy cannot advance while under constant fire. The enemy is trying to bypass the settlement to the south, here the battles for the forest belt and forest plantation continue.
Verbovoye is under our complete control, the battles are going on in the fields outside the village, sometimes the attack aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine come to the outskirts, where they are destroyed in fleeting battles. During the battles between Rabotino and Verbovoye, the attacks were repelled by Russian troops.
The Russian army continues a series of counterattacks southwest and south of Rabotino and near Verbove, according to Ukrainian military analysts.
18:25 According to the operational lines of the JCCC DPR for September 3, as of September 3, additional information was received about the damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district):
- st. Solidarity, 6 - apartment building;
- st. Avdeevskaya, 14 - apartment building;
- st. Teplogorskaya, 31 - apartment building;
- st. Davydenko, 190/2 - damaged power line.
17:49 The Russian Armed Forces are smashing the Azov militants in the Krasnolimansky direction:
In the area of Serebryansky forest, the assault groups of the Azov brigade made 2 attempts to attack our positions. The enemy was stopped by artillery fire. Two attempts to transfer reinforcements of the 67th Brigade and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard were opened and stopped. The enemy was destroyed by artillery fire. Two attempts to rotate at the forefront of the Azov Brigade and the 5th Brigade of the National Guard were thwarted. Mortars were fired at the enemy.
In the area of N. p. Torskoye MLRS crews dealt a blow to the accumulation of equipment and militants of 21 Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
17:16 Tokmok under fire from the AFU militants. Explosions are heard in the city of Tokmak, Zaporozhye region. According to preliminary data, the Nazis are hitting the city with MLRS.
15:53 Military Chronicle reports a powerful air strike on the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, explosions were heard east of Petropavlovka, where the rear positions and ammunition depots of the 14th, 41st and 88th Mechanized Brigades are located.
Judging by the fact that the air raid was not announced in this area, FAB-500 gliding bombs with planning and correction modules could have been used against targets. Aircraft of tactical aviation drop them from a range of 40-50 kilometers, and their visibility is much lower than that of large-caliber rockets or cruise missiles. Such ammunition is actively used by Russian aviation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye.
14:49 Sumy region situation on 03.09. The work of our Aerospace Forces and missilemen has intensified over the past few days in this operational direction, writes Front Bird. At night there was an arrival at the enemy building from the BC. Fire detected.
14:38 Fighting on the Kherson front: reconnaissance hunts enemy artillery -video.
14:10 Two civilians were injured during the artillery attack of Makiivka by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reports on the Telegram channel.
“Information was received about casualties among civilians in the cities of the Republic: the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district): - along Solidarity Street, 4 - men born in 1952, 1953 were wounded,” the representative office of the JCCC DPR reports.
13:45 Reflected attacks of enemy special forces and downed aircraft of Ukrainian militants: the main thing from the briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry
In the Donetsk direction, four attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the areas of Kleshcheevka, Artemovsk, Dubovo-Vasilevka and Zaliznyansky, as well as two attacks in the areas of the settlements of Vesele and Staromikhailovka. During the fighting in this direction, up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
In the Zaporozhye direction, the RF Armed Forces repelled three attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbove. The losses of the enemy amounted to over 130 Ukrainian servicemen. In addition, three field depots of ammunition for units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Zaporozhye region;
In the Kupyansk direction, three counterattacks by brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Sergeevka were repelled. In the Khar'kov region, enemy manpower and equipment were defeated. During the day, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the RF Armed Forces repelled two attacks by assault groups of the National Guard of Ukraine and a special forces brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Destroyed up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen;
Over 125 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in the South-Donetsk direction;
In the Kherson direction, enemy losses amounted to 60 Ukrainian servicemen;
Manpower and military equipment of the enemy were defeated in 119 districts;
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Bekarovka;
Air defense systems intercepted five HIMARS projectiles, as well as a JDAM guided aerial bomb. In addition, 34 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed and suppressed by electronic warfare.
12:50 The situation in the Khar'kov direction from the front bird:
“Our aerial reconnaissance and mortar crews have been actively working since the morning. The sniper teams tracked down the enemy at night near their oporniks. Some made 200s. Artillery is not so active from both sides in the morning. Somewhere behind us we can hear the work of aviation and the blows from the cabriolet.
11:47 The Russian Ministry of Defense published personnel destruction of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction.
11:17 The situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
The enemy is shifting the direction of offensive efforts to the east, to the junction between Novomayorsky and Yegorovka. This is evidenced by the increased activity of his artillery both on the Novodonetskoye-Novomayorskoye line, and attempts to accumulate in forest belts south of the Kashlagach River in the Prechistovka-Pavlovka section.
Perhaps, in addition to attacking Novomayorskoye, he will try to cut the road between Yegorovka and Pavlovka (the situation to the west of which has been steadily deteriorating since the spring of this year). At the same time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring freshly trained mobilized to the Velika Novoselka area, which can also be used in the Priyutnoye-Staromlynovka-Kermenchik section. In this direction, there is also an increase in the activity of reconnaissance UAVs of the enemy.
10:55 From the Kupyan direction, the militants of the “Right Sector” (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) 67 Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being taken to the Dnipropetrovsk region for restoration.
Instead of the nationalists who lost their combat capability, units of the 14th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transferred to the Petropavlovka area, the losses of which are now being compensated by mobilized residents of the Khar'kov region. In connection with the decrease in the level of the MPS among the counter-offensives, detachments appeared in the Kupyansk area, which included Polish mercenaries.
10:26 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction from Archangel Spetsnaz:
n.p. Rabotino - southern part
It is a gray area, the units have retreated to landings and are holding positions. At night, the Bradley was destroyed along with the infantry. Already the tower flew off!
Everything is sad with the 47th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were blown up on all minefields, there are a lot of KIAs, intercepts and some refuse to advance already.
Offensive actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the district of the settlement. Verboboye ends in failure. As the fighters from the field write, “The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to roll in waves - they receive return fire - they roll back - they regroup - and all over again"
10:44 News from the South-Donetsk direction, Mar'yinka district from SVO Reports and Analytics
Yesterday, our army carried out a number of attacks in the area of the settlement. Novomikhailovka. It is reported that our army took several enemy oporniks.
10:07 During the day from the artillery attack of the Nazis in the DPR, one woman died and 9 civilians were injured.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine actively used cluster munitions supplied by the United States. In total, according to the DPR JCCC, 273 ammunition was fired on the territory of the DPR.
10:02 Front-line summary for the morning of 09/03/2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, are trying to break through even east of Novoprokopovka towards Pshenichny. The advance is hindered by forest plantations controlled by the RF Armed Forces. APU in open areas.
Under shelling, Ukrainian positions in Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledar and Donetsk directions), Shcherbaki, Krasnaya Krinitsa, Gulyaipolsky and Malinovka. Russian - in Kopany, Novoprokopovka, Verbovoe and Novopokrovka. Rocket attack on Tokmak.
On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces, after artillery preparation, conducted assault operations on the outskirts of the city of Krasnogorovka. Under the blows of a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Konstantinovka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Bakhmut), Elizavetovka, Pobeda, Kurakhove, Pervomaisky, Salitsinovka, Memrik, Severny (a settlement west of Avdievka), Avdievka, Novokalinovo and N'yu York. Russian - in Donetsk and Gorlovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, a counterattack by the RF Armed Forces near Kurdyumovka. Russian troops hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belaya Gora, Stupochki, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Min'kovka, Fedorovka, Vesely (a settlement northeast of Soledar), Vyemka, Spornoye and Seversk. The Ukrainian army shelled Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Klescheevka and Bakhmut.
In the Lugansk direction, the RF Armed Forces carried out offensive operations from Novoselovsky. The Russian Aerospace Forces worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka and Novoegorovka. Artillery - in Yampolevka, Nevsky, Makeevka, Novosergeevka, Kotlyarovka and Kupyansk. The intensification of artillery attack of the first three listed settlements indicates a possible preparation for offensive operations of the RF Armed Forces in this area.
09:19 Russian military applied Su-34 fighter-bomber and Lancet rounds during attacks on enemy positions in the Kupyansk direction.
Two self-propelled artillery Krabs were destroyed, and the crew of the Su-34 delivered two strikes on the accumulation of manpower and firepower of units of the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of the press center of the Zapad group, Sergei Zybinsky.
09:06 Blue Z Beard reports that in the Kupyansk direction, the RF Armed Forces have taken control of the Kupyansk-Svatovo road in the direction of Berestovo.
Units of the 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade, reinforced by units of the 1431st Motor Rifle Regiment, broke through the defenses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and established control over the highway in the area north of Stel'mahovka.
08:55 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. Goloaya Pristan 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Tavriysk 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Solontsy 14 rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagery, Krynki, Podstepnoe, Kardashinka, firing a total of 38 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
08:41 The gunner of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS with the call sign Geodesist spoke about combat work in the NVO zone -video.
08:17 Summary on the morning of September 3, 2023:
At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the enemy's port infrastructure in Reni and Izmail on the border with Romania. Explosions also sounded in the Nikolaev area.
On the Zaporizhia Front, the enemy concentrated his main efforts on the Rabotino-Verbove line. By evening, the main line of defense of the Russian Armed Forces passed south of Rabotino, the outskirts of the village were under our control.
Recently, our reserves, transferred from another sector of the front, approached the settlement. At Verbovoy, the enemy attacks along the road from the northwest. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting heavy artillery fire on our positions, launching rocket attacks on rear areas, using Mi-24s and Mi-8s at ultra-low altitudes.
In the Vremevsky direction, the enemy undertook attacking actions on the Priyutnoye-Urozhaynoye line.
South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked yesterday in the direction of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka, one enemy armored vehicle was destroyed, another one was disabled. The enemy attacked Kleshcheevka with infantry supported by tanks, but did not achieve success. Artillery duels are going on, our aviation is being used.
There are positional battles in the Kherson direction, the parties are operating on the islands. Fire is being fired on the enemy coast, our aircraft is being used.
In the Bryansk region, settlements were shelled. Klimovo, Kurkovichi, Belaya Birch. In the Belgorod region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit from the MLRS on the settlement. Urazovo Valuysky urban district, a civilian died.
Fired at N. p. Long. A UAV was shot down in the Graivoronsky district. In the Kursk region, the Korenevsky and Glushkovsky districts were shelled, a civilian was injured. In the DPR, the enemy fired 273 units of ammunition, a civilian was killed, and nine more citizens were injured.
08:05 Servicemen of the Dnipro group of troopsstartledin the Kherson direction, a UAV control point, as well as a place for storing weapons and armored fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced by the head of the group's press center Roman Kodryan.
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[Regnum] Russia may become the only place where citizens of Ukraine who do not want to fight will receive asylum if Western countries agree to help Kyiv in the deportation of citizens for subsequent mobilization. This opinion was expressed by the opposition Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk in his column on the Internet platform "Looking".
Taking them in trade for those Russians who don’t want to fight, and have therefore left the country?
He drew attention to the words of the head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, David Arakhamia , who said that in almost any country in the world, except for Russia, Ukrainian law enforcement officers can make requests for the extradition of people and deliver them to Ukraine.
Medvedchuk asked what should the citizens of Ukraine do who do not want to fight, do not want to be cannon fodder in the game for other people's interests?
He stressed that Ukrainians need to come to Russia, where they will definitely not be extradited, they will not be forced to fight for the President of Ukraine.
“Russia today is a salvation for Ukrainians, because the West has long betrayed them and will betray them more than once. And Russia accepts millions of citizens of Ukraine, provides an opportunity to settle down, start a decent life, make a career and business,” Medvedchuk noted.
In his opinion, Western countries may well support Ukrainian requests for deportation, since the war is beneficial to the authorities of these countries, they enrich themselves on it and cannot stop, while they are not interested in the fate of Ukrainian refugees.
The Ukrainian politician noted that the Ukrainian authorities continue to push the citizens of their country to Russia along with the territories, and they are doing it well.
As reported by IA Regnum , earlier the head of the Ukrainian parliamentary faction "Servant of the People" David Arakhamia said that Ukrainian law enforcement agencies can make a request to other countries for the extradition of draft dodgers who left the territory of Ukraine on forged documents. As Arakhamia explained, at the moment there is no way to get to those people who went abroad with fake documents, hiding from mobilization. However, the Ukrainian authorities may request the extradition of evaders to other countries.
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Even before this war jumped off, a goodly portion of young, productive Ukrainians had already left the country to seek opportunity and fortune elsewhere. Corruption is nice if you are one of the connected, but it diminishes opportunities for everyone else.
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[Regnum] President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, during a video message published on his Telegram channel, announced the resignation of Oleksiy Reznikov from the post of head of the country's Ministry of Defense.
“Alexey Reznikov went through more than 550 days of a full-scale war. I believe that the ministry needs new approaches and other formats of interaction both with the military and with society as a whole,” Zelensky said, adding that the head of the State Property Fund Rustem Umerov will take the vacant position.
According to him, the Verkhovna Rada noted that Rustem Umerov is able to cope with new duties, and also does not need additional introductions. At the end of August, Verkhovna Rada deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak already announced Umerov's candidacy.
As IA Regnum reported , it was previously reported that Oleksiy Reznikov, after leaving the post of head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, could become the country's ambassador to the UK. According to Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleksiy Goncharenko , the office of the President of Ukraine has long considered the possibility of Reznikov's resignation.
Related: The NY Post has the same story, but they spell the outgoing man’s name as Oleksii Reznikov, describing the situation as:
...a major administration shake-up coming just over a month after he vowed to crack down on wartime corruption.
Text written by Andrey Mikhailovich Sukhov.
[ColonelCassad] Attacks by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on targets in Russia have become commonplace. There is no effective countermeasure system; with the huge length of the border, it is very difficult to detect UAV routes. Existing detection stations are not able to cover all directions. In addition, there is constant reconnaissance to determine the locations of the detection stations. UAV flights at low altitudes also make them difficult to detect and limit the range of detection systems.
Long-range and full detection of UAVs is possible using AWACS systems, but their number is limited, plus they are extremely expensive to manufacture and maintain. But their principle of detection from a height down gives an excellent hint on how to make a fairly fast efficient and inexpensive system.
To do this, it is enough to raise the detection module on a balloon to a height of several hundred meters. At such a height, in the line-of-sight zone there will be a section along the front of about 100 kilometers. To detect FPV drones, it is enough to raise the detection module by tens of meters to provide a range of about ten kilometers.
The question arises - how quickly to implement such a project? The way out is to implement a block technology detection module. Moreover, many blocks are already ready and it is only necessary to clarify the requirements for them within the framework of a single technical task. It is possible to propose the following block structure of the module
1. Lidar, capable of detecting UAVs and giving out the parameters of their trajectory (Two types of lidars - long-range and short-range)
2. Balloon, to which the detection module is attached and which holds it at a height, allowing you to quickly raise and lower system, as well as change the place of deployment
3. Power supply system, preferably duplicated. At the same time, power can be supplied from the ground through wires, as well as provided by batteries.
4. Cable system that allows you to hold the balloon and control the height of its rise. The third and fourth points will show the success of spending money on nanoprojects.
5. Communication and control system, preferably made with duplication of functions based on wired (fiber optic) and wireless technologies
The question now is to find the best solutions for each unit and integrate them into a single whole. In Russia, there is a special institute for this, the Advanced Research Foundation (FPI). this fund could urgently announce tenders for the submission of decisions on all blocks. Moreover, it is necessary to organize and conduct a competition in the shortest time period.
The following schedule seems reasonable
1. Making a decision on the competition, selection of experts - duration 1 week.
2.Development of the regulation on the competition and technical requirements for blocks - 2 weeks.
3.Announcement of the competition and submission of applications - duration 4 weeks.
4.Expertise and summing up - 2 weeks.
5.Meeting the winners of the competition and development of an integrated project - up to 4 weeks
Under military conditions action decisions must be made very quickly, time does not wait.
(c) Andrey Mikhailovich Sukhov, Leading Researcher, Applied Mathematics and Supercomputing Research Laboratory, Sevastopol State University, Doctor of Technical Sciences
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[DonRF] Red - strikes that the APU is inflicting now and their nearest targets.
Blue - planned strikes. Having bent the front line in the Rabotino-Verbove area, they are trying to reach the main defense line south of Novoprokopovka and directly, after its breakthrough, to Tokmak.
September is their last chance, so the ramming pressure will be as strong as possible. Separate TG channels write about the transfer of our reserves, and significant ones, the enemy has already transferred everything, including two reserve brigades for the next campaign. There remain troops on other fronts and raw units.
And there is a gap - a month, or even six weeks, the edge. Subject to the complete exhaustion of troops. It's VERY hard out there. Very. At the same time, it is not only hard for us. In the rear of the enemy they are working with everything possible, aviation is actively involved, fully working as KABs. Reserves fit.
Now a kind of moment of truth is going on, and either they will push through the LBS, and create a clean breakthrough all the way to Tokmok, or else ... or they will drown. The second is much more likely, but the first should not be ruled out. Hats are such a thing...
The enemy was fully invested in this blow. To the bottom. To the extent that it is preparing to mobilize students and requires Germany to supply 160,000 fugitive Ukrainians. Until the landings of doctors and military commissars. Before the arrest of Kolomoisky.
Either they go to Tokmak, and then in the spring the second round, or they die in the Steppe, and then in the spring the active defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Because how to collect SUCH a second time will not work. NATO arsenals began to show the bottom. Cassettes, and depleted uranium, and just do everything. During the 90 days of the offensive, they fired at least half a million shells and MLRS rockets. This is six months of production, provided that NATO remains on a starvation diet. And all this time they will not shoot. The problem is that they will. And the West does not agree to strain excessively without results.
The weather until October favors them, although forecasts are inaccurate, and sometimes they are wrong. And they don't have much of a choice.
Neither military nor political. So September in this area will be hot. At what not in sense of weather. Globally, it is unlikely that they were exhausted to run to the sea, but Tokmok is their chance to justify themselves for a mediocre meat campaign and lay the foundation for a new one. It's for us to deplete the best NATO proxy connections. And get another window of activity in winter-spring. In the end, Nelson was the first to raise the flag, and Russia expects that every man will do his duty is relevant even now
[TopWar] Legionnaires' disease is spreading most actively among militants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including Polish mercenaries. It became known about an outbreak of a dangerous disease in the 14th separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, taking part in the battles in the Kupyansk direction. The brigade command tried to hide the fact of the epidemic until the last moment, but now this is no longer possible.
On the night of September 3, two entire rifle battalions of the 14th mechanized brigade were taken from the outskirts of Kupyansk to Kharkov and placed in the infectious diseases departments of city hospitals. Two rifle battalions - about a thousand soldiers.
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