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2024-08-30 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 29, 2024
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title.
[Korrespondent] 22:04 EU countries have not yet found a solution to unblock 6 billion euros for military supplies to Ukraine through the European Peace Fund, Borrell said. According to him, the EU has also not reached a decision on lifting restrictions on Western weapons strikes against Russia: each of the 27 EU countries will make these decisions independently.
21:56 As a result of today's artillery shelling of Konstantinovka in Donetsk region, at least one person was killed and six were wounded, reported the head of the OVA Vadim Filashkin.
21:33 The investigation is considering "friendly fire" from Ukrainian air defense as one of the possible causes of the crash of the F-16 fighter, Voice of America reports, citing sources in the Ukrainian Air Force. In addition, technical malfunction and pilot error are among the possible causes of the crash.
20:47 Kuleba stated following the meeting of the heads of the EU foreign ministries that the EU will speed up the provision of weapons and energy equipment to Ukraine.
19:52 The General Staff confirmed the loss of an F-16 during the Russian attack on August 26. During the air battle, the F-16s' onboard weapons shot down four enemy cruise missiles. When approaching the next target, contact was lost with one of the aircraft. As it turned out later, the plane crashed and the pilot died. A special commission of the Ministry of Defense was created to determine the causes of the accident.
19:06 The Wall Street Journal writes that one of the F-16 fighters crashed in Ukraine. According to the publication, the incident occurred on Monday, August 26, during a massive Russian attack. However, the plane was not shot down - the newspaper writes that it was probably a pilot error. Meanwhile, the West Air Command reported that pilot Alexey Mes, who had previously destroyed three missiles and a drone during a large-scale attack, died on August 26. By order of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Mes was posthumously awarded the military rank of colonel.
17:50 Syrsky reported that he had worked for several days in a row in the brigades that were defending the Pokrovsk direction, where the most difficult situation had currently developed. According to him, the most intense fighting was taking place on the eastern outskirts of Grodovka, further along the line of Kamenny and Krasny Yar, directly in Novogrodovka, below, in the area of the eastern outskirts of Mikhailovka, which is located in front of Selidovo.
"The fighting is extremely tough. The enemy is throwing everything that can move and attack into battle, trying to break through the defense of our troops. In such conditions, our main task is to strengthen the defense of our troops in the most difficult sections of the front, to provide the brigades with a sufficient amount of ammunition and other material and technical resources," the commander-in-chief added.
17:43 Russians shelled the center of the city of Konstantinovka in Donetsk Oblast, wounding four people, the prosecutor's office reported. Two more people were injured as a result of enemy shelling in the city of Ukrainsk.
17:39 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said at a meeting with his European colleagues in Brussels that many EU countries are not fulfilling their obligations to provide Ukraine with promised weapons in a timely manner, and this is complicating the situation at the front. "That is why I ask whether we are part of the problem, whether we take this seriously, whether we are really taking measures to stop these terrible things?" he stressed.
In turn, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Dmytro Kuleba, also stated that Kyiv has still not received some of the promised Patriot systems. "Therefore, I will call on all partners who have taken on obligations to finally deliver them," the minister noted.
17:27 Zelensky reported that he held two important meetings with the military command: "The first was on the front. In detail on each direction. The greatest attention was paid to Pokrovsk and Toretsk. Provision of our brigades and specific defensive actions. We separately discussed the operation in the Kursk region. The tasks of the operation are being implemented."
The details of the second meeting, according to the president, are confidential: "The only thing worth noting is gratitude to all our developers and manufacturers of long-range weapons. We are increasing the Ukrainian long-range force."
16:36 Ground Forces Commander Alexander Pavlyuk secretly met with commanders of 35 NATO countries, Bild reports, citing sources. The closed meeting took place on August 27-29 in Dresden. Among other things, the topic of countering drones was discussed.
16:20 Italy still does not allow Ukraine to use its weapons to strike Russian territory, said Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani: "Italy has not changed its position on weapons for Ukraine: we prohibit Kiev from using weapons received from the Italian side to strike Russian territory. Each country decides for itself. We are not in a state of war with Russia, NATO is not in a state of war with Russia, so Italy allows the use of our weapons on Ukrainian territory. Other countries decide as they see fit."
16:11 The number of casualties as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region has risen to 21, including ten police officers, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. The enemy struck the city center with a FAB-500 with a UMPK module. 43 multi-story and private houses, cars were damaged.
15:49 Russian troops continue their offensive in Donbass. In just a few days, the occupiers managed to take Novogrodovka, an important stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces 10 km southeast of Pokrovsk, and can now advance further on the regional center itself. In Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, mass evacuation of the population has been underway for several days. For more details, see the article Russian Troops Take Back Donbass .
14:57 A fire at the Atlas oil depot in the Rostov region has already engulfed at least three oil tanks, Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images. Local Telegram channels are reporting that one of the tanks has been depressurized and four are on fire. Data from NASA's system, which tracks fires on the Earth's surface, also indicates that the oil depot is still burning as of August 29. The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck this oil depot on the night of August 28.
14:18 During the latest massive Russian strike on the energy sector on August 26, four nuclear units were disconnected from the grid - Ukraine reported this to the IAEA in an official note. In particular, at 08:58, units No. 1, 3 and 4 at the Rivne NPP were disconnected, at 09:05 the capacity of the units at the South Ukraine NPP was limited, and at 17:05, due to fluctuations in the grid, the third unit at the South Ukraine NPP was disconnected.
14:06 China and the United States have made no progress in discussing the war in Ukraine and have not outlined any plan, US presidential aide Jake Sullivan said following his visit to Beijing, where he met with Xi Jinping and the head of the Foreign Ministry.
13:21 Ukraine can strike Russian territory with F-16s donated by the Netherlands, but not civilian targets, said the country's Armed Forces Commander Onno Eichelsheim. "We have not imposed any restrictions on the use and range of the F-16s, provided that the laws of war are observed," he noted.
13:13 Ukraine will face many trials in winter, but there will be no apocalyptic scenario, said Ukrenergo CEO Volodymyr Kudritsky. According to him, at an air temperature of +2°C…+3°C, it is quite possible that there will be no outages, but at -10°C, it will be impossible to balance the energy system without outages. Kudritsky also said that Ukrenergo has accumulated a large reserve of transformers: "Ukraine receives more equipment every month than Russia is capable of producing. Therefore, there will be no apocalyptic scenario in winter."
12:26 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in the Kursk region has slowed, with Ukrainian forces now trying to consolidate and hold on to areas they recently took control of. According to analysts, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have advanced in the villages of Vetreno, Kremni, and Sheptukhovtsy (all east and northeast of Korenevo); within eastern Nechayevo and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye (both northeast of Sudzha); and in the fields south of the village of Spalnoye (southeast of Sudzha).
12:04 The West is facing delays in agreeing on a $50 billion loan for Ukraine, Euractiv writes. According to the publication, the talks are slow due to US concerns about how long the frozen assets will remain under sanctions. This is due to the fact that the European Union needs to extend sanctions against Russia every six months, and this requires the consent of all 27 EU countries. The situation is complicated by the fact that Hungary can veto.
11:42 Russians fired artillery at Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region - one person was killed, five were wounded, reported the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. A shopping center, multi-story buildings, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
11:25 Borrell called for Ukraine not to be restricted in the issue of using weapons to strike Russia. "Restrictions on the use of weapons transferred to Ukraine must be lifted, and their full use must be allowed to strike military targets in Russia in accordance with international rules," the head of European diplomacy said in Brussels at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers. He also reported that more than 6 billion euros in military aid to Ukraine has been frozen "due to opposition from one of the EU countries," and promised to find ways to bypass this veto.
10:31 At night, during the Russian attack on Ukraine, one of the "shahids" again flew into the territory of Belarus in the Yelsky district, and aviation was used for the first time to destroy it, the monitoring group Belaruski Gayun reports. According to analysts, after the drone entered the airspace of Belarus, a fighter jet of the Belarusian Air Force tried to shoot it down for about 20 minutes, after which residents of the Yelsky district of the Gomel region heard at least two explosions and observed a bright flash in the sky.
10:14 Air defense shot down 60 of 74 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs at night, another 14 drones fell on Ukrainian territory, the Air Force reported. In addition, Russia used three Kh-59/69 guided air missiles (two of which were shot down by air defense) and two more missiles, the type of which is being determined. Air defense operated within the Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Kirovograd, Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Sumy and Donetsk regions.
09:19 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on Kupyansk has risen to 17, reported the head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
08:58 Five people were wounded in the Kherson region as a result of Russian shelling over the past day, reported the head of the OVA Oleksandr Prokudin. A gas station, one multi-story building, ten private houses, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
08:47 Five people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on August 28: four in Izmailovka and one in Lisovka. Another six people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:35 The General Staff confirmed the Ukrainian strike on the Atlas oil depot in the Rostov region on the night of August 28. The attack caused a fire in the vertical tanks of the facility; fire trains were called in to extinguish it. The mission was carried out by units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces. In addition, strikes were carried out on the Zenit oil depot in the Kirov region and the field artillery depot of the Russian military group Zapad in the Voronezh region. Detailed information on the consequences is being clarified.
08:24 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 29:
- personnel - about 612,390 (+1200) people,
- tanks - 8571 (+3),
- combat armored vehicles - 16,699 (+18),
- artillery systems - 17,549 (+27),
- MLRS - 1174 (+0),
- air defense systems - 939 (+1),
- aircraft - 368 (+0),
- helicopters - 328 (+0),
- Operational-tactical level UAVs - 14,369 (+21),
- cruise missiles - 2556 (+3),
- ships/boats - 28 (+0),
- submarines - 1 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tank trucks - 23,706 (+52),
- special equipment - 2965 (+15).
07:57 Russia attacked Kiev with drones at night, more than ten were destroyed by air defense forces, said the head of the Kyiv State Defense Army, Sergei Popko. As a result of falling debris, windows and doors in an apartment building were damaged in the Goloseevsky district, and a fire broke out in a non-residential building on the territory of a private household in Desnyansky. There were no reports of casualties.
06:28 In Cherkassy, during a night drone attack, as a result of falling debris, a fire broke out on the territory of one of the private enterprises; it is being extinguished, said the head of the OVA Igor Taburets.
00:33 A new explosion occurred at the burning Atlas oil depot in the Rostov region. Russian publics write that a tank could have been depressurized at the facility in the Kamensky district due to a strong fire at the oil refinery after the drone attack on August 28.
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