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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief August 12th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.

[NewsFrontInfo] 20:17 Borrell said he supports the call for the demilitarization of the zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

19:36 Residents of Zaporozhye report explosions. Details are being clarified.

18:54 Chinese Foreign Ministry on the main culprit of the war in Ukraine: "As the initiator and main culprit of the Ukrainian crisis, Washington, imposing unprecedented comprehensive sanctions against Russia, continues to supply weapons and military equipment to Ukraine," Minister Wang Yi.

18:38 The office of President Zelensky issued a command to withdraw local administrations, military registration and enlistment offices from Zaporozhye, Nikolaev and the cities and towns of Donbass and take out all the documentation.

15:24 Another Ukrainian colonel has been destroyed. It became known about the liquidation of the Colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Oleksyuk. This was reported by the Mukachesky city administration. The unit in which Oleksyuk served is still unknown.

14:48 The Russian Historical Society will work in Melitopol.

14:24 Arrival is reported in Nova Kakhovka, in the area of ​​the hydroelectric power station.

13:26 Zaporozhye NPP was fired upon by foreign missiles: the authorities of the region published evidence with fragments of a GMLRS rocket launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine at Energodar. This indicates the involvement of the West in Zelensky's nuclear terrorism

13:02 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (12.08.2022)

The personnel of the 23rd battalion of the brigade in full strength left their combat positions without permission and departed for the rear areas. Up to 100 militants and nine units of military equipment were destroyed by a high-precision strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the temporary deployment point of the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Novogrigorievka, Nikolaev region.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.

Destroyed: a fuel depot for Ukrainian military equipment in the Kurakhovo region of the Donetsk People's Republic, six ammunition depots in the areas of Velikoe Artakovo in the Nikolaev region, Zaliman in the Kharkov region, Kramatorsk, Zaitsevo, Krasnogorovka and Avdiivka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In the area of ​​​​the settlement of Chasov Yar of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the US-made AN/MPQ-64 counterbattery radar supplied by the USA to the Kyiv regime.

As part of the counterbattery fight, four platoons of BM-21 multiple launch rocket systems were suppressed in the settlements of Shirokoye and Velikaya Aleksandrovka in the Kherson region.

In addition, two Haimars multiple rocket launchers were shot down in the air near Novaya Kakhovka and four Olkha MLRS near Chernobaevka, Kherson region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 267 aircraft, 146 helicopters, 1,732 unmanned aerial vehicles, 365 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,293 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 797 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,290 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 4,844 units of special military vehicles.

12:48 Fragments of American high-precision GMLRS missiles launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant were found in Energodar.

12:17 Regarding the statements that the Russian Aerospace Forces are not working enough in Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says that the number of Russian airstrikes has doubled over the past week - Colonelcassad.

11:10 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine says that Britain has transferred to Ukraine several more M270 MLRS (caliber 227mm with a range of 40-80km, depending on the missiles used).

11:02 One of the Ukrainian shells during yesterday's shelling fell 10 meters from the nuclear waste storage facility at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - a member of the main council of the administration of the Rogov region.

10:55 Statements by the authorities of the Zaporozhye region about the shelling of the ZNPP:

— On the territory of the Zaporozhye NPP, from the point of view of nuclear safety, everything is in order, the level of radiation does not exceed the norm;
- Zaporozhye NPP received non-critical damage during the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Only thanks to the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the reactor at the Zaporozhye NPP has not yet been destroyed by the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- Ukrainian militants are deliberately trying to provoke a catastrophe;
- One of the shells of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fell only 10 meters from the radioactive waste storage site after the last shelling;
- The authorities of the Zaporozhye region have identified those involved in the shelling of the nuclear power plant.

10:25 Russia doubled the number of airstrikes on Ukrainian military positions compared to the previous week

This was stated by Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexei Gromov at a briefing.

10:10 Ukraine shelled the village of Sverdlikovo in the Sudzhansky district, - Russian media, citing the regional governor Starovoit.

08:11 Crews of Su-35S fighters continue to destroy military targets of the enemy, using a wide range of aviation weapons. To destroy the aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, destroy radar stations, air defense systems, the crews use guided high-precision missiles of various air-to-air and air-to-surface classes. Departures for combat use are carried out in daylight and at night in all weather conditions.


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