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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 13th, 2022
 Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited[Korrespondent] 22:17 Zelensky, in an evening video message, named the hottest points of the front in the Donetsk region: "Fierce fighting continues in the Donbass. The hottest points of the front in this direction are unchanged - Avdiivka, Marinka, Peski, Bakhmut and all the corresponding directions. Russia sent there just a colossal the volume of its military resources is artillery, equipment, people. All our defenders and defenders there are just heroes. Kharkiv region is a strong Ukrainian defense, and attempts by the invaders to attack constantly fail." The president also noted that the struggle in the south of the country "gives good news" about the destruction of the forces and means of the Russian army: "We do not lose a day - we reduce the potential of the occupiers." 22:02 Amnesty International said it wants to have its scandalous report on the Armed Forces of Ukraine checked by independent experts. The corresponding process is currently "initiated at the international level," the organization said. 21:11 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reported that at about 20:00 the city was fired upon - in one of the districts a rocket exploded near a residential building, it is known about one wounded. 19:50 Zaluzhny said that he had spoken with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley: "Once again, we checked the estimates of the losses of the Russians in this war. We note that the enemy is suffering significant losses, primarily in manpower - a fifth of the units of the Armed Forces The Russian Federation, involved in hostilities in Ukraine, has been defeated." Zaluzhny also stressed that active hostilities are now taking place on the 1,300 km front: "We really need to increase artillery fire - I again turned to our partners with this." 19:27 Montenegro has declared Russian Ambassador Vladislav Maslennikov persona non grata. The agency demanded that he leave the country within seven days, and if the ambassador remains, he will not have any powers. Maslennikov himself said that the Montenegrin authorities did not explain the reasons for their decision. 18:59 In the Kharkiv direction, in the area of the Nursery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they repelled the offensive of the Russians and inflicted damage on them, the invaders also retreated with losses near Lozovoye and Shirokoye in the Kherson region, the General Staff said in the evening report . 18:28 The leadership of the RF Armed Forces moved from Kherson to the Left Bank, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said. 18:01 Slovakia has handed over four Zuzana self-propelled guns to Ukraine, Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy said. 17:23 In Irpin, Kiev region, a modular town has been put into operation for 352 residents of the city who have lost their roof over their heads as a result of the Russian invasion, Mayor Alexander Markushin said. Dubki township, for which Poland provided modular structures, consists of 88 four-bed residential modules. Markushin noted that work has already begun on the arrangement of another similar modular city. 16:40 The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that for the seventh day in a row, the resistance forces "do not give the rashists a second of peace." According to him, a powerful explosion thundered in the northeastern part of Melitopol, which was heard by residents of all surrounding areas and even settlements near the city. "We are waiting for good news about the next losses of Russia," Fedorov wrote. 16:22 The Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station is operating in emergency mode due to constant shelling, the station's "management" appointed by the Russians said. In particular, one turbine is disabled after missile strikes. The full restoration of the hydroelectric power station after the shelling can be completed in a year and a half, according to the "deputy director" of the station Arseniy Zelensky. 15:18 In the Nikolaev area because of attacks the reserved Kinburnsky braid burns the fifth month, writes Kinburn.Info. Fires have been breaking out every day since the beginning of the war. Around the villages of Pokrovka, Vasilievka and Pokrovsky farms, the forest was completely burned out. Under the threat of destruction of 465 species of flora. According to local foresters, 1,600 hectares of pine forest burned down by early August. 14:57 Ukraine will launch an electronic queue for crossing the border, Shmyhal said: "One of the main tasks is to speed up the passage of people, cars and goods at checkpoints. This will help civilians, as well as activate business and increase trade." 14:31 The Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that Gazprom began delivering gas in excess of the established contracts following the negotiations of Peter Szijjártó in Moscow. 13:59 The mayor of Energodar Dmitry Orlov warned of another provocation by the occupiers. According to local residents, shelling is being carried out again from the area of the park zone towards the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the industrial area. 13:34 Slovakia will hand over its MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine, the state television channel RTV reported, citing Defense Minister Yaroslav Nagy. 13:05 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the complete capture of the settlement of Sands in the Donetsk region, as well as the "destruction of the HIMARS launcher" in the Kramatorsk region. 12:39 Blinken said the United States is "concerned by reports" that the "DNR" is "charged" against citizens of Great Britain, Sweden and Croatia: "Russia and its proxies are obliged to comply with international humanitarian law, including the rights and protection provided to prisoners of war" . 12:17 The occupiers are shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant from the village of Vodiane and are preparing provocations under the Ukrainian flag. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, one of the Russian artillery strikes damaged the first block of the pumping station of the heat and underground communications workshop. Another blow led to the partial destruction of the fire department responsible for the safety of the ZNPP. At the same time, the invaders are actively creating a "picture" for their propaganda: for this purpose, two buses of "extras" were recently brought to the station, which should play the role of "local residents and staff." Real locals and staff refuse to participate in such productions. At the Energodar stele at the entrance to the city, the Russians drove a Pion self-propelled artillery mount with the letter Z applied in white paint. A blue-and-yellow Ukrainian flag was hoisted on the self-propelled guns - apparently, for yet another provocation to accuse the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 11:55 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim and General Dmitry Marchenko, who is engaged in the defense of the region, announced "certain results" in the near future and promised to talk about them. 11:29 Two more ships with Ukrainian agricultural products left the port of Chornomorsk, the Turkish Ministry of Defense reported. One of them is a Fulmar S under the flag of Barbados with 12 thousand tons of corn, the destination is Turkish Iskenderun. The second is Thoe under the flag of the Marshall Islands with 3,000 tons of sunflower seeds, it goes to Tekirdag, Turkey. In the meantime, the bulk carrier Brave Commander has arrived at the Yuzhny port, it is to be loaded with grain for Africa. 11:22 British intelligence reports that the recent attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine have probably made it impossible for the Russian Federation to transfer military equipment along the Dnieper River along two main road bridges in the Kherson region - Antonovsky and near the Novokakhovskaya hydroelectric station. In recent days, Russia has managed to carry out only a superficial repair of the Antonovsky Bridge. Even if Russia manages to carry out significant bridge repairs, they will remain a key vulnerability, analysts say. The ground supply of several thousand Russian soldiers on the west bank almost certainly depends on only two pontoon ferry crossings. With their supply chain limited, the size of the resources Russia has been able to amass on the West Bank is likely to be a key factor in the strength of the force. 10:41 Five -story residential buildings will be built for the IDPs - according to the plan, the process will take 5-6 months, the OP reported. Housing will be built in 16 regions of Ukraine - 2,000 apartments in each region. The cost with all furniture and equipment will be about 700-800 dollars per square meter. After the de-occupation of the territories and the restoration of the housing stock, people will be able to return to their homes, and these apartments will be transferred to the military, doctors, and police officers. 10:02 Ukrainian Armed Forces operate as effectively as possible in the fight against the Russian army, the Pentagon said: "On a scale from 0 to 10, the effectiveness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be 12, just based on how impressive they were to us in many ways. They found ways to do something that seemed impossible to us." 09:45 Russia urged the United States to "force Zelensky to return to negotiations before it's too late." "The best solution for Washington to avoid a humiliating defeat, as recently happened in Afghanistan, would be to force Zelensky to stop senseless resistance and return to the negotiating table before it's too late," said Alexander Darchiev, director of the North America Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. He also threatened Washington to break off diplomatic relations with Moscow if the Russian Federation is recognized as a sponsor of terrorism. 09:41 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 13. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Krivoy Rog directions.
09:36 S&P and Fitch downgraded Ukraine's ratings in foreign currency to "selective default" and "limited default". In particular, S&P downgraded Ukraine's rating to "SD/SD" from "CC/C", Fitch - to "RD" from "C". 09:33 In the Donetsk region on August 12, as a result of enemy shelling, five civilians were killed - two in Kramatorsk, one each in Bakhmut, Kurakhovo and Kodem. Another 35 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. 09:29 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian army hit two districts at night - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog. In particular, the enemy fired 30 rockets from Gradov at Nikopol. People were not injured, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko. 09:27 The head of British military intelligence, Jim Hockenhall, believes that Russia and Ukraine are unlikely to achieve any significant military success this year. According to the general, it is "unrealistic" to expect decisive shifts in the south in the coming months. At the same time, he admits that there will be attempts at offensives and counterattacks. The scout expects a protracted conflict in Ukraine. 09:20 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that Russia exaggerates the number of people who signed up for volunteer battalions to hide the failures in their formation. And those volunteers who nevertheless managed to be attracted are sent directly to the combat zones. In particular, Russian Telegram channels report that volunteer Cossack detachments operate in the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions. That said, the deployment of poorly trained volunteers suggests that Russian forces are not prioritizing the Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions, analysts say. 08:16 The Russians tried to advance in the directions of the Lisichansk Oil Refinery - Ivano-Daryevka and Nikolaevka - Vyemka. The enemy carried out assault and offensive operations, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report . 07:15 At night, the Russians fired again at Kharkov - the center, Nemyshlyansky and Sloboda districts suffered. In particular, the college building was damaged, critical infrastructure communications were damaged, and windows were blown out in several residential buildings. No people were hurt, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. 01:51 APU hit the automobile bridge of the Novaya Kakhovka dam, it no longer functions, OK Pivden reported. 00:16 The runway at the Saki military airfield in Crimea was not damaged, so the Russians will continue to be able to use it, said Yury Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “This is a very strong “prick” for the enemy, unpleasant. Both the flight crew and the engineering staff serving these aircraft were probably destroyed... In fact, this happened for the first time... What exactly happened, we cannot say... Will they restore the airfield? The main thing at the airfield is the runway. The runway works there. Restoring the airfield is not a problem." Posted by: badanov 2022-08-14 |
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