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[Korrespondent] The events of this week indicate that the era of Russian dominance in the Black Sea is over. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the President's Office, wrote about this on Telegram on Saturday, August 5.
"The sinking to the bottom of the cruiser Moskva in April 2022 symbolized the beginning of the end of the Russian presence in the Black Sea. Today's events are a logical continuation of the end of this chapter of history," Podolyak said.
According to him, being unable to blockade Ukrainian ports and really control the water area, Russia tried to hide (primarily from its own public) its inability by demonstrating "Russian madness" - classic missile terror.
"Today's events tell us one thing: the era of Russia's dominance in the Black Sea has come to an end. The end is not a point, but a process, and this section will still be written for some time. However, what its final will be is already clear to absolutely everyone," stressed Podolyak.
He added that he can only sympathize with the "neutral" countries that use Russian ports to export energy resources.
Neutrality often comes at a cost. Who knows what would have happened if these countries had taken a more active civic stand, in particular on the issue of Russian grain blackmail. However, history does not know the subjunctive mood," he concluded.
As you know, today an oil tanker of the Russian Federation SIG was blown up in the Black Sea , transporting fuel for Russian troops. It was successfully attacked by a sea drone.
A day earlier, at the Russian naval base in Novorossiysk, one of the landing ships , the Olenegorsk miner, was damaged . It nearly sank and was towed to shore with great difficulty.
Also today, Ukraine has declared a threat zone to the waters of all Russian ports on the Black Sea , including Sochi, which the current President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin loves so much.
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Simply put, the Russians don't have the ships needed to protect the shipping lanes. And the Turks have a more powerful Navy than the Russians in the Black Sea.
When former empires start seeing they are no longer powers and are supplanted.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2022. Linked in the title
22:07 PMC Wagner mercenaries have already tried to enter Poland from the territory of Belarus, Pavel Yablonsky, deputy head of the Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs, said. According to him, "the threat from Belarus is very real" and Warsaw is considering various steps, including the complete closure of the border.
21:13 Zelensky in the evening video message thanked the SBU, the Navy "and every soldier who restores justice and accustoms Russia to losses."
20:48 Russia today again massively attacked Ukraine with missiles. Zelensky said in an evening video message that the enemy used daggers and calibers, hit Motor Sich and the Khmelnytsky region. Some of the missiles were shot down.
17:36 The attack on the port in Novorossiysk for the first time threatened the export of Russian oil, writes the Financial Times. Novorossiysk is the main oil port of the Russian Federation on the Black Sea, exporting about 600,000 barrels daily.
16:57 Forced evacuation of children has been announced in nine other settlements of the Donetsk region, the Ministry of Reintegration reported. We are talking about Yampol, Zarechny, Torskoy, Opehovatka, Nikonorovka, Malinovka, Tikhonovka, Vasyutinskiy and Ray-Aleksandrovka. Due to the difficult security situation and enemy shelling, 130 children will be forcibly evacuated from there.
The Coordinating Headquarters also considered the issue of the state of evacuation of the civilian population from the Sumy region. At present, 1,718 people, including 228 children, have already been evacuated from the five-kilometer danger zone there. There were no people left in 21 settlements. Evacuation activities continue.
16:18 All 11 helicopters of the Russian Aerospace Forces left Belarus, most of which have been in the country since January 8 this year. According to the Belaruska Gayun monitoring group, they all landed at the Sescha airfield in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation. In addition, nine Su-34 and Su-30SM fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces took off from the Belarusian airfield Baranovichi, most of which have been in the Republic of Belarus since January 15. The fighters proceeded through the Mogilev region and crossed the border between Belarus and the Russian Federation.
15:51 In Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), consultations on Ukraine have begun with the participation of representatives of 40 countries, Al Jazeera TV channel reports.
13:33 Since August 4, Ukraine has declared the Russian ports of the Black Sea a zone of military threat - a corresponding notice is published on the website of the State Hydrography. We are talking about the water area of the ports of Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, Sochi and Taman. According to the report, the order No. 5 of the Naval Forces of Ukraine dated August 4 became the basis.
11:19 British intelligence notes that the Russian ship Olenegorsky miner, attacked the day before in the port of Novorossiysk, became the most seriously damaged Russian warship after the sunken cruiser Moskva. The department recalled that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, this ship often transported military and civilian cargo from Russia to the occupied Crimea after the damage to the Crimean bridge.
Analysts called the attack on this ship a serious blow to the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, which had previously redeployed most of its units to Novorossiysk due to the high threat in Sevastopol.
10:31 Ukraine has identified the first group of eight pilots who will be trained on F-16 fighters, writes Politico. According to the publication, they are fluent in English and are ready to join the courses as soon as the official training plan is ready. Another 20 pilots are preparing for a language course in Britain starting this month. A total of 32 pilots were selected to participate in the program.
09:26 The head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, called the recent attacks by surface drones on Russian ships “logical”: “Any “bavovna” that occurs with the ships of the Russian Federation or the Crimean bridge is an absolutely logical and effective step in relation to the enemy. Moreover, such special operations are held in the territorial waters of Ukraine and are completely legal.So if the Russians want the "bavovna" to stop, they should use the only opportunity for this - to leave the territorial waters of Ukraine and our land, and the sooner they do this, the better for them. Because we will absolutely defeat the enemy in this war."
08:55 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were injured, in Donetsk - one, according to the OVA.
08:12 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 5:
personnel - about 249,110 (+620) people liquidated,
tanks - 4232 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 8251 (+2),
artillery systems - 4943 (+32),
MLRS - 704 (+0),
air defense systems - 466 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4116 (+12),
cruise missiles - 1347 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7422 (+30),
special equipment - 730 (+6).
07:23 Over the past day, 36 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces are holding back the enemy in the areas of Kleshcheevka and Kurdyumovka, in Avdeevsky they repelled attacks by Russian troops in the Avdeevka area, in Maryinsky they continue to restrain the enemy’s advance in the areas of Maryinka, Staromikhaylovka and Krasnogorovka. On the Mining direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to restore the lost position in the area of Blagodatnoye, on the Zaporozhye, he conducted unsuccessful offensive operations near Novopokrovka.
07:11 At night, residents of Kerch heard explosions, the "authorities" of Crimea announced the threat of an attack. Later, Russian media reported, citing the Maritime Rescue Coordination Center, that the Russian tanker Sig received a hole after a drone attack near the Kerch Strait, "there is no threat of flooding the ship, the crew is on the ship, no one was hurt."
00:31 Russia is trying to destabilize the situation inside Ukraine, using all possible resources, including religious institutions, Danilov said. According to him, the church has been actively used by the enemy in the past two weeks: “There are huge campaigns of discrediting, special operations are underway in the information space not only on the territory of our country, but also in the West. Unfortunately, religious institutions that are subordinate to RF".
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The link in #1 shows both the Chonhar and Henichesk bridge damage. The top two photos with the burning nat gas line would be of the Henichesk bridge.
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Southern Bakhmut flank:
Ukrainians pushing into Kurdyumivka started. Ukrainian units entered the outskirts.
Ukrainians control > 1/2 of Klishchiivka. Ukrainians not pushing further due to heavy Russian artillery bombardment of town. Reports Ukr taking territory to the north.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:27 An air alert has been announced in the Kirovograd, Nikolaev and Poltava regions of Ukraine, according to the official resource for alerting the population.
Sirens in the Nikolaev region in the south of the country work from 22:36 Moscow time. Half an hour later, the alarm spread to the Kirovograd and Poltava regions.
21:51 The Russian armored ambulance "Linza" under heavy fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine is in a hurry to evacuate the wounded.Personnelfilmed in the Zaporozhye region.
21:50 Personnel the destruction of the Nazis by artillerymen of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Artemovsk region
20:35 It is reported that there were three waves of launches of calibers and daggers. There were arrivals in Poltava, Zhytomyr and Khmelnitsky regions, as well as in Vinnitsa. In the Khmelnytsky region, an airfield in Starokonstantinov, where Storm Shadow Su-24 carriers are based, was probably attacked
20:30 The Zaporozhye Regional Military Administration confirmed a missile attack on the region.
“Specialists are working at the site of the hit to eliminate the fire. There were no reports of casualties,” the IVA said.
19:18 Ukrainian media report explosions in Kyiv, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytsky regions
19:17 Personnel flight of Russian missiles over the Kyiv region. The locals have already counted at least three shells.
19:17 Air raid alert announced for the third time in a day throughout Ukraine
Fix the launch of calibers. The media are already reporting explosions in Zaporozhye.
18:09 Accurate defeat of the armored personnel carrier M113 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region with the help of an anti-tank complex
The surviving Ukrainian soldiers decided to pass the running standards.
18:09 The crew of the Su-30 forced the reconnaissance UAV MQ-9A "Reaper" of the US Air Force, approaching the border of the Russian Federation, to turn around
Our plane safely returned to the base airfield, and no violation of the state border was allowed.
18:09 The crew of the Russian Su-30 fighter was raised in connection with the detection of the US Air Force MQ-9A Ripper reconnaissance UAV over the Black Sea, the National Defense Control Center said
17:10 French armored personnel carrier VAB in the Armed Forces of Ukrainefacedwith rigid resistance to gravity in the forests near Kremennaya
17:09 Ministry of Defense showed footage of the battle, during which the n.p. Novoselovskoe
16:00 The crew of the Alyosha tank, which defeated the column of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction, was presented with the title of Hero of Russia - Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
15:59 As a result of the failed counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,destroyedanother armored vehicle:
❗️Leopard 2A - German main battle tank of the second generation
❗️M2 Bradley - US infantry fighting vehicle
14:40 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
🔹In the South-Donetsk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 210 soldiers per day.
🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot and a radar station for detecting air targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
🔹Assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces during the offensive on a wide front improved the position along the front line in the Kharkov region.
🔹Near Sinkovka, Zaguirivka and Berestovoye in the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed three counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
🔹The RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed ten attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, including those near Belogorivka, Avdiivka and Staromikhailivka.
🔹Air defense systems intercepted eight HIMARS rockets during the day, destroyed 22 Ukrainian drones.
13:37 Destroyed German Leopard 2A6 under Rabotino.
12:46 SHOT 18+
Ukrainian militant shiding from arrivals surrounded by the corpses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:46 Air raid alert announced for the second time in a day throughout Ukraine
11:45 The Russian monitoring resource “Lost Armor” reports that during the NMD, a mercenary from Serbia, Emrah Zornic, was eliminated.
Local media write that the militant was a native of the city of Novi Pazar (on the border with Kosovo), where the Bosnians live.
11:45 Personnel training and improving the combat skills of assault units of one of the formations of the Airborne Forces at one of the training grounds in the rear area of the NMD zone.
10:19 Airborne troops improve combat skills
The rear area of the special operation.
▪️Servicemen of the assault unit "Storm" of the Airborne Forces are honing their skills in tactical, fire and medical training.
▪️Particular attention is paid to the development of combat operations during the assault on strongholds and their cleaning, where paratroopers move in small groups.
▪️Daily training at the training ground takes place in conditions as close as possible to combat.
10:17 An air raid alert was announced in the morning throughout Ukraine - data from the official resource for alerting the population.
09:20 Fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk will retreat to their own mines.
For six months at Kovsharovka, the Nazis were preparing a defensive line where they were supposed to flee from Kislovka. Yes, that's bad luck: the militants will have to go through their own minefields, since that area has already been mined.
Apparently, the Ukrainian command created minefields in order to prevent the retreat of personnel. In other words, so that the graved grandfathers and the disabled stand to their death or are blown up by mines in the event of an attempt to retreat to the rear areas.
09:15 The formations of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed the 122mm D-30 and 152mm Msta-B howitzers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region in a day, a representative of the region's emergency services said.
In the Kakhovka direction, the place of deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zmievka area was destroyed. 15 Ukrainian servicemen were liquidated, 12 were wounded, the vehicle was put out of action.
09:00 Soldiers of the Dnipro group of troops destroyed the equipment and manpower of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone:
- in the area of Kizomys, the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, losses: eight militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were liquidated, five were injured of varying severity;
- in the Ivanovka area, a 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, losses: three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kherson direction:
- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them were liquidated, losses: eight fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, six were injured of varying severity;
- in the Belozerka area, a 152mm MSTA-B howitzer with ammunition was destroyed, losses: five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction:
- in the area of Zmiyivka, the place of deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, losses: 15 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 12 were injured of varying severity, one vehicle was disabled.
08:20 Footage of the work of the army aviation of the Western group. An armored personnel carrier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed by a guided missile "Vikhr" in the Kupyansk direction.
08:14 Tula paratroopers destroy nationalists near Artyomovsk
Having received the coordinates of the Ukrainian militants who had taken refuge in the forest belt, the BMD-4M crews fired at the area where the nationalists were located from closed firing positions.
The vast majority of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, the surviving nationalists fled in a hurry, leaving their weapons and equipment.
08:09 High-precision strike from the Dnepr grouping. The use of an air-to-surface missile against a concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants identified by reconnaissance in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River -video.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:51 Another cluster munition was fired by Ukrainian troops in the Kievsky district of Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reports.
The artillery attack was carried out at 23:45.
"Donetsk (Kiev region): cluster-type munitions have been fired," the report says.
23:38 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 5, as of 23:30, receivedadditionalinformation on damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Voroshilovsky district): - a fire was recorded in the building of the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky on the street. Shchors; - LLC "Grazhdanstroy" on the lane. Oreshkova; - st. Shchorsa, 32, 36 - apartment buildings; – Bohdan Khmelnitsky Ave., 92 – multi-apartment residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka (Central City District): - st. Lemesheva, 32 - a private residential building, the fire of a household building and a car was also recorded.
Information about the consequences of artillery attack continues to arrive.
21:16 Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin informed that as a result of artillery attack from Kyiv, two women were killed in Donetsk and Gorlovka, nine more people were injured in Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Novopetrikovka.
“Today, as a result of enemy shelling, two women were killed (in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka). Nine people were wounded in Gorlovka, Yasinovataya, Novopetrikovka. All the victims are receiving medical assistance,” Pushilin wrote on his Telegram channel.
19:49 Fighting near Novoselovsky situation as of August 5, 2023
As a result of several days of assault, Russian servicemen managed to liberate the village of Novoselovskoye, which had been fighting for the past few months.
There was practically nothing left of the settlement itself, most of it was in the gray zone. The Armed Forces of Ukraine held the defense on two streets in the west of Novoselovsky.
After the liberation of the village, the main efforts of the RF Armed Forces should be concentrated on the northern and southern outskirts, from where the Ukrainian formations fired at Kuzemovka.
Also to the south there is an important height, from which an overview of Novoselovskoye and adjacent landings opens, beyond which there are also violent clashes.
19:10 Seven civilians were wounded during shelling at Yasinovatoy from the Ukrainian militants, said the mayor of the city Dmitry Shevchenko.
According to Shevchenko, more than 10 people were injured in Yasinovataya this week.
18:50 Zaporozhye direction, where the enemy took try to break through two infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed along with the personnel. There are fights in forest plantations.
17:38 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction near the settlement Rabotino from Archangel Spetsnaz:
The enemy went on the offensive in assault groups. There are fights going on at the moment. The enemy on the vehicle moves to a minimum. quickly throw off the personnel and leave if they have time. Our aviation worked closely in clusters.
17:25 New blows are inflicted on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kupyansk, writes military chronicle.
The intensity of attacks in this direction has increased: in parallel with the development of the offensive of the RF Armed Forces, ten or more air strikes a week occur
17:00 Consequences of the artillery attack of Yasinovataya by Ukrainian militants -photo.
16:45 In the Orekhovsky direction, the enemy again went on the offensive with assault groups.
In the Rabotino area, the enemy again went on the offensive in assault groups, battles are going on. The enemy on vehicles moves to a minimum, quickly throw off personnel and leave if they have time.
Our aviation worked closely in clusters.
15:40 In the Kherson direction, the situation remains stably tense: the enemy has taken up positions near the Antonovsky bridge and nearby buildings, but is sitting in the basements and is not going further to Alyoshki.
At the same time, Russian troops inflict fire damage on identified targets. Onvideo- a strike with precision-guided munitions on one of the shelters in the dacha area. It is characteristic that two drones conduct surveillance at once: one gives out target designation, the second monitors the situation near the coastline.
15:35 Russian Ministry of Defense published frames from battle in the Kupyansk direction, during the course of the liberation of the Novoselovskoye settlement in the LPR. In the battle, the Russian military captured 11 strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
15:22 Ukrainian militants fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Yasinovatsky district - Representative office of the JCCC DPR.
15:10 On the Zaporozhye front runs armored train "Baikal".
The train is engaged in the transportation of equipment, military cargo, as well as the repair of tracks. The railway from Melitopol to Volnovakha passes in close proximity to the front, so the train fighters more than once came under rocket fire.
There are also frequent cases of the use of drones by the enemy, but all of them are successfully shot down by anti-aircraft guns.
14:47 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 210 soldiers in the Yuzhno-Donets direction in a day;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation liberated the settlement of Novoselovskoye in the Kupyansk direction;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 175 servicemen in the Zaporozhye direction in a day, two Krab gun mounts, four 152mm D-20 howitzers and one 122mm D-30 gun;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed an ammunition depot and a radar station for detecting air targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
Air defense systems intercepted eight HIMARS rockets during the day, destroyed 22 Ukrainian drones;
Assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces during the offensive on a broad front improved the position along the front line in the Kharkov region;
Near Sinkovka, Zaguirivka and Berestovoye in the Kharkiv region, the RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed three counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
The RF Armed Forces successfully repulsed ten attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, including those near Belogorivka, Avdeevka and Staromikhailivka;
The RF Armed Forces in the Krasnolimansky direction successfully repelled three attacks by assault groups of the Armed Forces brigade in the area of Serebryansky forest.
13:49 Report about a new series of explosions in Kherson.
Ukrainian monitoring channels report that attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been inflicted since the very morning. It is noteworthy that the destruction of objects of the Ukrainian army on the right bank of the Dnieper has been going on since last week, and reports of hitting targets appear almost every day.
The main goals are the location of personnel, as well as ammunition depots both in the depths of positions and on the coastline.
Most actively used for strikes are barrel (with the Krasnopol UAS) and rocket artillery, as well as FAB-500-M62 bombs with planning and correction modules.
13:38 Assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces, in the course of conducting offensive operations on a wide front, improved the position along the front line in the areas of the settlements of Olshana and Pershotravnoye.
In addition, in the areas of Sinkovka, Zagoruykovka and Berestovoye, three counterattacks by units of the 14th Mechanized and 25th Airborne Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were successfully repelled.
13:20 Consequences of the artillery attack of Gorlovka by Ukrainian militants, as a result of which a civilian was killed -photo.
12:57 The enemy is advancing near Orekhov again: heavy fighting is underway on the Zaporozhye Front
- The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not stop throwing waves of infantry into the attack on our positions in the fields at the turn of Kopani-Rabotino-Verbovoye.
- The enemy is actively using cluster munitions, supporting the offensive actions of the infantry.
- Assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly moving under fire on landings without armored vehicles, trying to break through to our trenches.
- Fierce shooting battles are going on in a number of areas.
- Our artillery actively covers the advancing enemy forces.
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine constantly suffer tangible losses, but they continue to shove.
12:50 One civilian was killed, three more were injured as a result of anothershellingKremennaya from the side of the Kyiv security forces. The administration of the Kremensky district announced this on its Telegram channel.
11:45 The situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy remains active in the area of Urozhaynoye, seeking to open vulnerable areas in the defense of our troops. In the course of repulsing these encroachments, the units of the RF Armed Forces managed to destroy one pickup truck and one armored vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Staromayorsky area, a high intensity of enemy artillery fire remains, holding back the advance of assault groups of the RF Armed Forces from the southern outskirts of the settlement (what is left of it) to the north.
In the Ugledar sector, as a result of a counter-battery fight west of Katerinovka, howitzer fire destroyed the enemy’s 152mm self-propelled guns “Gyatsint” and 122mm BM-21 MLRS “Grad”. The enemy did not conduct active offensive operations in this direction over the past day, statements by pro-Ukrainian sources about any advance north of Nikolsky are not true.
11:05 Paratrooper's Diary reports from the Kherson direction:
The situation is stably tense, the active work of artillery and mortar crews throughout the day.
During aerial reconnaissance, speedboats were identified. The enemy is attempting to land the DRG on the islands. The intensity of the transfer of enemy manpower in the area of ????the Antonovsky bridge is increasing.
According to operational data, the enemy is transferring a large number of manpower to the Nikolaev and Kherson regions.
10:40 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasnolimansky direction, in the areas of the Torsk sector and Serebryansky forest, artillery fire and air strikes from the Center group of troops thwarted attempts to attack assault groups of mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:10 Front-line summary for the morning of 08/05/2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully attacked near the village of Rabotino. Russian artillery shelled Ukrainian positions in Stepnogorsk, Stepnoe (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledar and Donetsk directions), Maly Shcherbak, Novoandreevka, Malaya Tokmachka and Gulyaipole.
On the Ugledar sector, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Staromayorsky and Urozhayny. AFU under artillery attack in Levadny, Novosyolka, Rivnopol, Makarovka and Vremevka.
On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, again conducted assault operations in Maryinka. There was also an attack at Pervomaisky. Under the blows of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Georgievka, Maksimilyanovka, Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, Nevelsky, Lastochkino, Avdeevka, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledarsky directions). Ukrainian troops were attacking Donetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces again counterattacked near Kleshcheevka. From Bakhmut they moved to Ivanovskoye. Russian artillery worked on the Armed Forces Predtechina, Ivanovo, Chasovoy Yar, Grigorovka, Vasyukovka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky. Ukrainian beat on Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Bakhmut.
10:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 5, as of 10:00, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kiev district): - on the street. Artem, a man born in 1955 was wounded.
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): - on the street. High-rise, 1, a woman born in 1955 died.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- st. High-rise, 1 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- per. Clean, 81 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- per. Clean, 88 - a private residential building.
09:46 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. Kairo nine rounds;
-- n.p. Nova Zburyevka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan nine rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Kardashinka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery seven rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Velyka Lepetikha, n.p. Peschanovka, n.p. Dnepryans firing a total of 35 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:17 The front-line bird reports from the Kupyansky direction:
“Our aerial reconnaissance, including FPV drones, has been working since early morning. All attempts by the enemy to carry out a counterattack end with “two hundredths” and “three hundredths” for them. Now we have worked on the fortified positions of the enemy with artillery fire. We keep moving forward."
09:14 There is information that the RF Armed Forces managed to gain a foothold in the Novoselovka area
Advance per day - 300-500 meters, according to the Perviy Kharkov. Fighting continues in the Sinkovka area, our artillery is actively working at night. Just the same at night, the Nazis are active and try to get out of their rat holes, but to no avail.
09:10 In the Oskol area, the Russian Armed Forces began to strike at the Stallion River, as well as at the Kupyansky and Torsky lines
Ukrainian reinforcements deployed to the area are under heavy fire and casualties in a series of endless attacks on Russian defenses, writes Militarist.
Mutual attacks in Artyomovsk continue, there are no special changes.
In Zaporozhye, the Ukrainian army attacked yesterday at the Orekhov-Rabotne sector with up to a company of forces, but was stopped by artillery and MLRS, FPV drones and Lancets.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched new attacks in the Ugledar region and advanced into no man's land and to the defense line of the RF Armed Forces. The Russian army is also intensively bombing troops moving out into the open.
With a new strike in the Avdievka direction, the RF Armed Forces captured three lines of fortifications in the northeast of this sector.
The operational rear of the Ukrainian army continues to be hit by air strikes and long-range guided missiles by MLRS.
Kyiv is also trying to prepare for new larger strikes.
08:25 Yesterday, as a result of artillery attack by the enemy, three people were injured of moderate severity in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, two of them - when a cluster munition exploded. This was announced in his Telegram channel by the Acting Head of the Republic Denis Pushilin.
Nine residential buildings were damaged in Donetsk and Oleksandrivka, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities in the Petrovsky district of the capital of the Republic and the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka.
The enemy fired 58 attacks, fired 227 ammunition, used 122mm rocket artillery, as well as 152mm and 155mm cannon artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead during the artillery attack of the Kyiv region of Donetsk and Yasinovataya.
08:17 Chronicle of the special military operation: the events of August 4, 2023. Intensity: The fighting in the Bakhmut area has noticeably decreased in recent days.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to make up for losses by pulling up new reserves to the front line, while Russian artillery strikes at the rear areas of the enemy.
Under Ugledar, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of armored vehicles, attacked Russian positions near Nikolsky dachas. During the battle, several armored vehicles and a tank covering the failed attack were disabled.
On the Vremievsky sector of the front, heavy fighting continues on the outskirts of Urozhaynoye and Priyutnoye. Russian aviation and artillery strikes at the identified groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, not allowing to concentrate enough forces for the assault.
In the Zaporozhye direction, positional battles were fought in the Gulyaipol and Orekhovsky sectors. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not take active offensive actions, carrying out a regrouping of forces.
In the Kherson direction, there is an increased number of sabotage groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the Dnieper Delta.
They said this as they were handing Zelenskiy a Molotov cocktail.
[Regnum] Kiev risks losing its key allies, including Britain and Poland, due to the political and military moves of President Volodymyr Zelensky. This was reported by Telegraph columnist Hamish de Bretton-Gordon.
The Telegraph: Kyiv risks losing its key allies due to Zelensky's behavior
“The last few weeks have been turbulent for the Ukrainian government,” the journalist said.
In his opinion, the situation for Kyiv turned out to be quite difficult, since the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine failed, without even breaking through the Russian defenses, and the West did not like Zelensky's latest attacks.
“Kyiv is playing with fire. As irritated as they are, they risk losing their allies,” Bretton-Gordon concluded.
As IA Regnum reported , President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky received a “slap in the face” from Poland in the form of an extension of the ban on the export of Ukrainian agricultural products and the reaction of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to the summons of the Polish ambassador to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, wrote Politico.
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[Regnum] A Russian Su-30 fighter jet was lifted into the air by a US Air Force Reaper reconnaissance drone over the Black Sea. This was announced on August 5 by the press service of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation.
According to her, Russian means of airspace control over the Black Sea have detected an air target approaching the state border of the Russian Federation. To identify this target and prevent violation of the state border of Russia, a Su-30 fighter was raised into the air.
It is noted that the crew of the Su-30 fighter identified the air target as a reconnaissance UAV MQ-9A Reaper of the US Air Force.
The press service explained that as the Su-30 approached, the American reconnaissance drone made a U-turn from the Russian state border, and the Russian fighter returned safely to its base airfield.
It is clarified that no violation of the state border of the Russian Federation was allowed.
“The flight of the Russian fighter was carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters in compliance with security measures,” the report says.
As reported by IA Regnum , the reconnaissance aircraft of the Swedish Air Force Gulfstream IV SP Korpen made a reconnaissance flight in Finnish airspace along the Russian border. According to media reports, the plane flew back and forth over Lake Inari in northern Finland, then turned south and moved along the Russian border.
In June, two Su-27s of the Russian Armed Forces were escorted by an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon fighters of the British Air Force over the Black Sea. When Russian planes approached, foreign aircraft turned away from the state border of the country. Fighters of the Russian Armed Forces returned to their base airfield without violating the airspace.
Text taken from the Russian Ministry of Defense. Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Based on the widely known battle near Novodarovka, all participants received the title of Heroes of Russia.
Below, the official description of the feat of the crew of the tank "Alyosha" under the leadership of Senior Lieutenant Rasim Baksikov.
The crew of the tank under the command of senior lieutenant Rasim Baksikov came under massive artillery fire, as a result of which the driver was injured. Crew commander Baksikov evacuated the wounded serviceman from the combat vehicle and gave him first aid. Transferring the driver to the advanced medical group, Rasim decided to take his place in the battle.
Lieutenant Alexander Levakov, having assessed the situation, decided to replace the wounded crew member and took the workplace of the tank commander and advanced in the direction of the positions of our motorized rifle regiment to provide support to the defenders. On the way to one of the settlements, Lieutenant Levakov found eight pieces of enemy equipment, including two tanks, located in one of the nearest forest belts.
After assessing the situation, Senior Lieutenant Baksikov made a decision and immediately entered into battle with superior enemy forces. Thanks to the skillful control of the combat vehicle and the competent use of terrain conditions for covert movement, the entry of a Russian tank into the firing line came as a surprise to the enemy.
Being in the place of the driver, Rasim Baksikov skillfully maneuvered on the battlefield and supervised the work of the crew. Lieutenant Alexander Levakov, being in the place of the commander, promptly and competently transmitted target designation to the gunner and directed the fire of the tank.
In the first minutes of the battle, gunner-operator Alexei Neustroev destroyed both enemy T-72B tanks with well-aimed fire. In the next 30 minutes, one M113 armored personnel carrier and five American-made MaxxPro armored personnel carriers were destroyed along with the landing force.
After the destruction of the last enemy combat vehicle, the tank crew continued to cover the motorized rifle units deploying in battle formations for about 40 minutes. When the combat vehicle ran out of ammunition, the crew commander Rasim Baksikov decided to go to reload, and another tank was sent to the battlefield.
After firing three shots at the advancing infantry, the second tank was damaged by enemy artillery fire. Quickly orienting in the situation and realizing that the crew of the wrecked combat vehicle needed immediate help, Senior Lieutenant Rasim Baksikov, together with his crew, decided to evacuate the damaged tank from the line of contact to a safe place.
The towing of the tank was carried out under the incessant shelling of the enemy. Thanks to the decisive actions of the military, the crew of the wrecked tank was saved.
In total, during the battle, the losses of the enemy, in addition to the destroyed equipment, amounted to more than 100 militants killed and wounded.
The crew of the Alyosha tank, which defeated a column of armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the battle in the Zaporozhye direction, has been presented with the title of Hero of Russia, the Ministry of Defense reported on August 5.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense published footage of a meeting with tank heroes. One of them quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin , noted that if a fight was inevitable, one should strike first, and "said his regards" to the manufacturers of Leopard tanks, and also expressed confidence in an early meeting with Abrams tanks.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] At night, south of the Kerch Strait, a Ukrainian maritime drone crashed into a Russian tanker Sig.
Since the tanker was empty, there was no oil spill. However, the tanker received a hole and water began to flow inside. The vessel lost its course due to flooding of the engine room. There were no dead.
Now work is underway on the lining of the patch. There is no threat of sinking the ship.
The tanker is relatively new - launched in 2014. Displacement 8,200 tons.
In the light of such attacks, in addition to attacks on the enemy’s port infrastructure, it would be appropriate to start destroying Ukrainian ships remaining in the ports of Odessa and Izmail. There are all possibilities for this.
You can also complain about our lagging behind NATO in the development of maritime drones, they would now be a great addition to attacks on coastal infrastructure.
From the point of view of protective measures, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of harbors and external roads, to conduct more active training of personnel (we have been doing this in Sevastopol for many months now). It is also necessary to increase the number of boats + patrol aircraft. The adversary is obviously using NATO technical intelligence to search for vulnerabilities and seeks to switch directions of attacks to achieve at least some effect. We, as usual, have a rather slow reaction, when they begin to intensify defensive measures after successful attacks by the enemy, and not before.
The tanker "Sig", which received a hole as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian naval drone in the Kerch Strait, remains afloat. It will be repaired after the delivery of the necessary materials, the press service of Rosmorrechflot reported on August 5.
“The lined vessel is afloat, there is no water entering the emergency vessel (AS), the engine compartment is battened down, there is no environmental pollution,” the report says.
The department added that everything is in order with the crew. Water from the tanker is pumped out. Vessels of the Azovo-Chernomorsky branch of the Maritime Rescue Service provide safe mooring and work.
A raid diving boat with a diving station, equipment and specialists arrived at the tanker. It is expected that by the end of the day, divers will inspect the underwater part of the vessel, which will make it possible to draw up a plan to eliminate the damage.
Repairs will be carried out on August 6 after the delivery of all materials necessary to seal the hole.
Earlier, Rosmorrechflot reported damage to the Sig tanker on the southern approach to the Kerch Strait. As IA Regnum reported , the ship was attacked, presumably, by a Ukrainian naval drone. A hole was formed on the tanker in the area of the engine room, none of the crew was injured. Vessels of the Maritime Rescue Service were sent to the scene.
Text taken from the V Kontakte page of Tatyana Vasilyeva
‼⚡⚡⚡"Fired from sons-in-law." The main sensation of the day. Defense Minister Shoigu does not have a son-in-law, Alexei Stolyarov. There was so much noise around Stolyarov and so many accusations against Minister Shoigu because of Stolyarov! And he's not a son-in-law. No more son-in-law.
Ksenia Shoigu announced that she and Stolyarov were just friends and "not a couple."
Probably Stolyarov was "fired from his son-in-law" for bad behavior on social networks. For a year, several million have asked for it. And so.
Our government, at the request of our people, is even ready to fire sons-in-law. Everything for the people!
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[Regnum] Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland Pavel Yablonsky said that the fighters of the PMC "Wagner" tried to penetrate from Belarus to the Polish side. This was reported by CNN.
Yablonsky claims that a "very real" threat is coming from Belarus - the Wagnerites are already trying to penetrate Poland.
The official also said that Poland expects "new attacks on the border, attempts to violate the airspace." At the same time, the deputy minister assured that "Poland is not going to retreat" and may even take extreme measures - to close the borders with Belarus.
As reported by IA Regnum , US and Polish Defense Ministers Lloyd Austin and Mariusz Blaszczak discussed the presence of the Wagner PMC in Belarus during telephone conversations.
At the end of July, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Wagner PMC fighters had moved towards Poland. According to him, they allegedly relocated towards the Suwalki corridor. Morawiecki saw this as a danger to Poland and an alleged opportunity to attack the country.
Chargé d'Affaires of Belarus Alexander Chesnovsky was summoned to the Polish Foreign Ministry due to the fact that two Belarusian helicopters violated Polish air borders.
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