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Russian warship fires warning shots in Black Sea at civilian cargo ship
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/14/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And boarded/inspected it before releasing it to carry on. Kinda like the USCG does come to think of it
Posted by: Slenter Panda4300 || 08/14/2023 8:59 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian forces liberated Urozhaine, Donetsk region
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/14/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Can Ukraine hold it? That's the true measure here.

Urozhaine is the first step in liberating Mariupol - which is highly unlikely.
Posted by: mossomo || 08/14/2023 12:55 Comments || Top||

#2  The Ukrainians not only hold Urozhaine, they have also taken territory to the west. Meanwhile, the Russians retreat chaotically. The relevant question is will the Russians fight for the next village, Zavitne Bazhanne or retreat to the more defensible Staromlynivka?
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 08/14/2023 14:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Russians tried an armored attack near Andriivka (south Bakhmut flank). Didn't go well.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 08/14/2023 14:42 Comments || Top||


Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 13th, 2023
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

22:26 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the smoke on the Crimean bridge is Russia's answer for its terror: "There is not a single day that the Russian evil does not receive our completely fair answer. Every destroyed occupier, all units of burned Russian equipment, fire instead of their headquarters and warehouses, very eloquent smoke on the Crimean bridge and not only - all this is evidence that we will not leave a single crime of Russia unanswered.

21:29 Podolyak called "an act of piracy" the shelling and forced inspection by Russia of the international civilian dry cargo ship Sukra Okan, heading to the Ukrainian port of Izmail. According to him, this is "an absolute violation of international maritime law, an act of piracy and a crime against civil ships of a third country in the waters of other states." The adviser to the head of the Presidential Office emphasized that "this precedent with an attempt to introduce a" marque "requires clear legal fixation, identification of all persons and recognition of the fact of a crime by the international community. Ukraine will draw all the necessary conclusions and choose the best answer."

21:07 The Russians again attacked the Kherson region in the evening, the OVA reported. In Belozerka, at least 12 houses were damaged and two people were injured as a result of an air strike and shelling. Russians dropped three guided air bombs on Odradokamenka - several residential buildings were damaged, people were not injured.

21:02 Speaker of the OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk said that the information of the Russian Defense Ministry about the shelling and search of the Sukra Okan vessel has not been confirmed by anyone and can be an element of a hybrid war: "Today we have only one thing - a demonstration of aggression by the Russian Defense Ministry. They are trying with all their might to indicate their dominance in the Black Sea: supposedly they are able to stop the ship, raise aircraft, and nothing will happen to them for this. Like inspect and release."

20:33 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are digging five mines laid by the invaders for every square meter, Reznikov said: "Today Ukraine is the most mined country in the world. Hundreds of kilometers of minefields. This is a serious obstacle for our troops, but not insurmountable. At this stage of the de-occupation campaign, we More demining equipment is urgently needed. This is a major setback for our military."

19:37 InformNapalm investigators claim that the statement of the Russian Defense Ministry about opening fire on the dry cargo ship Sukra Okan in the Black Sea is a fake. According to the data of objective control provided to InformNapalm by the sailors of one of the ships who observed this event from a distance, there was no "successful examination" of the vessel. According to the sailors, the Sukra Okan ship with a Turkish crew on board did not obey the Russians' demands to stop the course, but simply temporarily changed course towards the coast, the territorial waters of Turkey. There was also no helicopter and no warning shots, only threats on the radio.

19:11 France in August completed the training of 6,000 Ukrainian troops under the 2023 program, Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu said. Also, according to him, France every month supplies Ukrainians with shells of 155 mm caliber.

17:49 In Mariupol, the guerrillas liquidated by arson the occupants' base located in the area of ​​the so-called Manezh or the Azovstal Sports Complex, said the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko. Since May, enemy equipment has been repaired here, and the work of Russian air defense by sea has been repeatedly recorded from there. The partisans themselves said that today the leader of the "DPR" Denis Pushilin visited Mariupol, and the maximum attention of the guards was paid to him, and not to the situation on the Left Bank of the city. As a result of the arson, about ten Russians were killed and wounded, three trucks, a barracks, and at least five cars were destroyed.

17:10 The Russians have been shelling settlements in the Kherson region all day today. As of 17:00, seven dead and 13 wounded are known, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said. In particular, five people died in Shirokaya Balka - among them one infant and a 12-year-old child, two more - in Stanislav. Three people were wounded in Kherson and Berislav, two each in Stanislav and Kamyshany, one each in Veletensky, Zolotoy Balka and Novokair. On Monday, August 14, mourning was declared in the region.

15:42 Scholz confirmed that Germany is studying the possibility of technical restrictions on Taurus cruise missiles before transferring them to Ukraine. At the same time, the chancellor added that the decision on the supply has not yet been made.

13:38 The Russians fired on the village. Kucherivka, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region, one person was seriously injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

12:47 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that in the morning in the Black Sea a dry cargo ship Sukra Okan under the flag of Palau was found, en route to the Ukrainian port of Izmail. The captain of the dry-cargo allegedly did not respond to the request to stop for inspection, and "warning fire" was opened from the Russian warship. A Ka-29 helicopter with a group of Russian servicemen was raised from the board of the patrol ship Vasily Bykov. Based on the results of radio communications, the inspection team boarded the dry cargo ship, after the completion of its work, the ship continued to move to the port of Izmail.

12:30 Russia has resorted to new tactics in the Black Sea after strikes on its ships, said the speaker of OK Pivden Natalya Gumenyuk: "The invaders are now hiding behind the southeastern coast of Crimea. The main thing that has changed is that they created the so-called ship inspection area, where they collect civilian ships. In fact, they create a boom for themselves so as not to be damaged as a result of attacks.

12:14 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that today the air defense forces allegedly again destroyed Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Belgorod and Kursk regions, there were no casualties or damage.

11:19 204 people have been evacuated from the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region since August 9, including 71 children. In particular, 111 people were evacuated during the day, including 36 children and four people with disabilities, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

10:52 In the occupied Oleshki, Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed two enemy warehouses with ammunition, there is also a hit on the concentration of occupiers, Vladislav Nazarov, spokesman for the Pivden operational command, said.

10:01 Russians fired on Veletenskoe of the Belozersk community of the Kherson region, one person was seriously injured, the OVA reported.

09:25 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, three people were injured, in Donetsk - one, according to the OVA.

09:23 The head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Yuriy Malashko, specified that as a result of yesterday's Russian strike by a guided air bomb on the city of Orekhov, ten people were injured, including law enforcement officers while on duty. One policeman died on the spot.

08:50 The German defense concern Rheinmetall will hand over to Ukraine the most modern reconnaissance drones Luna NG, capable of providing the LTE network, intercepting or jamming communications, by the end of the year, writes Bild. Such a drone can fly for more than 12 hours and transmit data for more than 100 km.

08:34 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 13:

  • personnel - about 253,850 (+560) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 4298 (+3),

  • armored combat vehicles - 8335 (+11),

  • artillery systems - 5072 (+19),

  • MLRS - 713 (+0),

  • air defense systems - 477 (+5),

  • aircraft - 315 (+0),

  • helicopters - 313 (+0),

  • UAV operational-tactical level - 4204 (+3),

  • cruise missiles - 1379 (+0),

  • ships/boats - 18 (+0),

  • automotive equipment and tankers - 7543 (+20),

  • special equipment - 760 (+1).

07:21 Over the past day, 39 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Kupyansky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas northeast of Sinkovka, north of Kislovka and southeast of Andreevka of the Kharkov region, in the Bakhmutsky direction - in the areas of Klescheevka and Belaya Gora of the Donetsk region.

In the Avdeevka direction, the Defense Forces are holding back the offensive of Russian troops in the Avdeevka area, in the Maryinsky direction - in the Maryinka area. In the Shakhtyorsk direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the Urozhaynoye area of ​​the Donetsk region. Meanwhile, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, had partial success in the Rabotino region of the Zaporozhye region, and are consolidated on the achieved lines.

In the occupied Gornostaevka, Kherson region, military patrols and servicemen of the commandant's office of the Russian troops go around all the houses, trying to find deserters among their servicemen. This is due to the fact that among the newly arrived military personnel of the Russian Federation, the number of not only deserters has significantly increased, but also those who use alcohol and drugs. They leave their places of duty and try to hide in abandoned buildings.

05:51 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced another attempt by Ukraine to attack with an aircraft-type drone "on objects in Russia." Air defense systems allegedly found and destroyed a drone over the Belgorod region, there were no casualties or damage.

03:13 Russia has begun producing its own version of Shahed-type Iranian kamikaze drones, CNN reports with reference to Conflict Armament Research, a British organization that studies weapon components. Experts noted that the drones produced by the Russian Federation have significant differences in the design of the airframe and internal units, including those for navigation. According to the researchers, this development is a turning point in Moscow's ability to expand the large-scale use of drones.

As in the Iranian versions, most of the components of the Russian drones are imported. Manufacturers - 22 companies from seven countries, including Russia. Components were produced by companies from China, Switzerland and the United States, with 12 components produced after the start of the war.

00:52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have made "tactically significant" progress in the counteroffensive, advancing 16-19 km along the two main lines of attack, writes The New York Times. Thus, Ukraine wants to reach the southern coast and cut Russian supply lines. The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) called the move "tactically important" as the Russian redeployment is likely to further weaken Russia's defensive lines, creating opportunities for a potentially decisive Ukrainian breakthrough.

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Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary August 13 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

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

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:54 An air alert has been announced in almost half of Ukrainian regions. In particular, sirens work in Odessa, Nikolaev, Kirovograd, Cherkasy, Poltava, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions of Ukraine.

22:43 Russian Defense Ministry: air defense systems destroyed a Ukrainian drone over the Belgorod region.

22:10 Governor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov announced the consequences of the UAV attack.

“The door-to-door tour is completed. In total, 5 apartments were damaged (windows were broken) and 16 cars,” the governor said in histelegram-channel

21:33 A civilian was injured as a result of the shelling of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported intelegramdepartmental channel.

“Information has been received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic: the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): along Utkina Street, 1 ... a woman born in 1977 was wounded,” the representative office said in a statement.

20:51 In Donetsk, 2,000 subscribers are de-energized due to shelling, the DPR Ministry of Coal and Energy reported in itstelegram-channel.

“At 16:45, as a result of another shelling of Donetsk, 18 transformer substations, 2,000 household subscribers in the Kuibyshevsky district of the city were de-energized. Emergency recovery work will be completed as soon as the situation permits,” the ministry said.

19:57 Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov about the emergency in Belgorod: an explosion occurred due to the UAV attack, after which the tiles of the ventilated facade of the house from the 7th to the 13th floors fell.

There were no casualties.

18:48 Residents of Belgorod report explosions in the city

According to unconfirmed reports, a Ukrainian drone flew into a residential building.

18:48 Russian Armed Forces unit breaks tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with the crew near the village of Rabotino

17:57 A civilian died as a result of shelling by the Ukrainian troops of the village of Zaitsevo in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko said intelegram channel.

“As a result of the shelling of the village of Zaitsevo (Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka), a civilian was killed by Ukrainian gangs,” the mayor wrote.

17:57 A civilian was killed during the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, the mayor of the city Oleksiy Kulemzin said intelegram channel.

“As a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshev region in the village of Severny on the street. Utkin, according to preliminary information, there is a deceased. Private houses were also damaged. The data is being specified,” wrote Kulemzin.

17:56 An air alert has been announced in the Sumy, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region of the Russian Federation, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.

16:57 An explosion sounded in Melitopol, said Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region.

16:56 Three civilians in the village of Volfino in the Kursk region suffered from the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, one of the shells hit a residential building, the governor of the region said

15:36 Ukrainian troops fired four cluster shells of 155mm caliber in Donetsk in 15 minutes, reported in telegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

15:36 An attempt to attack and break through by assault groups, accompanied by tanks, was thwarted by the Russian Armed Forces near Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region, reportedActing Governor of the region Yevgeny Balitsky in the telegram channel.

15:35 Ukrainian troops fired five cluster shells of 155mm caliber in Donetsk, reported at the DPR office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

14:23 Sources from the Ukrainian side report explosions in Nikolaev

14:22 Undermining tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by the Russian "Lancet" somewhere on the Vremevsky site

13:13 There was an eliminated ideological Nazi Eduard Rashchuk

A native of the Odessa region was awarded the Order of Courage of the III degree under Zelensky. He served in the Chimera unit as part of the 126th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:25 Ukrainian troops fired 15 shells of 152mm caliber in Gorlovka and four shells of 155mm caliber in Donetsk, reported intelegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).

“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
09:25 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired;
09:45 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
10:20 - the settlement of Shcherbinovka - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky and Central City districts): four shells with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
11:30 - Dzerzhinsk settlement - Gorlovka settlement (Nikitovsky district): three shells with a caliber of 152mm were fired;
09:55 - the settlement of Maksimilyanovka - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts): four shells with a caliber of 155mm were fired, ”the representative office said in a statement.

12:24 The headquarters of humanitarian aid was destroyed by the APU strike in Aleshki, Kherson region, there were no casualties, the city authorities report.

“Early in the morning (August 13, 2023), as a result of a direct hit by a large-caliber projectile fired from the right bank by the Ukrainian Nazis, the humanitarian aid headquarters in the city of Alyoshki was destroyed. Fortunately, there were no casualties, ”the city administration’s telegram channel reported.

11:37 Armed Forces of Ukraine fired nine different munitions at settlements of the Belgorod region in a day

In addition, two drones were shot down. UAV fragments damaged one house, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on his Telegram channel.

10:04 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:

-- in the village of Kazachi Lagery 16 shells;
-- n.p. Radensk 12 shells;
-- n.p. Aleshki 12 shells;
-- n.p. Korsunka nine shells;
-- n.p. Peschanovka nine shells.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Golaya Pristan, n.p. Podstepnoye, Krynki village, firing a total of 33 shells from cannon artillery.

Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.

10:03 For the past day:

As a result of fire damage by the formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:

-120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: three militants 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 group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:

- a boat and five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
– position of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: five militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity;
- three 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them, losses: 13 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, seven were injured of varying severity;
- M-777 howitzer with ammunition, losses: three militants 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 group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:

- the location of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: 11 militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; 13 - received injuries of varying severity, four units of automotive equipment were disabled;
- 152mm MSTA-B howitzer with ammunition, losses: five fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, three were injured of varying severity.

09:00 A drone operator from the Airborne Forces is dropping ammunition on a Vushnik in the Kupyansky direction -video.

08:35 In the Kupyansk direction, the artillery of the Western Military District knocked out Bekha of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a direct hit from an 82mm mortar -video.

08:08 The sports team of the OBTF “Kaskad” sent neo-Nazis to the scrap 122mm 2S1 with the help of the “Lancet” -video.

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Actual information about the situation on the front line: August 13 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/13/2023 to 00:00 08/14/2023

Over the past day, the Representation reported 74 facts of firing by the AFU.

Information was received about the death of two civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Zaitsevo.

Wounds of varying severity were received by five civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Zaitsevo.

Six residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky, Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.

Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), Ozeryanovka, Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts ).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 45 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.

On Gorlovsky 24 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.

On Yasinovatsky five artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm, incl. with a cluster warhead.

Having fired 254 units of various ammunition.

In the previous day, 46 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.

21:18 Servicemen of the Russian group "Vostok" did not allow Ukrainian troops to build a pontoon crossing across the river Wet Yaly west of Harvest in the DPR, Oleg Chekhov, head of the press center of the group of troops "Vostok", said in a video posted on the telegram channel of the Russian Defense Ministry.

“To the west of Urozhayne, an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to build a pontoon crossing across the Wet Yaly River was thwarted. The pontoons were destroyed by artillery fire,” Chekhov said.

20:41 Ukrainian troops fired 20 “NATO” caliber rounds in the regions of Donetsk in 30 minutes, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported in telegram departmental channel.

“Fire was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
16.30 (coincides with Moscow time - ed.) - the settlement of Galitsinovka - the city of Donetsk (Kirov and Kuibyshevsky districts): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired ...
16.35 - the settlement the point Netaylovo - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired ...
16.40 - the settlement of Kurakhovka - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired,” the message says.

19:50 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:

The advanced units of the group of troops "Vostok", with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted fire damage on the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which continue to attempt to attack in the direction of Urozhaynoye and Staromayorsky. The enemy suffers losses in manpower and equipment.

To the west of Urozhayne, an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to build a pontoon crossing over the Wet Yaly River was thwarted. The pontoons were destroyed by artillery fire.

Artillery fire also destroyed a stronghold of nationalists in the Makarovka area and an observation post of militants north of Priyutnoye.

Rocket artillery fire destroyed a US-made counterbattery radar station northwest of Novodonetsk.

By dropping a projectile from a UAV, an anti-tank missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Novomikhailovka area was destroyed.

Aircraft hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the Oktyabr state farm and Staromayorsky.

19:25 The main directions of enemy movement obvious.

1. They climb from the Right Bank. The shoaled Dnieper has a problem - the enemy is transferring motorized infantry groups, constantly maneuvering along the Dnieper and trying to enter the DRG, shitting seriously. A number of bridgeheads, incl. in the area of the Antonovsky bridge, created by the enemy on the Left Bank, which require liquidation. Activity does not decrease. An example is an attempt to transfer a group to the area of n.p. Kazachi Lagery and entering our positions.

2. It is very difficult for the Donetsk divisions of the OBTF "Kaskad", "Vostok" and others. At the moment, they are under the strongest pressure at the junction of the Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions. in the area of n.p. Urozhaynoe, Mayorskoe and others. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are constantly pressing, incurring crazy losses, the rod, regardless of them. The pressure is reinforced by the active use of RAV (missiles and artillery), UAVs along our front line and tactical rear.

3. On Bakhmut, the situation was relatively localized by the forces of the Airborne Forces. We must pay tribute to Teplinsky, who personally, "on his fingers" built a defense in this direction, where not only paratroopers, but also volunteer units are stationed.

The enemy, having received in the teeth, slightly tempered his ardor. The fighting does not stop, but the hard roll, which was even at the end of July, is now fading away.

3. In the Kupyansk direction, ours are pressing, breaking through the enemy's front. Let's crawl a little. The enemy urgently organizes the transfer of forces and means - to close the direction. The evacuation of citizens from the front line was announced so that the enemy reinforcements had a place to stay.

In a good situation, you need to introduce a considerable reserve into a breakthrough, there is an opportunity to go. In the Kupyansk area, the encirclement of one of the tank units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is ripening. But ... The question is in the reserves, in the human resource ...

4. Groups of mercenaries of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (RDK, Poles, British, and other bastards) begin to move along the border - units are being transferred north and north-west of Kharkov at the junction of the borders of the Belgorod and Sumy regions.

Their task is in small groups of 5-10 people. cross the border, make ambushes on the roads in the Belgorod region.

5. In Marinka 30% n.p. - under the enemy. In a good way - to knock him out with a good attack, for this "Akhmat" was brought in to reinforce the Donetsk units. It is hard for them, both in Maryinka and Avdievka. It is unthinkable to go on the attack five of us on the enemy's opornik. Donetsk are coming. They are not on Tik Tok.

6. Storming Avdiivka head-on is pointless. Is anyone still doing this? If it is not possible to cover, it is important:
1) to build a good line of defense along it;
2) to conduct KBB (counter-battery combat) - to jam those who level Donetsk.
At this stage, this may be sufficient, given that the enemy is suppressing attempts to go through the suburbs and is trying to counterattack. "Avdeevskoe deja vu" continues for many years.

7. The main problem at ALL sites is the physical shortage of people. The equipment has appeared, the armament is sufficient, and there are not many people anywhere. From here, the healed wounded return to duty, not cured, which turns into consequences.

8. A year and a half of the NWO showed that shooting “tik-toks” and fighting are not the same thing. Especially if the “tik tok” warriors, as in the Belgorod region, sit in the fourth line after the mobilized (1), motorized riflemen-contractors (2), SOBR and OMON fighters (3). Only Tik Tok remains on the 4th line.


18:45 Statement by the head of the press center of the South group:

A subdivision of the missile forces of the "Southern" grouping attacked the point of temporary deployment of the eightieth separate airborne assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kramatorsk.

The calculation of the multiple launch rocket system "Tornado-S" struck the rear area of the 93rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the enemy in Konstantinovka.

The crews of helicopters of the army aviation attacked the accumulations of manpower and armored vehicles of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Kleshcheevka and Andreevka.

Artillery units of the grouping destroyed enemy dugouts in the village of Pobeda, a combat vehicle of the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system, two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles in the area of the Belaya Gora settlement and an enemy artillery ammunition field depot in Nikolayevka.

As part of the counterbattery fight, two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the areas of Seversk and Predtechino, 120mm mortars in Krasnogorovka and Thin.

Loitering ammunition "Lancet" hit self-propelled artillery "Palladin" near Seversk.

18:25 Colors near Kleshcheevka: ours covered the enemy with a fiery “hail”:

Yesterday and today, fighting continues on the southern flank of Artyomovsk, our fighters are actively destroying the enemy who is trying to advance.

On the footage of the MLRS 102 msp and 150 Motorized Rifle Division covers the attacking forces of the enemy.

17:55 Ukrainian formations artillery attack the border area Kursk region:

The enemy fired ten rounds at the village of Volfino, Glushkovsky district, as a result of which one house was damaged, three people were injured, they are receiving the necessary medical care.

17:20 Soledar direction setting as of 16.00 August 13, 2023:

At Kleshcheevka, the situation today is relatively stable. Yesterday, Ukrainian formations again tried to advance to the north of the village, where they were met by Russian paratroopers.

As a result of the ensuing battle, the fighters of the Russian Airborne Forces not only repelled the attack, but also captured seven members of the Ukrainian 5th Assault Brigade. According to some reports, the RF Armed Forces were able to slightly improve the situation in Kleshcheevka.

At the turn of Kurdyumovka - Ozaryanovka, from 0400 hrs, Ukrainian tanks from closed firing positions massively fired at positions in the villages, as if preparing for an attack. However, there have been no assault attempts so far.

At the same time, one of the battalions of the 1st Brigade of the President of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived at this site, which had previously operated in the Liman direction. Also on the VerumReactor channel they report about an additional two mechanized battalions and a MLRS division from under the Liman.

On the northern flank, there is a concentration of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Razdolivka. But for now, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are attacking with small infantry groups. It even comes to the point that one or two people go on the attack.

16:25 A 120mm mine hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The body was thrown 15 meters into the air:

Every month, the accuracy of artillery and mortars of the Russian army is growing, the calculations receive the necessary coordinates and spend less rounds to hit targets than before -video.

15:45 Statement of head of the press center of the group "West":

During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, assault groups of the 6th combined-arms army captured two strongholds, three observation posts and defeated an infantry platoon in the Olshan area. In order to restore the lost positions, the enemy carried out two counterattacks by units of 41 Separate Mechanized and 95 Separate Airborne Brigades against our positions in the area of the settlement Sin'kovka and Mankovka. All counterattacks were successfully repelled. The losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower.

In addition, heavy flamethrower systems struck at the stronghold of the units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade in the area of the settlement Sin'kovka.

The reconnaissance and strike squad with the Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed the Crab self-propelled artillery mount in the area of the Shevtsov Yar beam.

In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy, with assault groups of 32 and 44 Separate Mechanized Brigades, carried out two attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement. Novoselovskoe. The artillery of the grouping inflicted a fire defeat, the losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower.

15:25 Orekhovsky area setting as of 15.00 August 13, 2023:

By the end of yesterday, enemy attacks on Rabotino had ceased. The Armed Forces of Ukraine were driven out of the eastern outskirts, but they were able to take part of their positions three kilometers east of the village, as well as in adjacent areas to the northeast.

Somewhere from 0900 hrs, infantry groups of the 4th battalion of the 46th detachment, under the cover of armored vehicles, resumed the assault, using the bridgehead they had received. Drones detected clusters of personnel and several tanks, which immediately changed their position.

So far, gun battles are going on. The same activity as yesterday is not observed, but the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are already moving more freely through the landings in the east indicates some problems in their defeat.

In addition, the Ukrainian formations maintain the combat potential of their forces by rotating twice a day: the paratroopers of the 46th detachment of infantry units change the reinforcement units from the 15th Brigade of the Kara-Dag National Guard and vice versa.

And now the situation remains tense. After several unsuccessful assaults on the forehead, the enemy began to gradually bite into the east, and in the rear in the direction of Ilchenkovo, according to the interception, the DRG was hiding, waiting for a breakthrough and directing artillery.

14:45 August 13 around 13.30 Moscow time crossed another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region. There were no casualties or damage.

14:20 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 13, 2023)

- In the Kupyansk direction, units of the "Western" group of forces, using the results of army aviation strikes and artillery fire, successfully repelled six unsuccessful attacks and counterattacks by units of the 14th, 44th Mechanized and 95th Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in areas of settlements Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic, as well as Sinkovka and Mankovka tracts of the Kharkov region

Enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 60 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, as well as a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar.

- In the Donetsk direction, active and well-coordinated actions of the units of the "Southern" group of troops, with continuous support from artillery fire, successfully repelled six attacks of assault groups of the 110th Mechanized, 5th Assault, 81st Airmobile and 79th Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in areas of the settlements of Belogorovka, Vesele, Krasnogorovka, as well as to the west of Klescheevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Enemy losses per day amounted to more than 300 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, three armored combat vehicles and two cars.

- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the professional actions of units of the "Center" group of troops, strikes by army aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems successfully repelled the attack of the assault group of the 68th "Jaeger" Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine southeast of the settlement of Novogorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic.

Up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.

- In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok grouping of troops, strikes by operational-tactical aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems, defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

As a result of the fighting, up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as 152mm D-20 and 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.

- In the Zaporizhia direction, units of the Russian group of troops, with the support of artillery, repelled an enemy attack southwest of the settlement of Uspenovka, Zaporozhye region.

In addition, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on accumulations of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Yabloneve and Malaya Tokmachka of the Zaporozhye region.

Enemy losses amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian servicemen, five tanks, five infantry fighting vehicles, three vehicles, a British-made FH-70 howitzer, two 152mm Msta-B howitzers, and a 152mm D-20 gun.

- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen, four vehicles, as well as an M777 artillery system made in the United States were destroyed in a day.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day hit enemy manpower and equipment in 137 districts.

In addition, the forward command post of the 9th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit near the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region.

In the area of the settlement of Pervomaiskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic, the control center of unmanned aerial vehicles, as well as manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were hit.

Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the village of Brusovka in the Donetsk People's Republic shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the air.

During the day, air defense systems intercepted eight rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system.

In addition, 25 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya, Rubizhne, Zolotarevka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Trudovskoe, Gorlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Chapaevka and Ocherevatoe of the Zaporozhye region.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 458 aircraft, 246 helicopters, 5,708 unmanned aerial vehicles, 429 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,274 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,144 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,862 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 12,207 units of special military vehicles.

13:45 FPV drone effectively struck the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the Starlink communication kit:

The drone recorded the moment of installation of the antenna. Kamikaze drone worked to strengthen the Ukrainians -video.

13:30 Kherson direction setting as of 13.00 August 13, 2023:

To the west of the Kazachi Lagery, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold a foothold. Boats and boats are rotated, the wounded and the dead are taken out. Reinforcements from the 126th Terodefense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transferred to the left bank the other day. Videos with captured fighters from the 1822nd battalion of the RF Armed Forces began to diverge on the Web: Russian military personnel are used to maximally discredit the RF Armed Forces in this area and sow panic.

The situation is still difficult, but not everything that Ukrainian resources publish should be believed. Russian troops continue to work: two Ukrainian assault groups of the 126th arr. TRO tried to attack with the support of the forces and means of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the right bank, but were stopped and thrown back from the Kazachi Lagery.

This morning, fresh reinforcements were transferred to the bridgehead, Ukrainian formations are trying with all their might to expand the zone of control. Continuous fire is being conducted on Russian settlements.

Heavy fighting continues under the Antonovsky Bridge. Russian assault detachments are forced to engage in close combat for nearby dachas and try to dislodge enemy DRGs, which are constantly being transferred to the left bank of the Dnieper. As for the Russian troops, as for the Ukrainian, drones and artillery are constantly working from both sides.

A similar situation is developing on the islands near Kherson, where neither side has clear and confident control. Over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shelled these areas more than 20 times.

Tanks were delivered to Veletensky (working from closed firing positions along the left bank). The assault detachments of the 121st Brigade of the territorial defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (the very ones that have been learning to force water barriers in recent months) have been transferred to “zero”. And their appearance against the backdrop of regular attacks by the DRG and increased artillery fire indicates possible attempts to strike from the right bank and land troops in the third place.

12:55 August 13 at about 6.40 Moscow time in the southwestern part of the Black Sea patrol ship The Black Sea Fleet "Vasily Bykov", who controlled shipping, discovered the dry cargo ship "Sukra Okan" under the flag of Palau, en route to the Ukrainian port of Izmail.

The captain of the dry-cargo ship did not respond to the demand to stop for inspection for the carriage of prohibited goods.

To force the ship to stop, a warning fire from automatic small arms was opened from a Russian warship.

In order to inspect the dry cargo ship, a Ka-29 helicopter with a group of Russian military personnel was raised from the Vasily Bykov patrol ship.

According to the results of radio communications, the ship stalled, the inspection team landed on a dry cargo ship.

After the completion of the work of the inspection team on board the Sukra Okan, the ship continued to move to the port of Izmail.

Black Sea Fleet ships continue to patrol in designated areas.

12:25 Opponent inflicts combined strikes on the settlements of the Belgorod region.

In the Belgorod region, air defense units shot down a Ukrainian UAV, there were no casualties or damage.

According to Mash, the enemy attacked the Tikhvin Church in Shebekino and the bus station from the Grad MLRS. According to preliminary data, no victims.

Local residents also reported the artillery attack of the Balki farm in the Shebekinsky district, but there was no official information about the consequences of the attack.

11:50 Vremyevsky section: situation as of 11.00 13 August 2023

At night, the consolidated detachments of the 35th and 37th brigades of the Naval Infantry Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy, supported by artillery fire from the 55th Brigade and tanks from the 1st Brigade, entrenched themselves in the northern part of Urozhayne. According to interceptions of conversations between members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Ukrainian naval infantry took up all-round defense, expecting an attack by the Russian Armed Forces.

Despite statements about the withdrawal of Russian Armed Forces fighters from Urozhaynoye, the Kaskad OBTF is still holding the line in the south of the village. The onslaught of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not subside: over the past two days, Ukrainian units have attacked the positions of the Russian army with a total force of more than a hundred people and 15-20 armored vehicles.

To date, the Ukrainian command has set the task of establishing full control over Urozhayne, so the rolls are likely to intensify. To do this, three assault groups of 128 mod trot were transferred to the controlled part of Staromayorsky.

Also, enemy detachments attacked the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the forest belt west of Staromayorsky and were able to occupy one stronghold. At the same time, the infantry group of the 1st brigade tried to break through at Priyutnoye, but the attack was repulsed, as reported by Voin DV.

Nevertheless, an increase in the number of attacks should be expected. The lack of significant successes at the front forces the Ukrainian command to demonstrate at least some results at any cost, and looming control over the destroyed Urozhainoye became goal No. 1.

Paratroopers of the 3rd Assault Battalion of the 80th Airborne Infantry Brigade of Ukraine have already arrived in Bolshaya Novoselka, and the 4th Battalion of the 15th Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard is expected to move from Komar in the near future.

11:20 Statementhead of the press center of the group "Center":

In the Svatov direction, artillery fire and air strikes from the "Center" group of troops repelled two attempts to attack the assault groups of the 68th Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Enemy losses amounted to 10 people, an armored fighting vehicle was destroyed.

In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of Serebryansky forest, advanced units of the Russian group repelled five attempts to attack assault groups of 42 and 67 Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as 5 Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 80 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored vehicle, as well as an enemy 120mm mortar were destroyed.

The crews of Su-34 multi-purpose fighter-bombers delivered four strikes with guided aerial bombs at three points of temporary deployment and a field ammunition depot in the areas: Nevsky, Proletarskoye.

10:50 Enemy counted that we will start to retreat, but the situation is slowly changing in our favor.

“Teplinskiy said correctly – you can't win in defense. But we generously spent our resource in the first phase of the NWO, and in order to accumulate and prepare a new one, we needed a pause. And someone needed a result, and raw reserves were thrown into the attack. The result, contrary to expectations, but quite naturally, did not come, moreover, such an approach did not allow to form a potential capable of solving serious problems. By itself, a situation was brewing when we simply needed to go into a deaf echeloned defense, temporarily giving the initiative into the hands of the enemy in order to gain time and at the same time exhaust his forces.

Every day, replenishment arrives in the army, factories produce new equipment and weapons - losses are being replenished. Yes, the expense in the first months was colossal. They said about some commanders that they fired calibers like from a slingshot .... Now this practice no longer exists. Now the situation is slowly but surely leaning in our favor.

The enemy expected that we would begin to retreat, as we retreated in the Kharkiv and Kherson regions, but we rested, and he could not break through our defenses at once, bogged down in his creeping offensive. Now he is falling into a still slight panic, and with small victories he is trying to raise the spirit of the army and society, but mathematics is an exact and unbiased science.
Mathematics is, indeed. But so many things turn out to be not exactly mathematical, or to have more factors than originally accounted for in the mathematical model...
10:30 Frontline summary on the morning of 13/08/2023:

In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian troops found themselves in a very difficult situation in the village of Rabotino. The enemy, after shelling, constantly attacks the outskirts of the settlement from the north and northeast. At the same time, his units are also trying to move towards Novoprokopovka along the forest belt, bypassing Rabotino.

At the same time, with the support of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they are attacking Verbovoye. The RF Armed Forces attacked Ukrainian positions in Plavni, Kamenskoe, Lobkove, Pyatikhatki, Orekhovo and Novodanilovka. Russians under fire in Lugovoe, Zherebyanki, Nesteryanka, Kopany, Novoprokopovka, Novopokrovka, Novofedorovka.

In the Ugledar sector, Russian units counterattacked from Urozhaynoye. The Russian Aerospace Forces worked on Staromayorsky. Artillery - along Blagodatny, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka, Bogoyavlenka, Ugledar and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northwest of Donetsk).

In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka and from Berkhovka. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin, Belaya Gora, Chasovoy Yar, Rozdolovka, Vesely (a settlement northeast of Soledar), Vyemka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky. Russian - in Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Bakhmut, Yagodny, Berkhovka.

In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops were advancing near Ivanovka and Sinkovka. Attacks on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Nevsky, Cherneshchina, Pervomaisky, Kislovka and Kupyansk.

10:00 Official summary Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 08/12/2023 to 00:00 08/13/2023

Over the past day, the Representation reported 46 facts of firing by the AFU.

Information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.

Wounds of varying severity were received by seven civilians, incl. child born in 2010 #ChildrenNotTarget, in Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Kirovsky district of Makeevka, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and previously liberated Lugansk.

Nine residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

The regions of seven settlements of the Republic came under enemy fire: Svetlodarsk, Horlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Luhansk, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city. Donetsk (Kuybyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeivka (Kirovsky and Chervonogvardeysky districts).

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 33 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.

On Gorlovsky six attacks from artillery 152mm, mortar 120mm.

On Yasinovatsky five artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, shock UAV.

On Svetlodarsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.

Having fired 154 units of various ammunition.

In the previous day, 37 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.

09:30 Enemy again comes near Orekhov: fierce battles are going on

On the Zaporozhye Front, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from early morning again throws waves of infantry and armored vehicles into the attack, trying to capture our positions in the fields at the Rabotino-Verbove line and push through the front.

The enemy also does not stop firing from artillery using cluster munitions, trying to squeeze our fighters out of the trenches. Our artillery is responding.

Russian tanks, howitzers, MLRS and ATGMs are working on the advancing forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Army aviation also came to the rescue: helicopters strike.

Part of the enemy equipment was hit.

Fierce fighting continues.

08:55 Prevented sabotage:

While on combat duty to guard the weapons depot, senior sergeant Oleksandr Fetisov detained a citizen of Ukraine, who was found to have an improvised explosive device during the search.

Thanks to the competent and skillful actions of the serviceman, an attempt by the Ukrainian regime to undermine the readiness of the Russian unit to perform combat missions was thwarted.

08:30 Chronicle of special military operation for August 12, 2023:

Today, Ukrainian formations again delivered a combined massive strike on Crimea. At night, about 20 UAVs attacked various objects on the peninsula, but were shot down by air defense systems or suppressed by electronic warfare. Later, in the afternoon, two modified S-200s were launched across the Crimean bridge, which also intercepted air defense systems.

Relative calm is observed in most sectors of the front. Artillery duels are going on between the parties, the RF Armed Forces continue to crush the enemy defenses near Kupyansk. A difficult situation remains near Bakhmut, the enemy is attacking on the flanks of the city near Kleshcheevka and Blagodatny.

In the Orekhovsky sector, the enemy is trying to attack in the vicinity of Rabotino with mechanized formations supported by tanks. Fighting is taking place near Verbovoye and east of Rabotino, during the day there were two waves of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, both were repulsed, but the battle for the villages is only gaining momentum.

08:07 Today around 0400 hrs thwarted attempt and the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with one aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle against objects on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region. As a result of the thwarted terrorist attack, there were no casualties or damage.

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War in Ukraine. Summary 08/13/2023
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] 1. Zaporozhye direction. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rabotino area, firmly holding control over the village, as well as less intense enemy attacks in the Pyatikhatki area. For the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the capture of Rabotino is, in fact, now a purely image event that can somehow answer the question why for more than 2 months all the neighborhoods of Rabotino were filled with corpses and skeletons of equipment. There is no talk of any deep breakthrough in this area.

2. Vremievsky ledge. The situation for us here is complicated. The enemy caught on to the northern part of Urozhayne. Part of the village is actually in the gray zone. If ours are finally squeezed out of there, then the enemy will be able to establish stronger control over Staromayorsky and straighten the front, after which they will try to increase pressure in the area of ​​​​Novodonetsky and Priyutnoye, and also try to develop an offensive on Staromlynovka. The enemy still has resources for further attacks in this area, so this activity cannot be underestimated.

3. On the Ugledar, Maryinsky and Avdeevsky directions without significant changes, positional battles are going on with extremely little progress. The main efforts of the parties are now directed to other sectors of the front.

4. In the Artemovsk direction, our troops successfully continue to repel enemy attacks to the north-west and south-west of Artemovsk. The enemy could not take at least one of the significant villages in the Artemovsk region. The transfer of Syrsky to the command of the defense of Kupyansk looks like a very symbolic act, although it was Syrsky who commanded the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Artemovsk that began on May 10.

As a result, Syrsky was transferred from near Artemovsk, for 3 months Syrsky, with heavy losses, took only a bunch of forest plantations and removed the direct threat from the Yar and Krasny Clocks, while those reserves that were originally supposed to "surround Artemovsk" were burned in battles.

5. On the Seversky ledge without significant changes. The fate of the salient now largely depends on whether the RF Armed Forces will be able to reach the northern bank of the Seversky Donets in the near future and take the Seversk-Belogorovka road under fire control.

So far, it has not been possible to push through the enemy defenses at Belogorovka and Disputed. The enemy, in turn, could not extract anything from his activity in the area of ​​​​Razdolovka and Vasyukovka.

6. The offensive of the RF Armed Forces continues in the Svatovsky and Kupyansky directions.

The advance continues in the area of ​​Karmazinovka and Novoselovsky, where the zone of control is expanding. Torsky and Terna do not yet have a new advance, the enemy with his counterattacks fetters our activity here in order to prevent advance to Krasny Liman and Yampol.

To the northeast of Kupyansk, our unhurried advance continues, the enemy regularly loses strongholds and continues to evacuate from settlements in the Kupyansk region in anticipation of upcoming battles. The enemy reserves transferred here have not yet been able to change the current trend. The initiative here firmly belongs to our troops.

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About dismissals of military commissars
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] 1. Massive purges of military commissars in Ukraine are primarily aimed at restoring the implementation of the plan for forced conscription into the army, since the resource of voluntary mobilization has long been exhausted and it is possible to drive into the Armed Forces of Ukraine only by force, while the targets are not met.

2. Non-compliance is connected not only with the fact that people are running or hiding from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but also with the fact that the whole system from top to bottom was struck by corruption and some potential conscripts simply pay off, often giving the last, as a result of which the military commissars look like just robbers who bring people to poverty and take away for meat those who cannot pay off.

3. At the same time, such military commissariats interrupt the business of the Zelensky gang itself, which organizes a quiet trip abroad for co-opted members of the gang and those who pay well, which is confirmed by the numerous trips of "servants of the people" abroad under the current bans. In fact, the system of military registration and enlistment offices closed part of the ransom money for itself, and they pass by the common fund of the Zelensky gang.

4. Of course, they will try to present the purge among the military commissars as a fight against corruption and putting things in order. But in fact, we are talking about trying to increase the recruitment of cannon fodder, as required by the United States and NATO, as well as closing the financial flows associated with the payoff from mobilization to the common fund of the Zelensky gang. The system itself, as it was extremely corrupt (which the Zelensky gang independently signed), will remain so. At the same time, for ordinary Ukrainians, it was, is and will remain a vivid example of the thesis "Corruption kills." Although in the case of Ukraine, this is of course not the root cause of the ongoing horror, but one of the secondary striking effects of the Euromaidan.

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Wagner Group Faces 'Down-Sizing' Amid Money Problems After Mutiny: U.K.
[Newsweek] Russia's notorious Wagner mercenary group is likely "down-sizing" and restructuring after its short-lived armed mutiny in June, according to a new assessment.

"There is a realistic possibility that the Kremlin no longer funds the group," Britain's defense ministry said in an intelligence update on Sunday.

Wagner fighters have been arriving in Belarus for weeks and estimates on how many mercenary recruits have arrived in the country vary. A spokesperson for Lithuania's defense ministry told Newsweek in late July that it believed the tallies of Wagner members published in Russian and Belarusian media were inflated.

Wagner recruits are being built into Minsk's armed forces to "pass on experience" to Belarusian fighters, Lukashenko said earlier this month in remarks reported by the country's state news agency.

But if the Russian state is no longer financially propping up Wagner, "the second most plausible paymasters are the Belarusian authorities," the British Ministry of Defence said in its update on Sunday.

"However, the sizable force would be a significant and potentially unwelcome drain on modest Belarusian resources," the government department added.
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#1  If true, why does Poland have such a big boner for a down-sized Wagner. Last I heard Poland was moving troops to the border. Why mobilize if the Kremlin is no longer funding the group. MoD is a shit source in this conflict.
#FakeNews

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#2  Poland is letting Belarus know who is the new Big Kahuna in Eastern Europe. Let's face it, Lukashenko is a loudmouth pipsqueak and the Russians couldn't even stop (or even wanted to it seemed) a mercenary column driving on Moscow.
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#3  The results of Putin's master strategy so far: Finland and soon Sweden into NATO. A de facto Eastern European axis that will become the dominant military power in NATO and the EU, with Ukraine likely to be joining after the RF military has been bled white. Poland's military up gunned and overshadowing Belarus, Kaliningrad and - on the current trajectory - Russia itself after said bleeding. Great work, Vladi!
Posted by: Nero || 08/14/2023 14:39 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ And that's not even the bad news for the average Russian. Got a penny? Buy a ruble and ask for change.
Posted by: Matt || 08/14/2023 17:55 Comments || Top||

#5  Putin: "And yet with my Special 2 week Military Operation, I remain a strategic genius"
Posted by: Frank G || 08/14/2023 22:28 Comments || Top||


What do Ukrainians see?
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[DonRF] Ukrainian fakes are such a thing ... A society that has been driven into the head that we do not know how to fight, it is waiting for wins, and they are fed wins to them.

For an example of how it works for the enemy, I took one of the Ukrainian publics covering the Zaporozhye Front and looked at what they write about the Rabotino area:

1. Aug 13th, according to their report, they had success in the Rabotino area

2. Aug. 12th, they also had success in Rabotino . They entered the village

3. Aug 11th...they also entered Rabotino

4. Aug 10th there were great successes in Rabotino

5. Aug 8th. They captured part of Rabotino

6. Aug 7th they surrounded Rabotino.

Then I began to leaf through weekly:

1. Jul 31st they simply wrote about the attack on Rabotino

2. July 24th they broke into the outskirts of Rabotino

3. Jul. 19 they destroyed Rabotino with artillery

4. Jul 12th were successful in the Rabotino area

5. July 6th captured 1.5 kms square of the village of Rabotino

6. July 1st advanced on Rabotino

7. June 21st - advanced to Rabotino

The question arises - what kind of Rabotino is this, which in Ukrainian reports they took with their tongue many times? Maybe it's a city? Or a big village? No, the village. The area is 3.1 square kilometers. The population in 2001 is 480 people. That is, about nothing.

This village, according to Ukrainian plans, was to be taken on the first day of the offensive. But it didn't work out. It didn't grow. Didn't take off. And as a result, they began to take it in the virtual space. Every now and again. Having come up with a fairy tale that this is the most important point, the capture of which will open the way to Melitopol.

Similarly, as the capture of Staromayorsky and Urozhainoye - to Berdyansk, Kleshcheevka - to Artemovsk. This is of course not true. This is a position. Just a position. You can hold it, you can lose it and move a kilometer away. It won't change anything.

Nothing at all.

Just like UAV strikes in the direction of Crimea, they will not destroy logistics, and the DRG on the Left Bank is not a scourge, it is a DRG in the floodplains, which is eventually destroyed. Painful and unpleasant, but no bridgehead. Just a problem. Which is decided.

And as you wished, this is war. On it, the enemy spoils, and their amazing ones on the zrada increase their popularity, scaring them with a scary one. And they believe in fact, both with us and with them. Meanwhile, war doesn't work that way. By the way, at this moment the attack on Rabotino is underway again. And again, the Ukrainian media will write that the village has been taken. And tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they will write.

And if they take it, they will start writing about the next village. That it opens the way and just about ... In fact, if each settlement is stormed from two weeks to two months, if during this time the enemy has traveled three kilometers, then their offensive has bogged down. Fully.

And it remains those who have not yet been sent there, according to the principle "To see Rabotino and die", to believe in fairy tales. About the capture of Rabotino repeatedly and for an encore. And about the significance of this village, which in Ukrainian propaganda already plays the role of something like Moscow.

For us, the main thing is not to inflate a myth from these positions, like the Ukrainian one about the Bakhmut fort. And do not start to keep them at ANY cost. Although we do not suffer from this. Tales are in that direction. There, the repeated capture of a small village for two months comes.

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