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OSint thread: The Russian tanker hit overnight by a Ukrainian USV, Sig, was a prolific sanctions violator and a major lifeline for the Russian war effort in Syria.
Will get interesting if the Ukrainians drop mines by drone boats off Kerch strait and Russian oil export ports.
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[LB] Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions were attacked.
The Russians fired six times (84 explosions) in the Chernihiv region . They fired mortars and artillery in the Novgorod-Siversky District. No information was received about losses among the local population or damage to civil infrastructure. The data is being verified, says the summary from OVA as of this morning.
The enemy launched two shellings in Sumy at night and in the morning. 11 explosions were recorded. Two settlements in the Khotyn community were shelled. In advance - without human losses and destruction of critical infrastructure. Yesterday, during the day, there were 27 enemy attacks. 165 explosions were recorded. 18 settlements in nine territorial communities were shelled: Krasnopilska, Khotynska, Bilopolska, Yunakivska, Myropilska, Druzhbivska, Esmanska, Novoslobidska, Velikopysarivska. Data on the consequences are being clarified.
In Dnipropetrovsk yesterday, the occupiers attacked Nikopol twice. Heavy artillery was used. They targeted the networks of one of the utility companies. There were no casualties. In the evening and during the night, the aggressor shelled the Nikopol district five times. Gativ from heavy artillery and rocket systems of salvo fire. He visited the district center, Chervonogrigorivska and Myrivska communities.
Two residents of Nikopol were injured, and the necessary assistance was provided to them. More than two dozen private houses, a car, two trucks, several solar panels, greenhouses, three gas pipelines and two power lines were mutilated in the city. Ten farm buildings were damaged, two more were destroyed.
In Donetska, over the past day, snipers shelled eight settlements: Halytsynivka, Avdiyivka, Lastochkina, Severnye, Chasiv Yar, Bogoyavlenka, Kurakhivka, and New York. 21 residential buildings and four garages were damaged. In one day in Donetsk region: two dead, two wounded.
In Luhansk, the enemy shelled Nevsky and Bilogorivka. During the day, the enemy fired 131 shots (596 shells).
In the Kharkiv and Slobozhan directions, the enemy launched airstrikes in Veterinarny, Kharkiv and Vesely districts. He carried out mortar and artillery shelling of the settlements of Guryiv Kozachok, Visoka Yaruga, Vovchansk, and Varvarivka. Bologivka was also shelled. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy launched airstrikes in the area of Petropavlivka and Kislivka. Figolivka, Dvorichna, Kupyansk and Kucherivka were subjected to enemy artillery and mortar attacks.
As a result of shelling in Vovchansk, two private houses and farm buildings were damaged. In Budarky, as a result of shelling from a tank, a fire broke out in a private house. The enemy attacked Cherneshchyna with a guided aerial bomb, a private house was damaged. No casualties among the civilian population were recorded during the past day.
In Zaporizhzhia, the Russian military carried out 75 strikes on 20 settlements over the past day. 67 artillery shells fell on the territory of Gulyaipol, Zaliznychny, Novoandriyivka, Novodanilivka, Gulyaipilskyi, Novodarivka, Chervonyi, Charivnyi, Olgivskyi, Malynyivka, Biloghirya, Preobrazhenka, Levadnyi, Kamianskyi, Maly Shcherbaki, Stepovoy, Pyatikhatok.
Four anti-aircraft missile attacks were recorded on Novodarivka, Levadny and Kamiansky, as well as two air strikes on Malya Tokmachka and drone attacks on Malynivka and Novoandriivka. As a result of enemy artillery shelling, a 53-year-old man was wounded, who was quickly taken to a medical facility and provided with the necessary medical assistance. 23 reports were received about the destruction of residential buildings and infrastructure facilities.
In Mykolaivska yesterday, during the day, the enemy carried out artillery strikes on the water area of Ochakivska community. There are no casualties. Also yesterday, enemy artillery shelled the settlement and the coastal strip of the Kutsurub community, as a result of which residential buildings were damaged. There were no casualties.
In Khersonskaduring the day, the enemy carried out 53 shellings (241 shells), of which nine shellings (42 shells) were fired at Kherson. Hitting the areas of 21 settlements of the region, the territory and building of the church, the territory of the park, the building of a religious institution, a cinema, an infrastructure object, a shopping center, the territory of a medical institution and the building of a penitentiary institution in Kherson.
As a result of shelling yesterday morning in Kherson, three passengers of a trolleybus and four employees of the State Emergency Service were injured. Damaged special equipment. All the victims were hospitalized, doctors are providing them with the necessary medical assistance. A volunteer from Norway came under enemy fire in Kherson. He received minor injuries. He was admitted to a local hospital and provided with the necessary medical assistance. The man's life is currently not in danger. In total, nine people were injured during the day due to Russian aggression.
We will remind you that yesterday the enemy launched 57 missile and air strikes and fired 29 salvo rockets at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
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All the Russian bombings of Ukrainian apartment buildings don't compare to the Ukrainians sinking yet another Russian warship. C'mon Putin get your act together.
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Putin's random attacks on apartment blocks in Kyiv and Kharkiv were taking place long before Ukraine ever started attacking Russians in their own country. Hey, you start a war then the other side gets to fight back. Deal with it Russia.
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[Korrespondent] Authoritative American analysts published an article in Time magazine , where they analyzed in detail the Ukrainian counteroffensive and tried to predict its results. In particular, Karolina Hird and Ekaterina Stepanenko, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War, along with Frederick Kagan, an expert at the American Enterprise Institute, reported that on July 26 the Armed Forces of Ukraine began the main phase of their offensive campaign.
According to experts, attacks by the Ukrainian military are likely to alternate between periods of notable tactical progress, long pauses and some setbacks.
At the same time, American analysts hope that the road to the Sea of Azov will simply open up for Ukrainian forces, but with heavy fighting and high losses.
THREE SCENARIOS
Experts are convinced that in the current offensive actions, the victory of Ukraine can have three different options.
First, as noted in the article, the current mechanized breakthrough of the Defense Forces can be successful, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine will make it to such a depth that it will destroy part or even all of the Russian defense lines.
Second, Russian troops, already suffering from serious morale and other systemic problems, could crack under pressure and retreat in a controlled or panicked manner, the analysts add.
Third, constant pressure and a massive offensive campaign could create gaps in Russia's defense lines, which Ukrainian forces can exploit first in isolated places and then for deeper breakthroughs.
The first and second options are unlikely, but possible, and the third scenario is the most likely path to Ukrainian success, American experts add. Also, the last option will be slower than the other two, and not as fast as desired in the West. At the same time, the third scenario depends on the help of Kyiv's allies, analysts say.
In addition, the slow pace of Ukraine's attacks, which it used until July 26, is designed to minimize losses. They are primarily focused not on exhausting the Russians, but rather on steadily pushing them out of prepared defensive positions so that the Ukrainians can use them to achieve operational success.
It is this tactic, as noted in the article, that was used in both the Kherson and Kharkov campaigns.
"This is still a war of maneuver, not a war of attrition - just at a slower pace," the analysts add.
PROBLEMS OF OCCUPIERS
A number of problems for the Russians add to the confidence of the success of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The biggest problem for the occupiers is logistics: the Russians must protect the long land line of communication (GLOC), consisting of roads and railways, that stretches from Rostov-on-Don on the northeast coast of the Sea of Azov to the Crimea.
Tens of thousands of Russian troops in southern Ukraine are in need of massive amounts of food, fuel, ammunition, personnel and other supplies, which must be transported by road and rail.
This state of affairs is very beneficial for Ukraine, experts say. At a minimum, the Ukrainians can pull up artillery to the GLOC and further aggravate the situation of the Russians, and as a maximum, reach somewhere as far as the Sea of Azov and generally cut off the land logistics of the invaders.
"In other words, it is enough for Ukrainians to capture and hold only one sector for Russia to lose the ability to control almost the entire territory to the west of the strike direction. Russia must win everywhere," the authors conclude.
The second problem of the enemy is the lack of operational or strategic reserves. Reserves are free forces capable of responding to the development of the situation in the combat space.
"The Russian occupiers are getting tired - and complain about it publicly," analysts say.
THE DANGER OF FAILURE OF THE OFFENSIVE
Ukraine has sent the bulk of the forces it has prepared for counter-offensive operations, although it is not clear what proportion of these forces are now actively involved in hostilities, the article says.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine still retain the initiative and enjoy many advantages, but their counteroffensive may fail, experts emphasize.
According to them, the Russians may be more resilient than they seem. In particular, this concerns the defense of the occupiers.
Another reason for the failure, analysts say, is that the West may not have time to provide Ukraine with the necessary equipment and support in a timely manner.
“While Ukraine still has a serious prospect of freeing strategically important territories, which it does, the task of the West is to provide Kiev with what it needs to succeed,” the experts conclude.
Worth noting, korrespodent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2022. Linked in the title
23:17 Lithuania will soon transfer a new military aid package to Ukraine, which will include, in particular, NASAMS missiles, anti-drone and logistics equipment, the country's Defense Ministry said.
22:52 Authoritative American analysts published an article in Time magazine, where they analyzed in detail the counteroffensive of Ukraine and tried to predict its results. Experts see three possible options. For more details, see the material Scenarios for the development of a counteroffensive .
22:06 Over the past week, Germany has handed over to Ukraine two WISENT 1 demining tanks and 11 mine plows for T-72 tanks, the German government said. Also among the military assistance are five SurveilSPIRE mobile reconnaissance systems, three Vector reconnaissance drones, five mobile antenna-tower systems and nine border guard vehicles.
In addition, 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, six Bergepanzer 2 armored recovery vehicles, seven remote demining systems, five SurveilSPIRE systems and 18,000 anti-tank systems are planned to be transferred to Ukraine.
22:00 In the north-eastern part of Melitopol, Zaporozhye region, a mobile crematorium operates 24/7. The bodies of the dead Russian servicemen are transported by flatbed trucks. Local residents complain about the constant putrid smell in the city, especially at night, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
21:57 Ukraine without a fleet destroys the Russian fleet. The port of Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar Territory was attacked by two sea drones. After that, a video appeared with the large Russian landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak, which lurched heavily to port while being towed to its anchorage in the bay. More details - in the material Naval attack .
21:15 The Russians fired at Stanislav of the Kherson region - at least four residential buildings were damaged, one person was injured. Also in the evening, the enemy attacked the center of Berislav from a drone. Explosives were thrown into the courtyard of a local resident, he was seriously injured, the IVA said.
21:08 At the summit in Jeddah on August 5-6, responsibility will be distributed between countries on certain points of the peace formula, Igor Zhovkva, deputy head of the Presidential Organization, said in an interview with Radio Liberty: "If China talks about nuclear security, then China absolutely, for example, can become a No. 1 on nuclear safety, and if Brazil is concerned about environmental issues, it can easily be a co-leader in point No. 8."
20:14 Ukrainian troops in the South have already broken through the enemy's first line of defense in places and moved to an intermediate one, Anna Malyar said. According to her, there they are faced with the fact that the enemy has built engineering fortifications on the main dominant heights. "This, of course, complicates the movement of our troops and the fighting itself," Maliar added.
19:29 Ukraine joined the EU sanctions against Iran, the press service of the Council of Europe reported. Restrictions were introduced on July 20 against five individuals involved in the development and supply of drones to Russia. In addition to Ukraine, these sanctions were also introduced by North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
19:17 Occupants in Crimea are ready for a "goodwill gesture," Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, believes. According to her, this, in particular, is evidenced by the fact that officials of the occupying authorities are already evacuating their families and property from the peninsula, in the notary centers of Crimea there is a rush about the re-registration of property. At the same time, Gumenyuk noted that it is not so easy to leave the peninsula now due to logistical problems.
18:45 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he heard today the report of the head of the SBU Vasily Malyuk: "I will not voice the content. I can only say that we are all grateful to the Security Service of Ukraine for returning the war back to the aggressor state. What you bring to the world, with that you turn out yourself."
17:51 Kuleba called the participation of the Special Representative of the Chinese Government for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui at the meeting of advisers to the leaders of states and representatives of the Foreign Ministry in Saudi Arabia on August 5-6 a historic victory and a "super breakthrough".
17:27 Zelensky said that he had a meeting in Kiev with a member of the Republican Party, ex-governor of New Jersey, Christopher Christie. "It is very important that Mr. Christie began this visit to Ukraine with a visit to Bucha to see with his own eyes what a threat Russian aggression poses to freedom and everyone in the world," the president added.
17:10 Ukraine will conduct repeated inspections of the condition of shelters, Shmyhal said: “In June, we fired some local leaders, and some were reprimanded due to the inadequate condition of shelters. More than a month has passed, and therefore now we will give instructions to again conduct inspections regarding Has the situation been corrected? The work of Invincibility Points will also be checked.
16:56 Ukrainians reacted violently to the news about the wrecked ship in Novorossiysk and have already raised a wave of jokes and memes. The brightest of them are in the material Olenegorsky shit .
16:49 The Bulgarian government, following the parliament, approved the provision of 100 armored personnel carriers to Ukraine.
16:25 Germany slows down the supply of weapons promised to Ukraine, writes Die Welt. According to the publication, after Zelensky's May visit to Berlin, out of the 110 promised Leopard tanks, only ten were delivered, and 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Iris-T missile defense systems were not sent at all. A total of 2.4 billion euros in aid was promised, the largest arms package since the start of the war.
16:22 At the summit in Saudi Arabia, the United States will try to convince China that it is in its interests to help end the war in Ukraine and stop supporting Putin, writes The Wall Street Journal.
16:03 Lithuania will soon close two of the six border checkpoints on the border with Belarus, the country's Interior Ministry said.
16:01 China confirmed participation in the meeting on Ukraine, which will be held in Saudi Arabia on August 5-6. Beijing will be represented by Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui, who visited several European countries, Ukraine and Russia in May and presented the Chinese "peace initiative".
15:59 Putin is trying to hold out until the US elections in November 2024 in the hope that Trump will help him, CNN reports, citing Western officials. They predict that before the election, he is unlikely to change his plans for Ukraine.
15:55 IAEA experts were allowed on the roof of the third and fourth reactors at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, and they did not find explosives there, said the agency's director general Rafael Grossi. Now experts are asking for access to the remaining four power units.
15:52 Ukrainian developers over the past two weeks have demonstrated important military developments. More details - in the material New military developments of Ukraine .
15:23 Azov said that the commander of the brigade Denis "Redis" Prokopenko, who recently returned from Turkey, is already in the ranks and is working out the planning and organization of the battle with the fighters.
15:19 Ukrainian troops will re-profile air defense to strengthen the protection of port infrastructure, said Natalia Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden. According to her, work is already underway, allies of Ukraine are involved in it.
15:07 The enemy is desperately trying to stop the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, the eastern front remains the epicenter of hostilities for the Russian army: "The enemy believes that by striking at the East, they will be able to turn the tide on the front as a whole. Therefore, the greatest efforts are now being made in the East." Ukrainian troops yesterday and today repel enemy attacks in the Kupyansky, Limansky and Svatovsky directions. The number of enemy shelling has increased, heavy fighting is underway. The goal of the enemy is to pull Ukrainian forces to these directions from the offensive direction and break through the defenses.
In addition, in the Kupyansk direction, the enemy set as his goal the return of the territories lost last autumn. "This is a difficult and exhausting struggle, but our defenders do not allow the enemy to realize his plans," Malyar said.
In the Bakhmut direction, the situation is complicated: on the southern flank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine they gradually continue to move forward, on the northern flank the enemy is attacking - Ukraine is repulsing the attacks. Here the enemy also wants to regain lost ground. Also in the East, the Russian Federation is attacking the Avdeevskoye and Maryinskoye directions: "There are also hot battles there, but our defenders do not allow the enemy to advance."
In the South, the Defense Forces continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, the enemy "provides insane resistance." In addition to continuous mining, the Russians equipped protected concrete engineering fortifications at key dominant heights. "In such difficult conditions, our troops are gradually but very persistently moving forward," Malyar added.
14:58 Putin signed the law on raising the draft age in Russia. The lower bar will remain at the same level (18 years), the upper bar will increase by three years (from 27 to 30). The law will come into force on January 1, 2024. The same law establishes the possibility of concluding contracts with conscripts for a period of at least a year. During the period of mobilization or martial law, specialized "state unitary enterprises" will be involved in maintaining order, to which weapons can be transferred.
Putin also signed a law that introduces a ban on travel abroad for a citizen from the day he was served with a summons, including at the place of work or study. In addition, a law was signed, according to which the Russian Guard will now be able to have heavy military equipment in service.
Another law signed today establishes that certain categories of persons with access to classified information will have to notify the FSB of the Russian Federation and the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation about traveling abroad. The document also introduces additional grounds for refusing access to state secrets: we are talking about the presence of an official or his relatives of foreign real estate, accounts in foreign banks.
14:27 Erdogan said he is counting on Putin's visit to Turkey in August.
14:09 Zelensky said that he had held a "tense three-hour" meeting of the Headquarters. The participants considered the situation at the front, the resumption of the work of the grain corridor, the development of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, in particular, the maximum simplification of the procedure for defense enterprises, "so that they deal with weapons, shells, and not papers." An analysis was also made of the use of high-precision weapons. "Now is not the time to voice details, but we are satisfied with the results," the president added.
13:56 Russian aviation struck at Odradokamenka, Kherson region - dropped two guided bombs. At least five houses were damaged and one person was injured, the IVA said.
13:53 Russia is preparing a large-scale provocation under a false flag at the Mozyr Oil Refinery to involve Belarus in a full-scale war against Ukraine, the SBU reports. According to intelligence data, the preparation of the terrorist attack is being carried out by the DRG from the regular military of the RF Armed Forces and employees of the Russian special services, who were sent to Belarus under the guise of Wagnerites. The DRG should arrange a provocation at the refinery, pretending to be "Ukrainian saboteurs."
13:36 The National Bank issued a new ten-hryvnia coin with the image of the Patriot air defense system. It will be in free circulation and will be released in a circulation of 10 million pieces.
13:01 The United States does not plan to pay for weapons for Taiwan from the aid budget to Ukraine, said John Kirby, coordinator of the White House National Security Council. According to him, Taiwan will not be included in the request for a new financial assistance package for Ukraine, as previously reported by the media.
12:52 Training of Ukrainian pilots on the F-16 should start at the end of August, Air Force speaker Yuriy Ignat said. He added that the training "will not be quick, but it will not be as long-term as the Russians hope." According to Ignat's forecasts, pilots need up to six months to learn how to fly fighters, but "under certain conditions" this period can be reduced to four months.
12:29 Ukraine returned the bodies of another 44 fallen defenders, the Ministry of Reintegration reported.
12:08 The SBU, together with the State Bureau of Investigation, has collected an evidence base on the sanctioned Russian oligarch, the president of the CSKA (Moscow) football club, Yevgeny Giner, who was involved in financing the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. He is a close associate of the top military and political leadership of Russia and directly contributed to the Kremlin in unleashing a war against Ukraine.
After February 24, 2022, Giner, as the owner of the Russian JSC KBAL named after. Koshkina instructed the company's management to ensure an uninterrupted supply of ammunition for the occupying forces. Also, through entities controlled in Ukraine, he is one of the beneficiaries of the VS Energy International Ukraine group of companies and owns a number of hotels, metallurgical plants and shopping centers in Ukraine. The Supreme Anti-Corruption Court is considering the claim of the Ministry of Justice for the confiscation of these assets for the benefit of Ukraine. Giner faces life imprisonment with confiscation of property.
11:34 British intelligence believes that Russia may attack Ukrainian ports on the Danube with Iranian drones, not missiles, to reduce the risks of escalation. After all, these drones are quite accurate and at the same time have a much smaller warhead than cruise missiles. Analysts note that Russian attacks on port infrastructure using kamikaze drones in the past two weeks were aimed at cutting off international shipping through these ports. At the same time, drones hit targets 200 meters from the Romanian border, that is, Russia decides to strike near NATO territory.
11:26 Russia no longer has such a stock of missiles as last year, so in winter it will attack Ukraine with drones, Air Force speaker Yuriy Ignat predicts: "Of course, they will not abandon their intentions to disable our fuel and energy sector in order to de-energize the country in cold weather. But they do not have such a strategic stock of missiles that they had last winter. Therefore, perhaps, they will bet on kamikaze drones, which are also quite dangerous."
10:47 Russia doubles defense spending in 2023, Reuters reports, citing a government document. More than $100 billion will be allocated to the military industry, which is one third of all Russian government spending. Of these, $54 billion has already been spent in the first six months, which is twice as much as in the same period last year.
Such defense spending is supporting the recovery of the Russian economy through the growth of industrial production, but has already led to a budget deficit of about $ 28 billion and reduced spending on schools, hospitals and roads, the newspaper notes.
10:42 There is a large oil storage facility in Feodosia, which, in particular, provides fuel for the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, so explosions should continue to be expected there, Natalya Gumenyuk, spokeswoman for the Southern Defense Forces, told Radio Liberty. As for the explosions near Novorossiysk in the Krasnodar Territory, she suggested that this could be a Russian provocation.
10:35 Ukrainska Pravda reports, citing sources in the Security Service, that the special operation in the bay of Novorossiysk was carried out by the SBU together with the Navy. As a result of a surface drone attack, the large landing ship Olenegorsky miner received a serious hole and is now unable to perform its combat missions. "So all the statements of the Russians about the reflected attack are fake," the source said.
10:23 Russia has deployed a large group of 15 ships in the Black Sea and is preparing for provocations, Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden, said: "In the Black Sea, in all likelihood, they are preparing for provocations and are trying to disperse their ship composition so that it accumulated in one place. According to her, threats and pressure on civilian ships in the area of the Kerch Strait are possible.
10:17 Crimean telegram channels write about an attack on an oil depot near Feodosia during a night attack by drones.
09:42 Russian public reports that the large landing ship Olenegorsk miner, who participated in repelling the attack of Ukrainian unmanned fire ships on Novorossiysk, was shot down.
09:03 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in Kurakhovka and Krasnogorovka), two more were injured. In the Kherson region, nine people were injured, in Zaporozhye - one, according to the IVA.
08:52 The Russian army suffers significant losses in the East and does not have any success, said the speaker of the General Staff Pavel Kovalchuk. The defense forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Kupyansk and Liman directions, and in the Bakhmut direction they are fixed on the achieved lines. There are heavy battles. In the South, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue their offensive in the Berdyansk and Melitopol directions, consolidate in their positions, the invaders suffer significant losses.
08:29 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 4:
personnel - about 248,490 (+640) people liquidated,
tanks - 4228 (+4),
armored combat vehicles - 8249 (+15),
artillery systems - 4911 (+19),
MLRS - 704 (+0),
air defense systems - 466 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4104 (+27),
cruise missiles - 1347 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7392 (+20),
special equipment - 724 (+3).
07:48 In the evening and at night, the Russians fired five times from heavy artillery and MLRS on Nikopol, the Krasnogrigoryevsk and Mir communities of the Dnepropetrovsk region. Two people were wounded, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said.
07:35 Over the past day, about 40 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning report . In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces are holding back the enemy in the direction south and southeast of Ivanovsky. In the Avdeevka direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance north and southeast of Avdeevka and southeast of Pervomaisky. In the Maryinka direction, the Defense Forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Maryinka area. In the Shakhtyorsky direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position west of Staromayorsky and east of Urozhaynoye.
In Energodar, the invaders are forcing the staff of the Zaporizhzhya NPP to issue Russian passports, threatening reprisals. Russian troops conduct regular searches of local residents in the city, both on the streets and in houses. They check passports and phones. If the passport turns out to be Ukrainian, then the document is destroyed and forced to issue a Russian passport. The occupiers are forcing them to change other documents as well: driver's licenses, papers for movable and immovable property.
07:03 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that the Armed Forces of Ukraine allegedly attacked the Novorossiysk naval base at night with two unmanned boats. Moscow claims that the boats were discovered and destroyed. Meanwhile, residents of Novorossiysk posted a video of the attack by sea drones on social networks .
Also, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had stopped an attempt by Ukrainian troops to carry out a terrorist attack using drones on objects in the territory of Crimea. Air defense systems allegedly destroyed ten Ukrainian UAVs, three more drones were suppressed by electronic warfare, there were no casualties or damage.
04:32 Adviser to the "head" of the occupied Crimea Oleg Kryuchkov reported on the "air defense work" in several areas of the peninsula. About the explosions, in particular, write in the public Feodosia.
02:55 Russia is trying to expand cooperation with the DPRK - in particular, it wants to acquire shells for use in the war against Ukraine, said John Kirby, coordinator of the White House National Security Council. According to him, the last visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to the DPRK was connected precisely with an attempt to convince North Korea to sell ammunition to Russia.
Kirby stressed that the agreements between Moscow and Pyongyang on the supply of weapons violate several UN Security Council resolutions at once, and Washington will continue to make efforts to prevent any attempt by the Kremlin to acquire weapons for the war against Ukraine in third countries. According to Kirby, the fact that Moscow has to look for weapons in such countries indicates the impact of Western sanctions on the Russian military machine.
00:21 Drone attacks on Moscow showed the weakness of Putin's ruling regime, Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, believes: "What did the whole world see? That Putin's regime, his Putin's Russia, is not able to protect its own territory, its own capital, and even objects related to their security sector and defense."
In addition, according to Yusov, such events are “great anti-advertising” for the Russian Federation as a supplier of weapons and air defense and electronic warfare systems: “I think that after the recent events, their value on the international arms market has significantly fallen and staggered. It is unlikely that after such ads, someone wants to buy something from rashists."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Victoria Nikiforova
[RIA] The paradox of terrorist activity is that it is always successful in the information field. Intelligence services can prevent ninety-nine terrorist attacks out of a hundred, but the public will simply ignore this news. However, if the hundredth terrorist attack does happen, the public, bloggers and the media will raise a hype, and at least in the information field, sabotage will bear fruit.
So it is with Ukrainian drones. Every day, in a routine manner, there is news that our specialists have neutralized and destroyed another drones from Nezalezhnaya. That's just seven "birds" shot down in the Kaluga region.
This is a clear evidence that Russia without panic and very quickly learned to neutralize terrorist gifts from our non-brothers. But there is no information hype around this wonderful news. Positive does not bring likes and views at all - this is a long-known deformation of the information field.
This is exactly what Ukrainian terrorists are targeting. When at least one drone - albeit neutralized and not dangerous - reaches the target, a uniform seething of patriotism begins in Nezalezhnaya. And if you manage to get into some iconic building - for example, in the Moscow City business district - it's just a win out of wins.
Is there any military sense in drone attacks on our peaceful cities? Actually, it's minimal. Yes, our rescuers and special services have to work hard. However, Ukrainian call centers have already “mined” our public buildings so many times that everyone got used to the enhanced regime long before the start of the NWO. It is ridiculous to expect that broken windows in a Moscow skyscraper will somehow help the Armed Forces of Ukraine to avoid defeat at the front. Spoiler: it doesn't work that way.
Attacks on iconic buildings such as the same Moscow City complex create a chic newsbreak and allow all Western newspapers to place photos of broken windows on the front pages with appropriate apocalyptic headlines. But this story is just part of Western propaganda, and it affects only the Western inhabitants.
At first, Ukrainian drones could have some kind of psychological effect on our people. However, "a person (according to the Russian classic) gets used to everything", and new arrivals are already met by the public with indifference.
More importantly, the enemy decisively underestimates the stubbornness and steadfastness of our people. "Where the days are cloudy and short, a tribe will be born that does not hurt to die," the poet once said about our ancestors. This genetic courage does not disappear anywhere and absolutely does not know class and class differences. A hipster from the Moscow City complex in this regard is no different from a football fan who voluntarily went to the front.
There is a famous photograph of Dmitri Shostakovich disarming German lighters on the roof of a house in Leningrad . This photo should be carefully considered by those Western curators of the Kyiv junta who think that their attacks will sow discord in our society. After all, the West was counting on the fact that the spoiled public living in the center of Moscow would begin to resent, shake their rights, engage in defeatism. However, this calculation was not justified. Danger does not divide - it cements our society, canceling all class strife as unnecessary.
Shostakovich, wearing glasses and a fire helmet, a classic Soviet-era hipster, is a perfect symbol of this popular unity. It is no coincidence, by the way, that today our anime people show amazing heroism on the fields of the NWO, although, it would seem, where is the anime and where is the war?
The imitation nature of sending drones is openly recognized by Western sponsors of Ukrainian terrorism. The Financial Times considers these attacks "simulation operations" - events that are designed not so much to cause real harm, but to distract the enemy and stir up public opinion.
As you can see, the Western masters are well aware that the drone raids for the Kyiv administration are just a means to report to the curators: that's how bravo we are fighting Russia. And then at the front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine didn’t have any success, and still don’t, at least kill yourself.
Of course, the danger from the activities of Ukrainian terrorists should not be underestimated. Perhaps in Kiev they are trying to use drones for intelligence activities in order to study the air defense of Moscow and other large cities. Not only explosives, but also chemical and biological weapons can be dropped from drones, and our special services will have to explore all these possibilities.
A massive one-time drone raid on Election Day or any other important date can also create a lot of problems. In the short term, this reduces the cost of rent, creates economic difficulties. However, we will solve all these problems as they become available, just as calmly and successfully as we have solved so far.
In fact, the drone raids are just a gesture of desperation on the part of Ukraine. The fact is that if a year ago the enemy successfully used drones on the battlefield, now this topic is closed. Remember the wunderwaffe called "Bayraktar"? Children in Ukraine were named after him and many hopes were placed on him. Today, according to Business Insider, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have practically no such drones left: "Russia has improved the means of electronic warfare so much that it successfully lands and destroys most of the drones."
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[RIA Novosti] Ukrainian diplomats massively refuse to return to their homeland after the end of foreign business trips, the Zerkalo Nedeli newspaper reported.
"Since the beginning of 2022, 40 to 60 percent of employees of diplomatic departments have not returned from Ukrainian embassies abroad, but in practice these figures can be even higher," the article says.
So, last year about 20 people were supposed to come from diplomatic missions to the United States , but not a single diplomat returned. The main factors that influence such a decision are the financial issue and problems with employment in Ukraine, the fear of mobilization and the fear that after their arrival they will no longer be able to travel abroad.
"When diplomats, who must always defend the interests of their country at the forefront, do not return, this means that they do not believe in the future of this country. And this is an indicator both for Ukrainian society and for foreign investors. This situation does not contribute to the realization of the goal, about which the president spoke at the meeting of ambassadors: to return Ukrainians home. How can diplomats facilitate the return to Ukraine of millions of Ukrainians who fled <...> to the USA, Germany , Poland , the Czech Republic , if the diplomats themselves do not want to return?" - writes "Mirror of the Week".
The publication notes that the decision not to return is made by both young employees and senior diplomats, third secretaries and envoy advisers
"The decision of a large number of qualified specialists not to return to Ukraine is a disaster, demonstrating the failure of the state and its diplomatic service," the publication concluded.
As UNIAN news agency reported, the investigative commission of Ukraine found that during the Russian special operation, about 96,000 Ukrainians received permission to leave, more than 11 percent of the total number of citizens decided not to return.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:30 Explosions occurred on the territory of the Sumy region, according to the Ukrainian publication Zerkalo Nedeli.
It is noted that local resources were notified about the explosions.
22:56 The Ukrainian online edition "STRANA.ua" reported about the explosions in Kherson for the third time in the evening.
“Explosions in Kherson for the third time in the evening, according to local publics,” the publication’s post on the Telegram channel says.
21:27 Statements by the head of the press center of the Yug group. Main:
🔹a missile unit of the Southern Group of Forces attacked the ammunition depot of the operational-tactical group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Slavyansk;
🔹The group's aviation delivered strikes with UMPC-250 and UMPC-500 guided munitions at the points of temporary deployment of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Serebryanka area, the 28th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Aleksandro-Shultin and the area of concentration of reserves of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Mayorsk and Novgorod;
🔹the crews of the Su-25 assault and helicopters of the army aviation hit the concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in the Lisichansky, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Alexander-Kalinovsky and Avdeevsky directions.
20:25 Ukrainians are already stopped be afraid of TCC employees, boldly approach them and point out their illegal actions. As a rule, not very smart warriors cannot stand the dialogue, and fall into a stupor, or begin to behave aggressively
19:22 Soldiers of the 58th Aarmy destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle near Rabotino -video
With a well-aimed shot, the Kornet ATGM destroyed the Nazi BMP along with the crew. The explosion was so powerful that pieces of the armored car flew into the air.
19:20 The lancet of the O group destroyed the American M777 howitzer -video
With the help of the UAV, the firing position of the American howitzer was revealed. After the impact of the Lancet, the enemy's ammunition caught fire, the gun was destroyed.
18:34 Special Forces of the 22nd Brigade strikes from the BMP M2 "Bradley" ATGM -video
18:31 In the eastern regions of Ukraine, air anxiety
17:38 Motorized riflemen of the 503rd Regiment destroy the mortar crew of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction -video
17:36 Russian military destroyed another mercenary from Brazil
The TrackAMerc resource writes about the liquidation of a militant named Antonio, referring to the publication of the “colleagues” of the murdered man on social networks.
It was established that the mercenary fought as part of the 204th battalion of the 241st Brigade of the territorial defense of the Kyiv regime, operating south of Artemovsk.
During the period of the special military operation, at least five mercenaries from Brazil were liquidated.
16:28 July 27 in the Zaporozhye direction waseliminatedUkrainian nationalist Vladislav Chervinsky.
According to his acquaintances, he dreamed of being a doctor and studied at a medical college.
In 2019, Chervinsky repeatedly visited the territory of the so-called ATO and treated Ukrainian militants. Later, he signed a contract with the National Guard of Ukraine.
He had little medical knowledge, so he took courses in shooting weapons and battle tactics.
After the start of the SVO, he served in Zhytomyr and fought in Artyomovsk. In the summer of 2023, his unit was transferred to the Zaporozhye region. During the unsuccessful counter-offensive of Ukraine, it was destroyed.
16:25 Russian troops smash NATO equipment along the entire front -video
On 1 video dump of the destroyed American International MaxxPro on the Zaporozhye front.
On 2 - American MaxxPro and British Mastiff near Artemovsk.
15:32 Meanwhile, in Ukraine, burials of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in full swing -video
The policy of the West to “fight to the last Ukrainian” is being steadily implemented
Unfortunately, the realization of the “stupefaction” of the population by the leadership of Ukraine comes to the Ukrainian resident only with the loss of his loved ones
15:29 Ukrovoiin demonstrates an armored car "Cossack" hit by shrapnel -video
14:40 Highlights of the new briefingMinistry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the beginning of the counteroffensive amounted to more than 43 thousand military personnel;
The RF Armed Forces successfully repelled eight attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction, including those near Belogorovka and Pervomaisky;
Since the beginning of the UAF counteroffensive, Russian troops have destroyed 25 German Leopard tanks, seven French AMX tanks and 21 American Bradley infantry fighting vehicles;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, after repulsing the attacks of the Ukrainian army, counterattacked the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Belogorivka and Vodyany, took more advantageous positions;
Losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to 185 servicemen;
Since the beginning of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russian troops have destroyed over 4,900 units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including 26 aircraft, 1,831 tanks;
Air defense systems of the Russian Federation shot down 28 drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR and DPR in a day;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Kupyansk direction continue offensive operations on a broad front, have taken more advantageous positions in the Kharkov region;
The Russian assault group of troops "Vostok" improved the tactical situation in the Staromayorsky area in the DPR;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed over 120 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 122mm self-propelled guns "Gvozdika" in the Yuzhno-Donets direction;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed fuel and ammunition depots of Ukrainian troops, hit two drone control posts in the DPR and Kharkiv region;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed fuel and ammunition depots of Ukrainian troops, hit two drone control posts in the DPR and Kharkiv region;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Krasnolimansky direction repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Novovodyanoy and Kremennaya in the LPR;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 130 military personnel, an American Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and a 152mm D-20 howitzer in the Zaporozhye direction in a day;
The RF Armed Forces defeated units of six brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Karmazinovka, Chervonaya Dibrova, Torsky and Krasny Liman.
14:39 Russian army destroyed experienced officers of the special forces of the National Guard and the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Lviv
Major Igor Demchuk and Senior Lieutenant Sergei Zaitsev were eliminated by our soldiers at the front.
Both took part in the war in Donbass since 2014. Demchuk was the commander of the 1st combat group of the 1st special forces group of the National Guard of Ukraine.
Lviv resources have published a photo of five soldiers whose funeral will take place the other day, two in full dress are the National Guardsmen.
13:36 The result of the failed counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine -video
The army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continues to smash the ukrofascists on all fronts. The footage shows the destroyed equipment of Western models, including the vaunted leopards
13:32 Footage of the defeat of the 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kherson direction -video
12:21 Ukrainian media report that the Russian armyeliminatedMajor Igor Demchuk, commander of the Omega special forces group, and his deputy senior lieutenant Sergei Zaitsev.
12:19 Special forces destroyed the landing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the American M113 armored personnel carrier on the Vremevsky ledge 🔞
Caution: cruel footage -video
An American armored personnel carrier M113 with Ukrainian militants was ambushed by the special forces of the Vostok group.
The armored car was hit, the troops and crew inside were destroyed.
11:33 Fighting on the flank of Artemovsk: the 123rd Brigade destroys the enemy in the Seversky direction -video
With accurate strikes, the artillerymen of the Southern Group of Forces hit armored vehicles and enemy strongholds.
11:32 About the enemy attack to the Crimea and Novorossiysk
At night, the enemy attempted a combined attack on the Crimea and Novorossiysk in the Feodosiya region.
A total of 13 UAVs tried to attack targets on the territory of the Crimea, and two marine unmanned boats-drones tried to attack the naval base in Novorossiysk.
All air and sea drones were destroyed. 10 drones were shot down by air defense, three were taken away by electronic warfare systems, and naval drones were shot from warships.
10:33 There was an eliminatedU krainian soldier Oleksiy Ivanchenko.
A 24-year-old man was forcibly mobilized and sent to the front.
10:32 Operation near Belogorovka: reconnaissance destroyed enemy self-propelled guns and ammunition depot -video
Our fighters track down the equipment and objects of the enemy and then attack them and destroy them.
09:29 July 28 was destroyed Ukrainian soldier Nazar Khristan.
He served in the border troops of Ukraine.
09:27 Frontline summary from the Kherson direction on the morning of August 04, 2023.
Over the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
2 boats and 10 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of about. Damansky.
Howitzer 122mm D-30 with ammunition.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: four KIAs; two wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: three KIAs; four wounded. - in the area of N. p. Garden.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
The position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: four KIAs; six wounded.
120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: five KIAs; two wounded.
08:41 Two Ukrainian surface drones were destroyed this night and in the morning in the sea near Novorossiysk -video
There were no casualties or damage, the headquarters said.
“The crews of the Olenegorsky Gornyak and Suvorovets ships immediately reacted and helped to avoid the consequences of an attack by unmanned boats,” said Mayor Andrey Kravchenko.
In the first video, one drone is on fire, in the second, another one explodes.
08:34 Dambiev informsthat area n.p. Stelmahovka in the Kupyansk direction, as a result of an air strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces, the chief sergeant of the 68th separate jaeger brigade of Ukrainian formations, “master sergeant” Anton Usovsky, call sign “Shaman”, was destroyed
A sign of the active work of our troops in this direction. Even copying NATO titles does not help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:56 Official summary of the DPR Representation in the JCCC from 00:00 08/04/2023 to 00:00 08/05/2023. Over the past day, the Representationreportedabout 58 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the wounding of two civilians in the Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk.
Nine residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, Oleksandrivka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka, Yelenovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 36 attacks from the MLRS, artillery 152mm and 155mm, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky seven artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky 15 artillery attacks from MLRS, artillery 155mm. Having fired 227 units of various ammunition.
A previous 75 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
21:43 Ukrainian troops at 20.20 fired 10 rockets from the MLRS in the Yasinovatsky district, therepresentation DPR at 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) in the direction: 20.20 - the settlement of Orlovka - Yasinovatsky district: 10 rockets were fired from the MLRS,” the representative office said in a telegram channel.
The type of MLRS is not specified. The consequences are not yet known.
20:08 Job EW fighters of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division of the RF Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye region to suppress Ukrainian FPV drones.
19:09 RF Armed Forces destroy mortar crew of Ukrainian militants in the Zaporozhye direction
19:00 Personnel destruction by an accurate artillery strike of the Ukrainian 122mm SAU-2S1. Kherson direction
17:59 A civilian was wounded as a result of the artillery attack of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, said the mayor of the administrative center of the DPR Alexei Kulemzin in hisTelegram channel.
“As a result of the barbaric artillery attack of the Petrovsky district by Ukrainians, a man born in 1969 was wounded along Rodionova Street,” Kulemzin wrote on his Telegram channel.
The mayor added that as a result of the shelling, a gas pipe along Bezlesnaya and Starchenko streets was damaged.
16:57 Over the past day, up to 25 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two cars, as well as two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed in the Kherson direction by the forces of the Russian Armed Forces - Russian Defense Ministry
15:58 Ukrainian troops fired 22 NATO caliber 155mm rounds in Donetsk and Yasinovatsky district, theTelegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“The artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:
14.20 - the settlement of Semyonovka - the Yasinovatsky district: four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.25 - Semyonovka settlement - Yasinovatsky district: three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.30 - the settlement of Orlovka - Yasinovatsky district: four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.35 - the settlement of Orlovka - the Yasinovatsky district: four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.55 - Zhelannoye Pervoe settlement - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired; 15.05 - Zhelannoye Pervoe settlement - Donetsk city (Petrovsky district): four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired," the representative office said in a statement.
15:58 At least 11 civilians were killed, 50 were injured, including five children, from July 28 to August 3 in the DPR due to the actions of Ukrainian troops, the office of the Ombudsman of the Republic Daria Morozova reports inTelegram channel.
The message published on the department’s Telegram channel contains an infographic, according to which 11 people died in the republic from July 28 to August 3. The number of victims during this period was 50, including five children.
14:52 Ukrainian troops fired 24 NATO caliber 155mm rounds at Donetsk, Staromykhailivka and Yasinovatsky district, therepresentation DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“The artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:
12.35 - the settlement of Semyonovka - the Yasinovatsky district: three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
12.35 - Netaylovo settlement - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
13.05 - the settlement of Netaylovo - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
13.55 - the settlement of Galitsinovka - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts): four rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
14.10 - the settlement of Karlovka - the settlement of Staromikhaylovka: three rounds with a caliber of 155mm were fired, ”the message published on the representative’s telegram channel says.
14:51 Four attacks of Ukrainian troops in the Novoselovsky area in the LPR were repelled in the Kupyansk direction, Kyiv lost up to 45 people in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
“In the course of conducting active defense, four attacks by units of the 14th Mechanized and 25th Airborne Brigades of Ukrainian troops in the area of the settlement of Novoselovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic were successfully repelled,” the ministry said in a summary.
13:45 Artillerymen of the 123rd Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces continue to destroy positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction
13:44 The situation in the South-Donetsk direction
In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy increased the intensity of the fire impact on our positions in order to ensure the actions of the assault groups in the direction of Urozhaynoye.
Fighting continues in the Staromayorsky area, the settlement remains in the “gray zone”.
The enemy continues to transfer reserves for the offensive in the direction of Priyutnoye, using territorial defense formations for these purposes, in particular the 112th and 110th battalions.
At the Vuhledarsky section, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carry out the rotation of personnel, the supply of ammunition and materiel. Earlier, pro-Ukrainian resources (such as DeepState) disseminated information about the advance of Ukrainian troops in the Nikolsky area.
This information is not true - the enemy really tried to attack in this direction with up to four infantry fighting vehicles and one tank, but was not successful. "Behi" were blown up on the minefields of the marines of the 155th Brigade, and the tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had already run into its own mine while trying to retreat.
In addition, last night, in the area of the Yuzhnodonbasskaya No. 3 mine, north of Ugledar, an accumulation of light wheeled vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and personnel was opened, which was hit by fire.
12:54 Ukrainian troops fired 15 rounds of 155mm caliber at the Yasinovatsky district of the DPR, they also fired at the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, reported on Friday inTelegram channelrepresentation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
“The artillery attack was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:
10:50 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Semyonovka - the Yasinovatsky district: four rounds of 155mm caliber were fired,” the representative office said in a statement.
12:54 Over the past day, the Ukrainian military fired about 100 ammunition at the settlements of the Belgorod region
Several explosive devices were also dropped from the UAV. Due to shelling, two houses, a car, power lines were damaged, a field with wheat caught fire, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said
11:53 The Russian military showedframesthe work of the 152mm howitzer D-20 of the Tula airborne unit, which operates in the vicinity of Bakhmut
“We even gave the gun a name - Asterisk. It never let us down, ”the loader of the crew shared.
11:52 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the point of distribution of humanitarian aid in Alyoshki, one of the cities most affected by the flood, reports the VGA.
10:31 Situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00
n.p. Rabotino:
At night, personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were transported in pickup trucks to forest plantations, and artillery immediately began to work there. The enemy ceased to shine and calmly ride on foreign equipment, basically all movements were running.
n.p. Pyatihatki:
The enemy does not stick out, our unit opened and destroyed two observation posts and a group of infantry that entered one of the houses.
According to the fighters on the ground, “A strange lull, they are probably preparing to attack soon”
10:31 The criminal Kiev regime continues to fire at the civilian infrastructure of settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from cannon artillery
-- Aleshki 13 rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan 15 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka eight rounds;
-- n.p. Solontsy 9 rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the village of Aleshki, one civilian was injured of varying severity.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Gornostaevka, settlement Korsunka firing a total of 33 cannon artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction are being specified.
09:23 In the Slavyanoserbsky district of the LPR found several ammo caches
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the LPR, various types of mines, grenades, cartridges, grenade launchers, cartridges were stored in them.
“The ammunition was destroyed on the spot by employees of the engineering service of the Russian Guard,” the ministry said.
09:22 For the past dayfixed 75 artillery attacks by VFU – DPR Representative Office in the JCCC
Ukrainian militants fired from 152mm and 155mm artillery, firing 241 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic.
Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Sovetsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Nikolskoye, Blagodatnoye and Vladimirovka were under enemy fire.
As a result of the shelling, three civilians were injured in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka and Yasinovataya.
Damaged to four residential buildings in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk. Damage to civil infrastructure facilities was not recorded.
08:47 Summary on the morning of August 4, 2023 from Two majors
In the Kremennaya area, our units continue their slow advance in the Serebryansky forest.
In the battles in the Kleshcheevka area, the enemy advances 20 meters a day, conducts constant attack operations from forward positions with the support of tanks. The southern part of the settlement behind the enemy, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are under constant fire from our troops and suffer serious losses.
Near Ugledar they are walking in the area of ??dachas, the Armed Forces of Ukraine strikes with cluster munitions at Nikolsky and Vladimirovka. Conducts chaotic artillery attack of rear areas.
From the Vremevsky direction, attacks on Urozhaynoye do not stop, the enemy hits the rear of our troops from the MLRS, but civilians also fall under his fire. Our troops hold the lines, preventing the advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporizhzhya Front, there are no changes, for the second day from the field they report a decrease in the intensity of fighting, while the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to send enemy infantry forward in small groups, which are destroyed by fire weapons on duty.
Fighting continues on the islands in the Kherson direction.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine conduct terrorist attacks on the border areas of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions. In the DPR, three civilians were injured by enemy fire.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/04/2023
At the Ugledarsky sector, the RF Armed Forces, with the support of artillery, counterattacked near Staromayorsky and from Urozhayny in the direction of Blagodatny. No success. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, also after artillery preparation, attacked Nikolskoye.
Russian units held their positions. It is obvious that the Armed Forces of Ukraine seriously intend to break through to Volnovakha. The logistics of the RF Armed Forces are difficult due to massive artillery attack by Ukrainian troops of Yegorovka, Pavlovka, Vladimirovka and Volnovakha itself. Russian troops hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodarovka, Rovnopol, Storozhevoe, Makarovka and Vugledar.
On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces continued their assault operations in Maryinka. No promotion. The Armed Forces of Ukraine counterattacked to the north-east of Avdiivka and managed to regain a number of previously lost lines.
Russian artillery worked on Ukrainian units in Novomikhailovka, Paraskovyivka (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name southwest of Soledar), Ostrom, the city of Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, Avdeevka, Lastochkino, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Zaporozhye and Ugledar directions) , Berdychikh, Novokalinovo, Alexandropol, New York and Druzhba. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk, Vodiane and Horlivka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Kurdyumovka, Andreevka and Kleshcheevka. Artillery worked for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belaya Gora, Ivanovo, Chasovoy Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka and Vasyukovka. The Ukrainian army fired at the RF Armed Forces in Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Klescheevka, Bakhmut and Yagodnoe.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops managed to advance near Belogorovka and reach the eastern outskirts of this village. The RF Armed Forces also took up a number of new positions in Novoselovskoye behind the H-26 highway. Under shelling, Ukrainian units in Kislovka, Petropavlovka, Kupyansk, Kondrashovka, Zapadny, Dvurechnaya, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Krasny Pervoi and Kamenka.
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[REGNUM] The Western press fixes that the Ukrainian army is changing tactics in the counteroffensive. Previously, the Armed Forces of Ukraine relied on maneuverable groups breaking through the front line and rushing to the rear, but now high losses in armored vehicles are forcing the Kiev command to change the format of the “offensive”, The New York Times notes.
The influential American publication, in fact, recognized what the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense was recently talking about.
Sergei Shoigu stated: the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye sector, which began in July, cost the enemy 20.8 thousand people and hundreds of pieces of equipment (including NATO) - and actually stopped.
Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine operate with small groups of troops operating in active defense mode, the New York Times points out. Such tactics can reduce the number of deaths as a result of artillery fire, the sources of the publication indicate.
On the other hand, the NYT notes, defensive combat requires a large expenditure of ammunition. And the Pentagon is concerned that Kyiv's new tactics will lead to the fact that the stocks of artillery shells of Ukrainian allies will be exhausted - and this can lead to serious changes in the situation on the front.
TWO CHANGES IN THE SCHEME OF ACTIONS OF THE ENEMY
The change in tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reduces the pace of the offensive, since the army command does not risk using large accumulations of armored vehicles , a military expert, reserve colonel, editor-in-chief of the ANNA-News agency Anatoly Matviychuk told IA Regnum.
“Now we are celebrating two things. The first is that the enemy stopped going into frontal attacks, into breakthroughs ,” the expert noted. - The second is a change in the tactics of using military equipment. Even if they manage to advance somewhere, they immediately take it back so as not to expose it to fire.
Moreover, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are less and less likely to use large concentrations of armored vehicles, again, in order to reduce the level of losses. “But such a cautious approach slows down the pace of the offensive in general ,” Matviychuk pointed out.
High losses in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we add, are forcing the Ukrainian command not only to change tactics, but also to send reserves to the front.
According to the Washington Post, a reserve 10th Army Corps was transferred to one of the most "hot" areas, near the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region.
But the Ukrainian military says that even with the arrival of additional forces, they are almost unable to move forward.
“We are constantly trying to gain a foothold in Rabotino, for which we have to overcome a number of obstacles. The weather conditions are ideal for Russian troops who use drones to strike our artillery , ”said one of the UAF soldiers in an interview with the Washington Post.
THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE WAS STOPPED BY "GENERAL WEED"
Trying to explain the slow pace of advance of the Ukrainian army and the transition from breakthrough tactics to positional warfare, the West comes up with unexpected theories.
The most recent of them has already become a meme - British military intelligence has officially announced that shrubs, weeds and small trees that grew in the frontline zone became the reason for the failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The explanation that the British allies found for the failures of the counteroffensive looks not only funny , but also illogical, which military expert Oleg Zheltonozhko drew the attention of IA Regnum to .
Vegetation is a problem not only for the attackers, but also for the defenders, the interlocutor noted.
“This is done to retouch the real picture. And vegetation, and bad weather, and much more in the same spirit. In fact, the “counterattack” was stopped not by thickets, not by natural factors, but by the conscious actions of our troops ,” Zheltonozhko emphasized. — It is necessary to praise the preparation for the Ukrainian offensive, the creation of defensive lines and minefields. The preparatory measures were carried out at a high level, and it was thanks to them that the “counterattack” did not work out.
The New York Times, we note, found its own reason for the failure of the "counterattack", more serious than the rapid growth of bushes.
The training of individual units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the training grounds of NATO countries lasted from four to six weeks. According to journalists, during this time the Ukrainian troops were only able to master the basics of offensive tactics.
"POSITION" WON'T HELP.
Be that as it may, having failed to break through the front line with a swoop, the Ukrainian troops are forced to switch to trench warfare tactics, which are designed to wear down the Russian troops.
But, predicts Matviychuk, it is much more likely that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will exhaust themselves.
“Positioning” allows you to hold a certain area of the terrain, inflict multiple fire damage and, under a certain set of circumstances, move forward, the military expert pointed out. - If there are not enough forces to advance, you can hold your positions. But this increases the consumption of ammunition. Why? Because more often you have to use tanks, artillery to shell enemy positions.
The number of losses is thus reduced, but there is an overrun of ammunition. “This means that they will wear themselves out faster, so the situation here is not in their favor,” the expert notes.
The Pentagon is unlikely to approve such tactics, since it does not allow inflicting significant damage on Russian troops, and on the other hand, the burden on the American military-industrial complex and the US military budget is growing.
HOW LONG UNTIL THE STOP
According to Matviychuk, the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops will not only not give them an advantage, but, on the contrary, may create the conditions for a Russian offensive.
“Due to the fact that hostilities are acquiring an inactive form, a situation will gradually come when the Armed Forces of Ukraine will finally get bogged down in this positional war ,” predicts a military expert. “ This means a loss of initiative and, as a result, allows our troops to go on the offensive.”
Matviychuk believes that. “They will finally get stuck in the next one and a half to two weeks." This is the period for which the reserves already available to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will last.
NATO will not be able to organize the prompt delivery of shells due to the need to coordinate orders and additional costs, the expert explained. “As long as they are produced, as long as they are delivered to the front even from the same Poland, we are not talking about the United States, the moment will be lost,” Matviychuk added.
As Anatoly Matviychuk summarizes, the new tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not solve the main problem facing the Ukrainian troops. And this is not tall grass, not “wrong tactics”, but Russian fortifications. And even with a change in approach to the conduct of hostilities and the introduction of reserves into battle, it is unlikely that Kyiv will be able to achieve a radical change in the situation.
Another important problem for the Ukrainian command will be a drop in morale in those units that have previously been repeatedly sent on the offensive and suffered heavy losses. In order to somehow brighten up the situation, the Ukrainian agitprop uses the images of the “heroes” of past operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The other day, footage appeared on the Web from one of the training grounds of the Ukrainian army, where militants of the Azov formation banned in Russia (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) are being trained. One of the instructors is Denis Prokopenko , an Azov militant with the callsign Radish, who became famous thanks to his performances from the basements of the Azovstal complex in Mariupol.
Whether the Radish will be able to raise the morale of the units on the front line is unknown. However, so far neither the change in tactics of the Ukrainian troops, nor the dispatch of reserves have affected the situation at the front. And, as experts are sure, most likely, they will no longer affect it.
[Regnum] Washington is waiting for clarification from Moscow about what Russia wants in exchange for the resumption of the Black Sea grain deal. This was stated by the head of the sanctions office of the State Department, James O'Brien .
The official said that he wants to clarify Russia's demands on the "grain" issue, noting that a number of them have been announced, but it is not clear what conditions must be met.
“Russia needs to clarify what it is asking for. She put forward a number of different demands, all of them related to the fact that various Russian institutions do not receive services from the private sector, ” O'Brien told reporters.
He added that the US is ready to help with any of these issues.
As IA Regnum reported , the authorities of the United States and other Western countries should stop hypocrisy and lie on the issue of the grain deal, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on August 4, commenting on a new appeal to Russia from the US State Department with a proposal to return to the deal.
State Department chief Anthony Blinken said the US is ready to do whatever it takes to secure Russia's food and fertilizer exports if Moscow returns to the grain deal.
Russia has extended the deal three times, but the promises made to Moscow have not been kept. The suspension of Russia's participation in the deal was announced in the Kremlin on July 17.
Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the agreement did not fulfill the declared humanitarian goals, and Ukraine and Western companies only made money on it. Grain and fertilizers were supplied not to needy countries, but in the overwhelming majority to developed ones, while the West not only did not help organize deliveries to the poorest countries, but also hindered Russia from carrying them out, the president pointed out.
The damage to Ukraine as a result of Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal will amount to $2 billion in 2023, writes the Ukrainian publication Ekonomicheskaya Pravda, citing Volodymyr Lepushinsky, Director of the Department of Monetary Policy and Economic Analysis of the National Bank of Ukraine.
“This year, foreign exchange earnings will be less, according to our estimates, by $2 billion,” he said.
Termination of Russia's participation in the grain corridor agreement will affect the speed of grain exports. What is not exported in 2023 will be exported next year, the expert added.
As IA Regnum reported , Bloomberg observers noted that after Russia's withdrawal from the grain deal, the export opportunities of Ukrainian agricultural enterprises declined sharply. There is also not enough space to store grain, so the largest companies in the industry are significantly reducing crops. The capacity of the water corridor across the Danube, which can potentially be used for the export of products, is insufficient.
The grain deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea has been in effect since July 22, 2022. Russia has extended the deal three times, but the promises made to Moscow have not been kept. The suspension of Russia's participation in the deal was announced in the Kremlin on July 17.
On August 3, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the US would do everything necessary to secure food exports from Russia if Moscow returned to the grain deal. At the same time, the Kremlin is not ready to believe the assurances that come from the United States about facilitating Russian exports if Russia returns to the grain deal, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov .
Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets
The European Union strongly condemned the blocking of the French radio station RFI and France 24 TV channel in Niger, considering it "an infringement on human rights and freedoms."
That is, the ban on the French point of view, is it a violation of human rights? Fine. Too lazy to write the rest. And so everything is clear. Hypocrites.
Their own cudgel hit them on the cumpol, and that's why they are furious.
In the encroachment on human rights and freedoms, the European Union is obliged to condemn itself, first of all, when it blocked the Russian media, because they told the truth in the West and the authorities had nothing to cover it up with.
Now the Fuse is spouting double standard "this is different" in a not childish way ...
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin:
[ColonelCassad] 1. Putin today signed a law expanding the age range of conscription from 18 to 30 years. Proposals to make a frame 21 - 30 years old were rejected when considered in the State Duma.
2. The State Duma calls for tougher penalties for evading mobilization and conscription, up to a prison term, taking into account the experience of conducting partial mobilization in 2022. It is proposed to give up to 5 years of real term.
3. The number of contract soldiers recruited since January 2023 has already exceeded 231,000 people. In the future, the recruitment of contractors will be further intensified. Including large salaries (from 204 thousand, not counting other payments and regional bonuses like additional lifting - from 150,000 to 300,000 or land).
4. The level of solving the problems mobilized by the beginning of August is about 49% according to official statistics. That is, about half of the problems that arise are solved. Not much, although there is progress, of course.
4. At the same time, General Kartapolov said that now there is no smell of new mobilization. But at the same time, he also stated that the presence of armor from mobilization is a relative thing. It will be necessary, they will call with armor, as in the Great Patriotic War. This is apparently in case the NWO is officially reclassified as a war.
Regardless of whether a new partial mobilization is announced in the fall or not, the course to increase the size of the armed forces in the coming years seems clear. The question is more about how they will increase the size of the army, since in addition to the needs of the Northern Military District, it is also necessary to form new armies and corps for the western and northwestern directions, as well as build up the capabilities of the Moscow and Leningrad military districts.
I think by mid-autumn the situation will be solidified.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
See the link for the photos referred to in the story
[ColonelCassad] Satellite photos of the Novorossiysk harbor have appeared. "Olenegorsky miner" was brought to the pier, there is no threat of flooding the ship.
Work is underway to repair the damage. The sailors had a good fight for the survivability of the ship. In general, we got off relatively lightly, although the Olenegorsky miner will have to spend some time on repairs, as we had last year with the minesweeper Ivan Golubets, which received damage to the stern during an attack by a naval drone.
Since last year, "Ivan Golubets" has been performing combat missions. We are waiting for the Olenegorsk Miner to return from repair. Well, and strengthening the protection of ports, of course. The enemy will certainly try to repeat such harassing attacks, which should not be underestimated.
Photos taken in the first half of the day, when the BDK, which had taken in water, was taken to the pier, simultaneously pumping out water.
There are unconfirmed reports that the alleged attack was carried out by French drones as revenge for the coup in Niger. If this is true (study of the wreckage of the drone will show), then it will somehow be not enough, given that France is losing another country, moreover, the most key one. Today, the French press burst into hysteria about the fact that after negotiations between the military of Niger and the military of Mali, the new authorities of Niger began contacts with the Wagner PMC, whose forces are deployed on the territory of Mali. If this is the case, then this is, frankly, expected - Niger, the most logical location for filming the next series of the "Tourist" franchise. Tourist being a reference to the Russian language action film about Wagner operators in African, Tourist being the call sign of one of the Wagner operators. The film formerly was available online, but since the start of the war in Ukraine, it was taken down. A review of the film can be read here
At night, the enemy tried to attack Novorossiysk with naval drones.
The drones found the Olenegorsky miner large landing ship and the Suvorovets anti-sabotage boat.
Both drones were destroyed by automatic weapons fire.
Also at night, the enemy tried to attack the Crimea with a large number of drones. All were launched 13 pieces. 10 were destroyed by air defense forces, another three were suppressed by electronic warfare.
PS. There were videos from Novorossiysk. The previous reports about the successful reflection of the attack are frankly not true - one of the drones damaged the Olenegorsky Gornyak large landing ship, which was trimmed on board due to the flooding of one or two compartments.
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No flooding huh? Curious that the ship was visibly sitting lower in the water and the list increasing as it was being towed to dock. The UK Mod also disagrees.
BTW, the two sister ships that were damaged in Berdiansk more than a year ago are still not repaired.
[AlAhram] Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania indicated Thursday they plan to disconnect from the Russian-controlled power grid and link to the Western European system instead.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
