At 57, he was much too young to die.
[Regnum] In Moscow, the Hero of Russia, Colonel General Gennady Valerievich Zhidko passed away . This was announced on August 16 by the Governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Mikhail Degtyarev in his Telegram channel.
“After a long illness, the Hero of Russia, Colonel-General Gennady Valerievich Zhidko, died in Moscow,” the message says.
Degtyarev noted that he was lucky to know the colonel-general, who was very attentive to the needs of ordinary soldiers, and also very demanding in his service.
“It is these commanders who are called commanders,” wrote the head of the region.
In Syria, Zhidko led the headquarters of the grouping of Russian troops, in Khabarovsk he served as commander of the troops of the Eastern Military District, in Moscow he served as Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation.
[Business Insider] After years of neglecting electronic warfare, the US Army is rushing to revitalize its jamming capabilities.
The catalyst is the Ukraine war, where cheap but plentiful drones are playing a vital — almost decisive — role, doing everything from spotting for artillery to destroying armored vehicles.
At the same time, jamming has emerged as perhaps the most effective counter-drone weapon: Ukraine may be losing 10,000 drones a month — many to Russian electronic-warfare systems — while it strives to boost its jamming capabilities. Rather than using scarce and expensive antiaircraft missiles and guns to shoot down a drone that may cost only a few hundred dollars, it's easier to disrupt the link between the drone and its operator, causing it to crash.
This has put fresh impetus behind the US Army's electronic-warfare upgrades. Douglas Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology, told reporters during an August 7 roundtable discussion that the Army was "fundamentally reinvesting in rebuilding our tactical electronic-warfare capability after that largely left the force over the last 20 years."
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Never mind all that. Will our new electronic warfare systems be diverse, equitable, and inclusive?
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Rather than using scarce and expensive antiaircraft missiles and guns to shoot down a drone that may cost only a few hundred dollars, it's easier to disrupt the link between the drone and its operator, causing it to crash.
Duh.
Except it doesn't crash, it defaults. Some defaults are power off, which is not necessarily a crash but unpowered descent. They can do a loiter until reconnected. Some even fly to Iran.
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[Korrespondent] The de-occupation of Urozhayne is tactically important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine to ensure advancement in the Berdyansk direction.
The defense forces liberated the village of Urozhaynoye, Volnovakhsky district, Donetsk region. Now our defenders are strengthening at the turn of the settlement.
Urozhaynoe, as experts say, is an important point on the left flank of the offensive group that goes to the village of Cherished Desire and Staromlinovka, and then to Tokmak, Zaporozhye region.
HOW UROZHAYNOYE WAS LIBERATED
On August 16, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar officially announced the de-occupation of the village. According to her, offensive actions of the Ukrainian army continue.
Later, the 35th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade, which participated in the liberation of Urozhayny, showed on video how it was.
And the speaker of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovalyov said that the Ukrainian troops did not stop there and continued their attacks on the invaders.
"During the conduct of offensive operations, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine captured the settlement of Urozhaynoye, consolidated on the achieved lines, then inflicted fire damage with artillery on the identified enemy targets, and carried out counter-battery measures," Kovalev said in detail.
ACCESS TO THE SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE
The liberation of Urozhaynoye gives direct access to the enemy's second line of defense, military expert Alexander Kovalenko believes.
According to him, after this settlement opens the way to Staromlinovka.
"This is one of the very serious strongholds of the Russian occupiers already along the second line of defense. We can say that now the Ukrainian Defense Forces have direct access to the second line of defense of the Russians in this location. Next is the process of expanding the foothold, especially along left flank," he said on Espresso .
At the same time, according to the expert, Urozhaynoye allows the Defense Forces on the left flank to expand the bridgehead and have access to another interesting settlement - the small village of Kermenchik.
ZAVITNE BAZHANNYA AHEAD
The head of the Center for Military Legal Research Alexander Musienko also believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are moving towards Berdyansk and the de-occupation of Urozhayne will allow them to gain a foothold in Staromayorsky and then move on.
At the same time, according to him, ahead of the Defense Forces there is a large defensive line in this direction - Staromlinovka, where there are enemy heights and artillery. At the same time, he noted that in front of Staromlinovka there is a settlement Zavitne Bazhannya.
The expert also notes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine must resolve the issue of leveling the front line a little to the west in the Priyutnoye area, where the fighting is taking place.
"Our forces are wedged deeper and deeper into the rear of the enemy, into the line of defense, so we need to protect ourselves from the risks of attacks from the flanks," the expert noted.
NOT EVERYTHING IS SO FAST
Military expert and ex-Speaker of the General Staff Vladislav Seleznev doubts that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be able to move quickly in this direction in the near future.
"After Urozhaynoye, there are several more lines of defense that need to be overcome. It's not worth talking about the fact that the situation will change radically. When they talk about 5 mines per square meter, one can only imagine how long it takes to clear mines," the expert noted. RBC-Ukraine comments .
According to him, one of the key tasks now is to work out logistics and enemy formations in order to weaken the potential of the Russian army.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
22:38 Ukraine will not be able to receive F-16 fighters in the coming autumn or winter, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, there were high hopes for these fighters, since they could become part of the air defense, so now it is necessary to strengthen the air defense.
22:17 Ukraine will not negotiate an extension of the gas transit contract with Russia, which expires at the end of 2024, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said in an interview with Voice of America: "We will definitely not be a party to negotiations with the Russians ... I think next year will significant in terms of Europe's ability to function without Russian gas at all."
22:06 The “DPR Court” sentenced the captured Azov residents Pavel Artemenko and Anton Romanyuk to 24 years in prison for allegedly shelling residential buildings in the spring of 2022, Russian media report.
21:12 On August 28, the Interior Ministers of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland will discuss the possibility of a collective decision on the complete closure of the border with Belarus, said Lithuanian Interior Minister Agne Bilotaite.
20:45 This August should be "fruitful" for Ukraine, Zelensky said following a meeting on international activity: "New defense packages. New political solutions for Ukraine. Support for our state and people."
20:33 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he had held the Headquarters of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief today. According to him, in each combat brigade, the military asks questions about drones, electronic warfare, and military air defense among the top-priority questions.
"The answer to such questions is also our work with partners to supply the necessary drones and systems, this is also work here in Ukraine. We need production. We are increasing production many times over. But we need to systematize what is already being supplied to the troops and used. All that what was discussed with the guys the day before in the Donbass, in Zaporozhye, in our combat brigades, has now become the content of the work of the General Staff, and officials, and the Headquarters. Obvious tasks," the president noted.
20:07 Zaluzhny said that on August 15, an important meeting with American and British partners took place in an expanded format. We discussed cooperation in the military sphere, the situation at the front, the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - ammunition, weapons, air defense systems, electronic warfare, devices for remote demining.
"Another very important issue is drones. Countering enemy drones and building up our own capabilities. We agreed with partners to focus work in this direction. We also discussed the possibility of strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure facilities from enemy air attacks," Zaluzny added.
19:58 The Russians attacked the Mezhevskaya community of the Sinelnikovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region: one person was killed, six were injured, the head of the OVA, Serhiy Lysak, said. 49 private houses, an agricultural enterprise, an educational institution were damaged.
In addition, the enemy hit Nikopol and the Marganets community from heavy artillery three times - one person was injured, a cafe, 14 residential buildings, outbuildings, five power lines, 40 solar panels were damaged.
19:35 In Moscow, "after a long illness," the former commander of the Russian army, Colonel General Gennady Zhidko, who commanded the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, died, Russian media write. It was Zhidko who “surrendered” the Kharkiv region last year, and after the situation in Kherson became more difficult for the Russians, he lost all positions, including the position of deputy defense minister.
18:57 India did not invite Ukraine to the G20 summit, although the other nine countries outside the G20 received invitations. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that the G20 does not deal with global security issues - "this is a summit to discuss the problems of energy, fertilizers, food supplies. This is the G20, not the UN Security Council."
18:09 The Wagner Group company was registered in Belarus, "other types of education" are indicated as the type of activity. Registration address - Mogilev region, the village of Tsel, Russian media write.
17:40 Chief of Staff of NATO Secretary General Stian Jenssen called his words about a possible scenario for Ukraine's membership in the Alliance in exchange for territorial concessions to Russia a "mistake". He noted that his statement was "part of a wider discussion about possible future scenarios in Ukraine, and I should not have spoken about it in this way." "It was a mistake," he added.
17:18 The United States has proposed easing sanctions to Iran for the failure of an agreement with the Russian Federation on the supply of drones, writes the Financial Times. According to the publication, Washington initiated the corresponding discussion twice at the talks in Qatar and Oman. The United States demands that Iran stop deliveries to Moscow not only of drones, but also of spare parts for them.
16:59 The National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption invited to Ukraine all the heads of international companies included in the list of sponsors of the war, said the head of the NAPC Alexander Novikov: "We want to clearly show the international business where and what the taxes that it pays to the terrorist state go to. .. We are ready to demonstrate the horror that Russia has brought to our land and continues to do so." The agency hopes to hear relevant public statements from companies condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine, to see corporate decisions on business activity in the Russian Federation.
16:51 Since October last year, there has been a series of mysterious poisonings of Russians who left the Russian Federation. Two journalists and the head of the Free Russia Foundation were injured. Read more in the material Newbie again?
16:20 Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky said that today he worked most of the day in the units leading the defense on the outskirts of Kupyansk, since the situation in the Kupyansk direction became more complicated. "The enemy assault detachments, which are completed mainly by prisoners, daily, in different directions, are trying to break through the defenses of our troops, pursuing the goal of blocking and subsequently capturing Kupyansk. Based on the results of work with commanders in this direction, a number of important decisions were made that will ensure the reliability of defense ", - said the colonel-general.
According to Syrsky, in the Liman direction, the enemy is regrouping, replacing units that have lost their combat capability as a result of the losses incurred, and does not leave plans for new offensive actions. "Our task is to make the most of this situation and significantly improve our position. We worked out the necessary decisions for this with the commanders directly in the combat area," he added.
The situation in the Bakhmut direction is complicated, but controlled, Syrsky noted: “The enemy is counterattacking, carrying out mining, intensively shelling and using aircraft. At the same time, in such difficult conditions, our troops are gradually moving forward. We discussed topical issues with the commanders of the brigades fighting in the Bakhmut direction to increase the efficiency of offensive operations, fire engagement of the enemy and a number of other measures aimed at achieving victory over the enemy.
15:48 The Lithuanian government decided to temporarily close two border crossing points with Belarus from August 18 - Shumskas and Tverečius. Now, they are mostly used by passenger cars and empty trucks.
15:23 The European Commission announced that it had decided to transfer 135 million euros to Ukraine and Moldova, which were originally provided for Russia and Belarus under the European Neighborhood and Partnership financial instrument for 2021-2027. The funds are intended to support the export of Ukrainian food, the development of cross-border transport links, medical services, educational and research projects, social integration, as well as strengthening the institutional capacity of the Ukrainian and Moldovan authorities.
14:59 Payments to the military were the largest item of expenditure of the general fund of the state budget and amounted to almost 520 billion hryvnia for the seven months of 2023, or a third of all expenditures during this time, the Finance Ministry said. At the same time, UAH 276 billion was allocated for the purchase of military equipment, weapons, ammunition and other needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during this period.
14:15 Information is spreading in the Ukrainian media that Putin allegedly decided to blow up the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The head of the Zaporozhye OVA, Yuriy Malashko, said that it was not true, and called such reports Russian narratives and an attempt to sow panic in society.
13:57 Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from Crimea Mikhail Sheremet called on law enforcement agencies to find out how the SBU got footage from surveillance cameras on the Crimean bridge. According to him, it is necessary to establish who was involved in the transfer of data, or find out if there was a hack.
13:34 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis confirmed that his country will train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16. The country will set up a regional training center for F-16 pilots that will serve Romanian, allied and Ukrainian pilots.
12:59 In the morning, the Russians fired on Kherson - they hit the educational institution and the territory of the hospital, three people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. In addition, in Zelenovka, the invaders attacked a man working in the field, he was hospitalized with a wound. In Kreshchenivka, one person was injured as a result of an enemy attack. In addition, at midnight, the Russian army shelled Nikolskoye, two people were injured.
12:45 Ukraine disabled five large landing ships of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, said the speaker of the Navy Dmitry Pletenchuk. According to him, the Russians cannot replenish their fleet: “Under the guise of exercises before a full-scale invasion, they pumped it up as best they could. I remind you that they only drove six to six large landing ships. But the result is known: five of them are no longer in service. This one The account can grow.
12:21 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the suppression of Ukraine's attempt to attack objects on the territory of Crimea with a drone, the drone was allegedly detected and destroyed by air defense systems.
11:50 The Office of the President clarified that the state-owned enterprise Reni Commercial Sea Port was damaged as a result of the night attack. As a result of a Russian UAV hitting two hangar-type metal warehouses, two tractors caught fire and a fire broke out in a nearby warehouse on an area of 10 square meters. m.
11:11 SBU showed what surface drones look like:
10:57 The "elections" announced by Russia in the occupied territory of the Donetsk region will be held separately from the entire territory of the Russian Federation - ahead of schedule, said adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko. According to him, relevant announcements are already being posted in the city. "Early voting" will take place from August 31 to September 7, while the main voting day in Russia is September 10.
10:19 The United States is negotiating with Turkey, Ukraine and its European neighbors to expand alternative routes for grain exports, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources. According to the plan, by October, Ukraine should increase exports through the Danube ports to 4 million tons of grain per month. Most of the grain will be shipped along the Danube and across the Black Sea to nearby Romanian ports before being transported to other destinations.
An unnamed U.S. official said Washington was allegedly "considering all potential options, including military solutions," to protect ships traveling to and from Ukrainian ports on the Danube. The newspaper notes that such a route is slower and more expensive, but could become an alternative to the Black Sea shipping corridor if Russia does not return to the deal.
09:51 The first ship used the temporary corridor for merchant ships and left the port of Odessa , said Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov. The container ship Joseph Schulte flying the flag of Hong Kong, which has been in the port of Odessa since February 23, 2022, has left the Vorontsovsky lighthouse and is heading for the Bosphorus. On board - more than 30 thousand tons of cargo, including food. The corridor will be primarily used for the evacuation of ships that were in the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk, Odessa and Yuzhny at the time of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.
09:28 Although Russia has begun its own production of strike drones, it still remains dependent on components and all weapons from Iran, supplied mainly through the Caspian Sea, British intelligence reports.
09:05 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, four people were killed (two in Kramatorsk, one each in Seversk and Yampol), seven more were injured. In the Kherson region, six people were injured, according to the IVA.
08:49 At night, the enemy struck Shahed drones on the village. Sands-Radkovskie, Izyumsky district, Kharkov region. Warehouses of an abandoned agricultural enterprise were damaged, there were no casualties, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In addition, over the past day, the enemy massively shelled the settlements of Kharkov, Chuguevsky, Izyum and Kupyansky districts of the region, people were not injured.
08:34 At night, Russia attacked the port infrastructure of the Odessa region with strike UAVs of the Shahed-136/131 type, the command of the Air Force reported. Launches were made in several waves from the southeast direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Chauda). Air defense forces destroyed 13 enemy drones within the Odessa and Nikolaev regions.
08:27 The Russians attacked the Odessa region twice during the night with attack drones. The main goal is the port and grain infrastructure in the south of the region, Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA, said. As a result of hits on one of the ports of the Danube, warehouses and granaries were damaged, fires broke out, which were quickly extinguished. People were not hurt.
08:21 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 16:
personnel - about 255,570 (+650) people liquidated,
tanks - 4324 (+11),
armored combat vehicles - 8380 (+10),
artillery systems - 5152 (+24),
MLRS - 714 (+0),
air defense systems - 485 (+3),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 314 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4248 (+6),
cruise missiles - 1404 (+17),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7614 (+30),
special equipment - 773 (+4).
08:12 The defense forces have liberated Urozhaynoe in the Donetsk region , and they are entrenched at the borders, Anna Malyar said.
07:35 Surface drones are a unique invention of the SBU, not a single private company is involved in their production, head of the department Vasily Malyuk told CNN. According to him, surface drones are the result of months of development, which began immediately after the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation. "With the help of these drones, we recently carried out the successful defeat of the Crimean bridge, the Olenegorsky miner's large landing ship and the SIG tanker," Malyuk added.
The code name of the surface drone is Sea Baby (Sea Baby), it delivered up to 850 kg of explosives to one of the concrete pillars of the Crimean bridge.
07:28 Over the past day, about 30 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning report . In particular, in the Kupyansky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas southeast of Olshanov and east of Petropavlovka, Kharkov region, in the Avdievsky direction - in the area south of Avdeevka, Donetsk region, and in Shakhtyorsky, he made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the area of Urozhaynoye, Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the offensive of Russian troops in the area of the cities of Maryinka and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region. The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
In the occupied Cossack camps in the Kherson region, Russian propagandists are preparing to shoot a video on the plot "the destruction of 150 Ukrainian DRG servicemen in a local rural house of culture." However, this building houses the personnel of the Russian troops in the amount of up to 25 military personnel from among the former prisoners.
06:07 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation claims that air defense systems allegedly destroyed three Ukrainian drones over the Kaluga region, there are no damages or casualties.
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[RIA] At the most beautiful St. Petersburg embankment, Lieutenant Schmidt, the landing ship "Ivan Gren" is moored today, and on it are exhibited samples of Western equipment captured by our soldiers during the NWO. Here are the German "Leopards", and the American "Bradley", and a full range of other "wunderwaffles", which Ukrainians once prayed for. Admission is free, I don't want to walk.
At the same time, the Army-2023 forum is being held near Moscow . Russian gunsmiths present their products here. They were in great demand before: Russia is the world's second arms exporter, but now it's even better. Most of the samples of equipment and weapons were successfully tested in combat conditions.
Yes, in what combat conditions! For a year and a half, the Russian army has been successfully officially confronting the most powerful military bloc on the planet. NATO equipment, alliance weapons, a powerful intelligence and communications system, the latest technologies, strategic genius, tactical cunning, training of tens of thousands of fighters with the latest military science - all this was at the disposal of Ukraine. And all this did not help her at all.
It is not at all surprising that military professionals from all over the world rushed to the Russian arms fair, spitting on the sanctions. Eighty-two delegations came to the "Army-2023" - this is almost half of all countries in the world. Sales of our weapons are going at an accelerated pace, and curiosity is clearly read on the faces of the guests: how did the Russians manage to do something that we could not even dream of?
After the disappearance of the Warsaw Pact Organization, the North Atlantic Alliance successfully terrorized the peoples of the world for 30 years and three years. With frightening regularity, NATO unleashed bloody wars around the world. They were always conducted according to the same algorithm.
To begin with, a poor country with an army was chosen, an order of magnitude weaker than NATO forces. If the army was strong, its top was bought up in the bud - this was the case, for example, in Iraq . Then Western aviation "bombed" cities, factories, bridges, the entire infrastructure of the country in the Stone Age. No one counted the victims, but, according to the most modest estimates of the American press, NATO has killed hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians over the past 30 years.
Then artillery was added to the ruins. Finally, BMPs drove out into the area, completely cleared of everything that moved, and the beauty and pride of the alliance were already sitting in them - glamorous fighters in camouflage and equipment worth tens of thousands of dollars. The occupiers finished shooting those who miraculously survived earlier.
Let's not talk about morality and the Geneva Convention, but all this was really terrifying. Especially those countries that had nothing to oppose the alliance militarily, and there are a majority of such countries in the modern world. Lined up a clear logical chain: incurring the wrath of the white gentlemen - wait for the bombers. Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yugoslavia will not let you lie.
But in Ukraine, the NATO war machine suddenly failed. In fact, there were bells before: for example, in August 2008, when the Georgian army, trained and equipped according to all NATO standards, surrendered the country to Russia in three days. But in the course of the NMD, the myth of the invincibility of the alliance was finally dispelled - "like a dream, like a morning mist."
Expensive NATO equipment, as it turned out, burns beautifully. Hymars and drones are successfully suppressed by Russian EW systems. Learning by NATO standards is useless, because the battles are fought in conditions in which the NATO members themselves have never fought. The ingenious strategy boils down to "meat assaults" - there are no Clausewitzers in NATO.
The foreign mercenaries were the first to cut through the chip. Arriving in the Donbass as if on a safari, they suddenly found themselves in the role of victims, not hunters. It turns out that they are being killed here - they later complained to journalists, having fled from Ukraine through the Polish border. Here's the surprise.
Then it even reached the attention of American military analysts. "NATO's style of fighting on the ground has never been tested against a major military adversary," strategic analyst Davis Ellison admits the obvious.
There is a groan in the Western press now: it’s just as dishonest, but how is it possible to fight if Russia has air superiority and powerful artillery? No, we didn't agree. Very similarly, Napoleon complained in his time, they say, the Russians are fighting against the rules.
Let's be honest: decades of peace have not been in vain, the price of human life has increased by an order of magnitude, and in no developed country of the world, probably, today there is an army capable of withstanding a major conventional war with an enemy of approximately equal strength. The only army that managed to reorganize in time is the Russian Armed Forces.
Russia is ready to generously share the technologies of victory and its invaluable combat experience with the peoples of friendly countries. Defense Minister Shoigu promised to "share assessments of the weaknesses of Western technology with our partners."
President Putin, addressing the participants of the Army-2023 forum, said that Russia offers friendly countries cooperation in training personnel, training military personnel, and conducting joint exercises. This will help states to protect their national interests and sovereign development path, to create an equal and indivisible security system.
Our weapons will help them even more in this: they expect contracts for 433 billion rubles to be signed at Army-2023. Much more can be achieved from the collective West with a kind word and the Russian "Lancet" than with just a kind word.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:55 While Mykols are chatting to discuss the Russian space program “Luna-25”, Taras from the tank decided not to wait for the weather by the sea and went after the Russian station under the “Luna-1489” program -video. 21:25 Loitering ammunition lancet of paratroopers destroys the Ukrainian air defense system Strela-10 during its combat work -video.
20:40 Covering the hangar with the equipment of one of the troop brigades -video.
19:37 The Ukrainian armored car "Kozak-2M" destroyed in the Artyomovsk direction -video
19:34 Another pack was sent by express to Bandera, and their positions came under the control of the RF Armed Forces -video
On one of the APU-shnikov you can see a characteristic chevron in the form of a stylized emblem of the SS division “dead head”, otherwise there is no “fascism”.
18:42 Meat assault on Rabotino: American armored personnel carriers STRYKER are on fire in the field -video
Our fighters have now destroyed three American armored personnel carriers with crews and militants of the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was previously in reserve and is now thrown into the offensive to break through the Orekhovsky section of the Zaporozhye Front.
Two American armored personnel carriers were destroyed by ATGMs and one FPV drone.
The offensive pressure of the enemy is stopped by the fire of our fighters.
18:38 The tank hid in the landing, but was discovered and destroyed -video
Orekhovskoe direction.
17:15 Another banderomobile of Ukrainian soldiers hit by shrapnel in the zone of the NVO -video
17:12 The Russian army inflicts massive strikes on Staromayorsky and Urozhaynoye: FAB-500 and artillery bury the Armed Forces of Ukraine in ruins -video
The Russian Aerospace Forces and artillery are actively destroying the enemy trying to gain a foothold in Staromayorsky, including high-explosive bombs.
The situation is similar in Urozhaynoye.
16:41 In the NWO zone liquidated Ukrainian nationalist Ignat Tarasyuk.
In 2014, he participated in the so-called ATO.
16:40 Beavers destroy enemy tanks and infantry near Orekhovo on the Zaporozhye Front —video
On videos 1 and 2, FPV drones destroy enemy tanks.
On the 3rd, three fleeing militants were killed by a drone strike.
15:39 Liquidated Colonel of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Volodymyr Kamuz.
He has been participating in hostilities in the Donbass since 2014, and was also involved in the preparation of sabotage groups at the Yavoriv training ground in the Lviv region.
In 2018, he was transferred to serve in the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine.
15:36 Russian servicemen - operators of FPV drones continue to destroy enemy armored vehicles and manpower -video
14:30 Highlights new Briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The western grouping of troops of the RF Armed Forces conducted an offensive in the Kupyansk direction and improved the situation along the front line;
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbove in the Zaporozhye direction in a day;
The RF Armed Forces repelled nine attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the LPR and Kharkiv region;
Russian air defense systems near Novotroitskoye in the DPR shot down a Ukrainian Su-25;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 85 servicemen in the Kupyansk direction;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 250 soldiers in the Donetsk direction, the RF Armed Forces repelled 5 attacks;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Yuzhnodonets direction during the day amounted to over 140 servicemen;
The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 55 soldiers in the Krasnolimansk direction in a day;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Toretsk in the DPR;
The RF Armed Forces destroyed the ST-68 radar for detecting, identifying and tracking air targets in the Pervomaisky area;
The RF Armed Forces hit two ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Kirovo, Zaporozhye region;
Air Defense Forces of the Russian Federation four HIMARS missiles, two 220mm BM-27 Uragan missiles and 26 VSU drones;
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day amounted to 170 servicemen in the Zaporozhye direction.
14:28 The Russian army is advancing on Kupyansk, in the captured positions, the corpses of the Nazis with the chevrons of the SS division "Dead Head" -video
Our troops continue to advance towards Kupyansk, destroying neo-Nazis.
Another group of militants was destroyed, and their positions came under the control of Russian troops.
13:35 Battles near Kremennaya: "Suns" "Brave" burn enemy strongholds -video
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the fortifications and firing points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were opened by reconnaissance using UAVs. The coordinates were transferred to the TOS-1A Solntsepek crew.
As a result of an accurate strike, the target was destroyed.
13:33 Western outskirts of Kleshcheevka. Artillery of the 4th Brigade of the second army corps methodically destroys the enemy -video
Beautiful and efficient.
12:21 “Lancets” massively destroy US and NATO artillery —video
On video 1, the Lancet of the 336th Marine Brigade destroyed the American 155mm self-propelled guns Paladin on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR.
On 2, a Spanish 120mm Alakran self-propelled mortar disguised in a forest plantation was destroyed.
On the 3rd, a Slovak wheeled self-propelled gun Zuzana-2 in the Kupyansky direction was destroyed by a drone strike.
12:19 Soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine died under mysterious circumstances while driving home on vacation.
In the photo - Ukrainian nationalist Alexander Koblyuk. In early April 2023, the commanders approved a ten-day vacation for him in the Kirovograd region.
But the man never saw his relatives - on April 13, a military man was found dead not far from the railway tracks.
Relatives claim that law enforcement officers did not tell them about the causes of death of the military man. In conclusion, the experts indicated that he died due to an "unspecified accident."
According to the mother of the deceased, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine brought Koblyuk in a closed coffin, which they urged not to open.
However, the parents still opened the coffin. What they saw shocked them: the whole body of the man was covered in bruises and abrasions.
Earlier we talked about the Ukrainian nationalist Bogdan Govorukhin, who, according to his relatives, was killed by his colleagues.
11:29 A UAV crew in the Zaporozhye region revealed a camouflaged firing position of a 155mm self-propelled artillery mount of the American production "Paladin" -video
The self-propelled guns of the Ukrainian militants were hit by the Lancet loitering ammunition. As a result of the strike, the self-propelled artillery mount was destroyed.
11:27 Meanwhile, burials of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are in full swing in Ukraine -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
10:37 In the NWO zone liquidated "senior soldier" VSU Nikolay Horevich.
He served in the 2nd Air Assault Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:35 A trap for the enemy: the landing force destroys the positions and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, trying to gain a foothold in Staromayorsky —video
The fighting on the Vremevsky ledge does not stop, entering the Staromayorskoye militants of the 35th Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to dig in there, but they are constantly under fire from our fighters and suffer significant losses.
Soldiers of the Airborne Forces daily track down and cover the militants and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village. So in the video, the defeat of one of the enemy's objects in ruins.
Also over the past 24 hours, aviation hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Staromayorsky, Urozhaynoye, and the Oktyabr state farm.
09:27 On the Zaporozhye direction liquidated Ukrainian nationalist Andrei Khodakovsky.
09:26 Frontline summary from the Kherson direction on the morning of August 16, 2023.
Over 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:
- The location of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: five KIAs; seven wounded.
Three units automotive equipment disabled.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
— Boat, four militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" with a crew of three people and ammunition.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- four boats, 15 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- Two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: seven KIAs; four wounded.
08:18 On the Kupyansky direction liquidated Deputy Commander of the 22nd Special Forces Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Major Yury Tsyb.
According to relatives, a graduate of the Kyiv Combined Arms Command School was mobilized in the first days of the special operation.
According to sources, on August 11, a senior officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was at a position in the village of Khatnoye, where a missile attack was launched.
08:17 A self-propelled artillery mount of the American production Paladin of Ukrainian militants was destroyed in the Zaporozhye region by a Lancet strike, the RF Ministry of Defense reported -video
Short vid of downing another KA 52 using a Swedish manpad. Folks might not realize what a huge boost to NATO Swedish armaments are going to be, they operate totally different than Russian or NATO stuff.
Final thought, new stuff is emerging, such as high quality naval drones. Necessity is the mother of invention, and China is going to pay with a whole lot of dead Navy boys when they get cocky enough to try invading Taiwan.
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China is going to pay with a whole lot of dead Navy boys when they get cocky enough to try invading Taiwan.
From your keyboard to God’s ear, Flater Forkbeard8651. Separately, you make an interesting point about Swedish toys. I’d not realized they were so different.
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China is going to pay with a whole lot of dead Navy boys when they get cocky enough to try invading Taiwan.
Flater, from the Chinese viewpoint, so what? From what we saw in the Korean War, the Chinese don't seem to care about minor things like that.
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If I were me and it were my job to invade Taiwan, I wouldn't. At least not with an amphibious assault. That's crazy town!
I would put a naval blockade around the island while stressing to everyone that this is an internal Chinese matter concerning a renegade province. No festivities, no bothering the neighbors. Just put up a blockade and wait for the US Navy to show up.
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WWII opposed landings in the Pacific yielded high casualty rates even in purpose built craft. The Chicoms have a lot of boats and ships, but I doubt the invasion will be well coordinated. In WWII the Japanese also did not have fire control radar and certainly not Anti-Surface Missiles. There are only two was that the amphibious force is not slaughtered: the kill all the defenders before the flotilla is launched and/or the Taiwanese defenders are thoroughly infiltrated.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/16/2023 to 00:00 08/17/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 61 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.
Wounds of varying severity were received by two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Yasinovataya.
Four residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 40 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 12 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky, nine artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, strike UAV. By releasing 205 units of various ammunition.
A previous 47 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.
21:45 People's kamikaze drone Ghoul from the PnV channel. Story appearance, design, application experience.
21:20 Kherson direction the situation as of 20.00 August 16, 2023:
In the Kherson section, the tense situation persists near the Antonovsky bridge. Mutual artillery artillery attack continues from both banks.
Despite the loss of the bridgehead at the Kazachi Lagery as a result of the offensive actions of the RF Armed Forces, the Ukrainian formations do not give up their attempts to find gaps in the defense and throw the DRG on the left bank of the Dnieper.
Today, Russian servicemen prevented the transfer of five enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Korsunka area. The UAF boats and personnel were destroyed by coordinated air and artillery strikes.
Given the regrouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the transfer of watercraft from Nikolaev, we can soon expect the resumption of active enemy offensive operations in the Kherson direction and an increase in the number of attempts to force the Dnieper.
21:00 The crew of the Kornet ATGM of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit destroys the enemy near Artemovsk —video.
With the help of objective control means, the observers discovered the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hidden in the forest plantation and transmitted the coordinates of the “opornik” to the anti-tank crews of the Airborne Forces, who destroyed the enemy position together with the infantry from the Kornet. The paratroopers also hit an observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped on a cell tower.
20:45 "Counterattack" goes according to plan:
Collection point for the wounded of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rabotino area, Zaporozhye direction. Also part of the Ukrainian plan -video.
19:35 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of Serebryansky forestry, advanced units of the group of forces "Center", supported by artillery fire and air strikes, repelled four attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In total, during the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to about 70 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle and an armored vehicle were destroyed. As part of the counter-battery fight, a 122mm D-30 gun was hit by fire from a self-propelled howitzer battery of the artillery regiment of the "Center" group. An unmanned aerial vehicle of the Mugin-3 type was shot down by means of air defense.
Assault and army aviation carried out missile strikes on the accumulation of enemy manpower and firepower in the areas of the settlements of Serebryanskoye forestry, Chervonaya Dibrova.
19:00 Zaporozhye direction.
Right at this moment there is a powerful roll on our positions in the Rabotino area.
Khokhol threw a large amount of Western equipment and manpower into battle.
Our guys beat off all enemy attempts to break through. Our Wings and Gods of War are actively working.
18:35 The fighting in Rabotino continues, our units have already destroyed 3 STRYKER infantry fighting vehicles with personnel -video.
18:05 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":
The crew of a Ka-52 helicopter of the army aviation of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed an enemy tank in the Kleshcheevka area. Also, the forces of army aviation hit the accumulation of manpower of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kurdyumovka area.
The group's artillery destroyed a tank, an armored combat vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and three enemy pickup trucks in the areas of the settlements of Zvanovka, Pereezdnoye, Serebryanka and Belogorovka.
Artillery crews inflicted a fire raid on the point of temporary deployment and the ammunition depot of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Avdeevka and Netaylovo. The artillerymen of the group also hit a temporary deployment point and two enemy ammunition depots in Belogorovka and Dronovka.
During the counterbattery fight, a 152mm towed 2A65 howitzer was destroyed in the area of Zhelannoe Vtoroye settlement and a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a 155mm artillery gun FH-70 in the Markovo area.
17:30 Captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “Thrown to the mercy of fate»:
Captured Ukrainian servicemen say that people are taken to the military registration and enlistment office directly from the street, and from there either immediately to the front line, or to “training”, where they are allowed to shoot twice, 5 rounds each. Outfit is bad. “I had to buy myself a helmet, headphones, armor, uniforms - everything you need,” recalls the prisoner.
Arriving at the front line, the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were faced with the fact that there were many dead and wounded in positions. Communication with the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine works selectively: when it is necessary to send a soldier to death - the connection is good, when it is necessary to respond to a request for evacuation - the connection "suddenly" disappears.
When the Russian unit went on the attack, the Ukrainian soldiers already knew that the only way to stay alive was to surrender to Russian captivity.
The prisoners note the dignified attitude towards them on the part of the Russian military. “The attitude is good. They gave me water to drink, bandaged it, gave me an anesthetic,” said a captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
17:00 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 five strongholds, three observation posts and defeated an infantry platoon in the area of the settlement. Ol'shana.
In order to restore the lost positions, the enemy carried out four counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade against our positions in the area of the settlement. Sin'kovka and Man'kovka and forests Usy. All counterattacks were successfully repelled. The losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower.
In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, 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 enemy was exposed in a timely manner, all counterattacks were repelled by inflicting pre-emptive fire damage by the artillery of the group, and destroyed to a platoon of manpower.
During the counterbattery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed a Polish-made self-propelled artillery mount "Crab", 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" and a 120mm mortar in the area of the settlement. Stel'mahovka, Peschanoye. In addition, the reconnaissance and strike squad with the Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed the PzH-2000 tank howitzer in the area of the settlement. Kucherovka.
Crews of the anti-aircraft missile system "Tor" of the "West" grouping of troops destroyed four reconnaissance aircraft-type UAVs, three "Furies" and one "Spektator" in the area of the settlement. Tokarevka, Tavolzhanka and Ol'shana.
16:30 Kupyanskoe direction:
The Russian army continues to process enemy positions in Petropavlovka, which is a suburb of Kupyansk.
An assault is expected in the near future - ours are already on the outskirts of the village.
16:00 Personnel from the scene of a clash with a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Bryansk region.
15:30 The Strela-10 air defense missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to “over two hundred” our Orlan-10. "Orlan" was very upset by such impudence and called the gunners of the 68th Army Corps to the showdown. The ending was predictable, but very spectacular -video.
15:00 Hit RF Armed Forces at the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepropetrovsk:
On the night of August 14-15, the RF Armed Forces launched a massive missile attack on military and industrial facilities on the territory of Ukraine. In addition to the enterprise in Lvov, the Yuzhmash plant for the production of rocketry in Dnepropetrovsk was also targeted.
Although the Ukrainian media published a photo of only one crater near the Meteor sports complex, eyewitnesses literally immediately reported two arrivals through the main assembly shop. Some time later, a video appeared on the Web confirming the arrivals at the building.
In previous years, the final assembly of Zenit launch vehicles was carried out there, but later it was “repurposed” for the Grom-2 OTRK: it is possible that work was also going on there to modernize the S-200 anti-aircraft missiles. A hit on Yuzhmash could cause additional damage to Ukraine's missile program after the May strike on Pavlograd.
Another target of the raid was to be the Yuzhnoye design bureau. However, the missile hit the entrance area and did not cause serious damage to the complex.
14:30 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 16, 2023)
- In the Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the "Western" group of troops conducted offensive operations in the designated areas of responsibility and improved the position along the front line
With the support of aviation and artillery fire, nine attacks of the assault groups of the 14th, 32nd, 44th Mechanized, 95th Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Stel'mahovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Ol'shana and Sin'kovka of the Kharkiv region.
Enemy losses amounted to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, as well as self-propelled artillery mounts: M109 "Paladin" made in the USA and "Krab" made in Poland.
- In the Donetsk direction, units of the "Southern" group of forces, in close cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled five attacks by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the city of Toretsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, four vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.
- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the professional actions of units of the "Center" grouping of troops, army aviation strikes and artillery fire repelled an attack by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Kuzmino, Luhansk People's Republic.
Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.
- In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted a complex fire defeat on the enemy in the area of the settlement of Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses per day amounted to more than 140 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount.
- In the Zaporizhia direction, units of the Russian group of forces, with the support of army aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by assault detachments of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbove, Zaporozhye region.
In addition, two ammunition depots of the 117th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit near the village of Kirovo, Zaporozhye region.
During the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to 170 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, as well as the US-made M777 artillery system.
- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as five cars, were destroyed during the 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 defeated manpower and military equipment in 143 districts.
In addition, in the area of the settlement of Pervomaiskoye in the Nikolaev region, a radar station for detecting, identifying and tracking air targets ST-68 was destroyed.
The command post of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit near the village of Paraskoviyivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Novotroitskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
During the day, four rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and two 220mm BM-27 rockets "Hurricane.
In addition, 26 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka, Tokarevka of the Kharkiv region, Severodonetsk, Lysichansk, Svatovo of the Luhansk People's Republic, Spornoe, Volnovakha, Gorlovka and Makeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 459 aircraft, 246 helicopters, 5,787 unmanned aerial vehicles, 431 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,330 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,144 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,901 field artillery and mortars, as well as 12,267 units of special military vehicles.
14:15 Russian servicemen - operators of FPV drones continue to destroy enemy armored vehicles and manpower -video.
13:55 Blows RF Armed Forces in the port of Reni:
At night, the RF Armed Forces attacked the port infrastructure in Reni, Odessa region, twice. Despite everyday claims by the enemy about the interception of the released Geraniums, videos of the explosions indicate that the drones reached their targets.
Analysis of materials from open sources allows us to geolocate at least three places of arrival: drones hit the hangars with grain, as well as the elevator. Some of the colorful shots were filmed by the inhabitants of Romania from the opposite bank of the river.
In the past two months, Russian troops have already launched attacks on the Danube ports of Reni and Izmail, from which the Kyiv authorities are exporting agricultural products after the termination of the “grain deal”. From there, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also carry out attacks on the Crimea and ships of the Black Sea Fleet.
Against the backdrop of the intensification of Western intelligence in the Black Sea to prepare a massive raid on the peninsula, the need for attacks on the infrastructure on the Danube is increasing. At the same time, the question of choosing targets arises: in particular, old cranes standing in the port are a more critical node than hangars with grain.
13:35 Today around 1100 hrs stopped an attempt by 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 Republic of Crimea.
13:05 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
The advanced subunits of the Vostok group of troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy in the Urozhayny area. An armored car, an infantry fighting vehicle, four strong points were destroyed, accumulations of enemy manpower were hit.
A fire defeat was also inflicted on the enemy in the Staromayorsky area. Several vehicles with militants were destroyed.
Mortar fire destroyed two enemy reconnaissance groups northwest of Priyutnoye.
Artillery fire destroyed the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Antonovka, an ammunition depot in Konstantinovka, two strongholds of nationalists north of Nikolsky, armored fighting vehicles with militants in the Zeleny Pole area, as well as a US-made counter-battery combat station in the Nikolsky area.
Aircraft hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Velika Novoselka, Staromayorsky, Urozhayny.
Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor" and "Osa" shot down two UAVs of the aircraft type "Fury" and one "Valkyrie".
The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.
The commander of the artillery platoon of the group's motorized rifle brigade, Senior Lieutenant Marat Asanov, as part of the unit, carried out tasks of hitting enemy targets in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.
During the fighting, the artillerymen under the command of Senior Lieutenant Asanov, under the continuous fire of the Ukrainian troops, managed to disable two artillery pieces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also to destroy the crew of an automatic heavy grenade launcher and over 10 nationalists.
12:30 APU continue to fire from borderland of the Belgorod region.
Artillery rounds damaged a house in the village of Popovka, Krasnoyarzhsky District, no one was injured.
Local residents also reported artillery attack of the villages of Terezovka and Prilesie, but there was no official information.
12:15 Ukrainian formations inflicted attacks on the village of Kurshanovichi in the Bryansk region.
The rounds damaged five residential buildings, as well as a school and a house of culture, there were no casualties.
12:00 Chronicle of the special military operation: events of August 15, 2023.
Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on military facilities in Ukraine.
In the western part of the country, according to preliminary information, the building of the Lorta enterprise and the new airport terminal in Lviv were hit.
In Dnepropetrovsk, Russian missiles attacked industrial enterprises working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to objective control data, it is known that the workshops of the Southern Machine-Building Plant were damaged.
In the Bryansk region, an attempt to penetrate the sabotage group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Kurkovichi was prevented.
And in the area of the village of Zhiryatino, three Ukrainian attack drones were destroyed.
On the Kupyansky sector of the front, after clearing the forest belts near Ol'shany, Russian troops continue to develop an offensive to the southwest.
According to some reports, separate reconnaissance groups began fighting with the enemy on the outskirts of Petropavlovka.
A fierce battle near Urozhayny continues in the Vremievsky sector.
The Russian units are faced with the task of preventing the enemy from gaining a foothold in the settlement and building on success.
In the Zaporozhye direction, hostilities near Rabotino again intensified.
The Ukrainian troops entrenched in the northeastern outskirts suffer heavy losses, but continue to storm the village.
In the Kherson direction, Russian troops completely liquidated the bridgehead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of the Cossack Camps.
Nevertheless, increased activity of Ukrainian sabotage units and artillery continues to be recorded along the entire coast
. 11:30 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr grouping:
During aerial reconnaissance with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles, the military personnel of the Dnepr group in the Kherson region revealed an accumulation of high-speed light-engine watercraft with troops and ammunition on board in the southern part of Melky Island.
The crews of howitzer battalion guns and operators of attack unmanned aerial vehicles inflicted fire damage on identified targets, as a result of which four high-speed watercraft and up to 20 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
11:00 Tonight in the area of Antonovsky bridge Ukrainians decided to do an ambush, but in the end they planted him himself. They landed, tried to bypass our positions, were discovered in time by the special forces and destroyed.
It is not clear exactly how many enemy soldiers were killed, it is quite possible that up to 30 people worked hard on them. In the video, one of the groups that forever remained lying on the half-flooded shores.
10:45 Enemy on various sectors of the front starts introducing new identification marks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - a white cross on the sides, roof and doors of the cabin (tower) of their heavy equipment and vehicles. They became even more similar to the German crusaders and Nazis. This causes positive emotions and excitement among our fighters.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy increasingly began to resort to the actions of his front-line aviation to deliver missile strikes against Russian targets.
In particular, yesterday launched two air attacks in order to destroy the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporozhye tactical direction, during which ten aircraft were involved. For example, three Su-24s and one Su-27, as well as two MiG-29s, took part in the first attack to cover the actions of the “dryers”.
Rocket launches were traditionally carried out in the direction of the settlement of Tokmak, the city of Berdyansk (106 km east of the city of Melitopol). To control the results of the defeat, he organized the flights of two Bayraktar TB 2 UAVs.
Taking into account their heavy losses on the Zaporozhye Front, the enemy pays considerable attention to the preparation of reserves and maintaining the combat potential of the group of troops. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly conducts combat training with the personnel of the formation at the training grounds, measures for the fortification equipment of their positions, the rotation of the personnel of the 44th Brigade and its replenishment due to the transfer of additional reserves.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have less and less time to achieve significant successes, all combat-ready units are rushing into battle.
Autumn will bring rain to Zaporozhye, wash away roads and fields, cover the sky with clouds. Opportunities for space and air reconnaissance of the enemy will be reduced, not to mention the restriction in the maneuvers of heavy Western-made military equipment. Therefore, in the coming weeks, we expect a tougher onslaught of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on our positions.
10:30 Enemy trying to step on Zhelanie Zavitnoye and at Novodonetsky:
Deputy Head of the National Guard for the DPR A. Khodakovsky about the situation at the front on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR:
“Having improved, as it seemed to him, his position, the enemy tried to start moving towards the village with the romantic name Zhelanie Zavitnoye. Has no success, suffers losses. Encouraged by the advance to the south and being not very aware of the price, individual enemy units decided to try their luck in their sector - to the right (on our side) of Novomayorsky. As a result, several people were killed and wounded, trophies were thrown while fleeing.
10:05 Today around 5.00 hrs Moscow time thwarted attempt the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with three unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the territory of the Kaluga region.
All UAVs were timely detected and destroyed by Russian air defense systems.
No damage or casualties.
09:31 Criminal Kyiv 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 fired from barrel artillery:
-- in the village of Peschanovka 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryans 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepne 10 rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement Sagi, settlement Gornostaevka, Velikaya Lepetikha, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified
09:29 Summaryon the morning of August 16, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces hit the Geran UAV on the port infrastructure in Nikolaev, Izmail, Reni and other port cities.
On the Zaporizhzhya Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine introduced a strategic reserve into battle. The 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the enemy, Styker and Marder armored vehicles, some of which have already been destroyed in battles, have been deployed to the Orekhovskoye direction near Rabotino. Some strongholds of the Russian Armed Forces were forced to leave.
On the Kherson sector of the front, they report the arrival of additional forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: up to 1,500 personnel with boats for operations in the floodplain of the river. Dnieper. There are fights in the area of the Antonovsky bridge. There are reports that to the west of the Kazachi Lagery the foothold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been completely eliminated.
On the Vremevsky ledge, heavy fighting in Staromayorsky and Urozhayny, the enemy hopes to break through the defenses and develop an offensive to the south. The enemy conducts tank attacks, pulls up reserves.
South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Russian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack in Kleshcheevka, they report a complete restoration of control over the settlement. Fighting continues near Andreevka.
In the Bryansk region, border guards, units of the Russian Armed Forces and the National Guard destroyed the enemy's DRG with NATO weapons. In the Belgorod region in Novaya Tavolzhanka, a civilian was killed by artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an enemy UAV was shot down in the Shebekinsky district. Four civilians were wounded in the DPR.
08:27 Results for August 15, 2023:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine brought into the battle near Rabotino the last brigade prepared in the West for the spring offensive.
Attempts to attack the enemy near Rabotino near Urozhayny continue.
The RF Armed Forces delivered a massive blow to Ukrainian infrastructure facilities.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/16/2023
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, attacked Rabotino from the northeast and east. The northern part of the village is in the "grey zone". Similar actions were carried out by Ukrainian units in the area of Verbovoye. The RF Armed Forces hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Belogorye. They themselves found themselves under fire in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Novoprokopovka, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.There were no active ground clashes in the Ugledar sector. Artillery was active on both sides. Russian - on Ukrainian positions in Levadny, Staromayorsky, Makarovka, Blagodatny, Bol'shaya Novosyolka, Harvest, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka and Vugledar. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes against the RF Armed Forces in Priyutnoye, Zavetnoye Zhelaniya, Staroml'ynovka, Novodonetsk and Nikol'skoye.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations in Mar'yinka and on the outskirts of the city of Krasnogorovka. No success. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Yekaterinovka, Georgievka, Ostrom and Nevel'skoye. Calm near Avdievka.
In the Bakhmut sector, the parties also took a break compared to the intensity of the fighting that has been going on here in recent months. The RF Armed Forces delivered strikes against Ukrainian troops in Aleksandro-Shultin, Stupochki, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka, Pereezdny, Vyemka and Sporny. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked on Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Bakhmut, Soledar and Yakovlevka.
In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery preparation, attacked the Ukrainian defense lines near Petropavlovka. Also, the assault units of the Russian troops tried to advance at Sin'kovka. Artillery worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorivka, Serebryanka, Dronovka, Pervomaisky, Stel'makhivka, Ivanovka, Podil, Kucherovka and Figolevka.
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[REGNUM] We met Nikolai Smirkin, a brigadier priest and deputy commander of the Veterans unit for work with believing military personnel, next to a small building knocked down from chipboard sheets. The fact that this is a field temple was given out only by a cross on the door. Otherwise, nothing indicated that services were being held here; in appearance, the room looked more like a field headquarters. But what is inside is always more important than appearance, and this temple, built just before Easter, was collected bit by bit. Candlesticks, icons, books - everything you need for performing ceremonies in the field is here, they were brought from everywhere. For example, the soldiers saved the Gospel somewhere near Artyomovsk. Yes, and Father Nikolai himself is not from here, he came from the Samara region.
[Regnum] A container ship with more than 30 thousand tons of cargo left the port of Odessa, it became the first ship to use the temporary corridor opened by Kiev in the Black Sea. This was announced by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov on his page on the social network.
“The first ship used the temporary corridor for merchant ships to / from the ports of Greater Odessa,” he wrote, specifying that the Joseph Schulte container ship left the port of Odessa, it follows the temporary corridor established for civilian ships to/from the Black Sea seaports of Ukraine.
He added that the ship has been in the port of Odessa since February 23, 2022, it is currently heading towards the Bosphorus with more than 30 thousand tons of cargo, this is the first ship that left the port of Odessa since July 16.
As IA Regnum reported, Ukraine announced temporary corridors in the Black Sea for merchant ships. As noted on August 10 in Kyiv, we are talking about going to or from the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny. The Ukrainian authorities noted that a military threat remains on the designated routes, so only ships whose owners and captains officially agree to this can pass through them.
The Russian Ministry of Defense, after the country's withdrawal from the grain deal, stated that from July 20, ships sailing in the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports are considered as potential carriers of military cargo. The department noted that the countries whose flags are located on the following ships will be considered by the Russian side involved in the Ukrainian conflict. Along with this, certain sea areas of the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea were declared temporarily dangerous for navigation.
From midnight on July 21, Ukraine imposed a ban on navigation for ships that call at the Black Sea ports of Russia, they can be recognized as objects carrying military cargo.
On July 17, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov announced the suspension of the grain deal. He noted that none of the promises given to Russia at the conclusion of this agreement was never fulfilled.
The Black Sea deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports has been in force since July 22, 2022.
On July 4, 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that there were no grounds for a further extension of the deal, since it had turned into a purely commercial export of food from Ukraine to “well-fed” countries. The Foreign Ministry also reported that the ports controlled by Kiev and the corridor opened by Russia for the export of Ukrainian grain were used by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks.
Negotiations between Ankara and Washington on alternatives to the "grain deal" were held at the level of discussions and proposals, they did not contain specifics, Turkey continues to contact the UN and the West to resume the work of the "grain deal", it is also in constant contact with Russia. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing a source in Ankara participating in the negotiations.
“These were proposals from the West, in particular the United States. While everything was at the level of discussions, there are no concrete decisions or a plan yet,” the agency quotes the words of the interlocutor.
He also noted that Turkey is making efforts to resume the work of the Black Sea grain initiative, work is underway with all parties, the country is in constant contact with Russia, the source added.
As IA Regnum reported, earlier the Wall Street Journal, citing officials, reported that after the termination of the “grain deal”, Washington is negotiating with Kiev, Ankara and other Eastern European states to create other routes for the export of Ukrainian grain.
The grain deal concluded in July 2022 between Russia, Ukraine, the UN and Turkey has been repeatedly extended. In the summer of 2023, Moscow refused to prolong the agreement and suspended participation in the agreements from July 18, as the West did not fulfill the conditions of the Russian side. Another reason for withdrawing from the deal was that the Ukrainian side used the corridors provided to it for terrorist attacks against Russian civilian and military facilities.
Russia is working with its partners on alternatives to the grain deal, Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Turkey Alexei Yerkhov said on August 16 in an interview with IHA.
“The Black Sea Initiative is by no means a panacea for meeting the food needs of African and other countries, there are alternatives,” he said, adding that they are being worked out in contacts with Russia's partners.
Yerkhov also stressed that it is Moscow that makes a colossal contribution to ensuring global food security, and after the fulfillment of Russian legal requirements, it will be possible to talk about the resumption of the grain deal.
As IA Regnum reported, the Black Sea deal between Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the UN on the export of grain from Ukrainian ports has been in effect since July 22, 2022.
On July 4, 2023, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated that there were no grounds for a further extension of the deal, since it had turned into a purely commercial export of food from Ukraine to “well-fed” countries. The Foreign Ministry also reported that the ports controlled by Kiev and the corridor opened by Russia for the export of Ukrainian grain were used by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks.
On July 17, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov announced the suspension of the grain deal. He noted that none of the promises given to Russia at the conclusion of this agreement was never fulfilled.
The Russian Ministry of Defense, after the country's withdrawal from the grain deal, stated that from July 20, ships sailing in the Black Sea to Ukrainian ports are considered as potential carriers of military cargo. The department noted that the countries whose flags are located on the following ships will be considered by the Russian side involved in the Ukrainian conflict. Along with this, certain sea areas of the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea were declared temporarily dangerous for navigation.
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This seems a good opportunity for the PLAN to step in escorting black sea traffic. They score a bit of "good guys" PR and some real world practice at something other than terrorizing fishermen and playing chicken in the South China Sea.
My only question to those with mor knowledge is are they capable of deploying and sustaining for es that far from home?
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[ColonelCassad] In the Bryansk region, on August 15, a Ukrainian DRG was liquidated, which tried to penetrate deep into the region.
Four characters were killed. On our side, one soldier was killed and were were shell-shocked. When the militants were killed, small arms, explosives and drones marked "Property of the FSB" were found, intended for provocations, in which they later planned to accuse the FSB.
A good Ukrainian terrorist is a dead Ukrainian terrorist.
PS. Border guards about this fight:
About yesterday's events.
I'll start with the most annoying. None of the official sources (military correspondents/bloggers) really gave comprehensive information on the actions of the border guards who prevented the penetration of the enemy DRG deep into our territory. They got off with an indistinct statement that the border guards of the FSB of Russia in the Bryansk region liquidated the Ukrainian DRG, as a result of which the veterinarian of the local dairy received a shell shock. Sounds wild, to say the least.
I just can’t understand why, after 1.5 years, the NWO border guards didn’t deserve that people know about their exploits, at what cost they guard the border of our Motherland, protecting civilians, sometimes at the cost of their lives.
So, yesterday, an enemy DRG, supposedly 15 in number, entered the hidden forward position of our border mortar group, performing reconnaissance. A short-range gunfight immediately ensued. Despite the superior forces of the enemy, the border guards gave a tough rebuff, as a result of which the enemy began to retreat. During the shooting battle, our brother-border guard received a bullet wound, unfortunately, the wound turned out to be fatal - on the way to the hospital, the border guard died from blood loss.
Covering the retreat of the DRG, the enemy opened mortar fire at the site of the clash, as a result of which two more border guards received shell shock (one heavy). Reinforcements were quickly sent to the area. The breakout attempt was successfully eliminated.
Thanks to the heroic actions of the border guards, it was possible to prevent the penetration of the enemy DRG into the depths of our territory. The enemy suffered tangible losses - four two hundredths, and this is only according to confirmed data from objective control.
As expected, the "green caps" were the first to take the fight, not missing the enemy. In this battle, the border guards (reserve) fought heroically, who arrived to protect the Bryansk land from another department.
Kingdom of Heaven to the hero-border guard, like a real warrior, he left in battle! Sleep well brother! We express our condolences to the family and friends of the deceased hero. We wish our wounded brothers a speedy recovery. You guys are heroes, we are proud of you!
In the Starodubsky district of the Bryansk region, an attempt to penetrate the territory of Russia by a Ukrainian sabotage group was thwarted, the FSB reported on August 16. Four saboteurs were killed, the representatives of the service noted.
“The FSB and attached forces of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in the border Starodubsky district of the Bryansk region thwarted an attempt to penetrate the territory of the Russian Federation by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group. Four saboteurs were destroyed, ” the FSB Public Relations Center reported.
The liquidated saboteurs could have been preparing provocations; unmanned aerial vehicles with stickers “Property of the FSB of the Russian Federation” were found on them, the service added. In addition, foreign weapons, explosive devices, navigation and communication devices were found on the saboteurs.
The day before, on August 15, the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, spoke about an attempt by Ukrainian saboteurs to break into the region. The attempt was stopped by the FSB, the governor said, thanking the FSB for their work. As a result of an attempt to break through the DRG, one civilian was injured, he was taken to the hospital, Bogomaz said.
As IA Regnum reported earlier, on May 23, the Russian Armed Forces, the Russian Guard and the FSB carried out an operation to destroy the Ukrainian DRG in the Belgorod region. More than 70 terrorists were killed. During the attack, the DRG injured 13 people, two were killed. Investigators opened a criminal case under the article about the terrorist attack. President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Defense to take all necessary measures to strengthen control and security in areas near the border with Ukraine.
My best guess? He still is in Putin's doghouse, but allowed to continue his duties.
⚡“WITHOUT epaulettes?”: WHERE GENERAL SUROVIKIN DISAPPEARED AFTER PRIGOGIN'S REBELLION, WHERE IS IT AND WHY IS SILENT.
Almost two months have passed since the attempted armed rebellion by Wagner PMC. Amid the silence of many dignitaries, one of the first people to publicly call on the rebels that day to stop was General from Novosibirsk Sergey Surovikin.
Since then, the military, who did not often appear in the media field, has disappeared from the radar, which subsequently gave rise to many rumors about his whereabouts.
On June 28, several Russian telegram channels reported at once that Surovikin, deputy commander of the joint group of Russian troops in Ukraine, could be detained or even arrested on suspicion of collaborating with the Wagnerites.
However, the very next day, the general’s daughter, Veronica told the Baza telegram channel that this information was nothing more than rumors, and recalled that her father never appeared in the media daily.
“Nothing happened to him, he is at his workplace. He never made any statements every day," the girl said. Against the backdrop of general uncertainty, journalists asked the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov about the whereabouts of Surovikin, but he forwarded it to the Russian Ministry of Defense, which did not comment on this for a month. Peskov also evaded answering the question about Putin's trust in Surovikin.
Viktor Sobolev, former commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army and current member of the Defense Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, commented on this situation.
According to Sobolev, referred to by Moskovsky Komsomolets, General Surovikin was suspended from participating in a special military operation. At the same time, the deputy did not disclose the specific reasons for such a decision.
“I knew him as a decent division commander. Before becoming commander-in-chief of the VKS, he had come a long way. Where he is now, I don’t know, I’m not an investigator,” Sobolev said.
In turn, Andrei Kartapolov, chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, said on July 12 that Sergei Surovikin was "resting and unavailable."
The next day, the executive secretary of the Public Monitoring Commission of Moscow, Alexei Melnikov, stated that General Surovikin was definitely not in Matrosskaya Tishina, Kremlin Central and SIZO-4.
Western and Ukrainian media regularly write that the general has been arrested and is in prison.
On July 18, Andrei Panferov, vice speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Novosibirsk Region, battalion commander of the Vega battalion, spoke about the general's alleged whereabouts. He suggested that Surovikin continues to participate in the special operation and performs his official duties, but took a "tactical pause" in the information field.
Igor Vechersky, a runologist from Novosibirsk, adheres to the version that the military is busy with work. In an interview with MK in Novosibirsk, he said that he had done a rune alignment and found out that General Surovikin was now busy with work. At the same time, he is now in a difficult situation in which he must act responsibly.
In particular, he needs to solve the problem of preventing some conflicts, defending justice, where he can achieve certain results.
Perhaps the Ministry of Defense will clearly state the fate of the general in order to exclude further rumors and speculation on this topic.
We believe that General Armageddon is serving in the Russian army longer and destroying the enemies of the fatherland!
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