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[RIA] A meeting was held at the Russian Ministry of Energy with Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa Mzuvukile Jeff Maketuka. The parties discussed the already traditional issues of organizing the supply of crude oil and products of its processing, but then the conversation went beyond the usual.
The representative of South Africa suggested that domestic energy companies consider the option of building a gas power plant, but not separately, but "as a set" with uninterrupted supplies of LNG. The wording is also interesting. Johannesburg, through the mouth of its diplomat, voiced confidence that it was precisely such a tandem, and precisely with the involvement of Russian contractors, that would be able to guarantee efficient operation, and hence stable and reliable generation. South Africa is ready to conclude specialized agreements with Russian private and state companies on a concession basis, which is also interesting.
The term "concession" itself has its roots in the Latin concessio, meaning the assignment, in this case, of the right to own or receive profit as a result of the construction or operation of an object. This type of agreement has long been widely used all over the world, especially often a concession is concluded when the state has, for example, rich mineral deposits, but there is no opportunity - most often money - to develop them on its own. In this case, the state offers its own or foreign investors to invest in the construction, extraction or modernization of a mine, a field of wells or a power plant, and in return allows it to be legally sold from there, making a profit. An investor who has received a concession may sell the right and the final product both partially and completely.
In this case, Russian power engineers are invited to build a gas-fired power plant and ensure uninterrupted supplies of LNG for its boilers and turbines. Johannesburg gets a stable source of generation, and the Russian side gets the opportunity to sell electricity directly to the domestic market of South Africa.
Literally six months ago, on the sidelines of the Russian Energy Week, the chairman of the African Energy Chamber, Andrzej Ayuk, announced the latest data , according to which about 80 percent of the population in Africa as a whole does not have access to electricity. Taking into account the fact that almost one and a half billion people now live in the expanses of the Black Continent, we get a billion and one hundred and twenty million potential household consumers, excluding industrial facilities.
If the pilot project in South Africa is successfully implemented, a practically bottomless market will open before Russian companies, which in the modern world, long divided into zones of interest, is a completely unique phenomenon, which means mega-profitable.
We also note that such a scheme is not new for our companies and it is not only about the extraction of resources. It, which few people know about, was, for example, initially included in the project for the construction of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant . The nuclear power plant is located in Turkey , but it belongs to the state corporation Rosatom , with which Ankara has entered into a multi-year contract for the purchase of electricity.
It is necessary to mention one more - extremely delicate - moment.
According to international standards, the owners of critical facilities, including generation infrastructure, have the right to protect them from all types of external threats, for which even the deployment of limited military contingents armed with all types of weapons is allowed. Given the fact that Johannesburg has already sent army units to the power plants of the state-owned Eskom company this winter to prevent fuel theft and vandalism, there is a good chance that representatives of our security companies may already appear on the spot. Their existence and work to protect energy infrastructure facilities was recently legalized by the Russian government.
This is the same peaceful expansion of Moscow , which has been repeatedly mentioned, but which is not as noticeable as the direct presence of military bases. Moreover, the Western version of the presence implies direct extortion of money for finding a base and "protection", and in the Russian scheme, the locals are offered an energy source that will work in the interests of their country. At the same time, Russia quite logically wants to protect it and profit from it.
Quite honestly, openly and without ostentatious hypocrisy with endless speeches about freedom and democracy.
The meeting was not limited to projects of the future.
The South African diplomat invited Moscow to take part today in organizing the work and modernizing the available fleet of coal-fired power plants. The local coal industry and coal-based generation, which feeds more than 80 percent of all electricity into the state grids of South Africa, is now going through a period of severe crisis, and Western advisers and managers, changing like a kaleidoscope, have only exacerbated the already gloomy situation in the local energy sector.
In fairness, we note that, of course, not all such projects and proposals reach practical implementation. Many remain on paper in the form of agreements of intent. But at the current historical moment, Russia, which has definitely survived a flurry of Western sanctions and is one of the most energy-equipped countries on the planet, has a real chance to put that very soft power into practice.
The other day, the state-owned Saudi Aramco officially announced that since September it will sharply increase the cost of oil for all buyers from the EU . For the countries of North-Western Europe, light grades of Saudi oil will rise in price by three dollars per barrel at once, and those who are not satisfied with this can look for another importer.
Compare this, for example, with the gas contract that Austria signed and under which it will receive Russian gas at an average price right up to 2040.
While some offer only armed racketeering, Russia offers light to every home.
[An Nahar] A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble ($32,000) fine on Google for failing to delete allegedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine.
The move by a magistrate's court follows similar actions in early August against Apple and the Wikimedia Foundation that hosts Wikipedia.
According to Russian news reports, the court found that the YouTube video service, which is owned by Google, was guilty of not deleting videos with incorrect information about the conflict — which Russia characterizes as a "special military operation".
Google was also found guilty of not removing videos that suggested ways of gaining entry to facilities which are not open to minors, news agencies said, without specifying what kind of facilities were involved.
In Russia, a magistrate's court typically handles administrative violations and low-level criminal cases.
Since sending troops into Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has enacted an array of measures to punish any criticism or questioning of the military campaign.
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[Korrespondent] If Ukraine faces a real threat of losing statehood, then all men will go to the front, they say in the Verkhovna Rada.
Today, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law extending martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine for another 90 days, that is, until November 15.
In general, the conscription process in the country has been going on continuously since February 24, 2022, and, as the military-political leadership says, now only the second wave of mobilization is operating, but there are real prospects for strengthening mobilization processes.
"I WILL FIGHT EVERYTHING"
The day before, Yegor Chernev, Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, said that mobilization in Ukraine is carried out in accordance with the law, but if the state needs it, then everyone will go to war.
According to him, while there are no plans to make any changes on conscription in Ukraine in the near future, the system will continue to work as before.
“For our part, we are making sure that it really works, and does not corrupt the military commissars due to evasion of mobilization. Our task is to make sure that the rules and conditions are for everyone, and we are working on this,” Chernev said in an interview with Novosti.
But when asked by journalists whether all Ukrainians liable for military service would have to fight, the deputy said that everything would depend on how long the war would go on and how many resources Russia could use.
The deputy explained that indeed the fourth stage of mobilization assumes that all men go to war, while now the second wave is underway in Ukraine. He also noted that if our country faces "a real threat of losing statehood, then everyone will go." He emphasized that the duty of every man is to defend his country.
"However, today we are not talking about this option. We have the resource to restrain the Russians in the east and south of Ukraine," the deputy added.
AGENDAS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED BY THE HEADS OF CONDOMINIUMS
In parallel with this statement , draft law No. 9566 was registered in the Verkhovna Rada . Thus, according to the draft law, the deputies want to allow employees of the housing and communal services, condominiums and other organizations serving residential buildings to submit information about conscripts and those liable for military service to the military registration and enlistment offices and hand over summonses to the TCC and the joint venture.
"Housing maintenance organizations, other organizations or enterprises and institutions that operate houses, as well as house owners, in accordance with the orders of district (city) territorial recruitment and social support centers ... timely submit the necessary information to the indicated authorities about conscripts and those liable for military service, notify them of the call ... by serving summons and facilitate the arrival of the call," the bill says.
In addition, the document provides for the right to a kind of alternative service. Thus, the authors of the bill openly admit that the practice of serving subpoenas on the streets is inefficient.
"Efforts to mobilize citizens for military service through coercion and threats have a negative impact on the economy, lead to unnecessary social tension, and also create a pleasant impression for enemies that there are not enough brave patriots in Ukraine who are ready to defend the Fatherland," the bill says.
The authors of the document are convinced that it should settle the issue with those who are not ready to fight. Such persons liable for military service are invited to write a refusal to mobilize for personal or religious beliefs. These people will be involved in works that are of a defensive nature and ensure the functioning of the national economy under martial law.
NEW CAMPAIGN FROM THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
Today, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also presented posters with which it wants to encourage conscripts to come to the military registration and enlistment offices. The campaign is called "Update data in TCC". The main message is that it is not scary to go to the military registration and enlistment offices.
"We have developed a campaign, the main idea of which is that admitting one's own fears is already brave, and the army needs brave people," the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
According to Ground Forces spokesman Roman Gorbach, updating the data will not last long - "you need to go to one office of the TCC with the appropriate package of documents."
The posters depict Ukrainian soldiers talking about how they overcome fears at the front. These posters, as well as similar ones, will be shown on the One News telethon, other TV channels, radio, cinemas, digital outdoor advertising and trains.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
22:40 Yermak announced that he took part in the founding meeting of the working group that will work on the implementation of the ninth point of the Peace Formula - "Preventing the escalation of war and the repetition of aggression." Among the participants are ambassadors and authorized representatives of the embassies of the G7 countries, the European Union and almost all countries that have already joined the Declaration on Security Assurances.
According to the head of the Presidential Office, Ukraine has already started negotiations with the US and the UK on the preparation of bilateral security agreements, and in the near future similar negotiations will begin with a number of other countries, in particular from the Group of Seven.
22:18 Turkey discussed with Russia the incident with the dry cargo ship Şükrü Okan, which was detained by the Russian military over the weekend, and warned of the unacceptability of obstructing the movement of ships in the Black Sea, Erdogan's administration said.
20:21 Switzerland has imposed sanctions against at least 30 companies of the Russian military-industrial complex, including manufacturers of Iskanders, "Shaheds", S-400, MLRS Grad, Tornado, Smerch, armored vehicles and other types of weapons and equipment.
19:44 Zaluzhny said that he had a telephone conversation with the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley. We discussed the situation at the front, the plans of the enemy and the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - in shells, weapons, demining equipment, air defense, electronic warfare systems.
19:28 Lukashenka said that Minsk would not enter into hostilities in Ukraine if the Ukrainians did not cross the border of Belarus, but "there would always be" help to Russia. He also believes that the military conflict in Ukraine could have been avoided "at any moment, even now."
19:25 NAPC has included the Chinese group of companies Alibaba in the list of international sponsors of the war, since it not only continues to work in the Russian Federation, but also provides its platforms for the sale of goods from copper exported from the occupied territories of Ukraine. In addition, Alibaba censors Ukrainian content on its platforms.
19:22 During the day, the enemy hit Nikopol twice from artillery and once - at the Marganets community of the Dnipropetrovsk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak. A utility company, 12 private houses, outbuildings, and a power line were damaged. People were not hurt.
19:07 Putin had a telephone conversation with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. According to the Kremlin, during the conversation "the mood for the further development of bilateral ties in the trade, energy, transport, logistics and environmental areas was confirmed."
18:29 Since the beginning of the year, 59,000 civilians and military who have lost limbs as a result of Russian aggression have turned to the Ministry of Social Policy for help in prosthetics, Oksana Zholnovich, head of the department, said. Minister of Health Viktor Lyashko added that in 2022, more than 32,000 people who lost one or more limbs were registered in the electronic health system, in the first half of 2023 - more than 15,000 people. At the same time, the number of amputations is much higher, the minister specified.
18:02 The Czech Republic receives new helicopters from the United States, and decommissions the old Mi-24Vs and plans to transfer them to Ukraine, Defense Minister Yana Chernokhova said. However, she did not specify the number of helicopters in question.
17:38 Any pseudo-referenda or "elections" that Russia arranges in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine perform only propaganda tasks and are completely devoid of legal or political meaning, Podolyak said: "The organization of such events will have no other consequences, except for the unconditional criminal prosecution of them organizers in Ukraine and other countries of the world. An attempt to annex territories where hostilities are still taking place is in itself a deliberate crime with particularly burdensome circumstances. All accomplices in such crimes will be identified by name and duly punished."
17:10 Russia, with the help of Iran, intends to create 6,000 combat drones on its territory by 2025, writes The Washington Post.
16:49 The British Ministry of Defense announced that it had signed three contracts worth about $ 115 million for the supply of air defense systems to Ukraine. The largest contract is with the Norwegian defense company Kongsberg, it provides for the supply of anti-UAV systems. Among other things, a CORTEX Typhon system is to be supplied. Two other agreements also deal with air defense, but the British Ministry of Defense did not provide more specific details about them.
16:26 Kuleba announced "good news" on F-16 fighters: "The pilots will return from training, and the planes will also arrive - this will be a synchronized process. This week, the president has three days of daily meetings and talks about speeding up this process. And I will say diplomatically: I think there will be good news soon."
15:51 Zelensky signed a decree on the dismissal of all regional military commissars.
15:33 The Swedish parliament approved a new aid package to Ukraine worth about 270 million euros. It will include, in particular, ammunition and spare parts, trucks, demining equipment. The parliament also decided to authorize the government to sell AMRAAM air-to-air missiles to the United States for their subsequent transfer to Ukraine.
15:29 The occupiers on the left bank of the Dnieper are afraid of the activation of the partisan movement on the Independence Day of Ukraine, so they are strengthening filtration measures there, said Alexander Tolokonnikov, speaker of the Kherson OVA. He also noted that the Russians have concentrated a certain amount of their forces on the Kinburn Spit and are probably "planning some kind of attack."
15:17 Politico has come to the conclusion that Ukraine has opened a new front in the Black Sea and clearly intends to independently cope with the threat posed by Russia. More details - in the material Ultimatum for the Russian Federation .
14:30 The final decision on the supply of F-16 fighters to Ukraine has not yet been made, but it is possible, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. At the same time, he stressed that NATO will support Ukraine until its victory.
13:38 Germany has handed over two more launchers of the IRIS-T SLS system to Ukraine , the country's government has announced. Also handed over were 155 mm shells, GO12 radars and trucks.
13:25 The Russian Ka-52 helicopter contains high-tech components from Western countries and Asian countries. In particular, these are chips, microprocessors, integrated circuits, receivers, flash memory, telecommunication transformers, transceivers, linear stabilizers, microcircuits that Russia cannot produce, Yermak said. According to him, Ukraine has already passed this information to partners, and it was partially reflected in the imposed sanctions, but the restrictions need to be strengthened.
13:18 Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia announced that they have joined the G7 Declaration on security guarantees for Ukraine.
12:10 The Azov brigade returned to the front, said Nikolai Urshalovich, a representative of the National Guard. "The legendary special-purpose brigade Azov has recovered and started to carry out combat missions in the Serebryansky forest area," he said.
11:58 Zelensky said that at a daily conference call, he instructed the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defense to work with partners so that the next defense packages contain exactly what the Armed Forces need. They also discussed the plans of the enemy and the state of his military-industrial complex, the preparation of the energy system and air defense for winter, the functioning of the grain corridor.
11:39 The Russians fired at Zaoskolye in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, one person was killed, one was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
11:12 Kuleba said that Ukraine does not intend to cede its territories to join NATO. According to him, the Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg himself has a clear position on the impossibility of "trading" Ukrainian territories. "The President has repeatedly communicated with Secretary General Stoltenberg, I maintain very close relations with him and I assure you that the Secretary General's position is absolutely clear and exactly the same as Ukraine's: there can be no trade in Ukrainian territories," the Foreign Minister stressed.
10:36 The Russians are gathering forces in the Bakhmut direction from the north and south of Ukraine, deputy commander of the 3rd assault brigade Maxim Zhorin told Radio Liberty. According to him, airborne troops, Kadyrov's unit Akhmat and the formation of Espanyol from fans of the CSK football club are now fighting in this direction. Zhorin added that at present there are no problems in the Russian army with the replenishment of units.
10:24 Zelensky signed laws extending martial law and mobilization for 90 days - until November 15, 2023.
10:20 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced an attempt by Ukraine to attack the territory of Russia with a strike drone. The drone was allegedly shot down over the Belgorod region, there were no casualties or damage.
09:49 Zelensky said that the first civilian ship passed through the new Ukrainian humanitarian corridor on the evening of August 16 and is moving towards the Bosphorus. According to the President, "Ukraine has taken an important step towards the restoration of freedom of navigation in the Black Sea."
09:32 The military of the 47th separate mechanized brigade reported that they had destroyed the Russian Ka-52 helicopter from the MANPADS in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region.
08:53 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died, seven were injured. In the Kharkiv region, one person died as a result of the shelling of Kupyansk, in the Donetsk region, two were wounded, according to the IVA.
08:41 Ukrainian troops were successful south of the liberated one on the eve of Harvest, said the speaker of the General Staff Andriy Kovalev.
08:38 In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces shot down a Russian Ka-52 helicopter this morning, the command of the Air Force reported.
08:27 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 17:
personnel - about 256,050 (+480) people liquidated,
tanks - 4329 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 8398 (+18),
artillery systems - 5169 (+17),
MLRS - 714 (+0),
air defense systems - 486 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 314 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4272 (+24),
cruise missiles - 1406 (+2),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7641 (+27),
special equipment - 773 (+0).
07:43 In the morning, the enemy attacked the Novomoskovsky district of the Dnipropetrovsk region with missiles. People were not injured, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
07:35 Over the past day, 20 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Kupyansky direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Senkovka region of the Kharkov region, in the Bakhmutsky direction - in the Bogdanovka region of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold back the offensive of Russian troops in the Avdiivka area, in the Maryinsky direction - in the Maryinka area. The defense forces also continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
06:00 The United States is not discussing the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO in exchange for giving up part of the territories in favor of Russia, said John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House. He stressed that Washington's position is that in the future Ukraine will be able to become a NATO member, but now the main focus is on helping Kiev fight Russian aggression and return its territories. "They are making progress every day and we will continue to support them," Kirby added.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:41 Artillery of the Vostok group of troops smashes enemy in the Ugledar direction
Crews of high-power self-propelled guns "Malka" of the 165th Amur Artillery Brigade daily inflict fire damage on the enemy in the area of the Vrem'ievsky ledge, which significantly reduces the pace of the enemy's counteroffensive.
According to the commander of the gun with the call sign "Pechora", in this direction their artillery battery managed to destroy the M777 howitzer, the American-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mount, as well as the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS installation.
Artillery fire correction is carried out by operators of unmanned aerial vehicles.
21:40 An air raid alert was announced in the evening in all regions of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the data of the official resource for alerting the population.
20:06 The Ukrainian Armed Forces made several unsuccessful attempts to counterattack near the liberated Novoselovsky in the LPR, reported RIA Novosti company commander of the 1st Guards Tank Army with the call sign “Third”.
19:31 In the Zaporozhye direction, on August 15, an officer of the SBU of the Alpha special unit, Sergey Valovoy, was eliminated.
It is reported that the SBU officer is from a family of regular military men, whose father also fights in the Zaporozhye direction as part of the special forces.
18:24 Air raid alert announced for the second time in a day throughout Ukraine
17:51 Ukrainian troops fired two more 155mm cluster shells from "NATO" artillery in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, reported in Telegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
17.20 - the settlement of Maksimil'yanovka - the city of Donetsk (Petrovsky district): two shells with a caliber of 155 millimeters were fired," the representative office said in a statement.
16:57 Ukrainian troops at 15.55 fired ten shells of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm in the regions of Donetsk, Svetlodarsk and Gorlovka, the Telegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“Fire was recorded from the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine - ed.) in the direction:
15.55 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Svetlodarsk: three shells with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
15.55 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): four shells with a caliber of 155mm were fired;
15.55 - the settlement of Galitsinovka - the city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts): three shells with a caliber of 155mm were fired. - the representative office said in a statement.
16:57 An air alert has been announced in Kyiv and the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, testify data online maps of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
16:57 The school building was damaged as a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, reported inTelegram channel representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
“On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 17, as of 16:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic: Kuibyshevsky district: – MBOU “School No. 46 of the city of Donetsk” along Arsenov Street,” the representative office said in a statement.
15:22 An employee of the Skochinsky mine in Donetsk was wounded as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops using cluster munitions, the DPR Ministry of Coal and Energy reported in Telegram channel.
“This afternoon, the Donetsk mine named after A.A. was again in the line of fire. Skochinsky State Unitary Enterprise of the DPR “Donetsk Coal Energy Company”. The territory of the coal mining enterprise was fired upon by cluster munitions. ...
As a result of the artillery attack, the chief economist of the mine was injured, he was provided with the necessary assistance, ”the agency said in a statement.
14:06 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction for the day amounted to more than 175 servicemen.
🔹Russian troops destroyed up to 55 soldiers and an 152mm Akatsiya self-propelled gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnolimansky direction in a day.
🔹The RF Armed Forces destroyed two UAV command posts and an ammunition depot in the DPR.
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk direction repelled four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Zaliznyansky, Staromikhaylovka and Krasnogorovka.
🔹Assault detachments of the RF Armed Forces carried out successful offensive operations in the Donetsk direction, improved the position along the front line.
🔹Russian air defense systems destroyed 18 Ukrainian drones in a day.
🔹The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction per day amounted to 310 servicemen.
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 30 servicemen per day in the Kherson direction.
14:06 The Ministry of Defense published personnel strike on the Ukrainian military echelon in the Dnipropetrovsk region
14:06 Ukrainian troops fired on Donetsk, Svetlodarsk, Gorlovka and the Gorlovka village of Zaitsevo, firing fifteen shells of 155mm and 152mm caliber in half an hour, the Telegram channel Representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine.
“Fishes were recorded from the armed formations of Ukraine in the following directions:
12.00 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Dyleevka - the settlement of Svetlodarsk: four shells of 155mm caliber were fired ...
12.30 - the settlement of Nelepovka - the settlement of Zaitsevo: four shells of 152mm caliber were fired", the office said in a statement.
13:01 Ukrainian troops at 12.20 fired four cluster shells 155mm in the Kyiv region of Donetsk and Makeevka -representative office of the DPRin SCKK
13:00 Ukrainian troops continue to shell Donetsk with cluster munitions, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported inTelegram channel.
“The shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU (armed formations of Ukraine. - Ed.) in the direction:
12:10 - the settlement of Galitsynivka - the city of Donetsk (Kirov district): two shells of 155mm caliber (cassette) were fired," the publication says.
12:04 An air raid alert was announced in the Poltava, Khar'kov and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, as well as in the Kyiv-controlled part of the Zaporozhye region, data show online maps Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
12:03 Attack of Ukrainian troops on tanks and armored vehiclesdeductionon the outskirts of the Zaporizhzhya village of Rabotino, the head of the Zaporozhye social movement “We are together with Russia” Vladimir Rogov told RIA Novosti.
“In the morning, the enemy made an attempt to attack our positions on tanks and American Stryker armored vehicles, but was stopped on the outskirts of Rabotino. The fighting went on for several hours, the Ukrainian militants got hit on the ears and retreated, our aviation is now working on them,” said Rogov.
11:12 Ukrainian troops at 10.50 Moscow time fired 2 cluster shells with a caliber of 155mm in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk - DPR representative office in the JCCC
11:11 At night, Ukrainian troops fired artillery at the cities of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Alyoshki and the villages of Kazachi Lagery, Kardashinka, Peschanovka, located along the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, firing more than 30 shells at them, a representative of the region's emergency services told reporters on Thursday.
“During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlements of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagery, Alyoshki, Kardashinka, Peschanovka, firing a total of 33 shells from cannon artillery. Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified,” said a spokesman for emergency services.
10:43 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:
- 122mm D-30 howitzer with ammunition, losses: three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, five were injured of varying severity;
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- two boats, seven fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- two 120mm mortar crews and ammunition for them, losses: six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, eight were injured of varying severity;
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; seven - received injuries of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- 152mm ACS 2S3 "Acacia" with ammunition and crew of three militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
09:29 Footage of the destruction of the FPV nationalist tank by kamikaze drones -video
09:27 Artillerymen of the Dnipro grouping destroyed a Ukrainian pickup truck with a crew in the area of the settlement. Novodmitrovka -video
08:19 In the Kherson region of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted strikes on a number of Dnieper islands, destroying part of the Ukrainian troops there, and forcing the rest to retreat to the right bank of the Dnieper in boats.
Russian artillery, FPV drones and aircraft continue to strike at the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area.
On the Oskol sector, Russian troops captured another 10 positions northeast of Kupyansk. Large and small attacks and intense artillery shelling across a vast area from the border with Russia to the Donets River continue to annihilate Ukrainian troops and draw Ukrainian reserves from various directions into this positional stalemate
There is little activity in the area of Bakhmut, Vuhledar, Avdiivka and Mar'inka, except for bombardments and distracting and exhausting attacks by a small Russian group.
Trying to assemble a strike force here under the blows of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Ukraine is struggling to launch its own counterattack
08:06 Ivanovo paratroopers from ATGM "Kornet" destroyed the opornik and observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine north of Artemovsk -video
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/17/2023 to 00:00 08/18/2023
Over the past day Representation reported about 70 facts of firing by the VFU.
Information was received about the wounding of four civilians in the Petrovsky, Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Yelenovka.
Ten residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, Zaitsevo and Yelenovka, as well as two civilian infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of eight settlements of the Republic: Svetlodarsk, Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Gol'movsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Yelenovka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 50 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 14 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky three artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
On Svetlodarskoye four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery. Having fired 217 units of various ammunition.
A previous 61 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU per day.
21:03 Combat Job calculation of 82mm automatic mortar "Vasilek".
19:19 Reliable cover: combat work of the crew of the Osa-AKM air defense system of the Central Military District -video
Krasnoliman direction
In the course of performing a combat mission to cover the positions of Russian troops, anti-aircraft gunners destroy reconnaissance UAVs of the armed forces of Ukraine.
The specifics of the weapons and radar equipment of the complex makes it possible to detect and destroy small-sized reconnaissance UAVs, such as Fury and Leleka. Over the past few weeks, the calculation has destroyed about 30 of these drones.
Anti-aircraft gunners save the lives of our guys on the front lines, depriving the "eyes" of enemy artillerymen and preventing them from aiming their artillery at our positions.
19:14 Zaporozhye Front -video
Battle of armored vehicles. Ours with the "Germans". The crossroads in the forest plantation has become a point of contact
18:44 The Supreme Court of the DPR issued a verdict in a criminal case against the operator of the interference station of a separate company of electronic warfare of the 36th Separate Naval Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 24-year-old Yegor Kuranov. He was found guilty under Part 1 of Art. 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (ill-treatment of the civilian population in the occupied territory) -video
The court established that the convict, in the period from November 30, 2018 to June 20, 2022, following the criminal orders of the command of the 79th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operating an unmanned aerial vehicle, corrected the firing of mortar crews that shelled residential buildings and other objects and structures of civil infrastructure with the civilian population in them in the village of Kominternovo, Novoazovsky district and the village of Aleksandrovka, Petrovsky district, of the city of Donetsk.
As a result of the artillery attack in the village of Kominternovo, residential building No. 51 on Kirov Street was completely destroyed, the building of the shopping complex on Akhmatova Street, house 25 was also partially destroyed, and a man was wounded in the village of Aleksandrovka.
In April 2022, while on combat duty on the second floor of the five-story building of the Azovmash machine-building plant, he wounded a civilian walking down the street. Taking into account the position of the public prosecutor, the court sentenced Kuranov to 12 years in prison to be served in a strict regime correctional colony
18:42 Not far from Chaplynka and Novoalekseevka destroyed APU ammunition caches
Five kilometers from Chaplynka, police officers found three BM-21 Grad rockets of 122mm caliber.
Law enforcement officers found another cache with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine a kilometer from Novoalekseevka - two F-1 grenades without a fuse were stored there.
Due to the high degree of danger, the ammunition was destroyed by an overhead charge of TNT.
17:37 Modifications of the "Night Hunter" and "Alligator" -video
Within the framework of the ARMY-2023 IMTF at the Kubinka airfield, the latest upgraded attack helicopters Mi-28NM and Ka-52M are presented for the first time at an open exposition of aviation equipment.
Both machines have acquired an improved sighting and navigation system, for each helicopter the range of weapons has been expanded, including, among other things, Izdeliye 305 guided missiles.
Mi-28NM is an all-weather combat helicopter designed to destroy manpower, ground armored vehicles and low-speed air targets, as well as support ground forces and landing forces.
The Ka-52M combat helicopter in the latest modification has acquired a new aiming system and an increased target detection range.
17:35 Artillery of the "Vostok" group of troops is destroying the enemy in the Ugledar direction -video
Crews of high-power self-propelled guns "Malka" of the 165th Amur Artillery Brigade daily inflict fire damage on the enemy in the area of the Vremievsky ledge, which significantly reduces the pace of the enemy's counteroffensive.
According to the commander of the gun with the call sign "Pechora", in this direction their artillery battery managed to destroy the M777 howitzer, the American-made Paladin self-propelled artillery mount, as well as the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS installation.
Artillery fire correction is carried out by operators of unmanned aerial vehicles.
16:29 From conversation with prisoners taken in one of the directions.
“Initially, the task was set to occupy the opornik, they assured that a sweep had been carried out there. Sappers worked.
We moved there at night as a group of five people.
The conductor was not from our brigade. He did not even bring us to the very place about 150 meters. On the way to the point, two (who went first) were blown up. One immediately died, and the second friend expired a little later.
The connection didn't work. Literally immediately, Russian artillery began to work on us. Our leader of the group said that he would lead the evacuation, he left, but never returned. Maybe he died, maybe he got scared, the artillery wing is tight. Closer to the morning we were encircled by your soldiers.
We are reservists. And the elite units that should be doing this are standing behind us. All attempts to gain a foothold are mixed with the ground by your artillery, and when you storm also our artillery throws right at us, knowing full well that there are people here.
We have little preparation, little was said in France, and there is no special preparation here. Why send us there to study? I don’t know with whom the French and British fought, what can they teach?!
16:24 Dnipro, injured as a result of enemy shelling delivered to Skadovsk hospital in serious condition
During the artillery attack of Dnepryan by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a man was injured, he received shrapnel wounds, Khersonka.ru was told at the headquarters of the Nova Kakhovka Military Administration.
The victim was sent to the Skadovsk hospital - now doctors are fighting for his life.
15:42 In the DPR, the National Guard discovered another warehouse of foreign-made ammunition -video
During special events, the Russian Guards, together with military counterintelligence, seized ammunition of American, Polish and Bulgarian production. During the examination, uniforms and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and communications equipment were also found.
The Russian Guards took out almost half a ton of ammunition, including:
- 2,500 cartridges of various calibers containing armor-piercing incendiary bullets;
- more than 80 shots for a grenade launcher;
- over 50 anti-tank mines;
- high-explosive fragmentation and cumulative rounds;
- several dozens of radio fuses and grenades of various modifications.
15:39 The captured fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that he was sitting on the street and drinking alcohol when the police arrived and took him to the military registration and enlistment office. There he was handed a second summons, although, according to him, he did not even see the first one. After that, he was sent to fight, however, as the man says, he is not fit -video
14:37 Preliminary, one woman suffered as a result of massive enemy artillery attack of Dnepryan
Since the night, the Dnieperians have been under periodic artillery attack by the enemy - according to preliminary data, there is one victim. A gas pipe was also cut by fragments - the village and neighboring settlements were left without gas.
Due to the incessant arrivals, the special services cannot drive up to the places of strikes in order to start repairs.
14:32 Our fighters planted quadrocopter "Baba Yaga" in the area of Kazachi Lagery.
Thanks to the well-coordinated work of the electronic warfare unit of the Dnepr group of troops, our guys discovered and landed the enemy quadrocopter Baba Yaga in the area of Kazachi Lagery.
13:35 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (as of August 17, 2023)
In the Donetsk direction, units of the Yuzhnaya group of forces, in close cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Zaliznyanskoye, Staromikhaylovka and Krasnogorovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, the assault detachments of the Russian group of troops carried out successful offensive operations and improved the position along the front line.
At the Mezhevaya station in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a military echelon with ammunition was destroyed by a missile attack in the unloading area.
Enemy losses in this area per day amounted to 310 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, three armored combat vehicles, nine vehicles, and a 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the "Western" group of forces in the course of active operations with the support of aviation and artillery fire improved the position along the front line.
During the day, six attacks of assault groups of the 14th Mechanized, 25th Airborne and 95th Airborne Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the areas of Olshana, Sinkovka, Kharkiv region and Novoselovskoe, Luhansk People's Republic.
Up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a Tyulpan self-propelled mortar, an M777 artillery system, and a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed in a day.
Units of the "Center" group of troops in the Krasnolimansky direction repulsed the attack of the assault group of the 42nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Kuzmino.
In addition, a complex fire defeat was inflicted on the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Kremennaya and Chervonaya Dibrova of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery mount and two 122mm D-30 howitzers were destroyed.
In the South Donetsk direction, the professional actions of the units of the Vostok group of forces, air strikes and artillery fire inflicted a complex fire defeat on the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Priyutnoye, Zaporozhye region, Staromayorskoe and Rovnopol of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Enemy losses amounted to more than 175 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, two cars, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, and two 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts.
In the Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian group of forces, supported by aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, repelled an enemy attack and inflicted a comprehensive fire defeat on assault detachments of the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
Enemy losses amounted to 195 Ukrainian servicemen, four Stryker armored personnel carriers, two infantry fighting vehicles, three vehicles, an M777 artillery system made in the USA, an FH-70 gun made in Great Britain, as well as two 152mm Msta-B howitzers and one 152mm D-20.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, Ukrainian units lost up to 30 servicemen, three vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer.
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 the manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 138 districts.
In the areas of the settlements of Lastochkino in the Donetsk People's Republic and Ivanovskoye in the Zaporozhye region, two control points of unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit. A command and observation post of a unit of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and an ammunition depot were hit near Serebryanka settlement in the Donetsk People's Republic.
Air defense systems intercepted one HIMARS multiple rocket launcher.
In addition, 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Zhytlovka in the Luhansk People's Republic, Soledar, Nikolaevka, Zarya, Orlinskoye in the Donetsk People's Republic, Mirnoye in the Zaporozhye region and Ol'shana in the Kharkiv region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 459 aircraft, 246 helicopters, 5,805 unmanned aerial vehicles, 431 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,349 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,144 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,918 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 12,289 units of special military vehicles.
13:32 The enemy is conducting a “creeping” offensive on the Vremevsky ledge -video
Soldiers of the Vostok battalion report on the situation on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR.
"Good morning. Apparently, the time of deep breakthroughs and other military classics has passed. This so-called creeping offensive has become the only way of war. Now it's like this: some position is taken, which is the first located on the path of this creeping offensive, and processed until only one name remains from it.
Yesterday, no matter how they were already swearing ... Cluster munitions, apparently, did not arrive in time in time - in addition to the usual high-explosive ones, they were hit with shrapnel. We had a guy from Russian volunteers wounded by shrapnel, but chief medical officer Olga Tkachenko did a great job - she discovered a hidden damage to the artery and saved the guy's hand. Actually, we want to talk about the organization of our medicine today.”
12:28 Another participant in the atrocities in Mariupol, Vladislav Ruchko, with a tattoo “HATE” on his neck, uncertainly says that he served in the Nazi battalion “Azov” as a driver —video
But in fact, they did not let civilians out of Mariupol, knowing that the Russian army was approaching them, and the meat grinder would begin in the near future. The Nazis deliberately blocked exits from the city, keeping people in fear and threatening them with reprisals - often unarmed people were beaten to death or shot.
12:24 Statement by the officer of the press center of the West group -video
During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, assault groups of the 6th Combined Arms Army captured two strongholds, two observation posts and defeated up to two infantry platoons in the Ol'shan area.
In order to restore the lost positions, the enemy carried out five counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade against our positions. All counterattacks were successfully repelled. The losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower.
In the course of active hostilities, Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed five artillery pieces:
- two Polish-made self-propelled artillery mounts "Crab" near the villages of Kucherovka and Petropavlovka;
- howitzers "Zuzana", "M-777" and 152mm D-20 in the area of Kurilovka, Lozovaya and Novoselovsky.
Crews of the Tor anti-aircraft missile system of the Zapad group of forces destroyed three aircraft-type UAVs: Columba, Leleka-100 and Fury.
11:30 Statement by the head of the press center of the Center group -video
In the Svatov direction, assault groups of the 68th Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made two attempts to regain lost positions. The attacks were repulsed by the coordinated actions of the advanced units of the "Center" grouping of troops, the enemy's losses amounted to more than 10 people, and an armored vehicle was destroyed.
At the turn of the settlements of Ploshchanka, Chervonopopovka and Serebryansky forestry of the Krasnolimansky direction, artillery fire and air strikes inflicted fire damage on assault groups of 21 and 42 Mechanized Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 50 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle and an armored vehicle were destroyed.
Bomber aircraft inflicted bombing strikes on two command and observation posts and a point of temporary deployment of the enemy in the areas of the settlements of Druzhelyubovka and Serebryanka.
Air defense systems shot down a Leleka-100 unmanned aerial vehicle and two Uragan MLRS rockets.
11:28 Situation in the South-Donetsk direction
In the Vremevsky sector, the enemy is probing the defense of the RF Armed Forces in the Zavitne Bazhanya area both from the side of Harvest and from the forest belts east of the destroyed village. During the night in Urozhaynoye, the enemy transferred up to four small groups of the enemy to consolidate in the settlement and prepare for a further offensive.
Russian artillery inflicts fire damage on exposed enemy positions, managed to destroy two armored vehicles during an attempt to enter Urozhaynoye from the north side. To the east of Urozhaynoye, a unit of the RF Armed Forces entered into a shooting battle with an identified enemy DRG, which had advanced from the side of the forest belts. The enemy group retreated.
In the Ugledarsky sector, the enemy is also trying to advance along the forest belts closer to Nikolsky. With artillery and VOG drops, two infantry groups suffered losses of up to eight people and retreated.
10:33 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 08/16/2023 to 00:00 08/17/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation reported 61 instances of firing by the AFU.
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.
In the previous day, 47 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
10:31 Zaporozhye direction at 10:00
n.p. Rabotino - The situation is tense now, the enemy, after artillery attack our positions using cluster munitions, went on the offensive with tanks and Strykers (up to four units), there were battles from 0600 hrs to 0800 hrs in the morning, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew, now they are working on the hidden enemy KA-52.
n.p. Pyatihatki - All attempts by the enemy to approach the settlement end in death, the situation is stable and controlled, we work according to the enemy’s artillery, the enemy does not take active actions in our directions, we do not give the opportunity to cling to something at least somewhere.
09:24 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 Kardashinka 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryans 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Korsunka 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepnoye 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki nine rounds;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement Kazachi Lagery, settlement Alyoshki, settlement Kardashinka, settlement Peschanovka firing a total of 33 cannon artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction to be confirmed
09:22 Summary on the morning of August 17, 2023
The introduction by the enemy into battle of a strategic reserve in the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front did not bring him any results. Trying to break through our defenses at the Novoprokopovka-Verbove sector, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost their personnel and equipment.
The issue with the supply of certain types of ammunition to the anti-tank units of the Russian Armed Forces has not yet been resolved, the forced savings are compensated by the fire of artillery, aviation and the skillful use of kamikaze drones.
High-explosive aerial bombs strike at concentrations of enemy troops. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing British Challenger 2 tanks for combat, the operation of which in combat conditions promises to become a serious technical problem.
A little to the west, near N. p. Rabotino, the enemy periodically penetrates the northern outskirts of the village, from where our troops constantly knock him out.
On the Vremevsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces are fighting in the settlement. Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye, which are trying to pass the Armed Forces of Ukraine in order to enter the operational space and try to break through to the “dragon's teeth” line (anti-tank tetrahedrons).
South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) there are battles near Kleshcheevka and Andreevka. On the northern flank of the direction, the enemy attacked with motorized infantry and tanks yesterday morning in the direction of Berkhovka, our soldiers from the North Sea and neighboring units destroyed the advancing enemy troops.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are developing an initiative, there are battles near Sinkovka.
Yesterday morning in the Bryansk region, border guards, the Russian Guard and the Russian Armed Forces destroyed a new enemy DRG: five out of six saboteurs were eliminated.
In the Belgorod region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired on the Krasnoyaruzhsky district. Frontline villages of Zaporozhye region under constant shelling: yesterday in the settlement. Verbovoye, Pologovsky district, a civilian was killed. In the DPR, a civilian was killed by artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, two more were injured.
08:26 News from the Zaporozhye Front, Orekhovskoe direction -video
The Russian army has been resisting enemy attacks for more than two months in the sector from Rabotino to Novopokrovka. The footage shows how much enemy equipment, incl. NATO production is destroyed during the next “rolling forward”.
Nevertheless, the Armed Forces of Ukraine brought into battle strategic reserves, which were supposed to develop their offensive and wedged into the breakthrough of the front. Now these reserves themselves are trying to break through our defenses. The Russian Armed Forces changed some units on the front line after long battles, the enemy never reached the first echelon of defense and the “dragon's teeth” line.
08:04 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/17/2023
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, attacked on the northern outskirts of the village of Rabotino and in the area of Verbovoye. There is progress in the gray zone. They also conducted reconnaissance in battle near Dorozhnyanka. No success.
Until recently, this site was not active. Here is an attempt to move in the direction of the city of Pologi. The RF Armed Forces attacked the Ukrainian positions of Plavnyakh, Pyatikhatki, Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka, Belogorye and Gulyaipole. The Armed Forces of Ukraine, in turn, fired at Russian units in Zherebyanki, Nesteryanka, Kopany, Novoprokopovka, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.
Ukrainian troops counterattacked in Urozhayne in the Ugledar sector of the RF Armed Forces after artillery preparation. Under artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Levadny, Rivnopol, Staromayorsky, Makarovka, Neskuchny, Blagodatny, Bol'shaya Novosyolka, Zolotoy Niva, Bogoyavlenka and the city itself. Ukrainian artillery worked on Sheltered, Cherished Desire, Staromlynovka, Kermenchik, Novodonetsky and Novomayorsky.
On the Donetsk front, the RF Armed Forces conducted assault operations in Mar'yinka. With the support of artillery, they attacked near the city of Krasnogorovka and on the southern approaches to Avdiivka. No promotion. Under shelling, positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Elizavetovka, Antonovka, Pobeda, Kurakhove, Nevel'skoye, Karlovka, Yasnobrodovka, Semyonovka, Novokalinovo, Toretsk and Severny (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka). Ukrainian troops were attacking Donetsk and Experienced.
In the Luhansk direction, the RF Armed Forces launched an offensive in the area of Zagoruykovka, Petropavlovka and Sin'kovka. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian units in Yampol, Torsky, Cherneshchyna, Stel'makhivka, Zagryzov, Ivanovka and Kupyansk.
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[REGNUM] There is no justice in the world except what we create ourselves. In Russia, the truth of this phrase has long been understood - they understood when it became clear that Moscow would have to deal with the Ukrainian aftermath of Hitler on its own. However, understanding does not mean acceptance. Russians still cannot understand how individual European countries that suffered from the Nazis silently look at the revival of Nazism and its symbols in Ukraine. As, for example, Greece silently looks at the reincarnation of Edelweiss.
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Why? Have you ever heard about the really vicious Greek Civil War? Villages burned, children kidnapped and taken back over the northern mountains ...a real certified sh*tshow. 'Edelweiss', despite all the faux Russian concern, was just a 'minor' tragedy in a long running disaster.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
The format is .pdf, so it is not automatically machine translatable. But I think the subject is very important, so I plan to translate the articles and make them available on my blogspot.com site, as time permits. [ColonelCassad] Two recent studies by Maxim Grigoriev on Nazi crimes in Ukraine.
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[Regnum] Turkey announced security guarantees for ships with grain, heading from the ports of Ukraine, during the passage of the straits. This was reported on August 17 by the Haber Global TV channel, citing sources in the Turkish Ministry of National Defense.
According to him, Turkey is ready to guarantee unhindered passage through the Dardanelles and Bosporus for ships with grain, which follow from the ports of Ukraine.
As IA Regnum reported , Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov said on August 16 that a container ship with more than 30 thousand tons of cargo left the port of Odessa, it became the first ship that used the temporary corridor opened by Kiev in the Black Sea.
Ukraine has 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.
On July 17, Russian presidential spokesman 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.
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
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[An Nahar] A Russian court on Thursday imposed a 3-million-ruble ($32,000) fine on Google for failing to delete allegedly false information about the conflict in Ukraine.
[REGNUM] There is no justice in the world except what we create ourselves. In Russia, the truth of this phrase has long been understood - they understood when it became clear that Moscow would have to deal with the Ukrainian aftermath of Hitler on its own. However, understanding does not mean acceptance. Russians still cannot understand how individual European countries that suffered from the Nazis silently look at the revival of Nazism and its symbols in Ukraine. As, for example, Greece silently looks at the reincarnation of Edelweiss.
[ColonelCassad] Two recent studies by Maxim Grigoriev on Nazi crimes in Ukraine.
