Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/19/2023 to 00:00 08/20/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation reported 31 instances of firing by the AFU.
Two civilians were reported wounded in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and the Nikitovsky district of Horlivka.
Damaged five residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, as well as one1 civil infrastructure.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Svetlodarsk, Luhansk, Gorlovka (Kalinin, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, Gol'movsky, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 18 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky nine attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm.
On Svetlodarskoye four artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 104 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 44 artillery attack s were recorded from the side of the VFU.
22:30 The JCCC reported that a woman born in 1951 was injured during the artillery attack of Donetsk by the Ukrainian military.
21:30 Ukrainian formations once again fired upon left bank of the Kherson region.
The following were hit: Bol'shaya Lepetikha, Naked Pier, Gornostaevka, Kakhovka and Novaya Kakhovka. In Dnipro, two private houses were damaged.
In addition, seven settlements, including Obryvka, Maslovka and Korsunka, were temporarily de-energized due to the night artillery attack of the Novokakhovsk urban district.
21:00 Ukrainian formationscontinuestrike from cannon and rocket artillery on the settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration, using, among other things, cluster munitions.
At the moment, seven settlements have come under enemy fire, including Makeevka, Gol'movsky, Zaitsevo, Svetlodarsk and Staromikhaylovka.
Several residential buildings and power lines were damaged in Donetsk, 1.6 thousand subscribers were left without electricity in the Kuibyshev district - at the moment, emergency services are carrying out restoration work.
Civilian objects in Gorlovka also came under fire: one man was injured, he is receiving all the necessary medical assistance.
20:30 Statementhead of the press center of the group "South":
Assault aviation of the Southern Group of Forces delivered strikes against accumulations of manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Lisichansk, Soledaro-Artemovsky, Aleksandro-Kalinovsky, Avdeevsky and Maryinsky directions.
Mobile groups of unmanned aerial vehicles and FPV kamikaze drones destroyed a Bram combat armored vehicle, four enemy pickup trucks, a dugout and a machine-gun crew in the areas of Andreevka, Kleshcheevka and Vasyukovka settlements.
Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a 122mm D-30 howitzer with the expectation of a position in the Pazino area.
The artillery of the group hit an ammunition depot and a 152mm D-20 howitzer in the Aleksandro-Shul'tino area, an armored car "Hammer", a BK field warehouse, a short-range reconnaissance station, a stronghold and a temporary deployment point of the enemy in the areas of settlements Andreevka, Chasov Yar and Kleshcheevka.
During the counter-battery fight, five 120mm mortars, an AN/TPQ-50 artillery reconnaissance station and a 152mm D-20 howitzer were destroyed.
19:20 Kupyanskoye direction:
Opponent media claim that today the Russian Army occupied a number of enemy positions and oporniks in the Sin'kovka area.
Our forces continue to advance and actively strike at enemy concentrations along the entire line of contact.
18:40 Aim strikes in Chernigov became a gathering place for military experts in combat drones, disguised as a festival.
18:20 Enemy pays a huge price for the offensive attempts at the Vremevsky ledge:
Soldiers of the Vostok battalion report on the situation on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR.
“Artillery once again confirmed its status as the god of war. Despite the development of high-precision means of destruction, the value of conventional pieces of iron filled with a lethal composition has not decreased. It is from them that we have the most losses, it is they who plow the soil before the passage of the infantry, and if they have not completed their work to the end, the infantry has practically no chance.
And now, having advanced several kilometers and once again leaning against our defenses, the enemy is trying to force us to retreat, continuously working on us from all barrels. And of all - the concept is not figurative. Apparently, the resources are again aground, and such a disparity is being used, which we have not seen for a long time. If only something flew and exploded. Naturally, we are also squeezing out all the reserves so that the cost of the enemy's efforts only increases. Judging by that
18:00 Artillery of the “Dnepr” grouping destroyed a group of militants in the area of Antonovsky bridge:
Ukrainian fighters, moving in single file from one shelter to another, were spotted by our drone. Artillerymen aptly worked out according to the received coordinates.
17:30 Fighting on the flank of Artyomovsk: 88 Brigade destroys enemy positions.
Artillerymen of the 88th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces are destroying Ukrainian militants in the Seversk direction.
16:30 "Brave" lead active defense in the Krasnolimansky direction
At the turn of Raigorodka - Karmazinovka, six attempts to transfer reserves of the 68th Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were thwarted. UAV crews in close cooperation with artillery worked perfectly.
In the area of N. p. Torskoye repelled an attack by the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the fire damage of the enemy, an armored car with a landing force was destroyed.
Three strikes of army aviation and artillery were inflicted on clusters of equipment and militants of the 63rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the area of Serebryansky forest, four attacks of assault detachments of 42, 67 Separate Mechanized Brigades and 5 Brigade of the National Guard of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled. The enemy was driven back by artillery and army aviation strikes.
16:00 Statement of officer of the press center of the group "West":
In the course of hostilities in the Kupyansk direction, assault detachments of the 6th Army continued their offensive in the direction of the settlement Ol'shana. They captured a strong point, an observation post and destroyed more than an enemy platoon.
In addition, during the day, the enemy carried out five counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade against our positions. All counterattacks were successfully repelled. The losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower.
By means of air defense, the calculation of the BUK-M3 anti-aircraft missile system destroyed the Haimars rocket in the Tokarevka area.
The enemy assault groups of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade carried out one attack on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement. Novoselovskoe. The enemy was exposed in a timely manner, pre-emptive fire damage by artillery and army aviation of the attack group was thwarted, 10 militants were destroyed.
During the counter-battery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed two artillery pieces M-109 "Paladin" in the area of Kucherovka and M-777 in the area of Zeleny Gay, as well as two mortars in the area of the settlement. Berestovoye.
15:30 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the course of active defense of the occupied borders of the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of the Torsky ledge and Serebryansky forest, advanced units of the "Center" group of forces, supported by artillery fire and air strikes, thwarted and repelled six attempts to attack by assault groups of 63, 42 Mechanized Brigades and 95 Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine . The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 40 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle and a Pickup vehicle were destroyed.
As part of the counterbattery fight, more than 30 enemy artillery positions were opened and suppressed, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount and a 120mm mortar were hit.
The aviation of the group carried out 12 missile and bomb strikes on the command and observation post, three points of temporary deployment and enemy firepower in the areas: Nevskoye, Serebryanka, Chervonaya Dibrova.
15:00 August 19 around 14.00 Moscow time crossed an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Belgorod region. There were no casualties or damage.
14:00 Chronicle of the special military operations: events on August 18, 2023.
In the southwestern part of the Black Sea, a Ukrainian unmanned boat tried to attack Russian patrol ships.The enemy apparatus was destroyed by airborne weapons fire.
Ukrainian formations again used drones to attack rear Russian targets.
Four devices were intercepted at the moment of crossing the state border.
One of the drones was able to break through to Moscow, where it was suppressed by electronic warfare.
Its fragments fell on the eighth pavilion of the Expocentre exhibition complex, slightly damaging the facade of the building.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to shell the settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration with cluster munitions.
Residential buildings and civilian facilities were damaged. Three people were killed and at least five others were injured.
- At the Vremyevsky section of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they are regrouping and trying to attack in the forest belts east of Harvest.
Russian troops destroy advancing units with artillery and small arms fire.
- To the west, the enemy, after a series of unsuccessful attacks on Priyutnoye, reduced the activity of hostilities.
Russian troops are reinforcing defensive positions and striking at regrouping units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- On the Orekhovskaya sector of the front, the enemy continues to try to gain a foothold on the northeastern outskirts of Rabotino.
Russian troops repel the attacks, preventing the transfer of heavy equipment to the village.
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[Korrespondent] The entire civilized world should know what a tragedy Russia has brought to Ukraine and Mariupol, and ensure that every war criminal receives a fair punishment, they called on the City Council.
During the siege of Mariupol, Donetsk region, Russian invaders killed at least 147 children. This was announced on Saturday, August 19, in a message on the Telegram channel of the City Council.
"Thanks to the Mariupol resistance, it was possible to obtain a list of children killed in the Donetsk region for 2022. Mariupol children went through registration in morgues in the temporarily occupied ones: Mariupol, Mangush and Novoazovsk. The data, confirmed by the occupiers, are 101 Mariupol children who died in Mariupol during the ruthless bombardment cities from the Russian invaders," the city council said.
It is noted that out of 101 registered children killed, 87 bodies can be identified.
"The data obtained allowed us to verify the number of children who died during the siege of Mariupol. A terrible figure is 147 children. Unfortunately, we understand that this number may be higher," Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko said.
The City Council published some of these documents in compliance with the terms of the law on the protection of personal data.
“But we don’t recommend reading them for those who are especially sensitive. Each item is a terrible human tragedy. Some of this list was not even a year old,” Boychenko added.
Boychenko stressed that every war criminal should receive a fair punishment.
Earlier it was reported that civilians cannot receive basic medical care in Mariupol, as the occupiers are forcing medical institutions to serve the wounded Russian military.
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
22:34 Russia receives helicopters, sights and military spare parts from China, writes The Telegraph. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian firms have received tens of thousands of Chinese cargo, including 1,000 drones, six helicopters, optical sights, titanium alloy products used in the manufacture of weapons, and aircraft parts, including those for military aircraft.
21:50 Ukrainian planes are under threat of attack immediately after takeoff from the airfield, said Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk. According to him, up to nine Russian aircraft attack one Ukrainian aircraft at the same time. Oleshchuk also noted that the strike range of the Russian Su-35 is 200 km, while the Ukrainian MiG-29 is 25-30 km.
21:29 The number of people injured as a result of a Russian ballistic missile attack on the drama theater in the center of Chernihiv has increased to 140 people, seven died, 41 were hospitalized, said the head of the OVA Vyacheslav Chaus. According to him, at the time of the impact, a meeting of representatives of business and the volunteer community was held in the building, the event was not intended to attract spectators. Similar events have already been held in Kyiv, Lvov, Kharkov and Dnipro. How exactly the Russians became aware of this event is now being investigated by law enforcement agencies.
According to the organizers, after the announcement of the air raid alert, all participants were asked to go to the shelter (there is a shelter in the drama theater that can accommodate several hundred people). As a result of the blow, people who were in the city center, were leaving the church or just passing by were also injured.
20:32 Ukraine is focused on obtaining four types of aircraft, Presidential Speaker Sergei Nikiforov said: "We are focused on the F-16 - the reason is that more of them were made, and purely mathematically it is easier to get them. But we are not only focused on them. We have a list of four aircraft types in order of preference: F-16, Gripen, French Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon."
20:06 Ukrainian pilots, engineers and technicians "in a certain amount" have begun training on the F-16. The program also includes training in specific terminology in English, Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov told Channel 24 . According to him, the minimum training period for pilots is six months.
19:10 In Kiev, there will be no mass events on Independence Day, the Kyiv City State Administration reported. At the state level, only an exhibition of samples of damaged enemy equipment is planned to be held on Khreshchatyk.
18:47 In Chernigov, a search and rescue operation has been completed after a Russian strike on the Drama Theater building in the city center, where an exhibition of drones was held. As a result of an enemy attack, 129 people were injured, seven were killed. Among the victims - 15 children and 15 police officers, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said.
18:14 The German concern Rheinmetall will start repairing tanks in Ukraine in the coming days, its head Armin Papperger said. He also expects to start production of tanks in Ukraine as soon as possible. According to Papperger, 12 Ukrainian specialists are currently studying in Germany, 12 more will arrive later. They are being trained to repair Western tanks such as the Leopard.
A skill Germany will no doubt be in need of later, after the current excitement is over.
17:01 Zelensky said that test trials of the Swedish Gripen aircraft with the participation of Ukrainian pilots have already begun: "This is the pride of Sweden, and I am sure that the Gripen can make our freedom much more secure."
The President also said that the transfer of the new, 13th Swedish military aid package is now being prepared, which will include "what is important: ammunition for air defense and combat vehicles, spare parts for armored vehicles, equipment for demining. Everything that will give Ukraine a fortress on the battlefield."
13:50 Zelensky said that during negotiations with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, he would discuss, in particular, defense cooperation. According to the president, the Ukrainian military is effectively using the Swedish CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles on the front line, and now it is planned to produce them in Ukraine.
13:36 A drone attacked the Russian airfield Soltsy in the Novgorod region, where Tu-22M3 strategic bombers are based, attacking Ukraine. One of the planes was damaged, journalist Andrei Tsaplienko said. According to him, after the strike, several Tu-22m3 aircraft are being relocated to the base in Olenye.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation confirmed that today at about 10:00 a.m. Ukraine attacked a military airfield in the Novgorod region with a copter-type drone, a fire broke out in the parking lot, one aircraft was damaged, and there were no casualties.
11:49 The Russians fired at the center of Chernihiv, probably with a ballistic missile, said the head of the UVA Vyacheslav Chaus.
11:22 Zelensky said that today he is on a visit to Sweden , he will hold meetings with the prime minister, the king and queen, the speaker and the heads of parliamentary parties. "Our top priority is to strengthen Ukrainian soldiers on the ground and in the sky, develop bilateral cooperation, in particular in the defense industry, Ukraine's European integration and common security in the Euro-Atlantic space," the president added.
11:17 The Russians fired at Tokarevka in the Kherson region in the morning, one person died, the OVA reported.
10:18 The head of the SBU, Vasily Malyuk, said in an interview with NV that 21 tons of hexogen were used to attack the Kerch bridge in October 2022. It was disguised with the help of packaging film so that scanners at Russian checkpoints would not notice the explosives. In addition, the SBU managed to bypass special jammers that knock down GPS coordinates.
09:29 At night, the enemy attacked one of the infrastructure facilities of the Zhytomyr region with kamikaze drones, said the head of the OVA Vitaliy Bunechko. As a result of the fall of the wreckage of the downed drone, a fire broke out, which was localized. There are no victims or injured.
09:14 Ukrainian defenders destroyed ten enemy boats in a day, which maneuvered between the islands on the Dnieper in the Kherson region. Almost all of the boats are civilian, but converted into sabotage and reconnaissance boats, said Natalya Gumenyuk, speaker of OK Pivden.
09:08 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, ten were injured, including one child. In the Donetsk region, five were injured, according to the IVA.
09:03 At night, the Russians fired on the village. Zagryzovo, Izyumsky district, Kharkiv region, two people were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Also, the enemy fired at the city of Volchansk and the village of Vilcha, Chuguevsky district, at night, without any casualties. During the past day, the enemy fired on the settlements of Bogodukhovsky, Kharkov, Chuguevsky, Izyumsky and Kupyansky districts, people were not injured.
08:55 At night, the Russians attacked the Khmelnitsky region, said the first deputy head of the OVA Sergey Tyurin. In several villages of the Khmelnytsky region, 30 houses were damaged by the explosion, two people were injured, and six more went to the hospital in a state of shock.
08:28 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 19:
personnel - about 257,010 (+500) people liquidated,
tanks - 4340 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 8424 (+14),
artillery systems - 5212 (+19),
MLRS - 714 (+0),
air defense systems - 486 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 316 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4282 (+6),
cruise missiles - 1406 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7665 (+7),
special equipment - 785 (+2).
07:43 At night, Russia attacked from the northern direction with Shahed-136/131 strike UAVs, the Air Force command reported. In total, 17 shock drones were fired from the Kursk region, of which 15 were shot down. In addition, over the past 24 hours on August 18, the air defense managed to destroy six operational-tactical drones of various types and one strike drone of the Lancet type.
07:26 Over the past day, 36 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 Sinkovka area of the Kharkov region, in the Bakhmutsky direction - in the areas east of Belaya Gora and Toretsk of the Donetsk region, in Avdeevsky - in the Novokalinovo and Avdeevka regions of the Donetsk region.
In the Maryinsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the offensive of Russian troops in the areas of Maryinka and Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region. Meanwhile, the Defense Forces continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
07:19 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that at night Ukraine attempted to attack the S-200 anti-aircraft missile converted into a strike version on the territory of Crimea. The missile was allegedly detected by means of air defense and shot down in the air, there are no casualties or damage on the ground.
04:31 The Kremlin reported that Putin allegedly held a meeting at the headquarters of the "SVO group" in Rostov-on-Don, heard reports from the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov, commanders of directions, and other senior officers of the group.
03:18 Biden said that the Russian Federation has already lost the war, because it is not able to achieve its original goal. He also called Putin's argumentation of his invasion of Ukraine "ridiculous" and stressed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not "only a European problem, there has not been such an invasion since the Second World War."
00:57 Lavrov said that the prospects for negotiations between Russia and the West on Ukraine are not visible now, and Moscow regards the West's calls for negotiations as "a tactical ploy to buy time and give Kiev's troops a break." The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry also claims that the possession of nuclear weapons is “the only answer to some threats against Russia,” but at the same time, a direct armed clash of nuclear powers “due to the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine by the United States and NATO” can and should be prevented.
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Airbase near Novgorod (650km from Ukraine) attacked. Russians acknowledge 1 Tu-22M3 Backfire bomber damaged. From the huge smoke column, the Backfire is more than damaged and there may be more than one of them. Russians claim airbase was attacked by helicopter type UAV, implying local saboteurs or guerillas.
The Yahoo.com story mentions the Russian MoD as saying the attack took place, yet I can find no reference to the attack neither on the Russian MoD website, nor Russian socialist media.
Text taken from Russian ministry of defense website (available only through a VPN).
[ENG.MIL.RU] Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (19 August 2023)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.
In Kupyansk direction, the Zapad Group of Forces repelled four attacks and counter-attacks of assault detachments from the 14th, 32nd, 44th Mechanised and 95th Air Assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine close to Novosyolovskoye (Lugansk People's Republic), Sinkovka and Urochishche Mankovka (Kharkov region) .
Over 130 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and two U.S.-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery systems have been eliminated in this direction during the day.
In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces in close cooperation with aviation and artillery has successfully repelled five enemy attacks close to Andreyevka, Veseloye, Krasnogorovka, and Nevelskoye (Donetsk People's Republic) over the past 24 hours.
In addition, ammunition depots of the 24th Mechanised and 79th Air Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been hit close to Toretsk and Novomikhailovka (Donetsk People's Republic).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 400 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, 14 armoured fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces repelled and attack launched by AFU assault group close to Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).
Moreover, Russian troops disabled four Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups close to Staromayorskoye (Donetsk People's Republic), and Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye region).
The enemy losses amounted to up to 200 Ukrainian troops killed and wounded, two armoured fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, and 152mm Msta-B and 122mm D-30 howitzers.
In Zaporozhye direction, Russian forces, aviation, and artillery repelled an attack launched by units of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the AFU Strategic Reserve close to Raborino (Zaporozhye region).
Up to 190 Ukrainian troops, one armoured fighting vehicle, two motor vehicles, two Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery systems, as well as one U.S.-made M119 howitzer have been eliminated.
In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces in coordination with army aviation, artillery, and heavy flamethrowers repelled an attack of the 42nd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine south of Kuzmino (Lugansk People's Republic). In this direction, the enemy has lost over 40 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, and one 152mm D-20 howitzer.
In Kherson direction, up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, two 122mm D-30 howitzers, and one 152mm Msta-B gun have been neutralised by fire.
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Group of Forces have inflicted fire damage on enemy manpower and hardware in 139 areas in the past 24 hours.
A forward command post of the 10th Army Corps was destroyed near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region). An AFU's ammunition depot was annihilated close to Goloskov (Khmelnitsky region).
Air defence facilities have shot down 23 unmanned aerial vehicles near Berestovoye (Kharkov region), Kremennaya, Zolotaryovka, Svatovo, Privolye (Lugansk People's Republic), Staromikhailovka, Spornoye(Donetsk People's Republic), Energodar and Shevchenko (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 461 airplanes and 246 helicopters, 5,854 unmanned aerial vehicles, 431 air defence missile systems, 11,387 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,144 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 5,940 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,319 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
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Think the woke US Army has recruiting problems? X Thread: A Russian military recruiter has revealed that army recruitment is far below the needed levels, and that if they don't reach their target "within a month, there will be a second wave of mobilisation." It highlights the Russian Army's continuing manpower problems.
Text taken from the Live Journal site of Boris Rozhin from @nonetutto
[ColonelCassad] In Chernigov, it was not that same blow to the decision-making centers that everyone so reverently asks for after another attack on Russian territory.
This was a blow to the meeting of officers of the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO from Poland and the Baltic States before making decisions in Kyiv and Warsaw.
We were going to develop a common concept for protecting the border during hybrid attacks.
Across the road from the Drama Theater was the headquarters of the Main Intelligence Directorate and the reception room of the SBU of the Counterintelligence Department. Today, a joint meeting was held there with the Polish and Lithuanian military to protect the border and counter possible attacks by the DRG from Belarus and Russia.
There were 23 people with foreign citizenship at the meeting. The same number arrived from Lvov yesterday afternoon in Chernigov. Of the 23, nine corpses were found under the rubble, the rest are still considered missing.
In the Drama Theater, more than 38 fighters and commanders of the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been found killed. More than 75 people are seriously injured.
During the unsuccessful launch of anti-aircraft missiles of the Soviet period, two civilians were killed.
The contrail of the S-300 air defense system is visible on the video. The Armed Forces of Ukraine admitted that they unsuccessfully tried to shoot down a missile of the RF Armed Forces in the city.
Zelensky and Yermak refused to come to the scene of the tragedy in Chernigov.
The test launch of the Iskander K missile (winged equipment), capable of being equipped with TNW (low-power charge), was recognized as successful. Air defense systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine overslept him. As well as the attack on the NATO warehouse in Kyiv this morning with the X50 missile.
No PR campaigns of intimidation (Russia is at the ready all next week) can correct the terrible result for NATO in Chernigov.
So far, 54 people have died. Three civilians. The wounded and injured exceeded 89 people.
Eleven very bad foreigners (officers from Poland and the Baltic States) were taken by air ambulance helicopter to Kyiv and from there on board to Poland. Which of them will live to see tomorrow is a big question. Senior officers and the general were taken by helicopter to Vinnitsa, where they will decide what to do next. Most likely, some of the senior officers will be lucky enough to fly to Poland and from there to Munich or Düsseldorf.
In the Chernigov Drama Theater, a BND employee who was in charge of space communications and encrypted data transmission services, assigned to NATO headquarters in Vilnius, went missing.
The Ukrainian side claims that the blow was allegedly delivered to the civilian population, who either came to look at the exhibits of the Ferocious Birds drone festival, or simply were near the theater where this exhibition was held.
Russian sources note that a meeting of the senior command staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and specialists involved in the development of drone technologies was held in the theater building.
In any interpretation of these events, the military drone festival is not a civilian event. And so that the Russian army does not hit the buildings of schools and theaters in Ukraine, it is obvious that there is no need to create accommodation centers for the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Because the news: "Russia hit the school, 20 children from the battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were killed, there are no minors" - this is a separate genre within the framework of a special operation.
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Russians lie.
"On August 19, the enemy launched a missile attack on the center of Chernihiv. As of 19:30, seven civilian deaths were confirmed, including a child. Also, 144 injured local residents sought medical help. Among them were 15 children and 15 police officers," the police said.
[Washington Times] Rep. Andy Harris, Maryland Republican, told a crowd of constituents at a town hall Tuesday that "we probably should" view the war in Ukraine as a standoff.
The Maryland town hall featured Mr. Harris discussing the national debt, but he delved into the war, telling the crowd that Ukraine’s spring offensive, which was painted by some as key to reclaiming territory from Russia, fell short.
"I’ll be blunt: It’s failed," he said, adding that on the war overall, "I’m not sure it’s winnable anymore."
Mr. Harris, whose Ukrainian mother fled communist Eastern Europe after World War II, has long supported Ukraine’s war effort against Russia. He is co-chairman of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus and voted for Congress’ Ukraine aid package last year.
The lawmaker’s new sentiments, first reported by Politico, fall more in line with those of his peers in the House Freedom Caucus. Mr. Harris is a longtime member of that group, whose members decried sending more aid to Ukraine without increased oversight during the process to advance the National Defense Authorization Act in the House.
"I think the time has come to realistically call for peace talks. I know President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy doesn’t want it," Mr. Harris said. "But President Zelenskyy, without our help, he would abjectly lose the war. And with our help, he’s not winning. It’s a stalemate now."
Mr. Harris is also a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, which gives the lawmaker an impactful voice on aid to Ukraine. The Biden administration recently requested an emergency funding package that includes $24 billion in Ukraine spending, which will be heavily scrutinized by Republicans.
"If there [are] humanitarian monies, nonmilitary monies or military monies without an inspector general, I’m not supporting it," Mr. Harris told Politico.
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[Asia Times] Ukraine misfires on taking southern town of Melitopol while signs grow of what could be a decisive Russian offensive
The US intelligence community says Ukraine’s offensive has failed by not reaching its stated objective, to take the city of Melitopol.
According to a report in the Washington Post, Ukraine has sought to cut off Crimea from Russia’s army in southern Ukraine. In parallel to that, Ukraine, with US and British help, has been attacking the Kerch Strait bridge that connects Russia to Crimea. While these attacks have damaged the roadway of the bridge, it is still in use.
In fact, the critical fighting is around the village of Robotyne, which is more than 5o miles (80.5 kilometers) from Melitopol. Here the Ukrainians have committed their best-trained strategic reserve forces, including the Ukrainian 82nd Airborne.
Using Western equipment — British Challenger II tanks, Marder (Schutzenpanzer Marder 1) infantry fighting vehicles, US Stryker eight-wheeled tanks, Bradley Infantry fighting vehicles and US-built Mine Resistant Ambush Protected heavily armed transports (MRAPs) — the objective was to break through Russian defenses and race to Melitopol.
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Murmurs in the back rooms of DC. Toria Nuland and her compadres with speak none of this. They are like minded in their lockstep world wars everywhere apposed.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Gevorg Mirzayan [REGNUM] The United States is going to punish Turkey for helping Russia to circumvent sanctions. This was written by the influential American edition of The Wall Street Journal. In its article, it even talks about the mechanisms of circumvention, in particular about a company based in Turkey, which is allegedly engaged in the gray transportation of Russian oil. And, it would seem, everything is logical. The United States, whose forcing Russia to freeze the conflict through a successful UAF offensive failed (because the offensive was not successful), is engaging in escapism. They are trying to convince themselves that a package deal with Moscow is not the only way out of the situation, that Russia can still be defeated in the conflict, in particular by making the sanctions regime more effective.
However, the West has reached a kind of glass ceiling in its sanctions policy: it is already difficult to find such new restrictions that will hit Russia hard, but at the same time be relatively painless for the economies of Europe and the United States. Therefore, the goal of the new sanctions packages is to control the implementation of the old ones, that is, to cover all loopholes for circumvention.
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[Regnum] Turkey is discussing with Russia the supply of Russian food to needy African countries. This was reported by RIA Novosti, citing a source involved in the negotiations.
According to him, discussions are currently underway on the processing and delivery of Russian food to needy African countries.
“We have repeatedly stated that we are ready to do everything in our power. In discussions, a number of countries expressed interest in this initiative, expressed their readiness to help, ” the agency quotes the words of the interlocutor.
As IA Regnum reported , on August 18, Bild, citing informed sources, reported that Russia, Turkey and Qatar could conclude a new grain deal in the near future, negotiations are scheduled to be held on August 19-20 in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It is assumed that grain from Russia, and possibly also from Ukraine, will go to poor countries, mainly African. Türkiye should act as the organizer of supplies, Qatar - as a sponsor.
The grain deal 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 extending the deal, since it had turned into a purely commercial export of food from Ukraine to “well-fed” countries, and the ports controlled by Kiev and the corridor opened by Russia were used by Ukraine to carry out terrorist attacks. On July 17, Russia announced the suspension of the grain deal, noting that none of the promises made to Russia when concluding this agreement was ever fulfilled.
[ABC News] Russia's robot lander the Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it had spun into uncontrolled orbit, the country’s space agency Roscosmos reported on Sunday.
"The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the moon," read a statement from the agency.
Roscosmos said it lost contact with the spacecraft on Saturday after it ran into trouble while preparing for its pre-landing orbit after reporting an "abnormal situation " that its specialists were analyzing. "During the operation, an abnormal situation occurred on board the automatic station, which did not allow the maneuver to be performed with the specified parameters," Roscosmos said in a Telegram post.
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[REGNUM] The United States is going to punish Turkey for helping Russia to circumvent sanctions. This was written by the influential American edition of The Wall Street Journal. In its article, it even talks about the mechanisms of circumvention, in particular about a company based in Turkey, which is allegedly engaged in the gray transportation of Russian oil. And, it would seem, everything is logical. The United States, whose forcing Russia to freeze the conflict through a successful UAF offensive failed (because the offensive was not successful), is engaging in escapism. They are trying to convince themselves that a package deal with Moscow is not the only way out of the situation, that Russia can still be defeated in the conflict, in particular by making the sanctions regime more effective.
