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Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief August 8th (updated)
2022-08-09
Direct Translation via Google Translate.

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

[NewsFrontInfo] 23:38 The head of the administration of the Zaporozhye region announced the need to hit the decision-making centers after the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

Yevgeny Belitsky, head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional State Administration, expressed the opinion on the air of Channel One that Russian troops should give a tough response to the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Ukraine.

He noted that he talked about this with the population and they agree that it is necessary to start striking at the decision-making centers located in Kyiv.

17:00 Kyiv "actually takes the whole of Europe hostage" by shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant - the Russian Foreign Ministry. The department added that the situation around the Zaporozhye NPP is becoming more dangerous every day due to the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

16:50 A Ukrainian ballistic missile "Tochka-U" was shot down in the Belgorod region. Rocket wreckage was found in the village of Koloskovo, Valuysky district.

15:59 Personnel consequences of night strikes by MLRS HIMARS Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonovsky bridge in Kherson
Let us remind you that after the night shelling there was a fire on the bridge - a barrel with diesel fuel and a generator left by the repair team were on fire.

15:42 Zaporozhye region is considering the possibility of voting in a referendum, including in an online format - the authorities of the region.

15:37 Russia has invited representatives of the IAEA to visit the Zaporozhye NPP.

15:21 Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is destroying Ukrainian nationalists in the Nikolaevsky direction.

13:43 The head of the Zaporozhye region signed a decree on holding a referendum on the reunification of the region with Russia.

11:24 Mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh confirmed that there will be no heating season in the city this winter:

“Management companies are preparing multi-storey housing stock for winter. Drain water, conserve the heating system. Some have already done 100 percent, the rest are still in the process.

11:10 The number of refugees from Ukraine who arrived in the Russian Federation since February has exceeded 3.2 million people - media. In particular, 507,000 children arrived in Russia as refugees.

09:25 Builders' equipment is damaged after another attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the bridge across the Dnieper in Kherson, the resumption of traffic is being postponed, the military-civilian administration reported.

09:02 APU again fired at Kherson. They report at least one hit on the Antonovsky bridge, on which something is on fire - possibly engineering and construction equipment.

08:16 Commander of the Central Military District, Colonel-General Alexander Lapin handed overstate awards to servicemen who have shown courage, bravery and heroism during a special military operation.

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