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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:41 Ukrainian troops launched a missile attack on Novaya Kakhovka and the hydroelectric power station, a fire broke out, the degree of destruction is being investigated, local authorities told RIA Novosti. New Kakhovka was left without electricity and water supply as a result of the Ukrainian strike.
23:17 During the day, there were again reports of shelling of the territory of the nuclear power plant, the authorities of the region reported that the roof of a special building where nuclear fuel is stored was pierced by a Ukrainian strike.
22:43 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, field camps of Ukrainian Nazi formations were hit, more than 100 militants were killed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
22:15 The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions, the offensive of the Ukrainian troops, launched on the direct orders of Zelensky, was repulsed.
21:20 A wave of missile strikes began - arrivals in Dneprodzerzhinsk, Krivoy Rog, Novomoskovsk.
20:37 According to the evening report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as a result of the active defense of the group of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses during the counteroffensive in the Nikolaev and Kherson regions in three directions.
“During the fighting, 26 Ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, nine other armored fighting vehicles were destroyed, two Su-25 attack aircraft were shot down. The loss of the enemy in manpower amounted to more than 560 military personnel, reports, ”the Russian Defense Ministry said.
20:04 According to the fighting in the Kherson region, very intense battles are reported for the evening in the area of Blagodatny, Vysokopolye and the village of Dry Stavok, as well as in the Posad-Pokrovsky area.
It is also reported that all doctors were urgently called in Nikolaev - a huge number of wounded from the front arrive in the city - Сolonelcassad.
19:24 Сolonel Cassad
In general, on the counterattack on Kherson.
1. In the area of Blagodatny, the enemy bucked, suffered losses, retreated to the starting points.
2. In the area of Snigirevka, he ripped, suffered losses, retreated to the starting points.
3. In the area of Andreevka, the situation is not completely clear, there are reports that the enemy advanced several kilometers to the village of Sukhoi Stavok and even took it. So far, without photo / video evidence, the fighting continues there.
4. In the Davydov Brod area, the front remains stable.
5. In the area of Vysokopolye, Olgovka and Potemkino, the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were unsuccessful.
Accordingly, if the enemy fails to achieve some success and consolidate them in the area of the village of Sukhoi Stavok, the “offensive” will turn out to be completely rotten.
17:45 In Mariupol, the "bank security service" was dispersed. The allied forces, having stormed Mariupol, put an end to the work of fraudulent call centers, said Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Alexander Grebenkin. After that, the number of calls to Russians from "bank representatives" decreased by 5 times.
17:33 5 explosions in Melitopol - RIA Novosti correspondent.
17:05 Eyewitnesses report a blow to the Ingulsky bridge in Nikolaev, it looks like the rocket hit the support.
16:08 At the Zaporozhye NPP, a 155-caliber projectile fired by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Nikopol pierced the roof of special building No. 1. Fresh fuel for nuclear reactors is stored there.
15:29 The Armed Forces of Ukraine dealt a new blow to Energodar, all services are on alert - the head of the city's CAA.
15:27 The IAEA mission will arrive at the Zaporozhye NPP in the coming days - Russian Foreign Ministry.
14:50 The head of Crimea denies reports about the beginning of the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern direction
“This is the same information stuffing, like all the previous ones, like the virtual“ attacks ”of the Crimean bridge, which the couch troops of the Kyiv regime have carried out more than once. Ukrainian formations are suffering severe losses both in the south and in all other directions, ”Aksenov said.
14:38 Mass evacuation announced in Nova Kakhovka
Residents are distributed to bomb shelters and basements in connection with the massive shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said the head of the regional military administration, Vladimir Leontiev.
13:44 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on August 29. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine:
As a result of strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces with high-precision weapons at the Vostok air command control point in the Dnepropetrovsk region, as well as at the missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depot of the 60th infantry brigade in the Novovorontsovka region of the Kherson region, up to 70 nationalists and 14 units of special vehicles were liquidated.
Ground-based high-precision weapons in the area of the settlement of Marganets, Dnepropetrovsk region, hit: a temporary deployment point and an ammunition depot of the 108th territorial defense brigade, as well as field camps of the Nazi formations "Aidar" and "Azov". More than 100 militants, 20 units of military equipment and over 3,000 rockets for multiple rocket launchers were destroyed.
The Kyiv regime continues provocations in order to create a man-made disaster at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Shelling by Ukrainian troops of the city of Energodar located near the nuclear power plant does not stop. Over the past day, Ukrainian artillery fired eight large-caliber shells at residential areas of the city. Among the civilians there are wounded. Two shells exploded in close proximity to the perimeter of the nuclear power plant. The shelling of the inhabitants of the city of Energodar was carried out from the firing positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Nikopol and Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, on the opposite bank of the Kakhovka reservoir. In the course of counter-battery combat, enemy firepower in these positions was suppressed. The regular technical staff of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant continues to monitor its technical condition and uninterrupted operation. The radiation situation remains normal.
13:12 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the ZNPP with loitering ammunition. He was shot down near a building with nuclear waste, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Employees of ZNPP control the state of the plant, the radiation situation is normal. The Russian military suppressed the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from which the station and Energodar were shelled with return fire. More than 100 Aidar and Azov militants (banned in the Russian Federation) near Marganets were killed with high-precision weapons
13:10 Peskov's main statements about the IAEA mission and the Zaporozhye NPP:
- Entry into the territory will be carried out from the zone, which is controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There, the security of the mission will be provided by Ukrainian forces;
- Military tension can reduce pressure on the Ukrainian side so that it stops shelling this and adjacent territory;
— There will be no demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye NPP;
— Russia is interested in this mission of the IAEA delegation and took part in its preparation. Russia is open to cooperation and interaction.
12:14 Our source in the Office of the President said that the Office of the President is not satisfied with the preparation of Naftogaz for the heating season, and the new method of twisting degrees with heating can lead to unforeseen consequences. Vitrenko's statements about the need to stock up on warm clothes and blankets look like a mockery. When there was gas on the markets at 1,200, Naftogaz did not buy it, but now they want to sell 3/4 of our gas to Europe at $ 3,200 per 1,000 cubic meters. While Ukrainians will freeze and die from the cold, our businessmen will calmly continue to trade in Ukrainian gas - the Resident telegram channel.
11:37 IAEA director general intends to leave several people at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on a permanent basis - Russian envoy Ulyanov.
11:22 Russia and China will hold a series of military exercises "East", - Financial Times. Beijing emphasizes that China's participation in the exercises "is not related to the current international and regional situation."
11:08 There have been no official notifications about the date of the arrival of the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP yet - the head of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region Balitsky.
10:45 The intensity of shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and Energodar increased by 70% over the past week compared to the previous one - Vladimir Rogov.
10:28 This morning, Ukraine once again struck at Kherson. The missile strike fell on the industrial zone, without any casualties. The enterprises have not been working for a long time. Most of the missiles were shot down by air defense systems.
09:32 Explosions are heard in Kherson, presumably, the Russian air defense system is working - TASS.
09:31 Checkpoint in Vasilievka. The queue for entry from Ukraine to the liberated territories. The flow of returnees is increasing many times, says the head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration Yevhen Balitsky. People see that a peaceful life is being established in the region.
08:48 The Baltic States have proposed to the EC to include in the 8th package of sanctions against Russia measures regarding trade and energy, new restrictions on SWIFT - Estonian Foreign Ministry.
08:21 The IAEA mission is heading to the Zaporozhye NPP - Director General Rafael Mariano. A day earlier, Energodar, the city where the largest nuclear power plant in Europe is located, was shelled.
08:11 Russian Guards using a quadrocopter revealed the location of a detachment of foreign mercenaries near Kharkov and transferred the data to the gunners.
08:07 The Pentagon is going to send Afghan pilots through Poland to Ukraine, who fled to the United States a year ago when the Taliban (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) came to power. Their training begins now in California, the media learned.
08:00 The number of injured as a result of the APU strike on Energodar has increased to nine, two of them are in serious condition in intensive care - Head of the CAA.