[NewsFront] 21:35 Bryansk region. Attempted attack on our positions.
According to updated dataworkedat least two enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups. One was fired upon from several positions. The second was preliminarily engaged in combat. The result is being clarified. The enemy had no success.
20:50 At 18:12, the crew of the Buk-M3 air defense missile system of the 5th Air Defense Brigade of the 6th Air Defense Force of the Sever group attempted to drop guided aerial bombs on the territory of the Kursk region and destroyed Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 aircraft.
20:22 Pokrovskoe direction. The village of Ptichye came under the control of the Russian Armed Forces –map.
19:11 Kherson direction.
Location of enemy personnel destroyed by a strike from a high-precision Kh-38 missile.
18:54 South Donetsk direction.
It is reported on the defeat of the NATO "Bradley" enemy IFV. According to preliminary information, the enemy IFV was destroyed by our 12.7mm machine gun and 30mm. 2A72 cannon from the BMP-3.
18:26 Russian troops released the settlement of Zhelannoye in the Pokrovsky direction.
17:48 Krasnoarmeysk – Zhuravka.
Active military operations in the Krasnoarmeysk area. Attack of the Russian Armed Forces by an infantry unit in the settlement of Zhuravka. An assault group under fire from a Ukrainian drone in a residential area of the settlement. Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces through the settlement in the direction of Krasnoarmeysk for about 800 meters.
17:03 Statements by representatives of the North, West, South, Center, East and Dnepr groups on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 21, 2024) –video.
16:56 Sumy region.
District settlement Konotop –reported about a new nighttime flight to the location of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. (Parking site of equipment). This night, our Aerospace Forces again struck one of the enterprises of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the equipment located nearby.
16:12 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Massive raid by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones on Bryansk and Moscow regions.
– Last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a massive drone attack on several regions of Russia at once. Air defense forces intercepted 45 enemy UAVs, with most of them shot down over the Bryansk and Moscow regions.
- A total of 23 drones of Ukrainian formations were intercepted in the skies over the Bryansk region. The first targets were detected in the airspace of the region at about 01.00., the air defense of the Russian Armed Forces continued until 07.00, since the UAVs were used in "waves". Nevertheless, casualties and destruction in the region were avoided.
- Another 11 drones were shot down in the airspace of the Moscow region, in the area of Podolsk to the south of Moscow. Similarly to the Bryansk region, UAVs moved wave after wave and were shot down as they approached the local air defense system. No damage or casualties were reported in the region either.
– In the Kaluga Region, not far from the border with the Bryansk Region, three drones were intercepted, in the Kursk Region, air defense forces shot down two UAVs, as well as two missiles. Another six drones were intercepted in the Belgorod Region.
– In the Novoshakhtinsk area of Rostov Oblast, air defense units, according to some information, shot down an ATACMS missile of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The ammunition fell on a vacant lot and caused a fire in dry grass; nearby buildings suffered damage to their windows due to the blast wave. There were no casualties.
To date, this is the first recorded case of the enemy using the ATACMS OTRK against objects in the internationally recognized territories of Russia. It is likely that this was only a test launch and the enemy will soon launch combined attacks using this type of missile.
15:42 The Lancet crew destroyed another M777 howitzer on the right bank of the Dnieper –video.
"Our crew has another American M777 howitzer, the 12th already. We use Lancets against the enemy without any particular difficulty. We also conduct aerial reconnaissance with copters and Zala drones, we find them and immediately begin to work on them," said the UAV crew commander with the call sign "Lynx".
15:01 From 12.20 to 13.00 Moscow time stopped attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks using aircraft-type UAVs against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
Four Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
14:44 Fighters of the Southern Group of Forces in the area of the settlement of Predtechino destroyed a Polish self-propelled howitzer "Krab" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a loitering munition "Lancet" -video.
14:07 Situation in the SVO zone –map:
– The situation in the Toretsk direction: Russian troops have advanced in the northern part of Kirovo. Meanwhile, Russian troops have begun fighting with the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Toretsk itself.
– The situation in the Pokrovsk direction: The Russian army has occupied the settlement of Kamyshevka and has begun an assault on Ptichye. Also, our troops have begun an offensive south of Zavetnoye. In addition, Russian troops have advanced along the railway and the M-30 highway, taking a number of positions on the southeastern outskirts of Novogrodovka. In addition, Russian troops have advanced slightly inside Grodovka along Michurin Street.
– The situation southwest of Donetsk: the Russian army has advanced west of Paraskoviivka, reaching the Shakhtar garden community north of Konstantinovka.
13:26 Around 11.20 Moscow time stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region by air defense systems on duty.
12:39 Advancement of the Russian Armed Forces near Grodovka and Novogrodovka –map.
12:15 Su-34 with the help of FAB-500 destroyed the concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and equipment in the Kursk region –video.
11:49 Orekhov – Lugovskoye.
Positional military operations in the Orekhov direction. The forward position of the Russian Armed Forces in the village of Lugovskoye came under artillery fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the direction of Orekhov up to 1.5 km.
Clarification of the line of combat contact.
11:17 Kherson direction.
It is reported, that today the Russian Aerospace Forces aviation worked on the identified enemy positions on the right bank. The crew of the M-777 gun and the engineering vehicle were hit.
FAB-250 and FAB-500 with UMPK hit enemy fortified positions and deployment points of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
10:53 An army aviation crew on a Mi-35M helicopter carried out an air strike on a concentration of manpower and armored military equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of ??the Kursk region –video.
According to intelligence reports, enemy personnel and armored vehicles were destroyed.
10:21 During the past night, during an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on targets on the territory of the Russian Federation, air defense systems on duty destroyed 45 aircraft-type UAVs.
Eleven UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Moscow region, another 23 UAVs were destroyed over the Bryansk region, six UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region, three over the Kaluga region and two over the Kursk region.
09:54 Arrival of the Lancet at the artillery of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhya direction – units of the 35th Army of the East Group of Forces are working –video.
09:21 Telegram channel «WarGonzo»:
Frontline report for the morning of 21.08.2024
- Zaporizhzhya Front. No significant changes. Positional battles continue.
- Donetsk Front. Active fighting continues in Konstantinovka. In Krasnogorovka - no significant changes, fighting for the remnants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces position.
In Karlovka - no significant changes. Also, the Russian Armed Forces have secured the outskirts of Kamyshovka and are beginning to approach Ptichye. Active fighting continues in Novogrodovka and Grodovka.
- Khar'kov Front. No significant changes. Fighting continues in Volchansk and in the Glubokoe area.
- Kursk region. There have been no major changes on the ground in the last 24 hours. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to expand their zone of presence, but all attempts have been unsuccessful. No breakthroughs have been observed in the border areas either.
08:44 Work of the special forces "Akhmat" on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Martynovka, Sudzhansky district, Kursk region -video.
08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for August 20, 2024
– Russian troops struck enemy military facilities in Glukhov, Sumy Oblast, where a substation was also hit. In addition, drones hit an oil depot in Ternopil.– At the same time, the liquidation of the consequences of the attack by Ukrainian drones on the Rosrezerv oil storage facility in Proletarsk, Rostov Region, continues. About six hundred Emergencies Ministry employees are working on the scene, the fire has been localized on the territory of the oil depot.
- In the North Ukrainian direction, Ukrainian formations are attacking in the direction of Russkaya Konopelka and Spalnoye. The configuration of the front in the area of Malaya Loknya has been clarified, and a column of armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been destroyed in Korenevo.
– In the Aleksandro-Kalinovsky direction, the Russian Armed Forces liberated Novgorodskoye, attacking Nelepovka from two sides. In Kirovo, Russian troops advanced 800 meters to the northwestern outskirts of the settlement.
– In the Pokrovsk direction, fighting continues in Grodovka, as well as on the approaches to Novogrodovka to the south. The advanced assault groups of the Russian Armed Forces are advancing in the vicinity of the Mikhailovka station, trying to take control of the waste heap located behind it.