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Current information on the situation on the front line: August 31 (updated)
2024-09-01
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 21:03 Artillerymen destroyed UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction

Intelligence discovered the location of the control point for the Ukrainian Armed Forces' unmanned aerial vehicles in one of the abandoned buildings on the right bank of the Dnieper. After further reconnaissance and confirmation of the target, the artillerymen received the order to destroy it.

The building with the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel was destroyed by the precise fire of the 152mm D-20 gun crew. The target was hit by objective control footage.

19:54 Russian UAV operators “finished off” a Ukrainian HMMWV that had previously hit a mine in the Khar'kov region –video.

19:15 Russian Aerospace Forces struck Ukrainian Armed Forces facilities in the temporarily occupied Mirnograd, the Donbas Partizan channel reported.

The target was the territory of the Dimitrov Experimental Mechanical Plant (DEMZ). The plant's workshops and equipment were used for the repair and maintenance of military equipment.

18:50 Anti-tank crews of the Airborne Forces of the Dnepr group of forces destroyed during the rotation of a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants in the Kherson region.

18:20 Artillerymen of the "North" group of troops "smash" the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region -video.

17:47 The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region –video.

17:31 Situation in the South Donetsk direction from "Frontovaya Ptichka":

"Our fighters are attacking the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Vodyanoye. The enemy is probably planning a retreat to Bogoyavlenka.

The liberation of Vodyane will seriously worsen the situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in this section of the front, and the Ugledar garrison will begin to suffer even more.

Even Syrsky’s panicky transfer of Ukrainian Armed Forces units from one place to another does not help.”

16:57 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Dnepr group of troops struck accumulation of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower north of Rabotino in the Zaporizhia region.

16:35 Artillerymen from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed UAV control point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson direction.

15:57 Russian Aerospace Forces Su-34 bomber destroyed manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of ??the Kursk region, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

15:22 In the DPR, in the Pokrovsk direction, a large cauldron for the Ukrainian Armed Forces is “emerging,” stated VGTRK reporter Andrei Rudenko.

“Several thousand servicemen of the Kyiv regime could end up in it,” Rudenko wrote on his Telegram channel.

15:05 Ukrainian Telegram channels reported explosions in Khar'kov.

14:47 Situation in the Pokrovsky direction from "Military Chronicle"

After reaching Grodovka, the “petals” of the offensive began to open up to the north in the Elizavetovka area.

Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces are under threat of a strike towards the junction at Konstantinovka. Lysovka, adjacent to Pokrovsk, is also currently considered by the Ukrainian Armed Forces command on the ground as an "unstable line of defense" that they will most likely not hold on to until the last soldier.

At the same time, fighting is taking place in the Selidovo area - the city is 25% occupied by Russian troops, but after Novogrodovka, the Ukrainian Armed Forces drew conclusions and pulled up reserves for defense and slowed down the advance of the Russian Armed Forces to Pokrovsk from the south.

The southern flank is still considered a priority for defense, so here, judging by the dynamics of the fighting, Ukrainian troops will most likely resist to the last.

There is some confusion: retreating units are mixed with defense units (with their own command and control), which is why rotation and replenishment of ammunition/equipment occurs in a chaotic manner, which is used by Russian artillery. Krasnopols and FPV drones are actively working.

14:32 Attack drone crews of the 4th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade and the AKHMAT special forces in the area of ??Chasov Yar destroyed personnel of the 5th Separate Assault Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:20 Another American armored vehicle destroyed in the border area of the Kursk region –video.

13:56 Servicemen of the 152mm 2S19 Msta-S self-propelled gun crew of the Center group of forces destroyed mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction.

12:55 The Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Kirovo in the DPR and continue to advance into the depths of the enemy’s defenses, the Defense Ministry reported.

12:42 Footage of destruction of the American MLRS multiple launch rocket system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy region.

12:14 Important points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:

Air defense systems shot down four ATACMS missiles, six Hammer aerial bombs, six Vampire rounds, and 48 UAVs;

The West group of forces improved its tactical position; the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 460 servicemen in its area of responsibility;

The Dnepr troops of the Russian Armed Forces defeated four Ukrainian brigades;

The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 455 servicemen in the area of responsibility of the Center group;

The "South" group occupied more advantageous positions, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 780 servicemen and the 220mm BM-27 "Uragan" MLRS;

The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a US-made M270 MLRS launcher, hit UAV assembly shops, and a missile and artillery weapons warehouse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

11:57 Special forces of the "Vostok" group destroys M-113 APC hit by FPV drone.

10:49 Artillery crews of the "Southern" group of troops torn off rotation of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk direction of the Northern Military District.

10:17 Galitsinovka liberated by legendary 114th Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces

Flag raised at the mass grave of soldiers who died on the battlefields of the Great Patriotic War. Russian soldiers continue to break through the road to Pokrovsk.

09:50 On frames— the defeat of the temporary deployment point of the airborne assault battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Chernetchina.

09:00 Russian troops have occupied Karlovka in the Donetsk direction, admits the Ukrainian analytical resource Deep State.

The enemy also reported that the Russian army had advanced in Galitsynovka, Stelmakhovka, Dolinovka and Peschanoye.

08:14 Russian troops advanced in the Svatovsko-Kupyansk direction in the area of the recently liberated village of Sin'kovka, reported the head of the Russian administration of the Khar'kov region, Ganchev.

08:11 Footage of destruction of a missile and artillery weapons depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the village of Nizhnyaya Syrovatka in Sumy Oblast.

08:07 Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed four pickups and an infantry fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.

08:04 Eastern group of Russian troops in 24 hours tore off attempts to strengthen the forward positions, carry out rotation and advance reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of seven settlements. This was reported by the head of the group's press center, Alexander Gordeyev.

08:00 Ka-52M helicopter crews struck manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.

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