[Dark Footage YouTube] With international tensions at an all-time high, a massive explosion has just shattered the tranquility of the Russian Naval Aviation air base in western Russia, a whopping 500 miles away from Ukraine.
As the smoke clears and the extent of the damage becomes clear, the world holds its breath. Two helicopters were destroyed entirely, and two more were seriously damaged. Moreover, Russia has lost over 25 percent of its operational Ka-52 helicopter fleet, leaving the nation vulnerable in its ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
However, this was not a battle casualty as much as a direct, blunt attack into the heart of Russia that heavily maimed the Russian Air Force. As a piece of footage circulating social media seems to confirm, the devastating event was an act of sabotage...
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[LB] Artillery of the Defense Forces of Ukraine conducts intense work and destroys the enemy's control system, knocks out headquarters, destroys warehouses, destroys logistics. And breaks the enemy's long arms - artillery. The quality of which the enemy is constantly deteriorating.
We explain why.
by Viktor Kevlyuk
A few words about the situation.
In the Vasylivskyi direction, Transcarpathian mountain attack aircraft pushed forward enemy units to the northern outskirts of the village of Zherebyanki. The enemy command is aware of the threat of a breakthrough of the 128th Brigade to Vasylivka, the loss of which opens the way for the Defense Forces to Energodar (the end of the "nuclear threat" games) and to Kherson along the Dnieper.
And this is a castle on the way out of the Azov mousetrap to the Crimea, which is also a motivation for the enemy to fight to the last. Therefore, the occupiers will fiercely defend their positions along the T0812 highway and the key points for maintaining the stability of the defense in Zherebyanka, Lugovoi and Verkhnia Krynytsia.
Unfortunately, only the foundations will remain from the villages. On the outskirts of Vasylivka, the enemy command is gathering a tactical group for a counterattack on the right flank of the Transcarpathians, for which it has concentrated part of the forces of the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation there (the brigade’s famous name has remained, ours have beaten it three times already, a handful of fighters remained from the former elite, all the others are well-trained, but chumps), combined tactical group of the 4th military base (South Ossetia, two battalions formed from the Russian occupation contingent in Georgia), 429th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 19th Motorized Rifle Division (PPD - city Mozdok, the penultimate combat experience - aggression against Georgia. An interesting fact - out of 30 wounded in that march, only two were wounded in battle. Such infantry, it turns out).
In the direction of Tokmakin the Robotyny area, the enemy is making great efforts to hold the village and prevent our troops from reaching the main line of defense between the villages of Novoprokopivka and Verbove. It's restless in Robotyn Vorozhenka: units of the 1430th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the territorial troops have been introduced into the village (this is when there are small arms, and the vehicles are katma. Call it "territorial troops" or "mob reserve" and play on as if you have a full-fledged army), the regiment's defense line was sealed by the 11th BARS detachment (that's how reservists are in the swamps), which was transferred from the village of Kopani, where it is still relatively calm.
The 42nd Motorized Rifle Division, which is leading the defense here, has the task of preventing the Defense Forces from reaching the main defensive line of the 58th Army for as long as possible, and if that doesn't work, to narrow the areas of our breakthrough as much as possible. There is a nuance: when there are not enough forces to complete the task, the headquarters takes part of the forces from the areas that are not attacked and throws them into those that are attacked. There are two conclusions: there are not enough or no reserves, the troops are holding their positions with difficulty.
The most active actions are ongoing in the Berdyansk direction . In the area of the villages Priyutne – Zavitne Bazhanna (what names, what Ukrainian toponymy!) the situation for the enemy was not too favorable: a little further north, the 247th Assault Regiment of the 7th Division captured the enemy, which was taken to the west to recover Zavitnoy Bazhanjo, where the regiment is setting up a defense area.
The enemy deployed two battalions of the 114th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division from Sakhalin to the northwest of the village of Volodyne. The enemy command sensed the danger and increased the density of their battle formations between the Shelter and the Covenant Desire. The scale of the scare prompted him to form a defense in two echelons: the first line - the 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade, the remains (I would say - the remains) of the 394th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Division, the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Division and the remains of the aforementioned 247th Regiment; the second line is the 336th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Baltic Fleet, the 114th Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Division and the 136th Motorized Rifle Brigade.
The latter is an interesting object for research. PPD - the city of Buynaksk in Dagestan. At the beginning of the invasion, 300 servicemen refused to fight against Ukraine, were returned to the PPD and released. There are several other interesting traditions in the brigade - selling MON-90 mines to Islamist militants, who used them to blow up the military camp of the 177th Naval Infantry Regiment in Caspiansk. Another tradition is to sell their servicemen into slavery to the Chechens. Sold 46 fighters. Firm first place in the 58th Army of the Russian Armed Forces on human trafficking. The brigade will form the basis of the Staromlynivka garrison.
ACCOUNT OF MORALITY, OR WHO ARE WE FIGHTING AGAINST?
The enemy also advanced the 228th tank regiment of the 127th Division near Staromlynivka. The 34th Motorized Rifle Brigade and the 143rd Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 127th Division cover the flank of this group in the Remivka - Novozlatopil area. Note that the most powerful army of the Eastern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the 5th Army, was deployed here. Only the 57thMotorized Rifle Brigade was finished near Bakhmut.
Now, actually, about artillery. If you look at the map, two divisions of the enemy's 58th Army, the 19th and 42nd, are defending on the left, and the 5th Army has deployed to the right. It follows purely from this that the enemy can have two artillery brigades of the armies, the 291st and 305th, three artillery regiments of the divisions, the 292nd, 50th and 872nd, and the artillery of brigades and regiments.
Using the example of the 305th brigade, I will show what a zoo it is - an artillery brigade of the combined army of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation:
- 240mm self-propelled mortar division 2c4 "Tulip";
– division of 152mm self-propelled guns 2c5 "Hyacinth-S" (my favorite artillery system, at the end of the 90s I was the commander of the only division in Ukraine, now these machines are fighting in our country in the 26th Artillery Brigade named after Colonel-General Roman Dashkevich);
– division of 203mm self-propelled guns 2c7 "Pion";
- the division of the 220mm BM-27 9k57 Uragan anti-aircraft missile system.
Now imagine yourself in the city of the officer of the operational department, who has to plan the combat use of this flower garden in battle. Then imagine the chief of the missile and artillery brigade service, who has to supply this flower bed with ammunition: 240mm mines, 152mm shells, 203mm shells and 220mm rockets. It is not certain that this person has been seen sober since the beginning of the war. How can such logistics be organized?!
POLYGON AND AMAZON. THE WEST KNOWS WHY IT SUPPLIES THE LATEST WEAPONS HERE
Let's have fun: the purpose of the army artillery brigade is to fight against tactical nuclear weapons, command posts, enemy artillery , air defense equipment, rear objects and reserves. The counter-battery fight is highlighted in bold. This is the meaning of the combat activity of the army artillery brigade. What could it look like in real life? Division 152mm 2c5 is sharpened precisely for this. But he is the only one in the brigade. Rate of fire 203mm 2s7 – 2 shots per minute. The duration of a healthy self-propelled gun battery is one fire task, i.e. 3-5 minutes. We subtract from there the cycle of reconnaissance, decision-making and guidance. Where will the first volley of 2c7 hit? And in the white world, as in a penny, said my brigadier general.
2c4 was generally created to break through fortified areas with nuclear strikes or, in extreme cases, with 240mm high-explosive mines. Rate of fire - 1 shot in 62 seconds.
The last on the list is the "Uragan" anti-aircraft missile system. It looks formidable - the warhead of each projectile weighs 100 kg (when construction began, a colonel from the USSR Ministry of Defense recalled how during the war he was hit by a German air raid with 100 kg bombs, so the Uragana warhead weighs exactly that much. The story is real).
A battery volley is similar in power to a tactical nuclear strike. But, as always, there is a but: how will the MLRS start to hunt for batteries, who will fire at the reserves, KP, lay minefields, pound the infantry with cluster bombs? The jet fighters are clearly not into counter-battery fighting. Another purpose. To understand the depth of the depths: the German self-propelled gun Pzh-2000 launches 8 shells per minute, but if it is really necessary, then for a certain time it can be 12, the Caesar self-propelled gun - 6. The question is who shoots whom?
CLUSTER SHELLS. OFFENSIVE WEAPONS
If we tentatively accept June 15 as the beginning of the offensive in the Azov region, then it turns out that the Defense Forces of Ukraine sent 1,150 guns and 100 BM RSV of the enemy to scrap metal from 15.06 to 05.08 (the figures are for the entire front line, for the Azov region I would give 60 %). The enemy lost 16 artillery brigades (a normal brigade has 72 guns) and two jet regiments (54 BM).
Russian self-propelled artillery regiment - two divisions of self-propelled artillery 152mm 2c19 "Msta-S" and a division of RSZV "Tornado-G" or 122mm BM-21 "Grad". 2с19 is a tough nut, capable of competing with modern Western self-propelled guns. In brigades, as a rule, there are also 1-2 divisions of self-propelled guns 2c19 and a battery of anti-aircraft guns (there are many brigades, so they all have different types, in particular, howitzers with anti-aircraft guns are of different types). There are also "buts" in this segment: the artillery of the regiment/brigade does not conduct counter-battery combat, it does not have such a task, and, therefore, training.
There is one more big BUT: counterbattery combat requires intelligence (radar for detecting fire positions, sound-metric complexes, UAVs) and a nimble fire control system. The enemy here has presentations about the ACS "Kapusnyk", "Sozvezdie" and all sorts of trendy and youth-related things, about the "Zoopark" and "Aystenok" radars.
Our greatest meningitis in artillery opposition is the enemy trio "Orlan"+"Zala"+"Lancet". However, we have a tangible advantage in the "intelligence-management-impact" segment. The advantage result is three paragraphs higher.
With those who read me regularly, we have already discussed the logistics problems of the enemy group and the fact that the enemy arta in the South of Ukraine are put on starvation rations. And then generals Budanov and Malyuk blow up everything they find in the Black Sea - tankers, naval vessels , airfield bridges , the Novorossiysk port, some patrol ships. That is, the diet of enemy artillery will continue - the enemy has more and more problems with bridges, airfields, ports, the railway is being watched by partisans from "Atesh", SSO, watchful patriots, that is, when it is necessary and where it is necessary, it will happen, as in the song: "мы they took away the water pump, but gave away the locomotive."
There is also an interesting dual trend in the degradation of Russian artillery - the Defense Forces have destroyed almost 5,000 artillery systems and 700 self-propelled guns since the beginning of the war.
Before the war, the Russian Armed Forces began the process of rearming the troops, replacing all existing self-propelled guns with a relatively new single 152mm self-propelled gun 2s19M2 (about 700 of them were produced). A strange picture emerged - the regiment, brigade, corps, army received the same system with the same firing range of 25 km. But the depth of the tasks at different instances is different! And you also need a different nomenclature of ammunition: a commander does not need smoke and lighting ones, and a brigade commander - what else!
ABOUT HARES AND TURTLES. IS THE OFFENSIVE IN AZOV DEVELOPING SLOWLY?
Later, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation began to prepare for the invasion of Ukraine and deploy divisions instead of brigades. That is, two divisions of the brigade were to be cloned into 4-6, which the division requires. 152mm 2с19М2 suddenly ceased to be enough, non-modernized 152mm 2с19s went to the troops from the bases (I had to deal with them, in addition to the bad electronics traditional for the USSR, Russian designers managed to make an equally bad transmitter, which disassembled itself under intense fire.
My classmate in the LAU in the second Chechen war was the head of the commandant's office, said that the representatives of the manufacturing plant were just sitting in 2c19 and endlessly solving technical problems).
For those who did not have enough 152mm 2c19, 152mm 2c3 "Acacia" and 152mm 2a65 "Msta-B" trailers. That is, on February 24, 2023, everything that was new and not new invaded us without invitation. And the fact that the tractor crew of Svyrid Opanasovich has not yet dragged to Vtorchermet is rusting in the forests and fields. The enemy is forced to get an even older one from the storerooms, bring it to his senses and give it to the troops (they are able to restore 100-200 per month, but lose 500-550!). That is, the quality of the enemy's artillery is constantly and steadily deteriorating, its TTX is decreasing, the gap between the artillery of the Defense Forces and the artillery of the aggressor is deepening.
WAR FOR INITIATIVE
The flip side of this trend is staff. If we assume that at least half of the destroyed artillery was destroyed along with the attendants, then the enemy lost at least 2,500 trained attendants . All of them need to be replaced, trained, organized into batteries-divisions, which is not so easy. A separate line - the lost artillery officers, first of all - combatants and commanders who control the fire. This category is taught for months. Sometimes an officer is a combatant for two years, but he is a seal, it's just not his and you can't do anything about it. How many times have I met such people. Let's summarize: the enemy's artillery will weaken due to the decrease in the TTX of the systems and the level of training, first of all, of the officers and sergeants.
I would add to this the lack of rotations, intense combat operations, general exhaustion, lack of quality drinking water, interruptions in the supply of fuel, food, and medical supplies. The introduction into operation of several fresh brigades of the Defense Forces will destroy the Russian defense. Absolutely unambiguous. When it will happen - only Zaluzhny knows, we will not guess.
VALERY ZALUZHNYI: "EVERY DAY, EVERY METER IS GIVEN WITH BLOOD" I would advise you to look carefully at the direction Staromayorske - Staromlynivka - Nadiyne. Now the enemy there is restraining us with frantic counterattacks, throwing everything at them. But somewhere deep in the soul, the enemy operators are already aware of the inevitability of a retreat in the southern direction. And if the Defense Forces advance to Vasylivka, Tokmak and Pology, the situation will take on the appearance of a defeat. In order for the play not to look boring, ours added a bit of momentum in the direction of Vugledar - Volnovakha.
It is worth mentioning the slow pace of our advance, but it should be remembered that the army is working hard day and night and destroying the enemy's management system, knocking out its headquarters, destroying warehouses, destroying logistics, and breaking the enemy's long arms - artillery. The result should be. No doubts.
The only thing that does not give rest is the question - where did the two missile brigades of the enemy - the 12th and 20th - split up. They must be somewhere here, in the south, I can hear in my spinal cord...
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2022. Linked in the title
21:46 Zelensky said that today he heard a report on the use of Patriot and IRIS-T air defense systems: "Powerful systems, very effective ... They have already given a significant result. And not only to Ukraine. Because every destruction of Russian missiles in our sky, and especially such as aeroballistic daggers - Russian terrorists boasted of them for a long time ... Each success of our soldiers is the confidence of the world that a terrorist state is not capable of breaking common security.
According to Zelensky, this week alone, Russia used 65 different missiles against Ukraine, 178 attack drones, of which 87 were Shaheds. “We managed to shoot down a significant part. We will do everything to make the Ukrainian air shield only become stronger. It is here, in our skies, that we can prove that terror is losing,” the president stressed.
20:14 Zelensky announced an important week in an evening video message: "There will be new communication with partners - for the sake of defense packages for Ukraine. We will add even more content to the international events of August-September that are already planned. And the Crimean Platform, and the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, our participation in the UN General Assembly, and the Formula of Peace. And, of course, we will continue the internal cleansing of our state from those who, unfortunately, weaken Ukraine with their abuses."
19:55 At the summit in Saudi Arabia, Ukraine did not insist on adopting its peace formula, writes The Wall Street Journal, citing sources. Also, according to the two diplomats, Kyiv did not push for the withdrawal of Russian troops before negotiations began, a key part of its plan. At the same time, the participating countries did not demand that Ukraine abandon its formula.
The newspaper notes that this is a significant difference from a similar meeting in Copenhagen in June - then Kyiv insisted that the largest developing countries accept the Zelensky peace plan, but a number of states refused to do so.
19:27 The Department of Strategic Communications of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (StratCom) reported that on August 6, at about 15:00, the Defense Forces hit "two key communication routes of the occupiers - the Chongarsky and Geniysky automobile bridges."
19:09 The next round of peace talks on Ukraine may take place in September as part of the G20 summit in India, Bloomberg reports citing one of the French diplomats. He also said that none of the countries participating in the negotiations of the Global South did not demand the presence of Russia in the next negotiations, but the head of the Brazilian delegation, Celso Amorim, said that the peace process should include Russia "in one form or another."
In turn, Spiegel writes that the meeting on Ukraine in Jeddah ended without a final declaration, however, with "cautiously positive signals from China." In particular, European diplomats noted that China "actively" participated and expressed "positive" views on a possible meeting of this kind.
19:01 The Ministry of Reintegration announced the resumption of the work of the humanitarian corridor Kolotilovka (RF) - Pokrovka (Ukraine) on the border of the Belgorod and Sumy regions. It can be used by Ukrainians who are evacuated from the temporarily occupied territories. A volunteer center operates on the Ukrainian border, where all Ukrainians can receive free psychological, legal and humanitarian assistance, as well as spend the night and get to Sumy or other cities of Ukraine.
18:13 The Russians fired at Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region in the morning, one person was injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. The enemy also fired artillery at the village of Putnikovo in the Kupyansky district - two people were injured. In addition, the Russian army struck at the village of Podoli, Kupyansky district, according to preliminary information, controlled by a FAB-250 bomb. One person died, another was injured.
17:42 The participants in the peace talks on Ukraine in Jeddah did not adopt a joint statement, Reuters reports citing an EU representative. At the same time, the interlocutor called the negotiations positive, adding that an agreement was reached among the participants that any peaceful settlement should be based on respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine.
The Office of the President of Ukraine said that some participants in the meeting had different views, "however, all countries testified their adherence to the principles of the UN Charter, international law and respect for the sovereignty and inviolability of the territorial integrity of states."
17:11 Peskov told The New York Times that at present there are no grounds for concluding an agreement on Ukraine, "we will continue the operation in the foreseeable future." According to him, the Russian Federation wants to control all those "new regions that are written in the Constitution as Russian."
16:08 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the bridge across the Tonkiy Strait, connecting Genichesk with the Arabat Spit, fired 12 missiles, Russian air defense allegedly shot down nine of them, said the "governor" of the occupied Kherson region Vladimir Saldo. According to him, one civilian was wounded, the gas pipeline to Genichesk was also interrupted, and more than 20,000 residents of the city were left without gas.
The "head" of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that as a result of a missile attack in the area of the Chongarsky bridge, there was damage to the roadbed of the automobile bridge, there were no casualties. According to Saldo, three holes were formed on the Chongarsky bridge as a result of the impact, the supporting structures were not damaged. The Chongar checkpoint is closed to traffic due to strikes on the bridge, Gauleiter of the occupied Zaporozhye region Volodymyr Rogov said. Social networks, meanwhile, publish photos of bridges after the strikes .
13:57 In the event of an air threat, Ukrainian pilots will redeploy aircraft to other airfields, Air Force speaker Yuriy Ignat said, commenting on the Russian shelling of the airfield in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky region. “Our aviation is quite mobile, our pilots know how to counter the enemy in these conditions. We have dozens of operational airfields on the territory of the state. Therefore, the enemy will not be able to destroy our aviation so easily,” Ignat assured.
13:24 According to British intelligence, Russia lost at least half of its airborne troops during the war against Ukraine, which corresponds to a figure of 15 thousand people. Analysts drew attention to the appeal of the Commander-in-Chief of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Teplinsky, on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation on August 2. In a video that was subsequently deleted, he said that 8,500 paratroopers were injured and yet returned to duty or did not leave the front. However, he did not comment on how many servicemen were killed or were too seriously injured to return to duty.
Extrapolating from Teplinsky’s figures, we can conclude that at least 50% of the 30,000 paratroopers who were in Ukraine in 2022 were killed or wounded, according to intelligence.
12:52 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that today an attempt by Ukraine to carry out a drone attack on objects in the Moscow region was allegedly stopped. Moscow claims that the UAV was destroyed by air defense systems on the territory of the Podolsk region, there are no casualties or damage.
12:36 The Russians fired on the village of Podoli, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region: one person was killed, one was wounded. A private house was destroyed, a fire broke out in an outbuilding, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
10:49 For the whole day of August 5, no air or ground-based missile launches were recorded from the territory of Belarus. Moreover, around 19:00 there were no take-offs of aircraft that could potentially launch a rocket, and no aircraft were recorded entering the potential missile launch zone, reports the Belaruska Gayun monitoring group.
In addition, after the report about the alleged launch of missiles from the territory of Belarus to Ukraine, the group received "a sufficient number of denials from the most likely launch locations." In total, since February 24, 2022, at least 721 rockets have been fired from the territory of Belarus towards Ukraine.
10:16 The Russians launched rocket attacks on Kharkov, previously from the S-300 air defense system. Specialized services left to examine the consequences of shelling in the Kholodnogorsk region. At the moment, no information has been received about the victims, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
09:52 Since the evening of August 5, the Russians have attacked the Khmelnytsky region three times, aiming at the Starokonstantinov airfield, said the first deputy head of the OVA Sergey Tyurin. There was a series of explosions in the Starokonstantinovskaya and Khmelnitsky communities, most of the missiles were shot down by air defense forces.
In the Starokonstantinovskaya community, several private residential buildings, a building of a communal cultural institution, a bus station and a commercial premises were damaged by the blast wave. In addition, as a result of an enemy attack, a fire broke out in a corn waste warehouse on the territory of an elevator in the Starokonstantinovskaya community, one person was injured. Air defense worked on the territory of the Khmelnytsky community, the data is being specified.
09:05 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were killed (in New York and Torsk), two more were injured. In the Kherson region, four were wounded, in Sumy - one, according to the IVA.
09:01 On the evening of August 5, the Russians attacked a non-residential premises in the village with a guided air bomb. Kruglyakovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region. A large-scale fire began, according to preliminary data, two people were killed and four were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
In addition, during the past day, shelling of the settlements of Bogodukhovsky, Kharkovsky, Chuguevsky, Izyumsky and Kupyansky districts of the region continued, one person was injured.
08:53 In Kiev, a trident was raised on the Motherland Monument. Installation work is planned to be completed by the Day of the Flag of Ukraine - August 23. It is also planned to rename the monument to Ukraine-Mother.
08:29 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 6:
personnel - about 249,700 (+590) people liquidated,
tanks - 4237 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 8262 (+11),
artillery systems - 4965 (+22),
MLRS - 705 (+1),
air defense systems - 466 (+0),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4126 (+10),
cruise missiles - 1359 (+12),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7441 (+19),
special equipment - 734 (+4).
07:58 During the day, more than 30 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning report . In particular, in the Kupyansk direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Olshana and Sinkovka districts of the Kharkiv region. In the Liman direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the Belogorovka area of the Luhansk region. In the Bakhmut direction, the Defense Forces are holding back the enemy in the Kurdyumovka area, in the Avdeevsky direction they repelled the attacks of Russian troops in the Avdeevka area. In the Maryinsky direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the offensive of Russian troops in the Maryinka area.
In the Shakhtyorsky direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the Staromayorsky area. In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance in the Robotino area. At the same time, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, and consolidate on the achieved lines.
07:41 During the massive attack of the Russian Federation, which lasted from the evening of August 5 to the morning of August 6, the air defense forces shot down 30 cruise missiles and 27 Shahed-136/131 strike drones, the command of the Air Force reported . In particular, in the first wave of attack on the evening of August 5, the enemy used 14 Kalibr sea-based cruise missiles and three Kh-47 Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles. Of these, 12 Calibers were destroyed, and information about the Daggers is not made public in the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In addition, on the night of August 6, the enemy continued to attack with Shahed strike UAVs from the southeast, Caliber cruise missiles from the Black Sea, and Kh-101 / Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic aircraft from the Caspian region. Air defense forces destroyed all 27 attack drones, five out of six Caliber missiles (second wave) and 13 out of 20 Kh-101/X555 air-launched cruise missiles.
In just a few waves of attacks from the evening of August 5 to the morning of August 6, the enemy used 70 means of air attack. The air defense destroyed 17 Caliber cruise missiles, 13 Kh-101/X-555 cruise missiles and 27 Shahed-136/131 attack drones.
05:50 The participants of the summit in the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after the first day of consultations reached an agreement on two issues, writes Corriere della Sera. Thus, all participants in the negotiations believe that any peace agreement should be based on respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and the supremacy of the UN Charter. In addition, the participants agreed to create working groups to discuss the plan for resolving the war in Ukraine, proposed by Kiev. Negotiations are currently underway on the timing of the meeting of heads of state - it could take place before the end of the year.
00:34 During a massive missile attack on the evening of August 5, Russia could imitate missile launches from the territory of Belarus in order to draw Minsk into a war against Ukraine, Andrei Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, told Ukrinform: "As for missiles from the territory of Belarus, it was probably an electronic launch or an imitation of a launch, since Russian troops, forces and means are deployed on the territory of this country for all sorts of provocations in order to draw it into a war against Ukraine. He clarified that the information is being verified.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:42 The military chronicle reported drones in the Kherson region.
According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, Geran-2 will presumably fly through the airspace of the Kherson region and go further to Nikolaev.
21:48 Russian military showed footage of the operation of kamikaze drones "Lancet-3" according to the technique of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Svatovo-Kremennaya
Targets include a Swedish CV9040, a Slovenian M-80A and two Soviet BMP-1s.
21:47 Passengers in the "cache": Four men hid behind a false panel in a minibus to go abroad, - State Border Guard Service
In order to get to Moldova, only 300 meters were not enough.
The driver assured that he had no cargo, but the car was sent for an in-depth check anyway - the border guards were informed in advance about the “hidden crew”. The dodgers paid $4,000 for the trip.
20:34 "Sunshine" covered fire stronghold of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one of the front forest belts
19:43 Russian aviation inflicted a powerful blow to the point of temporary deployment of the Ukrainian "terodefenders" in the Kherson region
18:39 The towed gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed along with the calculation
17:58 Returning to the theme of the night missile attack on the Starkonstantinov airbase in the Khmelnytsky region.
Comparing the published photos of the consequences and photos on the ground, we can conclude that one of the strikes hit the territory of the elevator, which is located about 1.2 km from the air base itself. In addition to the silos, there is a warehouse on the territory, which fell under the main blow. Judging by the footage, he burned out completely.
It can be assumed that the storage areas of the elevator were not used for their intended purpose, but acted as storage areas for the property of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, next to the elevator there is a railway line, which also enters the territory of the enterprise, and could be used to deliver goods that were subsequently stored in this warehouse.
Coordinates: 49.7317, 27.2638
Nevertheless, already today, the aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine again launched rocket strikes with Storm Shadow missiles, in particular on the Chongar bridge, which indicates that the enemy aircraft and missiles survived again. As we predicted, classical missile strikes against them turned out to be ineffective.
17:57 Sumy region. Sounds of explosions are reported in the eastern outskirts of the area.
Apparently, our tactical aviation worked out using air-to-ground missiles.
16:39 Russian military captured in the Zaporozhye region British armored car Mastiff APU
To be precise, this is the Mastiff - the British version of the American Cougar 6x6 armored vehicles.
16:37 Aircraft-type drone shot down in Kursk region - media
The drone flew into the territory of the Russian Federation today at about three in the morning. After the destruction, the wreckage fell near the village of Stepanovka in the Rylsky district, about 15 km from the Ukrainian border. There were no injuries or casualties.
15:47 Russian artillery destroyed American 155-mm howitzer M777 of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region
14:39 There was an eliminated Colombian APU mercenary Juan Carlos Camacho Muñoz
14:38 Personnel broken Ukrainian equipment in the Zaporozhye direction
The work of the army special forces "Osman".
13:35 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
🔹At night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a high-precision strike at the air bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Starokonstantinov in the Khmelnytsky region and Dubno, Rivne region;
🔹The RF Armed Forces repulsed five attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction;
🔹the goal of the strike of the RF Armed Forces on the air bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rivne and Khmelnytsky regions has been achieved, all designated targets have been hit;
🔹the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the fighting in the Donetsk direction amounted to 170 military personnel per day;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed in the city of Zaporizhzhia a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons of the 9th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
🔹losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the South-Donetsk direction per day amounted to 80 servicemen;
🔹The RF Armed Forces repelled two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rabotino area in the Zaporozhye direction;
🔹The RF Armed Forces hit hangars with aircraft equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the airfield of the city of Zaporozhye;
🔹the Russian military in the Kupyansk direction over the past day repelled eight attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
🔹the Russian military in the Krasnolimansky direction repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Kovalevka in the LPR and near Serebryansky forestry;
🔹the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction per day amounted to 80 servicemen.
12:21 Russian military struck with the help of an anti-tank complex, a whole detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region
The Turks signed an agreement for the reconstruction of part of the plant's workshops for the production of Bayraktar UAVs. After the speech of the Turkish authorities, all our services and units similar to us monitored the situation, reports lpr 1. We have identified several facilities where UAVs or components for them are already being produced.
This complex is one of the identified ones. The effectiveness is confirmed by sources in the power structures of the city. They hit just fine.
12:20 From the preliminary data that comes from the Starokonstantinov airfield, the following has been destroyed:
- Air defense
- Warehouse of ammunition
- Underground warehouse of ammunition
- Bunker with personnel
- Underground fuel storage
- Parking place for donor aircraft
- A number of indicated points with control strikes
On our own behalf, we add that most of the missiles were sent there yesterday and tonight.
11:40 Russian fighters groupings troops "Vostok" trophied NATO equipment
The guys from the 37th Brigade captured and towed a French AMX wheeled tank and an armored car.
11:39 Russian scouts" knocked out a strike" from the Nazis
Only instead of a bowling ball, our guys used ATGMs. With one blow, it was possible to destroy a whole group of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:38 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
-120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: three servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, four were injured of varying severity;
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it, losses: four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed, two were injured of varying severity;
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Dniprovske, losses: four servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; two - received injuries of varying severity;
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement Ponyatovka, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; three - received injuries of varying severity.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Mikhailovka, losses: five servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; four - received injuries of varying severity.
- the position of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Gavrilovka, losses: six servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed; two - received injuries of varying severity.
09:35 The Russian army opened and destroyed an enemy infantry group in the Staromayorsky area. This was announced by the head of the press center of the group "Vostok" Oleg Chekhov. He noted that the artillery also identified and destroyed the ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of Novodonetsk.
A warehouse of militants north-west of Vladimirovka was also destroyed, as well as a command post for UAF drones in the area of the Oktyabr state farm. "Lancets" destroyed several pieces of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, points of deployment in several settlements were hit.
09:30 Artillerymen of the 6th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Lisichansk directiondestroypositions of the Ukrainian Nazis.
09:11 Explosions are reported in Kharkiv.
Presumably, Geran-2 loitering ammunition flew into military facilities in the city and the region. At least three powerful arrivals are reported in Ukrainian channels and chats.
08:25 Over the Karachevsky district of the Bryansk region, the air defense system destroyed two aircraft-type drones, there were no damages or casualties, the governor said.
08:07 Explosions were heard this night in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky region, they write on the net. There is a military airfield in the city, which was already attacked yesterday.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine said that there were several waves of missile strikes in Ukraine. Explosions in Khmelnitsky, Cherkasy and Rivne regions are also reported in local social networks. Air defense worked in the Kyiv region. An air raid alert was issued throughout the entire country.
08:00 Su-34 front-line bombers of the “South” group of troops with guided bombsdestroyeddeployment points of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Serebryanka and Ivanovsky, said the head of the press center of the group Astafyev
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/06/2023 to 00:00 08/07/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 53 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the wounding of nine civilians in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka.
Eight residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky, Kuibyshevsky and Kievsky districts of Donetsk, the Central City district of Gorlovka and Staromikhaylovka, as well as four civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of five settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Golmovsky, Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 35 attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 16 attacks from MLRS, artillery 152mm and 122mm.
On Yasinovatsky two artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
By releasing 202 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 60 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
23:08 Four people were injured as a result of a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Azotny microdistrict in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk.
In his Telegram channel, the mayor of the city Alexei Kulemzin wrote that among the victims were two women born in 1953 and 1976, as well as two men born in 1956 and 1977.
21:21 Ukrainian troops fired ten rockets from the MLRS in Gorlovka, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported in its telegram-channel.
21:20 Calculation of the Russian modernized MLRS "Tornado-G" supports infantry advance behind Novoselovsky, taken under the control of the Russian Federation, in the Donbass.
20:05 Ukrainian troops fired on Donetsk and Gorlovka, firing eight rounds of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm and 15 rounds of 152mm caliber, the representative office of the Donetsk People's Republic at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported (JCCC).
19:47 The situation in the Artemovsk direction is reported by Archangel Spetsnaz:
“There were attempts to attack in the number of two to three tanks and three infantry fighting vehicles. Two out of three tanks were disabled by ATGM operators without the possibility of recovery. 1/3 of the infantry fighting vehicles were destroyed, the enemy infantry fled to the landings. According to radio interception, up to ten KIAs, several two wounded (from 3-5) and big problems with evacuation.
They enter under smoke screens, thanks to thermal imagers they can still be seen. They move in small groups of three to five people with a large distance of 30-50 meters.
19:10 Fixing the consequences of shelling. Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk 08/06/2023–photo.
The enemy fired from their positions located in the area of ??the settlement. Galitsinovka, from artillery with a caliber of 155mm with US-made M-864 rounds with a cluster warhead (M-42 cumulative and M-46 fragmentation submunitions).
18:40 First frames from Dniprorudny, which was fired upon by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine today.
Six people were injured in the terrorist attack. A civilian car was completely burned out, windows were shattered in the houses by the blast wave.
17:59 A bus with children from the Zaporozhye region came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region - military commander Kurlaeva.
“The Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to shell the way to the Chongarsky bridge in the Kherson region, but during the attack, a bus with children from the front-line areas who were going on vacation to Yevpatoria came under fire,” the military correspondent said.
17:39 Six civilians were wounded as a result of targeted artillery attack of the center of the city of Dniprorudne.
The arrival was recorded in the courtyard of two nine-story buildings, the glazing, transformer, and cars were damaged. Six civilians were wounded.
Two people received severe head injuries, one was hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the city hospital, the second was urgently sent to the Melitopol hospital. Four more people received shrapnel wounds, said the operational services of the region.
16:57 During the artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of Dniprorudny, Zaporozhye region, civilians were injured.
Buildings and cars were damaged in the arrival radius, one car burned down, the operational services of the city reported.
16:03 Kyiv terrorists fired NATO Storm Shadow missiles at the Chongar bridge and the village of Chongar. This was announced by the Acting Governor of the Kherson region Volodymyr Saldo.
“The bridge was damaged by a rocket, but the main villainy of the regime is getting into the village school. Transport communication with the Crimea continues to work through Chaplinka and Armyansk. I ask motorists to take this into account in their plans,” Saldo wrote in his Telegram channel.
15:47 The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the bridge across the Tonkiy Strait connecting Genichesk with the Arabat Spit, 12 missiles were fired, air defense shot down nine of them, Vladimir Saldo, Acting Governor of the Kherson region, said.
15:24 Arrivals on the Chongar bridge. Three to four arrivals. The amount of damage is still unknown, informedBoris Rozhin.
15:05 Russian paratroopers repel an enemy attack in the Artyomovsk direction -video.
14:40 Video: this is what the Donetsk University of Economics and Trade looks like now after the night arrival of cluster rounds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the fire was extinguished only in the morning.
The next night artillery attack of the Voroshilovsky district will be remembered by the residents of the city and especially the students of this university by hitting directly into the 1st building of the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade.
The fire engulfed the roof, the fight against the fire went on all night, and only in the morning the emergency services reported that the open fire had been eliminated - firefighters are still working inside.
The facade of the building suffered little damage, but the roof of the temple of science no longer exists, the summer Donbass sky turns blue through it, and many internal premises burned down. It is obvious that classes here, if they begin, will definitely not be this September.
And besides, the Ministry of Education and Science has already reported that diplomas of graduates of this year and documents of the selection committee were burned in the building. For the fire at the Western Ukrainian airfield in the Khmelnitsky region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as if out of habit, decided to take revenge on the residents of Donetsk and burned down a civilian university.
14:20 Alexander Khodakovsky about the situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
Today the enemy was not lucky: the beginning was promising, they even crossed the river, but they could not solve the task. I know who and how is holding the defense on Urozhayne - well done guys. The wind today is strong and gusty: let alone fly, artillery is difficult to correct. But, nevertheless, they worked, and even fell.
14:02 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 6, as of 14:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): - on the street. Tretyakova, 30 wounded man born in 1985
n.p. Staromikhaylovka: - on the street. Gorky, 2 wounded man born in 1960
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kyiv district: - st. Krupskaya, 142 - a private residential building.
Kirovsky district: - according to updated information, a direct hit followed by a fire in a private residential building was recorded on the street. Tretyakova, 30.
n.p. Staromikhaylovka: - st. Gorky, 2 - a private residential building.
13:37 “Every day rounds fall here”: an eyewitness showed the consequences of the artillery attack of the DPR by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The rounds damaged the roof of a residential building in the Kurakhovsky district, which started a fire. The Zhilploshchadka quarter in Donetsk was also badly damaged - windows were broken in many apartments, walls were damaged by fragments.
13:30 Today, at about six in the morning in the Orekhovskaya direction in the area of Malaya Tokmachka and Novopokrovka, our units opened the advance of an enemy group towards our positions, again without the support of equipment. The group was hit by fire, the enemy suffered losses and retreated to the north. About it informed Acting Governor of the Zaporozhye Region Yevgeny Balitsky.
According to him, at 0700 hrs, another enemy group without equipment, supported by artillery, made an attempt to attack our positions in the Staromayorsky area. At the moment there is a battle, the enemy is suffering losses.
At night, the enemy again tried to strike at the civilian infrastructure of the Zaporozhye region. Thus, the enemy launched a missile attack from the Haimars MLRS on a bakery located in Tokmak. The building was partially destroyed, but there were no casualties.
12:55 Consequences of the artillery attack of an apartment building in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk -video.
12:46 The main thing from the new briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
The RF Armed Forces repulsed offensive attempts in the Donetsk, South-Donetsk, Kupyansk, Krasnolimansk and Zaporozhye directions;
In the Donetsk direction, the losses of Ukraine amounted to 170 military personnel;
An assault attack was repelled in the South-Donetsk direction;
In the Kupyansk direction, the RF Armed Forces repelled eight attacks, the enemy's losses amounted to 50 Ukrainian servicemen;
Up to 110 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed in the Krasnolimansky direction;
In the Zaporozhye direction, two enemy attacks were repelled, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 80 people per day;
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen were destroyed;
Tonight, a high-precision strike was inflicted on the air bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlement. Starokonstantinov Khmelnitsky region and Dubno Rivne region. The target of the strike is reached, the designated objects are hit.
12:28 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants -photo.
11:37 Situation in the South-Donetsk direction:
At the Vremevsky site, the information previously published by Comrade Dambiev is confirmed. First, at around 0500 hrs, the enemy tried to attack northeast of Urozhaynoye with the help of two assault groups supported by two tanks and four armored vehicles. Army aviation strikes and artillery fire destroyed one tank and two armored vehicles, at 05.40 the remaining equipment withdrew to the north.
At 0600 hrs, a concentration of enemy armored vehicles north of Urozhaynoye was opened (three tanks, two infantry fighting vehicles and UR-77). One tank was destroyed by an FPV drone, the second drowned in the Wet Yaly River during the maneuver. Twenty minutes after the first fire damage was inflicted, a group of up to 20 units of enemy manpower was discovered, which was trying to force the river. Our art also worked on them. At 0900 hrs, a group of 30 militants already tried to force a water barrier, the attempt was also suppressed by artillery. At 1000 hrs, the battle for Urozhaynoye continues.
To the west of Staromayorsky, the enemy is conducting a rotation of personnel and reconnaissance in force. Probably, he is also preparing a roll from this side.
To the north of Priyutnoye, the enemy’s company stronghold was hit by TOS fire.
In the Ugledar sector north of Nikolsky, an enemy reconnaissance group of up to seven militants attempted to approach the positions of our troops through a forest belt in the “gray zone”. During the advance, two militants were blown up by mines, the group was dispersed, and requested evacuation. The area was hit with mortar fire.
11:10 In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, units of the 25th Separate Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack the positions of Russian troops in the Novoselovsky area.
The artillery of the grouping inflicted a fire defeat, the losses of the enemy amounted to an infantry platoon, the DPR Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
11:05 Artemovsk (Bakhmut), Klescheevka at 11:00
The enemy does not abandon attempts to occupy the adjacent heights in the given operational direction. Yesterday, closer to the night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted an assault with up to a company. As a result, “they got hit by a heavy machine gun and 82mm mortars and were forced to roll back. Enemy losses amounted to two squads.
11:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 6, as of 11:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district):
- on st. 60 years of the USSR, a man born in 1951 was wounded near the Skazka store.
- men born in 1960 and 1966 were wounded near the Azotny market.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- Palace of Culture "Smolyanka" on the street. 60th anniversary of the USSR, 10 "a";
- shopping pavilion at the intersection of the street. 60th anniversary of the USSR and st. Somov;
- shop "Hercules-Milk" on the street. 60th anniversary of the USSR, 24 "a";
- shop "Miner's poultry farm" on the street. 60th anniversary of the USSR, 9 "a";
- st. 60th Anniversary of the USSR, 28 - apartment building.
Kirovsky district: - st. Tretyakova, 20 - a direct hit in a private residential building with subsequent ignition.
10:49 Open burning in the building of the Donetsk University of Economics and Trade, where a fire broke out after artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has been eliminated. This was reported in the Telegram channel of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
10:06 Situation in Zaporozhye direction at 10:00:
n.p. Rabotino - the enemy was preparing for an offensive from0600 hrs, at 0800 hrs he began to move and battles began. During the work of our artillery and ATGM operators, enemy armored groups and personnel were destroyed. Now there is silence, the mercenaries threw the wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into the field and left in pickup trucks.
n.p. Pyatikhatki - In the morning, the enemy drove up to the house where the command post was in two pickup trucks, waited until they came in and disassembled the artillery.
09:47 Reports Raccoon from Kherson: The enemy went on the attack in the area of Artemovsk
This morning near Berkhovka our paratroopers did not start with coffee. Early in the morning, from the side of the Berkhovsky reservoir, a convoy of Ukrainian vehicles consisting of four tanks and six armored vehicles was noticed, as a result of the work of our artillery and reconnaissance units, four tanks and five armored vehicles were destroyed. The rest left. All morning, the destruction of the remnants of the surviving enemy infantry, which fled to the landings, continued.
Now the enemy is trying to evacuate on two armored personnel carriers. We catch.
09:27 Consequences of night artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the Voroshilovsky district of Donetsk.
As a result of this shelling, the building of the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky received significant damage.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, in the course of fixing the consequences of the criminal actions of neo-Nazis, found fragments, presumably from the HIMARS MLRS with a cluster charge.
09:12 Urozhainoye, Vremevsky ledge:
In the morning the enemy threw into battle two motorized infantry platoons reinforced with tanks. Two attacks were repulsed by valiant warriors from the Far East.
09:05 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Aleshki nine rounds;
-- n.p. Cardashinka 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepne seven rounds;
-- n.p. Golaya Pristan eight rounds;
-- n.p. Gornostaevka 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Nova Zburyevka 10 rounds.
As a result of the artillery attack of the settlement Gornostaevka, two civilians were injured incompatible with life.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Solontsy, n.p. Aleshki, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:00 Far East warriors repulsed the second wave of the enemy attack in the Urozhaynoye area. The unfinished infantry of the Ukrainian formations are being finished off in the wooded areas.
08:55 The village of Azotny in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk came under fire from the Ukrainian troops, there are dead - the mayor of Donetsk, Alexei Kulemzin.
08:50 As a result of the night artillery attack of the center of Donetsk, there were destroyed ceilings and roofing throughout the area of the Donetsk National University of Economics and Trade named after M. Tugan-Baranovsky.
The fire, which broke out after the shelling, was localized only in the morning. In total, the fire engulfed the building over the entire area - about 3000 m².
08:48 Spetsnaz Archangel reports from the Zaporozhye direction:
8:18 - The enemy went on the offensive in small armored groups. Our art works, there are fights.
08:27 As a result of the evening artillery attack of Donetsk, which occurred the day before, a woman died in the courtyard of the house - the mayor of the city
08:25 A signalman from the ZVO connection with the call sign "Achilles" spoke aboutcombat everyday lifein the special operation zone and the importance of an extensive communication system.
The serviceman told how in combat conditions one has to change places of deployment, often go ahead of the main forces to work ahead of the curve, and also how interspecific brotherhood is felt in battle.
08:00 Consequences of the artillery attack of the Kievsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian militants using cluster munitions -photo.
07:50 Commander of an artillery platoon with the call sign "Tvertsa" told on the work of artillery in the NVO zone.
At the moment, his unit is located in the Kherson direction. The main task is the counter-battery fight and the destruction of the enemy landing force. In battle, the artilleryman had to confront Western weapons more than once, but our "gods of war" do their job perfectly well.
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[REGNUM] On Saturday, August 5, consultations were held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on a peaceful settlement of the crisis around Ukraine, preparations for which were preceded by a massive information campaign in the Western media. She was supposed to convince the world community that the meeting was aimed at creating a united front of the Global South and the West to support Ukraine.
However, the results of the event, which was attended by representatives of the United States, China, India, Brazil, Ukraine and more than 30 states, rather indicate the opposite. The Global South tried to convince the West of the need to find a formula for peace that would allow Moscow and Kyiv to sit down at the negotiating table.
PHANTOM HOPES
Even before the start of the Jeddah meeting, it became clear that the Kiev regime and its Western backers were trying to use it as a kind of PR stunt and began to present it in advance as an “anti-Russian summit”.
It was supposed to achieve an appropriate resonance in order to, in fact, neutralize the St. Petersburg Economic Forum held in Russia, where the presidents of Algeria and the United Arab Emirates were present, as well as the Russia-Africa summit, which was attended by 17 heads of state, along with other delegations. Now it was important for Ukraine and the West to show that they were supposedly able to reverse this trend and force the countries of the Global South to join one or another action to isolate Moscow.
This approach was actively rebroadcast by the Western media, so the impression could indeed be formed (it was formed, including by part of the Russian expert community), that the countries of the Global South were allegedly going to Jeddah to support the peace plan of Vladimir Zelensky . And the actions of Saudi Arabia, which organized the events, were actually interpreted as unfriendly towards Russia.
Therefore, in all his statements, Zelensky emphasized that delegations from 42 states were present at the meeting in Jeddah, which, in the opinion of the Ukrainian side, should indicate their support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian settlement plan.
In fact, this did not happen, and neither Kiev believed in the prospect of adopting the "10 points" of the peace plan, or, as it is called, the Ukrainian "peace formula" as the basis for a peaceful settlement, acceptable even for the states-leaders of the Global South, nor in other Western capitals. Although they tried to put a good face on a bad game.
In the end, following the meeting in Jeddah, the information background changed and instead of the “peace formula”, which was supposed to be the basis for the event, completely different comments were made. So, according to The Wall Street Journal, Ukraine no longer insisted on accepting the “10 points” proposed by Zelensky, the newspaper writes, citing a high-ranking European official.
CHINA PROPOSES ITS PLAN
The West and Ukraine, due to the lack of obvious progress, have made attempts to find other positive aspects of the outcome of the meeting, based on various "indirect signs" of success.
The arrival of the Chinese delegation, led by the PRC Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui , was played by the West and Ukraine as alleged evidence of Moscow's growing isolation. In particular, according to an unnamed French diplomat cited by Bloomberg, the PRC representative "did not repeat a single Russian argument at the Saudi meeting . " But, firstly, Beijing has never broadcast the Russian point of view, having its own position both regarding the conflict in Ukraine itself and its settlement. And secondly, such statements by Western diplomats indicate just the opposite, because no other evidence of "success" was presented.
At the same time, it was China who proposed in Jeddah to discuss the red lines of the Russian side and presented its 12-point peace plan. In particular, he proposes to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, abandon the Cold War mentality, stop hostilities, resume negotiations between Moscow and Kiev, and abandon anti-Russian sanctions.
As for other states of the Global South, including the organizers of the event in the person of Saudi Arabia, they, of course, also considered the consultations in Jeddah from a different angle than the countries of the West. Of course, they would not have become participants in this event in order to give themselves the opportunity to “convince” themselves of the need to adopt the “Zelensky plan” and as a sign of support for Ukraine.
The only thing that the participants eventually agreed to (and which was played by Ukraine and the West as their willingness to discuss the “peace formula”) was to create appropriate working groups to discuss three separate issues that were also present in the Ukrainian “plan”. They include global food security, nuclear security and the release of prisoners, while the conditions for the end of hostilities and those provisions that may find a negative response in Moscow are left out. Thus, the “peace formula” was essentially not considered at the meeting, although it was precisely this that was announced as the core aspect of the event.
Western media also stressed that all participants in the negotiations agreed that any peace agreement should be based on respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and the supremacy of the UN Charter. In this case, there was only a confirmation of the already known positions of the leaders of the Global South, voiced in their peace initiatives, including the Chinese one. But despite this, these states take a different approach to resolving the crisis in Ukraine than the West. This position was most clearly formulated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when he spoke of the need to achieve "a world without losers."
THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND RUSSIA'S INTERESTS
For their part, Saudi Arabian officials viewed Saturday's talks not as support for Ukraine and a show of agreement with the US position, but as evidence of its global influence and confirmation of its desire to diversify diplomatic partners, become the leading mediator and negotiator on the Ukrainian settlement. This, of course, requires Riyadh to maintain the current high level of relations with Moscow.
"These talks are a prime example of the success of Saudi Arabia's multipolar strategy of maintaining strong ties with Ukraine, Russia and China ," Saudi analyst Ali Shihabi , close to the government, told Le Mond.
In fact, according to the sources who took part in the event, it was in form a platform for the exchange of views, which the new leaders of the multipolar world were counting on.
Therefore, the meeting in Jeddah itself should not be seen solely as directed against the interests of Russia and in support of Ukraine. The leading states of the Global South themselves tried to convince Ukraine and the West to abandon the conditions that were initially impossible to fulfill and correct their position, and they obviously succeeded in this. In the future, this may make it possible to start a substantive dialogue with Russia as well.
At the same time, it should be borne in mind that Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and African countries also have their own options for a peace plan, which they are unlikely to give up in order to accept Zelensky’s “10 points,” as China has already done. Rather, we can talk about reducing to a common denominator all existing positions on a peaceful settlement.
This approach was also echoed by India, whose National Security Adviser Ajit Doval represented the country in Jeddah.
“Currently, several peace proposals have been put forward. Each of them has some positive points, but none is acceptable to both parties. The key issue to be resolved at the meeting is whether a solution can be found that is acceptable to all relevant stakeholders ,” said an Indian representative quoted by Hindustan Times.
Another BRICS member, Brazil, has also demonstrated that the new leaders of the multipolar world have proved immune to attempts to impose a Western vision of a solution to the Ukrainian crisis on them.
“This is not only a conflict between Russia and Ukraine. It is also a chapter in the long-standing rivalry between Russia and the West,” said Celso Amorim, adviser to the Brazilian president for international affairs, in a speech he delivered during the talks.
The representative of Brazil made his prepared remarks to emphasize that "any real negotiations must include all parties" , referring, of course, to Russia, according to a copy of his statement provided by AFP. “If we really want peace, we must involve Moscow in this [negotiation] process in one form or another ,” Amorim stressed. Thus, Brazil advocated that the Russian delegation could also take part in further events of a similar nature.
The meeting itself was closed to the media, which a correspondent for Saudi state television broadcasting from outside the venue attributed to the "delicacy" of the talks. Saudi Arabia and other leaders of the Global South were obviously trying to avoid any kind of speculation about their statements, which could be interpreted as a change in their position. This is how it was already presented by the Western media during the preparation of the event itself.
This aspect, and the fact that no final statement has been released, shows that the plans of Ukraine and the West, aimed at at least “stopping silence” in the Global South when it comes to “denouncing Russia”, have not come true. He again "keep quiet" about this, preferring to remain neutral.
[Regnum] Following the two-day meeting in Saudi Arabia in Jeddah, the participants came to the conclusion that the exchange of views and the search for a way to achieve peace in Ukraine will continue. This was reported by the Saudi agency SPA.
It is noted that international consultations and exchange of views on the conflict in Ukraine will continue. As a result, it is planned to develop a common position, which should help "pave the way to peace." At the same time, the views and proposals voiced at the meeting in Jeddah will be taken into account.
As IA Regnum reported, on August 5-6, negotiations were held in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. They invited representatives of about 30 states, but not Russia. Western countries planned to discuss ten points on the Ukrainian issue.
The next round of consultations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine may take place before the G20 summit, which will be held from September 9 to 10 in New Delhi, Bloomberg reported on August 6, citing a senior French Foreign Ministry official.
During the "peace conference" to resolve the Ukrainian conflict in Jeddah, a new peace plan was discussed, presented by the authorities of Saudi Arabia, DPA reports on August 6.
DPA: Saudi Arabia proposes new peace plan for Ukraine at talks in Jeddah
According to the newspaper, the plan provides for “preservation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine”, a complete ceasefire, the start of peace negotiations under UN supervision and the exchange of prisoners.
The authorities of Saudi Arabia informed the Kremlin about the progress of the talks in Jeddah, the publication also says.
As IA Regnum reported earlier, representatives of about 30 states, but not Russia, are participating in the negotiations in Jeddah. The participants intended to discuss food and energy security, the release of prisoners, the possibility of creating a war crimes tribunal, as well as the creation of “working groups” to discuss the points of the “formula” for resolving the conflict, proposed earlier by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that the conference in Jeddah would be of use if the audience understood the dead end of Zelensky's plan. Russia is ready for negotiations, subject to the fulfillment of all the requirements set before the start of the special operation, and subject to the recognition of new territorial realities - the return of four regions to Russia, the Foreign Ministry and the Kremlin noted earlier.
Any peace talks on the Ukrainian conflict will make sense only if Russia participates, as well as taking into account the historical context and current realities, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, noted on August 6 . There are currently no grounds for reaching an agreement with Ukraine to resolve the conflict, a special military operation will continue in the foreseeable future, said in turn the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
There are currently no grounds for reaching an agreement with Ukraine on the settlement of the conflict. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov
“There are no grounds for an agreement at the moment. We will continue the operation for the foreseeable future,” The New York Times quotes him as saying.
As IA Regnum reported , Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that negotiations on peace in Ukraine would have a chance of success only if a number of conditions are met, including Russia's participation in such negotiations, taking into account the historical context and current realities. This is how he commented on the “peace conference” on the Ukrainian conflict in Saudi Arabia, which is attended by representatives of a number of Western countries, but not by representatives of Russia.
On August 5–6, negotiations are being held in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Representatives of about 30 states, but not Russia, participate in them. The participants intend to discuss ten issues, including food and energy security, the release of prisoners, the possibility of creating a war crimes tribunal. It is proposed to create “working groups” to discuss the points of the “formula” for resolving the conflict, proposed earlier by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
China, in talks to resolve the conflict in Ukraine in the Saudi city of Jeddah, offered a way to take into account the "red lines" and concerns of Russia in the discussions, the Wall Street Journal writes on August 6, citing Western diplomats.
As noted in the material, the top leadership of Saudi Arabia and Ukraine persistently sought Beijing's participation in the negotiations. During the discussions in Jeddah, China again presented a 12-point peace plan.
China, as Russia's most important foreign ally, is playing a critical role in moving the talks forward and likely offers a way to reflect some of Moscow's red lines and concerns in discussions.
Chinese Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui met on the sidelines with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland, according to the newspaper, which cites the US official.
The details of the conversation are not specified.
As IA Regnum reported , on August 5-6, negotiations are being held in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. Representatives of about 30 states were invited to it, but not Russia. Western countries intend to discuss ten points on the Ukrainian issue. In particular, the focus will be on food and energy security, the release of prisoners, as well as the possibility of creating a war crimes tribunal.
It is also reported that the participants in the consultations will create working groups to discuss the points of the "formula" for resolving the conflict in Ukraine, which was proposed by the head of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky.
Negotiations on Ukraine in Saudi Jeddah are absolutely hopeless without the participation of Russia. This RIA Novosti said the senator from the Crimea Olga Kovitidi .
“Consultations without Russia are absolutely hopeless,” the politician believes.
At the same time, Kovitidi noted that the United States tried to assemble “something similar in Copenhagen” in June. But all attempts to create an anti-Russian coalition failed - "the State Department is not succeeding even today."
“The task of Washington is not a peaceful settlement, but the political compulsion of the participants to sign the prepared basic agreements with their own rules without Russia, but binding Russia,” the senator explained and stressed that the conference is another political scam and manipulation by the United States.
As IA Regnum reported , the meeting in Jeddah is scheduled for August 5-6. Representatives of about 30 states were invited to it, but not Russia.
Within two days, Western countries intend to discuss ten points on the Ukrainian issue. In particular, the focus will be on "food and energy security, the release of prisoners," as well as the possibility of creating a war crimes tribunal.
The Kremlin will follow the peace initiative of Saudi Arabia on the situation in Ukraine, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov . At the same time, the Russian authorities believe that the Kiev regime will not strive for peace as long as it is used as a tool in the war of the collective West against Russia.
Russia will be informed about the results of consultations on Ukraine in Jeddah.
Russian diplomats themselves are skeptical about the event.
Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Andriy Klimov said that Washington needs a meeting in Jeddah, as the White House wants to correct the mistake it made when it scrolled Ukrainian history only within the framework of NATO and the EU.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Photos of the damage to the bridge can be seen at the link.
[ColonelCassad] The enemy, after powerful nighttime missile strikes by the RF Armed Forces, responded with strikes on the Chongar bridge.
As a result, I made holes in the bridge, one of the spans + the adjacent gas pipeline was damaged. 1 or 2 rockets fell side by side.
Repairs will take some time, traffic on the damaged bridge has been temporarily suspended, and work is also underway to restore gas supply to a nearby population where gas has disappeared.
It looks like there were no casualties. The bridge is likely to be launched again by September or earlier. To completely block it ala Antonovsky bridge, the enemy will have to repeat such attacks much more often, since HIMARS do not shoot to the bridge, and the cost of Storm Shadow or SCALP EG is about 2.5 million dollars a piece, with a limited number of such missiles. The main thing is to work out the process of sealing current and potential holes in the spans.
Of course, the temporary suspension of traffic on the Chongarsky bridge will increase the travel time from Crimea to the same Melitopol by about 1.5-2 hours.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
