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22:10 Poland is deploying additional groups on the border with Belarus and continues to build up its military presence there due to the deployment of Wagner PMC mercenaries on the territory of a neighboring state. The new task force Podlasie will operate as part of the Rengav special operation. More details - in the material Poland restrains Wagner.
21:44 As a result of a Russian missile attack on the night of August 14, about ten blocks of historical buildings were damaged in the center of Odessa, the Ministry of Culture said. In particular, the production buildings of the Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theater were damaged. In addition, about 30 monuments of cultural heritage were partially destroyed, including the hostel of the Odessa College of Arts. Dankevich, Museum of the Ukrainian Book of the Odessa Universal Scientific Library. Grushevsky and five academic buildings of the Pedagogical University named after. Ushinsky.
20:49 Zelensky said in an evening video message that today, during a visit to the Donetsk region, he talked with the commanders of brigades and battalions about their front-line needs: "These were detailed, frank conversations about our offensive actions, about deliveries to the troops, about the capabilities of commanders, about what these capabilities are now and what they should be Weapons and scarce ammunition Repair of equipment An acute issue is transport for the evacuation of the wounded and the time of evacuation Drones are what the enemy uses: Lancets, Eagles - and what our soldiers need , from Moviks to every other drone system."
Also among the important topics, according to the president, is how commanders can manage personnel: "Motivation of soldiers, training of fighters, staffing of units. There are a lot of problems due to poor quality work of the VLK. We will prepare solutions."
20:16 In the coming months, Romania intends to double the volume of transit of Ukrainian grain to its main Black Sea port of Constanta to 4 million tons per month, including through the Danube, the country's Ministry of Transport said.
19:40 "Tribunal" in the "DNR" sentenced to 25 years Azov fighter Andrei Bogdan, who allegedly shot a "prisoned militiaman" during the fighting in Mariupol, Russian media reported.
18:57 The German government plans annual military support for Ukraine in the amount of 5 billion euros until 2027, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said. At the same time, he added that the decision still needs to be approved by Parliament. In addition to the military component, the aid includes humanitarian support, including the accommodation of displaced persons. Lindner noted that since the beginning of the full-scale war, Germany's assistance to Ukraine has reached 22 billion euros.
18:22 Zelensky said that today he is on a working trip in the Donetsk region , visited the headquarters of the brigades that are conducting an offensive in the zone of responsibility of the Soledar operational-tactical group. In particular, the president visited the command posts of eight different brigades, listened to reports and discussed problematic issues with brigade commanders and battalion commanders.
17:56 The United States announced the provision of a new $200 million military aid package to Ukraine. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the new package is provided through the Presidential Drawdown Authority mechanism, which allows weapons to be transferred from US stockpiles. The package will include:
additional ammunition for the Patriot and HIMARS systems, 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells, as well as 120 mm tank ammunition;
TOW missiles, Javelin anti-tank systems and others;
37 tactical vehicles for transporting equipment, 58 trailers for water equipment;
more than 12 million small arms cartridges;
demining equipment and systems, projectiles for clearing obstacles and spare parts for equipment repair.
17:08 Ukraine will receive the CORTEX Typhon C-UAS anti-drone system from Norway, the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace said.
17:05 The Department of Strategic Communications of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (StratCom) confirmed that today at about 11:00 the Defense Forces hit the command post of the Russian troops, located in the Volna sanatorium in the village of Yuryevka near Mariupol.
16:56 After the activation of Russian troops in the Kupyansky and Limansky directions, the Defense Forces managed to prevent the advance of the enemy and significantly reduced its offensive potential, Anna Malyar said. According to her, a certain decrease in the number of shelling is now recorded in the East - the enemy is regrouping and trying to restore lost opportunities.
The situation in the Kupyansky and Limansky directions is complicated - the Russian Federation is constantly attacking. In the Kupyansky direction, the enemy is increasing the density of minefields along the border in the Belgorod region, in the Limansky direction, it continues assault operations in order to oust the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Serebryansky forest area of the Donetsk region, but to no avail. Heavy fighting is going on in the Bakhmut direction.
In the South, the Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, there are battles. In the direction of Urozhaynoye, to the south and southeast of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, they were successful, and they are gaining a foothold on the achieved lines. The defense forces of the Taurida direction continue the liberation of the settlement. Harvest.
16:18 Russia declares its intention to create a number of new military formations and restore the combat capability of its army, but without mass mobilization it will not succeed, said Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. According to him, the Kremlin has been preparing for the announcement of mass mobilization for a long time.
At the same time, Skibitsky noted that about 70% of the Russian population supports the continuation of the war against Ukraine: "But this is such kitchen-sofa support - there are few people who want to go to the trenches and look for death on the battlefield in Ukraine."
15:37 For the first time since the beginning of the war, a passenger plane flew through the territory of Ukraine. Turkish airline BBN Airlines reported that on July 25, its Airbus A320-200 charter aircraft on an Oslo-Antalya flight deviated from the route due to an impending storm and ended up in a closed sky over Ukraine. From Hungary, the plane flew for a considerable time into the southwestern regions of Ukraine, and then left for Romania. The airline promised to "actively take measures to prevent such incidents."
15:03 The Russians fired on the village. Bugaevka, Chuguevsky district, Kharkiv region - two people were injured, including a 14-year-old teenager. Also, during the shelling, several fragments hit the ambulance, the medical team was not injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
14:45 Israel will transfer several tons of medicines to Ukraine in the coming days, Israeli Ambassador to Kiev Michael Brodsky said.
14:22 The Russians fired on the village of Kazachya Lopan, Kharkiv region - one person was killed, two were injured, the OVA reported. In addition, two people were wounded as a result of enemy shelling of the village of Podoli, Kupyansky district. In Izyum, one person was admitted to the hospital in the morning, wounded at night.
14:16 The so-called occupation "government" of the Kherson region is planned to be moved from the Arabat Spit to the Crimea, deputy of the Kherson regional council Sergei Khlan said.
14:01 The Russian landing force stopped and landed on a foreign cargo ship moving to Ukraine. Moreover, the incident took place in the territorial waters of Turkey. Everything that is known about him is in the material Russian attack on a Turkish ship .
13:18 The court sentenced to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property, the former first deputy head of the Special Operations Center "A" of the SBU, Major General Valery Shaitanov, for treason and attempted terrorist act in the interests of the Russian Federation, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
Prosecutors proved in court that Major General of the SBU collected information constituting state secrets and passed it on to representatives of the Russian Federation. He also planned the assassination of a major of the Armed Forces of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, who, since February 2015, during the war in eastern Ukraine, led the International Peacekeeping Battalion named after Dzhokhar Dudayev.
12:29 No one has ever ruled out the possibility of a second enemy attack on Kiev, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Naev in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "We understand that enemy intentions depend only on the decisions of the top political leadership of the Russian Federation. Considering the above, such a possibility exists, but as of now it is not backed up by forces and means, but this does not mean that it cannot happen in the future."
Naev assured that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are doing everything to increase the ability to prevent successful hostile actions in the Kiev direction. "Given that the enemy may do this in the future, we involve the heads of the UVA and other components of the defense and security forces in this work," he added.
12:07 Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko, announced a strike on the Russian base in Yuryevka. The occupiers were stationed in the Volna camp, "the number goes to dozens," he added. An explosion was also heard from Yuryevka / Yalta, the consequences are being specified.
11:32 In Poland, they arrested two Russians who put up leaflets with a call to join Wagner PMCs on the streets of Krakow and Warsaw, the country's Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. They are accused of espionage.
10:50 Poland will buy 1,000 modern K2 tanks from South Korea, Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. The first 180 vehicles are to be delivered by 2025. Blaszczak said that Poland is building the strongest land army in Europe.
10:37 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the provocative actions of the Russian Federation in the Black Sea against the Turkish dry cargo ship Sukru Okan and called on the international community to take decisive measures to prevent Moscow's actions that impede the peaceful passage of ships in the Black Sea.
Kyiv emphasizes that the Russian Navy grossly violated the UN Charter, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and other norms of international law. "Russia should be deprived of the ability to block international routes in the Black Sea, in particular to Ukrainian seaports. In this regard, Ukraine calls on partners to step up efforts to keep the Black Sea Grain Initiative functioning," the statement said.
10:16 One of Putin's closest friends, Arkady Rotenberg, has his own PMC Convoy, which is fighting in Ukraine, the Dossier Center reports. According to him, in the month and a half of autumn 2022 alone, 437.5 million rubles were spent on its financing. The PMC is led by the former right hand of Prigozhin, Colonel Konstantin Pikalov with the call sign Mazai.
PMC Convoy has a base in the Crimea near the village of Perevalnoye. Mercenaries are recruited through social media ads. There are only two requirements: to be a man and under 60 years old, they pay 200-300 thousand rubles a month. Now there are about 400 people in the PMC who are on combat duty in the Kherson region.
09:57 Putin will visit Turkey in the coming days, the Turkish newspaper Milliyet writes, citing sources. This will be his first visit to a NATO country since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to the publication, on the eve of the visit, Ankara stepped up negotiations with Ukraine, the United States and EU countries to restart the grain agreement.
09:31 "Head" of the occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that at the federal level he initiates changes to laws to tighten responsibility for the dissemination of personnel for the work of military facilities, air defense and the results of "terrorist attacks in Kiev."
08:58 Over the past week, the defense forces have liberated 3 sq. km in the Bakhmut direction, said Anna Malyar. According to her, in total, 40 square meters have already been liberated on the southern flank of the Bakhmut direction. km of territory. This week the enemy tried to regain lost positions in the areas west of Kleshcheevka, Andreevka and Kurdyumovka.
08:49 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, two people were injured, in Kharkiv - also two. In the Zaporozhye region, two people died as a result of a missile attack on Stepnoye, and another was injured, according to the IVA.
08:42 The Russians fired at the residential areas of Kherson at night, three people were injured, the head of the OVA Alexander Prokudin said. During the day on August 13, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, seven people were killed, including two children, and another 13 people were injured.
08:37 The Ukrainian military had success in Urozhayne on the southern front, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had "certain successes" south and southeast of Staromayorsky. In addition, Malyar confirmed that the Ukrainian military successfully completed tasks on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region: "There were certain tasks carried out by certain units. Of course, we cannot disclose what exactly was done, but we coped with these tasks."
08:25 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 14:
personnel - about 254,380 (+530) people liquidated,
tanks - 4306 (+8),
armored combat vehicles - 8354 (+19),
artillery systems - 5099 (+27),
MLRS - 714 (+1),
air defense systems - 479 (+2),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 313 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4213 (+9),
cruise missiles - 1379 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7562 (+19),
special equipment - 766 (+6).
08:11 On the night of August 14, the enemy launched several waves of attacks with strike drones and Caliber cruise missiles, the Air Force command reported. UAVs attacked from the southeast direction (Primorsko-Akhtarsk), Caliber - from the Black Sea (an enemy frigate in the Yalta region). In total, the enemy used 15 Shahed-136/131 attack drones and eight Caliber missiles - all of them were destroyed. In addition, this morning in the Bakhmut direction, an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Air Force destroyed an enemy helicopter (the type is being specified).
07:58 Over the past day, 33 combat clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . Thus, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the areas of Andreevka and Kleshcheevka of the Donetsk region, in the regions west of Staromayorsky, Donetsk region, and east of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas southeast of Andreevka, Lugansk region. In the Avdiivka direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to hold back the offensive of Russian troops in the Avdiivka area of the Donetsk region, in the Maryinsky direction - in the Maryinka area. The defense forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
06:01 The enemy attacked the Odessa region three times at night, the Defense Forces of the south of Ukraine report. Two waves of shock drones with a total of 15 pieces and eight sea-based Caliber missiles were recorded. All attacks were repulsed by the air defense forces. As a result of the fall of debris in the center of Odessa, a hostel of one of the educational institutions and a supermarket were damaged. The blast wave shattered windows in several buildings, damaged balconies and cars parked nearby. Fires broke out at two sites. It is preliminary known about three affected employees of the supermarket.
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[RIA] Military exercises of the North Atlantic Alliance consisting of two and a half hundred soldiers from Luxembourg (yes, as it turned out, there is also an army there) and France will start today at the Romanian Babadag training ground.
The goal of any maneuvers is not only to improve combat coordination, but also to impress a potential enemy, that is, the Russian army. The second in terms of firepower and combat capability in the world, as the specialized publication recently reported.
And if Luxembourg is intrusively challenging us with a military challenge, it's time to look at how NATO's policy in Europe looks in principle today.
About how the NATO authorities bluffed, promising "not to expand to the East", is well known. Back then, a bluff was required to mislead a potential strategic adversary. But it turned out that the tactics of a petty gambler today are also used by NATO in relations with those countries that the organization seems to support, which it helps and which, as naive people believed, it could defend from "villain dictators" or would protect from "aggressive Russian bear."
Although Luxembourg plays the first violin in the NATO maneuvers in Romania that have begun (not a joke), this is decorum. They join NATO to hide behind the United States . And that's all Washington needs. Complete control over those nailed under the umbrella - and ruthlessness to those who want to join. This was reminded by Jeffrey Sachs, once the favorite of the entire globalist elite, who has now become a pariah, because the economics professor burns in such a way that no one seems a little.
Sacks said that, firstly, "the United States considers Ukraine its trophy," but did not stop there, adding that they intend to turn it "into a second Afghanistan." A trophy or not a trophy is not so interesting, since it has been obvious to us for the last fifteen years, but about "European Afghanistan" - the thesis is not without interest.
And, for all the unexpectedness of the analogy, it is quite accurate, albeit sharp.
We remember the events 22 years ago, when the coalition went to Afghanistan put things in order (about the reason and the reason - another time), dragging him by force to a democratic paradise. The methods of democratization - carpet bombing and intense shelling - were incredibly bloody. The Americans behaved like lawless people, firing missiles when they wanted, where they wanted, and at those they wanted. A wedding, a village holiday, a procession - it never mattered.
After all, they were shooting at those who are non-Americans and non-Europeans, whose lives do not matter at all. And it did not play any role that citizens and women loyal to the Westerners became both collateral losses and victims of friendly fire. By the way, we saw them when they grabbed the chassis of the NATO sides, on which the military from, as they say, the most powerful armies in the world, gave a tear from the Kabul airport exactly two years ago.
Twenty years of coercion to progress and Western "values" turned into chaos and a complete military-political fiasco. The government, which lived on Western money, with what it could not squander, managed to fuss, evacuating with suitcases of banknotes. Shameful ending - because the enemy was underestimated.
In the event of the current crisis (and here the words of Sachs are more than fair), America and its European landsknechts, to which Ukraine also considers itself, exactly the same thing happened. As if the program was frozen in a long-standing matrix: underestimation of the potential of the enemy, this time - Russia. The same contempt for Russian society and its ideals, and as a result - a chain of defeats. Both political and military. Both in the economy and on the battlefield.
Sooner rather than later (the electoral calendar neither in America nor in the EU can be changed by a proxy war with us), NATO will have to run away from Ukraine. Abandoning Leopards, Bradleys, Abrams and Patriots. The last thing the Westerners will think about when leaving Ukraine, that is, depriving it of financial and military support, is about a country that is foreign to them. Which, as a result of their dirty adventurism, arrogantly called "geopolitics", will be destroyed. And left alone. In a clean, as they say, field.
A second Afghanistan is practically at the door of NATO with all the trappings of defeat that Russia has repeatedly warned about, without saying "Afghanistan" out of nobility and a certain empathy, so as not to cause another bout of post-traumatic syndrome. At the same time, of course, it was clear that the interlocutors were playing with marked cards and, most importantly, bluffing, saying that this was "according to the rules." But, as you know, the curls of these unlucky players managed to become familiar in a few years. The gamblers were not beaten. They were answered with deeds, noticing that the bluff was seen through, and leaving curly NATO no choice but to run, entrusting the defense of the flanks to the military from Luxembourg.
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:00 JCCC: Fire was detected from the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Kurakhovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired. 21:28 The number of civilians injured as a result of the shelling of the village of Kremenets in the Donetsk People's Republic by Ukrainian troops has grown to four, reported intelegram channels Mayor of Donetsk Aleksey Kulemzin.
“Another resident of the village of Kremenets, born in 1961, was taken to a medical facility with shrapnel wounds,” Kulemzin wrote.
20:03 Ukrainian troops fired six 155mm NATO caliber shells at Makeevka and Gorlovka, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported intelegramdepartmental channel.
“The shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:
16.15 - the settlement of Dzerzhinsk - the settlement of Gorlovka (Kalinin district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired;
17.50 - the settlement of Orlovka - the settlement of Makeevka (Chervonogvardeisky district): three shells of 155 mm caliber were fired, ”the message says.
19:33 Personnel destruction of an enemy battery of S-300 air defense systems in the Nikolaev region
After a projectile hit the installation and detonation of the BC, one of the missiles of the complex spontaneously flew up.
18:36 In the zone of the NMD, the commander of the reconnaissance detachment of the national battalion "Kyiv Rus"* Petr Korsak was eliminated. A native of Lviv became a participant in the hostilities in the Donbass immediately after the “Maidan”. With the beginning of the SVO, he again returned to the ranks of the Ukrainian national formations.
Also, in the Kupyansk direction, a major from the presidential brigade of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Tsyb, was eliminated.
18:10 Three civilians were injured as a result of the shelling of the village of Kremenets and the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops, reported intelegram channels Mayor of the administrative center of the DPR Aleksey Kulemzin.
“As a result of the barbaric shelling of the territory of our city by the Nazis, civilians are again suffering. In the village of Kremenets, along Oktyabrskaya Street, a woman born in 1963 and a man born in 1959 were wounded. In the Kuibyshev region, a man born in 1944 was wounded in the courtyard of a house on Rustaveli Street,” the mayor wrote.
17:37 Servicemen of the Lugansk 2nd Army Corps of the Southern Group of Forces near Belogorovka in the Lugansk People's Republic captured six paratroopers of the 81st Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a representative of the corps told RIA Novosti on Monday.
17:03 The child was injured as a result of the shelling of Yuryevka with long-range missiles by Ukrainian troops, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC) reported.
“On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC on August 14, as of 16:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic: the settlement of Yuryevka, a child was injured - a boy born in 2017,” the representative office said in a telegram channel.
15:57 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a sea-based high-precision long-range weapon at the places of production and storage of unmanned boats of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
🔹The goal of the high-precision strike of the RF Armed Forces has been achieved, all designated targets have been hit;
🔹For the first time, an Alakran mortar made in Spain was destroyed in the special operation zone;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled six attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Donetsk in a day;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 150 fighters and 2 tanks in the Donetsk direction in a day;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled 6 attacks and counterattacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kupyansk direction, destroyed up to 65 enemy servicemen;
🔹The RF Armed Forces hit a battery of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system in the Zeleny Guy area;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost up to 240 fighters in the Yuzhno-Donetsk direction per day;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoliman direction, destroyed up to 90 enemy servicemen;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye direction repelled two attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and destroyed the enemy reconnaissance group in a day;
🔹Russian air defense intercepted two HIMARS shells per day, destroyed 28 Ukrainian drones;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 50 soldiers, a tank, an M777 artillery system, a CEZAR self-propelled gun and a Krab gun mount in a day in the Zaporozhye direction.
15:57 Local sources report explosions in Kyiv, no air raid alert
14:30 Ukrainian troops fired two 155mm cluster shells from "NATO" artillery in the Kyiv and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, reported in telegram channels representation of the DPR in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine (JCCC).
13:34 Air defense forces destroyed six strike drones that tried to attack objects in the Kursk region, RIA Novosti reports citing a source in emergency services
13:34 Supreme Council of the Russian Federation continue to destroy the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk direction
12:34 Statementshead of the press center of the West group. Main:
🔹In order to restore the lost positions in the Kupyansky direction, the enemy during the day carried out six counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized and 95th Separate Airborne Brigades against our positions in the area of the settlements of Sin'kovka and the forest of Usy.
🔹In addition, during the fighting, the assault groups of the 6th Combined Arms Army captured three strongholds, three observation posts and defeated an infantry platoon in the area of the village of Olshana.
🔹In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, the enemy carried out two attacks on the positions of our troops by assault groups of the 32nd and 44th Separate Mechanized Brigades.
11:19 Air defense repelled the Ukrainian attack on Berdyansk, all missiles were shot down, the operational services of the Zaporozhye region told reporters.
“At 9:30 am, militants of the terrorist Kyiv regime tried to launch a missile attack on Berdyansk. The air defense system of the Russian Armed Forces has successfully worked out. All missiles have been shot down. There are no victims and injured, as well as no damage, ”said the representative of the department.
11:18 A ten-year-old girl was injured on Sunday in Belgorod during an attack by a Ukrainian drone, she will undergo an operation in the near future, reported RIA Novosti chief physician of the children's regional hospital Andrey Tulinov.
On Sunday evening, a drone crashed into the facade of a multi-storey building in Belgorod. After the explosion, the tiles of the ventilated facade on the level from the 7th to the 13th floor fell. Windows were broken in five apartments, and 16 cars were also damaged. According to the examination of specialists, the supporting structures of the house were not damaged.
“I confirm the fact of the presence of a girl, but I cannot provide you with a diagnosis,” the doctor answered the question of whether a 10-year-old girl who suffered from a drone explosion was admitted to the hospital. He added that the child's condition is assessed as moderate, she will soon be sent to the operating room.
10:16 Ukrainian troops on Monday morning shelled the regions of Donetsk and Gorlovka, firing a total of 16 shells of the "NATO" caliber of 155mm, the DPR representative office at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported intelegram channels.
“The shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the direction:
08:30 (coincides with Moscow time) - the settlement of Galitsinovka - the city of Donetsk (Kiev district): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired ...
08:20 - the settlement of Kleban-Byk - the settlement Gorlovka (Central City District): three shells of 155mm caliber were fired,” the report says.
09:33 In Odessa, air defense destroyed the Fozzy shopping center. Curved rockets and crooked hands continue their work. For some reason, the “heroes” did not report this on the Internet, but we will correct the unfortunate omission -video
09:32 This night our army inflicted a powerful missile attack on Odessa and the region using cruise missiles "Caliber" and UAV "Geran". More than 10 arrivals at enemy military facilities.
In Zaporozhye, a powerful blow was also dealt with the use of the Iskander OTRK on enemy clusters.
08:15 Footage of night strikes on Odessa (video from the channel “Typical Odessa”) —video
08:10 A skilled Ukrainian drove the "Leopard" into the pit. The Russian UAV operator decided to help him with the help of the Lancet - it was not possible to pull out the car, but everyone is satisfied with the work -video
#1
Looks like the sanctions and Putin's war are finally causing unavoidable problems. Good:
https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1691408841748189184
These Russians, they just beg to be taken care of. Why not overthrow your government that steals from you and lives like King Midas instead of begging from them to get what is rightfully yours?
Another school hit far from the front. There's gonna be a whole lot of Russians executed inside Russia in the next decade by Ukraine patriots and Russia can do nothing to stop it.
Translation note: One of the peculiarities of the Russian alphabet is the use of the soft sign, a letter that has no purpose other than to show the letter that precedes it must be iotated in speech.
(Iotated, sometimes known as jotated, means to express the consonant that precedes the soft sign with a subtle musical-like vocal lilt.
Google Translate ignores the soft sign, probably since it is not a for-speech translation, but in translation, the proper way of translating a soft sign which appears in the middle of a word is to denote it with an apostrophe. In two instances I will be denoting the presence of a soft sign with an apostrophe. I won't be able to catch every instance of the soft sign, but when I do, you will see an apostrophe in the middle of a word.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/14/2023 to 00:00 08/15/2023
Over the past 24 hours, the Representation reported 41 instances of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the wounding of seven civilians, incl. child born in 2017 in Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk and Yuryevka.
Five residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, Staromikhaylovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of seven settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Kalininsky, Nikitovsky districts), Golmovsky, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts), Staromikhaylovka, Yurievka.
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 32 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 7 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.
On Yasinovatsky one artillery attack from 155mm artillery.
At Mariupol one long-range missiles fired.
Having fired 121 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 74 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
23:30 Russian fighters destroyed three strongholds and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Urozhayny area.
21:12 Russian servicemen destroyed battery of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Mykolaiv region
19:33 I will note the next successes of the military personnel of the Southern Group of Forces, who competently sort out the positions of paratroopers from the 81 Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovka area, but also very often return to their location with "guests".
In the video, a group of paratroopers of the 81st detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thrown to the meat by the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, conveying fiery greetings to their command -video
19:31 Statement by the head of the press center of the group "South" -video
Su-34 fighter-bombers of the "Southern" group of forces inflicted damage with guided munitions at two points of temporary deployment of the 3rd Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the settlement of Belaya Gora, and also delivered a missile and bomb strike at a point of temporary deployment, an ammunition depot and two areas of concentration of weapons and military equipment of Ukrainian 110 Separate Mechanized Brigade in Avdievka.
In addition, assault and army aviation hit the manpower and armored vehicles of the attacking enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Bogdanovka, Kleshchievka, Andreevka, Belogorovka, Krasnogorovka and Controversial.
During the counterbattery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed two 120mm mortars with crews of Ukrainian troops at combat positions near Verkhnekamenskoye and Krasnogorovka.
18:33 During a powerful counterattack, the Russian army knocked out enemy from Kleshcheevka
On the southern flank of Artyomovsk, our troops launched an offensive operation yesterday, a fragment of it was captured on footage where tankers and the 3rd motorized rifle battalion of the 85th Brigade break through to the trenches and destroy the enemy.
Tanks T-90M "Breakthrough" and BMP-3 with troops unexpectedly broke into enemy positions.
The artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine woke up only at the end of the battle, before the departure of our armored group, because the Armed Forces of Ukraine could not damage our equipment.
Also, from the other flank, our paratroopers, BARS fighters and fighters of the 4th Brigade of the LPR hit the southern and southwestern parts of Kleshcheevka.
The enemy left many corpses of his colleagues in the trenches, some of the survivors were captured, some fled from Kleshcheevka.
In fierce battles, Russian troops continue to regain the initiative in this sector of the front.
18:25 Exclusive footage from the Zaporozhye front, or rather the sky -video
Our bombers send a couple of gifts in the form of a FAB-500 from the UMPC to the Khokhls in Novodanilovka, from where they continue to climb on Rabotino.
17:50 Long-range aviation aircraft performed scheduled flights in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic, Barents, Norwegian, East Siberian, Chukchi, Beaufort seas and the Arctic Ocean -video
The event involved Tu-160 and Tu-95ms strategic missile carriers, as well as Tu-22m3 long-range bombers. The longest flight was over seven hours.
Fighter escort was provided by the crews of the Su-35s, Su-27, MiG-31 aircraft of the Aerospace Forces and Naval Aviation of the Navy.
“All flights were carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace,” said the commander of long-range aviation, Lieutenant General Sergei Kobylash.
"Long-range aviation pilots regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the North Atlantic, the Black and Baltic Seas, and the Pacific Ocean," he stressed.
17:44 Zaporozhye front. August 14, 16:30, Front Bird reports:
Artillery from both sides works almost without a break.
Drones are operating over the entire line of clashes from both sides.
All this is covered by electronic warfare systems, so if the operator of the bird is not skilled or has no proper experience, then the bird can be lost almost immediately.
16:25 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress holding special military operation (as of August 14, 2023)
Tonight, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a group strike with sea-based long-range precision weapons at the places of production and storage of unmanned boats used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for terrorist attacks.
The target has been reached. All assigned objects are hit.
In the Kupyansk direction, as a result of army aviation strikes and artillery fire, the courageous actions of the units of the "Western" group of troops, six attacks and counterattacks of the enemy were successfully repelled, in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoye of the Lugansk People's Republic, Pershotravneve, Sin'kovka and the Man'kovka tract of the Kharkov region.
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction amounted to up to 65 military personnel, three armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, a Panzerhaubitze-2000 self-propelled artillery mount made in Germany, two Krab self-propelled artillery mounts made in Poland, a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, as well as howitzers 152mm "Msta-B" and 122mm D-30.
In the Donetsk direction, active and coordinated actions of the units of the "Southern" group of forces, with the support of assault and army aviation, successfully repelled six attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Belogorovka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Vodiane, Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the enemy amounted to up to 150 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored fighting vehicles, five vehicles, as well as howitzers: FH-70 made in Great Britain and 152mm MSTA-B.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 53rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the settlement of Avdievka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
In the Krasnolimansky direction, the professional actions of units of the Center group of troops, air strikes and artillery fire repulsed two attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Chervonaya Dibrova settlement of the Luhansk People's Republic per day.
The total losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to 90 servicemen, three armored combat vehicles and two pickup trucks.
In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok grouping of troops, strikes by operational-tactical aviation, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems defeated enemy units in the areas of the settlements of Urozhainoe and Staromayorskoe of the Donetsk People's Republic.
As a result of the fighting, up to 240 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, two US-made M777 artillery systems, as well as a French-made Cezar self-propelled artillery mount were destroyed.
In the Zaporizhia direction, during the day, units of the Russian group of troops, with the support of artillery, in the area of the settlement of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, repelled two enemy attacks, and also suppressed the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group.
The losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine amounted to more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles, three vehicles, the US-made M777 artillery system, the French-made Cezar self-propelled artillery mount, and the Polish-made Krab self-propelled artillery mount.
In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage during the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, three cars, as well as an Alacran self-propelled mortar made in Spain.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of the groupings of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted defeat on enemy manpower and military equipment in 152 districts.
Besides, near the settlement Zeleny Gay of the Nikolaev area the battery of an anti-aircraft missile system S-300 is struck.
Air defense systems intercepted two HIMARS multiple rocket launchers.
In addition, twenty-eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Verkhnekamenka of the Luhansk People's Republic, Donetsk, Gorlovka, Yegorovka, Komsomolsky, Volodino of the Donetsk People's Republic, Tavolzhanka of the Kharkiv region, Peremozhne, Pologa, Kopani and Ocherevatoe of the Zaporozhye region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 458 aircraft, 246 helicopters, 5,736 unmanned aerial vehicles, 430 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,291 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,144 multiple rocket launcher combat vehicles, 5,877 field artillery pieces and mortars, as well as 12,225 units of special military vehicles.
16:23 It is reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine throw reserves near Kupyansk - this is precisely the reason for their decrease in activity in the Artemovsk-Bakhmut area.
15:36 I will note the next successes of the military personnel of the Southern Group of Forces, who competently sort out the positions of paratroopers from the 81 Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Belogorovka area, but also very often return to their location with "guests". In the video, a group of paratroopers of the 81st detachment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thrown to the meat by the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, conveying fiery greetings to their command -video
15:34 A homing system for kamikaze drones of the Gadfly family based on a neural network was created in Russia - the head of the project team -video
The system allows you to attack both static and dynamic targets, the accuracy of its application is about 90%. It has already been tested and, according to the developer, will soon be tested in the special operation zone
14:50 Shoigu was shown a modernized combat helicopter Mi-28NM -video
14:46 In Zaporozhye found new weapon cache
The police, together with colleagues from the National Guard, discovered a cache of ammunition in the Berdyansk district of the Zaporozhye region.
A wooden box with ammunition was found near the village of Dmitrovka.
When checking law enforcement officers found more than 400 rounds of various calibers and 16 grenades.
13:28 Another missile attack of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Berdyansk
Today at 9.30 Ukrainian terrorists tried to launch a missile attack on the city of Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region.
The air defense system of the Russian Armed Forces has successfully worked out. All missiles have been shot down.
There were no casualties and no damage.
13:25 The Tor-M2 air defense system of the Western group of troops guarding the sky in the Kupyansk direction -video
“Performed a combat mission directly in front of the nose of the enemy. We left almost at the forefront. Completed the task, worked. The enemy, of course, did not expect such impudence from us. He began to work on us with artillery, mortars. We completed our task and departed from there. The enemy, of course, was shocked. Most likely, it was such a demoralizing factor for him…,” said the head of the crew with the call sign “Kazakh”.
12:19 DPR Supreme Court sentenced to life imprisonment in a special regime colony for the Azov militant, who filmed his crimes on camera.
According to the Russian Investigative Committee, senior soldier Nikolai Kushch served as a correspondent for the information service.
In April 2022, a militant spotted a DPR serviceman and opened fire on him. As a result, the man was seriously injured. Kusch violated international norms and finished him off with a shot in the head.
After some time, a video of his crime was published in one of the Telegram channels, of which Kusch was a correspondent.
12:18 In the morning, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired upon Korsunku - a school building was damaged by rounds
As a result of the morning artillery attack by the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the school building was damaged by the arrival of rounds - destruction was recorded on the second floor.
In addition, the roof of one of the buildings on the territory of the Korsun Mother of God Monastery was destroyed. There were six arrivals in total, there were no victims, the administration of the Novokakhovka district reported.
11:36 Urozhaynoye, the situation on the morning of 08/14/23:
The village is actually divided into two parts. The southern part is under us, the northern part is under the fascist. There are fierce battles for the center of the settlement.
11:32 SU-25 “Rooks” of the O group launched missile attacks on enemy positions -video
A pair of Su-25SM aircraft delivered missile strikes against the accumulation of manpower and firepower of the enemy. Having hit the target, the pilots performed an anti-missile maneuver and returned to their base airfield.
“The profession of a military pilot has been a dream for me since childhood. Got it. I fly, I perform tasks,” the pilot with the call sign “Horse” shared.
10:30 Official summary of Representative offices of the DPR in the JCCC from 00:00 08/13/2023 to 00:00 08/14/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 74 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the death of two civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Zaitsevo.
Wounds of varying severity were received by five civilians in the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk and Zaitsevo.
Six residential buildings were damaged in Petrovsky, Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts of Donetsk, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Central City, Nikitovsky, Kalininsky districts), Ozeryanovka, Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts ).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 45 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.
On Gorlovsky 24 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky five artillery attack from MLRS, artillery 155mm, incl. with a cluster warhead.
Having fired 254 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 46 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
10:29 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from barrel artillery:
-- on the settlement of Alyoshki 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Salt licks 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Kazachi Lagery 16 rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepne nine rounds.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Alyoshki, n.p. Kazachi Lagery firing a total of 30 barreled artillery rounds.
Civilian casualties and infrastructure destruction to be confirmed
09:27 Well-coordinated work -video
On the battlefield, Russian military personnel show impeccable cooperation: mortars accompany the infantry, and the mortarmen themselves receive assistance from unmanned aircraft.
“We mainly receive the goal from our comrades - UAV operators. They give us the coordinates of the targets. Accordingly, the calculation is immediately led to battle, ”says the senior officer of the mortar battery with the call sign“ Legend ”.
Speaking about his duties, the Russian soldier emphasizes the huge role of mortar support in solving combat missions: “Infantry without artillery will not go on the offensive. We are also an infantry cover."
09:25 APU destroyed humanitarian aid headquarters in Aleshki (Kherson region).
Early in the morning, as a result of a direct hit by a large-caliber projectile fired from the right bank by the Ukrainian Nazis, the headquarters of humanitarian aid in the city of Alyoshki was destroyed.
As a result of the incident, no one was injured.
Earlier, on August 4, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired at the distribution point for humanitarian aid in Aleshki. A powerful explosion thundered next to the building, where food kits and bottled water were given out.
Another evidence that the Kiev regime is destroying civilian infrastructure.
08:22 Frontline summary on the morning of 14.08.2023
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, tried to enter Rabotino. Powerful artillery attack forced the RF Armed Forces to leave part of their positions. Infantry units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not enter the settlement.
At the same time, Ukrainian troops are trying to advance towards Novoprokopovka in order to reach the fortified Russian defense line. The RF Armed Forces carried out strikes against the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamenskoye, Gulyaipole, Malinovka and Olgovsky. Ukrainian artillery concentrated on Zherebyanki, Konovalov, Nesteryanka, Kopani, Verbovoe, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.
In the Ugledar sector, Russian troops counterattacked in Urozhainoe. Artillery worked on Ukrainian positions in Levadny, Staromayorsky, Blagodatny, Zolotoy Niva and Bogoyavlenka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine beat on Sheltered, Cherished Desire, Staromlynovka, Kermenchik and Novodonetsk.
In the Bakhmut direction, the RF Armed Forces counterattacked near Kurdyumovka and Kleshcheevka. They also fired on Ukrainian units in Predtechina, Chasovy Yar, Markov, Min'kovka, Vesel (a settlement northeast of Soledar), Spornoye, Seversk and Verkhnekamensky. The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Andreevka, Kleshcheevka, Bakhmut, Yagodny, Berkhovka, Yakovlevka.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops tried to advance near Myasozharovka. The goal is to push the Armed Forces of Ukraine across the Stallion River. This is a new direction of attack. With the support of artillery, the RF Armed Forces carried out offensive operations in the Kislovka area. They are also trying to break through the defense line of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sin'kovka area.
All tactical actions are aimed at reaching Kupyansk. Ukrainian units in Belogorovka, Serebryanka, Torsky, Nevsky, Berestov and Kupyansk are under attack.
08:05 Summary on the morning of August 14, 2023
At night, the Russian Armed Forces attacked the port infrastructure and fuel storage areas in the Odessa region. Residents of the region filmed how air defense missiles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fall a few seconds after takeoff. The enemy reports 15 "Geraniums" and eight "Caliber" used for strikes. There were also footage of a nighttime explosion in the industrial area of Zaporozhye.In the Kherson direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hold two small bridgeheads: near the Antonovsky bridge and two kms west of the settlement. Kazachi Lagery, trying to expand the zone of control, constantly throwing up small landings on boats. Military channels argue about the presence of the enemy in the western part of the village.
There are battles with the use of artillery and drones. The enemy is conducting an operation to misinform about his plans, moving columns with armored vehicles around in the rear areas of the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, initiating a mass mailing of information about this to Russian military channels.
In the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front near Rabotino and south of Malaya Tokmachka, the arrived units of the 7th Guards Air Assault Division effectively show themselves in heavy bloody battles. With the support of the 42nd Guards Motorized Rifle Division and the regiments operating in the area, yesterday, in one of the areas, the 108th Air Assault Regiment drove the enemy out of positions in rifle battles without suffering irretrievable losses. The 56th Paratrooper Regiment skillfully and bravely repels the constant attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This unit is likely misidentified as the Russian 56th Air Assault brigade, an experienced elite fire brigade Russia likes to use in emergencies.
Fierce battles for Urozhaynoye continue in the Vremevsky direction. Despite significant losses, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are striving to expand the zone of control in the northern part of the village. An instruction from the command of the enemy units to film propaganda footage from the village led to the death of one of the columns of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Our units were active yesterday afternoon in the southern part of the village. The situation is constantly changing.
South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the battles for Kleshcheevka do not subside, the southern part of which changes hands. There are tank battles, landings from armored vehicles are being used. The enemy tried to cover the settlements with tank wedges, but suffered losses in equipment and retreated. Shooting battles are going on in the forest belts, it is reported that the enemy on a narrow section of the front will use up to 10 assault groups at a time.
Against the background of the gradual offensive of the Russian Armed Forces on Kupyansk, the Ukrainian authorities continue the forced evacuation of the population, incl. to house incoming enemy reinforcements. Local residents report that children are being separated from their parents and taken away without their consent.
The artillery attack of the Belgorod region continues. The Armed Forces of Ukraine actively use kamikaze UAVs, incl. to strike at the capital of the region, yesterday the air defense system worked several times, but one of the drones hit a residential building in Belgorod. There are no dead. In the Kursk region, 10 arrivals fell on the settlement. Volfino, Glushkovsky district, three civilians were wounded. In the DPR, two civilians were killed by the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five were injured.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Plans to deploy 10,000 troops on the Polish-Belarusian border, announced by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak, caused a resonance in the world media. Let's see what Poland's intentions are, and for what purpose it forms such a large military group near Belarus. Everything indicates that Poland is preparing for a strategic offensive operation in the Belarusian direction.
Judge for yourself. Since 2021, under the cover of the “migration crisis”, access to the border zone has been limited near the Belarusian borders, after which the military began to actively arrive in order to deploy field communication centers and command posts.
At the same time, the Polish government announced the creation of a 300,000-strong army and began a “hidden mobilization”, thanks to which it completed the deployed and newly created units to wartime states. Later, under the guise of major exercises ("Defender of Europe", "Anaconda" and "Bear"), they were additionally provided with weapons, military equipment and materiel. The newly formed units underwent combat coordination, which ended with their certification (checking their readiness to perform tasks for their intended purpose).
At the same time, in recent months, the 12th Mechanized and 11th Tank Divisions have been transferred from the German border to the Bialystok and Biala Podlaska regions. And at the end of July, their advanced command posts and field communication centers were deployed near these cities. In turn, the 18th Mechanized Division was urgently deployed from near Rzeszow to the Bielsk-Podlyaska area. Thus, Poland on the border with Belarus at the Grodno-Brest line deployed three divisions fully staffed according to the wartime staff at once.
For understanding, three divisions are 15,000 military personnel, hundreds of tanks, artillery and missile systems, several thousand military and special vehicles. It is also worth noting that for the successful operation of the first strike echelon during an offensive operation, it is necessary to have large reserves. This is exactly what Minister Blaschak was talking about.
In addition, another marker of Poland's preparation for aggression against Belarus is the redeployment of army aviation and airborne units to the Belarusian borders.
Thus, analyzing the preparations carried out by Warsaw, it can be assumed with high probability that most of the measures for the strategic deployment of the Polish Army on the border with Belarus have been completed.
Based on this, the actions of the Polish grouping can be of the following nature, which can be divided into three directions:
On Grodno, the 12th Mechanized Division, blocking Grodno from the south, will seek to reach the Shchuchin line.
On Volkovysk, the 18th Mechanized Division strikes in the direction of Baranovichi.
On Brestsky, the 11th Ttank Division is advancing in the direction of Ivatsevichi.
At the same time, the 6th Airborne and 25th Assault Brigades capture and hold the airfields in Bereza and Pruzhany. It should also be emphasized that the actions of the 12th Mechanized Division and the 11th Tank Division are aimed at providing cover for the northern and southern flanks of the 18th Division, which, being the most powerful formation, will deliver the main blow. In addition, from the territory of Ukraine, the offensive of the Polish forces can be supported by bandit formations from among the mercenaries and militants of the fugitive opposition. The ultimate goal of the Polish troops may be reaching the Lida-Baranovichi-Pinsk line.
In summary, we want to note that the Poles have almost everything ready for aggression against Belarus, the reason for which can be both a border incident and a political decision of the ruling PiS party aimed at maintaining power in Poland.
It is unlikely that in the event of such a scenario, we will not see the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. By Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The Polish government intends to purchase thousands of pieces of military equipment to counter the "Russian threat". Local TV channels broadcast the ceremony of signing agreements between the head of the military department, Mariusz Blaszczak , and the Polish Military Industrial Group on the purchase of hundreds of infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers for the country's army, TASS reported on August 14 . We are talking about 700 heavy infantry fighting vehicles.
Not so long ago, the cabinet of Mateusz Morawiecki turned to the senior partner - the United States - with a request for the supply of M1A2 Abrams tanks and Apache attack helicopters. “Next week, we expect the US Congress to approve our request for Apache helicopters,” Blaszczak said. Earlier, he also announced a large-scale purchase of a batch of military equipment in South Korea. In total, Poland intends to purchase from Seoul a thousand K2 Black Panther tanks, more than 600 K9 Thunder self-propelled artillery mounts and three squadrons of FA-50 fighters.
This weekend, it was officially announced where exactly the Poles intend to collect manpower and equipment, including Abrams and Apaches. Blaszczak said on TVP Info: The Polish Army intends to "close the Brest Gates", that is, send troops to the 80-kilometer section of the border between Poland and Belarus from the Narew River to the Western Bug River. It is this area in the West that is considered the most suitable for the "Russian offensive."
“Today, the escalation from Poland on the border of Belarus, <...> is clearly visible, it is coming, artificial. Not to say that they are about to attack, but they are trying to show their teeth, they are rattling their weapons , ” commented the chairman of the Brest Regional Executive Committee Yury Shuleiko .
IN A ONE-ON-ONE CLASH, BELARUSIANS HAVE AN ADVANTAGE
A direct attack by Poland on Belarus (if purely hypothetically we exclude the factors of assistance from the allies with nuclear weapons - respectively, the NATO countries and Russia), most likely, will not turn out in favor of the Poles. This conclusion was also reached by the authors of the American analytical portal Military Watch, who compared the arsenals of both sides back in 2020.
Actually, the Belarusian air defense forces, equipped with S-300, Buk and Torami-M2E, are enough to build a defense in depth, which Polish fighters and fighter-bombers (at that time they were F-16C and Su-22M4 ) will be extremely difficult to break through. While the Polish S-200 Vega and S-125 Pechora-2M will be knocked out by Belarusian Kh-31P air-to-surface missiles, American experts noted.
The slight advantage of the Poles in terms of tanks is offset by the presence of Su-25 attack aircraft in the Belarusian Air Force. In addition, Belarus has an advantage in strike systems - here tactical missiles OTP-21 and R-17 and MLRS of the Belarusian development "Polonaise" form the basis of the arsenal.
But the main deterrent at the moment is the actual deployment from 2022 of a regional group of forces (RGV) with the participation of the 20th Army of the Western District of the Russian Armed Forces and the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons promised to Belarus.
Nevertheless, experts, including again American ones, do not exclude that Poland will take the risk of a provocation against Belarus. For example, the fact that Poland, in a fit of desperation due to Russia's superiority in the Ukrainian conflict, is most likely preparing to attack Belarus, was previously interviewed by former CIA analyst Larry Johnson in an interview with the Dialogue works YouTube channel.
A possible plan for a military invasion of the territory of Belarus provides, first of all, not a direct strike on the country - an ally of Russia, but waging war using hybrid methods, believes independent Belarusian military expert Alexander Alesin.
"VOLUNTEER CORPS" WILL ASK FOR HELP
“Not so long ago, the former commander of the ground forces of Poland, Waldemar Skrzypchak, said: if an internal war breaks out in Belarus, some kind of uprising against the regime,“ and it will inevitably arise,” as he believes, then Poland should intervene and help,” Alesin reminded IA Regnum . “They have plans that the fifth column will rise, and the war will begin as an invasion of armed opposition forces from the territory of Ukraine.”
As part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, we recall, the so-called "Kalinovsky Regiment" operates - the activities of which were previously described in detail by IA Regnum.
“They will need to seize some significant piece of territory, say, a district center. And then mercenaries, volunteers, and even regular Polish military units can enter under their banner. They hope that such an internal conflict will arise and they will support it, ”Alesin suggested.
Actually, groups of nationalists operating as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine can be increased by mercenaries undergoing training at the training grounds of the Polish Armed Forces, the expert believes.
The calculation, according to analysts, will be based on a quick destabilization of the situation, in which the Belarusian authorities will not be able to quickly mobilize military force.
According to Alexander Alesin, escalating the situation in the area bordering the Brest region is fraught with an emergency. If large formations of troops are concentrated on both sides, the situation may develop into a border conflict, the threat of which is constantly pumped up by Polish propaganda.
CORRIDOR UNDER SPECIAL SUPERVISION
The fact that it is the Brest Gates, and not the notorious Suwalki Corridor, that is now considered a springboard for the allegedly impending Russian strike, could be judged from the statement of Polish President Andrzej Duda at the July Vilnius NATO summit. Duda said that the North Atlantic Alliance is ready to deploy about 100,000 troops to Poland in the event of a Russian “attack” on the Brest Gates. After Moscow's decision to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, the Brest Corridor will be "under special supervision and control" by NATO, Duda warned.
At the end of last week, Blaszczak announced that the military department had begun preparing infrastructure in the Podlasie Voivodeship on the border with Belarus - a new 1st infantry division of the legions should be deployed here by the end of autumn. It is supposed to be equipped with Abrams and K2, as well as self-propelled howitzers - South Korean K9 and Polish Krab.
In the town of Charna-Belostotskaya, 36 kilometers from the border with the Grodno region, a tactical training center for the 1st Infantry Division will be created, Interfax -AVN reports Blaschak's statement. A unit of the 18th Bialystok Reconnaissance Regiment will also be stationed here. The new division is “very branched in its structure, very large, 15 units in 12 locations, and we also need to train for our own needs,” General Norbert Ivanovsky, commander of the 1st division, told the Polish PAP agency.
A unit with the same name - the 1st division of the legions - existed in pre-war Poland and, curiously, showed itself during the war with Soviet Russia in 1919-1921, and primarily in battles with the "Red Russians" for Vilna (the current Lithuanian capital Vilnius).
The appearance of a new legionnaire division near the borders of the former "Eastern Kresy" is part of Warsaw's plan to turn the Polish Army into one of the most numerous and technically equipped non-nuclear forces in Europe. Last year, parliament passed a law to increase the armed forces from 115,000 to 300,000 people. The militarization of Poland is taking place within the framework of NATO's overall policy of building up forces in Eastern Europe. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a contingent of 360 thousand people is concentrated on the eastern flank of NATO. Poland is turning "into the main instrument of the anti-Russian policy of the United States of America," Sergei Shoigu stated .
But, according to experts, any large-scale provocations against Belarus are not a matter of the near future.
POLAND FOCUSES
“Recently, there has been a drop in real combat power due to the transfer of a number of pieces of equipment to Ukraine. These are the Leopard 2 and T-72M1 tanks, which were produced in Poland under license, and the PT-91 Twardy, which Poland made from the T-72, Alesin lists. — Close the resulting hole will not succeed quickly. Yes, they ordered a thousand tanks, and this is a serious figure. But they need to be produced, delivered, a maintenance system needs to be created.”
It should also be taken into account that all modern military equipment is purchased by Poland on credit, Morawiecki's cabinet has to cut military spending, a military analyst noted.
Do not underestimate the growth in the number of modern tanks that will have to enter service with the Polish army in the foreseeable future, for his part, stressed a military expert, an officer of the reserve tank forces Alexander Mikhailovsky . South Korean K2 tanks are among the most modern and technologically advanced.
“Since the Republic of Korea is in a state of permanent military conflict with the DPRK, they have an extremely powerful military-industrial complex, which is constantly being modernized and improved.
These tanks will need to go into battle "already tomorrow", so they are being developed specifically for a full-scale war.
Everything there is thought out with Asian meticulousness: from the quality of tank armor and engine to the fire control system, communication systems, ” Mikhailovsky said.
If we take modern tanks, then the Black Panther's closest competitor is the latest model of the Israeli Merkava, "again, because Israel is in a state of permanent war," the source noted. “A thousand of these vehicles is really a lot, seriously, and if we proceed from the fact that they eventually reach Poland, it will be the most powerful tank fist on the European continent, in fact, if we take only NATO countries,” the expert said .
Mikhailovsky also drew attention to the fact that enterprises specializing in servicing Korean military equipment have already been created in Poland. In particular, the Polish self-propelled artillery gun AHS "Krab" is made on the basis of the Korean self-propelled gun K9. Therefore, maintenance of equipment can be arranged as new batches of tanks and self-propelled guns arrive.
The creation of such an “armored fist” suggests that in Poland they are preparing not for the defense of the “eastern flank of NATO”, but rather for offensive operations, Mikhailovsky sums up.
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[Regnum] On the night of August 14, Danish Air Force fighter jets took to the skies to escort two Russian aircraft over the North Sea in international airspace, the Danish Ministry of Defense said.
“F-16 fighters of the Danish Ministry of Defense were in the air until the morning to identify two Russian aircraft in international airspace over the North Sea,” the message posted on the department’s page on the social network X (Twitter) said.
At the same time, the Danish Ministry of Defense clarified that Russian aircraft did not enter the country's airspace.
In June 2023, the RAF reported that British and Swedish fighter jets had intercepted a Russian reconnaissance aircraft and fighter jet near Sweden. At the same time, it was also noted that Russian aircraft did not enter Swedish airspace. In addition, the report indicated that the actions of their crews were professional.
In May 2023, the Joint Aerospace Defense Command of North America announced that it had fighter jets in the air to intercept Russian aircraft near Alaska. It was alleged that NORAD specialists spotted a group of combat vehicles, consisting of Tu-95, Il-78 and Su-35.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has previously repeatedly noted that all flights of aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation are carried out in strict accordance with current international standards.
Dutch F-16s were called into action Monday morning, but the Russian bombers were intercepted before they could enter Dutch NATO airspace and turned back.
A spokesperson for the Dutch Royal Airforce said that planes are intercepted if they do not have a unique identifying code, did not provide a flight plan, and if there is no two-way conversation.
He also said that it's not rare for Russian airplanes to violate a European country's airspace or approach it.
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