#Ukraine: The first appearance of a German-supplied Flakpanzer Gepard SPAAG, armed with two 35mm autocannons, in Ukraine. These are generally regarded as being very capable against low-flying aircraft and ground targets. pic.twitter.com/cLGEnsISsp
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How would a Gepard or two help people stay warm? There's not that much room inside.
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That music....no singing?
We aren't really supposed to be here, but in a war where selfies get you zapped, we're going to take one showing us continually bonking our radar/head against a tree.
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I believe the German philosophy used to be that all repairs must be done by the experts back in their well-equipped workshop behind the lines, in contrast to the American philosophy that the crew fixes most problems on the ground, and the Soviet philosophy that things are very basic but unbothered by all the stupid things the common soldier does to it. I have no idea if that’s still the case for any of the parties.
They will shiver this winter because too many of them vote Green.
Expensive ideas cost more than just money — an important copybook heading lesson. It will be interesting to see how the first round of elections after this winter play out across Europe and Britain.
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I can speak for the US and some Soviet ideas on this.
For the Soviets/Russians, their stuff is basic and good enough to work long enough in large enough numbers to steamroll the enemy behind an artillery barrage. Stuff mostly fixed by the crew or supporting divisional mechanic units. If it gets bad enough it has to be sent to the back, it just gets abandoned and they pull another tank out of storage. For them they have a decent supply line and they like to store items near railway junctions near the front (nothing moves in Russia without rail) and then have trucks pick up things and deliver them to the units 3x per day. The HIMARs have showed the weakness of this strategy.
For the US most of the quick repairs/maintenance is done by the unit and the mechanic units attached to the battalion. More complex things gets sent back to the repair battalions for like engine swap outs and the like. Everything is designed to be a quick swap so say an M-1 needs a new engine and transmission, that can be done in a day or two and the tank is back in action. The US believes in having a very large rear support team (12 support people to every 1 combat soldier) and because of that, the US rarely has equipment offline for very long and can keep up extended operations at a high state of activity for longer than any other nation. Downside.... oh man that supply line is HUGE.
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Thank you, DarthVader. Always good to get clarification from someone who actually knows about the the ideas I’ve picked up in my reading (often here).
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^^^
Completely accurate with one critical flaw, major combat end items like tanks and artillery that are hit with anti-armor weapons tend to be un-repairable, so to an extent, simpler stuff in far larger quantities can overcome the qualitative advantages described. The old quantity is its own form of quality argument. Eventually warehouse T-55's win if you are out of class V CG/Javelin reloads. In Ukraine right now, it appears it is becomming an attritional issue of who runs out of stuff first. I just posted an article this morning that says a US SF Whistleblower alerted that their on-hand Carl Gastves Anti-Armor systems were being collected for shipment to Ukraine!
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major combat end items like tanks and artillery that are hit with anti-armor weapons tend to be un-repairable
To a point. Top down attack weapons like Javelin or NLAW tend to make tanks into unworkable paperweights true, but hits on other places, even if it is a full breach can be patched and the tank put back in action fairly quickly (with the washing out of the crew remains). The Soviet/Russian doctrine will still pull out a new tank while the other is offline, but they abandon it faster than the west.
I agree now this is a war of attrition. It doesn't matter if the Russians are coming forward with only BMP-1s if the Ukrainians only have AKs to defend themselves with. Ukraine will lose. It will be the west keeping them in the fight and if a major chunk of the army can be kept cut off in the south, that might be the end of it. Maybe. I don't think the Russian army can get many more new men or expand after January. Not without full mobilization.
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I knew a Pakistani Major from Ranger school. I got ‘ invited’ (voluntold) to visit, and he had work for me.
Lovely family, Army was happy, yada. Long time ago.
Anyhoo, he commanded a tank brigade comprised of three battalions; M48’s, T55’s, and a Chinese tank unk type. If 48’s got to the battlefield, crews were good to go. T55’s and Chinese not so much; they beat the hell out of the crews. His take was M48’s IF they made it to battle, Chinese second but couldn’t hit anything, T55 but beat up crew, so-so at hitting targets.
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More fitting mood music.
https://youtu.be/e3YzmjmAGoI
From a game.
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WM, my first Tank Company command was 17 M84A5's with co-incident range-finding. We had an ancient Platoon Sergeant (E7) who was German-American who had been in the Hitler-Jugen in Berlin in 45 shooting Panzerfausts at Russian T-34s. The M-48 Automotive package was fine, but a terrible tendency to break torsion bars when you crossed over wider ditches, climbed significant creek banks or 3ft curb walls or did a diagonal traverse on a slope.
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[LB] Air and missile strikes by the occupiers on civilian objects on the territory of Ukraine continue.
by Iryna Gamalii
The one hundred and eighty-third day of heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion has begun . The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook about the situation at the front as of 7:00 a.m.
The situation remained unchanged in the Volyn, Polis and Siver directions.
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy fired from tanks, combat vehicles, barrel and rocket artillery along the contact line.
In the Slavic direction , the areas of the settlements of Velyka Komyshuvakha, Nova Dmytrivka and Brazhkivka came under the influence of barrel and jet artillery fire. The enemy conducted assaults in the direction of Pasik - Dolyna, had no success, retreated.
In the Kramatorsk direction , shelling from tanks, barrel artillery and MLRS was recorded near Spirnyi, Ivano-Daryivka, Zvanivka, Serebryanka and Siversk.
In the direction of Bakhmut, the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Vesela Dolyna, Mayorsk, Shumy, Zaitseve, Bilogorivka, Kodema and Yakovlivka were attacked by the enemy. The enemy used aviation for strikes near Soledar and Zaitsevo. He unsuccessfully tried to lead an offensive in the direction of Travneve - Kodem.
In the Avdiyivsk direction , the enemy inflicted fire damage on the Pokrovsk, Netaylovy, Pervomaisky, Orlivka, Vodyany, Novobakhmutivka, Shumyv and New York districts. Enemy aircraft operated near Maryinka, Krasnohorivka and Nevelsky. The enemy tried to launch an offensive in the direction of Piska - Pervomaiske, but was unsuccessful and retreated.
In the direction of Novopavlivka, the enemy fired from tanks and artillery of various types near Pavlivka, Elizavetivka, Kostyantynivka, Vugledar, Volodymyrivka, Novomykhailivka, Novoukrainka, and Velika Novosilka. The enemy also used aviation near Volodymyrivka, Vugledar and Pavlivka to carry out strikes.
In the Zaporozhye direction , the enemy shelled the positions of our troops in the areas of the settlements of Komyshuvakha, Gulyaipilske, Chervone, Charivne, Vremivka, Orihiv, Shcherbaki, Zaliznychne, Novosilka, Burlatske, Vilne Pole, Shevchenko and Novodanilivka. He carried out airstrikes near Orikhov, Gulyaipilsky and Shcherbaki.
In the South Buz direction, the occupiers shelled our positions and civilian infrastructure from tanks, barrel and rocket artillery along the line of combat engagement. An airstrike was carried out in the area of the settlement of Bila Krynytsia.
The enemy's naval group continues to perform the task of blocking civilian shipping and destroying objects in the depth of the territory of Ukraine.
We will remind, on Independence Day in Ukraine, 189 alarms were announced in the regions and in Kyiv. This is an all-time record for a full-scale invasion.
[LB] During the past day, settlements in different regions of Ukraine were shelled.
Iryna Gamalii
The night was relatively calm in Volyn, Zakarpattia, Rivne Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Chernivtsi, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil Oblasts, Cherkasy Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast and Zhytomyr Oblast.
This is stated in the summary of regional administrations.
Dnipropetrovsk region . They shot all night in four districts of the region . At night, there was another attack on Synelnykivsky district. The rocket landed in the Velikomykhailiv community. Eight victims, among them three children. All the injured are in the hospital. The Nikopol district was shelled three times during the night with "hail" and heavy artillery. No losses.
"tornadoes" and "hurricanes" covered the Kryvyi Rih region. We kissed in Apostolivska and Shirokivska communities and Kryvyi Rih. In the village of Koshov, a power line was cut. Several buildings were damaged in Kryvyi Rih. People were not injured. Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the Chaplyne village of the Synelnyk district. After yesterday's attack, there are already more than 20 dead, among them two boys aged 6 and 11. The police have opened criminal proceedings regarding violations of the laws and customs of war.
Kyiv region. At night, the enemy launched a rocket attack on one of the communities of the Vyshgorod district . Two arrivals were recorded. As of this morning, there are no victims or wounded among civilians. There are no fires or destruction of residential buildings or infrastructure facilities. The survey of the attacked area is ongoing.
Khmelnytskyi Yesterday, two rockets were fired at the critical infrastructure of the Shepetiv district. The fire is contained. Windows and doors were broken in nearby houses and the school premises. Three people sought medical help, and qualified medical help was provided to them.
Chernihiv Region Over the past 24 hours, there have been six shellings, five of them in the Novgorod-Siversky district, and one in the Chernihiv district. Shelling from artillery and mortars. No victims of destruction.
In the afternoon of August 24, in the northern part of the Chernihiv district, air defense forces shot down two Russian Orlan-10 drones. At night, the Novgorod-Siversky district was shelled by artillery. Without losses and destruction.
Sumyshchyna Yesterday in the Esmansk community there were seven "arrivals" from mortars, in the afternoon - four more from barrel artillery. Znob-Novgorod community: five mortar explosions at noon. Bilopol community: after 18.40, mortar shelling of 16 parishes. There are no human losses or destruction. The night was quiet.
Poltava region . It was quiet at night. The previous afternoon, the occupiers launched four rocket attacks on the military infrastructure in the city of Myrhorod. There are no casualties or injuries.
Kharkiv Region . At night, the Kharkiv and Bogodukhiv districts were shelled across the region. Two people were injured. Detailed information is being clarified
Luhansk Region Eight artillery attacks and nine mortar attacks were recorded last night . Four times the occupiers tried to launch a tank offensive. The Russians carried out airstrikes near three settlements in the Bakhmut direction.
Daughter . At night - strikes on Sloviansk. High-rise buildings and private houses were damaged. During the day - artillery shelling, hail, hurricane, missile strikes.
Affected by Russian aggression: Bakhmut (residential sector), Avdiivka (residential sector); Toretsk (field); with. Maksimilianivka (residential sector); with. Novoocheretuvate (forest strip); with. Diliivka (housing sector); Chasiv Yar (field); Mykolaivka village (highway); Trudove village (field); Soledar city (residential sector), village Elizavetivka (residential sector), Illinka village (residential sector).
Three dead and one wounded civilian in the region within a day. The region remains without gas and partly without water and electricity. Mandatory evacuation of the population continues.
Mykolaiv region . Yesterday evening, the city of Mykolaiv was attacked by rockets of the "tornado" salvo fire system. The blow is aimed at the port infrastructure. There are no casualties. The scale of the destruction is being clarified.
At night, Mykolaiv was again shelled. According to preliminary information, the enemy struck with missiles of the S-300 AA missile launcher type. It is known about hitting the private residential sector. As a result, a private house was set on fire. Several houses were also damaged. Previously, there were no victims or victims. Information on the consequences of the destruction is being clarified.
Yesterday, the enemy also fired at a private agricultural enterprise in the village of Kotlyareve, Shevchenkivska community. As a result of the fire, agricultural machinery and the roof of the workshop were destroyed. There are no casualties.
Also during the day, the village was under enemy fire. Novomykolaivka of the Pervomayska community. There are no casualties.
From the evening until five in the morning - shelling outside the settlements of the Shirokiv community. The village was also shelled in the evening. Red Valley. The hits were in the agricultural building of households. There are no casualties.
Shelling of the Berezneguvat community continues. Thus, as a result of enemy shelling in the morning of August 25, a residential building was destroyed in Berezneguvate. There are no casualties. Also, during the past day, the surrounding territories of the villages of Lepetikha and Kavkaz were shelled.
Kherson region. The situation in the region remains steadily tense, reports of hostilities have been received all day, and an air alert has been announced several times. In particular, during the day, four BC warehouses, one base and two Russian command posts were demilitarized. Also, the Antoniv and Kakhov bridges were hit again.
Loud explosions and shelling continue in the Kakhovskyi and Beryslavskyi districts. In the villages of Visokopilska, Tavriyska, Kalinivska, Novovorontsovska, Velikolexandrivska terromads, many houses are damaged, fires occur, as a result of which household buildings and livestock burn. Officially, only in the last day, rescuers recorded 13 fires.
We will remind you that last day the Russians unsuccessfully advanced in the Avdiyiv, Slavyansk and Bakhmut directions.
#1
Siege warfare is incremental and slow. Western media repeats and repeats that winter is coming as if this will impair Russia. The invasion occurred in February. So a bone thrown to the western media to print something. Political theater is media of the West. Russia is aware of this trap of being goaded into mayhem of Media blitz. 2/3 of countries not western aligned side with Russia. Breach of faith(USA and NATO) being the common belief. No use of Nuclear, massacre but rather perceived as Russian measured response. Ukraine sends fodder to its front lines. The meat grinder is in full operation. No effort to end the war. West pursues more war and advises(Boris Johnson) Zelenskiy not to capitulate. Rather West sends billions in military aid(weapons) Not currently available so a delay till various weapons are manufactured. Hence Ukrainian slaughter.
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#2 The lament of the Ukrainian solder being healed and sent back to the front as fodder. 80,000 to 200,000 dead and disabled with Ukrainians left where killed. Kremlin line, I prefer reality. No effort to mediate. The elites want war anywhere or everywhere. One crisis after another. Great former powers have gone thru this before in the past. Overspend. Many battles here and there. Then inflation. Then austerity. Our solution was to print money and then print more money. Our current state at this time. Safety net promoting a nation of indolence.
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[Vesti] August 25 is the 183rd day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
5:00 . Kherson region . In Kherson, explosions are heard near the Antonovsky bridge.
6:00 a.m. Kiev region . Several explosions thundered in the Vyshgorod region . OVA head Aleksey Kuleba reported two "arrivals". There were no casualties.
Dnipropetrovsk region . Over the past day , 11 shells have arrived . 8 victims in the Sinelnikovsky district, among them - three children. Krivoy Rog was fired from the Tornado-S MLRS . They hit the Metallurgical District. Vehicles, residential building and administrative buildings were damaged. Lossless.
Donetsk region . Three explosions in Slavyansk . There were no casualties, high-rise buildings were damaged.
Khmelnitsky region . Missile strikes were recorded in the region, in the Shepetovsky district, the shock wave knocked out windows and doors.
8:00 a.m. The main thing from the morning summary of the General Staff:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assault actions of the Russian Federation in the direction of Apiary - Dolina in the Slavic direction.
Unsuccessfully, the Russians tried to conduct an offensive in the direction of Maisky - Kodem in the Bakhmut direction.
Shelling of Ukrainian positions from tanks, combat vehicles, cannon and rocket artillery continues along the line of collision.
9:00 a.m. Nikolaev region . Mykolaiv was bombarded with S-300 rockets . It is known about getting into the private residential sector. Previously without victims and victims.
9:30 a.m. Dnepropetrovsk region . In the village of Chaplino, rescue and search operations were completed after the shelling of the railway station on August 24. 31 people were injured, 25 died , two of them were children.
On Independence Day, the Russian army shelled 58 settlements.
10:20 am . The FSB of the Russian Federation announced the arrest of a "supporter of the Azov organization" who was preparing a sabotage. According to the security services, the detainee was planning attacks on the objects of the Baltic Fleet and at the Khrabrovo airport.
11:00 am . Odessa region . Another 3 ships with grain left the Ukrainian ports. Two - from the port "Odessa", one - from the port "Yuzhny". On August 25, they will also inspect one ship coming from Ukraine and five ships going to Ukraine.
Zaporozhye region . It is reported about "arrivals" in the region.
12:20 pm . Kharkov region . Locals report a downed rocket over Kharkov.
13:30 . Kharkov region . A 62-year-old man died as a result of another “arrival”.
14:00 . Zaporozhye region . Energodar is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe . Because of the shelling, the city was completely left without electricity and water.
Kherson region . In Kherson, the electricity first disappeared, and then the water supply was turned off .
Kharkov region . They report about "arrivals" in the Chuguevsky district.
14:30 . Zaporozhye region . In Energodar, work has begun on the resumption of electricity supply , Mayor Dmitry Orlov said. After that, the connection of the sewage pumping station and the resumption of the operation of drinking water wells will begin.
16:15 . The Council of the State Duma of the Russian Federation called on the UN and the IAEA to demand that the Ukrainian authorities stop shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The same calls are heard from Ukraine. Mutual accusations of shelling and provocations do not stop.
Zaporozhye region . For the first time in history, ZNPP was switched off completely . Due to fires at the ash dumps of the Zaporizhzhya TPP, located next to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the last (fourth) ZNPP communication line with the energy system of Ukraine was disconnected twice. Three other communication lines were damaged earlier during shelling. Now the situation is stable. The NPP's own needs for power supply are provided from the energy system of Ukraine through the ZNPP communication line - Zaporizhzhya TPP.
17:00 . The IAEA wants to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant before September 5th. Both nuclear specialists and safety and security specialists are planning to come to the station.
17:33 In the Russian Federation, they hinted again that they do not refuse to talk about peace agreements with Ukraine.
17:58 The representative of the Russian delegation, which participated in the negotiations in the spring, Leonid Slutsky said that "if Kiev declares its readiness for negotiations at any level, we will discuss and respond."
18:16 The US State Department called on the parties to the conflict to abandon military operations around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and repeated the thesis about the need to create a demilitarized zone there.
18:33 Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Kiev.
" In recent months, relations have been built between our states that have helped Ukraine survive in the struggle for our independence. Italy has become one of the leading states that supported Ukraine, our community of internally displaced citizens ," the Ukrainian president said.
18:55 In the Slavyansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled an attempted offensive by Russian units near the Valley and Dmitrovka. In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russians made an attempt to improve the tactical situation at the Old Caravan, but withdrew. In the Bakhmut direction, they tried to advance near Kodema and Bakhmutsky, suffered losses and also retreated. Eveningsummary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of August 25.
19:19 As part of the work of the "grain corridor", the export of any other goods, except for agricultural products, is not currently planned. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Yuriy Vaskov.
19:35 In Lviv, shelters located in residential buildings are equipped with potbelly stoves. This must be done by October 1st. This task has been set for management companies and condominiums. Mayor Andrei Sadovoy wrote about this in his Telegram channel.
19:53 In Kiev, Marshal Malinovsky Street became the street of Heroes of the Azov Regiment, Piterskaya Street was renamed Londonskaya Street, Karl Marx Street became Hutsulskaya Street, and Tulskaya Square is now UPA Heroes Square.
20:14 In the Yuzhnobugsky direction, an attempt by Russian troops to attack in the Taurida region was unsuccessful, the Russians retreated. Shelling from artillery, tanks and air strikes - along the entire front line. Eveningsummary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of August 25.
20:33 Cyprus may give the old air defense systems to Ukraine, - Forbes. The country is currently armed with Russian short-range 9K330 Tor and medium-range 9K37 Buk systems.
21:00 In total, 95 streets, lanes and squares, whose names are associated with Russia or the USSR, were renamed at a meeting of the City Council today. This was announced by the mayor of the capital, Vitali Klitschko, and added that this process will continue.
21:21 On the territory of the chemical plant "Stirol" in Gorlovka (territory of the "DPR") - a fire after shelling. According to the "mayor" Ivan Prikhodko, the transformer substation and the roof of one of the buildings are on fire. There is no information about the victims.
21:59 Adviser to the head of the President's Office Mikhail Podolyak believes that Russia has already used all its "trump cards" in the war against Ukraine. He wrote about this in the microblog Twitter.
22:19 Ukraine currently does not need missiles with a range of up to 300 km, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Call said at a briefing. According to him, now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are more in need of GMLRS shells with a range of 70-80 km, because most of the targets for the Ukrainian military are in their access zone.
22:47 Zelensky, as announced, spoke with Biden. The head of Ukraine announced this on Twitter. He called the conversation great. He said that "we discussed the further steps of Ukraine on the way to victory over the aggressor."
23:14 The question of the entry of Ukrainian troops into Crimea is becoming more and more realistic, - military expert Oleg Zhdanov. He believes that very soon the peninsula may turn into a demilitarized zone.
23:33 All parties to the conflict in Ukraine must ensure the safety of the civilian population and infrastructure. This was stated at a briefing by the representative of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric.
23:54 Information about the cancellation of payments in the amount of UAH 15 million to the families of the dead soldiers is not true. This was announced by Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. According to her, this payment will now simply be enshrined at the legislative level.
00:24 There is a need for such international pressure that will force the Russians to leave the ZNPP territory. The President called on the IAEA and other organizations to act faster than now. The main thing from the traditional evening address of Vladimir Zelensky.
[Vesti] In the Yuzhnobugsky direction, the enemy concentrated his efforts on holding positions and engaging our subunits with fire. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on Thursday, August 25, 2022.
The Russian army continued shelling from cannon, rocket artillery and tanks along the line of contact. Air strikes were carried out not far from Belaya Krinitsa. An attempt to attack the enemy in the Taurida region under the fire of our soldiers bogged down and the invaders retreated.
Besides:
in the Volyn and Polessky directions, the situation has not undergone significant changes. The threat of missile and air strikes by the enemy from the territory of the Republic of Belarus remains;
in the Seversk direction, the enemy continues to hold individual armed forces of the Russian Federation in the border areas of the Bryansk and Kursk regions in order to demonstrate the presence and constrain the actions of units of the Defense Forces. From cannon artillery, the enemy fired at civilian infrastructure in the areas of the settlements of Gay, Zhelezny Most and Gorsk in the Chernihiv region and Bachevsk, Svobodnaya Sloboda and Stukalovka in the Sumy region. Conducted aerial reconnaissance of the border areas of the UAV;
in the Kharkov direction, the enemy fired from tanks, cannon and rocket artillery into the areas of the settlements of Odnorobovka, Tsupovka, Prudyanka, Bazalievka, Tsirkuny, Petrovka, Bolshie Prohody, Pitomnik, Ivanovka, Korobochkino, Slobozhanskoe and Chepol. The areas of Pitomnik, Prishib and Zaliman fell under enemy air strikes;
The Russian military made an unsuccessful attempt at offensive operations near Petrovka, suffered losses and withdrew. A high intensity of UAV reconnaissance is supported;
in the Slavic direction, the enemy used tanks, cannon artillery and MLRS for shelling near Bolshaya Kamyshevakha, Krasnopolye, Novaya Dmitrovka, Dolina and Dibrivnoye. The Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled an attempt by enemy units to attack near Dolina and Dmitrovka;
in the Kramatorsk direction, areas of the settlements of Spirnoye, Zvanovka, Seversk and Prishib were subjected to shelling by the enemy. The enemy made an attempt to improve the tactical situation at the Old Caravan, had no success, retreated;
in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy continued shelling the territories near Bakhmut, Veselaia Dolina, Zaitsev and Kodema. Enemy aircraft hit the areas of settlements Soledar, Zaitsevo, Kodema and Yakovlovka. With offensive and assault actions, the invaders tried to advance near Kodema and Bakhmutsky, suffered losses and retreated;
in the Avdeevka direction, the enemy, with air strikes, tank fire, cannon artillery and multiple launch rocket systems, tried to push back units of our troops, hit important military and civilian infrastructure in the areas of Avdeevka, Marinka, Krasnogorovka, Nevelskoye, Pervomaisky, Vodyany, Zhelezny and Alexandropol. The enemy tried to break through the defense of our troops in the area of the settlement of Pervomayskoye, received a tough rebuff and retreated;
in the Novopavlovsk direction, shelling was recorded near Pavlovka, Elizavetovka and Novomikhailovka. Also, the invaders launched airstrikes near Vladimirovka, Ugledar and Pavlovka;
in the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy fired at the positions of our troops near Gulyaipolsky, Orekhovo, Zheleznodorozhny, Shevchenko and Olgovsky. Air strikes were carried out in the areas of the settlements of Orekhov, Gulyaipolskoye, Shcherbaki and Malye Shcherbaki.
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[Korrespondent] 22:27 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Russia had put Ukraine and all Europeans a step away from a radiation catastrophe: "The world must understand what a threat it is: if the diesel generators [after the shutdown of the ZNPP] did not turn on, if after the blackout they did not work automation and our plant personnel, we would already be forced to overcome the consequences of a radiation accident."
At the same time, the president assured the Ukrainians that everything is being done to prevent an emergency scenario: “But this depends not only on our state. organizations need to act much faster than they do now."
21:34 At the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, connection with the Ukrainian energy system was resumed, but six power units remain disconnected, the IAEA reported.
21:20 Russia's actions at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant increase the risk of a possible release of radiation, said US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Bonnie Jenkins: "Russia has created a serious risk of a nuclear incident, a dangerous release of radiation that can not only threaten people and the environment, but also to influence neighboring countries and the entire international community."
Jenkins again called on Russia to stop military activities around the nuclear power plant and noted the importance of the IAEA mission being able to visit and inspect the site.
20:55 Six months after the start of a full-scale Russian invasion, the US military mission to support Ukraine will receive its name and commanding general, reports The Wall Street Journal. According to the publication, this will be done in the coming weeks. The general will be responsible for the training of Ukrainian military personnel and the assistance procedure.
20:26 Since the beginning of this day, the Ukrainian military has repelled attempts by Russian aggressors in the Slavic and Bakhmut directions, as well as in the Tavriysky region in the South Buzh direction, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in an evening summary .
19:52 Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Biden, Yermak said: "We discussed Ukraine's next steps towards defeating the aggressor and the importance of holding Russia accountable for war crimes."
19:39 Russia continues nuclear blackmail. As a result of the actions of the invaders, for the first time in history, the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was completely disconnected from the power grid. As a result, two operating power units of the station were disconnected from the network. Energoatom notes that this is the first complete shutdown of ZNPP from the power grid in the history of the plant. For more details, see Aggravation at the ZNPP .
19:33 The "DPR" accused Ukraine of shelling Gorlovka - allegedly due to the impact of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a transformer substation is on fire on the territory of the Stirol chemical plant, and the roof of the building is on fire on the territory of Transammiak State Enterprise.
19:17 Pope Francis, who since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has been marked by many odious statements, has again angered Ukrainians. The head of the Catholic Church expressed his condolences on the death of Russian propagandist Daria Dugina. He called the man who repeatedly called for the destruction of Ukraine and Ukrainians "an innocent victim of the war." Read more in the material The funeral of Rome .
18:58 Taiwan donated 800 Revolver 860 short-range bomber drones to Ukraine, writes Bild. The drone is capable of carrying up to eight mortar charges and, on command, drop them one by one. The range of the UAV is about 20 km, it overcomes this distance when fully loaded in 40 minutes.
18:53 Reznikov said that all civil servants, including elected positions, must undergo mandatory military training before starting work in this area. In addition, the minister is convinced that in Ukraine it is necessary to analyze all spheres of life and determine the list of professions whose representatives must be ready for defense.
18:29 The city council has renamed 95 streets, lanes and squares, whose names are associated with Russia and the Soviet past, Klitschko said.
18:06 Estonia will increase efforts to isolate Russia, in particular, to expel it from international organizations, the country's Foreign Ministry said.
17:24 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace said that the total losses of Russia in the war with Ukraine amount to more than 80 thousand people - if you count the dead, wounded and deserters together. "That's 80,000 in six months, as opposed to 15,000 in ten years in Afghanistan," he said.
Wallace added that Russia's progress in Ukraine today can be measured "not in kilometers, but in meters per week." "I think we are at the point where Russia is in a very uncertain position," the minister added.
17:18 The Russian-appointed "head" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, said that two power units of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant were disconnected from the network after the alleged Ukrainian troops hit because of the automatics that worked, now one unit is working.
17:14 There are from 500 to 800 thousand illegally arrived Russians in Crimea, their status will be considered separately, Tamila Tasheva, permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, said. According to her, the legal mechanisms of the state system on the peninsula are now being developed: “Whether it will be a region of Ukraine or the Republic of Crimea will be determined. Our opinion is that Sevastopol had a separate status due to Russian narratives.”
17:11 State Duma Deputy Leonid Slutsky, who was a member of the delegation at the talks with the Ukrainian side, said that if Kiev declares its readiness for negotiations "at any level" - "we will discuss and react."
16:53 Russia has pulled to the borders with Ukraine about 400 combat aircraft and 360 helicopters, 150 of which are attack helicopters, Yuri Ignat, a representative of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said.
16:38 Funds of the All-Ukrainian Development Bank PJSC in the amount of UAH 304 million seized in the framework of the case against the eldest son of Yanukovych were transferred to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The head of the GUR, Kirill Budanov, said that the funds would be used to purchase technical equipment that would increase the efficiency of intelligence.
16:31 Zelensky met with Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio in Kiev.
16:22 The IAEA mission plans to reach an agreement and visit the Zaporizhia NPP until September 5. Among the members of the mission will be security specialists who are not usually involved in such visits, Bloomberg writes, citing sources. According to the publication, members of the mission will have broader powers than usual. Both nuclear specialists and safety and security specialists are planning to come to the station.
16:07 Today, due to fires at the ash dumps of the Zaporizhzhya TPP, located next to the Zaporizhzhya NPP, the last (fourth) ZNPP communication line with the energy system of Ukraine was disconnected twice. The other three communication lines were previously damaged during Russian shelling. As a result, two operating power units of the station were disconnected from the network. Thus, the actions of the invaders led to the complete disconnection of the Zaporizhzhya NPP from the power grid - for the first time in the history of the station , Energoatom reported.
The NPP's own needs for power supply are provided from the energy system of Ukraine through the ZNPP - Zaporizhzhya TPP communication line. There are no comments on the operation of automation and security systems; launch operations are underway to connect one of the power units to the network.
15:29 Scholz visited Ukrainian soldiers trained on Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and promised further military support. In particular, the Chancellor confirmed that Germany would continue to supply Ukraine with heavy weapons systems - he named self-propelled howitzers, multiple launch rocket systems and IRIS-T air defense systems.
15:24 In Melitopol, a collaborator responsible for holding a "referendum" was eliminated, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, the victim was close to the Gauleiter of the Zaporozhye region, Yevgeny Balitsky, who appointed him personally. At the same time, Fedorov noted that so far "it is impossible to say clearly whether this is a purge of Russians or the work of our partisans."
15:21 Putin signed a decree according to which the number of military personnel of the RF Armed Forces will be increased from next year by 137,000, to 1.15 million.
15:17 The Russians again fired artillery at the city of Orekhov, Zaporozhye region, and the settlements around it. A 17-year-old teenager died, another person was seriously injured, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
15:13 OK Day confirmed that the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered another blow to the Antonovsky bridge. Given the damage and continuous fire control, the occupying forces are hesitant to use or repair the bridge, the command said.
15:05 Ukraine celebrated its 31st Independence Day under the incessant sounds of a siren warning of missile strikes. Some of the missiles, unfortunately, reached their targets. More details - in the material How the Russian Federation "congratulated" the terrorist attacks .
14:46 The "authorities" of the occupied Energodar said that the power outage in the Kherson region and part of the Zaporozhye region occurred as a result of a short circuit due to fires after the shelling of the ZNPP. Security systems worked at the Zaporizhzhya NPP after a power failure in the region, a reconnection was made.
14:35 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi announced that he had met with Macron and announced a visit to the Zaporozhye NPP: "A timely and purposeful meeting with Emmanuel Macron. A visit to the Zaporozhye NPP in Ukraine is expected soon - thank you for your continued support and efforts aimed at to make this important mission a reality."
Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the situation at the ZNPP was discussed by the Russian and French defense ministers, who "noted the importance of visiting the ZNPP by the IAEA staff and their readiness to assist the inspectors."
14:29 Residents of the Buchansky and Vyshgorodsky districts of the Kiev region heard explosions today - this is the neutralization of the remnants of explosive objects after night shelling. Explosions are controlled and do not pose a threat to people, said OVA head Aleksey Kuleba.
14:22 Podolyak said that Russia has already used all its trump cards: "Moscow's entire policy is based on the game of" raising the stakes. defeat is shown. All the trump cards have been used. Everything else is propaganda. There is no need to be afraid of Russia. We need to increase assistance to Ukraine."
14:18 In the occupied Energodar, after Russian shelling, there is no water supply and electricity supply, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said. The head of the Nikopol regional military administration, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, added that the occupiers "are burning down the forest near the yacht club and dispersing panic among people on both banks of the Kakhovka reservoir."
14:01 Occupation "authorities" stated that Kherson and some settlements of the region are de-energized, Melitopol is also de-energized. The reasons are not reported. Also in Kherson, the water supply was turned off after the city and the region were de-energized.
13:47 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on yesterday's missile strikes: five combat aircraft were allegedly hit at the airfield in Mirgorod, three aircraft were allegedly hit at the military airfield in Dnipro, and "over 200 Ukrainian reserve servicemen and ten units" were allegedly destroyed at the Chaplino station by Iskander's strike on the military echelon military technology."
13:33 The Russians fired today with. Lebyazhye in the Chuguevsky district of the Kharkov region. As a result of getting into a residential building, one person died, another was injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
13:11 In Mariupol, local collaborators are conducting a population census, according to the GUR MOU. They visit all apartments and private houses and demand to provide personal documents with a residence permit, and also find out the whereabouts of the next of kin. It is officially reported that this is done to provide residents with electricity and gas. In informal conversations, it is recognized that the majority of the population surveyed refuses to participate in a possible "referendum" or does not directly answer questions.
According to collaborators, only about 5-7% of the respondents expressed their readiness to "vote". Most of the locals are embittered both towards the Russian Federation and representatives of the occupation administrations. The "census takers" also reported that the decision on the "referendum" itself was not finally made in the Kremlin, and it is unlikely that it will really take place on September 11th. On the contrary, the occupying authorities of Mariupol are trying not to raise the topic of the "referendum" and are concentrating on PR campaigns to promote the results of their "work".
12:56 Near Melitopol, in Priazovsky, resistance forces blew up the headquarters for preparations for the pseudo-referendum. According to RIA Melitopol, this headquarters also housed a point for issuing Russian passports.
12:40 Spain sent Ukraine an air defense system, ammunition and armored vehicles, the country's Ministry of Defense reported. The military aid shipment includes about 20 armored vehicles, 75 pallets of field artillery ammunition and a full air defense battery, as well as 1,000 tons of diesel fuel, worth an estimated €2.5 million. Both armored vehicles and ammunition are already at the disposal of the Ukrainian authorities.
In addition to weapons "upon urgent request" a consignment of military uniforms for the winter and additional clothing has been prepared. Shipping is scheduled for September.
12:17 White House Speaker for Security and Defense John Kirby said that new weapons for Ukraine will come from manufacturers, and not from existing US military stocks. The new aid package announced by Biden the day before would use Congressional funding from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) to allow the administration to buy weapons from manufacturers, he said.
11:52 Ukrainian Ambassador to Spain Serhiy Pogoreltsev said that Kiev is not satisfied with the military assistance from Spain. According to him, the last batch was sent back in May: "The dynamics do not suit us, and this is the reality. We need to receive weapons as soon as possible. This cannot be delayed."
11:41 On August 24, Russian troops made about 200 sorties, but the frequency of missile strikes was much lower, eight X-22 cruise missiles hit different regions of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. He explained the large number of air alerts by the fact that Russia also made many "imitation sorties", mainly from the Shaikovka airfield, as well as from the north of the Caspian Sea. The planes took off, made maneuvers in the air, simulating an impact, and at that time an air alert was announced in Ukraine.
11:37 The negotiation process with Russia is now unprofitable for both Ukraine and Europe, since any temporary truce will mean the continuation of aggression from the Russian Federation in the future, Podolyak said in an interview with Bild.
11:29 The invaders took to Russia 200 thousand tons of grain collected in the fields of the Luhansk region, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to the farmers who remained in the occupied territory, the situation in the region is approaching catastrophic.
11:06 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region said that the Ukrainian troops fired at the Antonovsky bridge again, "the air defense system worked."
11:04 US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the "tribunals" against the defenders of Ukraine, the Kremlin is trying to absolve itself of responsibility for the war of aggression: "The United States strongly condemns the lynching of Ukrainian heroes and calls on Moscow to fulfill its obligations under international law."
10:56 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the organization is "ready to support any mission from Kiev to the Zaporozhye NPP."
10:38 Reznikov announced "good news from the front" before the end of the year: "I am an informed optimist, or well-informed, so I have certain positive hopes that this year there will be good news for the entire Ukrainian society and the world. It is important for people to see victory. You and I are in a war of survival, and we will survive this war, we will break the back of this Goliath."
10:17 Biden will call Zelensky today, White House spokesman John Kirby said. According to him, the parties will discuss new information about "referenda" in the occupied Ukrainian territories. The White House has indications that Russia may hold "referendums" in the next few days.
10:15 As a result of yesterday's meeting of the UN Security Council, 58 countries signed a statement on six months of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The signatories express regret that the Russian Federation did not stop the "special operation", recognize Ukrainian sovereignty within the recognized borders and express their commitment to the independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The statement was not supported by Belarus and Russia, as well as China and India.
10:04 FSB announced the prevention of a terrorist attack in the Kaliningrad region: a Russian citizen, allegedly a "supporter of Azov", was detained. He planned attacks on the objects of the Baltic Fleet and at Khrabrovo airport, and at home they allegedly found a bomb with a capacity of about 5 kg of TNT, "propaganda literature and symbols of Azov."
10:00 British intelligence reports, citing satellite images from August 21, that Russia maintains a heavy military presence at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, and its armored personnel carriers are deployed within 60 meters of the 5th reactor. Analysts believe Russian troops may have been trying to hide the cars by parking them under overhead pipes and catwalks.
Also, British intelligence notes that Russia is ready to use any Ukrainian military activity near the ZNPP for propaganda purposes. As long as the Russian Federation maintains its military occupation of Zaporizhia NPP, the main risks to reactor operation are likely to remain disruption of cooling systems, damage to the backup power source, or errors by pressure workers, analysts predict.
09:52 The turning point of the war in Ukraine has already begun, as evidenced by the explosions in the Crimea, said the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, on the air of the telethon. According to him, the Russians began to realize that their army was not as strong as they thought: “This is not the second army in the world, and not even the fourth. And retribution will come. The understanding that there will be retribution comes to people when they personally begin to see and feel that the war is not somewhere out there in some part of the world, but with them. Therefore, the turning point has already begun.
09:46 On Independence Day, the Russian army shelled 58 settlements in Ukraine, said Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Yenin.
09:40 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense showed footage with Ukrainian flags that were raised on August 24 in the occupied cities - in particular, in Mariupol, the village of Mirnoye in the Kherson region and Balakliya in the Kharkiv region.
09:32 Rescue and search operations have been completed in the village of Chaplino. As a result of the shelling of the residential sector and the railway station, 25 people were killed, including two children. 31 people were injured , the OP reported.
09:29 According to the Mapa alarm service , on August 24, 189 air alerts were announced in Ukraine - this is an absolute record for the entire time of a full-scale invasion. The previous record - 109 alarms - was announced on April 23, Easter Eve.
09:23 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 25. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
personnel - about 45,850 (+150) people liquidated,
tanks - 1929 (+5),
armored combat vehicles - 4245 (+2),
artillery systems - 1037 (+1),
MLRS - 272 (+6),
air defense systems - 148 (+1),
aircraft - 234 (+0),
helicopters - 202 (+3),
UAV operational-tactical level - 828 (+9),
cruise missiles - 196 (+0),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 3160 (+0),
special equipment - 99 (+0).
09:06 At night Russians fired at Nikolaev with S-300 rockets. It is known about getting into the private residential sector, previously without casualties and victims, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
09:03 As a result of yesterday's two rocket strikes on the Shepetovsky district of the Khmelnytsky region, windows, doors in residential buildings and a school were knocked out. Three people, including two children, asked for medical help, the head of the OVA, Sergei Gamaly, said.
08:59 At night, the Russians attacked the Metallurgical District of Krivoy Rog from the Tornado-S MLRS - rockets with cluster munitions prohibited by the Geneva Convention, said Alexander Vilkul, head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog. Vehicles, a residential building and administrative buildings were damaged, people were not injured. Local residents are asked to be as careful as possible, as unexploded ordnance could remain.
08:44 At night, the occupiers fired two rockets in the direction of Kharkov - one exploded in the air, the second fell on the territory of the Chuguevsky district, previously without casualties. In total, two civilians were wounded in the region over the past day, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
08:38 In the Donetsk region on August 24, three civilians died from Russian shelling - in Soledar. Another person was injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:36 The Russian army fired at night on four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region - Sinelnikovsky, Nikopol, Krivoy Rog and Dneprovsky. In Velikomikhailovka, Sinelnikovsky district, eight victims, including three children. Search and rescue operations continue in the village of Chaplino, where 22 people died, including two children. An enemy missile was shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine over the Dnipro region.
08:28 The German armed forces are faced with an "absolute shortage of their own stocks" of weapons, said Foreign Minister Annalena Burbock in an interview with ZDF. According to her, the German military industry should specifically work for Ukraine in the longer term, since the conflict is becoming protracted, and Kyiv needs additional arms supplies in the fall and winter. "So we need to provide short-term support and also plan for the medium term," Burbock explained.
07:59 The Russians unsuccessfully tried to attack in three directions in the East - Slavic, Avdeevsky and Bakhmutsky. In particular, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy’s attack on Peski, the General Staff said in the morning report .
07:57 At night, the Russians fired two rockets at one of the communities of the Vyshgorodsky district of the Kiev region. According to the head of the OVA, Aleksey Kuleba, there are no casualties and wounded among civilians, there are no fires and destruction of residential buildings or infrastructure. Other explosions heard by residents of the region are the work of Ukrainian air defense.
02:56 Ukrainian aviation hit the Kakhovka bridge and Russian air defense systems in Novaya Kakhovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted four blows on the accumulation of manpower, weapons and equipment of Russians in the Beryslavsky district of the Kherson region. An ammunition depot was destroyed, a command and observation post was hit, OK Pivden reported.
02:33 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported that since mid-March, the Russians have lost control over Ukrainian territories larger than Denmark (about 45 thousand square kilometers), but they have managed to occupy territories the size of Andorra over the past 39 days - about 450 .84 sq. km.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have carried out limited ground attacks southwest and southeast of Izyum, northeast and south of Bakhmut, and west and southwest of Donetsk. The Russians also made a limited ground attack in the northwest of the Kherson region.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:17 Iskander's strike on the echelon at the Chaplino railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region destroyed more than 200 Ukrainian reservists and 10 units of military equipment. 22:57 The command post of the Kakhovka grouping of Ukrainian troops was destroyed by the blow of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Novy Bug of the Nikolaev region. Liquidated 64 Ukrainian soldiers and seven units of military equipment.
22:41 According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, five combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were hit by high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, three aircraft of the Ukrainian air force were destroyed.
22:19 Russian security forces, thanks to the appeal of local residents, prevented the explosion of power lines in the Akimovka area in the suburbs of Melitopol, RIA Novosti reportedsource. According to him, one out of four explosive devices managed to work, the remaining three managed to neutralize. When laying the IED, the S-4 explosive with a detonator and a clockwork was used.
21:45 The General Staff, together with British intelligence, is preparing strikes on ferries and watercraft of the Russian army in the Kherson region - TG-channel "Resident".
19:23 The price of gas in Europe by the end of the day fixed at about $3,200 per 1,000 cubic meters. m. - data from the London ICE exchange.
19:13 People are happy to receive Russian citizenship, apply. There are more and more people. Already more than one and a half thousand applications are being processed. And we will increase the number of reception points - Vitaliy Ganchev - head of the Kharkov Regional State Administration - right now on the air Solovyov Live
18:26 Taiwan donated 800 "flying revolvers" to Ukraine as military aid - Bild. The Revolver 860 drone can carry up to eight 60mm mortar shells, which are fired simultaneously thanks to a revolver-like rotating drum.
17:40 Ukraine does not yet need ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 300 km for the HIMARS MLRS, - US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kahl. The Pentagon decided to "prioritize" the transmission of GMLRS to "keep the situation in the east of the country."
17:38 More than 300 million hryvnias (about $8 million) belonging to the son of ex-president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych Alexander and previously arrested in the framework of a criminal case, were transferred to the needs of the Ukrainian army, the press service of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reports.
17:37 Not far from Novaya Dofinovka, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are equipping another reserve warehouses for storing weapons and ammunition generously supplied by the West. Back in May, an air defense position area was located in the village, covering the regional center from the east. The converted warehouse farms are just 350 meters from the trendy Shantambala Retreat & Resort.
17:36 In the Chuguevsky district of the Kharkiv region, a large ammunition depot was destroyed, which fed the entire southeastern grouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv direction with shells.
17:28 A Just Russia - For Truth faction has sent a bill to the government recognizing Ukraine as a terrorist state - Mironov.
17:20 Two power units of the Zaporozhye NPP were disconnected from the network after the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a fire provoked by a short circuit on power lines. When the fire was extinguished, one block was put into operation. At the moment, power supply to all cities and districts of the Zaporozhye region has been restored.
17:15 A draft resolution was submitted to the Verkhovna Rada on the deprivation of mandates of all people's deputies of the Opposition Platform for Life. At the moment, the initiative is under consideration by the relevant committee.
17:10 Vladimir Zelensky approached Independence Day in the status of a gravedigger of Ukrainian sovereignty:
"Instead of a festive fireworks - shelling of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe. Instead of confetti, there are anti-personnel mines-petals in residential areas of Donetsk," said Maria Zakharova.
16:33 Power supply to Kherson, Nova Kakhovka and Golopristansky district has been restored, the authorities of the region said.
16:21 For the first time in history, the Zaporozhye NPP was completely disconnected from the power grid, Energoatom reports.
16:15 The price of electricity on the day-ahead market for delivery on August 26 in a number of EU countries rose above 700 euros per MWh, thereby updating historical highs.
15:55 The Council of the Duma called on the UN and the IAEA to demand from the Ukrainian authorities an immediate cessation of shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
15:48 Scenarios for the development of the situation in Ukraine are "only one and a half" - the achievement of all the goals of the SVO or a coup in Ukraine with the recognition of the results of a special operation - Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Medvedev.
15:45 The order of Lenin is being dismantled from the facade of the building of the Odessa railway station.
15:20 Putin increased the staff strength of the Russian Armed Forces from 1.9 million to 2.04 million people from 2023.
14:37 Electricity supply has been restored in Melitopol - the authorities of the region. In the Kherson region, they promise to restore in the near future.
14:29 In Kherson, the water supply was turned off due to a blackout, communication is intermittent.
14:25 The IAEA wants to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with a mission until September 5th.
14:24 Ukrainian resources report about blows on an object in the Chuguevsky district southwest of Kharkov. A large fire broke out at the site. Judging by the thick black smoke, either a fuel storage facility or just a combustible materials warehouse or an industrial facility is on fire.
14:22 Security systems worked at the Zaporizhzhya NPP after a power failure in the region, a reconnection was made.
It is reported by the CAA Energodar.
14:20 The founder of Azov Ukrainian nationalist regiment has been destroyed. Sapalenko Oleg Sergeevich was killed near Kharkov. This man is known for being the right hand of the founder of Azov, Biletsky, and being a fighter for the Kraken Ukrainian nationalist battalion. Prior to that, he served in the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade. In civilian life he lived in Kharkov.
14:16 For yesterday's attacks on airfields. According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
1. At the airfield in Mirgorod, 2 (1 Su-24 and 1 Su-27) were destroyed and five combat aircraft were damaged. The vehicles belonged to the 831st Tactical Aviation Brigade. About 30 people were also killed.
2. At the airfield in Dnepropetrovsk, three combat aircraft were destroyed.
The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine yesterday confirmed the losses in the materiel in Mirgorod (there were also losses in personnel and wheeled vehicles), but kept silent about the fact that it was the X-22 missiles that were destroyed. They also keep quiet about the losses in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
13:55 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed power lines with targeted missile strikes, due to which the Kherson and partially Zaporozhye regions are de-energized. All cities have no electricity. In addition, there is no water, as the pumping stations have been left without electricity and are not working. There is a connection. The equipment runs on backup generators.
13:45 The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region: five combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were hit. One Su-27 and one Su-24 destroyed. Two more Su-27s and one Su-24 were critically damaged. Losses in manpower amounted to 30 people.
Also, as a result of a strike on the Dnepr military airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region, three enemy aircraft were destroyed.
13:35 Kherson and some settlements of the region are de-energized, the reasons are being clarified - local authorities:
"There is no electricity in Kherson and some settlements in the region. Partially disconnected water supply and mobile communications," the authorities said.
13:05 Ukrainian troops continue shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar. During the day, Ukrainian artillery struck seven times from large-caliber guns at the nuclear power plant area. The shelling was carried out from the firing positions of the Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Nikopol, Marganets, Vyshetarasovka and Chervonogrigorovka, located on the opposite bank of the Kakhovka reservoir. The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces suppressed the enemy's firepower with return fire.
13:03 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on August 25. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
The high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the military airfield Mirgorod, Poltava region, hit five combat aircraft of the Ukrainian air forces. One Su-27 and one Su-24 destroyed. Two more Su-27s and one Su-24 were critically damaged. The loss of the enemy in manpower amounted to 30 nationalists. In the Dnepropetrovsk region, as a result of a high-precision strike on the Dnepr military airfield, three aircraft of the Ukrainian air force were destroyed.
A high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Novy Bug, Mykolaiv region, destroyed the command post of the Kakhovka grouping of Ukrainian troops. 64 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and seven units of military equipment were liquidated.
The delivery of high-precision strikes on the objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, carrying out the repair of weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian troops, continues. In the village of Shepetovka, Khmelnytsky region, high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the workshops of an enterprise for the repair of armored weapons and multiple launch rocket systems, including those of foreign production. In the city of Zaporozhye, the production workshops of the Iskra plant were hit, in which air defense radar stations and counterbattery combat were being repaired. The production buildings of the Migremont aviation repair plant, where the Ukrainian Air Force aviation equipment was being restored, were also destroyed.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine. During the day, seven command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in areas of settlements: Velikomikhailovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, the city of Nikolaev, Artemivsk, Pereezdnoe, Kaleniki and Poltavka, Zaporozhye region, as well as manpower and Ukrainian military equipment in 149 districts. In addition, four ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaypole in the Zaporozhye region, Zmiev in the Kharkiv region, Zhovtnevoye in the Nikolaev region and a fuel storage facility for military equipment in the area of the settlement of Golitsinovo in the Nikolaev region.
In total, since the start of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 273 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1,808 unmanned aerial vehicles, 369 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,384 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 819 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,340 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 5,048 units of special military vehicles.
11:54 In the Zaporozhye region, 29 shellings per day were reported by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of which 17 were at the ZNPP, the head of the CAA.
11:40 Report about arrivals in Kyiv. There was no air raid alert prior to arrivals.
11:10 Another terrorist attack in the Kursk region - on August 24, the railway track on the Klyukva-Kursk stretch was blown up. An improvised explosive device weighing about 400 grams worked. The damage turned out to be non-critical - the movement of trains was not stopped.
10:37 Ukrainian troops again fired at the Antonovsky bridge near Kherson, the air defense system worked, reported RIA Novosti the authorities of the region.
10:23 Repair of roads has begun in the village of Akimovka, Zaporozhye region, for the first time in 30 years. In the nearest plans to repair 10 streets. Roadwork materials are being delivered from the local asphalt plant, which is reopening. In addition, bitumen is supplied from Sevastopol. The workers are local residents and residents of Melitopol. The work is financed from the federal budget of the Russian Federation.
10:20 Gas from Russia on EU exchanges $3,100 per thousand m3.
10:06 August 25 in the city of Severodonetsk, a point for issuing hot food begins its work at the address: st. Gogol, 43 (dining room No. 19). The opening is supported by the Interregional charitable public organization "Food for Life". On the first day of work, it is planned to distribute 1,000 portions of hot meals for city residents. Opening time: 14:30. Free admission.
09:23 Residents of the Kherson region are issued Russian citizenship right at home. The service can be used by citizens with limited mobility: the elderly and the disabled, according to the deputy head of the regional CAA Ekaterina Gubareva.
09:05 The US authorities expect that Ukraine will gradually switch to NATO armament over the course of several years. At the same time, Washington believes that Kyiv will also have systems of its own production. This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl.
08:33 Dry cargo ship Osprey S carrying Ukrainian grain arrived in the Turkish port of Iskenderun – Marine Traffic.
08:05 Rada deputy Aleksey Goncharenko threatened the President of Belarus with reprisals for wishing Ukrainians a peaceful sky and tolerance.
08:03 Ukraine's anti-Russian statement at the UN was supported by less than a third of countries. Of the 193 states, only 58 agree with the position of Kyiv.
These are European countries, the USA, Great Britain, Georgia, Turkey, Switzerland, as well as several countries in Asia and Latin America.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 22:21 Ukrainian troops fired upon monastery in the DPR, damaging the cathedral. Assumption Monastery of St. Nicholas and Vasilyevsky is located in the village of Nikolskoye, Volnovakhsky District, liberated in early March 2022. However, the village is located less than a kilometer from the enemy's line of defense and is still subject to shelling. 21:23 Denis Pushilin and Sergey Kiriyenko handed over 86 drones to the Republican training center for UAV control named after Vladimir Zhoga.
21:16 Artillerymen of the 2nd Army Corps of the LPRdestroySAM "Osa" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Soledar.
19:40 The Eternal Flame is lit at the Saur-Mogila memorial. Vice-Chairman of the RVIO Nikolai Ovsienko inspected the restoration work on the memorials of Donbass, damaged by the shelling of the VFU.
19:22 "Patience, brothers" - a "Tree of Heroes" appeared in Donetsk, hung with ribbons with messages to Russian soldiers. "Object" appeared in the park of the Lenin Komsomol, next to the Alley of Heroes. At the foot of a sprawling tree growing near the monument to the heroes of the Donetsk People's Republic, there is a bucket with red ribbons - there you can leave a short message to the military involved in a special operation against the troops of the Kyiv regime.
19:10 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 25, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Makeevka:
Chervonogvardei district:
- a man born in 1986 was wounded.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
- st. Radyanskaya, 7 - a direct hit in a private residential building, a fire was recorded;
- st. Ershova, 79 - a direct hit in a private residential building, a fire was recorded.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Nikitovsky district:
- st. Baikonurskaya, 33 - a direct hit in a private residential building.
Kalininsky district:
- a 110 kW transformer substation is on fire on the territory of the State Enterprise Stirol;
- the roof of the building is on fire on the territory of Transammiak State Enterprise.
n.p. Makeevka:
Chervonogvardei district:
- st. Mayakovsky, 1 "a" - Emperor store.
19:05 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Majorsk - n.p. Zaitsevo: fired six mines in 120mm caliber.
18:40 According to updated data, as a result of shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a 110 kW transformer substation is on fire on the territory of the State Enterprise Stirol, and the roof of the building is on fire on the territory of the State Enterprise Transammiak. Crews of the Ministry of Emergency Situations left for the scene of incidents.
18:31 In the center of Donetsk, on Studgorodok, near the overgrown stadium between the Manezh and the Student Hospital of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, petal mines were scattered. Be careful.
18:30 Prikhodko: The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the Kalininsky district of Gorlovka. It is reported that enemy rounds hit the Stirol substation. We find out the details.
18:07 Chervonogvardeisky district of Makeevka under fire from VFU artillery, a civilian was wounded. Ukrainian militants continue to shell residential areas of Makeevka, on the street. A man was wounded by a fountain.
16:51 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 25, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Gorlovka:
- a woman born in 1990 was wounded.
Unfortunately, a woman born in 1970, who was wounded as a result of the shelling of the VFU village. mines. N. A. Izotova in N. p. Gorlovka, died.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
d. Donetsk:
Kuibyshevsky district:
— str. Yershova, 3 — private residential building.
Kirovsky district:
- st. Makharadze, 64 - a direct hit in a private residential building;
- st. Abakumova, 74 - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka:
pos. Zaytsevo:
- as a result of the shelling, the PFM "Petal" was scattered.
According to updated data, as a result of shelling on August 24, 2022, housing construction was damaged at the following addresses:
Donetsk, Proletarsky district:
- st. Batayskaya, 1 - School No. 133;
- st. Gagrinskaya, 19, 21 - private residential buildings;
- st. Podolskaya, 2, 14, 19 - private residential buildings;
- st. Kamyshinskaya, 15, 17, 19 - private residential buildings;
- st. Zemnukhova, 20 - a private residential building.
Information about the consequences of shelling and remote mining of the cities of the Republic continues to come.
15:04 Ukrainian punishers fired at the Proletarsky district early this morning. As a result, the glazing was damaged in the school building and in nine residential buildings.
14:26 As a result of the shelling of the Kirovsky district, two private houses were damaged. One of them received a direct hit; in another, the glazing was broken, the facade was broken, and the fence was cut by fragments.
14:22 As of 14:15, the number of Gorlovka civilians wounded as a result of the Ukrainian armed aggression has increased to four, two residents of Gorlovka died - the mayor of the city.
13:43 Unfortunately, a peaceful resident of Gorlovka, who was injured as a result of the shelling of the village of the mine named after. N. A. Izotova from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, died - Prikhodko.
13:09 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on August 25. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine. The command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Artyomovsk Soledar were hit.
During the counterbattery fight, two platoons of BM-21 122mm Grad multiple launch rocket systems were suppressed in the areas of the settlements of Artemovskoye and Sukhaya Balka, as well as three platoons of D-30 122mm howitzers at firing positions in the Novgorodskoye, Veseleye, Evgenovka districts of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Russian air defense systems shot down a drone in the village of Zeleny Gay, Donetsk People's Republic.
12:47 VFU attacked Gorlovka, on the street. Paul Robson wounded a woman.
12:32 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 25, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- a man born in 1956 was wounded as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Lepestok".
As of 12:00 on August 25, 52 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. two children, on mines PFM "Petal". One of the injured died in the hospital.
n.p. Gorlovka:
pos. mines. ON THE. Izotova:
- a woman born in 1970 was wounded.
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
settlement mines. ON THE. Izotov:
- st. P. Robson, 19 - apartment building.
Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.
12:16 The Prosecutor General's Office of the LPR opened a case after the death of a resident of Rovenek due to shelling from Tochka-U.
12:00 On the street. Uglegorskaya in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, a civilian was blown up by a PFM-1 mine.
11:58 Referendums on the territory of Donbass will be held, there should be no doubts about this - Turchak.
11:20 Fire was recorded from the VFU in the direction of Krasnogorovka settlement - Donetsk city (Petrovsky district): six rounds of 122mm caliber were fired.
11:00 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of the settlement. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
10:08 Representative office of the DPR: AFU fired five rounds of 155mm caliber at Gorlovka.
10:06 August 25 in the city of Severodonetsk, a point for issuing hot food begins its work at the address: st. Gogol, 43 (dining room No. 19). The opening is supported by the Interregional charitable public organization "Food for Life". On the first day of work, it is planned to distribute 1,000 portions of hot meals for city residents. Opening time: 14:30. Free admission.
09:26 In the Artemovsk direction, the enemy made repeated violent attempts breakthrough of the front line and counter-offensive on the position of PMC "Wagner". Only thanks to a well-built dead-end defense and the courage of the personnel, all these attempts were repelled. Moreover, "on the shoulders" of the enemy even managed to advance a little.
09:10 Ukrainian artillery fired at Donetsk twice today from Haimars MLRS installations, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
08:57 Trolleybuses stopped in Gorlovka, Prikhodko I.S. reports. The substation of the communal enterprise "Tram and trolleybus department of the administration of the city of Gorlovka" was damaged.
08:50 Over the past day, from 08:00 on August 24 to 08:00 on August 25, as a result of shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the DPR, four people were killed and 14 more civilians were injured.
08:43 Referendums in the DPR and LPR, as well as in other territories of Ukraine affected by the military operation, most likely, will not be combined with a single voting day in the Russian Federation, which will be held on September 11. Five interlocutors close to the presidential administration (AP) told Vedomosti about this. Three of them attribute this to the fact that the troops have not yet occupied the entire territory of the DPR.
08:38 Additional information about the consequences of yesterday's shelling:
In the Kuibyshev region, women born in 1986, 1978, 1948, 1941, and a man born in 1937 were injured. Damaged facades and glazing in 3 apartment buildings.
In the Kirov region, a man born in 1990 received intoxication with combustion products.
Roofing and glazing were damaged in two houses of the private sector in the Kievsky district.
In the Petrovsky district, three private houses were damaged. In one of them, a building caught fire, in another, a gas pipe caught fire, and in the third, outbuildings were damaged.
08:32 The Russian army continues to advance - the main thing from the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
Shelling along the entire front line from Kharkov to Yuzhnobuzhsky direction.
In the Slavyansk direction, the RF Armed Forces are conducting assault operations in the direction of the settlements of Apiary - Dolina.
-- In the Bakhmut direction, Russian units are advancing in the Maiskoye-Kodema direction.
-- On the Avdeevsky direction, the fighters of the Russian Army are advancing in the direction of Sands - Pervomaiskoye.
08:31 The headquarters of the Territorial Defense reports: as a result of the morning shelling of the VFU on the street. A man was wounded by an elevator in the Kalininsky district of Donetsk.
08:20 As a result of the armed aggression of Ukrainian militants, damage to houses in the Central City district of Gorlovka was revealed. On st. Povitroflotska, 14 and on the street. 12/1, damaged houses and roofs. On st. Filina, 10 damaged fence, windows, car, garage.
08:12 As a result of attacks from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Gorlovka, the Leninskaya substation was de-energized, four 110 kV lines were disconnected. and 6 lines 35 kV. Without electricity settlements: pos. Mercury, pos. Komarova, pos. mines. Gagarin, w / m "Komsomolets", w / w "Builder", w / w "Quarter 245", pos. Pobeda, pos. Aksenovka, pos. Machine-building plant them. S. M. Kirov, pos. Peaceful.
08:00 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:
-- n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district): five rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
- n.p. Gorlovka (Tsentralno-Gorodskoy district): seven rounds of 155mm caliber were fired.
07:58 Two wounded children and a dead mother have been in Gorlovka since the morning. The shelling of the city continues - Prikhodko.
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I hope the Russians understand that those electrons being produced have to go somewhere.
Large electrical production facilities in the west have devices called 'load banks' that can absorb the excess power if something happens down the line. Don't know if that's the case here, though. And if they do have those, where are they located, upstream from where they disconnected (good), or downstream (very bad).
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@Mullah Richard
Russians (soviets) built Zaporizhzhia, they have the know how, it makes little sense for russia to damage it, and are said to be connecting it to their power grid in Crimea.
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Understood and I don't believe they would intentionally damage the facility itself (or will they..).
Whoever is disconnecting it from the grid would have to make certain that, during the transition to the Crimea lines, there's somewhere for the excess electrons being generated to go.
Just because the Russians built it 20-30 years ago does not mean that their current best and brightest will be doing the powerline transfer work.
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Isn't it possible to shut down the turbines without shutting down the reactor?
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The reactor core can take days to cool down from operating temperatures. Power for the cooling pumps to circulate cooling fluid is vital during that period.
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[REGNUM] Naval mines torn from anchors by Kyiv militants continue to threaten shipping in the Black Sea and coastal infrastructure, the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response reports on August 25.
To prevent maritime incidents, the Russian Armed Forces organized two humanitarian corridors in the Black and Azov Seas.
“There remains a danger to navigation and damage to port infrastructure from the drift of unanchored mines [of the Kyiv regime] along the coast of the Black Sea states.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have created the necessary conditions for the operation of two maritime humanitarian corridors, which are safe lanes for the movement of ships:
in the Black Sea (round the clock) - for exiting the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny in the south-west direction from the territorial sea of Ukraine with a length of 307 nautical miles and a width of up to 20 miles;
in the Sea of Azov (round the clock) - to exit the port of Mariupol with a length of 115 miles and a width of two miles in the direction of the Black Sea , ”the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters reports.
[REGNUM] More than 50 foreign cargo ships remain blocked in the seaports controlled by the Kyiv regime, the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters of the Russian Federation for Humanitarian Response reported on August 25.
“In six ports (Kherson, Nikolaev, Chernomorsk, Ochakov, Odessa and Yuzhny), 51 foreign ships from 14 states remain blocked.
As part of the implementation of the "Initiative of Understanding for the Safe Transport of Grain" from August 1, 2022 from ports [b. Ukrainian SSR] ensured the exit of 36 dry cargo ships (including 19 blocked), exported 746,037 tons of food (511,700 tons of corn, 28,850 tons of sunflower oil, 50,301 tons of flour, 11,000 tons of soybeans, 79,172 tons of wheat, 2,914 tons of sunflower seeds , 18,500 tons of compound feed, 14,000 tons of sugar beet, 29,600 tons of rapeseed),” the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters reports.
[REGNUM] A tanker en route from Russia to Greece collided with a boat in the Dardanelles. This was announced today, August 25, by the Turkish Coast Guard.
Recall that the Turkish Bosphorus and Dardanelles is an important water artery through which many trade routes pass. In the straits, there is quite heavy traffic of ships.
[BattleswarmBlog via Insty] A lot of questions have popped up about the much-talked about Ukrainian counteroffensive for Kherson, among the biggest of which is "Where is it?"
Anders Puck Nielsen, a military analyst at the Royal Danish Defence College, has some answers. What Ukraine is doing right now is not a traditional counteroffensive, but a prolonged attrition strategy to degrade Russian logistics and forces.
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What else can they do? Any invasion gambit (ex: Robert E. Lee's Gettysburg Campaign) could very easily fail for all the logistical problems the invading Russians are facing, or if 'successful' the Russians might very well use 'defensive' and 'tactical' nuclear weapons -- a LOSE/LOSE Scenario for the Ukrainians.
Like the Imperial Japanese in 1944-45 they are trying to exhaust the attacker and get a 'better' negotiated settlement. Good luck with that.
#3
^ "'better' negotiated settlement. Good luck with that" They have absolutely no interest in a settlement with Russia. NATO and West push on to continue war and will provide money and weapons eventually. We promise. :)
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The one hundred and eighty-third day of heroic resistance of Ukrainians to the Russian military invasion has begun . The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Facebook about the situation at the front as of 7:00 a.m.
[LB] During the past day, settlements in different regions of Ukraine were shelled.
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[BattleswarmBlog via Insty] A lot of questions have popped up about the much-talked about Ukrainian counteroffensive for Kherson, among the biggest of which is "Where is it?"
