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[VESTI] August 2 is the 525th 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, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
07:00 . Kyiv. At night, the capital was attacked by more than 10 drones from different directions - the air defense shot down everything . A fall of debris was recorded in the Solomensky, Goloseevsky and Svyatoshinsky districts of Kyiv. The administrative building in the Solomensky district was damaged by debris: the facade from the 9th to the 11th floor was damaged. There is no information about the victims.
More than 40 clashes with the Russians took place at the front during the day. The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, consolidate on the achieved lines, carry out counter-battery measures, the General Staff said in a morning report.
During the day, the Defense Forces aviation inflicted 8 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the Russian Federation, one - on the command post and one - on the anti-aircraft missile system. Missile and artillery units hit 14 artillery weapons in firing positions, four electronic warfare stations, four command posts, one weapons and military equipment concentration area, six air defense facilities, three personnel concentration areas, one ammunition depot and two more important objects.
08:00 . Odessa region. The Russians attacked the Odessa region with drones at night . Aimed at the port and industrial infrastructure in the south. There were fires, the elevator was damaged. There were no reports of casualties.
Kherson region. At night, the Russian army again attacked the center of Kherson. Fires broke out in a residential area, 2 people were injured. In the morning, the shelling of the city center continued: they hit the bank premises, as well as the house of a 78-year-old Kherson woman (the woman was not injured). In just one day, the Russian Federation carried out 74 attacks, firing 441 shells from mortars, artillery, Grads, tanks, UAVs and aviation.
09:00 . During the night, 23 Shahed-136/131 drones were destroyed over Ukraine . Launches were carried out from three directions - Kursk (RF), Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF), Chauda (Crimea).
The Armed Forces of Ukraine knocked out the Russians from their positions near Avdeevka and Andreevka . During the conduct of offensive assault operations by the Defense Forces, the Russians were forced to withdraw.
Dnipropetrovsk region. At night, Russia shelled the Nikopol region three times with heavy artillery, terrorized Nikopol and the Pokrovskaya community. There are no dead or injured.
10:00 am . Zaporozhye region. During the day, the Russian military carried out 97 attacks on 20 settlements of the region: 14 air strikes, 74 shelling, six strikes from the MLRS, two UAV attacks, as well as a missile attack. A man was wounded in Orekhovo.
Kharkov region. During the day, shelling of Bogodukhovsky, Kharkovsky, Chuguevsky, Izyumsky and Kupyansky districts of the region continued. As a result of a missile attack on the village of Pershotravneve, a woman was killed and a man was wounded.
11:00 am . Sumy region. At night and in the morning, the Russian Federation carried out seven attacks, 49 explosions were recorded: five settlements in four territorial communities were shelled.
Donetsk region. On August 1, the Russians wounded three people: two in Kurakhovo and one in Chasovoy Yar.
13:00 . A total of 10 children returned to Ukraine from Russian deportation. In total, within nine rescue missions, Save Ukraine returned 141 children to Ukraine.
15:00 . The situation in the Tauride direction per day. The units of the Defense Forces continue to destroy the manpower and equipment of the Russian Federation. During the day, the Russians lost 19 units of military equipment (four armored combat vehicles, six units of artillery systems and mortars, one unit of TOS-1A "Sontsepek", one UAV, seven units of automotive equipment). Also, 10 ammunition depots and one fuel depot were destroyed.
16:00 . The night attack of the Russian Federation on the port of Izmail led to a jump in food prices in the world. Wheat prices on the Chicago Stock Exchange jumped 6.5%. The Russian military attacked warehouses and grain elevators at night - they damaged almost 40,000 tons of grain, which was expected by the countries of Africa, China, Israel. The Russians damaged the sea terminal and the infrastructure of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company, the key Ukrainian cargo carrier on the Danube.
17:55 . The head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, said that the Russian army had resumed its offensive in the Kupyansk direction. He said that the evacuation of the population in the Kupyansky district has not yet been announced, everything will depend on the situation at the front. According to him, the armed forces of Ukraine are still managing to hold their positions.
18:31 . Another 14 Czechs will fight in Ukraine. President Petr Pavel signed a total of 14 positive decisions approving the entry of Czech citizens into the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
19:09 . In the Transcarpathian region, the military commissar used soldiers to build his own house. This is reported by the Office of the Attorney General. According to the investigation, he bought a land plot for a new building and registered it with a relative in order to avoid liability.
19:57 . Within a day, the Russian Federation launched another Shahed UAV air strike on Ukraine. Defenders of Ukraine destroyed 23 UAVs. Also, the enemy launched five missile, 86 air strikes and made 36 attacks from the MLRS. Operational summary of the General Staff as of the evening of August 2.
20:29 . Traffic in the Kerch Strait is restricted for the movement of ships and aircraft. This is reported by Russian media with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense.
20:55 . Between 20,000 and 50,000 Ukrainians have lost one or more limbs since the start of the full-scale war, - The Wall Street Journal. The actual number of injured may be even higher, since prosthetics take a long time.
21:37 . For four days in the Russian Federation and in the Crimea, 27 attempts to set fire to military registration and enlistment offices were registered.
22:00 . The head of the Kyiv OVA, Ruslan Kravchenko, said that the number of damaged houses in the region had increased as a result of the night attack by the Russians. As of 18:00, four residential buildings were damaged due to falling debris.
22:30 . A third of Americans (31%) supported sending US troops to Ukraine. Another 25% - did not support, but did not oppose, - Newsweek.
23:07 . The Armed Forces of Ukraine knocked out the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation from positions near Avdieka, - representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Kovalchuk.
23:44 . During the day there were 33 combat clashes. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position west of Kurdyumovka, south of Andreevka and west of Kleshchievka, Donetsk region. Operational summary of the General Staff as of the evening of August 2.
00:17 . In the Maryinsky direction, the Defense Forces continue to restrain the Russian offensive in the Maryinka area. In the Shakhtyorsk direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position west of Staromayorsky and north of Urozhaynoye.
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17:37 An hour ago, the Russians brought eight buses of seriously wounded soldiers from the Zaporozhye region to Mariupol's intensive care hospital No. 2, the hospital is overcrowded, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city.
17:16 The Russian attack on the elevator in the port of Izmail damaged almost 40 tons of grain that African countries, China and Israel were waiting for, said Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov. According to him, the maritime station of the port and the infrastructure of the Danube Shipping Company suffered the most damage.
17:13 In Ukraine, the school discipline "Protection of Ukraine" will be updated, Minister of Education Oksen Lisovoy said. In particular, according to him, today both students and female students have a request for training in medical care, mine safety, drone control and terrain orientation. Since September, it is planned to launch a pilot project of the updated discipline in schools in different regions.
16:31 In Russia, they announce a new wave of attacks on military registration and enlistment offices. If the day before yesterday nine arsons of commissariats were recorded, then yesterday - at least 20. The geography of attacks is also wide - from St. Petersburg to the Crimea. It is interesting that pensioners, teachers and young women participate in such flash mobs. Russian law enforcers are already claiming that unknown "Ukrainian curators" are behind the attacks. For more details, see the article Why Russians are at war with military registration and enlistment offices .
16:03 Russian political technologists have prepared another round of a disinformation campaign against Ukraine, the purpose of which is international discredit and incitement of internal political strife, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reported. In particular, publications on the topics of bribes, political confrontations, etc. are planned in the Ukrainian information space. At the same time, the Russians are trying to find and update existing problems and pain points, including for the Western world.
The purpose of all materials is the same - to convince Ukrainians and their allies of the futility of resistance, sow doubts and confrontations in the anti-Putin coalition and create the impression that there are other "more important" problems. The GUR emphasizes that the only way to counteract enemy propaganda in the information space is to check any information and critical attitude towards materials aimed at inciting hostility among the allies.
15:37 The Ministry of Economy showed a machine for preparing soil for mine clearance from Kharkov manufacturers, which has already received a certificate of conformity. The machine has a simple structure, the cost of its production, maintenance and repair is relatively low. The development allows you to effectively neutralize anti-personnel and detect anti-tank mines.
15:04 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that tonight Ukraine allegedly again tried to attack a ship of the Russian Navy, "accompanying civilian maritime transport" in the Black Sea, with a sea unmanned boat. The Ukrainian boat was allegedly destroyed.
14:29 Reuters reports that during the night, the port of Izmail on the Danube coast was seriously damaged as a result of a drone attack. Agency sources say he was the main target of the Russian attack. This attack led to a jump in food prices in the world.
14:25 Erdogan and Putin had a telephone conversation and agreed on the visit of the Russian president to Turkey, Erdogan's office said. Erdogan told Putin that Ankara will continue to make intensive efforts to restart the grain agreement.
In turn, the Kremlin reported that Putin, in a conversation with Erdogan, outlined Russia's position on the grain deal, confirmed his readiness to return to it as soon as the West fulfills all obligations to the Russian Federation. The Kremlin did not directly announce the upcoming visit, but noted that Putin and Erdogan "agreed to continue contacts at various levels, including in the context of preparations for a possible meeting between the two leaders."
13:57 Czech President Petr Pavel gave permission to 14 citizens of his country to fight on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and rejected eight requests, his press service said. Presidential permission is necessary for those who want to legally fight in Ukraine, otherwise they face criminal prosecution. In total, 146 citizens of the Czech Republic already have the consent of the head of state to participate in hostilities on the side of Ukraine. However, how many Czechs actually left for Ukraine is unknown.
13:28 In recent days, relations between Poland and Ukraine have deteriorated somewhat. The reason for this was the statement by the representative of the administration Andrzej Duda Marcin Przydacz about the alleged "ungratefulness of Ukrainians." Because of the scandal, Kyiv and Warsaw alternately summoned ambassadors to the carpet, and today Zelensky intervened in the situation. Read more in the material Diplomatic conflict between Poland and Ukraine .
12:59 Another ten children deported by Russia have returned to Ukraine. In total, 141 children were returned to Ukraine as part of Save Ukraine's nine rescue missions, said Mykola Kuleba, executive director of the organization and ex-Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights.
12:17 Ukraine is preparing for the second meeting at the level of national security advisers and political advisers to the leaders of states in Saudi Arabia. It will be dedicated to the key principles of peace based on the Zelensky Peace Formula. Yermak said that after the first meeting in Copenhagen in June, the number of participants will be increased: countries from the West, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America will take part in the meeting in Saudi Arabia.
Ukraine's strategy for the implementation of the Peace Formula involves three levels: a meeting with ambassadors, a meeting of national security and political advisers, and a founding Global Peace Summit with state leaders, where the Formula will be implemented. The goal in Saudi Arabia is to develop a common vision of the Formula, to work out the possibilities for holding the upcoming Global Peace Summit.
11:35 British intelligence reported that over the past two months, Russia has likely begun to form large new formations to strengthen its ground forces, including the 25th Combined Arms Army. Analysts note that after the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation mainly attracted mobilized reservists to replenish existing formations or as part of infantry regiments. It rarely created new combined arms organizations such as combined arms armies. The exception was the 3rd Army Corps, created in the summer of 2022, which generally performed poorly on the battlefield.
Now Russia is likely to deploy any new formation in Ukraine as a reserve force. However, in the long term, the Russian Federation seeks to strengthen its forces in the face of NATO. Without a new wave of mobilizations, Russia is unlikely to find enough new troops to man even one new army, analysts say.
11:16 Crimean publics report a series of explosions in the Simferopol region near the village of Gvardeyskoye, where the airbase is located, which is used by the 37th aviation regiment of the Russian Federation. The occupying authorities are still silent.
11:10 The United States does not see a threat to NATO from PMC Wagner mercenaries, said John Kirby, coordinator of strategic communications at the National Security Council. At the same time, he added that the United States is "watching this closely." Kirby noted that, according to available information, some of the Wagnerites left for Africa, "trying to increase instability there", some are still in Ukraine, and another part moved to Belarus.
10:39 Biden wants to send part of the money provided for helping Ukraine to arms for Taiwan, writes the Financial Times, citing sources. The American president intends to soon make a corresponding request to Congress to speed up the supply of weapons to Taiwan against the backdrop of a growing threat from China.
Congress has yet to vote on this aid package, known as "foreign military financing." Experts note that the inclusion of Taiwan there will make it more realistic support for Republicans who are skeptical about aid to Ukraine, but support aid to Taiwan. The newspaper writes that the vote will be "the first test of support for Kyiv in the current Congress."
10:16 Reznikov said that the tenth model of the FPV drone has officially entered service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "Convincing performance characteristics and a new scale of production. The main thing is the saved lives of our soldiers," the minister stressed. According to him, over 15 months, the Ministry of Defense has already put into operation more than 30 models of UAVs of various types - reconnaissance, strike, kamikaze drones and loitering ammunition. Ammunition for UAVs has been officially created as a separate category.
"All this is being tested on the battlefield by our soldiers, being modernized. Unification will gradually take place. Now we are acting as flexibly as possible so that all capable teams of developers and manufacturers can prove themselves," Reznikov added.
09:39 At night, the Russians attacked the central part of Kherson, hit a residential area. Fires broke out in the places of hits, two people were injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin. In the morning, the shelling of the center of Kherson continued: the enemy hit the bank premises and the residential building, people were not injured.
09:07 Air defense forces shot down 23 Shahed-136/131 Iranian attack drones at night. UAV launches were carried out from three directions - Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF), Chauda (Crimea), the Air Force command said. Most of the drones were destroyed in the Kyiv and Odessa regions. Part of the drones launched by the enemy hit the port infrastructure in the Odessa region.
09:04 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed, eight more were injured. In the Kharkiv region, one person died, one was injured. There are three wounded in the Donetsk region, and one in Zaporozhye, according to the OVA.
08:52 Since the beginning of a full-scale war, from 20 to 50 thousand Ukrainians have lost one or more limbs, writes The Wall Street Journal. The data is based on information from the government and medical institutions, although the actual figure may be higher because the prosthetics process takes a long time.
At the beginning of the war, the main causes of amputations were injuries received during artillery and rocket attacks. Now many are injured by mines along the front line.
08:29 Ukrainian troops knocked out the Russians from their positions in the area south of Avdiivka, spokesman of the General Staff Pavel Kovalchuk said. In the Bakhmut direction, the Ukrainian military continues to conduct offensive operations south of Bakhmut. The enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position north and west of Kleshcheevka, as well as northwest of Kurdyumovka. The defense forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the Kupyansk and Liman directions.
08:18 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 2:
personnel - about 247,230 (+540) people liquidated,
tanks - 4217 (+1),
armored combat vehicles - 8213 (+8),
artillery systems - 4866 (+27),
MLRS - 700 (+1),
air defense systems - 463 (+1),
aircraft - 315 (+0),
helicopters - 311 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 4042 (+15),
cruise missiles - 1347 (+0),
ships/boats - 18 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 7349 (+25),
special equipment - 718 (+0).
07:35 Over the past day, more than 40 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Bakhmut direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position north and west of Kleshcheevka, Donetsk region. In the Avdiivka direction, the Defense Forces repelled the attacks of Russian troops in the Avdiivka area, in the Maryinsky direction they continue to hold back the enemy's advance in the Maryinka area. In the Shakhtyorsky direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position east of Staromayorsky.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue the offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
06:11 At night, the Russians attacked the south of the Odessa region with shock drones. As a result of the attack, fires broke out at the objects of the port and industrial infrastructure of the region, and the elevator was damaged. There were no reports of casualties, Oleg Kiper, head of the OVA, said.
05:36 At night, the Russians attacked Kiev with Shahed drones. Groups of drones entered the capital simultaneously from several directions, but air defense forces destroyed all air targets - more than ten UAVs, said Sergey Popko, head of the KGVA. A fall of debris was recorded in the Solomensky, Goloseevsky and Svyatoshinsky districts, there is damage to non-residential premises and the road surface. There were no serious damages and fires, there were no reports of casualties.
05:29 The United States plans to announce a new military aid package for Ukraine early next week, Politico writes, citing sources.
03:54 The United States will regard any attack by Wagner PMC mercenaries against Poland as an attack by Russia, said US Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield. According to her, Washington expressed concern about the activities of the group long before Prigozhin's "march on Moscow."
“We have seen their malicious efforts on the African continent. Therefore, we are certainly concerned that this group, at the direction of the Russian government - since they do not work independently of the Russian government - is a threat to all of us. And we must ensure the clarity of the message that that any attacks by the Wagner group will be considered an attack by the Russian government," she stressed.
00:17 US Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said she has information about Russia's preparations for a return to negotiations on a grain deal. In turn, Peskov replied that Moscow "is ready to immediately return to the grain deal, but after the conditions for Russia are met."
Kindly note that several entries in this article may have been removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level. [NewsFrontInfo] 21:53 RF Armed Forces with the help of Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed enemy tank T-64BV in the Zaporozhye direction
20:26 An air raid alert has been announced in seven regions of Ukraine: Sumy, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Kirovohrad, Cherkassy and Dnepropetrovsk, according to the data of the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation
19:20 Personnel destruction of an enemy UAV by our fighters in the Kherson direction
Subdivisions of the ZRP of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed a drone of the UAF militants with a combat load in the Kherson region.
19:19 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation restricted the movement of ships and aircraft in the Kerch Strait and in the airspace above it
18:30 Another Alligator trophy
Zaporozhye direction
The crew of the Ka-52 direct hit by a guided missile destroyed armored fighting vehicle of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18:29 Personnel two destroyed Leopard 2 tanks at once in the NWO area
17:34 In Ukraine destroyed another Colombian mercenary
Colombian fighter Edison Alberto Vinasco Giraldo was killed by the Russian military on July 19. He has been fighting on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since February 2022.
During the period of the NWO, at least nine Colombian mercenaries were eliminated.
16:53 In the Kupyansk direction, Russian artillerymen of the Western group destroyed two enemy self-propelled guns.
16:51 Russian intelligence figured out the location of enemy positions, after which the APU, hiding in a small building, was hit by a 152mm D-20 and 122mm self-propelled guns 2S1.
15:26 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
🔹On the night of August 2, Kyiv tried to attack a Navy ship with a sea unmanned boat that was escorting civilian sea transport in the Black Sea;
🔹A Russian Navy ship destroyed an unmanned boat that was trying to attack it in the Black Sea;
🔹The RF Armed Forces repulsed four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction;
🔹The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Novovodyanoye in the LPR;
🔹The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 220 military personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and two vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction;
🔹The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 15th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region;
🔹Russian troops repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Urozhaynoye area in the DPR;
🔹The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time reported the destruction of the Bogdan self-propelled howitzer in the special operation zone.
14:36 Statementshead of the press center of the group "Center". Main:
🔹In the Krasnolimansky direction in the areas of the Torsk sector and Serebryansky forestry, artillery fire and air strikes from the Center group of troops repelled and thwarted five attempts to attack assault groups of mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
🔹In the course of conducting active defense on the occupied lines in the areas of Karmazinovka and Chervonopopovka, units of the "Center" group of forces, with the support of artillery fire and air strikes, captured seven strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy's losses amounted to more than 100 militants, an armored combat vehicle and three pickups were destroyed.
🔹As part of the counter-battery fight, a 122mm D-30 gun, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer and two mortars were hit.
14:00 Regular undermined on a mine TM-62m tank "Leopard 2 A4" of German production in the Zaporozhye direction
13:59 Russian FPV kamikaze droneflew inexactly under the bottom of the Ukrainian armored car Kozak-2M in the Zaporozhye region
12:35 A series of strikes were inflicted on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region
According to "Come and See", a series of powerful strikes were inflicted on the places of deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.
“A series of powerful explosions in the Kharkov region. Apparently, they are hitting the places where soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are stationed, ”said the source of the channel.
At present, the RF Armed Forces are developing an offensive in the Kupyansk direction.
11:39 Statements head of the press center of the Vostok group. Main:
🔹The tank commander of the tank regiment of the group, Sergeant Kirill Manshin, during the counteroffensive of the Ukrainian troops in the Zaporozhye direction, directed the actions of his subordinates in the fire destruction of enemy manpower and equipment.
🔹When repulsing another attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the crew under the command of Sergeant Manshin, using a tank mine trawl, managed to make a passage in a mine-explosive barrier previously installed by the enemy, which allowed the tankers to take an advantageous position for firing and subsequently inflict fire damage on the militants.
11:37 The situation in Five-pointed star:
The Armed Forces of Ukraine decided that they were immortal, about 20 people under the cover of a tank went on the attack.
As a result, the RF Armed Forces fired on them, and those who survived retreated into the forest belt.
10:47 Russian military undermined T-72M1 tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which the enemy abandoned in the Zaporozhye region
09:24 For the past day:
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the island zone, the following were destroyed:
- One boat and 5 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of about. Belogrudov.
- Three boats and 15 fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of about. Damansky.
- Howitzer 122mm D-30 with ammunition in the area of the settlement. Sofiyivka.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: four KIA; two wounded.
As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr group of troops in the Kherson direction, the following were destroyed:
- 120mm mortar crew and ammunition for it
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: three KIA; four wounded, in the area of n.p. Kherson.
- Howitzer 152mm MSTA-B with ammunition in the area of the settlement. Chernobaevka.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: five KIA; two wounded.
– As a result of fire damage by formations of the Dnepr grouping of troops in the Kakhovka direction, the following were destroyed:
- Howitzer 152mm MSTA-B with ammunition in the area of the settlement. Tomarino.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: three KIA; four wounded.
- SAM "Spada" in the area of the settlement. Great Alexandrovka.
- The place of temporary deployment of one of the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement. Gavrilovka.
Losses of VFU in zh.s.: eight KIA; seven wounded.
09:10 Artillerymen of the 6th Brigade of the Southern Group of Forces in the Lisichansk direction destroy positions of the Ukrainian Nazis.
09:01 Russian troops eliminated regular American mercenaries - Lance Lawrence and Geoff Johns. The latter came to Ukraine twice, liquidated near Artyomovsk.
08:47 Statement of head of the press center of the group "West":
During three days of offensive operations in the Kuzemovsky direction, assault groups of the motorized rifle brigade of the 1st Tank Army captured eight strongholds, four dugouts, destroyed three machine-gun crews and defeated up to a company of infantry from the 32nd Separate Mechanized Brigade and 25th Separate Airborne Brigade southwest of the Les tract Popov.
The crews of Ka-52, Mi-35 attack helicopters and Su-25 attack aircraft of the Zapad group of forces delivered thirteen air strikes against accumulations of manpower and firepower of 14 Separate Mechanized Brigade and territorial defense units.
During the counterbattery fight, the crew of the 122mm D-30 howitzer under the command of Corporal Andrey Zykov destroyed the enemy mortar crew in the area of the settlement. Berestovoye.
In addition, the enemy launched a missile strike with two long-range missiles of the Khaimars MLRS on the positions of our troops. The missiles were destroyed by the crews of the self-propelled firing system of the Buk air defense system and the launcher of the S-300 air defense system of the Zapad group of troops.
08:15 Workcalculation of the self-propelled gun mount "Hyacinth-S" of the Central Military District in the special operation zone. The fighters told how they destroy enemy strongholds and foreign equipment in the Krasnoliman direction.
08:00 Flight of Ka-52 helicopters of the Central Military District destroyed BMP of the Ukrainian military in the Krasnolimansk direction in the LPR.
Helicopters usually work in pairs. They are also accompanied by a Mi-8 helicopter with a search and rescue team, which, in the event of an ejection of the pilots, tries to quickly evacuate them. In 90% of cases, Ka-52s return from missions without damage.
07:35 An air alert has been declared throughout Ukraine. Sirens are howling, including in Kyiv and the region. No UAV or missile overflights have yet been reported.
07:26 Night explosions in Odessa and Kyiv - the Russian army attacked the military and infrastructure facilities of Ukraine.
Explosions were heard that night in Kyiv and the Odessa region. A fire is reported in the Izmail area. Presumably, the Russian military attacked the oil depot and the port of the enemy.
Explosions were heard in Kyiv almost all night. In particular, they thundered in the Solomensky and Goloseevsky districts. Later, local authorities announced a fire in "non-residential premises", of course, without specifying which object was struck.
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https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1687080166831407104
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:59 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/02/2023 to 00:00 08/03/2023
Over the past day, the Representation reported 74 facts of firing by the AFU.
Information was received about the wounding of eight civilians, incl. child born in 2006 #ChildrenNotTarget, in the Kuibyshevsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Nikitovsky districts of Gorlovka.
Damaged nine residential buildings in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky, Kievsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk, as well as five civil infrastructure facilities.
Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Kalininsky, Central City, Nikitovsky districts), Zaitsevo, Yasinovataya, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts ).
In the Donetsk direction, the enemy made 48 artillery attacks from the MLRS, 155mm artillery.
On Gorlovsky 14 artillery attacks from 152mm artillery.
On Yasinovatsky 12 artillery attacks from 155mm artillery.
Having fired 279 units of various ammunition.
In the previous day, 112 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU.
22:51 In the Belgorod region, the air defense system shot down a drone.
21:08 Captive mobilized Ukrainian service men told about fictitious medical examinations, lack of proper training and chaos in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“I didn’t pass the medical examination, they said right away that I was healthy. Three horns of four cartridges - that's all the training. The level of training is very poor,” said the captive soldier.
“At the position, we buy ammunition, machine guns, grenades, body armor at our own expense. The same goes for helmets,” the prisoner added.
Both captured soldiers noted huge losses on the front line among their colleagues.
“There were 100 of us, and less than half remained. What can be the fighting spirit or morale after that,” says the captured fighter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
These two fighters were lucky to survive and get into Russian captivity. The Ukrainian serviceman turned to his colleagues: “I want our people to drop their weapons and stop fighting.”
19:40 During the day, Ukrainian formations again conducted a massive artillery attack of the cities of the DPR. In Donetsk, Petrovsky, Kirovsky and Kuibyshevsky districts were hit, where a 90-year-old woman was injured.
In the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, a teenager and a young girl were wounded, they were provided with all the necessary medical assistance. In Yasinovataya, in the Lokomotiv garage cooperative, three men came under fire.
In addition, the enemy struck at Staromikhaylovka and the village of Zaitsevo near Gorlovka.
18:40 After a massive attack by drones, Russian aviation is working out the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
In the Kherson region, a hangar with equipment and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Beryslav is under attack, Military Chronicle reports. The aircraft of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation have been destroying the same objects in the morning behind Orekhovo and Malaya Tokmachka.
Attempts by Ukrainian troops to regroup for a new attack in the Staromayorsky area are also implemented with difficulty - the larger the accumulation of equipment, the faster it begins to arrive there. As a result, practically throughout the south, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are forced to split up troops into small groups. Without coordination and centralized command, the offensive slows down even more.
18:25 About the situation in the Kupyansk direction:
Today, Our Army continued to conduct offensive operations in the Kupyansk direction. Advance northwest of Sinkovka. Several enemy strongholds were occupied. The offensive of Our Army is actively supported by: Heavy Artillery and Aviation
18:05 On the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 2, as of 18:00, additional information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
n.p. Yasinovataya: - men born in 1976, 1954, 1974 were wounded in the garage cooperative "Lokomotiv".
n.p. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district):
- on st. Chernyakhovsky, 68 "b" a teenage boy born in 2006 was wounded.
- on st. Chernyakhovsky, 71 wounded woman born in 1982
Additional information was received about damage as a result of the artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district: - st. Wagner, 17 - apartment building.
Kyiv district: - st. Listoprokatchikov, 9 - apartment building.
Kuibyshevsky district: - st. Romanian, 6, 13 - private residential buildings, the gas pipeline is also damaged.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Central city district: - MBOU "School No. 36" on the street. Heroes of Stalingrad.
Nikitovsky district:
- the building of the UTSZN administration of the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka;
- MBOU "School No. 30" on the street. Chernyakhovsky;
- a direct hit on the building of the boiler room No. 21 "Donbassteploenergo" on the street. Chernyakhovsky.
17:44 The situation in Staromayorskoye:
The Airborne Forces entrenched themselves on the outskirts of the settlement. The heights around Staromayorsky are under the control of Russian fighters. As soon as the Ukrainian militants try to move forward, they are hit by artillery and mortars.
16:44 Ukrainian militants fired six rockets from the MLRS at Donetsk (Kyiv district) - Representation of the JCCC DPR.
16:15 Orekhovsky area situation as of 16.00 August 2, 2023:
On the Orekhovsky sector, enemy infantry groups, supported by artillery, started a shooting battle with units of the Russian Army near Rabotino at night. The attack was repulsed, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated back with losses.
The Spetsnaz archangel reports that the UAF engineering vehicle attempted to make its way in landing, but was detected and destroyed by the Lancet drone. Earlier, we reported that the forces of the 48th Engineering Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared on the front line.
In the vicinity of Pyatikhatki, an infantry detachment under the cover of a tank also tried to gain a foothold at the stronghold of the RF Armed Forces, but during the battle it was destroyed by the ATGM crew, and the remnants of the group retreated to the forest belt.
Despite some lull, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a new attack. In a few days, one of the brigades of the 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was transferred to the Orekhov area in small columns. This was done as part of a disguise movement.
The dispatch of the 10th Army Corps unit to Orekhov, along with the relocation of the forward command post of the corps, indicates an imminent resumption of hostilities in the area. However, the readiness of the forces is still in question: the other day, one of the battalions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was withdrawn for resupply due to colossal losses in manpower.
15:40 Soledar direction situation as of 15.00 August 2, 2023:
At Bakhmut, in comparison with previous weeks, the situation has stabilized a little. To the north and near Berkhovka there are no active battles, only periodic artillery attack of positions by artillery is noted.
At Kleshcheevka, after more than a month of clashes, the active phase turned into a positional one. The Ukrainian formations are restoring combat capability, the forces of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade, which participated in the "meat" assaults, were withdrawn for resupply.
Over the past day, the main attention was focused on the Andreevka-Kurdyumovka line, where assault detachments of the 22nd Separate Mechanized Brigade and Terodefense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched several attacks on Russian strongholds.
The attack was preceded by massive artillery preparation by a brigade-artillery group of 22 Brigade from a position area on the Belaya Gora-Dyleevka line. As a result, the enemy managed to take the lines near the cemetery near Kurdyumovka, but could not go further.
15:10 From Kherson direction reports Diary of a Paratrooper:
“Over the past day. The situation is stable, artillery and mortar crews rarely work. The enemy did not take active actions. UAVs fly bilaterally, active aerial reconnaissance is being conducted. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have strengthened the front lines and are ready to meet the enemy. The enemy kamikaze is still planning a breakthrough to the left bank of the river. Dnieper."
14:49 The main thing from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
- The RF Armed Forces repelled four attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction;
- The RF Armed Forces repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Novovodyanoye in the LPR;
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost over 220 military personnel, a tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and two vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction;
- The Russian Armed Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 15th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region;
- Russian troops repulsed the attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Urozhaynoye in the DPR;
- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation for the first time reported the destruction of the Bogdan self-propelled howitzer in the special operation zone.
13:47 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":
In the Krasnolimansky direction in the areas of the Torsk sector and Serebryansky forestry, artillery fire and air strikes from the Center group of troops repelled and thwarted five attempts to attack assault groups of mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:48 Summary from the Zaporozhye Front - Vasilyevsky and Orekhovskoye directions
Today in the area of ??N. p. Pyatikhatki in the Vasilyevsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, an assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the amount of up to one platoon, with the support of a tank, made an attempt to break through our defenses.
A battle began, as a result of which the tank was zapturen, and the irretrievable losses of the enemy amounted to more than ten Nazis. The surviving militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine disappeared into the forest belt. Another crazy and thoughtless assault with a guaranteed result.
Yesterday in the area of N. p. Rabotino in the Orekhovsky direction of the Zaporozhye Front, the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to probe our first line of defense. After being discovered at the moment of advance, the “Germans” were covered and destroyed by aimed fire from our artillery.
Today, in the same direction, an enemy mine-clearing engineering vehicle, supported by AFVs and infantry in the amount of up to ten militants, advanced to pave the way for the offensive, but was immediately destroyed along with AFVs and infantry, which provided protection for the IMR.
At the moment, everything is calm in this direction, the enemy traditionally hides in caches, which are forest belts. Our gunners are at work.
12:20 Kupyansky section of the front situation as of 12.00 August 2, 2023:
In the vicinity of Kupyansk, Russian troops continue their positional offensive. According to the interception of negotiations between members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, separate reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are attacking the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kalinovo.
South-west of Liman Perviy, Russian servicemen engaged in a shooting battle with 101 Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces near the Oskol River. Ukrainian formations are trying to counterattack, but to no avail.
At the moment, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a counterattack. At the training ground in Grushevka, the coordination of assault groups is urgently underway, and in the vicinity of Kupyansk, according to some reports, a unit of 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade of 10th Army Corps of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has arrived.
12:00 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 2, as of 12:00, information was received about victims among civilians in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): - on the street. Zuevskaya, 26, a woman born in 1933 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of artillery attack of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Petrovsky district:
- st. Kosareva, 65 - a direct hit in an apartment building;
– 19 transformer substations de-energized, 1900 subscribers without power supply, n.p. Alexandrovka.
Kuibyshevsky district: - st. Zuevskaya, 26 - a direct hit in an apartment building.
Kirovsky district: - st. Krasnovodskaya, 7 - a private residential building.
n.p. Staromikhaylovka: - st. Zhukovsky, 33 - a private residential building.
11:44 News from the Kupyansky direction: it is reported about the successful attack of our troops in this operational direction.
The front-line bird writes that aerial reconnaissance recorded the destruction of the 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled guns and several 122mm D-30 howitzers. The enemy tried to carry out several counterattacks, but was suppressed and eventually retreated.
10:47 APU fired upon Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk - a man was killed and a woman was injured.
As a result of another morning artillery attack by the Armed Forces of Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a peaceful local resident was killed on the first site. Emergency services are on the scene, the body of a man is removed from the rubble. A shell flew right into his apartment - a huge hole is now gaping in the house.
The second victim of today's artillery attack was a 90-year-old woman - a pensioner was wounded, now she is receiving medical assistance.
10:36 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:
In the South-Donetsk direction, the advanced units of the Vostok grouping of forces repelled an enemy attack west of Staromayorsky. Destroyed BMP. The infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, having suffered losses, retreated.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are regrouping forces in the Rabotino area. During the fire impact on the enemy, crews of heavy flamethrower systems "Solntsepek" hit manpower, army aviation helicopters and loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed tanks and infantry fighting vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:10 Briefly in Donetsk direction:
Artillery battles near the settlement Water. Our attempt to move forward from N. p. Kamenka. The enemy has entrenched himself at Nevelskoy and is trying to advance at Novomikhailovka.
10:02 The situation in the Zaporozhye direction at 10:00:
– n.p. Rabotino: everything is calm, the enemy is hiding in the forest belts. We are working on infantry with artillery. Today, an engineering vehicle tried to make a road, but was liquidated. Once again, the Lancets worked perfectly in AFVs with infantry
– n.p. Pyatikhatki: the enemy made an attempt to jump out on a tank with the support of infantry up to 18 people, a battle ensued and the tank was destroyed with ATGMs, the infantry had seriously wounded and killed, the rest disappeared into the forest belt.
09:51 The RF Armed Forces repulsed the counterattacks of the opponents in the Svatovsky direction. According to "Come and See", the Russian army managed to successfully repulse the Ukrainian counterattacks.
“They tried to kick us out of Novoegorovka. They didn’t succeed,” the Russian fighter told the channel.
According to him, the enemy rolled back with high losses.
09:25 Consequences of artillery attack of the village of Korsunka in the Novokakhovsk urban district by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the emergency services of the Kherson region, during the day on July 31, 12 rounds from cannon artillery were fired at the village. The blows fell on empty private houses, roads and other infrastructure.
09:24 The criminal Kiev regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired from barrel artillery:
-- n.p. Podlesnoye nine rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki six rounds;
-- n.p. Krynki eight rounds;
-- in the village of Golaya Pristan six rounds;
-- in the village of Peschanovka 15 rounds;
-- 12 rounds in the village of Kardashinka;
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, n.p. Krynki, n.p. Solontsy firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified.
09:22 Situation on the Vremevsky site:
Fierce fighting continues. Earlier there were reports that units of the 247th Guards Airborne infantry Regiment of the Southern Military District were withdrawn from the area, but today, participants in the assault from 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade of 5 Army confirmed that it was the paratroopers who first broke into the southern outskirts of Staromayorsky and forced the enemy to withdraw, turning the main part of the village into a gray zone.
At the moment, our units are entrenched in the southern part of the settlement and continue to try to push the enemy back. Approximately from 04.00, the paratroopers are engaged in a shooting battle with the enemy. On the left flank in the Priyutnoye area, our units are clearing forest belts.
As a result of Russian artillery strikes, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost a Paladin self-propelled gun, an 82mm 2B11 mortar and vehicles in this area. Our FPV drones work on clusters of enemy personnel. Army aviation became active again. Bomber strikes hit the points of temporary deployment of the 38th and 35th Regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
09:02 Over the past 24 hours, 112 artillery attacks were recorded from the side of the VFU - the Representative Office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Ukrainian militants fired from MLRS, artillery of 152mm and 155mm caliber, firing 421 different types of ammunition across the territory of the Republic. Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Svetlodarsk, Golmovsky, Panteleymonovka, Yasinovatsky district, Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Kirovsky, Chervonogvardeysky districts) and Dokuchaevsk were under fire from the VFU.
As a result of the shelling, three civilians were killed in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Yasinovataya. Wounds of varying severity were received by 10 civilians, incl. a child born in 2010, in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, Yasinovataya, Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka and Panteleymonovka.
10 residential buildings were damaged in the Kuibyshevsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, Dokuchaevsk and Yasinovataya, as well as one civil infrastructure facility.
08:35 The Nazis fired a missile shelling infrastructure of the village of Basan, Pohovsky district, Zaporozhye region, using two missiles from the MLRS "HIMARS".
The blow fell on a grocery store, in which at the time of the artillery attack there were civilians. As a result of this shelling, four civilians were killed and 24 were injured.
08:25 The Ukrainian Armed Forces stepped up drone attacks on Nova Kakhovka. This was stated by the head of the Novokakhovskaya VGA Vladimir Leontiev in an interview with TASS. According to him, Ukrainian troops hit the civilian infrastructure of our city every day.
“Why are they shooting at ambulances, fire engines, civilian vehicles? We are all enemies for them, we are within their reach, they need to sow panic, but they fail. We work, we don’t pay attention, ”Leontiev shared.
Also, the head of our CAA added that the artillery attack does not interfere with maintaining life in the Novokakhovka district. We have products, moreover, several industrial enterprises are ready to launch at once.
08:10 Operation of the Ka-52 of the Vostok group with the support of the Marine Corps of the Pacific Fleet in the South Donetsk direction -video.
08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/02/2023:
In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, tried to advance east of the village of Rabotino. The goal is to bypass the Russian fortified area and reach the Novoprokopovka-Verbove line. No success. It is worth noting that for several days the intensity of Ukrainian attacks has noticeably decreased.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation shelled the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kamensky, Stepnoy (not to be confused with the settlements of the same name in the Ugledarsky and Donetsk directions), Orekhovo, Malaya Tokmachka, Zheleznodorozhny, Gulyaypole and Malinovka. Ukrainian artillery hit Russian positions in Zherebyanki, Novoprokopovka and Verbov.
In the Ugledar sector of the RF Armed Forces, after artillery preparation, they counterattacked near Staromayorsky. No promotion. Russian troops attacked Ukrainian units in Levadnoe, Blagodatnoye, Ugledar and Vodyany (not to be confused with the settlement of the same name northeast of Donetsk). The Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the Russian Armed Forces in Priyutnoye, Urozhaynoye and Novodonetsk.
On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations near Pobeda and in Maryinka. They failed to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The RF Armed Forces shelled Ukrainian positions in Georgievka, Ostroy, the city of Krasnogorovka, Pervomaisky, Karlovka, Avdiivka, Berdychi and New York. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes on Donetsk, Yasinovataya and Horlivka.
In the Lugansk direction, Russian units conducted offensive operations in Novoselovsky and in the Berestovoye area. Artillery worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorovka, Serebryanka, Torskoy, Nevsky, Zapadny, Novomlynsk, Figolevka, Kamenka and Kolodeznoy.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Vladislav "Gusar" Efremov
[REGNUM] The tired phrase that the generals are always preparing for the last war, in 2022, sparkled with new colors. It turned out that the war was not at all like the image that was taking shape in the heads of the commanding staff. Previous experience is irrelevant. Military technology has become obsolete, and civilian technology has advanced so far that it has become impossible to wage war without them. Uninteresting in 2021, toys have become deadly weapons that have killed thousands and thousands of people.
Of course, now I'm talking about drones.
A lot has already been said about them, especially in the first months of the NWO. Spears broke, and military experts, who also had no idea how and in what ways the next war would be fought, doubted the benefits they brought. But - at first, the “lobbyists” of the drones were laughed in the eyes, and then it became clear that there was nothing to do on the front line without “household” quadrocopters.
THE NEW FACE OF WAR
Statistics now, of course, do not exist, but I'm willing to bet that more enemy soldiers were killed in this war with the help of the DJI Mavic 3 than with the help of the Kalashnikov assault rifle. Just because shooting combat is something out of the ordinary now, and searching for the enemy using drones, dropping VOGs from them and adjusting artillery with them is a constant daily painstaking work that brings results.
In order to hit the enemy with a machine gun, according to common statistics, you need to fire tens of thousands of shots. In order to find enemy soldiers and point the Hyacinth at them, you need to conduct several sorties on a not very expensive quadcopter.
And at the forefront, everyone understands this.
The most popular command on the line of contact is “air!”. If you hear "bird", then it can see you. If she sees you, then she will either throw off the ammunition, or the information she received about your location will be used by the calculation of the gun or mortar with a predictable result.
The war is moving more and more into "stealth mode". If you want to survive, you need to hide.
The understanding of this fact came to the military a long time ago - in any case, in the twentieth century, dashing bayonet and horse attacks in colored uniforms gradually faded away. However, payback for visibility has never been so fast and effective. Within a few minutes, you can be overtaken and torn to shreds by either a VOG, or a homemade bomb, or a launched mine, or a large-caliber projectile.
You can’t relax in the rear either - beautifully designed equipment hundreds of kilometers from the front line still becomes a target for missiles.
What was the radius of destruction of the longest-range gun of the Napoleonic era? Hundreds of meters? Then it is not surprising that no one tried to hide from the enemy.
Now you need to hide always and everywhere. Constantly.
Do not gather in group goals - they are both more noticeable and more desirable. Do not use the technique "throughout" - it will be instantly detected, and in a matter of minutes a massive agricultural UAV with cumulative ammunition suspended from it can appear on top. Even if it is not nearby, artillery, ATGMs and dozens of other guns can work on vehicles.
The war has changed, the war has acquired a new face, the contours of which were drawn by the widespread use of UAVs and the destruction of personnel with their help.
DO SOLDIERS DREAM OF ELECTROKAMIKAZE
Now imagine that soldiers appear on the battlefield, which, in terms of “firepower”, are comparable to a mortar battery, or even surpass it. Which can hit targets within a radius of kilometers with pinpoint precision, destroying manpower, vehicles, and armored vehicles. Which in themselves are very inconspicuous and almost do not unmask themselves during operation (unlike a mortar battery).
This will mean that the "old" approach to war is finally crumbling. That trench collisions are losing their former attractiveness. That the artillery begins to give up the positions of the "god of war" and passes them on to someone else. That classic transport turns from a vehicle into a death trap.
But such fighters already exist.
These are operators of FPV drones - kamikaze quadrocopters, unstabilized drones carrying an explosive charge. They fly fast and penetrate anywhere - into the loophole of the pillbox, through the door of the dugout, through the window of the house, almost into the open hatch of the equipment.
Quite recently, to me, a person who knows how to control "classic" quadrocopters, the use of FPV in combat seemed to be something extremely rare and far away, but no. For example, a colleague who returned from Bakhmut said that only he personally witnessed two attacks by kamikaze drones on the “loaves” transporting the wounded.
Despite the high cost of equipment and the difficulty in training operators, kamikaze drones are rapidly spreading throughout the Russian army. Humanitarians also drew attention to them. Civil projects for training specialists have already arisen, FPV drones are actively purchased by volunteers and supplied to the troops.
And if you think that they do not change the picture of the modern battlefield in any way, then you are mistaken.
Even before I knew about the widespread use of high-speed kamikaze drones, I realized one of the main principles of this conflict: in this clash, people are divided into drone operators and those who hide from them. Now it adds even more relevance.
THE AGE OF THE INVISIBLES
If you slightly thicken the futuristic colors, then you can imagine that the methodology of warfare will become completely different.
There is no clearly defined front line, marked by fortifications, trenches, heavy machine guns and observation posts, because any fortification attracts the attention of the enemy and becomes a target for kamikaze. There is no constantly leapfrogging artillery, because artillery is inferior to kamikaze drones in terms of efficiency and is too noticeable. There is no large transport and armored vehicles, it is vulnerable. There are no large concentrations of fighters, they are a welcome target.
The era of the war of invisibles will come, armed with deadly, fast and long-range drones.
Instead of a sprawling ammunition load - stores, grenades and other pouches - from the heels of combat vehicles ready to take off. Instead of honed skills in handling a machine gun - excellent flight training. The machine gun may remain as a weapon of last chance, but the main weapon is a helmet for controlling a drone. Instead of a delivery truck for personnel, there are quiet and inconspicuous electric ATVs.
The imagination draws such ninjas, scurrying through the forests, plantings and ruined cities, hunting down their own kind from the air. The one who was seen first loses - it is almost impossible to run away from the “bird” released for hunting. Falconers of the twenty-first century, hidden and ubiquitous killers.
A huge number of people will not be needed at the front - excellently trained units will be needed. A revived chivalry, in which a huge amount of money has been invested, capable of effortlessly destroying "classic" armies with infantry, tanks, mortars and everything else.
Interesting image, isn't it? So it would have been, if not for electronic warfare.
As soon as there is some advanced means of attack, there are bound to be ways to deal with it. Aviation - air defense. Tank - anti-tank grenade launcher. The bullet is body armor. But from the moment the first tank was assembled to the first salvo from an anti-tank grenade launcher, a lot of time passed. From the first shot from a rifle to the creation of a decent armor - too. Planes, on the other hand, learned to shoot down almost immediately, but they regularly fly over today's battlefields.
And a lot depends on how quickly electronic warfare equipment can reduce the effectiveness of kamikaze drones, and how quickly drones learn to defend themselves against the effects of electronic warfare.
Will the picture described above with pilot-knights destroying all life in their path be realized?
Everything depends on the speed of development of unmanned technologies and means of protection against them, and now no one can make absolutely accurate forecasts. One thing is for sure: war is always changing.
It changes every month and every day. The one who quickly adapts to new scenarios wins. And the scenario of the “war of the invisibles” that I have described may well materialize in the foreseeable future. No need to prepare for the last war. We will win if we prepare faster for the war of the future.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Sergey Adamov
[REGNUM] The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine over the past 15 months has adopted more than 30 models of various unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), says the head of the Kiev military department Oleksiy Reznikov . We are talking about drones "of various types - reconnaissance, strike, kamikaze drones and loitering ammunition, ammunition for UAVs has officially been created as a separate category," TASS quotes a statement that Reznikov made on August 2.
Enemy drones featured in the latest UAF attack on the Belgorod region. Three recent incidents stand out from almost "background" reports of raids and UAV attacks. On Tuesday, July 18, Ukrainian unmanned boats attacked the Crimean bridge , seriously damaging the roadbed. Ukrainian drones twice attempted to raid the complex of high-rise buildings "Moscow-City". On the night of July 31 to August 1, surface drones attempted to attack the Russian corvettes Sergey Kotov and Vasily Bykov in the Black Sea.
SVO have become a real debut of unmanned technologies, which are used by both the enemy and our military, experts say. Drones fight in the air, on the ground, on the water and underwater, changing the rules of warfare. Some drones are being adapted for precision missile strikes, others are conducting reconnaissance, and still others are learning to fight other drones.
For the Russian Armed Forces and for the enemy, the use of drones by the other side has become a serious problem. Russian Lancet drones are successfully destroying military equipment of the Ukrainian army, while Geran kamikaze drones are delivering pinpoint strikes on infrastructure. The Armed Forces of Ukraine also use a wide range of drones - which, in fact, was reported by the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Reznikov.
The growing number of attacks using small flying or surface vehicles raises the question of whether there is any defense against drones or whether they have become some kind of modern superweapon.
THERE IS NO RECEPTION AGAINST THE DRONE?
The success of unmanned aircraft is due to the fact that modern means of detecting and destroying air targets are not fully adapted to the fight against UAVs, military expert, author of the Telegram channel "Russian Engineer" Alexei Vasiliev told IA Regnum. According to him, the mass launch of drones is becoming a serious problem for modern air defense systems, which were developed to solve other problems.
“Modern air defense systems were created to combat manned aircraft and missiles,” the source recalled. - If the plane costs, conditionally, 30 million, and the rocket costs one million, then its use pays off. However, if the cost of a rocket is a million dollars, and the cost of a drone is 5-10 thousand, it turns out that it is not economically profitable to defend. Moreover, there are no such large stocks of air defense missiles to reflect the mass launch of dozens of drones.
But often air defense misses not mass, but, on the contrary, single launches of drones that can travel long distances and go unnoticed. According to the expert, the “inaccessibility” of drones is ensured by a number of factors.
“Firstly, they operate at low altitudes. Secondly, drones are a small target. As a rule, it has a small reflective surface. Also, drones tend to be plastic. Which also makes it difficult to detect them,” the expert explained.
As world experience shows, the “inaccessibility” of drones has become a problem not only for Ukrainian or Russian air defense.
ECHOES OF THE MIDDLE EAST WAR
Israel, which uses its own air defense systems, and the countries of the Persian Gulf, which rely on American-made air defense systems, are facing similar difficulties, military expert Maxim Tumbartsev noted in a comment to IA Regnum.
“The Middle East, in a sense, is the cradle for the use of both reconnaissance and attack drones,” the expert said. - For the first time such a problem arose during the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Palestinians were among the first to develop civilian drones for military purposes. The bet was made on the fact that one missile of the Iron Dome air defense system is several times more expensive than a lone drone.
And, as practice shows, the problem of drones has not yet been resolved by the Israeli army. Individual drones fly over their positions and go unnoticed, Tumbartsev noted.
WILL AN ANALOGUE OF THE ISRAELI "IRON DOME" APPEAR IN UKRAINE?
The real “drone revolution” took place during the military conflict in Yemen, the expert said. It turned out that even a relatively small formation can resist a coalition of large developed states and effectively use modern technologies.
“The American Patriot air defense systems, which are used by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, could not do anything against the Yemeni drones,” the military expert said. - Moreover, the Yemeni Houthi rebels use not only kamikaze drones, but also surface and underwater drones. It was the Houthis who showed that modern means of protection require rethinking or reformatting .
It turned out that now it is not necessary to have large aircraft, missiles in order to pose a serious threat to the enemy. “The same Houthis do not have an army as such in the modern sense, but they are a formidable force. And this process is now happening all over the world. Drones are changing the rules of the game,” the expert added.
If not only the air defense systems of the Soviet-Russian school, but also the developments of other leading powers, are powerless against drones, then we can come to the conclusion: have modern armies become useless? However, experts are confident that in the near future the means of detecting and destroying air objects will learn to repel an unmanned threat.
MOBILE TOWER LIKE A BEACON
To effectively counter UAVs, it is necessary to develop modern specialized optoelectronic detection tools that will simultaneously combine acoustic and radar detection tools, emphasizes Alexei Vasiliev.
There are several theoretical developments on the creation of drone detection tools using civilian technology, in particular using cell towers, the expert explained.
“There were projects to create passive direction finding systems,” Vasiliev said. - A receiver is placed on the communication tower, which receives mobile communication signals. If the signal is broken at a certain height, then a drone is operating at that height. That is, the receiver becomes a kind of flashlight that illuminates all objects that fly at this height.
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Those who have now relied on combat drones are using a temporary window of opportunity until sufficient means of combating them appear, Vasiliev noted. Moreover, it can be not only modern developments, but also “obsolete”, which have now been forgotten.
“With the advent of jet aircraft, machine guns and cannon mounts for air defense, which were used in World War II, were forgotten. However, now they can find a new life, - says Vasiliev. “ Similarly, acoustic detection tools can gain new life, because there are no silent drones.”
However, “old proven means” like airships are unlikely to be effective, because the conditions that were during World War II have changed, the expert pointed out. “Even then they were not very effective, but they forced the planes to rise higher, which reduced the accuracy of the bombardment. Now you can program a drone to bypass airships. And so - visual, acoustic detection, searchlights, rapid-fire machine gun installations are quite suitable for fighting drones, ” the expert noted.
According to Alexei Vasiliev, there is also a project to use Mi-24 attack helicopters as drone interceptors. When a drone is detected by means of detection, the helicopter can catch up with the drone and destroy it with an automatic cannon.
Another "forgotten" method of warfare, which was put to fight against drones, is booms, which are already being installed in the bay of Sevastopol and on the outskirts of the Crimean bridge. Floating structures have already successfully shown themselves as a means of counteracting unmanned boats and underwater drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“There has not been a single case of successful use of drones on ships,” Vasilyev notes. - But there is a problem that we do not have AWACS (early warning radar system. - Ed.) as a class in the fleet. The stake is on the radars of the ships themselves. But in general, ships cope with such a threat, static objects in the coastal zone are protected .
In principle, it is possible to break through the boom with the help of drones, but then you need to launch them in several waves. So that the first wave destroys the barriers, and the second breaks through to the target. But here the effect of surprise is lost, and the effectiveness of such an attack will be in question, Alexey Vasilyev noted.
Although drones have become a headache for the armed forces of a number of countries today, the status of a “wonder weapon” was prematurely assigned to them, experts conclude. At one time, manned aircraft, rocket artillery and other developments had just as dizzying success. But sooner or later, military science found ways to deal with a new threat. This means that drones will become the same military routine as artillery or tanks.
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I see no mention made of EMF jamming. Drones have to be able to talk to their operator. I seriously doubt their communications are very hardened against jamming or overload by jamming. Most of these drones are based off commercial ones or use very similar control systems.
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"Drones are changing the rules of the game,” the expert added."
A decade from now they will be saying that robots are changing the rules of the game.
And wars will be fought by sixteen year old gamers working out of Nellis AFB.
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Both sides have upped their RF shielding to counter jamming techniques. As the jamming systems evolve, so have the counter measures.
They both may use off the shelf components, but those can be 'hardened' by various means.
You can tell this is happening as the early videos show the drones failing at a distance early on when targeted by jamming. Now the drones seem to be able to operate pretty close to the jamming source.
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Drones have to be able to talk to their operator.
Pan and I had a short thought experiment discussion about jamming autonomous drones. All the best location intelligence and tracking can be led astray by EMF acceleration of the clock cycles of the 555 timer chips.
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doubt their communications are very hardened against jamming or overload by jamming
They aren't. Where jamming systems have been, commercial drones have failed horribly. The problem is, those systems are expensive, take a while to train on, and you can never have enough of them.
The eggheads in weapons R&R will have to come up with something that is easy to use, fairly cheap for military gear, and mostly automated.
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[Regnum] The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) tried to attack a Russian Navy ship with a sea unmanned boat, which was escorting civilian maritime transport in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on August 2.
“Tonight, the Kiev regime made another attempt to attack a ship of the Russian Navy, which was escorting civilian maritime transport in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, with a sea unmanned boat,” he said.
Konashenkov noted that due to the professional actions of the crew of the Russian ship, the Ukrainian boat was detected and destroyed in a timely manner.
As IA Regnum reported , the previous attack on Russian ships in the Black Sea took place on the night of August 1. The Ministry of Defense clarified that the Armed Forces of Ukraine unsuccessfully tried to attack the patrol ships "Sergey Kotov" and "Vasily Bykov" of the Black Sea Fleet with three unmanned boats. Russian ships carried out tasks to control navigation in the southwestern part of the Black Sea, 340 km southwest of Sevastopol.
Earlier, on July 27, the FSB stopped an attempt by the Ukrainian special services to organize a terrorist attack on a ship of the Black Sea Fleet, equipped with high-precision missile weapons. On the fact of preparing a terrorist attack and transferring data to the Ukrainian side, a Russian Navy serviceman was detained. Two improvised explosive devices with a capacity of one kg of TNT were confiscated from him.
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[Regnum] Much will depend on how much the West's perception of the need to achieve victory on the battlefield will change in the coming autumn, Ilya Kramnik , a military observer and expert at the Russian Council on Foreign Affairs, told IA Regnum.
“Even in winter and spring, the formula was very popular that peace should be signed on Ukraine’s terms, that all negotiations should be after it reaches its former borders, and a solution should be reached on the battlefield. But now it is clear that Ukraine does not solve the problem with the existing arsenal and composition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, ” the expert noted.
This is how he commented on the appearance in the Western press of publications devoted to the stalling of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. In particular, the Spanish edition of La Vanguardia noted that most of the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped with Western equipment, are still not participating in the battles, however, the widely announced “counterattack” turned out to be slower and more difficult than expected, which deprived Ukraine of hopes for a quick advance.
“The offensive has turned into a protracted struggle of attrition, which, apparently, will drag on until autumn,” the publication predicts (translated by IA Regnum ).
Western strategists hoped for a quick breakthrough of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the collapse of the front of the Russian troops, but in reality neither one nor the other happened, La Vanguardia notes.
“Ukraine immediately ran into problems. Its new brigades, equipped with Western technology, got bogged down, sometimes in minefields, and became targets for Russian artillery, anti-tank missiles, attack helicopters and ammunition, ”the Spanish publication argues.
In light of such assessments, the question arises: will NATO continue to promote a military solution, support the conflict, trying to rearm Ukraine, or will there be a force in NATO that will be inclined to negotiate, comments Kramnik.
“It is on this that the further development of events will depend,” emphasizes the military expert.
Russia also has its own conditions and vision of the world to be achieved, and it is not a fact that NATO conditions will suit us, the interlocutor added.
“Several things must come together here: the desire to agree and the ability to bring positions closer. We will see this in the fall, and in the future everything depends on NATO - whether it is ready for negotiations and on what conditions,” Kramnik suggested.
The expert recalled that at first there were publications in the Western press that NATO support would allow Ukraine to conduct a counteroffensive: they even called specific dates and said that certain milestones and successes would be achieved in a few days, which would allow the Armed Forces of Ukraine to take positions and create a threat to Crimea .
But when almost two months have passed since the start of the “counterattack”, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have no results, and the advance is a few kilometers, then the West has questions about why there are no successes, the expert concluded.
Earlier, John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the White House National Security Council, said in an interview with CNN that the UAF counteroffensive is proceeding at a slow pace. The American official stressed that "Ukrainians are the first to say that they are not moving as far and as fast as they would like."
At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense noted that in July alone, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 20 thousand military personnel. At the same time, they continue to attempt to attack, but have no success in any direction, at the same time losing not only personnel, but also equipment.
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[CTRANA] Between 20,000 and 50,000 Ukrainians have lost one or more limbs since the start of the war.
The Wall Street Journal writes about this, noting that these figures are comparable to the damage caused by the First World War.
The publication cites the data with reference to the Kyiv charitable organization Houp Foundation and the German manufacturer of prostheses Ottobock. The latter, in turn, rely on the data of the leadership of Ukraine and partner companies.
The article notes that the actual number of injured may be even higher, since the process of prosthetics takes a long time.
Regarding the Ukrainian military, the publication writes that at the beginning of Moscow's invasion, the main causes of amputations were artillery and rocket attacks. Now, military personnel are mostly injured by Russian mines during the counteroffensive.
As we reported, for the first time in Ukraine, a prosthesis was implanted into the bone. Such an operation already on the second day allows you to take the first steps, and after six months - to fully walk.
The first patient who underwent such an operation was 56-year-old captain of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Igor Krupnov. In the fall, he lost both legs, blown up by a mine while riding in a car with fighters on a mission.
The number of wounded in the Armed Forces of Ukraine during the counter-offensive is colossal, the military is being delivered to medical facilities in a “constant stream,” writes the New York Times, citing doctors.
“Temporary medical posts ... receive a constant stream of soldiers wounded in the course of hostilities. Their number is colossal, ” the publication says.
It is also reported that doctors record few gunshot wounds, many are delivered after being injured due to mines.
As IA Regnum reported , former American intelligence officer Scott Ritter believes that the Ukrainian authorities intended to launch a quick counteroffensive, but instead the Ukrainian Armed Forces were involved in a war of attrition, in which they are losing.
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev said that the Russian military is not only repelling the Ukrainian counteroffensive, but preventing a world conflict, since in the event of the rejection of part of Russian territory, Moscow would be forced to take extreme measures.
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