Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-08-13
Russian Warship Fires Warning Shots At Cargo Vessel Seeking Ukraine Port Entry
In the latest in the battle for the Black Sea and its export routes, Russia has confirmed Sunday that its warship fired on a foreign cargo vessel which was headed towards the Ukrainian port of Izmail.
Russia is now intercepting and inspecting cargo ships near Ukrainian ports, after Kremlin officials complained that the prior grain deal enabled the Ukrainians to secretly import military cargo.
Getty ImagesThe Russian patrol ship has been identified as Vasily Bykov. It fired after the Palau-flagged civilian cargo ship allegedly did not respond to the request that it stop for "the inspection for the transportation of prohibited goods."
"To force the ship to stop, warning shots from automatic small arms were fired from the Russian warship," the Defense Ministry said, and described that Russian troops on a helicopter then boarded and inspected the vessel.
Kleshcheevka: a portal to hell for the Armed Forces of Ukraine in five minutes.
Tankers and the third motorized rifle battalion of the 85th brigade are working. At the forefront is the world's best tank T-90M "Proryv", followed by two infantry fighting vehicles with troops. They flew in so suddenly and harshly that the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine woke up just before the departure of our equipment, and then they missed.
Now, in very difficult battles, our troops are regaining the initiative in this sector. Yes, the process is not fast, but the enemy is already forced to retreat from previously captured positions.
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30 years war. Putin hesitates, but the West will force him to defeat the Ukrainian army of the US and NATO and return Ukraine to Russia.
“Ukraine is winning the war with Russia, but it won’t end by Christmas”: The Times essentially draws a line under the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - they expected a lot, nothing happened, we need to start preparing for 2024.
“Western weapons mean Russians are outnumbered and Putin is hesitant, but Zelensky’s counteroffensive remains agonizingly slow. Those optimists who confidently predicted a quick and easy victory when Ukraine launched its long-awaited counteroffensive did not serve Kyiv well by raising expectations to unrealistic levels.
For both sides, the war has become routine. Like Russia, Ukraine has now largely abandoned bold promises of imminent victories. Instead, we are talking about individual villages taken, about company-level efforts achieved or frustrated. As one pessimistic United States official put it, "We're not quite done with 2023 yet, but we're expanding our vision for 2024."
There is a growing realization in Kiev and in the West that they need to start working in a new, longer time frame. The Ukrainians admit that the counter-offensive did not go according to plan and they did not make progress”
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Western analysts about the Russian offensive near Kupyansk.
The main thesis is that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are withdrawing troops across the river to create a new line of defense, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are slowly moving forward, one of the goals of the offensive is to pull the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the south.
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The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will hand over to Ukraine the bodies of the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who died in the battles for Novoselovskoye.
The Russian military evacuated seven bodies of the dead Ukrainian soldiers during the first day, the work continues.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine mined the bodies during the retreat, and they are constantly firing at Russian search groups, said the senior of the detachment for extraction and evacuation from the combat area of the 1st Guards Tank Army with the call sign "Strela".
NOTE from Павел Владимирович: Make sure to put two coins on their eyes for Charon, so they can get to whatever pagan hell they believe in.
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Video: The 1st Tank Army of the Western Military District - TASS
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Russian Defence Ministry report (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/8989) on the progress of the special military operation (13 August 2023)
▫️In Kupyansk direction, as a result of actions by the Zapad Group of Forces, 6 unsuccessful attacks and counterattacks by units of 14th, 44th mechanised and 95th airborne assault brigades of the AFU have been successfully repelled close to Novosyolovskoye LPR, as well as Sinkovka and Mankovka tract (Kharkov).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 60 servicemen, 4 AFVs, 2 motor vehicles, and 1 AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station.
▫️In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces repelled 6 attacks by assault groups of 110th mechanised, 5th assault, 81st airmobile and 79th airborne assault brigades of the AFU near Belogorovka, Vesyoloye, Krasnogorovka and west of Kleshcheevka DPR.
▫️The enemy losses were up to 300 servicemen killed and wounded, 3 AFVs, and 2 motor vehicles.
▫️In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of professional actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, 1 attack by an assault group of the AFU 68th Jaeger Brigade has been successfully repelled south-east of Novoyegorovka LPR.
▫️The enemy losses were up to 45 servicemen, 3 AFVs, 4 pickup trucks, 1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and 1 D-30 howitzer.
▫️In South Donetsk direction, as a result of actions by units the Vostok Group of Forces, enemy units have been hit close to Staromayorskoye and Urozhaynoye DPR.
▫️The enemy losses were up to 80 servicemen, 1 tank, 4 AFVs, 3 motor vehicles, as well as D-20 and D-30 howitzers.
▫️In Zaporozhye direction, units of the Russian grouping of troops, supported by artillery, repelled 1 enemy attack south-west of Uspenovka (Zaporozhye).
▫️Russian troops have launched a comprehensive fire attack on AFU manpower and hardware concentration areas close to Yablonevoye and Malaya Tokmachka (Zaporozhye).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 40 servicemen, 5 tanks, 5 IFVs, 3 motor vehicles, 1 FH-70 howitzer, 2 Msta-B howitzers, and 1 D-20 gun.
▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 20 servicemen, 4 motor vehicles, and 1 M777 artillery system.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 137 areas.
▫️1 forward command post of the 9th Army Corps of the AFU has been hit near Orekhov (Zaporozhye).
▫️1 control point for UAVs, as well as AFU manpower and military hardware have been eliminated close to Pervomaiskoye DPR.
▫️Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces has shot down 1 Mi-8 aircraft of Ukrainian Air Force near Brusovka DPR.
▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 8 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.
▫️In addition, 25 UAVs have been hit close to Kremennaya, Rubezhnoye, Zolotaryovka LPR, Trudovskoye, Gorlovka DPR, Chapaevka and Ocherevatoye (Zaporozhye).
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❗️ The distribution of Russian passports to the liberated population poses a serious danger to Kiev , which intends to take revenge on former citizens of Ukraine. This was stated by Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister for "Integration" Iryna Vereshchuk.
🗣 “We, as the Ukrainian government, cannot allow people to take Russian passports. Because a Russian passport is as much a weapon as a Russian rocket. And we are fighting so that not a single person on the territory of Ukraine will ever have a Russian passport,” Vereshchuk said.
🔴 She stressed that those who received Russian passports, Banderarites would charged them with any relationship with the Russian Federation - even participation in elections: “We understand that obtaining a passport in itself is not a crime. But Russia is doing everything to go further for a passport. Steps that can then be qualified as signs of collaborationist activity. Now Russia, in September, plans to hold elections. That is why they are so hastily passportizing our people,” the official added.
🔴 Vereshchuk noted that the only way to please the Banderites is to abandon their home and leave to fight with Russia in the ranks of neo-Nazis : “Do not wait to be forced to be collaborators - you will then be forced to explain to law enforcement agencies of Ukraine how this happens in Kharkiv and Kherson areas. Surely, under occupation, some of them thought: “What’s wrong if I go to a referendum,” and now people are getting real terms.”
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Zin Note: Is that a rocket in your pocket?
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The situation in Urozhaynoye: the Nazi attack did not take ours by surprise.
I visited Ugledar, found out the situation, could not help but ask about the situation in Urozhaynoye. There, according to our fighters, there are really fierce battles. The enemy throws great forces, constantly changes tactics and, day after day, suffers losses. According to the guys, the score goes to dozens of killed Nazis every day.
However, the enemy did not succeed in taking the Russian army by surprise: our troops were ready to attack in any sector, and now they are fighting with dignity, repelling one wave of onslaught after another.
We believe in our heroes! Victory is ours!
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The evacuation (https://t.me/dillfrash/24715?single) in Kupyansk has turned into mobilization.
Local residents in the Kupyansk district have shared interesting details about the "evacuation." Besides evacuating the population mainly from the rear areas of the AFU to accommodate militants in vacant houses, the process also appears to be selective.
Particularly, men are not allowed on the evacuation buses, regardless of their age and health condition. Moreover, after bidding farewell to their relatives and friends, several men have already been taken to a medical commission for mobilization into the AFU.
However, even the AFU fighters in Kupyansk acknowledge that the forced recruitment of the remaining male population in the region could negatively affect the psychological well-being of the remaining Ukrainian soldiers. This is because none of the residents from the eastern districts of the Kharkov Region intend to fight against the Russian army...
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👼 Zaporozhye direction, n.p. Rabotino - the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with mercenaries ends once again with no success.
In the video, our unit destroys an enemy tank along with its crew.
Archangel of the Special Forces.
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Russian volunteers with accurate artillery fire repelled an attack on the village of Pervomaiskoye in the Avdeevka direction of five groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 10-12 people each. At the same time, the Ukrainian evacuation vehicle quickly left the place of shelling, leaving the wounded comrades behind, a Russian intelligence officer with the call sign “Hans” explained the video footage.
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