Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-08-24
By deploying F-16s transferred to the Ukrainian army of the United States and NATO, Poland is jeopardizing its territory. Whatever tridents Ukraine paints on its F-16s, the likelihood of these aircraft appearing on Ukrainian airfields is extremely small. It will be like with Challenger tanks. There are tanks, but I won't show them to you, the British don't allow it.
Therefore, with a probability of 98%, Ukrainian F-16s will be based, serviced, and before departure they will be equipped with ammunition not in Ukraine, but in Poland.
To do this, in Poland there are three air bases completely ready for the F-16 - in Minsk-Mazowiecki near Warsaw, in Laska near Lodz, and in our beloved Rzeszow.
There and the runway, and the entire infrastructure on the ointment. And these are the only Polish air bases from which Ukrainian F-16s can enter a combat course within their own combat radius.
At the same time, naturally, all F-16 combat strikes against Russian troops and facilities will be delivered from Ukrainian airspace.
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23 Aug, 2023 12:13 RT.com
https://www.rt.com/russia/581699-soviet-armor-ukraine-russia-minefields/
Send ‘expendable’ Soviet armor to Russian minefields, ex-US adviser tells Kiev
The move would allow more sophisticated Leopard and Abrams tanks to be saved for a decisive battle later on, Dan Rice has said
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen of the Adam tactical group ride a T-64 tank towards a front line near the town of Bakhmut. © Sergey SHESTAK / AFP
Ukraine should rely on its stockpile of outdated Soviet armor to break through the first lines of Russian defences, while keeping its Western-supplied tanks in reserve, a former American adviser to Kiev's top general has suggested, amid the stalling counter-offensive.
Dan Rice, speaking in an interview with Newsweek published on Tuesday, said extensive Russian minefields are among the main obstacles facing Ukrainian troops. Rice previously worked as a consultant for Valery Zaluzhny, the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, and now serves as president of American University in Kiev.
The older tanks such as the Soviet-era T-64 are “more expendable” when ploughing through the Russian outer defense perimeter, the ex-adviser said, noting that German-made Leopards and US-designed M1 Abrams could enter the fray once Ukrainian troops drive a wedge into Russian lines. While Kiev has already put Leopards into combat, Abrams tanks are not expected to arrive in Ukraine until early autumn.
“You aren’t going to risk your best tanks breaking known minefields”, Rice explained.
Commenting on Kiev’s battle tactics, Marina Miron, a post-doctoral researcher in the department of war studies at King's College London, told Newsweek that Ukraine “tried using Leopards and got bogged down in the minefields… This was a bitter lesson for the Ukrainian forces.”
Ukraine went on a counter-offensive against Russian positions in early June after being reinforced by hundreds of Western heavy tanks and other weaponry, but has so far failed to gain significant ground, according to Moscow. In early August, the Russian Defense Ministry estimated Ukrainian losses at more than 43,000 service personnel since the start of the push.
Ukraine has also suffered heavy losses in military equipment, with Moscow claiming to have destroyed nearly 5,000 units, including at least 25 Leopards and 21 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
In mid-July, the New York Times reported that Ukraine had lost around 20% of its equipment sent to the battlefield. A Wall Street Journal report, published around the same time, said Kiev’s backers were “jolted” the rate of losses.
Officials in Kiev have acknowledged difficulties in the counter-offensive, pointing to stiff Russian resistance, a lack of air power, delays in Western arms deliveries, and the formidable defenses and minefields that Moscow was able to set up in the weeks before Kiev’s campaign.
Reprinted from RT
Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on August 23
▪️For the sixth day in a row, the AFU are trying to strike Moscow.
Two more drones were intercepted by air defenses, one of them crashed into a building under construction at the Moscow City business center after losing control.
▪️The AFU launched a combined attack on Cape Tarkhankut in Crimea, where several Russian military facilities are located.
The UAVs involved in the attack were shot down by air defenses. After that, a missile strike was launched at the position of the Russian S-300 missile system from the sea.
▪️Another drone attack was reported in the Belgorod region.
An attack on a recreation center in the village of Lavy killed three people.
▪️Russian troops launched another strike on the port infrastructure in Odesa region.
According to preliminary reports, a number of military facilities in Izmail and Reni were hit.
▪️The AFU again attempted to storm Russian positions on the flanks of the Bakhmut sector.
The enemy's attacks were repulsed near Yahidne and Klishchiivka, where several AFU soldiers were captured as a result of the fighting.
▪️In the Orikhiv sector, after tangible losses in armored vehicles, the AFU also reduced the intensity of fighting.
Nevertheless, heavy fighting with AFU infantry units continues in Robotyne.
▪️In the Kherson direction, the AFU command resumed operations to send sabotage groups to islands in the Dnipro delta.
During an attempt to land on the Bilohrudov and Milkiy islands, several enemy landing boats were destroyed by targeted fire.
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Around 16.00, two Su-34 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces fired four X-35 missiles into the Nikolaev area.
As a result of successful hits, 2 Ukrainian S-300 launchers were destroyed, as well as a radar station and a command post.
⚡️📷 Donetsk burned through the night again as a result of a massive USA supplied cluster bomb attack. ⚡️📷 The Vishnevsky's civilian hospital, residential buildings, vehicles of civilians, and a store were damaged and burned. Yet again American tax $ at work target civilians and civilian infrastructure. Wake up US tax payers and stop this
Footage of the destruction of the Su-34 of an entire S-300 division
Around 16:00, two fighter-bombers and SU-34s destroyed 2 S-300 launchers, as well as a radar station and an air defense combat command post, with four Kh-35 missiles 12 km northeast of Nikolaev.
This month, this is the second shot of the destruction of enemy divisions.
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Photo from the crash site of Prigozhin's plane - it is fenced in two rows by service vehicles. The security forces continue to work there. A criminal case has been initiated on the fact of violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport.
The bodies of those who died in the plane crash were earlier taken to the Tver morgue.
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Source: an explosive device on Prigozhin's plane was planted in the landing gear compartment - this is one of the versions of the investigation.
According to preliminary data, it was in the landing gear area that an explosion occurred in the sky - as a result, the wing was torn off, which hit the stabilizer, because of this, the business jet began to climb sharply, and then went into a tailspin. From the explosive depressurization, all on board instantly lost consciousness, so the pilots could not report the emergency. In any case, without a wing and a stabilizer, it was not possible to save the ship.
It was because of the explosion in the sky that the tail section of the aircraft fell five kilometers from the fuselage.
Now the version with an explosive device in the chassis is being tested. A special order has been introduced at Sheremetyevo - all security officers have been brought to work, called back from weekends and vacations.
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The moment of the defeat of the American infantry fighting vehicle M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA by the Russian FPV - drone in the Zaporozhye direction of the front.
The "desert" coloring attracts attention. Before this, the Armed Forces managed to repaint Bradley. Now, American "help" is immediately thrown into battle.
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Russian Defence Ministry report (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/9359) on the progress of the special military operation (24 August 2023)
▫️Last night, the Russian Armed Forces have launched a long-range sea- and ground-based high-precision group strike against a decision-making centres of the AFU.
▫️The goal of the attack has been reached. The facility has been neutralised.
▫️In Kupyansk direction, Zapad Group of Forces continued successful offensive operations in the assigned areas of responsibility.
▫️As a result, 5 enemy attacks have been repelled close to Novosyolovskoye, Novoegorovka LPR and Sinkovka (Kharkov).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 50 servicemen, 2 IFVs, 3 pickup trucks, and 3 M777 artillery systems.
▫️In Zaporozhye direction, the Russian grouping of troops have repelled, 5 enemy attacks near Rabotino and Uspenovka (Zaporozhye).
▫️The enemy losses were up to 110 servicemen, 4 tanks, 3 AFVs, 4 motor vehicles, 1 Krab self-propelled artillery system, and 4 M777 artillery systems.
▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces repelled 6 attacks by the AFU close to Severnoye, Berestovoye and Nevelskoye DPR.
▫️The enemy losses were up to 125 servicemen, 1 tank, 4 IFVs, 4 motor vehicles, and 1 Msta-B howitzer.
▫️1 ammunition depot has been destroyed near Verkhnekamenskoye DPR.
▫️In South Donetsk direction, Vostok Group of Forces, have repelled 1 enemy attack near Priyutnoye (Zaporozhye).
▫️Units of 37th and 38th brigades of the AFU Marines have been eliminated close to Urozhaynoye and Oktyabr state farm DPR.
▫️The enemy losses were up to 230 servicemen, 2 APCs, 3 motor vehicles, as well as 2 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems.
▫️In Krasny Liman direction, Tsentr Group of Forces repelled 3 enemy attacks near Grigorovka, Torskoye DPR and Chervonaya Dibrova LPR.
▫️The enemy losses were up to 80 servicemen, 3 AFVs, and 2 pickup trucks.
▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 30 servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, as well as Msta-B and D-30 howitzers.
▫️The actions of 1 SRG have been suppressed.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 153 areas.
▫️1 control point, one radar station, and two launchers of the S-300PS anti-aircraft missile system have been destroyed near Zeleny Gai (Nikolayev).
▫️4 enemy ammunition depots have been also destroyed near Lvovo (Kherson), Mikhailovka (Kharkov), Iskra (Dnepropetrovsk region), and Krasnogorovka DPR.
▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 4 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.
▫️In addition, 42 UAVs have been destroyed close to Kudryashovka, Lisichansk, Shishkovo LPR, Gorlovka, Nikolskoye, Artyomovsk, Berestovoye, Klyuchevoye DPR, Pologi, Tokmak (Zaporozhye), Dobropolye (Kherson), and Tavolzhanka (Kharkov).
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Destroyed equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye direction.
The main statement of Sergey Lavrov at a press conference following the results of the XV BRICS summit in South Africa:
- There is no talk about the BRICS single currency now, ways of settlements independent of the West are being discussed;
- The discussion of BRICS expansion was not problem-free, but everyone was focused on accepting new members;
- The criteria for BRICS expansion took into account the weight, authority, significance of the country and its position in the international arena;
- The BRICS finance ministers will form a group for the next summit in Kazan on the formation of an alternative payment system;
- The reason for the "explosive" growth of the BRICS lies in the understanding by the countries of world processes when the West wants to maintain hegemony;
- Lavrov called the US strategy on Africa insulting, in which the countries of the continent are told which partners they should choose;
- All BRICS countries are in favor of retaining the name, the countries that joined did not suggest otherwise;
- Russia will work on the battlefield, and not on the diplomatic one, since the West is determined to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow;
- Representatives of the Russian Federation sometimes collide with Western partners on the sidelines of forums, but there is no common sense in the statements of the West;
- Lavrov said that there can be no question of Germany and Japan joining the permanent members of the UN Security Council;
- Russia, as the future chairman of the BRICS, will begin contacts on integration issues with the new countries of the association before January 1;
- Successful holding of the BRICS summit in Kazan next year will be ensured.
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🇷🇺Battles near Novoselovsky: Shells fly at every point where enemy movement is observed
Kupyanskoe direction. Almost around the clock, our drones are identifying enemy positions, which are immediately worked out by artillery.
" A scattering of shells here is literally on every meter, which indicates what kind of battles the sections were given " - reports corr. iz.ru (http://iz.ru/) Denis Kulaga.
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🇷🇺Battle for Rabotino: Marines of the 810th brigade destroyed the observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Fierce battles for the village continue. The central part of Rabotino is a "grey zone".
Russian marines from the "Hunter" group opened the position of the militants' observer, after which the artillery worked on the target.
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The wounded are finished off
Evgeny Lisitsyn (https://t.me/evgeniy_lisitsyn), military commissar, editor-in-chief of the ZOV TV news agency, from the Kupyansk direction:
The enemy tried to counterattack from the flanks on Sinkovka. All their attempts were thwarted. Meanwhile, our guys continue to advance and occupy the fortified areas. Every day we move about 400-500 meters. Now the main task is to reach the Oskol River to minimize the transfer of provisions and ammunition to the enemy.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine, fleeing from different directions, mine their positions and trenches and do not take their 200s. The entire Kupyansky front is littered with their corpses.
The command does not react, they abandon their people, finish off the wounded, not being able to evacuate them, and go into forest plantations.
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Putin expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the plane crash in the Tver region.
According to the president, Prigozhin was a man of difficult fate, but talented. He also added that he had known Yevgeny Prigozhin since the early 90s.
Another important thing from the president's statements about the crash of Prigozhin's plane:
- Primary data says that there were employees of the Wagner company on board.
- "Wagner" made a significant contribution to the fight against Nazism in Ukraine. We remember this, we know and we will not forget.
- Prigozhin was a talented person, a talented businessman, he worked not only in our country and worked with results, but also abroad, in Africa, in particular.
- The investigation will be completed. Now genetic and technical examinations are being carried out, this will take time.
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