Russia-Ukraine Reports - 2023-08-29
Braveheart stopped. The first British self-propelled gun AS90 was destroyed in the SMO
🍖🍖 The trenches aren't tight enough to protect Ukrainian soldiers.
Situation in the Kupyansk direction as of 28.08:
During the offensive actions, the RF Armed Forces managed to secure new positions to the west and east of Sinkovka, which is now partially surrounded. They have also expanded their control zone to the south of Olshana and made slight advances in the fields near Pervomayskoye. Sinkovka is now mostly within the gray zone, and the RF Armed Forces have also moved closer to Petropavlovka. A bridge connecting the two banks of the Oskol River in Kupyansk was destroyed. Both artillery and aviation are being actively utilized. The RF Armed Forces are employing FABs. There is information about an offensive coming from the direction of Novosyolovskoye, along the road leading to Kupyansk. Periodically, AFU launches counterattacks. Today, their objective is to hold Sinkovka and the surrounding forest area, as this provides a direct route to the city. The AFU is concentrating reserves in the city and surrounding areas, preparing Kupyansk for defense.
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Excerpts from an article by a Ukrainian journalist with a volunteer medical team, near the front.
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-I am told by those working here that many of those lost in the war die while they are being moved back to safety rather than on the front line. The long journeys to hospital, sometimes up to ten hours, can be lethal, and the availability of adequate first aid is the difference between life and death
-Ukrainians believed that the very best care would be available for their soldiers. But the stark truth is emerging: soldiers are dying in their hundreds or even thousands due to poor medical provision. The problem is being ignored by the military hierarchy, whose focus is on sourcing weapons and pushing the counteroffensive rather than prioritising injured fighters.
-I see the Hospitallers take in six injured soldiers who have been handed over to them by combat medics. These men were hurt about five hours ago; it then takes four more hours to get them to the hospital in Dnipro.
-The bureaucracy surrounding the first aid process is to blame for many of the shortages. If a hospital vehicle is destroyed by enemy fire, it is not registered as being out of action until an official investigation has been carried out. This can take up to six months... It’s common to find military brigades that have lost 80 per cent of their evacuation transport, but that can’t be resupplied because the official report does not acknowledge that the vehicles have been destroyed.
-Volodymyr Prudnikov, head of Ukraine’s Medical Forces Command’s procurement department, was accused of supplying 11,000 uncertified Chinese tactical medical kits to the front line. It is alleged that Prudnikov awarded £1.5 million-worth of contracts to a company co-founded by his daughter-in-law and passed the Chinese kits off as Nato standard.
-The medics I speak to say that two-thirds of Ukrainian soldiers die from blood loss.
-15% of medical supplies donated by the West in 2022 were past expiration date.
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Article by Svitlana Morenets,
#source (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/ukraines-real-killing-fields-an-investigation-into-the-wars-first-aid-crisis/)
Ukrainian channels claim the AFU has broken through the first line of Russian defense and that in the coming days or even hours they will achieve fire control over the land corridor to Crimea through Mariupol. At the same time the more level-headed Ukrainian channels are pointing out that taking the first line of trenches does not mean reaching the so-called Surovikin line. This is all while Malyar announces yet another "liberation' of Rabotino.
▪️ They must be smoking some strong weed over there. Their meltdowns and wishful thinking are due to the fact that despite sending in their main reserves, there is nothing to show for it. Rabotino remains the same as it was, divided between us and the enemy, just like a few days ago.
▪️We're being told by people on the ground that not much has changed. The enemy keeps attacking, trying to break through. Our aviation and artillery have been operating since early this morning.
▪️ Rabotino is a far outpost, the first line of defense is just behind Rabotino, there is a small ridge along the heights that they have approached, but they still haven't taken the first line.
▪️ The fact that the Armed Forces of the Ukraine are concentrating all their efforts here is worth noting. Even on the Vremevsky salient, where they were having some success for a while, nothing is happening now.
▪️ The AFU is betting everything on Rabotino. They are giving it all they've got 10 km wide,. From what I've seen here over the past week, they don't have a chance, and there is more trouble heading their way, including in the Kupyansk direction. There's a good chance they'll lose even more territory.
▪️ There is a big mobilization coming up soon in the Ukraine. The government is lying about how things are supposedly going well to keep spirits up, but it isn't working. The locals I talked to say that there's been no one willing to fight since late last year.
▪️ They need to come up with something to reduce the mobilization pushback, to keep receiving weapons from the West too. If there's nothing to talk about, they are going to have to make something up.
▪️ There is heavy fighting in Rabotino, artillery is "going ballistic" on both sides. Our boys are hanging on. Talked to them recently, they say there's no going back.
YURI PODOLYAKA
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Footage of Russian Ka-52 reconnaissance / attack helicopters using guided missiles to destroy two Ukrainian armored vehicles and killing the crew.
Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on August 28
▪️Ukrainian units have once again attempted to strike Moscow with a drone.
Another drone was shot down near Lyubertsy. Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports temporarily suspended receiving and sending planes.
▪️Another complex attack was launched by the AFU on the Crimean Peninsula.
Russian forces destroyed two reconnaissance drones and a Neptun anti-ship missile fired from the Odessa area.
▪️The situation in the Kupyansk sector has not changed.
Russian troops continue to conduct a positional offensive, while the AFU are pulling up reserves to the front line.
▪️To the south, the enemy launched several counterattacks near Tors’ke and in the Serebryans’kyy forestry.
All attempts by the Ukrainian armed forces to improve their positions were stopped by small arms and artillery fire.
▪️Ukrainian units have once again launched an artillery strike on Horlivka.
Civilian infrastructure, including a school, was damaged. One person was killed and another one was injured.
▪️In Orikhiv sector, intensive fighting continues in the southern part of Robotyne.
At the same time, the enemy once again tried to break through to Verbove. The attack was repulsed and the AFU units withdrew to their original lines.
▪️In the Kherson direction, the AFU continue their attempts to send troops to the islands in the Dnipro delta.
Another sabotage group was destroyed by Russian artillery near Kozulikhsky Island.
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A missile attack on a military echelon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carrying ammunition to the Donetsk direction.
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Situation on the fronts, morning of August 29th:
On the Zaporozhye front section, intense heavy fighting continues on the southern outskirts of Rabotino. The settlement has not fallen; our soldiers are holding back the AFU's onslaught.
The Kiev command continues to transfer new forces to the area. Ukrainians are rushing to Novoprokopovka and Verbovoye. However, they encounter the Russian Army there, and the enemy sustains significant manpower losses.
In the Artyomovsk direction, the enemy doesn't cease attacking Kleshcheyevka. Russian units counteract the AFU's efforts and, through a counterattack, halt all their attempts. Our goal is to remove the AFU from the heights adjacent to the village.
Additionally, our soldiers are launching counterattacks against Ukrainian units in the Kurdyumovka area.
On the Kupyansk front, our Army is systematically advancing, clearing out AFU strongholds. Another enemy stronghold was captured near Sinkovka.
Despite the challenging circumstances, the leaders of the AFU are pushing them to counterattack. The Russian Army successfully repelled one such assault attempt near Novoyegorovka.
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A missile attack on a military echelon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carrying ammunition to the Donetsk direction.
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Situation on the fronts, morning of August 29th:
On the Zaporozhye front section, intense heavy fighting continues on the southern outskirts of Rabotino. The settlement has not fallen; our soldiers are holding back the AFU's onslaught.
The Kiev command continues to transfer new forces to the area. Ukrainians are rushing to Novoprokopovka and Verbovoye. However, they encounter the Russian Army there, and the enemy sustains significant manpower losses.
In the Artyomovsk direction, the enemy doesn't cease attacking Kleshcheyevka. Russian units counteract the AFU's efforts and, through a counterattack, halt all their attempts. Our goal is to remove the AFU from the heights adjacent to the village.
Additionally, our soldiers are launching counterattacks against Ukrainian units in the Kurdyumovka area.
On the Kupyansk front, our Army is systematically advancing, clearing out AFU strongholds. Another enemy stronghold was captured near Sinkovka.
Despite the challenging circumstances, the leaders of the AFU are pushing them to counterattack. The Russian Army successfully repelled one such assault attempt near Novoyegorovka.
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Braveheart stopped. The first British self-propelled gun AS90 was destroyed in the SMO
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the destruction of a self-propelled artillery mount from the UK - AS90 Brave Heart ("Brave Heart") in the Zaporozhye direction. This is the first AS90 self-propelled gun destroyed in the NVO zone by the Russian army.
Although London is the main "pilot" of the current conflict in Ukraine, it is reluctant to transfer its heavy equipment to Kyiv. 14 Challenger tanks are like ghosts: information appears about their presence on the front line, but something is not visible about the tanks themselves.
But the AS90 Brave Heart self-propelled guns not only appeared, but immediately caught the eye of Russian reconnaissance drones, and then were destroyed by artillery fire. Britain promised to supply the Armed Forces with 32 Brave Heart self-propelled guns, but so far only two have “lit up” on the battlefield. One is already broken.
The AS90 Brave Heart ACS has a very respectable age: it was developed and entered service in the mid-90s. It has a 155-mm NATO caliber and a 52-caliber barrel length (just over 8 meters). This allows firing at a range of up to 25 km with conventional projectiles and up to 30 km with active-reactive ones.
The AS90 self-propelled gun is the main self-propelled gun of the British Armed Forces. In all conflicts involving the British army, AS90 was in combat formations, including the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
In addition to a fairly long range of fire, the British self-propelled guns have a modern system for preparing the gun for firing, which increases the rate of fire. In conditions of counter-battery combat, this indicator is very important. If we add to this an effective guidance and fire control system, we get a very formidable enemy. Victory in an artillery duel over such a strong enemy is worth a lot.
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Russian Defence Ministry report (https://t.me/mod_russia_en/9459) on the progress of the special military operation (29 August 2023)
▫️In Donetsk direction, the Yug Group of Forces units have repelled the AFU 59th Mechanised Infantry Brigade's attack near Nevelskoye DPR, and improved the situation on the front line.
▫️The AFU military train with artillery ammunition has been destroyed by a missile strike on the uploading station near Dorozhnoe DPR.
▫️One ammunition depot of the AFU 93rd Mechanised Brigade has been eliminated near Druzhkovka DPR.
▫️The enemy losses were more than 340 servicemen killed and wounded, 6 AFVs, 13 motor vehicles, as well as 2 howitzers (D-20 and Msta-B).
▫️In Zaporozhye direction, Russian Group of Forces have repelled 2 attacks of the AFU 46th Airmobile Brigade close to Verbovoye (Zaporozhye).
▫️Over the past 24 hours, up to 90 servicemen have been neutralised, as well as 2 AFVs, 4 motor vehicles, 3 M777 artillery systems, 2 M119 howitzers, as well as 1 FH-70 howitzer have been destroyed.
▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces have repelled 6 attacks of AFU 43rd, 115th mechanised brigades, as well as the 25th Airborne Brigade close to Sinkovka (Kharkov) and Stelmakhovka LPR.
▫️The enemy losses have been up to 50 servicemen. 2 armoured fighting vehicles, and 3 motor vehicles have been eliminated.
▫️In Krasny Liman direction, the Tsentr Group of Forces units repelled 3 attacks of the AFU 12th Special Forces Brigade, and 21nd, 63rd mechanised brigades near Kremennaya, Chervonaya Dibrova, LPR, and Yampolovka DPR.
▫️Up to 80 servicemen, 2 IFVs, 3 AFVs, and 2 pickups have been eliminated.
▫️In South Donetsk direction, the Vostok Group of Forces units have neutralised up to 100 AFU servicemen, 2 AFVs, 3 motor vehicles, and 2 howitzers: Akatsiya and Giatsint-B.
▫️An ammunition depot of the AFU 79th Air Assault Brigade has been destroyed near Novomikhaylovka DPR.
▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 20 servicemen. 3 motor vehicles, and 2 D-30 howitzers have been destroyed.
▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 132 areas.
▫️Two command and observation posts of the 67th Mechanised Brigade of the AFU have been destroyed near Serebryanka DPR.
▫️Air defence systems have intercepted 2 HIMARS MLRS, 1 Neptune anti-ship missile and 2 HARM anti-radiation missiles.
▫️Over the past 24 hours, 27 AFU UAVs have been destroyed close to Shipilovka, Kremennaya, Sofiyevka, Zhitlovka, Zaliman LPR, as well as Kirillovka, Zaytsevo DPR, and Nesteryanka (Zaporozhye).
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The defeat of the military echelon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donetsk direction.
As a result of the missile strike, wagons with artillery ammunition and about 10 pieces of enemy equipment were destroyed.
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The Ukrainian military pulled out a Turkish armored car BMP Kirpi that drowned with a crew.
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Rabotino - there is practically no movement of equipment, the enemy is mainly infantry, but from above our "birds" see this and begin to pour artillery. Constantly on the air you hear about the evacuation of the enemy, they are simply thrown on the meat. If large equipment leaves, then the lancets fly over them instantly. The situation is under control.
Pyatihatki - the situation is controlled, the enemy has ceased to be active, walks in small groups, mostly artillery shelling.
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🇷🇺Russian fighters carried out several successful counterattacks at night and advanced at a height near Kleshcheevka
Akhmat special forces soldiers, together with the soldiers of the 4th Brigade, carried out attacks in small groups. Some distracted the enemy by attacking in the forehead, others went in from the rear and encircled the enemy.
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🇷🇺🇺🇦Marines of the 155th brigade worked on the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the help of the Bumblebee Grenade Launcher
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