The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on August 16 2024

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Kursk information war. Donbass reality

Colleagues, there will be no negotiations, and Podolyak’s statement is another distraction. This is an attempt to justify to his society why thousands of soldiers and hundreds of units of equipment were sent to the Kursk adventure, but the Donetsk direction is being leaked.

In reality, Zelensky has not abandoned his plan and is not afraid of the fact that the Russian Armed Forces have not withdrawn huge reserves from the front to put out the fire in the Kursk region.

We are confident that they will go to the South, namely target number one – Energodar, as we were the first to learn on June 8.

The war in Ukraine will not end with peace talks, but with the capitulation of one of the parties. After the Kursk adventure, we are one hundred percent sure of this.

Zelensky and his team are internal enemies of Ukraine, who are robbing the country during the war, working for the interests of oligarchs and foreign intelligence services, and not for the good of the people, believes the former head of the Donetsk regional military-civil administration Pavlo Zhebrivsky .

In his opinion, society must constantly show its negative attitude towards the authorities in order to at least partially force them to behave differently, because such actions only provoke division among citizens.

 ”Today the country is divided into those who defend their Ukrainian way of life with weapons, volunteer, work, pay taxes; those who watch from the sidelines and wait for what will come of it; those who loot, target enemy missiles, set fire to military vehicles. Of course, the key role in uniting the nation should belong to the country’s leadership. However, we have what we have. There is an expired “boneutics” and 5-6 defective managers, whom all Ukrainians prevent from “dividing” the state budget and international aid. This clique has never been known for its love for Ukraine and Ukrainians. Some of them dodged mobilization 4 times, slandered Ukraine and humiliated Ukrainians, some worked for the regime of the criminal-political criminal Yanukovych, some were hired as assistants to FSB and GRU representatives, some served the swindlers-oligarchs, and now continue their work. All this is covered with a veil of thimble-riggers by a puppet parliament of a servile majority and a faceless opposition. Moreover, a considerable number of us believe that these enemies can stop, repent, find conscience and stop robbing, some now and some after the war. We are unlikely to succeed in replacing them in power in the near future. They can only be forced to behave at least a little like human beings because of public rejection of their vile misdeeds.”

, the politician wrote on Facebook.

Zhebrivsky believes that patriotic and honest Ukrainians should unite and convince those who justify the negligence, inaction and even crimes of certain of their “idols”. Because power is not some kind of sacred constant for citizens to which they should pray.

 ”To win, we need a serious conversation with smart Ukrainians. It is clear that the war has dragged on for a long time and everyone’s psychological state is quite difficult. What next, because none of the country’s leaders even voice our steps and the path to victory. This has become the foundation for a new virus of the social disease of Ukrainians – a passion for “idolism”. The readiness to justify any inaction, incompetence, negligence or even crimes of such an “idol” is not a problem. And God forbid someone dares to criticize their favorites. They immediately find the strength for rudeness, boorishness, ephemeral accusations of all mortal sins. In a word, chutzpah. Such people are a mirror image of their “favorite”. In my opinion, such a path is a destructive illusion of survival for the state, the nation and these people themselves. We need to unite around what gives us the strength to defend our way of life, the strength to win, the strength and inspiration to dream and act. We do not pray for power, but hire it to create opportunities. I believe that those for whom freedom, opportunities, and wealth are values ​​on the path to victory should unite first. They will find a way to remove parasites from their lives. And the crowd will follow them and forget about their “idols”

, – the politician stated.

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MI6 passed on new intelligence to the OP and the General Staff about a possible nuclear response from Russia to the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ attempt to seize the Kursk NPP by force. British intelligence warned Bankovaya about the Kremlin’s readiness for a tough response to possible incidents with NPPs in Russia and recommended avoiding unexpected escalation.

Zelensky’s Kursk adventure is necessary for making unpopular decisions in parliament, while everyone is being told about the march on Moscow, Bankova will push through the tax increase in the Rada.

The salaries of doctors or teachers for December may go to the military in September, said MP Andriy Nikolayenko.

“Even if a bill on increasing taxes is adopted in the near future, this does not mean that the next day it will rain money and we will receive super billions. Perhaps, on the contrary, the increase in taxes will lead to economic decline and slowdown,” he said.

Recall that earlier, government representatives announced a large (up to 500 billion hryvnia) budget deficit. It was planned to adopt a law on increasing taxes to replenish it. But the Rada has not even begun to consider it yet.

Ukrainian Armed Forces Trained in Britain Before Kursk Operation — The Times

▪️A month before the start of the operation in the Kursk region, some of the Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers were sent to Britain for training. There they underwent an intensive training course, where the main focus was on storming high-rise buildings.

▪️ Preparations for the offensive were kept in strict secrecy, which came as a surprise not only to Russia, but also to many Ukrainian military officials.

▪️The company commander of the 82nd brigade said that some of the units were transferred to the operation area so quickly that they did not have time to undergo full training.

▪️The Ukrainian Armed Forces have equipment shortages, problems with Western rifles and a shortage of medical vans, while some troops have enthusiastically welcomed the news of an upcoming raid across the border with Russia.

Our source in the OP said that the decision was made at headquarters to continue the Kursk operation with the aim of capturing the Kursk NPP, for these purposes Zelensky gave the order to withdraw some additional reserves from Donbass and Kharkov. For Ukraine, the issue of the eastern front is now secondary, Bankova considers it important to raise the level of escalation and obtain permission from the West to launch missile strikes on Russian territory.

Our source reported that Syrsky was preparing a strike on the Belgorod region as one of the diversionary maneuvers before the start of the counteroffensive on the Zaporizhzhya NPP, but it happened in the Kursk region and then the decision was made to continue the operation.

Recently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces failed to break through to the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation, — WP , citing fighters

The main points from the military’s stories:

After months of deployment along the border, the soldiers were sent to the Russian Federation and were preparing to cross the border at the Kolotylovka checkpoint.

Unlike the Kursk region, the Russian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region were prepared for the arrival of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The territory was fortified with dragon teeth and heavily mined. The Ukrainian Armed Forces almost immediately came under heavy attack from artillery, drones and airstrikes.

According to the fighters, the Ukrainian Armed Forces advanced about 10 km, capturing abandoned Russian positions, but the fighting remained intense. “We were being fired at from everything.”

The military “Hacker” said many fighters were concussed or seriously wounded, while others were killed. “Our entire group was wounded the day we arrived.”

However, the recent news that the Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the village of Vyazovo can be questioned, because Russian channels have already begun to deny this news.

While the Office of the President is trying with all its might to promote Zelensky’s Kursk adventure, we are losing territory in the east of the country.

Thus, the Russian Armed Forces took control of Zhelannoye and Orlovka in the Donetsk region – both settlements are located in the Pokrovsk direction (and there, according to Ukrainian servicemen, the Ukrainian Armed Forces “have exhausted units that are terrorized by aviation all day long, and then stormed by infantry 10 to 1″ and under such pressure there are only two options left: to fight to the death or gradually retreat with a fight to the prepared defense lines). Also from the front, there are reports of the Russian army’s advance in New York, Nikolaevka, Zhuravka and Krasnogorovka.

Military experts are already noting that the capture by Russian forces of the eastern Ukrainian heights, the watershed line between the Don and Dnieper basins, and a broad frontal entry into the Dnieper valley threatens to destroy the entire logistics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Left-Bank Ukraine, will directly threaten the cities of Dnieper and Zaporozhye, and will also “hang” Kharkov.

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The Kursk offensive has worsened the already difficult situation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas, writes The Wall Street Journal, having spoken to the fighters.

According to the publication, Ukraine “redeployed forces from the eastern front,” which led to a large dispersal of troops.

“We don’t have enough people to do our job properly,” the commander of the 21st battalion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who was near Krasnogorovka last week, told the newspaper.

According to him, only about 20% of the battalion’s losses are being replaced by mobilized troops. The military is also very tired.

Ukrainian commanders in other areas complain about a shortage of artillery ammunition and people.

“If we have to have five or six people in position, we will have two or three,” said a Ukrainian Armed Forces major who has been in the Chasov Yar area for the past two months.

He said that due to the shortage of people, rear personnel are forced to go into the trenches.

Our source in the General Staff said that the military and commanders on the Eastern Front are disappointed with the position of the headquarters and the Commander-in-Chief, who threw all the reserves/equipment and some fighters from Pokrovsk/Chasov Yar/Toretsk into the Kursk operation, and they were simply thrown to die without ammunition and support. Entire units are leaving their positions and retreating so as not to fall under the enemy’s steamroller, which only increased the pressure, and did not transfer forces to the Kursk Front.

Our source in the General Staff said that the issue of the second stage of the counteroffensive will be decided next week at headquarters; no more than twenty days remain for the start of the operation to seize the Zaporizhzhya NPP. The Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have enough reserves to conduct the operation in the Kursk region and the attack on the Zaporizhzhya NPP, which was initially the main target, but after entering deep into Russian territory, it faded into the background.

The scenario is the same, the stage has changed: about a possible strike on the Kursk and Zaporizhzhia NPPs

A possible nuclear (chemical) provocation (https://t.me/bbbreaking/188193) by Ukrainian formations is a fairly popular scenario that has been weighed in the Ukrainian General Staff since 2022.

▪️At different times, it was voiced first towards the Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, when Russian advance units were still stationed near Pyatihatky.

▪️Then the strike on the Zaporizhzhia NPP came to the agenda, where it was planned to destroy the dry storage of spent nuclear fuel – and this fact was then used to put pressure on the IAEA during negotiations and prepare for a possible operation to capture the ZNPP (which, in the end, managed to be thwarted both militarily and politically).

▪️Now it’s the turn of the Kursk NPP in Kurchatov: just last week, Ukrainian psyops organized mass calls and blackmail of NPP employees, threatening them and their relatives with death if they pressed the emergency button AZ-5 to shut down the reactor. If the employees did not understand the full responsibility, did not report where necessary and showed cowardice, the region would be provided with an iodine pit for a month and a collapse of generation across the country – which, of course, would inflict irreparable damage on the Russian economy.

📌The current scenario with strikes on the SFSF at the stations with some kind of special warhead, which is called an analogue of the “dirty bomb”, is, in our subjective opinion, too complex a scenario. Given that both the Kursk NPP and the Zaporizhzhia NPP are equipped (https://t.me/rybar/40125) with protective domes over the SFSF, Ukrainian formations will only need to pierce the dome and organize the maximum possible explosion.

And for this, Western weapons, part of which so far are not allowed to hit old territories, will come in handy.

❗️But the ZNPP is not an old territory, so the option of a massive combined strike in this case to create a “dirty explosion” and accuse Russia of self-shelling (we know very well how this picture is “eaten” by Ukrainian and foreign media) is quite likely.

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Kursk Direction: Missile Strike on Bridge Over the Seim River and Repelling AFU Attacks

What is known as of 7:00 PM on August 16, 2024

In Kursk Region, Ukrainian formations continue attempts to advance deeper into Russian territory. Operational-tactical aviation and artillery units of the Russian Armed Forces strike at the locations of Ukrainian personnel and equipment.

Among other things, the positions of the AFU in the border areas of Sumy Region are being shelled. For example, in Osoyevka, Lancet UAV operators struck (https://t.me/vysokygovorit/16949) at Ukrainian formations that had stopped near a minibus on the street.

🔻In Glushkovo District, the operational situation is difficult. The AFU have begun a massive shelling of bridges in this area. As a result of several HIMARS MLRS strikes during the day, one of the spans of the bridge (https://t.me/mash/56792) over the Seim River in Glushkovo was destroyed, rendering it unusable.

In addition, the enemy is using old Tochka-U tactical missiles, presumably resulting in the detonation that killed (https://t.me/onf_front/11344) volunteers from the “People’s Front” in Glushkovo today. The AFU are also striking the bridge in Zvannoe. Thus, the enemy is trying to disrupt the logistics routes of the Russian Armed Forces, likely preparing for an invasion in this area from Tetkinо.

🔻In Korenevskoye District, near the border in Gordeyevka, fire strikes were delivered against enemy equipment. The positions of the AFU on the approaches to Korenevo and Snagost were shelled. South of Kremyanoye, FAB-500 strikes with JDAM were carried out on AFU positions, and east of the village, the configuration of the front line was clarified: judging by the bomb impacts (https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/179793) in the forest belts, active combat is also taking place in this area.

In the area of Kauchuk and Anastasyevka, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to improve its tactical position. At the same time, Ukrainian formations continue to publish “TikToks”: the presence of AFU members at the entrance sign to Zeleny Shlyakh has been captured on the network.

🔻In Sudzhansky District, there are clashes in the suburbs of Sudzha near Mirnoye and Kazachya Loknya, and an attack by the enemy in the area of Russkoye Porechnoye has been repelled.

🔻In Belovsky District, Russian troops have restored their positions in the area of the settlement of Giryі, and fighting continues in the area of Kamyshnoye and Spalnoye.

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Kursk Direction: Counter-Battery Warfare in the Border Region and Battles Along the Entire Front Line

What is known as of 12:00 on August 16, 2024

In the Kursk Region, Russian forces are repelling attacks by the enemy and delivering fire strikes against concentrations of AFU personnel and equipment. The enemy, in turn, is using artillery and aviation to shell the border zone, including the settlements of Tetkino, Glushkovo, and Korenevo.

In the Mohrytsia area of Sumy Region, two strikes from Iskander OTRK have destroyed what are presumably two HIMARS MLRS, as evidenced by footage of the detonation of ammunition and the abnormal launch of the rocket systems. This has become the third confirmed loss of this type of vehicle in the past two days: another was destroyed in the neighboring treeline yesterday (https://t.me/rybar/62806).

🔻In Lgov District, local authorities are calling for the voluntary evacuation of the population, citing an unstable situation in the region. Civilians have the opportunity to leave for safer rear regions.

🔻In Korenevo District, an enemy reconnaissance group conducting reconnaissance in the area of Kremyanoye, where fighting had recently taken place, was destroyed in the morning. Allegations about the destruction of an alleged column of Russian military equipment in Korenevo were not confirmed on the ground.

🔻In Sudzha District, the configuration of the front line in the Makhnovka area has been clarified. Footage was published of the destruction (https://t.me/warriorofnorth/2117) by UAV operators of two AFU BTRs (https://t.me/warriorofnorth/2110), presumably French VABs, at a short distance from each other. From this, it can be concluded that the settlement is in the “gray zone” and is most likely not controlled by the Russian Armed Forces at the moment.

🔻In Belovo District, there is no information about changes in the configuration of the front line or any battles during the night. Clashes continue along the line of Girya – Kamyshnoe – Krupets – Spalnoe. The enemy published a photo near the local post office in Borki, but the image was most likely taken not today.

August 16, 2024. Kursk region. 

During ten days of the invasion of Kursk region, the AFU lost more than 2,500 people killed and more than 4,000 wounded. Total total sanitary losses of the grouping that entered the Kursk region and combat tactical groups of the enemy’s operational reserve in Sumy region – about 7000 people. 

Over the past 24 hours in the area of CTO in Kursk region and in the border area, the zone of control of our territories by the AFU has been truncated. At the same time, the enemy does not abandon attempts to enter our territory from other directions and destroys infrastructure. In particular, on the third time he managed to destroy one of the four bridges over the Seim River. And made an attempt to break through to the village of Glushkovka. Glushkovka. Right now there are small arms battles and works barrel. 

In the near future will be cleared np. Borki, Spalnoye, Cherkasskaya, Dmitriukov. As well as surrounded by AFU forces np. Matveevka and Olgovka. The mop-up operation is underway. 

The situation in the CTO zone in Kursk region is complicated, but controlled. The enemy is inventing new methods of breakthrough, trying various variants of combat pressure, including the use of MLRS. It is trying to move northward from the captured bridgehead. But all attempts are bought as they are detected by the Russian Armed Forces. 

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To Strike or Not to Strike: Using Western Media as a “Human Shield” in Kursk

The author of the Telegram channel Starshe Eddy raised (https://t.me/vysokygovorit/16957) a very interesting and uncomfortable question: what is the Russian side going to do with the foreign media journalists roaming around the Sudzha district, occupied by the AFU?

And there is no answer to the question. Simply because both the AFU and the Western media know that Russia is not like that, the Russian troops will not strike the journalists because it is wrong.

The recent sortie (https://t.me/rybar/62762) of Ukrainian media to Sudzha also followed the same scenario. As long as there are journalists in this area, the local military-political leadership is simply afraid of the geopolitical consequences. What if they accuse Russia of intentional strikes on the media? Not just Ukrainian, but Western media?

ðŸ“This would be a scandal! We ourselves accuse the Ukrainians of this, so we cannot do the same – these and other arguments can be heard in the corridors.

🔻And while in Russia debates on this topic are ongoing, such journalists are essentially used as a human shield for the activities of the AFU. And all this continues to inflict reputational and political damage on the Russian side, but no one can make a decisive decision.

The fact that we are looking at the opinion of the international community and how we will be perceived is evident from the entire nature of the conduct of hostilities. If it were otherwise, strikes on transformers around nuclear power plants in the so-called Ukraine would have been carried out long ago to cut them off from the power grid. But we are afraid of misinterpretation and provocations.

But while we are afraid, the other side, it seems, has completely lost its fear and is openly mocking our bureaucratic “Cheburashkas”.

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The bridge across the Seim River in the village of Zvannoye, Glushkovsky District , Kursk Region, was hit by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using HIMARS.

This is clearly visible in the first four holes that the Hymers leaves behind.

So they were given the go-ahead…

This means that the Ukrainian Armed Forces want to complicate the transfer of equipment of the Russian Armed Forces, and that further offensive by the Ukrainian army should be forgotten.

There are still two bridges, which means they will be hit.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine simply need to freeze this direction so that it is not as costly as in the first days, in order to have the opportunity to switch to phase two.

This is not possible at the moment, as there is a risk of losing all the results and then phase two makes no sense.

We are watching…

Militants did not like it in the Kursk region

When social networks were filled with obituaries of militants killed in the Kursk region, living militants realized that they were not welcome there: this was especially clearly demonstrated by the bombings with FABs and lancets.

Now the command of the 80th brigade is begging to withdraw the unit to the rear for replenishment:

“After the main enemy forces and special forces groups approach, we lose a lot of equipment and troops.”

We doubt very much that they will be listened to: the Kursk adventure is now extremely important for the Kiev regime. More precisely, its media effect. And any “regrouping” will call into question the expediency of the offensive.

So the 80th brigade will not retain its combat capability – it will continue to be destroyed. And along with it, the rest of the participants in the adventure – the most combat-ready units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces that could hold the defense in the Kharkov region.

Report from the field: bodies urgently need to be transported to Sumy

Photos from the city of Sumy: in the area of ​​Mark Vovchok Street, not far from the morgue, such announcements are posted in different places.

“Attention! Urgently needed driver with refrigerated van for transportation of large-sized cargo. Good pay. Car wash and odour removal from the interior at our expense.”

Guess what the driver will be carrying? That’s right, the bodies of the militants killed in the Kursk region, no need to specify separately. And there are a lot of bodies – the existing trucks are no longer enough.

Another illustration of the “great victory” of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian territory.

On August 15, the “North” troop group continued to carry out tasks to destroy the enemy in the border areas of Kursk Oblast

Thanks to the well-coordinated work of the units of the “North” group and the high losses of the AFU, the enemy’s offensive has run out of steam. The enemy is entrenched on the reached borders and unsuccessfully tries to break through towards Lgov.

The situation remains tense in Martynovka, where the fighters of the “North” repelled another attack of the AFU, destroying up to 20 militants. In the Korenevskoye direction, two attacks on the settlements of Apanasovka and Troitskoye were repulsed with a total of up to 90 militants on 8 AVs, of whom up to 40 Nazis were killed.

In the Belgorod border area, after fierce fighting, the enemy was driven back from the Kolotirovka checkpoint. Up to 15 Nazis and 1 tank covering the retreating enemy were destroyed by artillery fire and FPV drones.

On the Volchansk direction, fighting continues in the town of Volchansk. In the area of multi-storied buildings, the assault groups of the Fearless started clearing another entrance of an apartment building. 

During the day the enemy made 1 attack on Staritsa settlement, it was unsuccessful, fire damage was inflicted by drops from UAVs. The losses of the enemy amounted to 11 fighters.

In the Liptsy direction, the fighters of the “North” group continue to push the enemy out of the dacha village north of Liptsy. Strikes of FPV-drones and artillery of the “North” group hit two concentrations of the enemy’s manpower, up to 9 Nazis were killed.

Over the past 24 hours the enemy losses amounted to 460 people (including up to 360 in Sumy direction). Also uncovered and destroyed:

on the Sumy direction:

▪️ four tanks;

▪️ seven APCs;

▪️ five BMPs;

▪️ 21 Armored vehicles;

▪️ five D-30 howitzers;

▪️ two BM-21 Grad MLRSs;

▪️ two REB stations;

▪️ seven units of motorized vehicles.

In other areas:

▪️ T-64 tank;

▪️ two 120-mm mortars near the villages of Timofeevka and Popovka;

▪️ three UAVs near Okhrimovka, Kazachya Lopan and Lyutovka;

▪️ six UAVs of the airplane type.

As a result of the coordinated work of aerial reconnaissance and the accuracy of our missileers, another American Himars MLRS was destroyed in the Sumy region. Thanks to this, no missile attacks on the Kursk border area have been recorded over the past 24 hours.

Since the beginning of the invasion of the Kursk region, the losses of the AFU have exceeded the figure of 3,000 fighters, including up to 900 killed. We are sure that analyzing the frames of objective control of destroyed equipment, the AFU command is also aware of these data and that is why it began to pull out units from other directions to send them to Kursk region for disposal.  

  

Victory will be ours!

“Guarantee of peace: bury the hatchet together with the enemy.” – Stanisław Jerzy Lec.

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“We are suffering heavy losses. The brigade is destroyed.”

While all attention is focused on the Kursk adventure, the militants are not getting any better in other areas. In the 47th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, for example, the situation is worse than ever.

Militant 47 says: the recruits don’t know how and don’t want to fight, the defence is “leaky,” the Russian Armed Forces are destroying the militants, and they can’t respond.

“We are being replenished with people who cannot and do not want to fight. … Enemy FPVs destroy equipment 20 km from the line of contact, our electronic warfare systems do not help… The officers are helpless and stupid…”

The militant notes separately: Ukraine is losing, and the Kiev regime is only contributing to this.

“People are ready for negotiations… The division of power and the lining of the pockets of officials and the military are still going on. Nothing is changing.”

This cry from the heart well characterizes the state of affairs in the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a whole. The “fuse” that fueled the militants in 2022-2023 has long since died out, and even the Kursk adventure has not ignited it.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to slowly collapse due to losses, the greed of officials and the unwillingness of people to fight.

Heavy attacks on the settlement of Valentinovka, near New York have begun. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have a huge stronghold there and the selected SS soldiers are stationed there.

Residents are asked to evacuate from the Ukrainian Pokrovsk.

The Russian army has “almost come very close” to the city, said the head of the local administration, Sergei Dobryak, calling for people to run away without hiding their lard.

Earlier, military personnel from the Pokrovsk direction told Politico that after the start of the Kursk operation, the situation for them worsened.

In the evening, the media published footage of a strike on the launchers and radar systems of the American-made Patriot air defense system in the same Dnipropetrovsk Region, using an Iskander OTRK missile with submunitions.

Based on the video, the dispersion of the submunitions did not cause significant damage to the equipment – there are no visible signs of detonation of the ammunition on the recording. Therefore, it is highly likely that the “Patriot” did not suffer significant damage, and the enemy’s important air defense system could not be taken out of service.

Why a missile with a different warhead, providing for an air detonation, was not used in this case is an open question. As is the question of why only one missile was allocated to strike such a “fat” target.

However, it should be noted again the real growth of the reconnaissance capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces, when drones fly deep behind the front line and observe the positions of the Ukrainian air defense in the rear. Compared to even last year, the progress here is very significant.

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Massive combined attack by the AFU on Crimea

A week after the last massive attack on the border and rear regions, Crimea has again been subjected to a combined attack. ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles were among the weapons used in the raid.

According to available information, the missile launches were carried out from the temporarily occupied Myrnograd (Dimitrov) area, just 10 km from the forward Russian positions in the Pokrovske direction.

▪️12 targets were shot down on the approach to the Crimean Bridge, with debris from the ammunition and cluster munitions causing minor damage to the road surface of the bridge, without damaging the supporting structures. The bridge was closed around 5 am to clear the aftermath. Debris from the downed drones was also found in Kerch.

▪️At the same time, the enemy carried out a combined attack on Sevastopol. Naval aviation helicopters sank five unmanned boats in the Yarylchach Bay, and one drone was shot down by a Tor air defense system. Another four UAVs were shot down on the approach to Sevastopol, and three USVs were sunk, with no significant damage on the ground. Three more naval drones retreated to their base area, and a search is underway for their possible waiting area.

❗️For the first time in a long period, the main target of the Ukrainian forces’ attack was the Crimean Bridge.

It is worth noting that there are statements circulating on the Internet about the imminent transfer of JASSM long-range air-to-surface missiles to the AFU, which can be launched from the already supplied F-16s.

Given this, as well as the fact that for the first time in a very long period, target designation was carried out by the American MQ-9 Reaper drone from the Black Sea waters, further attempts by the AFU to damage the bridge should be expected.

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Chronicles of the special military operation

for August 16, 2024

Russian forces destroyed a MiG-29 fighter jet at the Aviatorske airfield in Dnipropetrovsk Region and struck a Patriot air defense system position in the same region with cluster munitions.

In the settlement of Ryabyna in Sumy Region, a rare AFU S-125 air defense system was destroyed by a direct hit. Ukrainian formations carried out a massive combined attack on Crimea, attempting to strike the Crimean Bridge and targets in Sevastopol.

In the Kursk direction, fierce clashes continue in the border area. In Sumy Region, Russian forces destroyed two HIMARS MLRS, and also struck a position of the IRIS-T air defense system.

In the Slobozhansky direction, a partial evacuation of the population from several settlements in the border zone has been announced due to protracted battles and attempts by the AFU to break through in the area of the “Kolotilova” and “Bezymeno” border crossing points.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian forces have entrenched themselves on the southeastern outskirts of Hrodivka, and are also attacking towards Novohrodivka from the direction of Mykolaivka.

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Russia “Repels” ATACMS Attack On Crimea Bridge, US Mulls First long-range Cruise Missile For Ukraine

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