The situation in the Ukrainian SMO on August 8 2024
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The Kursk offensive continues
Russian Forces Temporarily Stop Further Ukrainian Assaults In Kursk
Kursk: Moscow forced to redeploy troops after Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion
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‘We Are In Communication With The Ukrainians’: State Dept Spox Responds To Attack Inside Russia
Putin’s Nuke-Capable Iskander Fires Cluster Munitions, Wipes Out Zelensky’s Troops In Kursk
MI-6 passed on new intelligence data to the Presidential Office and the General Staff, stating that the Russian army is transferring five brigades and combat aircraft to the Kursk region to form strike groups.
According to British intelligence, the Kremlin has decided not only to clear Russian territory of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but also to create a sanitary corridor on Ukrainian territory.
rezervsvo
I am already in the Kursk region, and the Akhmat special forces are here. Slowly we have already built up our strength here. We will do our job for the good of our state. Nothing critical or tragic has happened. Yes, the enemy has entered the border territories. Several settlements are occupied by the enemy. It is trying to advance as much as possible, building up all his forces, which he has liberated from the Belarusian border. It turns out that it has thrown everything here. God willing, this issue will be resolved, these forces will be destroyed, SMO will end with Russia’s victory this year.
I think that those who believe in God do not doubt it, as I do not doubt it. To the enemies who will be watching us now, hello to them! Because I think so, these days are the last in their lifes.
Major General Apty Alaudinov, commander of the Akhmat special forces
The enemy is stretched out, losing logistics and combat potential. The RF Armed Forces with air strikes and barrels have already partially cut off the second echelon reserve from the advanced units, which for some reason turned out to be not very nimble at the enemy. Apparently it’s really due to the Yandex navigator not working. [that's sarcasm]
Also by missile strikes on the rear in Sumy and the region, we managed to break up the logistics columns and points of temporary deployment of personnel servicing and guarding them.
Time is tick-tock, and it is now playing against the AFU. Now it is quite obvious that almost no one will come out alive from those who came in. Neither people nor equipment.
Suicide bombers in the name of drug addict Zelensky and homo-imbecile Budanov and ISW maps.
Condotierro
What is known about the injury of VGTRK war correspondent Evgeny Poddubny:
▪️ Poddubny was wounded in the Kursk region near the border with Ukraine; several hours before this, he had prepared a report on the situation in the region, where an operation to repel a massive attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces is underway;
▪️ According to VGTRK, the car in which the journalist was traveling was attacked by an FPV drone. At first, other sources reported Poddubny’s death;
▪️ Upon admission to the hospital, he was in serious condition; after intensive care and necessary examinations, he was placed in the intensive care unit, the VGTRK Vesti Telegram channel reported, citing the Russian Ministry of Health;
▪️ He regained consciousness and is receiving all the necessary treatment, said Acting Governor of Kursk Region Alexey Smirnov;
▪️ The Russian Investigative Committee stated that it would do everything possible to identify and bring to justice those involved in the assassination attempt on Poddubny, and he himself would be awarded a departmental medal;
▪️ The Russian Permanent Mission to the UN called the assassination attempt on the journalist “another terrorist attack” by the Kyiv regime and demanded that the world organization “immediately and decisively” condemn this attack;
▪️ Before this, the UN Secretary General’s office responded to a TASS request by stating that they were concerned about “the attack that resulted in the wounding of a journalist” and hoped for his recovery;
▪️ Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik wrote in his Telegram channel that the assassination attempt on Poddubny was a war crime.
My casual Troll prediction for Ukraine’s Kursk advance is disaster, 90%+ chance.
They pushed too fast and extended their lines without managing to secure a defensible location. Contrary to cRybar claims of heavy air defense, Sumy is getting hit nonstop with missiles and Russian aircraft keep flying. Anything valuable past the border region is going to get hit by a Lancet sooner or later.
Without an urban area to hide in and zero fortifications, Ukraine won’t be able to hold open their salient. It’s now become a matter of where their troops are going to hide as they try to make it back to friendly lines before they can get cut off.
I know a lot of people are expecting Ukraine to push large quantities of troops into Russia to hold open the salient, but that’s not possible under current conditions. They have to travel too far, which means any mass gets destroyed in mass, and stragglers don’t make it in great enough numbers after being thinned the entire funnel. Once the vehicles run out, it’s over.
Our source in the General Staff said that the attack in the Kursk direction cost the Ukrainian Armed Forces all the reserves that we had been accumulating for the last year. Syrsky refused to send reinforcements to Volchansk, Chasov Yar, Toretsk, for the sake of a strike deep into Russian territory.
Our source in the General Staff said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces received an order to advance to the Kursk NPP. Syrsky gave the order to transfer an additional 3 brigades to the Sumy region to form a strike group, while the operation on the Zaporizhzhya NPP has not been cancelled.
In the combat zone in the area of the settlement of Sudzha in the Kursk region, the enemy is actively using armored vehicles against units of the Russian Armed Forces, which it brought into the breakthrough zone last night.
Under the cover of electronic warfare systems that exclude the use of loitering munitions, Bradley IFVs are deployed for direct fire and fire at our positions.
The task is to burn the armor! Dueling armor and grenade launchers are taking place in the plantings.
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🔻Key points:
▪️According to the President, the situation in Kursk Region requires courage from the acting governor to solve extraordinary and complex tasks to assist people.
▪️The regional operational headquarters is coordinating the situation in the region around the clock, said the acting governor. The work on evacuating the population continues, there are places in temporary accommodation facilities and a sufficient amount of housing for resettling families in the region.
▪️The number of available hospital beds in Kursk Region has been increased to 1.8 thousand with the support of the Ministry of Health, medical issues have been resolved.
▪️According to Smirnov, people will be evacuated by both buses and rail transport. Ukrainian formations are shelling civilian vehicles and ambulances that are evacuating injured citizens from dangerous areas.
▪️All gas stations will be equipped with electronic warfare means and armor protection in the near future. The ONF, United Russia and business representatives are providing Kursk Region with humanitarian aid and electronic warfare means, the acting governor reported.
▪️Residents of the region who have left dangerous areas will receive a one-time payment of 10,000 rubles, Putin said. He also called on the acting governor to work directly with people when providing assistance to residents of the region, to reach every family.
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On fakes and information attacks by Ukrainian psyops
The attacks of Ukrainian formations in the Kursk Region are carried out not only on the actual battlefield, but also in the information space.
From the very first days of the offensive, Ukrainian psyops employees have literally flooded the chats of the border regions of Russia with unreliable information in order to further destabilize the situation and increase panic among the local population.
▪️To accomplish the set tasks, the enemy uses already quite typical methods: from messages (https://t.me/kursk_tipich/15858) about the penetration of Ukrainian saboteurs into Kursk to phone calls about the allegedly announced evacuation throughout the region. And although most residents perceive such information with the expected skepticism, against the background of the dynamically developing situation, there are also much more trusting citizens.
▪️Some bots are even spreading information on the Internet about how to “protect” one’s home from AFU attacks by hanging certain distinctive signs. The purpose of such messages is simple – to create the illusion of a positive attitude of the local population towards the Ukrainian formations through such footage from the settlements of the Kursk Region.
▪️Particular attention should be paid to the disseminated statements about the “careful” treatment of local residents by the Ukrainian formations. However, they do not at all correspond to what is already happening in the Sudzha and Korenevo districts: there, only in the last day, there have been enough evidence (https://t.me/mash/56581) of the enemy’s atrocities against civilians, including the shooting of civilian vehicles or even the killing of residents who did not have time to evacuate.
🔻In the coming days, the information attacks of the enemy will only increase, especially if the Ukrainian mobile groups continue to advance deeper into the region and gain confident initiative in the breakthrough areas.
And one needs to be ready for such actions from the Ukrainian psyops: from prompt refutations of unreliable information to the removal of publications aimed at stressing the population.
Kursk Direction: Deployment of “Fire Brigades” and Hunting for AFU Recon Groups
What is known as of the end of August 8, 2024
By 6 PM, the Russian grouping of troops (forces) began clearing the breakthrough zone and eliminating the consequences. This task is primarily assigned to special forces units, as well as special operations forces groups. In addition, there have already been reports of the deployment of units from the “African Corps” (most likely, detachments from the Krasnodar Territory). The main efforts continue to be concentrated in the Korenevo and Sudzha districts.
Due to the fog of war, lack of objective control personnel, as well as “soldier’s radio”, the situation was only fully clarified by the end of the day: the previous advances of the AFU with the control of certain areas of the territory are explained by the activity of Ukrainian recon groups.
ðŸ“Ukrainian recon groups tied down Russian checkpoints in combat and bypassed them, entering as many empty settlements as possible. Due to confusion and control problems, the scale of the enemy’s advance was exaggerated, which played into the hands of sowing panic.
🔻In the Sudzha district, after building up the grouping in Bolshoye Soldatovo, the clearing of the highway began.
▪️Ukrainian formations maintain stable control over Goncharovka and western Sudzha. Footage of looting of houses and removal of stolen goods has appeared online.
▪️In eastern Sudzha, according to fragmentary information, there is a focal presence of territorial defense units and Russian troops. At the same time, the work of AFU recon groups is also noted there, whose task is not to capture and control the administrative center, but to sow panic and achieve a media effect.
▪️In the morning, Ukrainian mobile recon groups bypassed eastern Sudzha and went further along the highway. In the evening, Russian forces engaged a Ukrainian unit in Martynivka, while simultaneously clearing the forest area and surrounding villages.
🔻In the Korenevo district, attempts to occupy the administrative center actually turned into attempts by the AFU to quickly clear the strongholds and capture Korenevo. After repelling them, the main AFU forces dispersed in the area of the breakthrough section.
▪️In Snagost, Russian troops began clearing, trying to push Ukrainian groups out of this area.
▪️Online, footage was recorded of Ukrainian groups in Novoivanovka and Lyubimovka – these are the nearest settlements to Korenevo, which are under the conditional control of the enemy.
📌The AFU began engineering the terrain on the so-called “Surovikin line”, building a fortified area there. Most likely, tonight they will attempt to drag engineering equipment further and begin equipping another line, from which it will be more difficult for the AFU to be dislodged.
The combat potential of the AFU grouping is far from exhausted: the introduction of the second and third echelons is expected in the near future. At the same time, the danger to other sections of the Kursk direction is not ruled out.
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what is known as of 17:00 on August 8, 2024
Despite the attempts of the Russian joint group of troops (forces) to stop the advance of the Ukrainian mobile groups, the scale of the crisis is expanding: unfortunately, the tactics of the Ukrainian formations with an emphasis on high-speed dashes , bypassing fortified areas and maximizing the expansion of the breakthrough zone without securing it at the first stage, in its simplicity , surpasses the capabilities of the Russian army for counterattacks.
🔻In the Sudzhansky district, the conditional control zone of Ukrainian formations has expanded to 30 km along the Dyakonovo-Sudzha road.
▪️The Russian army’s resistance centers are cut off and bypassed along bypass roads. After occupying Kazachya Loknya in the north, as well as Mirny and Bondarevka in the south, Ukrainian formations entered Martynovka and engaged the troops there in battle. After that, the settlement of Kruglik was taken.
At the same time, the mobile group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces moved further along the highway, reaching Bolshoy Soldatskoye and engaging in combat in the populated area. There are reports that combat with the enemy’s sabotage and reconnaissance groups is taking place further along the highway.
▪️15 km south of Lgov, fierce fighting is taking place in the surrounding settlements.
▪️In conditions of active use of enemy electronic warfare, the “fog of war” still reigns in certain areas, so it is premature to talk about the complete defeat of strongholds that the enemy has passed or bypassed.
🔻In Korenevsky district , the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their attempts to occupy the administrative center.
Simultaneous battles were fought at the entrance to Korenevo , and attempts were made to occupy Olgovka with Kremyanoye . For some of the Ukrainian troops advancing in this area, it is necessary to both tie down the forces of the Russian Armed Forces in battle and break through to the Rylsk-Lgov highway in order to expand the scale of the operational crisis of the Russian Armed Forces and stretch the forces of the Russian troops.
📌At the same time, Ukrainian formations have already begun digging in at the achieved lines, introducing a second echelon. The capture of Sudzha has become an inspiring factor for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which they are now trying to use to offset their losses and demonstrate that the game is worth the candle .
The biggest problem in organizing defense in the Kursk tactical direction remains the disunity of units and the lack of the required number of forces, which are now allegedly being withdrawn from other directions. At the same time, Russian information resources, which are racing to write the names of brigades and divisions that are about to arrive (but still do not arrive), add chaos to the information space.
Situation in Kursk region on the morning of August 8
🔺The second day after the breakthrough of the AFU, stabilization measures are beginning: operational and tactical aviation is working much more actively, long-range artillery from the reserve is being pulled up, including 2S7 “Pion” to suppress the rear and numerous barrels for counter-battery warfare.
How are the AFU behaving?
Expectedly. After the forces of the first echelon, reserves are pulled up and artillery units are deployed along the border. These forces will be assigned the main firing tasks of the artillery and the AFU in the coming days. Since yesterday evening, the delivery of equipment and additional reinforcements by land has become progressively more difficult for the AFU: it is becoming increasingly difficult to drive APCs and tanks through the previous breakthrough points, the percentage of Lancet hits is increasing, and Krasnopols are being actively (and massively) used, which indirectly indicates the deployment of specialized artillery formations from the Russian side. There is no time to look for other entry points, so we have to use the same logistical shoulder that we had at the beginning of the operation. It will be sufficient for some time, but it will not be possible to use it permanently.
Where does everything happen?
The “appendix” of the AFU in the Sverdlikov area, which emerged when the Ukrainian BTG broke through, now needs not only to be held, but also to start supplying. The terrain here is not easy: lowlands with winding roads and numerous forest belts, which are difficult to jump through and bypass the main roads.
The estimated AFU defense strip in this area is 15 × 15 km, but the narrowest place near Zeleny Shlyakh and Tolstoy Lug has the shape of a bottle neck with a width of only 5 km. It will be clear in the next 24-48 hours whether the AFU will move reserves here to try to expand the area. Such a decision would have made sense in the first few hours of the operation, but now, after the transfer of the Russian Armed Forces reserves to this direction, the introduction of at least an additional brigade will tighten the orders approximately the same as in the Kharkov region, which will be a gift for the artillery of the “northern”.
Since the morning there are reports that the fighting is supposedly going on in the area of the Suja-Lygov highway near the village of Anastasievka, but this information has not yet been confirmed.
Advisor to the Ukrainian president’s office Podolyak – on the fact that the AFU strikes in Kursk Region are needed “to start negotiations with Russia”:
”Today we see that the effectiveness of the instrument called Ukraine’s combat operations in the combat zone is gradually increasing. If you add additional losses to Russia, is it positive? Yes, absolutely. If it increases the price of the war in direct quantitative terms: armored vehicles destroyed, losses of Russian territory, losses of people in greater numbers, will it affect how they perceive this war? Absolutely. Will everything that happens, for example, in this or that region, bordering the Russian Federation, affect social strata psychologically? It will, of course. Will it frighten them? Yes. Will they react to something other than fear? No. They can sit down at the negotiating table and you can get something from them only if they realize that the war is not going according to their scenario.
Tactics, losses and the concept of the AFU in Kursk region: a breakdown by the “Military Chronicle”
Concept of the operation
▪️ There has been a definitive change of narrative. If the two previous attempts to strike the Belgorod region were attempted to be realized by the hands of the GUR and the RDK, now the AFU army units are openly involved. It cannot be ruled out that there will be another attempt to attack the Belgorod region and possibly the Bryansk region.
▪️ Which brigades are involved in the attack?
The 26th Artillery Brigade (Krab SAU), units of the GUR and SDF, the 22nd OMBR and the 82nd ODShBr (the anti-heroes of the offensive at Rabotino village and Volchanskoye). Elements of both brigades began to suffer losses as early as August 6.
Given the complexity of the breakthrough area, the combat order was probably as follows: in the first echelon of the attack there was a battalion each from the 22nd and 82nd Brigades, which tried to wedge themselves into Russian territory as much as possible, plus units of the GUR and SDF. Behind them, but already on the territory of Sumy region – two more brigades as a reserve. We will soon find out which ones. Fire support was provided by the 26th Artillery Brigade or elements of it.
▪️ AFU losses in Kursk region
At the moment of crossing the border, the AFU had a grouping of more than 1,000 men. In 24 hours the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation reported that on the Ukrainian side 100 military men were killed and 215 wounded, 54 pieces of equipment were destroyed, i.e. about one third of the first echelon was eliminated during the day. On August 8, the Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of 400 people and another 32 pieces of equipment.
In the context of losses, it is especially important that a large number of light armored vehicles are lost, on which the AFU (as in 2022 near Kharkiv) are trying to move quickly from village to village. Large one-time losses of this equipment indicate the covering of places of concentration, columns, parking lots, which means that the AFU are being watched from the sky and are working as quickly as possible.
It is also worth paying attention to the ratio of losses of tanks and TBMs – one to ten. The light armored vehicles involved are less survivable, and there are few tanks assembled for the strike. With such an outfit of forces it is impossible to seriously attack deep into the defense, as well as without air cover.
▪️ Conclusions
The rapid advance of the AFU’s mobile groups made it possible for individual groups to advance to a depth of up to 15 kilometers and to take control of a section of the border strip about 15 kilometers wide. But this is where the progress actually stopped: now the “North” group continues to strike the territory of Sumy region – and most likely, the second echelon of the AFU will go into battle disorganized and in no condition to radically affect the state of affairs. Yes, there are battles near Suja, near Korenev, but tactical success in such operations is only half the battle. The main issue is the ability of the AFU to provide transportation, transportation of the wounded, rotation, etc. If these points are hampered, the advancing AFU troops will naturally exhaust the supplies they brought with them. And then the whole operation will descend into blocking and catching scattered groups in forests and other hiding places. For the deployment of serious forces in the Kursk region there is not enough space and conditions, which may indirectly speak about the diversionary nature of the strike.
Military Chronicle
Regarding the situation in Kursk region :
Ukrainian forces have brought up reserves and begun to strengthen their positions, increasing the pressure in Korenevsky and Sudzhansky districts. The threat of an offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Glushkovsky district in the Tyotkino direction remains.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces entered the village of Mirny and control the villages of Kazachya Loknya, Bogdanovka, Knyazhiy, 1st Knyazhiy and 2nd Knyazhiy. Fighting began in the village of Snyagost (10 km from Korenevo).
The Agency reports that, taking into account all the advances of the Ukrainian military, Russia has lost complete control over a territory of up to 430 square kilometers.
The Kursk region authorities announced a massive DDoS attack on the region’s Internet resources.
The stations at Sudzha, Korenevo and Psel are temporarily closed to passengers, — Moscow Railway.
The head of the Bundestag’s defence committee, Markus Faber (FDP), told Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung :
Ukraine may use German equipment to attack Russia.
He “does not see a problem” with German Marder infantry fighting vehicles advancing on the Kursk region or with Leopard 2 tanks joining them.
“After the transfer to Ukraine, these are Ukrainian weapons. This applies to any material, including Leopard 2. After Russia’s attack on Ukraine, the territory of both countries is a combat zone. The use of weapons is regulated by the provisions of international law,” Faber said.
Any way to increase the aggressiveness of the war is being sought to obtain the allies’ decision to strike deep into the territory of the Russian Federation in order to bring the war to a new round of escalation.
My personal opinion is that Zelensky is looking for any way to turn the Russia-Ukraine war into a Russia-NATO war. An opportunity for this was the assassination attempt on Putin on the Russian Navy Day (to prevent which Belousov called Austin).
The attack of the ZSU on the territory of the Russian Federation does not have such an escalation potential, but an attempt is not torture. In addition, this operation makes it possible to temporarily divert the enemy’s reserves from the Kharkov direction.
I would not be surprised if the ZSU destroys Gazprom’s PHS in Sudzha in passing – a measuring point at the exit of the gas pipeline from the Russian Federation to Ukraine.
We will analyze this event if it happens.
Our source in the OP said that the Kursk operation has not yet achieved its main goal, to force the enemy to stop the offensive on the eastern front and redeploy troops. The Russians have not withdrawn reserves from any of the “hot” directions, the road to the nuclear power plant is not open. That is why Syrsky is forced to redeploy additional reserves to the Sumy region to sow panic among the enemy.
Today there have already been three reports from Commander-in-Chief Syrsky – reports that are productive. Exactly the kind that our state needs now , – Zelensky
Today the President agreed to continue the attack deep into Russian territory, with the goal of capturing the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
The failure of the Kursk operation will mean a personal failure for Syrsky, who will then be salted by politicians. The remaining theses contain all our inside information…
We immediately pointed out that the goal of such attacks is an attempt to destabilize society in the Russian Federation, to sow discontent with the Kremlin government and panic among Russians – this should prepare the ground for a Maidan in the Russian Federation.
+ distract enemy forces.
At the moment, such raids do not pose any real threat, except for PR. Back in 2023, we wrote that if the Russian leadership does not draw conclusions, the next breakthroughs will be deeper and more powerful, using a couple of thousand soldiers and hundreds of vehicles. As happened in the Kursk region.
In the OP they call it “waves”. In 2023 there was a second wave, which was large-scale and noisy, the first ones were earlier and small in number, they “tested the waters”. Now in 2024 there is a third wave and the attack is even stronger, and the next one may be in a different direction and even larger.
We are watching how this PR attack will end and why the OP and the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had to throw so much equipment and soldiers…
The Western publication BBC, citing military experts, writes:
”Ukraine’s main problem on the battlefield is the lack of people, while Russian troops have numerical superiority on the approaches to Pokrovsk. At this moment, Ukraine is sending soldiers to the Kursk region instead of Donetsk.
Bankova will be able to justify this PR attack only if the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ offensive continues in other directions and they are successful.
Otherwise, there will be no justification for this PR attack.
Bankova wants to boast that they captured about a hundred Russian conscripts and border guards, but at the same time the OP is silent about how many Ukrainian special forces and the highest-quality soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were lost.
We are watching…
At the same time, Zelensky is sending reserves specifically to the Kursk direction, since he received information that the Ukrainian Armed Forces could retreat, and the Russians could not stop at the border, but go further, and even attack from the flanks in another place.
In short, the situation could change radically from victory to betrayal.
Our source in the OP said that Zelensky decided to organize an attack on the Kursk region instead of sending reserves to Toretsk and the Pokrovsk direction. The scale is now important for the Presidential Office to reverse the negative trend on the international track, and this can only be achieved by seizing Russian territories or returning the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
Russian troops have captured the village of Sergeevka, 15 km remain to Pokrovsk, reports Bild military analyst Julian Repke.
The Deep State map confirms the loss of this village. According to it, the Russian Federation has made significant progress in the Pokrovsky direction over the past 24 hours.
According to Repke, the speed of Russian advancement in this direction is reaching 5 km per week, and the Ukrainian defense is “partially collapsing.”
At the beginning of the year, Russian troops were stationed 38 km from Pokrovsk.
Pokrovsk direction: expansion of the control zone in Lysychne and liberation of Serhiivka
situation as of 5:00 pm on August 8, 2024
Despite the difficult situation (https://t.me/rybar/62567) in the Kursk direction, the Tsentr group of forces continues the successful liberation of the Donetsk People’s Republic in the direction of Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk.
▪️In the area of Tymofiyivka, Russian troops have shifted the front line westward, driving the enemy out of Lysychne. In Ivanovka, clashes are ongoing on the northwestern outskirts of the settlement, and according to some reports, the AFU have completely withdrawn from the village.
▪️To the south, units of the Tsentr group of forces have liberated Serhiivka: this fact is confirmed by recorded video materials. (https://t.me/RVvoenkor/74246)
It also became known about the capture of the scarce American-made BREM M88A2 Hercules recovery vehicle, encountered for the first time in the Pokrovsk direction. Judging by the photos that appeared online, it has almost no damage and will likely be transported to the Russian rear.
▪️From Zhelanne, there are also reports of the advance of Russian troops within the settlement and consolidation on the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the east of the village. According to preliminary data, Zhelanne has come under the full control of the Russian Armed Forces, and the area is currently being cleared.
In addition, battles are ongoing on the approaches to Kamyshevka and Novozhelenoye, the capture of which will allow to encircle the enemy in the “pocket” on the opposite bank of the Volchia river in the area of the villages of Mezheve and Skuchne, if the Ukrainian formations do not leave their positions.
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However, the same Sotnitsky Kazachok is being taken for the third time. Like Lukashivka, the village is actually in the “gray zone”. If the goal is to add positivity and show that the Russian forces are regaining tactical initiative – well, this may not be entirely correct in the current conditions.
To force the Ukrainian formations to redeploy part of their forces and divert attention from the Kursk Region, much more forces and means need to be involved to accomplish the task.
And the members of the Ukrainian formations are now going all-in and expanding the control zone eastward from Sudzha already under Bolshoye Soldatskoye.
According to information from specialized resources, as a result of the strike, up to 20 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were eliminated, including senior officers.
Mykhailo Drapatiy is the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Commander of the Kharkov Group of Forces.
Andriy Gnatov is the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Oleksandr Pivnenko is the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine.
Vladimir Gorbatyuk – Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Chronicles of the special military operation
Over the past day, Russian forces struck enemy targets on the territory of the so-called Ukraine with missiles and kamikaze drones.
In the North Ukrainian direction, reserves of the Russian Armed Forces began arriving by evening. Russian special forces units have already begun clearing the territory, pushing the enemy back towards Sumy.
In the Slobozhansky direction, on the contrary, the Russian Armed Forces broke through the Ukrainian border on the right flank and reported the capture of Sotnitsky Kazachok and Lukashovka.
In the Oleksandrivka-Kalinovo direction, fighting continues in Kirovo and Artemovo, from which Russian assault groups are trying to advance towards the northern outskirts of Novhorodske.
In the Pokrovsk direction, the Russian army advanced westward in the area of Timofeevka, as well as liberated Sergeyevka and is conducting a clearing operation in Zhelannoe.
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Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the SMO (8 August 2024)
▫️Units of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 22nd, 25th mechanised brigades, 36th Marine Brigade, 88th, 103rd, 123rd territorial defence brigades near Zhuravka, Belovody, Yunakovka (Sumy), Volchansk (Kharkov), and Daryino (Kursk).
The AFU lost up to 415 servicemen, 4 tanks, 2 IFVs, 14 APCs, 12 pickup trucks, 3 152-mm D-20 howitzers, 2 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and 2 Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations.
▫️Units of the Zapad Group of Forces improved the tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 14th, 44th, 67th, 116th mechanised brigades, 3rd Assault Brigade, 110th, 241st territorial defence brigades, and 1st National Guard Brigade near Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Novoyegorovka, Tabayevka (Kharkov), Stelmakhovka (LPR), and Novosadovoye (DPR).
A counter-attack launched by the AFU 116th Mechanised Brigade was repelled.
The AFU lost more than 460 servicemen, 1 AFV, 1 Kozak AFV, 1 MaxxPro AFV, 13 MVs, 1 155-mm M777 howitzer, 1 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, 3 122-mm D-30 howitzers, 2 Vampire MLRS combat vehicles, and a Bukovel-AD electronic warfare station. 2 AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
▫️Units of the Yug Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions. Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of the AFU 23rd, 24th, 67th mechanised brigades, 5th, 10th assault brigades, and 10th Mountain Assault Brigade near Chasov Yar, Grigorovka, Ostroye, Ivano-Daryevka, and Vyemka (DPR). 2 counter-attacks launched by formations of the AFU 5th Assault Brigade were repelled.
The AFU lost up to 660 servicemen, 2 APCs, including a M113 APC, 9 MVs, 2 155-mm M777 howitzers, 1 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, 1 155-mm AS-90 self-propelled artillery system, 1 155-mm FH-70 howitzer, 1 152-mm D-20 howitzer, 2 122-mm D-30 howitzers, 1 105-mm L-119 howitzer, and 2 Anklav-N electronic warfare stations.
▫️Units of the Tsentr Group of Forces continued to take active actions and inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 1st Tank Brigade, 31st, 32nd, 117th mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, 109th, and 111th territorial defence brigades near Nikolayevka, Tarasovka, Toretsk, Grodovka, and Panteleymonovka (DPR). 2 counter-attacks launched by assault detachments of the AFU 25th Airborne Brigade and 142nd Infantry Brigade were repelled.
The AFU lost up to 360 servicemen, 1 Spartan APC, 3 AFVs, 8 MVs, 1 155-mm M777 howitzer, 1 152-mm Giatsint-B howitzer, and 1 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system.
▫️Units of the Vostok Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of the AFU 72nd Mechanised Brigade and 58th Motorised Infantry Brigade near Vodyanoye and Ugledar (DPR). A counter-attack launched by an enemy assault detachment was repelled.
The AFU lost up to 105 servicemen, 2 IFVs, 10 MVs, 1 155-mm FH-70 towed howitzer, 1 155-mm Krab self-propelled artillery system, 1 155-mm Paladin self-propelled artillery system, 1 155-mm M198 howitzer, and 1 AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery warfare station. 2 AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
▫️Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of the AFU 128th Mountain Assault Brigade, 35th Marine Brigade, and 124th Territorial Defence Brigade near Stepnogorsk (Zaporozhye), Novotyaginka and Antonovka (Kherson).
The AFU lost up to 110 servicemen, 2 IFVs, 7 MVs, 1 152-mm Giatsint-B howitzer, 3 152-mm D-20 howitzers, 1 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, 1 105-mm L-119 howitzer, and 2 Bukovel-AD electronic warfare stations.
▫️Operational-Tactical Aviation, UAVs, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces delivered strikes at UAV assembly workshops and engaged AFU manpower and hardware clusters in 164 areas during the day.
▫️Air defence units shot down 1Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft, 12 HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 80 UAVs, including 21 outside the SMO zone.
Source: http://blogdogcicle.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-situation-in-ukrainian-smo-on_8.html
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