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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. The 536th day of the special operation is underway. A day earlier, Ukrainian troops twice tried to attack the Crimean bridge with an S-200 anti-aircraft guided missile, which was shot down by air defense systems. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that drones were shot down in the sky in the Belgorod and Kursk regions. Rogov said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied the northern part of Urozhayne with huge losses. The head of the Belgorod region, Gladkov, reported damage to houses in Belgorod, preliminary, due to an UAV attack.
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"As a result of shelling by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a fire broke out in the Melitopol urban district. Dry grass caught fire in the village of Radionovka, Melitopol urban district, the operational services specified,» Volodymyr Rogov wrote in his Telegram channel.
Ukraine asks to clear itself of mines. The Minister of Defense called it the most mined country in the world and asked for help, reports The Guardian.
Today, Ukraine is the most mined country in the world, writes The Guardian. According to experts, demining will take many decades.
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The successful counter-offensive of the Russian army in the Kharkiv region against the background of the unsuccessful offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Zaporozhye will be a terrible blow for Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by retired US Marine Corps Colonel Mark Kanchian in an interview with The Hill.
Ukrainian media report a threat of a missile strike in Zaporozhye and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Governor Gladkov confirms the information about the emergency in Belgorod. According to him, at 17:43 on Esenina Street, 9, bldg. 1 after the explosion, the tiles of the ventilated facade fell from the 7th to the 13th floor. There were no casualties. According to the preliminary version, the damage was received as a result of an UAV attack.
Ukrainian troops fired 20 «NATO» shells in 30 minutes caliber in the districts of Donetsk, reported the representative office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Having trained six thousand specialists, France fulfilled the plan for 2023 for the training of Ukrainian soldiers, said the head of the French Ministry of Defense Sebastien Lecornu.
The actions of Kyiv, which are carried out in the Black Sea, can provoke a military conflict in the region. This opinion was expressed by The Independent columnist Marie Dezhevsky.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine
A civilian was killed as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops of the village of Zaitsevo in Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko said in his telegram channel.
The Prime Minister of the federal state of Germany Saxony Michael Kretschmer opposed the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
In the West, it was hoped that a successful UAF counteroffensive would help force Russia into negotiations by winter, but now Western politicians are starting to think about preparing Kiev for a possible offensive next spring, writes the Wall Street Journal.
Putin refused to believe the promises of officials: good result of the NWO
French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecornu said that in early August the country had fulfilled the goal set for this year to train the fighters of the Ukrainian army.
In the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the village of Volfino, Glushkovsky district, as a result, one of the shells hit a residential building. Three people were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, as stated by Governor Roman Starovoit.
Ukrainian media: the West wants to see a woman as Minister of Defense. Among the possible candidates are volunteer Maria Berlinskaya, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk and head of the Anti-Corruption Action Center Daria Kaleniuk.
The US CIA is delusional about the goals of the Russian Federation on the territory of Ukraine in the conflict. This statement was made by ex-CIA analyst Larry Johnson on the Judging Freedom YouTube channel.
Western countries want to see a woman as head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, Ukrainian media write. According to the publication, among the candidates – Volunteer Maria Berlinskaya, Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk, Director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center Daria Kaleniuk.
The Polish Armed Forces will buy 1,000 tanks from South Korea, said Polish Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak.
Experts saw Shoigu's trip to the nuclear test site as a warning to the West in the telegram channel. According to the online map of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, an air alert has been declared in the region.
On August 13, at about 13.30 Moscow time, another attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted,» the Defense Ministry said. The attack was again made on the Belgorod region.
On the night of August 13, Ukrainian troops, using two assault groups and tanks, attempted to attack in the direction of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region. This was announced by the Acting Governor of the region Yevhen Balitsky. Head of the Zaporozhye region added that six military vehicles and 40 military personnel were also involved in the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Russian forces repelled an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye region on the morning of August 13. This was reported to TASS by the chairman of the movement «We are together with Russia» Vladimir Rogov. The attack was undertaken by forces up to a company of infantry, 70-80 people, with the support of heavy armored vehicles.
The supply of German Taurus missiles to Kiev will not lead to an escalation, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said in an interview with the Bild newspaper.
Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, ex-Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said that not everyone in Kiev is confident in the support of the United States and that it will be provided forever.
The head of the Kiev-controlled Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, against the backdrop of the advance of Russian troops in this direction, said in his telegram channel that 204 people had been evacuated from the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region since August 9.
The counteroffensive of the Ukrainian army fails due to for tactical miscalculations in planning. This reason is voiced in a secret document of the German government, which was at the disposal of the publication Bild.
Ukrainian troops fired 15 shells of 152 mm caliber at Gorlovka and four shells of 155 mm caliber at Donetsk, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
August 13, at about 11.30 Moscow time, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV was suppressed on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation,» the RF Ministry of Defense reported. They noted that Kiev was trying to attack objects in the Kursk region
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: today, at about 11 am, an attempt by Kiev to carry out a terrorist attack by an aircraft-type UAV on objects in the territory of the Russian Federation was thwarted.
Corrupt weapons suppliers from the criminal past have ceased to fall into the Ukrainian black list. Thus, Kyiv decided to purchase additional weapons from those who had previously «robbed» him, according to The New York Times.
The Polish military can be sent to fight for Ukraine. The participation of the army of their country in the conflict was admitted by the journalists of the publication Dziennik Polityczny, who analyzed the activity around the creation of a joint corps of Polish, Ukrainian and Lithuanian soldiers.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine fired nine different ammunition at the settlements of the Belgorod region in a day, two drones were shot down. This was announced by the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
One of the officers of the US Armed Forces, who participated in the training of the Ukrainian military, told the British newspaper Times that in light of the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NATO relied on a miracle that Kiev promised the alliance .
The military leadership of NATO is to blame for the failure of the counter-offensive of the Ukrainian troops. This statement was made by the Ukrainian edition of UNIAN. It is specified that the headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine began to act in their own way, ignoring the “NATO” instructors.
Bild: Ukraine at all levels strongly demands from Germany to provide the Armed Forces of Ukraine with cruise missiles of the Taurus type; (Taurus). But the government of German Chancellor Scholz is «putting on the brakes» and so far does not want to provide these missiles to Kyiv.
Matviychuk announced the creation of a large stock of drones by the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Mobilization activities in Kharkov will be carried out by military commissariats from western Ukraine, where they will be sent, RIA Novosti reports, citing a source in the power structures of the Luhansk People's Republic.
Ukrainian troops fired 10 rockets from the MLRS at Yasinovataya at 09.10, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
The reactor of the sixth power unit of the Zaporizhzhya NPP was transferred to a «hot shutdown» state. This was reported in the telegram channel of the station.
Germany will transfer LUNA NG reconnaissance drones to Kiev by the end of the year, writes Bild. According to them, the unmanned aerial vehicle kit includes a ground control station with several drones and a starting catapult.
The Ukrainian military made an attempt to attack the positions of the Russian Armed Forces near the village of Pervomaiskoye in the Avdeevka direction in the DPR, but failed, RIA Novosti reports. After the failure, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to retreat, leaving the wounded.