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MK is broadcasting events around Ukraine online. The 537th day of the special operation is underway.
At night, explosions sounded in Zaporozhye, and a series of explosions thundered in Odessa, according to local publications and telegram channels. Zelensky acknowledged Kyiv's responsibility for Saturday's attempt to attack the Crimean bridge.
The day before, the head of the Belgorod region, Gladkov, announced an emergency in the regional center. According to the preliminary version, the damage was received as a result of an UAV attack. In total, 5 apartments along Yesenin Street and 16 cars were damaged.
The ARMY-2023 International Military-Technical Forum began its work in the Patriot Park.
The previous online broadcast is here.
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Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovoy wrote: "Many missiles shot down, but there is also a hit on Lviv" .
In Dnipro, one of the enterprises was hit, the head of the UVA said. A fire has started.
Previously, there are hits in the Lviv region, the head of the Ukrainian OVA.
Explosions are reported in Lutsk.
Explosions sounded in the Lviv region.
Explosions sounded in the Khmelnytsky region and air defense is working, informs the deputy head of the Ukrainian OVA.
Explosions are reported in the Cherkassy region of Ukraine.
Explosions are heard in Zaporozhye, Ukrainian media write.
In Dnipro, they report about explosions. First, air defense is working. Ukrainian Telegram channels write about this.
An air raid alert has been declared throughout Ukraine.
The Ministry of Digital Affairs of Ukraine: an air alert has been declared in Kiev and a number of regions of Ukraine.
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that the United States is increasingly plunging into confrontation with Russia.
American Lieutenant Colonel Davis called Zelensky’s pride the reason for the collapse of Ukraine
The DPR office in the JCCC reported that a civilian was wounded as a result of the shelling of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Ukrainian media report that the German authorities are not yet able to work out a mechanism for the confiscation of the Russian An-124 Ruslan aircraft. in favor of Kiev.
The representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had shelled the territory of the republic 41 times over the past day, firing 121 different ammunition.
Former CIA agent Johnson: Armed Forces retreat near Kharkov due to lack of weapons
The Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the Petrovsky and Kirovsky districts of Donetsk using 12 NATO 155-mm shells.
The German authorities announced their readiness to allocate 5 billion euros to Ukraine annually until 2027.
Bild: Minister of Finance In Germany, Christian Lindner, during his visit to Kiev, allowed the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
NATO officer: Lancet drones launched a tactical strike against the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine: an air raid alert was announced in Kharkiv and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
The telegram channel Military Chronicle reports on a series of arrivals in Kramatorsk, where the targets could be the objects of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the workshops of the Energomashspetsstal plant; and the Kramatorsk Heavy Machine Tool Plant.
Ministry of Defense: head of the press center of the Vostok grouping Oleg Chekhov said that the troops of the group, with the support of artillery and aviation, destroyed three strongholds and a depot with ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Urozhayne.
Ukrainian monitoring channels report on the departure of eight Tu-95MS missile carriers of the Russian Armed Forces towards Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops need to make a breakthrough before the beginning of November, otherwise they will be prevented by the autumn thaw. This opinion was expressed by former US Army Lieutenant Commander John Nagle, Intelligencer reports.
India did not invite Ukraine to the G20 summit — the media, citing the Special Secretary of the Indian G20 Presidency Miktesha Pardeshi.
Troops of the group «Vostok» with the support of artillery and aviation, they destroyed three strongholds and an ammunition depot of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Urozhayne. This was announced by the head of the press center of the group, Oleg Chekhov, on the telegram channel of the Ministry of Defense.
The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine during Joe Biden's tenure as President of the United States exceeded $43.7 billion, according to a report published on Monday Pentagon reporting.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin on Monday, August 14, met with UN Assistant Secretary General for Europe, Central Asia, North and South America Miroslav Jencha. The Russian diplomat told him about the principled approaches of the Russian Federation to the settlement of the crisis in Ukraine.
Germany will allocate €5 billion annually for military assistance to Ukraine until 2027, — German Finance Minister Christian Lindner.
The head of the Ukrainian government, Denys Shmygal, claims that Ukraine and a coalition of 35 countries are ready to boycott the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris if athletes from the Russian Federation and Belarus participate in them.
The number of civilians injured as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops The village of Kremenets in the DPR has grown to four, Donetsk Mayor Alexei Kulemzin said. «Another resident born in 1961 was taken to a medical facility with shrapnel wounds,» he wrote.
Norway will transfer CORTEX Typhon air defense systems (air defense) to Ukraine to combat drones. The International Fund for Ukraine signed a contract with a Norwegian company for the supply — the total amount of the contract is 56 million pounds (about $ 71 million).
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The Russian army as a result of active hostilities in the Kherson direction, for the first time in the NMD, it was able to destroy the Spanish self-propelled mortar Alacran, said the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov.
UAVs, guided missiles, engineering equipment are now most in demand among the troops, said Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov in an interview with the Zvezda TV channel. at the forum "Army-2023". According to him, enterprises are promptly rebuilding their logistics, production capabilities, depending on what is most in demand right now by the state customer. "As an example, if there is a basic order for 152 mm, for an unguided projectile, at some point there is a greater need for 125 mm (shells) for tanks, the enterprise quickly works out these adjustments, because they arise in the course of performing tasks in the zone SVO,” the minister specified.
Ukrainian troops fired six NATO 155-mm shells at Makiivka and Gorlovka — JCCC.
Poland will continue to block grain supplies from Ukraine, President Andrzej Duda said. According to him, Warsaw will continue to defend its interests and protect the domestic market not only of its country, but of the entire European Union.
Zelensky visited the part of the DPR controlled by Kyiv, heard reports from the Ukrainian military on the situation in certain areas, his office said. "President of Ukraine… visited the headquarters of the brigades that are conducting offensive operations in the zone of responsibility of the Soledar operational-tactical group, the message posted on the office's website says.
The vicar of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Metropolitan Pavel (Lebed), was urgently hospitalized in the cardiology department of one of the Kiev hospitals and operated on.
artillery in Kievsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk — JCCC.
Three civilians were injured as a result of shelling of the village of Kremenets and Kuybyshevsky district of Donetsk by Ukrainian troops — Mayor Oleksiy Kulemzin.
Into a new aid package USA Ukraine will receive ammunition for Patriot and MLRS HIMARS – The Pentagon.
The United States has provided a new $200 million military aid package to Ukraine, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. Ammunition for air defense systems, artillery shells, anti-tank weapons and demining equipment will be handed over.
The military field temple, created for the needs of the special operation, was shown at the Army-2023 forum. RIA Novosti footage shows a modular vehicle and an inflatable tent that can accommodate up to a platoon. Priests say that it takes only 10 minutes to set up a tent.
The British Challenger 2 tanks, which were handed over to Kyiv, never appeared on the battlefield in Ukraine, writes the Daily Express.
Kyiv is now working to convince the US Congress to extend the lend-lease law for 2024, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova said.
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The German defense group Rheinmetall received an order to supply the Ukrainian side with its unmanned Luna NG system, the company said. The exact amount of the transaction was not named, describing it as double-digit in millions of euros. The delivery will take place in 2023.
Russian anti-tank missile systems (ATGM) “Kornet” with a double warhead became “killers” Leopard tanks that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received from the West — UnHerd columnist Edward Luttwak.
The group of military-civilian cooperation of the 2nd Army Corps of the Russian Armed Forces reported that the corps soldiers captured six paratroopers from the 81st Airmobile Brigade Armed Forces of Ukraine near Belogorovka (LPR).
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not intend to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus cruise missiles, worrying about the stability of the ruling coalition – Politico.
Iranian and Chinese military-industrial companies presented at the Army-2023 forum in Kubinka, near Moscow, extensive expositions of weapons and military equipment. The most widely represented are unmanned aerial vehicles of various classes and purposes, as well as artillery and rocket systems. See photo gallery.
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The village of Golmovsky in the DPR is partially de-energized as a result of shelling by Ukrainian troops — Gorlovka Mayor Ivan Prikhodko.
Military expert and retired colonel Viktor Litovkin doubted that the Ukrainian army would have the opportunity to conduct another counteroffensive next spring .
“August 14, around 12:15 Moscow time and 12:45 Moscow time, attempts by the Kyiv regime to carry out terrorist attacks by aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles on objects on the territory of the Russian Federation were thwarted, — according to a statement from the Defense Department. The Russian Defense Ministry clarified that all Ukrainian drones were detected and destroyed in the sky over the Belgorod region. As a result of the air defense and the fall of the UAV, there were no casualties or damage.
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The air defense system went off in the Belgorod region — two air targets were shot down near the village of Pushkarnoye – Governor Gladkov. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties or damage.
The widely publicized equipment of the West turned out to be far from flawless, as evidenced by the trophies on the Army forum, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
The commander of the joint forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhiy Naev, said that the Ukrainian army is afraid of a new offensive by Russian troops on Kyiv, so they are trying to «increase their combat capability» in this direction. "Nobody has ever ruled out a second attack on Kyiv"" Such a possibility exists, but as of the moment it has not been backed up by forces and means, », — he said.
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The Ukrainian commander recognized the Russian UAVs as a very difficult target.
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev published an anecdote in his Telegram channel on example of a dialogue between two Finnish guys:
– Pekka, why did our country join NATO? – We are threatened by the Russians.
– Why are they threatening us? – Because, Matti, we are joining NATO.
Ukrainian troops attacked the monastery in Korsunka, Kherson region, the press service of the administration of the Novokakhovka urban district reported. The roof of one of the buildings on the territory of the Korsun Mother of God Monastery was destroyed, and the building of the monastery mass was damaged as a result of morning mortar shelling.
Ukrainian troops launched a series of artillery strikes at night on Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Cossack Camps and Aleshki in the Kherson region — the representative of the emergency services of the region. A total of 30 cannon artillery shells were fired.
Six Ukrainian attack drones, including an aircraft type, tried to attack various objects in two districts of the Kursk region on Sunday — emergency services.
Political consultant of the US State Department and the US Department of Defense Edward Luttwak in an interview with RBC urged Kiev to abandon the idea of establishing control over Crimea in order to end the conflict.
Russian intelligence carried out a counterattack near the village of Rabotino on the front line in Zaporozhye, storming the enemy's trenches, said the leader of the public movement «We are together with Russia» Vladimir Rogov.
A ten-year-old girl was injured in an attack by a Ukrainian drone in Belgorod. Acting Andrey Tulinov, chief physician of the children's regional hospital, said that an operation was planned for the victim in the near future. A UAV crashed into the facade of a multi-storey building in Belgorod on August 13.
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Motor traffic on the Crimean bridge has been restored.
Politician and writer Zakhar Prilepin was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel of the Russian Guard in connection with his appointment as deputy commander of the Oplot special forces regiment. on military-political work.
The Crimean authorities intend to prepare amendments to federal legislation to tighten the responsibility for publishing footage of military installations, said the head of the region Sergey Aksyonov.
Advisor to the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak reacted to the situation with the stop of the Sukra Okan dry cargo ship in the Black Sea. From Podolyak's point of view, the incident is an «attempt to introduce» marque. p>
Traffic was temporarily blocked on the Crimean bridge.
At the international military-technical forum "Army-2023" will be demonstrated, captured by Russian military personnel during the SVO in Ukraine. Earlier it was reported that the Russian military seized, including Leopard and AMX tanks, Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Forum "Army" will be held in Kubinka near Moscow in Patriot Park on August 14-20 under the auspices of the RF Ministry of Defense.
The mayor of Odessa, Gennady Trukhanov, in a publication on his social networks, said that several fires were blazing in the city. He specified that windows were blown out by the blast in the city, and the balconies of local residents were also damaged.