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❗️ Consequences of the impact of the Zaporozhye NPP Armed Forces: the roof of the special building No. 1, where fresh fuel for the ZNPP reactors is stored, was pierced.
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‼️ ☢️ The IAEA mission is sent to the Zaporozhye NPP

It will arrive there this week, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said. 🇷🇺🇺🇦 Mission of IAEA specialists to Zaporozhye NPP will last from August 31 to September 3 - The Wall Street Journal, citing internal Ukrainian documents
A small and belated update on the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction:

Over the past three days and two nights, the Ukrainian side has especially approached the choice of targets for strikes by the HIMARS MLRS against Russian military targets in the Kherson region. Also, in the area of ​​the Ingulets River, the work of enemy reconnaissance units was repeatedly noted, including by forcing the Ingulets River on boats.

That night, after another HIMARS strike, the enemy made a breakthrough in several directions. They have erected up to three temporary crossings, which Russian failed to hit. The advance of the enemy was also carried out with the support of a tank fist with a force of up to a company. The work of enemy aviation, at least helicopters, was noted.

There were three successful attacks of the Ukrainian army. One of the successful ones was from the Andreevka-Lozovoe direction, as a result of which the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced almost 6 kilometers and occupied the village of Sukhoi Stavok.

An unsuccessful attempt to break through for the Ukrainian side turned out to be in the north-east of the direction, in the settlements: Lyubimovka, Mirolyubovka, Dobryanka, Olgino, Potemkino and
Vysokopole. Here the guys from the brigade of the Black Sea Fleet gave a good rebuff. But the enemy does not abandon attempts to encircle our forces in Vysokopolye, fortunately, to no avail here. According to the tactics already worked out, Ukrainian is using the forces of territorial defense for assault tasks, and for the cleansing - enemy volunteer battalions.

In general, it is too early to talk about more precise advances and rollbacks, the situation is developing with varying success for each of the parties. It can be said for sure that the enemy approached the issue with all confidence in their abilities. The Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to gain a foothold and get hold of it. The enemy is waiting for the approach of forces. Their main maneuvers to bring forces into position will probably be carried out after dark.

Russian army is in defense. There are expectations that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will inflict as much blow as possible on the road infrastructure of the Kakhovskaya HPP.

Translated from Rybar
https://t.me/rybar/37880
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This is how an alleged attempt to advance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine today looks like.
The tank platoon, with the support of the armored personnel carriers, decided to try to get closer to the positions of the RF Armed Forces in the Nikolaevsky direction. They did not arrive at the destination.
As punishment, Russian artillerymen covered the area where the tank company was concentrated, from where the reckless attack has started.
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The last flight of the Ukrainian Su-25s shot down today near Posad-Pokrovsky.

Translated from Rybar
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Forwarded from MoD Russia
⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine

◽️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

💥 As a result of high-precision weaponry strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces against Vostok air command control post near Dnipropetrovsk and missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depot of 60th Infantry Brigade near Novovorontsivka, Kherson Region, have destroyed up to 70 nationalists and 14 units of special vehicles.

💥 High-precision ground-based weapons near Marganets in Dnepropetrovsk Region have hit a temporary deployment point and an ammunition depot of 108th Territorial Defence Brigade as well as field camps Aidar and Azov Nazi formations. More than 100 fighters, 20 pieces of military equipment and over 3,000 rockets for MLRS have been destroyed.

💥 Concentrated strikes on combat positions of 53rd Mechanized Brigade and Kraken nationalist formation near Artemovsk, Donetsk People's Republic, have killed more than 30 nationalists and wounded more than 50.

💥 Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 2 Su-25 aircraft of Ukrainian air force near Chervonyi Yar, Zaporozhye Region, and Kurdyumovka, Donetsk People's Republic.

💥 Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery strikes continue against military facilities in Ukraine.

◽️9 AFU command posts near Konstantinovka, Artemovsk, Raigorodok, Slavyansk and Nikolskoye in Donetsk People's Republic, Kamyshevakha and Veselyanka in Zaporozhye Region, and Nikolaev and Partizanskoye in Nikolaev Region, as well as 52 AFU artillery units and 142 areas manpower and military equipment concentration have been hit.

◽️6 missile and artillery weapons and ammunition depotsnear Vodyanskoye, Kramatorsk, Dobrovol'ye and Zvanovka in Donetsk People's Republic, and Aleksandrovka in Kharkov Region and Bilousovo in Kherson Region have been destroyed.

◽️In addition, 3 Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles and 21 projectiles of US-made Olha and HIMARS multiple-launch rocket systems have been intercepted near Novaya Kakhovka, Kherson Region.

📊 In total, 276 Ukrainian airplanes and 148 helicopters, 1,832 unmanned aerial vehicles, 370 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,408 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 822 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,354 field artillery and mortars, as well as 5,126 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

◽️Kiev regime continues provocations to threaten a man-made nuclear disaster at Zaporozhye NPP.

◽️On August 28, Ukrainian troops used an unmanned aerial vehicle to strike at the nuclear power plant.

◽️Ukrainian attack drone was shot down by small arms fire as it approached Special Building No 1, which stores US-made nuclear fuel and solid radioactive waste.

◽️Drone shot down by Russian servicemen fell on the roof of Special Building No 1. Serious damage and casualties were avoided.

◽️The shelling by Ukrainian troops of Energodar city, near the nuclear power plant, continues unabated.

◽️Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian artillery fired 8 large-calibre shells into residential areas of the city. Some civilians are injured. Two shells exploded in close proximity to the perimeter of the nuclear plant.

◽️The shelling was carried out from AFU's firing positions near Nikopol', Marganets, in Dnepropetrovsk Region, located on the opposite bank of Kakhovka reservoir.

◽️In course of counter-battery warfare, enemy firepower at these positions was suppressed.

◽️Zaporozhye NPP full-time technical staff continue to monitor its technical condition and uninterrupted operation. Radiation situation remains normal.

#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #report
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Forwarded from MoD Russia
⚡️During the day on direct orders from Zelensky, Ukrainian troops attempted an offensive in 3 directions in Nikolaev and Kherson regions.

▫️As a result of the active defence of the Russian troops grouping, AFU units suffered heavy losses.

💥During the fighting, 26 Ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, 9 other armoured fighting vehicles were destroyed and 2 Su-25 assault aircraft were shot down. Enemy casualties in manpower amounted to over 560 servicemen. Another enemy offensive attempt failed miserably.

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Translated from Oleg Tzarev:

I talked to a representative of one analytical center. He is sure that there will be a military coup in Ukraine in the autumn, and that a military junta headed by Zaluzhny will rule Ukraine in the fall.

I think he's wrong again. The last time he lost a bet to me was when Zelensky won the election. After the first round of elections, when Zelensky went to the second round, my partner in the dispute continued to insist that Zelensky would not win. I offered to double the stakes. They shook hands. I still haven't received the prize.

Well, no kidding, in fact, Zaluzhny has the same rating as Zelensky, but a small anti-rating. Therefore, Zaluzhny has every chance to win the next election. Zelensky will always be remembered that he knew that the war would begin and hid it from the population. And Danilov's words that Zelensky categorically never made compromises with Russia, over time, will not look like a plus to Zelensky, but a minus. After all, because of his position, the war began. Nevertheless, I think that the situation in Ukraine is being overly dramatized again. I've been hearing the same thing from the same people for eight years: that Ukraine will definitely not survive this winter. I think that the three billion dollars a month that the West gives Ukraine will be enough for now. Of course, it will not be a comfortable life. Rather, just poor. But there will be no revolution yet.
The argument that if Zelensky starts shooting Zaluzhny, then Zaluzhny will give an order and Zelensky will be taken out of the President's Office, I accept. But Zelensky is not a fool and he will not take off Zaluzhny in the forehead, and the Americans will not give him.
We should not forget who is the moderator of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Real moderators do not need an illegitimate change of power in Ukraine.

During the twenty years of the war between North and South Vietnam, the government changed eight times in South Vietnam. The Americans changed their leaders in order to reset the negative from the incessant terrible war. There is no doubt that they will act the same way in Ukraine. The new manager will start from scratch with a high rating. But for this, the rating of the previous head must fall. And until the fall, Zelensky's rating will not fall for sure.

Zelensky's rating would definitely fall during peace negotiations. Zelensky's team has trapped itself by raising the stakes so much that no one in Ukraine will accept negotiations now. In Ukraine, the majority is still confident that Ukraine is winning. Negotiations will be perceived as a betrayal and an attempt to steal victory from Ukraine.

This is a trap, because without negotiations Zelensky is doomed to military and economic defeat. He receives electricity because Russia does not disconnect Ukraine from the NPP. Exports grain from Odessa by permission of Russia. Even in the office, he is sitting alive because Russia does not hit Kiev. But Zelensky still cannot start peace negotiations. Even if the UK and the US allowed it.

To start negotiations, we need some kind of major defeat of Ukraine. For example, the capture of Nikolaev and Odessa by the Russian Army, or simultaneously Zaporozhye, Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkov. A major defeat will be a cold shower for Ukrainian society. The changed public opinion will allow peace negotiations to begin. But after the negotiations, which in any case will consolidate the defeat and will be perceived by society as a defeat, it will be necessary to change the head of Ukraine. That's when Zaluzhny will be needed.
Taking into account the slow pace of the offensive of our troops, autumn is a very optimistic period. Zelensky will not leave without a major military defeat. So in any case, the outcome of the confrontation will be decided at the front. No one will give us gifts like the fall of the Zelensky regime and the military coup in Kiev.
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The Civil-Military Administration of the Kherson region reported that this morning in Kherson, during a small-arms battle, the enemy's reconnaissance sabotage group was eliminated.
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🏗 Footage of road bridge construction that connects liberated settlements across Seversky Donets River in Lugansk People's Republic. The construction of the bridge was carried out by a logistics unit of the Central Military District troops.

▫️During the retreat, nationalists blew up a reinforced concrete road bridge across Seversky Donets River. Russian servicemen of the Central Military District promptly erected a temporary pontoon-bridge crossing. The work to erect the bridge was complicated by continuous artillery fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but the task set for the Russian servicemen was completed on time.

@mod_russia_en

Somebody is blowing up bridges, while somebody is building them up.
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Highlights of Russian Military Operation in Ukraine on August 29, 2022 from Rybar

▪️The Russian Armed Forces launched several missile strikes on the location of the Kraken nationalist battalion in the vicinity of the Kharkiv regional council building.

▪️Artillery duels continue in Zaporizhzhia Region: Russian forces hit enemy emplacements in Nikopol, Marhanets’ and Chervonohryhorivka in response to shelling of Zaporizhzhia NPP and Energodar.

▪️In the Kryvyi Rih-Mykolaiv direction, Ukrainian units attempted a massive offensive in several sections of the front.

▪️In the Vysokopillya sector, the AFU attacked Ol’hyne and Vysokopillya, attempting to block the Russian Armed Forces in the populated areas, but Russian heavy artillery fire disrupted the Ukrainian troops’ plans.

▪️In the Andriivka sector, the AFU managed to break through the DPR People’s Militia defences, advance several kilometres towards the village of Sukhyi Stavok and occupy the locality. At the same time, the AFU advanced towards Lozove with at least 10 military vehicles.

▪️In the Snihurivka direction the enemy attempted to counterattack in the direction of Blahodatne but retreated after suffering losses in personnel and equipment.

▪️The AFU launched an offensive from the Posad-Pokrovs'ke direction, but the Russian Armed Forces managed to discern the Ukrainian troops' plan and covered them with artillery. The AFU lost several Su-25 attack aircraft, more than five IFVs, and about five tanks.

▪️After a massive artillery barrage, the AFU, with at least 100 personnel and 20 armoured vehicles, temporarily occupied Pravdyne, but later the village was liberated by Russian forces.

▪️The AFU made an attempt to advance to Oleksandrivka from Lupareve. Having lost three pieces of heavy equipment, Ukrainian units retreated to the starting line.
Ukrainian channel is concerned about the unconfirmed article from Washington Post on the supply of the Iranian UAVs to Russia:
"But this is no longer good. Iran sent the first batch of drones to Russia on August 19 for use in Ukraine. It is reported by The Washington Post.

Previously, the Russians want to hunt HIMARS with the help of drones. And not only."


Hopefully that is true. Apparently, no Iranian authority neither Russian MOD are going to confirm it officially, and they may have reasons for it.
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Update on the shooting in Kherson, translated from Rybar:
According to information from local residents, at about 6:30 in Kherson, an Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage group was discovered, that tried to enter the city along the Nikolaev highway. In the area of ​​the infectious diseases hospital, a fight started.

During the clash, the enemy was liquidated. The area has now been cordoned off and inspections are being carried out.

Most likely, the main goal of the sabotage group was to create a panic among the local population and get a media effect against the background of the very modest successes of the “offensive”.
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The EU countries discussed the creation of a mission to train the Ukrainian military even before the start of hostilities, Borrel said.
- News from Sputnik

I would also remind that the notorious Lend-leas from US to Ukraine was introduced to the US Congress on the 19 of January, more than a month before the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine.
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Zelensky convinces Europeans that Ukraine is more important for them as an energy supplier than Russia:

“We are preparing to increase the export of our electricity to the EU countries - despite the war, we provide this export, and our electricity is much cheaper than it is now on the market. We can really help overcome the cost of living crisis in neighboring EU countries. This is not the first time we have said that Europe's independence from Russia, in particular in the energy sector, is of fundamental importance for all Europeans. And this is not the first time we have said that together with Ukraine, Europe is able to do much more than with Russia.”

That is why he is holding on the Zaporozhye NPP so much. And that's why he will not get it.
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""Let's put it bluntly: even a special military operation is being carried out so that World War III does not happen,"
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with the French TV channel LCI:

"Why? For one simple reason: if Ukraine received support and joined NATO, and then one of the crazy rulers of Ukraine would launch a military operation against Russian territory, for example, against Crimea, it would mean the beginning of the third World War.""
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🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺Former Virginia State Senator, Col. Richard H. Black (ret.) on murder of Dugina

"[...]Just this week, Daria Dugina, the daughter of an activist, a pro-Russian activist, was murdered in Moscow, apparently by a Ukrainian assassin who killed her using a bomb that exploded under her car, ripping her body to pieces and burning her to death. Since the United States has admitted being involved in targeting 13 Russian Generals for assassination in Ukraine, it is possible that the CIA provided the targeting information to go after this young woman.

Apparently, they were actually targeting her father. He’s an established pro-Russian pro-war journalist. And they wanted to show that they have the ability to go right into Moscow and to carry out a mafia style hit. So, they did it. I would not be surprised if the CIA provided the targeting information to go after her. It was just a last-minute switch of automobiles that caused the daughter to die instead of the father."

#Dugina
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