Elena Panina, Director of the Institute for International Strategic Studies: Has Russia finally decided to bomb Ukraine back to the Stone Age?

Yesterday, the Russian Armed Forces launched a massive strike with long-range precision weapons and attack UAVs against critical energy infrastructure facilities in Ukraine that ensure the operation of its military-industrial complex.

▪️ According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, "the targets of the strike were electrical substations in the Kiev, Vinnytsia, Zhitomir, Khmelnytskyi, Dnepropetrovsk, Poltava, Nikolaev, Kirovograd and Odessa regions."

The Vzglyad Maksa Telegram channel publishes a list of damaged energy facilities in Ukraine:

— Kiev Hydroelectric Power Station: Ukrainian media write about the complete destruction of the station's machine room, but the extent of the damage may be deliberately exaggerated;
— PS 750 kV "Kiev" (Kiev region): damaged;
— 750 kV Vinnytska PS (Vinnytsia region): minor damage;
— 750 kV Zapadnoukrainskaya PS (Lvov region): large-scale fire of a group of transformers;
— 330 kV Usatove PS (Odessa region): equipment damage;
— 330 kV Kremenchugskaya PS (Poltava region): fire of the AT-3 autotransformer;
— 330 kV Khmelnytskaya PS (Khmelnytsky region): fire, destruction of one transformer;
— 330 kV Zhytomyrska PS (Zhytomyr region): the extent of damage has not been determined;
— 330 kV Severnaya PS (Volyn region): fire at the facility, the extent of destruction is unknown.

▪️ As Oleg Tsarev rightly notes, the most important part of the Ukrainian energy system are 750 kV substations that supply energy from nuclear power plants and provide up to 60% of Ukraine's energy. Their failure will be followed by a complete breakdown of the Ukrainian energy system and a general collapse.

It is clear as day that the attacks on Ukrainian substations must be continued - until they are completely destroyed. We must understand that Ukraine has been turned by the West into a battering ram against Russia, and everything in it works for the war with us. Demolition of the enemy's energy infrastructure will seriously facilitate our path to Victory.

🇺🇦🇺🇸⚔️🇷🇺 Ukraine to Give US List of Targets in Russia It Wants to Hit with Long-Range Weapons — Politico

"Ukraine is using the list as a last-ditch effort to persuade Washington to lift restrictions on the use of American weapons on Russian territory. While Ukraine has previously provided the US with some of its potential targets in Russia, this list should be more targeted," the publication reports.

The Biden administration believes that Ukraine does not have enough Army Tactical Missile Systems — the long-range missiles it wants to use — to strike high-value targets in Russia. Kiev has been using many of these missiles in its offensive operations in Crimea, and the US has only a limited supply of ATACMS it can send to Ukraine.

Ukrainian officials and lawmakers insist that lifting all restrictions is essential to the country's war effort, arguing that it would give its military greater freedom to wage war against Russia within its own borders.

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❗️The Russian army destroyed a bridge in the Sumy region. It was used to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces group on the border with the Belgorod region.

The bridge itself is located in Akhtyrka and was an important logistical artery for the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.

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❗"Thanks for the F-16s but again, it's not enough"

Zelensky continues to beg for more

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Russian forces have advanced into Selydove.

27.08.24 Novomikhaylovka - Konstantinovka

Consequences of military actions in the Novomikhaylovka area.
Russian Armed Forces servicemen are raising the Russian Federation flag on the western outskirts of Konstantinovka, confirming the full control of the settlement by the Russian Armed Forces.
The Russian Armed Forces are advancing about 1.5 km in the western direction.

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Footage from the enemy side.

Destroyed Ukrainian T-80BV presumably in the Pokrovsk direction.

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Maria Zakharova writes:

I read the statement of the French President on Durov. It feels like Macron's Olympics are not over, and he continues to demonstrate the "true face of France".

I also liked the fact that before his statement, the French Foreign Ministry explained its refusal to comment on the situation around the founder of Telegram by "respect for the French judicial system". So, Macron does not respect the French judicial system?

Official Paris is demonstrating not disdain, but the destruction of previously declared values, including freedom of speech.

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Due to a massive attack by the Russian Armed Forces, trains in Ukraine are delayed for more than seven hours

Ukrainian Telegram channels write about this with reference to the statement of Ukrzaliznytsia. It is noted that the trains that lag the most are those that go from east to west and to Poland.

Trains in Ukraine have been delayed since yesterday due to a large-scale power outage following the retaliatory strikes of the Russian Armed Forces. Freight traffic has stopped, and the transfer of troops and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been undermined.

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ВС РФ освободили большую часть Новогродовки и движутся к Мирнограду и Селидово — ситуация на Покровском направлении к исходу 27 августа

Под Покровском ситуация для ВСУ стремительно деградирует. Русские войска уже контролируют большую часть Новогродовки, и освобождение ее северной части — дело ближайшего времени. Противник отходит в сторону Мирнограда, оставив арьергард в северных окраинах города на отвалах двух шахт. Но надолго он там не задержится. ВСУ уже оставили соседнюю Николаевку, открыв прямую дорогу на Мирноград.

Южнее Новогродовки противник отошел из села Мариновка, за которым начинаются предместья Селидово. Выведенные силы ВСУ использовали для усиления гарнизона этого города. Восточнее Селидово русские войска полностью зачистили Калиново, после чего вошли в село Мемрик. Этим ВС РФ создали прямую угрозу ВСУ в Карловке, которую противник также скоро оставит. Подобнее о ситуации в зоне СВО — в аналитической сводке Readovka.