Bob Homans August 11
20220811
Ukraine – 8/11 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
August 11, 2022
Meduza.io
An investigation by Bellingcat into accusations of lying by Russian authorities to Russian conscripts, and letters by both individual conscripts and their families to Russian authorities.
Times Radio
Is Russia Running out of Conscripts? (Angela Stent) – Angela Stent is a professor at Georgetown University and one of our foremost Russia experts.
Crimea Base Attack (Gen. Chip Chapman) – Chapman says that the base attack has been a huge psychological blow to the Kremlin. Because the base was in close proximity to one of Crimea’s primary tourist areas and, after the attack, many tourists have fled back to Russia, it will likely be difficult for the Kremlin to contain the news of what happened from the Russian Public at large.
Why Russian weapons keep failing? (Larisa Brown, London Times Defense Editor) – Among other things, she says the following (based on an evaluation by the AFU):
· Only 33% of Russian missiles hit their intended target.
· The Russians claim that their “Alligator” attack helicopter (comparable to our “Cobra” helicopter) can withstand hits from 12.7mm ammunition, whereas Ukraine claims that they have shot down the Alligator using 7.62mm ammunition.
The Latest Denys
In his latest report Denys discusses the following:
· The Russian assault on Bakhmut, largely undertaken by troops from the Wagner Group, seems to be petering out.
· Russia is making a major effort to break Ukrainian defense lines in front of Donetsk City, with fighting around the Town of Pisky,, located around 5 mi from Central Donetsk City. Without success here Russia will be unable to claim all of Donbas.
· Ukraine hit the rail/road bridge at Nova Khakovka, the last remaining usable bridge across the Dnieper River that is available to Russian forces on the Right Bank of the Dnieper.
Denys has been predicting a Russian attack from the Right Bank toward Mykolaiv, but it is hard to see how this attack can be sustained, given the recent loss of the Saky Airbase in Crimea and the loss of the Dnieper bridges.
How the Soldiers Live and Are Supplied (Ukraine vs. Russia)
A couple of days ago I was involved in a discussion with a Ukrainian expert who is visiting the U.S., over comparing how Ukrainian solders maintain their quarters in the field vs. Russians. Ultimately, this speaks volumes about the ability of Ukrainian soldiers to sustain themselves in the field. The person I was speaking with pointed out the following:
· AFU soldiers keep their quarters clean.
· Food is prepared in a well-organized fashion.
· AFU is supplied not only by AFU logistics, but also by civilian volunteers many of whm take substantial risks, and by local villagers.
· If Bucha is any evidence, Russian soldiers live in quarters that they don’t clean (presence of garbage and even human feces).
· Russian soldiers must be resupplied solely by extremely unreliable Russian logistics.
· The Meduza.io Report, mentioned above, states that often Russian conscripts are given dry rations, one to every two soldiers.
8/11 Sitrep (my comments in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon August 10 to 12:00 noon August 11, 2022
INTERNATIONAL
August 11
10:59 German Ministry of Defense: Ukraine received 4 more Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns from Germany.
● Now Ukraine has 12 such installations. Germany plans to transfer another 18 Gepard APUs, as well as 3,000 155 mm caliber shells.
09:03 Reuters: Transit of Russian oil through the Ukrainian part of the Druzhba Pipeline is being restored after the Hungarian MOL took over the payment of services instead of Russia.
● According to representatives of MOL, oil is again flowing through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline and has already reached Slovakia and should reach Hungary on Thursday. At the same time, it was noted there, the restoration of Russian oil supplies to the Czech Republic is not expected.
09:03 Reuters: The United Nations expects a “significant increase” in the number of ships that want to export Ukrainian grain, and the target of 2-5 million tons per month is “achievable“.
08:01 Belarusian Haiun: On the night of August 10-11, explosions were heard in the area of the Belarusian airfield Zyabrawka
08:01 LRT: The Lithuanian Seimas developed a draft amendment to the law according to which Lithuanian citizenship granted exceptionally can be revoked for supporting aggressors -.
07:36 CNN: The United States believes that the Russian military has begun to learn how to work with Iranian strike drones Shahed-191 and Shahed-129
● This fact may indicate that the Russian Federation intends to buy such drones.
00:41 Reuters: China called the United States the "main instigator" of the war in Ukraine
● According to the agency, Chinese Ambassador to Moscow Zhang Hanhui accused Washington of driving Russia into a corner by repeatedly expanding the NATO defense alliance and supporting forces seeking to integrate Ukraine into the European Union against Moscow.
00:25 Deadline: Hollywood actor and UN Goodwill Envoy Ben Stiller spoke about his impressions of the trip to Ukraine.
● “Seven or eight million people, only within the country, have been displaced. It's just so overwhelming when you see the reality of it. … But when you get there, you see that it is not only the physical consequences of war and destruction. It's also the trauma and psychological consequences of what's happening when you're forced to fight for your life in a situation that you have nothing to do with."
August 10
23:26 BBC: Britain will provide Ukraine with three additional MLRS and shells for them
● The head of the British Ministry of Defense noted that this high-precision weapon is already helping Ukraine target Russian ammunition supplies and command centers.
22:31: Satellite images of the airfield near the village of Novofedorovka in occupied Crimea have appeared. The photo shows more than 10 burnt Russian planes.
22:11 Tagesspiegel: Italian military reporter Cristiano Tinazzi was in Mykolaiv during the summer and disagrees with the accusations of the Ukrainian military by Amnesty International.
● He emphasized that the Ukrainian military did not conduct artillery fire from densely populated areas.
21:55 CNN: No illegal smuggling was found in any batch of grain from Ukraine.
● This was announced by the UN temporary coordinator at the Joint Coordinating Center (JCC) of the Black Sea Initiative.
● Kenny praised the participants in the grain deal for their cooperation. According to him, Ukraine, Türkiye, Russia, and the UN "successfully support the 120-day agreement".
21:36 Bloomberg: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin reaffirmed a promise that America and its allies will continue to provide military support to Ukraine "for as long as it takes."
● The head of the Pentagon also reaffirmed NATO's commitment to maintain a permanent rotational presence in the Baltic region to protect the Alliance's eastern flank.
21:28: The UK has filed an application to participate in the Ukraine v. Russia genocide case, which is being considered by the International Court of Justice.
● The statement of the court notes that according to Art. 63 of the Statute of the Court, when it comes to interpreting a convention to which states other than those participating in the case are parties, each of these states has the right to intervene in the judicial process. In this case, the explanation given by the court will be equally binding on them.
21:26 ERR - Estonian Defense Minister: Estonia offered to combine defense plans with Finland
● He also discussed with his Finnish counterpart Antti Kaikkonen regional security, bilateral defense cooperation, assistance to Ukraine and Finland's accession to NATO.
21:04 ČTK: Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky supports the proposal being discussed in the EU to ban the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians because of Russia's actions in Ukraine.
20:29 ANSA: In Italy, an investigation has been launched against a resident of Genoa, a volunteer fighting in the Donbass in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine against Russia
● The case against 19-year-old Kevin Chiappalone began under the article on hiring. The guy faces 2 to 7 years in prison. The investigation began after an interview with Chiappalone, in which he said he wanted to leave to defend Ukraine after he heard Putin talking about "denazification of the country."
19:43 Indonesian Ambassador: Indonesia is interested in holding a meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia on the sidelines of the G20 summit if Zelenskyi and Putin come to it.
● The G20 summit will be held in Bali on November 15-16.
19:21 Swiss Foreign Ministry: Switzerland declared its readiness to represent the interests of Ukraine in the Russian Federation.
● "Ukraine wanted Switzerland to take over the mandate of a patron power in Russia. The relevant negotiations have been completed".
● Now the Russian side must agree to the entry into force of this mandate.
● 21:45: Russia is not ready to consider proposals for mediation in negotiations with Ukraine from countries that have joined the anti-Russian sanctions, the Russian Foreign Ministry said about a possible representation of Ukraine's interests by Switzerland.
17:58 Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon: 87 ships were included in the list of carriers of stolen Ukrainian grain – these are Russian and Syrian ships. The stolen crops are transported through Türkiye, or directly to Syria or other countries in the Middle East.
● The vessel Razoni with Ukrainian corn, which was refused by a buyer in Lebanon due to "violation of delivery terms for more than five months", moored in the Turkish port of Mersin.
○ "This means that all the problems around this cargo ship have disappeared.
17:49 Washington Post: Russia has stolen more than $12 trillion worth of minerals from Ukraine:
● 63% of Ukrainian coal deposits,
● 42% of metal deposits,
● 20% of gas
● 11% of oil deposits are now under the control of the Russian Federation.
17:00 Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the OSCE Permanent Council: ️ There is already enough evidence to believe that a pre-planned massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russia was carried out in the colony in Olenivka”.
● The Ukrainian ambassador notes that satellite images show that only one building was damaged in the colony, where prisoners of war were transferred immediately before the attack, and analysis of the photo indicates a thermobaric explosion from the inside.
15:56 German Cabinet of Ministers: «The EU is discussing the seventh package of sanctions against Russia, including the question of suspending the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians»
● At the same time, it is noted that there is no consensus on this issue. The German government is also undecided.
15:38 Deutsche Welle: Ukraine received from Germany a few more "Gepards"
● Currently, Ukraine has received 12 anti-aircraft self-propelled Gepard artillery pieces from Germany. Also in the last few days have been delivered:
● 49 thousand shells for Gepard;
● 3 armored repair and recovery vehicles.
15:34 Embassy of Ukraine in Israel: More than 700,000 people will starve because of the Russian aggression
● «Russia is deliberately attacking the grain regions of Ukraine, which provide wheat, sunflower and corn to 400 million people. Recently, Russia even killed in a targeted attack Oleksii Vadaturskyi, a Ukrainian patriot and one of the largest importers of wheat in the region. More than 700,000 people will starve because of the Russian aggression,” says the statement.
14:40 German Foreign Ministry: The G7 ministers called on Russia to transfer control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to Ukraine. They also demand to allow IAEA experts to go to the station.
● “Ukrainian staff operating the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant must be able to carry out their duties without threats or pressure,” said the statement.
● The G7 said that Russia’s actions at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are dangerous for many countries and increase the risk of nuclear catastrophe.
12:39 Embassy of Uzbekistan: Uzbekistan has threatened to prison Uzbeks, who will go to fight against Ukraine.
● Thus, the department reacted to the creation of a "national battalion" named after Tamerlan by the leader of the Uzbek Diaspora. The Embassy recalled that the Uzbek Criminal Code contains an article entitled "Mercenarism".
NATIONAL
August 11
11:54 Energoatom: As a result of the attack by the Russians on the Zaporizhzhia NPP, emergency protection worked at one of the power units.
● The shelling severely damaged the nitrogen-oxygen station and the joint auxiliary building, so there is a risk of hydrogen leakage and radioactive spraying. The fire hazard is also high.
11:45: The Minister of Defense Oleksii Reznikov assured that Ukraine, after winning the war with the Russian Federation, would investigate who cleared Chonhar and bridges on all Crimean isthmuses in the direction of Kherson.
● Reznikov believes that blowing up the bridge near Chongar on the Ukrainian administrative border with the occupied Crimean Peninsula would not stop the Russian offensive, because there are a number of overland routes from Crimea.
11:05 British Intelligence:
● Russia is highly unlikely to be capable of fulfilling some export orders for armored fighting vehicles because of the exceptional demand for vehicles for Russia's own forces in Ukraine, and the increasing effect of Western sanctions.
● Belarus has recently released details of a new domestically upgraded T-72B main battle tank (MBT). Belarus probably developed this alternative solution in place of an MBT modification programme previously contracted to Russian state-owned company UralVagonZavod.
● Russia has long considered the defense industry to be one of its most important export successes. However, its military industrial capacity is now under significant strain, and the credibility of many of its weapon systems has been undermined by their association with Russian forces' poor performance in the Ukraine war.
10:50 Defense Minister: The end of the hot phase of the war will not mean that the military will leave the trenches.
● "The offensive of the Russians has stopped, the advance is rather slow. But this is also the blood and life of our guys. Therefore, when I talk about the hot phase, this does not mean that the field, trench history will end".
09:51: The Security services of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who was collecting intelligence about the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine.
● He was interested in secret information about imported military equipment for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Russians planned to use the information received to carry out missile strikes on Ukrainian critical infrastructure facilities used to transport foreign weapons.
09:02 Institute for the Study of War:
● Russia’s Oryol region is reportedly forming a volunteer battalion
● Russian officials remain confused about the August 9 attack on the Saki Air Base in Russian-occupied Crimea
● According to analytics, Russian forces conducted multiple unsuccessful offensives north and northeast of Kharkiv City. Also, Russians continue to try to advance in the vicinity of the city of Donetsk. In the 8+ years since the occupation of separatist controlled Donbas, the Ukrainian Army has built 3 rings of defense lines around occupied Donbas. In almost 6 months of fighting, Russia has yet to breach Ukraine’s defenses. Unless they do, Russia will be unable to complete their occupation of Donbas.
07:59 Operational report of the General Staff of the AFU:
● In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russians conducted offensive operations near Hryhorivka and Verkhnokamianske but had no success, so withdrew. Fighting continues in the Ivano-Darivka area.
● In the Bakhmut direction, the Russians conducted reconnaissance combat near Yakovlivka. Ukrainian Armed Forces pushed them back. Russian troops unsuccessfully conducted offensive and assault operations near Bakhmut and Zaitseve. With losses, they withdrew. Fighting continues in the areas of Vershyna and Dacha.
● In the Avdiivka direction, the Russians are conducting offensive operations in the direction of Marinka and Pisky; the fighting continues. Pisky is less than 5 miles from the Center of Donetsk City, and is adjacent to Donetsk Airport.
● In the Novopavlivsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, the Russians tried to advance near Pavlivka. The Ukrainian military suppressed these attempts.
07:24 Operational Command “Pivden” (South):
● In the Novokamianka area, the Ukrainian military struck the command post of the 126th separate brigade of the Coastal Defense Troops of the Russian Navy and hit the command post of The 49th Combined Arms Army of Russia near Chervonyi Maiak village.
● The command and observation post of The 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian Airborne Troops was hit in Ishchenka.
● The Russian ammunition depot was hit in the Barvinok area.
August 10
22:31: Satellite images of the airfield near the village of Novofedorovka in occupied Crimea have appeared. The photo shows more than 10 burnt Russian planes.
21:06 President’s Office: For Ukraine, it is vital to complete active hostilities before the onset of winter, since the Russian Federation may attack thermal power facilities.
20:59 Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: After the explosions in the temporarily occupied Crimea, it will become more difficult for Russian aviation to carry out patrols and launch missile strikes.
● "These (destroyed - ed.) aircraft carried out more patrols, and also attacked with aircraft missiles, such as Kh-59, Kh-58, possibly Kh-31, which took off from the airfield in Novofedorivka and often went to the Zmiinyi Island, when it was still under occupation, and they provided air support to those fleets - the Black Sea and Caspian," Ignat said.
20:29 Reuters: Ukraine has received a $20 billion deferment on its external debt. Thus, foreign creditors froze payments on international bonds for 2 years. This was done to prevent default in the country.
19:09 Ministry of Infrastructure: The second vessel arrived at the port of Chornomorsk for loading
● Bulk carrier OSPREY S will take on board 30,000 tons of Ukrainian corn.
19:03 Operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as for 18:00 (GMT+3) on August 10 :
● In the Kharkiv direction, in order to improve the tactical situation, the Russians conducted assault operations in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Petrivka and Husarivka. Ukrainian soldiers inflicted significant losses on the invaders and forced them to flee back.
● In the Sloviansk direction near Velyka Komyshuvakha, the Russian troops tried to break through the defenses of the Ukrainian troops, but failed and retreated.
● In the Donetsk direction, to oust Ukrainian units from the occupied lines, the enemy used cannon, rocket artillery and tanks.
● In the Bakhmut direction, the Russians tried to advance with offensive and assault actions in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Kodema, Spirne, Yakovlivka and Soledar, but failed and retreated.
● On the Avdiivka direction, the enemy carried out offensive operations in the directions of Avdiivka and Pisky, but received a worthy rebuff and retreated.
● In the Pivdennyi Buh direction, the Russians are focusing their main efforts on holding their positions and preventing the advance of Ukrainian troops.
● The Russian troops tried to conduct reconnaissance in force near Lozove. But they came under accurate fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, suffered losses and retreated chaotically.
18:40 Cabinet of Ministers: Internally displaced persons can receive payments and social services based on a certificate from the State Migration Service of Ukraine or an E-Document.
● IDPs have had this opportunity since 7 August. The changes make it easier to get services for people who have moved from war zones and lost their documents. Now they can register, and receive assistance from the state as IDPs even without a passport.
18:30 Minister of Health: In August, the incidence of COVID-19 in Ukraine continues to grow
● Only in the past week, 3,893 new cases of the disease were detected, which is 40% more than a week earlier.
● During the last week, 16 people died from complications of coronavirus, a week earlier - 14 people.
18:13 State Bureau of Investigation: Ex-law enforcers from the Donbas who "leaked" the place of deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into an enemy chatbot will appear before the court
● The State Bureau of Investigation has completed an investigation into two former security officials of the Donbas, who distributed a video with the location of the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They were detained, they face up to 8 years in prison.
17:58 Center for Counteracting Disinformation: The occupying authorities are trying to quickly passportize the population of the temporarily occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. However, this "passport" is not considered a full-fledged document on the territory of the Russian Federation.
● The so-called "authorities" issues "passports" under a simplified procedure in the temporarily occupied territories. Therefore, it does not give Ukrainians the same legal rights as Russians. In particular:
○ it is impossible to issue and receive social payments;
○ it is impossible to draw up and receive a pension;
○ registration is not indicated in the passport;
○ no payments are provided for death due to forced mobilization.
● the "pseudo-passport" is issued only for participation in voting in the elections of the Russian Federation with the election of the "correct" candidate.
17:49 Azov: Another 16 bodies of the fallen defenders of Mariupol, who were returned during yesterday's exchange, arrived in Kyiv.
● Together with the Kyiv police, mortuary workers, forensic experts and forensic experts, the bodies are examined and registered.
17:28: The SBU (Ukrainian Intelligence - ed.) has put Ihor Markov, an ex-deputy from the 'Party of Regions', on the international wanted list.
● The former 'Party of Regions' member called on the air of the pro-Kremlin media publicly for a change in the borders of the territory of Ukraine, denied Russia's aggression against our country, and also disseminated theses about the "liberators".
17:26 Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense: The Russians are trying to convince the inhabitants of the occupied territories that "Ukraine has already been divided".
● "The leadership of large enterprises in Melitopol was instructed to hold meetings and talks with the staff, at which they prove the following information: "Ukraine has already been divided. On the territory of the western regions, Polish zlotys were introduced, in most stores double price tags. There is nowhere to run from Russia. Ukraine is not what it used to be".
17:26 Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Currently 112 Russian citizens have applied for a Ukrainian visa.
● "These are citizens of the Russian Federation living in the countries of the European Union. Now these applications are being considered. The verification of these citizens continues until a visa is agreed".
16:58: ️The Podolskyi District Court of Kyiv has arrested the assets of one of the deputies of the Odesa City Council from the banned party "OPZZh". 63,307 dollars, 3,700 euros and 92,815 hryvnias (about $2,512) were transferred to ARMA (Asset Tracing and Management Agency), – the court ruling says.
● According to investigators, three deputies of the Odesa City Council from the political party "OPZZh" held events in the Odesa region aimed at proclaiming the Odesa People's Republic.
16:44 Ministry of Education and Science: Data of educational ombudsman Serhii Horbachiov about "the unpreparedness of parents for full-time education of children in schools" was unrepresentative and promised to publish the results of a professional survey on this topic in the near future.
● The ministry added that a professional survey of participants in the educational process on various issues is carried out on an ongoing basis by the State Service for the Quality of Education of Ukraine.
15:48 Commissioner for Missing Persons: Ukraine has returned more than 500 bodies of the dead defenders listed as missing.
● «At this time, we have already returned more than 500 bodies of our fallen heroes. Yesterday we took another 17 bodies. These are those who were listed as missing,» he says.
15:28 State Special Communications: Russian hackers continue to attack Ukraine. Specialists of the government team responding to computer emergency events in Ukraine CERT-UA, registered 203 cyberattacks in July.
15:05 Jyllands-Posten - Danish Defense minister: Denmark will send military instructors to Britain to train Ukrainian soldiers and also aims to train Ukrainian officers.
● "Within a short time, Denmark is sending 130 military instructors to a British training project,"
● This year, 100 million Danish kroner ($13.7 million) will be allocated for the military training support project.
13:26 Bloomberg: Russia is scouring the globe for weapons to use against Ukraine
● According to anonymous sources, the US government believes that Russia can use merchant ships to transport military cargo to the Black Sea.
13:43 Expressen: Co-founder of Amnesty International Per Westberg leaves his post due to the scandalous report of the organization about the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● "I have been a member (organization) for almost sixty years. With a heavy heart I end my long and fruitful cooperation because of Amnesty’s statements about the war in Ukraine," he said.
13:03 Wall Street Journal: Many Russian trains are escorted by Lithuanian helicopters to make sure they don’t stop and don’t land or unload anything.”.
12:51: "It’ll be quick. Let them hold out a little longer. We do not forget them, nobody gives up their people, we will come to their assistants, but let them wait for a little," - Major General Dmytro Marchenko about the liberation of temporarily occupied Kherson.
● The General is fully confident that Russia will not hold a pseudo-referendum in the Kherson region, as the local population is putting up a huge resistance.
● The FSB officers discuss that they fail in the scenario that they applied in the Crimea. They already admit this as a fact. And they’re already getting ready for something else because that’s the scenario that they’re failing to do. The Kherson residents do not give them a chance to implement this scenario with "referendum" and "Russian peace".
● In the spring, Ukraine can end the war with Russia and liberate all occupied territories, including Crimea and certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
● "I try not to anticipate anything. But if we have the number of weapons that were promised to us, which we need, I think next spring we will celebrate the victory", - he stresses.
● Ukraine will liberate Crimea by military means and the destruction of the Crimean bridge is a necessary measure for it.
● "Crimea is Ukrainian, it is our land, there are our people who are still forced to be under occupation. No one gave Russia the right to come, take a piece of land and say, "this is mine." Marchenko says.
12:11: The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who had coordinated missile strikes on Ukrainian positions in the east.
● “The traitor provided the enemy with targets for missile strikes in the Donetsk region and reported on the results of «arrivals». The enemy agent transmitted the data through closed communication channels. In his SMS, he noted the geolocation of objects”.
MORDOR (Russia)
August 11
10:04: The Ministry of Defense of Belarus has confirmed the information about the explosion at the Zyabrovka airfield.
● “August 10, at about 23:00, during the control run of one of the pieces of equipment after the replacement of the engine, it ignited.”
09:22: A military unit of the Russian Federation was on fire near Moscow.
● In Dolgoprudny near Moscow, a fire broke out in one of the military units on an area of 1.2 thousand square meters. meters. They say that the wooden barracks, in which the conscripts were, were on fire. The number of dead and wounded is being specified.
August 10
21:13: A day after the explosions in the temporarily occupied Crimea in front of the Kerch bridge, there is a huge traffic jam to leave the peninsula. Video from social networks.
19:42 Navalny LIVE: The daughters of Russian Deputy Defense Minister Oleksii Kryvoruchko turned out to be US citizens.
● Kryvoruchko himself has an apartment in the United States worth several million dollars.
● Kryvoruchko in the department is responsible for the development and supply of weapons.
18:30 CNN: The Russian military has begun training on Iran's Shahed-191 and Shahed-129 attack drones in the past few weeks, indicating that the Russian Federation is about to buy them.
● "Over the past few weeks, Russian officials have been training in Iran as part of an agreement to transfer UAVs from Iran to Russia".
17:29 : In Krasnoiarsk, two people were detained for preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office.
● Russian media, citing a source in the FSB (Russian Intelligence - ed.), writes that the detainees "do not support the Russian operation", painted anti-war graffiti and "had intentions to set fire to the military registration and enlistment office." The FSB is also trying to "hang" anti-war activists on charges of robbery.
● It is noted that since the beginning of the war in Russia, there have been more than 20 arsons of military registration and enlistment offices. The buildings of the FSB, the National Guard, and the police are also being attacked with Molotov cocktails. Railroad sabotage occurs regularly.
16:17 A video from social networks: The forced mobilization in Antratsyt, the Luhansk region. Women get into quarrels with Russians over their husbands and sons being forcibly conscripted.
12:53 Buryat newspaper "Number One": In Buryatia, fraudsters extort seven million rubles from the mother of a Russian soldier who died in Ukraine.
● The fraudsters stole money that a resident of one of the villages of Kyakhtinsky district received as a payment for the death of her son
● Deputy Head of the Public Chamber of the region Denis Leonov told that the fraudster introduced himself as an employee of the government who helps relatives of the deceased.
12:31: "The tribunal for the Ukrainian prisoner of war will be organized by the end of the summer in Mariupol," says the so-called head of the "DNR", Pushilin.
12:17: Russia’s attack capability is exhausted. Progress is terribly minimal - former FSB and former Defense Minister of the so-called "DNR", Igor Strelkov-Girkin, confirmed the data of British intelligence.
● There are no changes in the Donetsk frontline, according to reports from the front - the attacking potential of the units of the Donetsk infantry operating here is almost exhausted, says Girkin.
● To achieve the capture of Avdiivka and advance in other areas is unlikely to be possible. The fighting continues on the outskirts of Pisky.
KHARKIV
August 11
05:15: The mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov confirmed the explosions in the city.
● "At 4:28 another night shelling of Kharkiv. Only four arrivals, one after the other. There is already information about a hit in the yard of an apartment building in the center of Kharkiv in the Kievsky district. There are no casualties reported at the moment," - Terekhov wrote.
20:29 Regional police: Two residents of Staryi Saltiv, the Kharkiv region, died as a result of today's shelling of the village with Russian cluster munitions.
LUHANSK
August 11
11:44 Regional Military Administration:
● mobilization in the occupied territories began even before the start of a full-scale Russian invasion;
● in the recently occupied territories, it has also gained sufficient momentum. They even take them from critical infrastructure enterprises if they have reservations;
● most of the mobilized either do not return, or return seriously wounded.
09:53 Regional Military Administration: A significant advantage in weapons does not provide the Russians with the expected progress in the offensive
● More than a month passed after the capture of Lysychansk - during this time, in the most successful direction, the Russians were able to advance a maximum of 10 kilometers. A significant part of these territories is the vicinity of Lysychansk itself and the surrounding villages.
● Over the past day, the Russians used aircraft near 8 settlements located on the border of the regions
● They unsuccessfully stormed in 8 directions at once - under the pressure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, they retreated everywhere. Fighting is still going on in three other areas.
● Last night alone, the Russians fired 12 rockets, 16 shellings were carried out from cannon artillery, and two more from rocket artillery.
August 10
20:27 Regional Military Administration: The Russians cannot control the administrative borders of the Luhansk region
● "Rashists (combination of “Russians” and “Fascists”) are tired after the fighting in Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, they are regrouping. Private military companies are now mainly throwing into attacks"
● Settlements that have been squeezed out of life are finished off with bullying in the form of "know-how in Russian from the Middle Ages."
● Our people are trying to get home for things and do not recognize the cities and towns that used to flourish ... They don't stay there for a long time.
12:07 Regional Military Administration: Russians have decided not to restore the housing stock in Popasna.
● At the beginning of the occupation, the Russians promised recovery at a "communist pace". However, recently they decided to leave everything as it is, even though in two months the heating season is beginning.
● 90% of the houses are damaged in Severodonetsk, and 70% of them cannot be restored. The critical infrastructure of the city is destroyed by Russian attacks.
● The Russians offer to restore housing at the expense of the owner in the temporarily occupied Severodonetsk
● "Now one of the local schools began to accept applications for building materials to restore housing on their own"
DONETSK
August 10
09:51 Regional Military Administration:
● During August 10, Russians killed 11 civilians of Donbas: 6 in Bakhmut, 3 in Soledar, 1 in Krasnohorivka and 1 in Avdiivka. Another 8 people were injured.
● "Rocket attack on the private sector in Kramatorsk. The Russians used the S-300 complex and hit the courtyard of one of the houses. The shell left a crater 4 meters wide and 1.5 meters deep. Fortunately, this time there were no casualties, however 3 houses were damaged."
23:16: In Donetsk mass media report about an accident on an ammonia pipeline with an ammonia spill.
● Ammonia affected area around the Donetsk brewery. An ammonia release can cause mass casualties.
20:48: The National Police of Ukraine showed the consequences of today's shelling of Bakhmut, Donetsk region, with Russian cluster munitions.
19:17 Prosecutor General: 7 people died and 6 were injured as a result of today's shelling by the Russians of Bakhmut, the Donetsk region.
● It is also reported that shops, private houses and high-rise buildings were damaged. Fires continue in the city.
17:48 Mariupol City Council: The Russians placed mines even on playgrounds in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. Now residents are gradually finding them.
16:28 Advisor to the Mayor: A powerful explosion was heard in occupied Mariupol a couple of hours ago. It is reported that the explosion occurred near the headquarters of the "United Russia" party, where the Russians are preparing for the "referendum".
12:28 Donetsk Regional Military Administration: The special regime of entry, exit and movement of vehicles begins on August 11 in the Donetsk region.
ZAPORIZHYA
August 11
10:49 : Local residents report that several high-voltage transmission lines from the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to the occupied Crimea were damaged at night.
August 10
21:46: Ukroboronprom signed a cooperation agreement with the Defense Association of Denmark.
● We are talking about cooperation in the areas of unmanned and marine systems, cyber
23:26 Mayor: There was an explosion in Melitopol. According to preliminary information, the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs service center near the "Epicenter" hypermarket is on fire.
● 23:54: Subscribers report that in Melitopol, the Russian military cordoned off part of St. Intercultural, near the Ministry of Internal Affairs service center.
20:41 : In the Zaporizhia direction, a fighter of the National Guard with the help of the Igla MANPADS shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft, the NSU reported.
17:48 Melitopol Mayor: 10 people died at the Russian checkpoint in Vasylivka, the Zaporizhya region, while waiting for the opportunity to leave for the territory controlled by Ukraine.
● The number of deaths has grown and reached 10. These are those who did not wait for the evacuation. More than 1,000 cars are waiting for evacuation to the checkpoint.
15:26 Kyrylo Sazonov: After the mining of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Putin’s Wagner Group, the world should recognize Russia as a terrorist state number 1.
● He cites the main reasons for recognition Russia as a terrorist country:
○ 1. Putin’s private military company «Wagner» (named after the Hitler’s beloved composer) - fully financed by the Russian government from the state budget and works exclusively for the leadership of the Russian Federation.
○ 2. By creating the «Wagner» in 2014, the management involved this PMC in the Middle East, Africa and South America. In addition to terrorism, Wagner troops resort to killing people with sledgehammers, cutting heads, and burning people alive.
○ 3. «Wagner» performs such tasks, which in the whole world are considered as aterrorism. Today, the Wagner troops, financed by the Kremlin, have mined the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which allows Putin to terrorize and blackmail the world...
14:14 Energoatom: Ukraine may cut the power lines at the Zaporizhzhia NPP if Russia starts to disconnect it from the Ukrainian power system.
● "And I think this is the right decision from the point of view of Ukraine".
14:03 IAEA Director General : Now there is no nuclear threat at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after the recent shelling by the Russian military. However, the damage is recorded.
● Based on the information provided by Ukraine, IAEA experts assessed that there was no immediate threat to nuclear safety as a result of Saturday’s incident, he says.
DNIPRO
August 11
09:04 Regional Military Administration: The Russian army attacked four districts of the region:
● Nikopol district was shelled three times with Grad MRL. 120 attacks. Two people were killed and seven wounded. A 13-year-old girl is among the wounded.
● More than 40 high-rise buildings are damaged in the city. Five apartments are destroyed. Rescuers are dismantling the rubble and looking for people.
● 3 schools, several shops, garages and cars have been damaged. The power line has been broken. More than 6000 residents of Nikopol are without light.
● There is destruction in 14 houses in Krasnohorivka territorial community, the ambulatory, the shop and the stadium have been damaged. Up to a thousand people are without electricity.
● In the Kryvyi Rih district, Russia hit the Zelenodolska territorial community with “Uragan”. There were several fires.
● In the Synelnykove district, the Russians hit the Velykomykhailivka territorial community. The mill and houses were damaged. The couple was injured, and the woman is now in the hospital.
● In the Dnipro region, the missile was launched by Russia. The extent of the destruction is being clarified.
● Just in Nikopol, rescuers pulled out from under the rubble the body of another deceased due to today's Russian shelling.
● Night Russian attack on the region claimed the lives of 3 people, 9 injured, 4 of them in the hospital.
August 10
20:29 : The head of the Nikopol District Military Administration, Yevhen Yevtushenko, called on local residents to leave the streets, hinting at the upcoming UAF strikes on Russian positions.
KHERSON
August 11
00:52 Regional Military Administration: Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Russian troops have destroyed 2,772 objects in the Kherson region.
● The total amount of damage is preliminary 4 billion 575 million hryvnia.
● According to him, residential buildings were damaged - 88 high-rise buildings and 2312 private houses. Some villages are completely or half destroyed.
August 10
19:48 Deputy head of the regional council: The Russians announced the introduction of a "permit system" for the transportation of agricultural products in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region.
● "By blocking logistics for farmers in this way, they force them to either cooperate or close their activities".
16:41 Strategic Communications Department: Presented photos of the consequences of yesterday's explosions in the temporarily occupied Novooleksiivka, the Kherson region.
● As a result, the hangar and equipment burned down. The photo shows the remnants of burned-out ammunition of the Russian Federation.
13:59 Operational Command "Pivden” (South): The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck a bridge near the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station in the temporarily occupied Kherson region. The bridge is now unusable. The bridge carries both rail and vehicle traffic. With the loss of this bridge, all 3 bridges across the Dnieper River have been cut, potentially cutting off all the Russian troops now operating on the Right Bank of the Dnieper.
13:48 Regional Council: The Russian military deployed their equipment and settled themselves in the Kakhovka Water Canal Administration. The Armed Forces of Ukraine worked perfectly and did not damage important nearby objects, when they hit the administration building with artillery fire.
MYKOLAIV
August 10
19:43 Mayor: The number of victims of the shelling of a public transport stop in the Korabelnyi district of Mykolaiv has increased.
● A man born in 1964 died in the hospital today.
● Thus, because of shelling on July 29, 8 people died in Mykolaiv.
16:23 Mayor: Mykolaiv schools, which plan to start the educational process remotely from September, will also teach children from the occupied territories. Now 151 children from temporarily occupied settlements are already counted in schools of Mykolaiv.
13:40 Regional military administration: The Mykolaiv region is working on the creation of a grain corridor.
● «It is no secret that we are considering including Mykolaiv in the grain corridor. We have six ports, and a significant part of the export goes through Mykolaiv city. It is logistically important for the region. We’re really looking forward to it. But I think we don't need to make territorial concessions, otherwise, they might blackmail us» he says.
OTHER REGIONS
August 11
11:41 Sumy Regional Military Administration: The Russians fired at the border communities of the Sumy region: Seredyno-Budska, Krasnopolska, Mykolaivska
● Yesterday there was shelling of the S-Budska community: 7 arrivals.
● There was mortar shelling in the Krasnopolska community - 11 arrivals.
11:24 Odesa Regional Military Administration: A saboteur who photographed military installations and other infrastructure was caught in the Odesa region
11:05: Coca-Cola will rebuild a kindergarten destroyed during the hostilities in the village of Bogdanovka, Kyiv region.
● The company is investing $1.1 million in restoration.
00:15 Mayor: In Zhytomyr, they are working on creating a "town" in the community for migrants on a plot of 6.5 hectares.
● “It will be year-round, permanent housing! The material is wood. The area of each is 40-50 square meters, with everything you need inside! Each will be able to accommodate 4-6 people,” Sukhomlin wrote.
August 8
17:27 Regional Military Administration: The explosion, which was heard in the Kirovohrad region, is associated with the destruction of explosive objects. Explosives are being destroyed at the training ground, not far from the regional center. These works are scheduled for another 5-7 days.
16:36 Sumy Regional Military Administration: A gas pipeline was damaged because of Russian shelling of the Khotin community. Part of the settlements remain without gas.
15:37: Chernihiv Regional Military Administration warned about the threat from Belarus.
● To date, the possibility of a second offensive both from the territory of Russia and Belarus remains. There is a risk. The risk was a month, two and three months ago and now remains. The risk is as long as a lot of Russian equipment would be deployed close to our borders.
12:21 Sumy Regional Military Administration: Russian military shells the Sumy region from the very morning. In particular, they shell the Bilopillia territorial community. Russians fire from their territory.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
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● https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
● https://euromaidanpress.com/
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