Bob Homans August 29
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Ukraine – 8/29 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
August 29, 2022
The Churches on Islesboro, Maine
A week ago, last Sunday, the 2nd Baptist Church and Christ’s Church (Episcopalian/Anglican on the island of Islesboro, Maine, held an ecumenical service for Ukraine. Together, the two churches raised $2,260.00 for a Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the city of Bila Tsirkva, 50 miles south of Kyiv, to help in their work supporting local territorial defense units, and refugees who have relocated to Bila Tsirkva from regions of Ukraine that are temporarily occupied by Russia or are suffering from continual Russian shelling and rocket attacks. Our thanks to everyone involved for making this happen.
There are many other churches in Ukraine, both Ukrainian Orthodox and Greek Catholic, that are doing similar work in their communities. If any recipient is a member of a church that might want to establish a relationship with a church in Ukraine, similar to what was achieved by the churches on Islesboro please let us know. We’d be happy to facilitate.
“The McGuyvered Weapons in Ukraine’s Arsenal” (New York Times)
This article describes how Ukraine has been able to modify weapons systems it has received from the West, and develop its own weapons systems, and use them in novel ways. Examples include
· Mounting the Neptune missile, developed in Ukraine by incorporating improved electronics, and using it to sink the “Moskva,” flagship of the Black Sea Fleet, in an attack that included the Bayraktar drone, not to attack the Moskva, but in a supporting role diverting Moskva’s air search radar away from the incoming Neptunes.
· Incorporating the HARMS missile, an anti-radiation weapon supplied by the U.S., to work with the MiG-29. The HARMS may well have been used to attack the Saky Airfield in Crimea.
· Modifying commercial drones, purchased over the counter, to work in both reconnaissance and attack configurations.
The implication is that Ukraine has now moved beyond any restrictions the West might want to impose on Ukraine’s decision making on whether, and where, to attack Russian installations, either in occupied Crimea or within Russia itself.
Departure From Russia of Dell Technologies
Dell Technologies has announced their complete departure from the Russian Market. Dell is a major supplier of servers to Russia.
8/29 Sitrep (my comments in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon August 28 to 12:00 noon August 29, 2022
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration
MLRS = Multiple Launch Rocket System
AFU = Armed Forces of Ukraine
INTERNATIONAL
August 29
11:57 Sabah : Türkiye intends to increase the tolls for passage through the straits fivefold from October.
● The increase in fees will also affect Ukrainian grain exports, the route of which passes through the straits.
11:44 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia: Baltic countries have proposed to the European Commission to introduce new measures on trade and energy, as well as new restrictions on SWIFT, into the 8th package of sanctions against Russia.
11:37 Kronen Zeitung: The countries of the European Union must be united and resolute in their position regarding the security challenges on the continent, but the creation of a joint army instead of the development of internal armed forces is currently impractical.
● According to Borrell, funding and developing national armies is a far more effective way to keep Europe and the world safe than running a single army built on them.
11:23 The New York Times: Ukraine has also scored big successes in the war by employing weapons and equipment in unexpected ways, Ukraine has also scored big successes in the war by employing the weapons and equipment in unexpected ways.
● From the sinking of the Moskva, Russia’s Black Sea flagship, in April to the attack on a Russian air base in Crimea this month, Ukrainian troops have used American and other weapons in ways few expected, the experts and Defense Department officials say.
08:14 NavalNews: Despite the ban of Türkiye, Russia transported missiles for the S-300 complex through the Bosphorus.
07:55 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission went to the Zaporizhzhya NPP
● We must protect the safety and security of Ukraine’s and Europe’s biggest nuclear facility. Proud to lead this mission which will be in ZNPP later this week.
00:47 Social Networks: The flag of Ukraine on the highest point of Azerbaijan - the peak of Bazardyuzi (4466 m).
00:15 Le Temps: The committee of elected representatives of right-wing parties and business representatives of Switzerland launched a public campaign under the slogan "Electricity for all and forever", the purpose of which is to lift the ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants.
● The participants of the initiative propose to amend Switzerland’s constitution by the provision that "any form of production of climate-safe electricity is permitted." From next week, the collection of signatures for the initiative will begin.
August 28
20:12 Bild: The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Baerbock, spoke against the launch of the Russian gas pipeline Nord Stream 2, because the Russian Federation uses pipelines as a weapon and a lever of influence.
● She said that Russia's cheap gas was a self-delusion, given the energy crisis caused by the shutdown of Nord Stream 1 gas supplies.
● Russia’s “cheap gas” has always been a delusion. Economists like to use the term “externalities,” when describing factors that aren’t included in the price of a good or service but should be. The price of Russian gas has lots of externalities that Germany didn’t include in their price calculations. Germany is now paying up. To use another favorite term of economists, “there is no free lunch.”
19:40 The Guardian: The housing compensation program for Ukrainians in Great Britain will soon be closed, because of which about 50,000 refugees may be left without shelter next year.
● The authorities will not yet offer new assistance schemes to Ukrainian refugees who have stayed in the country for more than 6 months.
Ukrainian sculptor Mykyta Zihura created an 80-meter shadow of the An-225 "Mriia" in a wheat field in Denmark.
18:01 : The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Austria denied in a comment by Russian media the report about the "murder" of the Ukrainian woman Vovk, accused of murdering Dugina.
● "There is no such case in the country, we cannot confirm the authenticity of the information", – the Ministry of Internal Affairs says.
16:25 Sky News: The President of Russia, Volodymyr Putin, is urged to stop his aggression against Ukraine, as well as to demilitarize the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, – the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
16:20 Delfi - Minister of Economy of Latvia: The Ministry of Economy of Latvia plans to completely abandon the use of the Russian language in communication, starting from the autumn. Approximately 25% of Latvia’s population are native Russian speakers.
● According to her, the department and its subordinate institutions will provide information and communicate with clients only in the state language from September 1.
16:09 : The military in Taiwan detected the approach of 23 aircraft and 8 ships of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA), – the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense reports in a daily briefing.
15:57 Vice-premier for economic policy: The Bulgarian government will not negotiate a new agreement with the Russian "Gazprom", although it previously allowed the conclusion of a new contract.
15:31 BILD - German Foreign Minister: Ukraine and Russia can reach a truce. This requires the desire of the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, to stop the bombing.
● "Very simple: when Putin finally stops bombing innocent people and withdraws his tanks. Putin could give the order at any moment," Burbok said.
● This assumes that Ukraine wants a truce, at a time when Russian troops are still present on Ukrainian territory. It begs the question – what planet is the German Foreign Minister on?
14:37 BBC: The General Director of FC "Shakhtar" Serhii Palkin strongly disagreed with the World Football Federation's (FIFA) failure to exclude the terrorist country Russia from the ranks of the organization.
● If we look at Russia, they are doing well, they are playing for themselves, there are many people in the stadiums, they are doing well. It is surprising to me that FIFA does not react to this situation in general. Why is Russia still a member of FIFA? They destroyed our entire country, destroyed the lives of Ukrainians and also destroyed our Ukrainian football. It is necessary (FIFA, - ed.) to take one position or another,"- said Palkin.
Bild 14:27 : The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Germany, Annalena Berbock, promised Ukraine long-term support in the war against Russia, if necessary, reports.
● According to her, Ukraine also defends the freedom and peaceful order of Europe, so Berlin supports Kyiv "financially and militarily - as much as necessary. Point".
14:23 Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the Netherlands: "As long as the Russians want to fight, they have nothing to do in Europe as tourists. He also believes that the Netherlands should urgently introduce a ban on issuing visas to Russian tourists.
NATIONAL
August 29
11:58 : Today is the Day of Remembrance of Defenders of Ukraine. Volodymyr Zelenskyі addressed the nation on this occasion.
● "Our people will never forget each and every one who fights for Ukraine, who gave his life for it.
10:12 : Three more ships with grain left Ukrainian ports.
● On August 29, the next caravan with Ukrainian food left the Ukrainian ports — the Ministry of National Defense of Türkiye.
08:39 : The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed five ammunition depots, three bases and three command posts of Russia:
● one Russian ammunition depot in Davydiv Brid district, Kherson region;
● one Russian ammunition depot in Liubymivka, Kherson region;
● one Russian ammunition depot in Oleshky, Kherson region;
● one Russian ammunition depot in Makiivka, Donetsk region;
● one Russian ammunition depot in Dudchany, Kherson region;
● one Russian base in Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia;
● one Russian base in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region;
● one Russian base in Svatove, Luhansk region;
● one Russian command post in the Kherson region;
● one Russian command post in Darivka, Kherson region.
07:41 Operational report of the General Staff of the AFU:
● In the Sloviansk direction, the Russians tried to conduct a pointless reconnaissance with combat in the area of Dolyna but suffered losses and retreated. Russian units stormed Bohorodychne to improve the tactical position but had no success.
● In the Bakhmut direction, Ukrainian defenders have stopped attempts by Russians to conduct offensive battles near Kodema and Zaitseve."
07:11 Operational Command “Pivden” (South): Ukrainian Air Force launched 8 strikes on strongholds and clusters of Russian manpower.
● Missile units destroyed:
○ 41 Russian soldiers;
○ two unmanned aerial vehicles;
○ tank T-72;
○ MLRS «Uragan»;
○ anti-aircraft missile complex «Shell-C1»;
○ self-propelled artillery-mortar installation "Nona-S";
○ radio-electronic warfare station;
○ six units of armoured vehicles.
● The Russian army keeps 20 missiles of the "Calibr" type in the Black Sea ready for strikes. Operational Command “Pivden” (South) reports. There are now 3 Russian ships carrying "calibres" and a large landing ship.
00:01 Vice Prime Minister for Reintegration: The Cabinet of Ministers intends to double the compensation to those people who sheltered internally displaced persons.
● According to her, the issue of making changes to the relevant resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine regarding making changes to the "Shelter" program is currently being discussed.
August 28
18:26 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces as for 18:00 (GMT+3) on August 28:
● In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy shelled the areas of many settlements from tanks, barrel and rocket artillery.
● The enemy made an attempt to improve the tactical position near Svitlychne, was unsuccessful, withdrew.
● In the Sloviansk direction, enemy fire was recorded near Dovhenke, Dolyna, Dibrovne, Velyka Komyshuvakha, and Karnaukhivka.
● With offensive and assault actions, the enemy tried to advance in the Bohorodychne area, suffered losses and was pushed back.
● In the direction of Bakhmut, the Defense Forces of Ukraine repelled the Russian offensive near Vesela Dolyna.
● In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy made an unsuccessful offensive attempt in the Pervomayske area, suffered losses and retreated.
● On the Novopavlivka direction, the enemy tried to improve the tactical position near Pavlivka, but was unsuccessful.
● In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the enemy shelled the areas of Huliaipole, Huliaipilske, Kamianske, Burlatske, Vremivka, and Chervone with tanks, barrel and rocket artillery. Carried out airstrikes near Poltavka.
17:34 : Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba is going to Sweden and the Czech Republic to increase pressure on Russia.
● The main topics of the negotiations will be countering Russian aggression, further military, financial and humanitarian support for Ukraine, the path to our country's membership in the EU and the reconstruction of Ukraine.
17:20 : The Cabinet of Ministers Issued a list of 16 oil and gas production facilities within the continental shelf of Ukraine, which were seized by Russia.
● The Odesa, Bezimenne, Pivnichno-Kerchenske, and Pivnichno-Bulhanatske deposits were included in the list, as well as the Schmidt deposit, the Hubkina, Ryftova, and Zahidnolytsynska fields.
● Further industrial production of oil and gas was also planned at three sites - the Tarkhankut site, the Palas and Luchytskyi squares.
● In addition, five deposits were added to the list, where industrial mineral extraction was carried out: Holitsynske, Shtormove, Arkhanhelske, Skhidnokazantipske and Pivnicnobulhanske.
16:31 The Guardian: Ukrainians may face the coldest winter in recent decades.
· This opinion was expressed by the head of the state gas company 'Naftogaz' Yurii Vitrenko. He says that thermostats in centralized heating systems should be turned on later than usual and turned off earlier.
● According to him, the temperature in the premises will be set at 17-18°C, which is about four degrees below the norm.
15:23 : On August 26, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Ministry of Digital Transformation presented the Register of Damaged and Destroyed Property.
● Currently, there are more than 270,000 messages from affected Ukrainians, said Serhii Shtepa, a member of the Committee on Digital Transformation, on the air of the telethon. According to Stepa, the Russian Federation has already caused direct damage to the infrastructure in the amount of about 114 million dollars. "And these are not the final numbers yet, because every day they continue their missile terror," he added.
15:22 Ministry of Infrastructure: Over the course of a day, on August 27, a record number of ships with a total volume of 45,000 tons passed in the direction of Ukrainian Danube ports since the full-scale invasion of Russia.
● In total, 11 ships passed through the Bystre mouth of the Danube-Black Sea channel, 7 ships, and 4 ships passed through the Romanian Sulina Canal.
15:22 Ukrainian intelligence: Russia is increasing its mobilization reserves and plans to mobilize about 90,000 military personnel
● "At the same time, different approaches are used: so-called volunteer battalions, and reserve battalions, battalions of the so-called "Combat Army Reserve of the Country" (BARS), which they are now equipping in each military district in order to replenish losses, increase their efforts, and to increase the number of the very group that can be used against our state,'' Skibitskyi said.
14:07 : Over the past day, the energy company DTEK, together with the military forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, restored electricity supply to 16,000 consumers in 14 settlements of the Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions, - the company reported.
● There is still 1 settlement in Dnipropetrovsk region and 86 settlements in Donetsk region without electricity supply.
13:36 Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "For decades, nuclear security has remained Ukraine's top priority, especially given our tragic past. The Russian occupiers have turned the Zaporizhzhia NPP into a military base, putting the entire continent at risk. The Russian military must leave the plant - they have nothing to do there !”
MORDOR (Russia)
August 29
11:34 SBU: The Russians appointed an uneducated soldier as a “mayor" of the occupied Severodonetsk.
● “Previously, a young man without secondary education and experience of professional activity in any field fought in the... Russian occupation army. In the position of "the leader" of the almost destroyed city, the ex-combatant did not distinguish himself and was fired from his post in early July,” Security Service reports.
11:10 : Berdiansk media report an environmental disaster near the port area. There was probably a big leak of fuel oil or other fuel after daily explosions on the recessed «Saratov».
● It is noted that the water is black, and there is a strong stench on the beaches of the city.
10:49 Center for Counteracting Disinformation: The Russians have created a disinformation letter for IAEA representatives and are collecting signatures of the population of Enerhodar under a statement in which they demand an end to the bombing of the nuclear plant “by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.”
● "This is a manipulation aimed at misleading the population of the temporarily occupied territories and IAEA inspections", - notes The Center for Counteracting Disinformation.
● Moreover, Russians are torturing employees of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to force them not to tell IAEA inspectors about the risks to the normal operation of the plant.
● "In this way, the Rashists artificially create conditions for the IAEA to record the conclusions they need, and blame Ukraine for all the problems", - warns the Center for Counteracting Disinformation.
10:45 : "All five are denied visas": The Russian woman told how her family was not allowed into Germany because the consuls believe that they will not return to Russia.
10:34 : Director of «Russia Today» Anton Kuznetsov-Krasovsky will be judged on Security Service materials.
● He repeatedly used all media platforms available to him to publicly call for genocide of Ukrainians, elimination of independence of Ukraine and overthrow of its constitutional order.
● “Guys, well, obviously, you have to pull yourself together. Get together, stop thinking about «brothers». They are not brothers to us. I grew up there, and knowingly say “Kill! Let’s! Enough!”
10:02 WSJ: Russian Federation wants to strengthen the offensive. Russia brings new equipment and volunteers to Ukraine.
● Russia is moving to significantly bolster its forces in Ukraine as its campaign to secure territory in the country’s east and south stalls ahead of planned plebiscites on annexation by Russia.
● Conflict Intelligence Team, an open-source investigative group, on Saturday posted photographs of Russian military equipment on railcars, including Buk surface-to-air missile systems and T-90 tanks, that it said were heading to Russia’s border with eastern Ukraine.
09:08 : The Kremlin likely directed a media outlet closely affiliated with Moscow to criticize the Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, for failing to incentivize the recruitment of volunteer battalions within the city.
● The government was to facilitate the recruitment of volunteer battalions "Neva", "Kronstadt" and "Pavlovsk" based in Saint Petersburg.
● But since early July, there have been only 100 volunteers in a city of 5 million people.
● At the same time, Russia appears to be relying more on Slavic Russians, such as those from St. Petersburg, to replenish their Army.
08:50 Ukrainiska Pravda: Independent Russia Media reports that Russian Minister of Defense Shoigu no longer has operational command.
● Field operational commanders now report directly to Putin.
● British Intelligence reports that Shoigu is the butt of jokes from serving Russian officers.
08:28 Social Networks: Temporarily occupied Cape Fiolent, Crimea. Information that a rocket hit the Russian air defense division. Cape Fiolent is located southeast of Sevastopol.
06:29 Institute for the Study of War:
● Russia has adopted Iranian tactics and is questioning the credentials of IAEA selected experts scheduled to go to Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.
● Analysts expect that Russia will use numerous delaying tactics to stymie the mission from ever reaching ZNPP.
August 28
20:56 Social Networks: Something is burning near the temporarily occupied Sevastopol in Crimea.
19:23 “Governor" of the city: The anti-aircraft system has started working again In Sevastopol.
● According to preliminary data, a UAV was shot down over the sea around Cape Khersones.
19:01 : A large-scale fire broke out in an indoor market In the Russian city of Volzkyi near Volgograd.
● According to the media, gas cylinders exploded during roof repairs due to non-compliance with safety rules. The burning area is 7,000 square meters (approximately 70,000 square feet).
18:43 Social Networks: Reports about explosions in the temporarily occupied Crimea, around Cape Fiolent.
16:48 : Famous people who left Russia should be given a chance to correct themselves. They can go to the "special operation" zone, this can change their position, – the first deputy chairman of the Russian State Duma (Russian Parliament - ed.) Committee on Culture says.
16:15 : Information that Natalia Vovk, whom Russia accused of murdering Daria Dugina, was found dead is spreading in the mass media.
● Considering everything, the information about the alleged death of Natalia Vovk in Austria is a fake.
○ As an illustration of the "killed Vovk", the Austrian publication Express used a photo from 2020 - from the scene of the murder of a resident of Moscow.
14:10 Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense: Russian occupiers and collaborators in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region prepared a pseudo-historical manual for September 1, where they claim that Prince Volodymyr baptized Kyivan Rus in Chersonese, and Moscow is supposedly older than Kyiv. Most of the quotes from the Russians' manual contradict not only historical facts, but also common sense.
This is an example of the Russian inferiority complex, that today is playing a major role in Russia’s decision to invade Ukraine but goes back several centuries. Russia has never come to accept that their entire culture derives from the Kyivan Rus, at a time when Muscovy wasn’t much more than a group of mud huts.
13:49 : The woman who set fire to the car of the deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation in Moscow thought that she herself was participating in a "special operation".
● During her detention, the fraudsters asked her to shout pro-Ukrainian slogans. According to relatives, Olena Bilova was not herself the last few days. She always talked on the phone, and only after the arson did it become clear that Bilova was in contact with the fraudsters all this time.
● Relatives believe that Bilova simply fell under the hypnosis of fraudsters, because she supports the "special operation" and she herself would never go to set fire to a car, let alone a military commander. At night, Olena was released from the police.
KHARKIV
August 29
11:36 RMA: Posted the consequences of yesterday’s missile attack by Russians on the centre of Kharkiv.
● Both rockets exploded in the building of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration. The parts of the Russian S-300 anti-aircraft missile were found at the place of attack.
09:37 RMA: Over the past 24 hours, Russians continued to shell settlements in the Kharkiv, Chuhuiv and Bohodukhiv districts.
● Residential buildings and out-buildings were damaged, and fires broke out. Garages were destroyed. Two persons in the Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv districts were hospitalized with injuries.
10:11 Ukrainska Pravda: Russians have been able to convince 800 inhabitants out of a 110,000 in Berdyansk to accept Russian passports.
09:21 : At 7 am, Russian occupants fired cluster munitions at the Kyiv district of the city. Residential buildings were damaged.
● Yesterday, at 8 pm, the Russians launched two missile strikes on the centre of Kharkiv. Administrative buildings in the city center were partially destroyed. No one got hurt.
07:40 Kharkiv Mayor: Commented on the shelling of the city:
● "The Kyiv district of Kharkiv has been under fire since 6 am. [Russians] dropped cluster munitions on the private sector. No information about casualties yet.
00:20 : Military journalist Andrii Tsaplienko reported on the new trophy of the 95th brigade in the Izyum area - the T-80 tank of the Russian Federation.
August 28
21:42 RMA: The result of the "arrival" in the Kyiv district of Kharkiv, a three-story building was partially destroyed.
● "All specialized services are working and recording another crime of the occupiers, previously - a rocket hit, the type is established by law enforcement officers... According to preliminary data, there are no victims," he noted.
21:01 Mayor: The Russians launched two missile strikes at the center of Kharkiv.
● "There, where it has already flown many times. One administrative building was destroyed. There is currently no information about the victims," - he noted.
20:23 Kharkiv Regional Council: Confirms Russian attacks on Kharkiv.
● "It may be the centre of the city. Everyone go to the shelter!" – she remarks.
17:41 RMA: People continue to return to Kharkiv, despite continuous shelling. The authorities are developing mechanisms for forced evacuation from the region, but so far there are no reasons for this.
● "The reasons for this can only be a threat to the environment of this or that settlement, or the risk of hostilities, or damage to critical infrastructure during the heating season".
LUHANSK
August 28
15:57 RMA: "In Svatovo, Luhansk region, the base of the Russians was hit tonight.
● "Something happened in Svatovo tonight. Almost all the troops left Svatovo, the so-called "police" remained there, and they had an agrarian base where they redeployed, and something "cotton" happened again at that base. Just a few hours ago, everything was still burning and exploding there," Haidai said.
DONETSK
August 29
09:02 RMA: On August 28, the Russians killed five civilians in Donbas: four in Bakhmut, two in Raihorodok, one in Tetianivka and one in Mykolaivka. Another seven were wounded.
02:28 Adviser to the Mayor: Russians are actively rebuilding the bombed Drama Theatre to hide evidence of their war crimes.
● An estimated 600 plus civilians died from Russian bombing of the theatre in May.
August 28
21:49 Social Networks: Reports of a fire on the territory of a chemical plant in temporarily occupied Makiivka, Donetsk region.
17:25 Ukrainska Pravda: Utility workers are repairing a water supply after the Russian missile arrival in Bakhmut, the Donetsk region.
ZAPORIZHYA
August 29
There was a report of a recent Russian missile attack on a tank repair facility operated by Motor Sich. Headquartered in Zaporizhya, Motor Sich is probably the most well-known defense manufacturer in Ukraine. They produce gas turbines for both military and commercial use, and jet engines for helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. Motor Sich had been an object of a takeover bid by a Chinese company, halted by a ruling from Ukraine’s Antimonopoly Commission. The fact that Motor Sich had not been targeted by Russia until now, more than 6 months into the war, suggests that Russia may have finally given up on the idea of ever bringing Motor Sich back into Russian hands. Motor Sich was a major supplier to the Russian Navy (gas turbines for a new Class of frigates) and Air Force (engines). Exports to Russia was halted several years ago.
09:12 Mayor: Ten residents were known to have received numerous injuries of varying severity due to the night shelling of Enerhodar’s residential areas.
● Two of them were hospitalized in the ICU in serious condition.
● At least 20 vehicles parked near the 4, 8 and 18 buildings on Internationals Warriors Street were destroyed and damaged.
August 28
23:29 President's Office: The Russians shelled Energodar. They provoke and try to blackmail the world. They are shelling Nikopol, Marganets and simulating a "response" to Energodar, although they are firing on their own.
22:51 Mayor: There was shelling in Energodar, it was previously known that one of the apartments of the house belonging to the Internationalist Warriors street had been hit.
● "Information about the victims and the scale of destruction is being clarified. The windows of neighboring houses were broken in places. Cars parked in the yard are catching fire".
22:19 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Energodar of the Zaporizhzhia region
22:10 RMA: During the day, the villages of Vyshchetarasivka and Illinka were shelled from barrel artillery. There is destruction of houses and farm buildings. There are no casualties.
● Several times the Russians covered the city of Nikopol with howitzer fire. A woman died, four more Nikopol residents were injured.
21:57 Mayor: Enemy automatic rounds and explosions in the northern part of Melitopol.
● "According to preliminary information, the enemy has been unsuccessfully trying to shoot down our drone for 30 minutes," he noted.
20:43 Social Networks: In the temporarily occupied Melitopol of the Zaporizhzhia region, explosions are heard.
20:31 RMA: More than 200 missile arrivals were recorded in the city of Orihiv in the last 6 hours.
● According to him, the middle part of the city suffered the most. The center is on fire.
● As a result of the attack, three-year-old boy Yaroslav and six-year-old girl Oleksandra received concussions. Their mother suffered a closed brain injury. All of them were sent to Zaporizhya.
16:42 City council: 9 high-rise buildings and more than 40 private buildings were damaged in the nighttime Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia.
15:02 Nikopol RMA: In the Vasyliv district of the Zaporizhzhia region, which is under temporary occupation, the Russian military is firing provocative shots at the area.
13:14 : In the event of an accident at one of the power units of the ZNPP, the radiation cloud will move with the wind to the southeast towards Russia.
● As of August 29, 2022, experts of the State Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority of Ukraine made the corresponding calculation forecast. The population in potentially dangerous areas is advised to carry out iodine prophylaxis and limit their stay in open areas without urgent need
DNIPRO
August 29
08:48 RMA: The Russians struck three districts - Nikopol, Synelnykove and Dnipro
● Russians hit Nikopol, Marhanets and Chervonohryhorivka territorial community. Previously, no one got hurt.
● Unfortunately, there were more casualties due to the previous shelling of Nikopol. One person was hospitalized. He is in serious condition.
● The Russian bombardment killed one person and wounded five.
● In the morning, the Russians sent missiles to the Synelnykove and Dnipro districts.
● A fire occurred in the Pokrov territorial community due to the shelling. The information about the dead and injured is being clarified.
● The missile hit the summer cottage area in the Liubymivka territorial community.
August 28
22:15 Kryvyi Rih RMA:
● In the afternoon, the Russian Federation struck 5 territorial communities in Kryvorizka district - Apostolivska, Novopilska, Karpivska, Zelenodolska and Shirokivska.
One of the enterprises was damaged, the roof of the residential building was partially damaged. The Russians also shelled Myrivsk community of Nikopol district. Several houses were damaged.
16:53 State Emergency Service: Russian troops shelled Sinelnykivskyi, Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipro region. Residential buildings caught fire; there are no injured.
KHERSON
August 29
11:26 : The Russian military plans to carry out filtration measures in the Hola Prystan town today.
● They will carry out inspections and searches of the population, says the first deputy head of the regional council, Yurii Sobolevskyi.
09:06 : Close to the Antonivskyi Bridge: Russians continue to build a crossing in the Kherson region, the satellite images of the American company Planet Labs on August 27 show.
06:15 Social Networks: There are powerful explosions in temporarily occupied Kherson. Eyewitnesses say that a military unit is on fire. We await official information.
00:26 Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka of the Kherson region.
00:11 Media and Social Networks: Serhii Kovalov the Ukrainian Parliamentary Deputy who announced collaboration with the Russian invaders, was eliminated yesterday by Ukrainian resistance fighters.
● The traitor survived a car bomb in early June.
● He was appointed the first deputy Governor of the Kherson occupational government in May.
August 28
15:31 : Commanders of the Russian Federation are fleeing en masse from the Kherson region, reports the Operational Group of the Kakhovka troops. "It is known that the commanders of the "glorious" 83 ODSHBr and 11 ODSHBr, together with their families, are gradually moving to the right bank of the Dnieper to a safer place," the message says.
There are some reports on Twitter of a Ukrainian military breakthrough in Kherson.
13:28 Operational Command Pivden (South): The Russians destroyed yet another public toilet on the outskirts of the city of Novovorontsovka, Kherson region. The strike was carried out with a high-precision air-to-surface Kh-59 missile launched from a Su-35, reports OC "South".
● "The Ukrainian Armed Forces hit three control points in Kherson and Darivka, in particular, the 35th Russian Army in Nova Kakhovka. Ammunition warehouses in Lyubimivka and Kherson were also hit."
● Confirmed losses of the enemy are 11 Russians, three units of armored vehicles and a self-propelled howitzer "Msta-S".
13:13 Social Networks: Video from the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka after the recent explosions. The reports that an attack was made on a Russian military base.
MYKOLAIV
August 29
9:55 RMA: Information about the Russian shelling in the Mykolaiv region
● According to Operational Command “Pivden” (South), on August 28, at 1.30 pm, the Russians attacked Mykolaiv with MRL «Smerch». There was a fire in the territory of the elevator. Other infrastructure, including houses, has been damaged. No casualties.
● Also, in the evening, the Russians hit the industrial infrastructure with MRL «Uragan». No casualties.
OTHER REGIONS
August 29
11:56 : In Kyiv, a high-rise building on Obolon, which was shelled by the Russians in the spring, was completely restored.
● By the end of the year, they plan to complete the repair of all the buildings in the capital city damaged by the war.
11:17 SUMY RMA: The morning on the border began with shelling at 8 am.The Russians struck with mortars and self-propelled guns from their territory on the vicinity of one of the villages of the Krasnopillia territorial community, a total of 16 attacks were recorded.*
August 28
23:53 Sumy RMA: The Russians released more than 80 munitions in the Sumy region during the day. 6 communities came under the attack of the Russian Federation.
● "During the day, the Russians shelled the territories of Myropil, Bilopol, Krasnopil, Znob-Novgorod, Esman, and Shalygin communities," he said.
22:24 : Sarn Mayor Ruslan Serpeninov reported that the shelling in Rivne region also damaged residential buildings and left the central district hospital without power.
20:40 Odesa RMA: During the air alert in the Odesa region in the Crimea, the Onyx PRK missile, which was launched by the Russians over Ukraine, fell out of the sky without reaching any target.
20:32 Rivne RMA: In Sarny, Russian missiles hit military infrastructure. No casualties reported.
19:58 Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk: The centralized threat notification system has temporarily failed in the Ivano-Frankivsk region.
● According to him, alerts and loudspeakers are turned on manually, it takes more time, so he called to monitor the announcement of the air alarm in his social networks and special applications.
18:41 : The State Emergency Service of Kyiv explained the reasons for the smoky air and unpleasant smell in the capital.
● A peat fire occurred in the Kyiv region. Currently, several epicentres are known. Peat covers large areas of the former Soviet Union, including Ukraine. Peat fires are smoky and almost impossible to put out because they originate and burn below the surface.
● Residents of Kyiv, especially residents of the Obolon district, are advised to close their windows and limit their time outside.
17:51 : The smell of burning could be felt in the northern districts of Kyiv since the morning and by mid-afternoon it intensified.
13:32 : In Kyiv, a 430-meter flag was unfurled across the Park Pedestrian Bridge as a sign of support for the people who are currently under occupation. "With our flag, we connect the left and right banks of the Dnipro," the organizers said.
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.
SOURCES
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
https://euromaidanpress.com/
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