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The Russian military has repelled a new wave of Ukrainian attacks in several directions, according to the August 26 briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
In the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Zapad Group of Forces advanced in several areas improving the situation along the frontline. In addition, the group repelled five attacks by Ukraine’s 115th mechanized, 25th airborne and 68th jeager brigades close to Sinkovka, Novosyolovskoye, Raigorodka and Novoegorovka.
The ministry said that Kiev forces lost 50 troops, four armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer and two D-20 towed howitzers during the fighting in this direction.
Moreover, a field ammunition depot of Ukraine’s 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade was targeted and destroyed near Kislovka.
Meanwhile in the Zaporozhye direction, three attacks by the 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of Kiev forces were repelled close to Rabotino.
Up to 115 Ukrainian troops were neutralized in this direction, the ministry said, adding that seven armored fighting vehicles, four motor vehicles, one American-made M777 towed howitzer, one American-made M119 towed howitzer, one British-manufactured FH-70 towed howitzer, one D-30 towed howitzer and one American-made AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar were destroyed.
In the Donetsk direction, the Russian Yug Group of Forces repelled six attacks by Kiev forces close to Minkovka, Kleshcheevka and Krasnogorovka.
According to the ministry, 225 Ukrainian troops, three armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles, two Msta-B towed howitzers as well as one D-20 and one D-30 towed howitzers were neutralized in this direction.
A field ammunition depot of the 54th Mechanised Brigade of Kiev forces was also targeted and destroyed close to Netailovo.
In the Krasny Liman direction, the Russian Tsentr Group of Forces repelled two attacks by Ukraine’s 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades close to Chervonaya Dibrova. Around 60 Ukrainian troops, two armored fighting vehicles, one pickup truck and two D-30 towed howitzers were destroyed during the battle, the ministry said.
And in the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Vostok Group of Forces repelled two attacks by the 31st Marine Brigade of Kiev forces near Staromayorskoye. The forces also neutralized a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group close to Urozhaynoye.
Ukrainian losses in this direction amounted to 200 troops, one tank, four armored fighting vehicles, three motor vehicles, one American-made M109 self-propelled howitzer, one Polish-made Krab self-propelled howitzer and two D-30 towed howitzers, according to the ministry.
In the Kherson direction, Kiev forces lost 40 troops, five motor vehicles as well as four towed howitzers, two American-made M777, one Msta-B and one D-30, to Russian military fire.
The Russian MoD also provided the following details during its briefing:
Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralized manpower and military hardware in 139 areas.
1 command post of the 100th Territorial Defence Brigade has been hit close to Torskoye (Donetsk People’s Republic).
1 P-18 radar station for detecting and tracking aerial targets has been destroyed near Chuguevo (Dnepropetrovsk region).
Air defense forces have shot down 12 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.
In addition, 37 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Olshana (Kharkov region), Volcheyarovka, Privolye, Zhitlovka (Lugansk People’s Republic), Vasilyevka, Kirillovka, Yakovlevka (Donetsk People’s Republic), Ilchenkovo and Tarasovka (Zaporozhye region).
In total, 464 airplanes, 246 helicopters, 6,122 unmanned aerial vehicles, 433 air defense missile systems, 11,513 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,144 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 6,062 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,441 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.
It’s worth noting that the Russian MoD reported three Ukrainian drone attacks on August 26. In the morning, two drones were shot down over the Moscow and Belgorod regions. Later in the afternoon, another drone was shot down over Belgorod. The failed attacks didn’t result in any casualties or material losses.
In addition, Russian news sources shared videos showing recent strikes with FPV suicide drones against Ukrainian positions and an American-made M113 armored personnel carrier, a strike with a Lancet loitering munition against a French-made CAESAR self-propelled howitzer and airstrikes with precision-guided bombs against strongholds of Kiev forces in the direction of Kherson.
Week twelve of Ukraine’s counteroffensive is nearing its end. Despite sustaining heavy human and material losses, Kiev forces are yet to break through Russian defenses in any direction. Still, the counteroffensive will not likely end any time soon.
goebblels wrote that.
wait, what? who?
oh let me introduce you our dysgraphic/legasthenic friend, well this sounds to medical, so we just call him the “forum idiot”. as for your question, he wanted to say “google wrote that”. what he meant by that we don’t know, as always.
tie videá z bojov sú niečo strašné. takýto spôsob boja je ozaj niečo úplne iného. ak ťa raz zamerajú, tak máš iba malú šancu na prežitie. do kedy sa nechajú ukrajinskí muži posielať na jatky? kedy si už konečne urobia doma poriadok s banerovskými fašistickými sviňami?
i think some other description of what this is would be appropriate. calling it a counter offensive seems absurd.
it’s a waste of life, i think the ukeleles should mutiny and go home. the russians too, if they can find it.