News from the Ministry of Defense, reports from military correspondents, explanations from experts
Ukraine attacked the railway station in Kursk using a drone. According to Governor Roman Starovoit, the UAV crashed into the roof of the station building, after which a fire broke out. Five people were injured by shards of glass.
A Ukrainian drone tried to fly south to Moscow at night. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that air defense forces stopped the attempt.
A representative of the High-Precision Systems holding company said that in one battle, a Russian sniper managed to hit two armored vehicles and 20 soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a large-caliber rifle OSV-96 from a distance of 1.7 km.
Vostok group troops repulsed several attacks by Ukrainian troops in the direction of Harvest in DLR.
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16:47 Denmark has confirmed that it agrees to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, when conditions are created, according to the Kingdom's Foreign Ministry.
< strong > 16:12 I went to Wagner's Kirov killer came back and raped the girl.
15:58 Meeting on military aid to Kyiv in “Ramstein” format. will take place approximately in the week of September 18, the key topic remains the air defense of Ukrainian skies, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said.
15:36 According to Zelensky, the Netherlands will provide 42 aircraft for training of Ukrainian pilots for beginners.
15:31 "F16. A breakthrough deal. From now on it is concrete. It will be in Ukrainian skies. Thanks Netherlands! Thanks Marco! Thank you to everyone who helps!" – wrote Vladimir Zelenskiy in his Telegram channel.
14:58 An air defense system was launched in the Belgorod area, twelve aerial targets were shot down when approaching Belgorod, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
14:49 Four employees of the Forensic Center (NIEKT) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Kyiv region died as a result of the detonation of the R-27 air-to-air missile warhead and a fire in the warehouse, according to the Ukrainian publication Strana.
According to the source, experts had cut the missile's warhead with a grinder the day before and also hit it with a hammer, causing it to explode.
14:46
strong> The Russian Ministry of Defense sent out a message for August 20:
– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation successfully repelled six enemy attacks in the direction of Kupjansk, the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reached 60 Ukrainian soldiers;
– Russian air defense systems intercepted 3 HIMARS MLRS missiles, HARM missile, shot down 23 UAVs;
– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled eight attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Rabotin and Verbov in the Zaporozhye Region, the enemy's losses amounted to 135 fighters;
– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation repelled three enemy attacks in the Krasnolymansk region. direction, up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers were destroyed per day;
– RF Armed Forces destroyed up to 30 AFU soldiers and an ammunition depot in the Kherson direction;
– RF Armed Forces successfully repelled six attacks by Ukrainian armed forces towards Donetsk, including Krasnogorovka, when the Ukrainian armed forces lost over 280 fighters;
– The Russian army destroyed the field ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Konstantinovka and Ivano-Daryevka in the DPR;
– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the direction of Yuzhno-Donetsk struck the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Staromajorskij and Urozhainy areas in the DPR;
– the activity of four sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was suppressed in the Zaporozhye region and DLR;
– The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed more than 130 Ukrainian soldiers in the direction of Yuzhnodonets;
– The armed forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the manpower and equipment of the armed forces of Ukraine in 153 districts in one day.
14:15 In Germany, they called on Kiev to mobilize 3 million people for the sake of victory .
13:28 Certificates are planned to be issued to NWO participants in a simplified manner.
12:57 Investigative Committee finds out the circumstances of the drone attack on the railway station in Kursk, during which five people were injured. announced the press service of the ministry.
12:28
strong> Fan "Zenith" carried an injured Spartak fan from the battlefield to the NVO.
11:33 The head of the Kherson regional military administration, Alexander Prokudin, appointed by the Ukrainian authorities, reported on his Telegram channel that critical infrastructure facilities was damaged as a result of the explosion.
A strike was also reported on the territory of the plant.
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10:30 Acting head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that the name of the murdered Russian journalist Daria Duginova has a street named in Donetsk.
10:10 Drones dropped bombs on an electrical substation in Sudzha, Kursk .
9:56 WP: Kyiv is running out of opportunities to recapture significant territory.
9:55 In In the morning, an attempt was made to attack the Rostov region using kamikaze drones, the drones were successfully used for electronic warfare (EW), the governor of the region Vasiliy Golubev said on his Telegram channel.
9:33 Channels report a large number of Polish and Lithuanian military experts who died in Chernihiv.
8:59 "I spoke to the road management. There were 50 passengers in the building at the time of the explosion, they were immediately evacuated. Of the five shrapnel victims, two refused medical help, three were sent for examination to the Kursk Regional Hospital and have already been discharged home. I wish them a speedy recovery! – wrote Kursk Governor Starovoit in his Telegram channel.