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Ukraine Open Thread 2022-125
Only for news & views related to the Ukraine conflict.
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Yesterday Russia destroyed a Ukrainian airforce command center:
High-precision long-range air-based missiles have destroyed an active buried command post of AFU Air Force near Voronivtsa, Vinnitsy Region.
Today several explosions took place at the Saki military airport on Crimea. Ukraine claims it attacked the site. There were however no incoming missiles seen or heard.
Russia considers Crimea as its territory. It had threatened to attack 'decision centers' should such attacks on its territory occur.
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The current open thread for other issues is here.
Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a special military operation on the territory of Ukraine (10.08.2022)
High-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the ammunition depot of the 54th mechanized Brigade in the settlement of Krasnogorovka, Donetsk People’s Republic. The losses of the Ukrainian side amounted to up to 30 servicemen, more than six thousand artillery shells and mortar mines of various calibers, as well as seven units of automotive equipment.
As a result of the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the temporary deployment points of units of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the settlement of Andreevka, Kharkiv region, up to a hundred nationalists and more than 20 units of military equipment were eliminated.
In the area of the village of Peski of the Donetsk People’s Republic, as a result of the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost its combat capability. In the units of the compound, up to 70 percent of the personnel were destroyed. Most of the Ukrainian citizens mobilized to make up for the losses of the brigade refused to advance to the line of contact and deserted.
During the day, five control points were hit, including the 46th airmobile brigade near the settlement of Andreevka, Kherson region, the National Guard regiment “Khortytsia” in Kushugum, Zaporozhye region, the nationalist formation “Aidar” in Novoselovka, Donetsk People’s Republic, and the 56th motorized infantry Brigade in the city of Nikolaev. Seven ammunition depots and rocket and artillery weapons were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Nikolaevka, Fedorovka, Vyemka of the Donetsk People’s Republic and Kushugum of the Zaporozhye region.
In the area of the settlement of Novopavlivka, Mykolaiv region, a combat vehicle of the anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex “Cheetah” delivered to the Kiev regime by Germany was destroyed. In addition, a launcher of the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed in the Kramatorsk area of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
As part of the counter-battery struggle, two Ukrainian platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems, as well as two artillery platoons of D-20 guns and two platoons of D-30 howitzers were suppressed at firing positions in the areas of the settlements of Kirovo, Seversk and Verkhnekamensk of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in air battles over the territory of the Mykolaiv region shot down three aircraft of the air forces of Ukraine: one Su-25 near the settlement of Novohristoforovka, one MiG-29 over Troitsko-Safonovo and one Su-27 near the settlement of Novoselye.
Russian air defense means destroyed nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during the day in the districts of Chervoniy Yar, Andreevka, Pervomaiske, Vernopolye, Novoye, Kharkiv region, Ivanovka, Peski, Valeryanovka, Donetsk People’s Republic and on the western outskirts of Donetsk city. In addition, two Tochka-U ballistic missiles were shot down in the air over the Krynki settlement of the Kherson region, and seven shells of the Haimars multiple launch rocket system were shot down in the Novaya Kakhovka, Lyubimovka and Chervoniy Mayak districts of the Kherson region. Also, four projectiles of the multiple launch rocket system “Smerch” were intercepted in the Vesely Kut area of the Mykolaiv region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 267 aircraft, 145 helicopters, 1720 unmanned aerial vehicles, 365 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4283 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 795 multiple rocket launchers, 3286 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4807 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed.
Posted by: Summary | Aug 10 2022 11:34 utc | 136
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