Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said during a conference call that the Russian army has managed to penetrate the Ukrainian army’s layered defenses and seize control of Peski in the direction of Avdiivka in the past two weeks. According to him, the RF Armed Forces will continue “the liberation of Donbass and the creation of conditions that guarantee the security of the Russian Federation.”
“In the last two weeks, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with units of the people’s militia of the Luhansk and Donetsk people’s republics, took control of a large defense center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the village of Peski. The defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, prepared in layered and engineering terms, was hacked, ”- aforementioned minister.
He noted that during the retreat, the Ukrainian army laid down a large number of weapons and was wounded in positions. Shoigu stressed that Russian military doctors provide assistance to all victims.
According to him, they managed to destroy it in August 174 headquarters of the brigade and battalion levels of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and more than 600 heavy weapons units and artillery systems, mostly of Western manufacture.
“Against the high losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it was noted Decreased influx of foreign mercenaries. Since the beginning of the special operations, their number has decreased more than three and a half times, almost three thousand (2831) militants were destroyed. “We will continue to liberate Donbass and create conditions that guarantee the security of the Russian Federation,” Shoigu said.
Zaporozhye saboteurs
He also noted that the Russian military stopped an attempt to seize the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by Ukrainian saboteurs during the visit of the IAEA mission on September 1. According to him, attacking the ZNPP facilities, Kyiv poses a real threat of nuclear disaster in Europe. Shoigu argues that under international law this is nothing more than nuclear terrorism.
“An attempt to seize the power plant was thwarted, two sabotage groups and self-propelled barges with landing corps were destroyed. The United States and the European Union are deliberately covering up the situation around the station, thereby encouraging such reckless actions,” he said.
On the morning of September 1, the head of the Energodar administration, Alexander Volga, reported that a Ukrainian landing had taken place near the city.
“They’re lying right now, aviation is working on them,” he said.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that two sabotage groups of a total of 60 people from the Ukrainian Armed Forces landed on seven high-speed motorboats on the shore of the Kakhovka reservoir, three kilometers northeast of Zaporozhye. nuclear power plant.
The situation in the direction of Kherson
Shoigu also noted that the Russian army has reached the borders of the Nikolaev region, near the village of Alexandrovka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to attempt a counterattack in the Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih direction.
“In the direction of Kherson-Nikolaev in the Alexandrovka region, our troops reached the administrative border of the Nikolaev region. The Blagodatnoye settlement was saved,” Shoigu said.
He noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to try to break through the Russian defenses in Nikolaev-Kryvyi Rih and other areas.
“The enemy is inflicting significant losses. This action was planned by Zelensky’s office for one purpose – Creating an illusion among Western curators about the ability of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to carry out an offensive“, added.
According to Yuri Barbashov, head of administration of the Russian-controlled city of Snigirevka, Mykolaiv region, after the attempted counterattack by Ukrainian troops, 2,000 wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered to Nikolaev hospitals – city morgues are full.
“The consequences of these attacks have been very difficult for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As far as I know, about 400 wounded were delivered to the hospital of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Nikolaev, the same situation in the BSMP (ambulance hospital. – socialbites.ca). And in total, more than 2 thousand wounded were delivered to various hospitals and hospitals in Nikolaev, ”the statement said.
According to CNN, the US military was involved in the preparation of the counterattack, including assisting in the planning of operations. Also, the Pentagon organized “war games” to simulate the shooting of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this direction.
On August 31, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost more than 1,700 people and a lot of equipment during the three-day counterattack.
“Ukrainian troops lost four fighter jets: two Su-25, one Su-24 and one MiG-29. Three Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters were shot down in the air. Russian troops destroyed 63 Ukrainian tanks, 59 infantry fighting vehicles, 48 other armored combat vehicles, 14 pickup trucks with heavy machine guns.
The Ukrainian army attacked the settlements of Arkhangelsk, Olgino, Ternovye Pody and Dry Stavok. “The enemy suffered significant losses and was repulsed by Russian troops,” the ministry said.
In addition, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed some of the 12 tanks that Poland supplied to Ukraine “to free units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces along the Ingulets River.”
Source: Gazeta
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