The Russian Ministry of Defense said that during an attempted counterattack in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, the Ukrainian army suffered significant losses in manpower and equipment. More than 500 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 26 tanks and two attack aircraft were destroyed. Earlier, the head of the Crimea Sergei Aksyonov and the deputy head of the administration of the Kherson region Kirill Stremousov denied information about the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“As a result of the active defense of the grouping of Russian troops, units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered heavy losses. During the conflict, 26 Ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, nine more armored combat vehicles were destroyed, two Su-25 attack aircraft were shot down. reported inside the section.
They stated that “the enemy’s manpower losses amounted to more than 560 soldiers.”
“Another attempt at the enemy’s offensive operations failed miserably”– Resulted in the Ministry of Defense.
Virtual Offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Crimean President Sergei Aksyonov previously telegram channel It was called “another fake of Ukrainian propaganda” about the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson direction. He noted that attempts by Kiev to organize virtual attacks on the West led to deaths.
“Western masters need to operate, so a gang of drug addicts and criminals is engaged in the manufacture of fakes and information fraud. And drug addicts do not feel sorry for people who are thrown to certain death to achieve an informative effect, ”Aksenov wrote on his Telegram channel.
Earlier, Reuters, head of the press center of the “South” Operational Command of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Natalya Gumenyuk, reported on the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the southern direction.
Bombing of nuclear power plants because of the IAEA
On August 29, Novaya Kakhovka and Enerhodar, especially the Zaporizhzhya NPP, were bombarded by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. There are wounded among its inhabitants. The head of the Kakhovka district administration, Vladimir Leontiev, said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces opened fire on Novaya Kakhovka from the HIMARS MLRS, a rocket fell into the courtyard of the house and did not explode, but was disabled by sappers. The Ukrainian army also used Tochka-U missiles.
“The territory of the hydroelectric power station, the nearby areas are constantly bombarded, the key channel suffers, roads, buildings located on the territory of the hydroelectric power station. Where there is no army, the market will be severely affected. “A rocket hit the territory of a driving school 50 meters from the fourth general education school with fragments,” Leontyev said.
Also, a representative of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, reported that the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was bombed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Nikopol – the roof of one of the station buildings, where nuclear fuel was stored, was damaged. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also announced the destruction of a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle on the ZNPP. After the bombardment of the ZNPP, the radiation background in the area remains normal.
Head of Energodar Administration Yevgeny Balitsky associated the bombing of the ZNPP and Energodar with revenge for the attraction of the townspeople to the IAEA.
“For Ukraine, the visit of the IAEA mission to the station is unprofitable. To disrupt this, a cynical provocation was staged last night – the bombing of Energodar’s residential areas, resulting in damage to people and civilian infrastructure. We see this as revenge on local residents for collecting signatures as part of a call to the IAEA with a call to influence Kiev and stop the bombing of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.” Wrote Balitsky on his Telegram channel.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported that a group of IAEA experts headed by the head of the organization, Rafael Grossi, who went on a mission to visit the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, will arrive in Kiev on August 29. The organizations also reported on Twitter that the delegation left Vienna for the Zaporozhye region.
“At the invitation of the Ukrainian government, the IAEA formed a delegation to visit the temporarily occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. It included 14 international experts.<…> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said that a delegation of international nuclear scientists has left Vienna and should arrive in Kiev today.
In addition, John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator on the White House Security Council, said that the US authorities’ impulse Temporarily shut down the reactors at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.