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Amid the ongoing battles on the frontlines, the Ukrainian rear is pounded by constant Russian strikes. On the night of September 20, at least 25 strikes by Russian drones and missiles were recorded throughout Ukraine. A series of strikes were recorded in the western region of Ivano-Frankivsk. The targets reportedly included local fuel storage and military facilities. More fuel storages and manpower belonging to the Ukrainian army came under attack in the Poltava and Kharkiv regions. A Ukrainian air defense system was destroyed in the Dnepropetrovsk region. More strikes were reported in the Cherkassy region. Kiev and the surrounding areas are targeted by Russian drones on a daily basis. Another wave of strikes was reported in the town of Kanev and in the capital, where military warehouses were destroyed. The constant Russian precision strikes in the rear areas of the enemy disrupt military supplies and thwart the operations of the entire military-industrial complex. As a result, the Russian army does not stop advancing on the battlefields. Russian troops are developing their offensive in the Kursk region. After the towns of Daryino and Nikolaevo-Daryino came under their control, Russian forces largely expanded their zone of control and approached Sverdlikovo. This is an important stronghold of the entire Ukrainian grouping in the Kursk region. Russian control of it will cut one of the key roads used for Ukrainian military supplies on the Kursk battlefield. Russian forces continue attacks on the flank south of Sudzha. Ukrainian military supplies there are complicated by Russian precision strikes on Ukrainian pontoon crossings across the Psel river. In their turn, Ukrainian forces do not stop attempts to gain a foothold in the border areas near Veseloe in the Kursk region. By September 20, the Ukrainian military failed to achieve any goals. Suffering losses in heavy battles, the Ukrainian military command is throwing more cannon fodder into the slaughter. Stopped by Russian fire, German Leopards are burning in Russian forests. Ukrainian soldiers are surrendering en masse, trying to save their lives; but Russia is closely monitoring their crimes on Russian land to punish all the culprits. Today, the Russian Ministry of Foreign affairs officially confirmed the reports regarding the concentration camps in the Kursk region. Based on the data provided by witnesses and the headquarters of the Russian Red Cross, Russian officials claimed that concentration camps were created in a number of territories controlled by Ukrainian militants, where civilians who had no time to leave after the invasion began were captured. One of these facilities is located in the basement of the Sudzha boarding school, where up to 100 civilians were subjected to moral violence. The local residents are used for filming propaganda footage by Ukrainian and foreign journalists who were illegally brought by the Kiev authorities to the Kursk region.

The night of September 18 was marked by another massive wave of Ukrainian drone strikes in Russian western regions. For the first time in a long time, Ukrainian UAVs managed to reach Russian rear military facility. In total, Russian air defense forces destroyed 54 Ukrainian drones in five regions. Probably, some of the UAVs targeted Russian capital but they were intercepted on their way to Moscow. The attack resulted in a large fire in the Tver region. A warehouse of ammunition in the city of Toropets was destroyed. In their turn, Russian drones and missiles do not stop hunting for the Ukrainian military in the rear. At night, Russian drone strikes were reported in a dozen regions in the center and east of Ukraine, including near Kiev. The balance of power remains unchanged both in the airspace and on the ground. On the evening of September 17, military sources confirmed Russian control of another important stronghold in the Pokrovsk direction. Russian flags are waving in the town of Ukrainsk, from where Ukrainian forces fled before the last road to the west was cut off. The battle there lasted for about 10 days when Ukrainsk was surrounded from three directions and mopped up by Russian forces. The Russian military is not losing time and launched assault on the town of Gornyak located to the south and gained a foothold there. The retreating Ukrainian units are now forced to hold defense along the strategically important road to Kurahovo, used for military supplies of a wide front west of the Donetsk urban agglomeration. As a result of rapid Russian offensive, the main Ukrainian stronghold in Selidovo, where the assault has already begun, is threatened with encirclement from the south. Meanwhile, on the northern flank of the Pokrovsk front, Russian forces are close to repel the enemy from Grodovka. They crossed the Zhuravka River and are already destroying the last Ukrainian military positions in the northern part of the settlement. Ground in the Donbass, the Ukrainian military is bleeding looking for victories on the Russian territory. Unable to stop Russian offensive around Sudzha, Ukrainian motorized groups attempt attacks near the border area of Novy Put. So far, to no avail. There are no Ukrainian forces in the village of Veseloe. The Ukrainian military is trying to accumulate forces in the forest area south of the settlement, where they are grinded by Russian fire. Reports from the frontlines suppose that another Russian offensive may begin on the southern Zaporozhie front. Ukrainian command recently withdrew several reserve units from this direction, surrendering hopes of counteroffensive in the south. As a result, Russian forces intensified their operations in the area of Orekhov.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop attempting to attack but to no avail. On the night of September 17, Russian air defenses destroyed 16 Ukrainian drones in the border Bryansk and Kursk regions. On the other hand, Russian drones reached their targets in Ukrainian rear regions. The Ukrainian military again declared that the almighty Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed almost all Russian drones that targeted Ukrainian territory. The multiple explosions and damage, Kiev tried to explain away by the alleged fallen wreckage of destroyed UAVs. Local sources reported a series of explosions throughout the country, in particular in the areas of Mykolaiv, Odessa, Kharkiv, Kiev, Chernigiv, Kherson and Dnepropetrovsk regions. A large fire broke out at a railway station near Mirgorod in the Poltava region. Numerous targets were destroyed by Russian precision strikes in the border Sumy region. As a result of the attacks, energy infrastructure facilities, ammunition warehouses and military equipment were destroyed. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing a lot of expensive NATO systems accumulated near the Russian border to support the ongoing operations in the Kursk region. According to reports from the frontlines, Russian kamikaze drones struck another US-made multiple rocket launch system, as well as its ammunition and military personnel. In total, the Ukrainian military lost at least seven US-made HIMARS and the same number of M270 MLRS as a result of Russian strikes in the border Sumy region over the past month. Despite heavy losses, the Ukrainian military command continues attacks on Russian territory. Ground down in the areas around Sudzha, Ukrainian forces attempt new assaults in the rear of the advancing Russian grouping. Over the past day alone, at least four Ukrainian attacks were repelled in the area of Veseloe, where Ukrainian forces suffered more losses in manpower and military equipment. Russian forces advanced in the Seversk direction, where they are slowly approaching the city from the south and east. On September 17, Russian troops launched attacks from Zolotarevka and expanded their zone of control west of the village. An important Ukrainian stronghold was destroyed in the area, paving the way for a further Russian offensive. Having approached the cities of Pokrovsk and Mirnograd, the Russian army is straightening the flanks in this direction. In the south, Russian forces are surrounding the town of Ukrainsk and advancing on its streets. At the same time, Russian troops are approaching the village of Tsukurino, where they will cut a strategically important railway and complicate Ukrainian logistics between two large Ukrainian strongholds in Pokrovsk and Kurahovo. The Russian assault continues in Selidovo and Gornyak. The Ukrainian military is forced to transfer reserve units from one direction to another in an attempt to reinforce the weak spots in defense.

Kiev’s president Zelensky tried to calm down his Western patrons claiming that everything is going according to plan in the Kursk region, but the pincer of Russian counteroffensive is shrinking the Ukrainian grouping on Russian territory. Over the past days alone, Russian forces took back control of several more settlements on different flanks. As a result of successful attacks, the weak Ukrainian defense was destroyed in the Korenevo district of the region. On September 16, the Russian Ministry of Defense officially confirmed the full control of the border village of Uspenovka. Russian forces launched an assault on Lyubimovka and took control of Daryino located on the eastern flank of the Snagost river. At the same time, Russian counterattacks brought victories on the eastern flank of the Kursk battlefield. The Russian military officially confirmed control of Borki. Ukrainian attacks in other directions around Sudzha are repelled and bring more losses to the Ukrainian army. As a result of the Russian advance along the border around the main Ukrainian stronghold in Sudzha, the Ukrainian military only has one large road left for communications and military supplies on Russian territory. It lays between Sudzha and the Ukrainian Sumy region and it is already under Russian fire control. The plan of the great military genius Zelensky was probably to launch attacks in the rear of the advancing Russian troops in the Kursk region; but there were hitches in his plan. In recent days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted several attacks in the border areas near Veseloe in the Glushkovsky district. Ukrainian forces crossed the border in an attempt to gain a foothold at the local railway station in the Russian rear but they were welcomed by Russian forces and stopped by heavy battles. The Russian military was well aware of the plans of the Ukrainian military command after a series of precision strikes with NATO systems on Russian bridges across the Seim River, which began a month ago. Weeks of delays of Ukrainian ground attacks across the border in the Glushkovsky district offered the Russian military a lot of time to strengthen its defense. The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost several experienced units in more than a month of heavy battles in the Kursk region. Amid heavy losses, the Ukrainian command began throwing untrained soldiers recently captured on the streets into a slaughter. Today, losing large reserves near Sudzha, Ukrainian troops are forced to regroup and attempt new assaults in other directions in the Kursk region. Zelensky likely hopes to capture quite wide areas and push the Russian army across the Seim River to declare another senseless great victory and gain political benefit; but he needs much more cannon fodder to cover Russian land with blood.

The Russian army is threatening the Ukrainian grouping in the Kursk region with encirclement, boiling cauldrons in different directions on the Donbass frontlines. At the same time, Russian drones and missiles are pounding the Ukrainian rear. On the night of September 13, another wave of drone strikes destroyed targets throughout Ukraine. Explosions thundered in the southern port cities of Odessa and Chernomorsk. Russian strikes were reported in the Mykolaiv region as well as in the war-torn regions of Kherson and Zaporozhie. Russian drones reached targets in the central Vinnitsa region and in western Ivano-Frankivsk. As a result of the attack, a large fire broke out at the fuel depot in Galich that serves for the needs of the Ukrainian military, including for the transfer of weapons from Poland. Ukrainian military reserves are destroyed by constant Russian strikes in the eastern border Kharkiv and Sumy regions. In their turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are yet to be allowed to attack Russian territory with NATO missiles that’s why they attempt drone strikes in the border regions; but they bring no significant results. On the night of September 13, Russian air defense forces destroyed 20 Ukrainian drones in six regions. No damage was reported. Protecting their rear, Russian forces continue constant devastating strikes on the Ukrainian military both in the strategic rear areas and near the front. The massive strikes support Russian offensive operations on the battlefields. Russian flank attacks continue in the Kursk region. Russian forces are competing the mop up operations, straightening the front along the Gordeevka-Lyubimovka line. As a result, Ukrainian forces deployed near Korenevo were encircled from three directions. Ukrainian commanders do not allow their soldiers to retreat; but entire Ukrainian units surrender to Russian forces or flee from the battlefield abandoning military equipment and their dead or wounded comrades. In their turn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine keep trying counterattacks around Sudzha, achieving no results. At the same time, they launched attacks on the Russian border to the west in an attempt to open a new front in the Kursk region. Over the past day alone, Russian artillery and aviation thwarted three Ukrainian attacks near the border village of Veseloe. Ukrainian forces are aimed at taking control at the Glushkovo railway station in order to gain a foothold in the rear of the Russian grouping advancing towards Sudzha. The ongoing attacks are yet to bring any results. Ukrainian military command sent large reserves to the Sumy region and deployed large forces in its offensive on Russian territory, which failed. Accumulated in the border areas, Ukrainian units are ground down by Russian fire and Ukrainian officers are forced to throw untrained men recently captured on the streets into the Kursk slaughter to stop the Russian offensive.

Bloody adventure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Russian Kursk region is probably coming to its end. On September 10, the Russian military launched a series of successful counterattacks. By the morning of September 11, about a dozen settlements came back under the full Russian control. The Russian army took control of dozens of square kilometers on the western flank of the Ukrainian grouping operating on the Russian territory. Snagost, Apanasovka, Gordeevka and other settlements were liberated. The Armed Forces of Ukraine retreated from the outskirts of Korenevo and withdrew from Olgovka. Russian landed in Obukhovka. Ukrainian forces fled from the village and it was mopped up. Ukrainian defense collapsed very fast. Since the Ukrainian offensive was mainly launched by small mobilized groups and the transfer of large forces to the Russian region was complicated by heavy strikes, Ukrainian forces failed to reinforce their positions in the captured settlements on the flanks. Russian counterattacks result in escape of the Ukrainian army. Ukrainian soldiers abandon military equipment and corps of their dead comrades. Many Ukrainian groups were surrounded and destroyed. Dozens of Ukrainian units surrendered. Moreover, the direction of Russian counter-offensive is threatening the entire Ukrainian grouping in the Kursk region with a large cauldron. Russian forces are now rapidly advancing along the state border. They are only 15 kilometers from the road to Sudzha, the largest settlement and the main stronghold under Ukrainian control. The main supply route to Ukrainian forces risk to be cut off soon. At the same time, the Ukrainian military lost any initiative in other directions. Fleeing on the northwestern flank, Ukrainian forces are embroiled in counter battles around Sudzha. Ukrainian attacks are repelled near Malaya Loknya, Martynovka, Borki. The Ukrainian military command has no time to hesitate. Rather they send additional reinforcement, weakening defense in other directions in the Donbass, or they risk losing the large grouping on the Russian land. Another Kyiv’s victory is turning into a strategic defeat. Both Russian and Western military experts compare Ukrainian incursion in the Kursk region to the failed counteroffensive on the southern Zaporozhie front last year, as well as to the senseless battle for the foothold in Krinky on the Russian bank of the Dnieper River. Large Ukrainian reserves were tolled into a trap where they are grinded. Demoralized, exhausted Ukrainian soldiers again do not understand the goals of the risky operations. The reason is that the Kyiv regime and its NATO partners are set not to defend their population but to send as many Ukrainians as possible into a slaughter of the prolonged war against Russia.

On the night of September 10, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted another massive drone attack on the Russian rear. Russian air defenses repelled attacks over nine regions. In total, 144 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed. Kiev reportedly used UAVs of the aircraft-type called Luty. Most of the drones attacked the Bryansk region, where 72 drones were shot down. 20 UAVs targeted the Russian capital. Ukrainian drones struck two residential buildings in the Ramenskoye urban district on the southeastern outskirts of Moscow, where the Zhukovsky Airport is located. Unfortunately, there were civilian casualties. As a result of the attack, a woman was killed, and three more people were taken to hospitals with various injuries. According to local sources, Ukrainian UAVs were also intercepted in the Troitsk area in the southwestern outskirts of Moscow. The target of the Ukrainian attack could be the Vnukovo Airport located nearby. 13 UAVs were intercepted in the airspace of the Tula region. Some of the debris fell on the territory of one of the local energy facilities. According to information from the local authorities, the enterprise did not receive serious damage and the technological process was not disrupted. Ukrainian strikes on Moscow and other regions were coordinated by the NATO military. Since the morning, NATO reconnaissance aircraft have been circling near the western borders of Russia. They helped Ukrainian drones bypass Russian air defenses and reach deep into the Russian rear, but not to the targets. According to available information, another massive drone attack on the Russian rear did not bring any significant results, but again led to the death of civilians. The Russian army is punishing Ukrainian Nazis on the frontlines, grinding down Ukrainian defenses in different directions. On September 10, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed control of four towns that were turned into important strongholds of the Ukrainian military in the Donbass. After prolonged heavy battles, Russian forces completed the mop up operations in Krasnogorovka. It was one of the last Ukrainian strongholds on the southwestern outskirts of the Donetsk urban agglomeration, which has been equipped and fortified over a decade. Russian forces secured their control of Grigorovka on the northern outskirts of Chasov Yar. The Ukrainian military failed to hold the defense of the strategically important settlement, the last stronghold north of the Seversky Donets-Donbass canal. In the Pokrovsk direction, the town of Galitsynovka located south of the Karlov water reservoir came under full Russian control. Finally, the Russian army is developing a rapid offensive in the southern direction, surrounding the Ukrainian fortress of Ugledar. As a result of only several days of assaults, Ukrainian forces were repelled from Vodianoe. The Russian flag is also waving over the Southern Donbass mine facility. Ukrainian forces are retreating on a large front through the steppes under heavy Russian fire.

On September 9, units of the Russian Armed Forces continue to press on positions of the Kyiv regime in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Additionally due to recent setbacks around Pokrovsk, Kyiv’s forces are now facing difficulties around Ugledar and Novomikhailovka. Videos appearing from the ground show that the Russians are already targeting pro-Kyiv units around Elizavetovka with FPV drones as Russian troops are developing a ground advance around Antonovka and Katerinovka. Reports also appeared that the Russians were able to reach the village of Vodyanoe northeast of Ugledar. Fighting is ongoing there with some sources already speculating that the village will soon be under full control of the advancing forces. It should be noted that earlier, the Russians already liberated the village of Prechistovka on the western flank of Ugledar. Thus, pro-Kiyv troops have been experiencing a hard time in the entire sector. On September 8, the Russian Defense Ministry officially confirmed that units of the Tsentr Group of Forces have liberated the town of Novogrodovka. According to the statement, Russian forces inflicted losses on Ukrainian manpower and military hardware near Dzerzhinsk, Mikhaylovka, Grodovka and Dimitrov. At the same time, pro-Kyiv units launched at least eight counter-attacks in this part of frontline, but all they were repelled. The Russian military stated that the losses of Kyiv’s forces in these clashes amounted to up to 560 troops, a battle tank, one MaxxPro and two Kozak armored fighting vehicles, two motor vehicles and five howitzers. The Russian military is very conservative in its releases detailing the progress on the ground. Therefore, the recent confirmation of the liberation of Novogrodovka means that Russian units were able to successfully consolidate their gains in the area. As of September 9, the Russians are pressuring the Kyiv regime in the directions of Pokrovsk, Ukrainsk and Maksimilyanovka. Fighting is also ongoing across almost entire contact line in the Kurahovo sector. Meanwhile, the Kyiv regime continue to pour reinforcements in fierce attempts to develop its initial gains in the Russian region of Kursk. The Russian Armed Forces were able to mostly contain these attempts and the contact line the remains relatively unchanged. Olgovka, Vishnevka, Russkoe Porechnoe and Martinovka are among the hottest points of the recent fighting. The Ukrainian adventure in Kursk has not been able to achieve any astonishing results. Now, Kyiv is burning their reserves that in other cases may have been used to support its crumbling defense in the Donbass.

Fleeing from the frontlines, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attempt attacks in the Russian rear regions with drones and unmanned boats. The Russian military responds with devastating strikes on Ukrainian hideouts throughout the country. On the night of September 5, Russian forces repelled another attack of Ukrainian unmanned boats in the Black Sea. Usually Ukrainian boats are operating in the western waters of the Black Sea, where they attempt attacks on the Crimean peninsula and the city of Sevastopol. In particular, on September 4, four Ukrainian boats were destroyed in the area. But last night, they were spotted in the northeastern waters of the Black Sea. The target of their attack was likely the city of Novorossiysk, which hosts a large port. As a result of the attack, two Ukrainian unmanned boats were destroyed. No damage was reported on the Russian coast. The resumed Ukrainian operations in the Black Sea may presage another Ukrainian attempt to launch a large-scaled attack on Crimea or Krasnodar region with drones and NATO missiles. At the same time, the scale of Ukrainian drone strikes in Russian border regions decreased. At night, only seven Ukrainian UAVs and a rocket of the Soviet-made Olkha MLRS were destroyed over the western Russian territories. Ukrainian strikes resulted in no damage to the Russian military but brought new threat of escalation. Ukrainian drones reportedly crossed the Belarusian airspace. At least one Ukrainian UAV was reportedly intercepted in the Gomel area. This is the second such incident over the past weeks. The violation of the Belarusian airspace results in increasing tensions on Ukrainian border. In their turn, Russian forces are pounding the Ukrainian military with precision strikes near the frontlines and far in the rear. A new wave of strikes began in the evening of September 4 and continued all night. After Russian massive attacks inflicted heavy damage to Ukrainian infrastructure, the recent strikes are mainly targeting Ukrainian manpower accumulated in rear regions. The devastating strikes on Ukrainian manpower began on September 3, when Russian Iskander missiles destroyed the training center in Poltava, killing hundreds of Ukrainian servicemen specialists trained by foreign instructors in electronic warfare and operation of UAVs. On September 4, Russian missiles struck targets in the western city of Lviv. They included facilities of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex, like military airfield, and accommodations of Ukrainian officers and foreign mercenaries. In recent days, several hotels full of militants were destroyed throughout eastern Ukraine, including in Zaporozhie, Krivy Rih, Kramatorsk etc. Last night, Pokrovsk was covered with smoke after facilities turned into military warehouses were destroyed by Russian strikes. Explosions thundered in the Odessa region. A train with Ukrainian servicemen reportedly came under attack in Novomoskovsk in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

Last night, the intensity of Russian strikes in the Ukrainian rear slightly subsided, but the negligence of the Ukrainian military added damage to the Ukrainian infrastructure. On September 6, explosions thundered throughout the country. They were reported in almost all eastern regions and the capital. Russian drones and missiles also did not miss their targets in the western city of Lviv, which came under several waves of Russian attacks over the past week. According to local reports, chemical laboratories, warehouses and trucks that were transporting military equipment from the Polish Rzeszów were destroyed in the city. According to preliminary reports, two hypersonic Dagger missiles struck a bunker in the Zhytomyr region. More than 25 Ukrainian senior officers were killed. The effectiveness of Russian strikes remains high both in Ukrainian rear areas and on the frontlines; but the Russian military does not stop expanding the range of UAVs and missiles deployed in the Special Military Operation. According to military reports, Russian forces for the first time used their Grom-1 (or Thunder-1) missile to strike at a facility of Ukrainian strategic infrastructure. The Russian military has at least two types of ammunition in this category in its service. These are the guided missile “Grom-1” and the high-precision gliding bomb “Grom-2”. The Grom-1 is equipped with a rocket engine and has a warhead weighing 315 kg and the Grom-2 does not have an engine, which allows it to increase the mass of the warhead to 480 kg. The Grom-1 is based on the Kh-38 short-range multipurpose missile. It can destroy objects at a distance of up to 120 km, whereas the Grom-2 aerial bomb is effective at the distance of up to 65 km. In their turn, Ukrainian servicemen help Russians to destroy their military infrastructure, storing weapons and ammunition in civilian houses. On the morning of September 6, a large explosion with prolonged secondary detonations thundered in the town of Slavyansk, which is one of the last large settlements under Ukrainian control in the Donetsk People’s Republic. No sirens sounded in the town and there were no reports about Russian strikes. It turned out, that Ukrainian soldiers used civilian houses in the residential quarter to store their ammunition and turned them into military barracks. Such short-sighted tactics and negligence of the Ukrainian military brings losses and threatens the civilian population. The Ukrainian military has been using civilian infrastructure to hide ammunition, military equipment and manpower from the very beginning of hostilities, using civilians as human shields. That’s why the precision Russian strikes on the hidden military bases result in the destruction of schools, children’s camps, hotels etc. As a result, Kiev is losing hundreds of soldiers and tons of military equipment but gains a media image necessary to play a victim.

A new week began with another massive wave of Russian strikes in Ukrainian rear regions. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack. The Russian military claimed that the group strike was launched with high-precision long-range weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles. As a result, energy facilities and the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, which carried out the production and repair of aircraft and missile weapons, as well as UAV assembly and storage sites and temporary locations of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries, were destroyed. Massive Russian strikes hit targets in the Ukrainian capital and its region. Russian missiles struck the territory of the large “Artem” plant in Kyiv. The facilities of the enterprise are used for production of air-to-air guided missiles, anti-tank guided missiles, as well as for the equipment for aircraft, etc. As a result of the attack, one of the plant’s workshops was destroyed, and the administrative building was damaged. Another target was the Antonov plant, a large state enterprise of the Ukrainian aviation industry, located in Kyiv. According to local reports, a warehouse and a workshop used for the assembly and maintenance of unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed. More damage to the capital was again inflicted by Ukrainian air defense forces. In particular, air defenses damaged educational institutions and other civilian facilities. Russian strikes also pounded the Ukrainian military in the border Kharkiv and Sumy regions. Russian missiles hunted for Ukrainian air defense systems deployed near the Russian border to support the ongoing military operations on Russian territory. Another S-300 air defense system was reportedly destroyed by an Iskander near the village of Nizhny Byshkin in the Kharkiv region. The launcher was destroyed and at least 7 Ukrainian servicemen were killed, while 9 others were reportedly wounded. More strikes with Iskander missiles hit the area of deployment of another S-300 air defense system on the outskirts of Sumy. A Ukrainian Buk-M1 air defense system together with the military personnel were destroyed near the village of Novaya Sich. Moreover, Russian precision strikes destroyed three launchers of the US-made HIMARS MLRS 20 kilometers away from the city of Sumy. On the other hand, Ukrainian forces attempted strikes in the Russian rear. After a massive attack of more than 150 UAVs two days ago, only two aircraft-type drones targeted Russian territory last night. They were destroyed in the Belgorod region and over the Black Sea.

Unable to advance in the Russian Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot stop losing positions in the Donbass. While Russian drones and missiles are pounding Ukrainian rear facilities throughout the country, rare Ukrainian drones are destroyed over the Russian border regions. On the night of September 3, the Russian air defenses repelled another drone attack and destroyed two more UAVs of the aircraft type in the Bryansk and Kaluga regions. In their turn, Russian forces launched new wave of combined strikes with drones and missiles in the Ukrainian strategic rear. According to local reports, the targets struck last night included facilities used for accommodation of the Ukrainian military in the Dnepropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions, in particular in Chuguev. The military airfield in Mirgorod came under attack. Explosions also thundered in the Mykoaliv region, where another military airfield was reportedly struck. A Ukrainian military communication school was reportedly one of the targets hit in Poltava. The strike resulted in heavy losses. Another hotel was destroyed in Zaporozhie. According to preliminary reports, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen and foreign mercenaries were killed in the local Grand Palace. The ongoing Russian precision strikes, including on the hotels that welcome foreign fighters and Ukrainian officers in the war-torn regions, heavily complicate the military operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Donbass frontlines. Throwing large reserves from one direction to another the Ukrainian military fails to stop the Russian offensive along the entire front. In the south, the Russian army is rapidly surrounding the Ukrainian garrison in Ugledar. According to the latest reports from the battlefield, Russian forces cut the road leading to the city from the west. They also reportedly won the battle for strategically important stronghold on the Pivdennodonbaska 1 coal mine southeast of the city. On the northern flank, clashes are already ongoing in Vodyanoe. Thus, the approaching Russian forces are surrounding Ugledar from three directions, cutting the supply routs and forcing the Ukrainian units to retreat. The humid autumn weather will force the Ukrainian garrison to flee from the city by the fields under Russian fire. Another large Ukrainian grouping is threatened with a cauldron in the Pokrovsk direction. After the area of the Karlov water reservoir came under Russian control and the Russians launched an assault in Zhelannoe 1st, hundreds of Ukrainian servicemen may soon be encircled in the field area west of Nevelskoe. According to preliminary reports, the Ukrainian command began at least a partial withdrawal from the large area. Another cauldron is threatening Ukrainian forces in the village of Makeevka, their important stronghold in the northern Izyum direction. Russians recently advanced north and south of the settlement, and the Ukrainian grouping aimed to hold control of the important crossroads in the village may soon flee in an attempt to straighten the front.

The past week was marked by one of the most massive Russian attacks in Ukrainian rear regions since the very beginning of the Russian Special Military Operation. On Monday August 26, dozens of Ukrainian military, industrial and strategic energy facilities were struck. Since then, Russian drones and missiles have continued attacks throughout Ukraine every day. The night of August 30 was not an exception. According to the Ukrainian Air Force Command, Ukraine was targeted by 18 kamikaze UAVs and one Iskander-M missile. The air defense forces allegedly destroyed 12 Russian drones. The Ukrainian military command is famous for hiding its real losses. That’s why local reports about fires and explosions across the country are more reliable sources of information that allow to assess the scale of the damage. One of today’s Russian strikes resulted in a large toxic fire in Sumy. The city hosts some production facilities of the chemical industry as well as large military warehouses used for operations in the Kursk region. A series of strikes destroyed targets in the southern city of Odessa. The local authorities confirmed damage to the local port. According to local reports, a launcher of the US-made Patriot air defense system was destroyed. The deployment of the western missile system should have protected the precious cargo from NATO but failed. At night, Russian UAVs struck the large Nadezhda gas pumping station in the Poltava region. More drones strikes were reported in Dnepropetrovsk, Vinnytsya and other regions. The depleted Ukrainian air defense can no longer cope with the massive Russian attacks. The air defense forces have suffered heavy losses during the years of hostilities. The remaining air defense systems were deployed near the front, including in the Sumy region, where they are ground down by Russian strikes. In an attempt to prolong the agony of Ukraine and push more Ukrainians into a slaughter, Kyiv’s NATO partners are sending limited amounts of their expensive military equipment into the war-torn country. One of the most precious gifts are few F-16 fighters that entered service with the Ukrainian Air Force just a couple of weeks ago. The aircraft are reportedly aimed to support the air defense, but obviously fail to fulfill the task. Ukraine lost one of its first new fighter jets on one of its first missions. According to the western MSM, an F-16 crashed as a result of a pilot mistake. A Ukrainian deputy, however, claimed that it was shot down by a Patriot system. It could also have been destroyed by Russian strike on the host airfield which was revealed last week. No matter how the first F-16 was destroyed, it is a heavy blow to the Ukrainian military, the Kyiv regime and its NATO partners.

The regime in Kyiv and its foreign sponsors stick at nothing in their attempts to change the course of the conflict, which they are slowly losing on the territory once known as Ukraine. Thus, there is no surprise that they consider nuclear terrorism as one of their options. Just recently, the Ukrainian Armed Forces made an attempt to strike the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant in Russia. “Last night, the enemy attempted to strike the atomic power plant,” President Vladimir Putin said during a cabinet meeting on August 22. “The International Atomic Energy Agency has been informed. They promised to come themselves and send specialists to assess the situation.” However, the Kursk NPP is not the only target of such attacks. Earlier in August, a Ukrainian drone attack set one of the cooling towers at the Russian-controlled Zaporozhye NPP in the Zaporozhye Region on fire. This nuclear power plant is the largest in Europe and the IAEA already has observers there. The mission was deployed in the summer of 2023 amid regular attempts of Kyiv’s forces to attack and damage the plant. However, the posture of IAEA regarding the situation in Kursk will not likely be very different from that regarding the Zaporozhye NPP. To be clear, the IAEA tries to pretend that it does not know what side regularly shells and attacks nuclear facilities in an apparent attempt to cause a nuclear disaster. Furthermore, the Russian side recently reported Ukraine was preparing a “dirty bomb” for a false flag attack on either the Kursk or Zaporozhye nuclear power plants. Moscow said it was taking these reports seriously and warned that any such attack would be met immediately with “tough military and military-technical countermeasures.” The attack on the Kursk NPP came as Kyiv’s forces have been trying to develop their advance inside Russian territory in the region. It started on August 6 and involved thousands of Ukrainian troops supported by foreign mercenaries as well as hundreds of pieces of military equipment. The town of Kurchatov, where the nuclear power plant is located, was likely among the ambitious targets of this deadly push. Kyiv’s forces were not able to develop any notable success and reach it. However, they were successful in the carrying out multiple war crimes, including the killing and capturing of a large number of civilians and looting local villages. As of August 23, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been trying to keep control of a group of border villages that they captured in the first days of the attack. Kyiv continues to send reinforcements to the area despite the dire situation that its forces have been experiencing in the region of the Donbass. It is likely that the Ukrainian leadership still cherishes hopes of taking the Kursk NPP “hostage” or causing a tragedy at facility.

The Russian region of Kursk remains the main battlefield of Kyiv’s offensive attempts. Over the past days, NATO-backed Ukrainian forces have received large reinforcements and continued to intensify efforts to expand their zone of control on the Russian territory. However, the bloodshed has brought no results. The Kyiv regime likely considers its desperate attack on Kursk region as a chance to draw attention of its sponsors from the defeats in the Donbass and gain the role of the side that keeps initiative in this conflict in the MSM. The Ukrainian leadership does not really care about the growing cost of this adventure. According to the estimations by the Russian Ministry of Defense, in total, during the fighting in the Kursk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost more than 4,500 servicemen killed and wounded, and dozens of tanks and hundreds of armored vehicles, most of which were supplied by NATO countries. According to preliminary reports, on August 22, the first US-made Abrams tank was struck in the Kursk region. Taking into account the growing Ukrainian losses and absence of any strategic results, various military experts suggest that the Russian military intentionally welcomed enemy forces in its border areas. The both sides are ready for prolonged battles in the Kursk region. Kyiv is sending large reserves to hold control of the captured Russian territory for at least several months, to show some victories before the presidential elections in the US. On the other hand, the Russian military gained yet another chance to grind Ukrainian strategic reserves now accumulated on a small area. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying their best to expand the bridgehead and prolong the military operations on the Russian territory. Ukrainian forces are destroying bridges across the Seim river trying to cut the Russian grouping in the Glushkovsky district in the Kursk region. After three bridges were destroyed, Ukrainian forces are launching strikes with HIMARS MLRS on the pontoon crossings built by the Russian military. As a result, the military supplies to the area and evacuation of remaining civilians is only possible by small boats. The Ukrainian military applies the same tactics used in 2022 during the battles in the Kherson region, when they destroyed crossings on the Dnieper River, forcing the Russian military to leave the western bank. At the same time, the Ukrainian military does not leave attempts to launch offensive in new directions on the Russian territory. On the evening of August 21, Ukrainian motorized assault groups attempted to break through Russian border in the Klimov district in the Bryansk region. The attack was repelled by Russian border guards. The armed Forces of Ukraine do not stop reconnaissance in force along the Russian border, probing Russian defense in different areas.

The night of August 21 was marked by another exchange of strikes by the warring sides in Ukraine. Russian drones struck Ukrainian rear facilities used by the military for the second night in a row. Strikes were reported in at least seven Ukrainian regions, including in the west of the country. At least three explosions thundered in the Kyiv region. According to preliminary reports, one of the targets there included the air defense systems deployed in the town of Bila Tserkva. Russian drones struck a large fuel depot in the city of Kremenchug in the Poltava region. More strikes hit the local Mirgorod airfield. Among other targets, facilities for the repair and production of weapons and military equipment, warehouses with military equipment were struck throughout the country. The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a massive drone attack in the Russian rear, including the capital. Meanwhile, the Russian Aerospace Forces do not stop pounding Ukrainian forces accumulated in the Sumy region, including with upgraded heavy bombs. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, in total, 45 Ukrainian drones were destroyed in the Russian rear regions by the air defense forces. 11 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed on their way to Moscow. According to mayor of the Russian capital, this was one of the most massive attacks on the city. It failed. At about midnight, Russian air defense forces shot down Ukrainian missile in the west of the Rostov region. Ukrainian attacks deep in the Russian rear regions bring no results on the battlefields. Russian forces repel attacks by Ukrainian assault groups in different directions in the Kursk region. The Armed Forces of Ukraine do not weaken the onslaught but they have not gained a foothold in some large towns in the border areas so far. Achieving no results on the ground, Ukrainian forces are suffering heavy losses in manpower and military equipment supplied by NATO. The Russian army does not stop advance in the Donbass. After Russian forces took control of New York, they expanded the zone of their control on the northern flank of Toretsk in Pivnichnoe and Druzhba. The pace of Russian advance remains high in the Pokrovsk direction, where the Russian army is approaching the large Ukrainian stronghold in Selidovo. According to preliminary reports from the battlefield, the village of Kamishevaha came under the Russian control. Battles approached Ptichie. Russian advance in the area threatens the entire Ukrainian grouping in the area of the Karlov water reservoir. Various military sources are reporting on the upcoming Ukrainian attacks in the Zaporozhie region. Ukrainian reconnaissance groups were spotted in the Kamenskoe direction. The Russian army is preparing for defense on the southern front.

After two days of hostilities in the Russian Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine failed to achieve any strategic victories on Russian territory. The Kyiv regime managed to break through the Russian border defenses just in the Sudzha direction and achieve some instant media gains. However, this seems to be the only Ukrainian victory. Ukrainian propaganda is stuffing the media scene will old videos of the first days of operations on the Russian border, trying to hide the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine did not achieve any tactical military goals of their offensive operations in the Kursk region. They lost the main trump card of a surprise attack and now are trying hard to build defense lines in the previously captured settlements. Ukrainian forces failed to advance deep into Russian territory and were stopped in all strategic directions. They include the Snagost, Rylsk and Kurchatov roads. Thus, the Ukrainian military has had no operational successes. As a result, Ukrainian forces were pulled from the main forces that needed to be supplied with large reinforcements and equipment necessary for combat operations. All Ukrainian attempts to open new fronts and cross the Russian border in other directions were repelled. In addition to this the large Ukrainian grouping in the Kursk region is currently threatened by a pincer encirclement. At the same time, the intensity of fighting does not decrease. Footage from the area allowed one to conclude that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering heavy losses both in manpower and military equipment. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are losing much more equipment per day than before the invasion of the Kursk region. More and more groups of Ukrainian servicemen surrender. Meanwhile, the Russian army is advancing more and more rapidly on the Donbass frontlines. Over the past day, Russian forces achieved important victories in the area of Toretsk. As a result of successful offensive operations, they destroyed a large Ukrainian stronghold and took control of New York. The town once renamed by the Kyiv regime is turning back into Novgorodskoe. Zaliznoe located nearby became Artyomovsk again. As a result of the breakthrough, Russian forces gained a foothold in the center of Nelepovka. According to preliminary reports, Russian forces began an assault on Toretsk from several directions. The Ukrainian defenses were worn down in the Pokrovsk direction. Over the past day alone, Russian troops took control of Novotoretsk, Zavetnoye, Nikolaevka, Sviridonovka and Krutoy Yar. Ukrainian forces are retreating from other villages nearby. Russian assault groups entered Novogrodovka and took an important stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, approaching the outskirts of Selidovo. The upcoming destruction of the large defense node of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has great strategic importance. The entire Ukrainian front in the Donetsk People’s Republic may fall and the Ukrainian military command has no reserves necessary to secure it.

Western warmongers headed by the United States attempt to assure their peolple that they have nothing to do with the ongoing Ukrainian military operations in the Russian Kursk region. Washington is playing its favorite game, the main rule is that ‘the gains of your puppet are yours, but his defeats are his alone’. Kyiv was forced to admit the ongoing attacks on Russian territory but only after the Ukrainian military managed to gain control of a small bridgehead in the Russian border areas. In their turn, Kyiv’s partners are talking to gain time, hanging noodles on the ears of their listeners. The main reason is that the Ukrainian military failed to achieve any strategic victories. The situation remains tense. Heavy battles continue, increasing military losses on both sides and threatening Russian civilians. However, the ongoing bloodshed does not bring any significant changes to the border frontlines. The strategic goals that Kyiv has set to its military operations on Russian territory remains obscure. According to the commander of the Chechen Ahmat Special Forces operating in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military planned to capture the Kursk nuclear power plant by August 11. After that, Kyiv could launch negotiations with Moscow from a position of strength. However, Zelensky’s blitzkrieg plan failed. As a result, the strategic reserves of the Ukrainian army that are urgently needed to stop Russian advances in the Donbass, are being destroyed near the border. Another counteroffensive of Ukrainian troops, conducted exclusively thanks to Western military supplies, training, reconnaissance and coordination, may turn into another bloody defeat. It will be a heavy blow to the Kyiv regime, as well to its Western patrons. Democrats are threatened by political consequences of a potential Ukrainian defeat, especially on the eve of the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, all NATO countries are already suffering heavy military losses on Russian territory. Most of the armored vehicles that crossed over the Russian border were supplied by NATO. They included the US-made Strykers, M113s, Bradleys, Cougars; French VABs; German Marders, Husky TSVs; Turkish Cobras; Italian Shields etc. Polish Twardy, German Leopard and British Challenger tanks were also reportedly spotted in the battles. By August 16, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost about 300 units of armored vehicles. Their number is growing daily. Only about 10% of them include tanks, armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles. The main part of Ukrainian losses on Russian territory are NATO vehicles. A lot of units were abandoned by Ukrainian servicemen and fell into hands of the Russian military as trophies. Just in the last 2 days, 3 HIMARS MLRS, at least 1 charging machine and a significant number of maintenance personnel were destroyed by Russian precision strikes in the Sumy region. Meanwhile, NATO remains silent about their role in the slaughter.

Stopped in the Kursk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched one of the most massive waves of strikes in the Russian border regions. The Russian territory came under a combined attack. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, on the night of August 14, the air defense forces destroyed 117 Ukrainian UAVs of the aircraft type. Together with the drones, Ukrainian forces launched missiles. At least 4 tactical missiles were destroyed. Most of the strikes, 37 drones and missiles, targeted the war-torn Kursk region. 37 more UAVs were destroyed in the Voronezh region. In total, eight Russian regions were targeted. As a result of the massive attack, various civilian facilities suffered damage. There was no reports about any damage to any military targets in the border regions. In their turn, Russian forces continued precision strikes in the Ukrainian rear. At night, Russian drones and missiles reportedly struck Ukrainian military facilities in the cities of Kremenchug in the Poltava region and Zvyagel in the Zhitomir region. The Russian military has not stop pounding Ukrainian military reserves accumulated in the Ukrainian border Sumy region. Residents of the city of Sumy complain that explosions are thundering around the clock. Last night, Russian missiles targeted various areas of accumulation of the Ukrainian military, including the town of Gluhov located near the Russian border. The settlement serves as an important logistics hub of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the situation remains tense on the Kursk frontlines. Over the past day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine failed to achieve any new victories but they have not lowered the intensity of assault operations despite heavy losses. Trying to avoid heavy urban battles on the streets, Ukrainian assault groups attempt to bypass larger settlements on the flanks and advance deep into Russian territory. As a result, the areas of the battlefields are expended but the Ukrainian military fails to gain footholds on the captured territories. At the same time, the Russian army is increasing the pace of its advance in different directions in the Donbass, grinding Ukrainian defense, leaving the Ukrainian military no chance to counterattack. Just in the last two days, at least two more settlements came under the full Russian control. They include Lisichnoe and Sviridonovka in the Pokrovsk direction. According to preliminary reports, Ukrainian forces have abandoned their military positions in Novotoretskoe located nearby. An area of about 30 square kilometers has come under Russian control. As a result of successful offensive operations, Russian forces also launched assault on the town of Grodovka and took control of about a third. Russian assault near Zhelannoe threatens the road to Karlovka, where heavy battles continue around the water reservoir. The Russian advance threatens Ukrainian military supplies in the area.

Fighting in the Kursk region has been ongoing for more than a week. After waiting for the results, Kyiv finally recognized its military operational failures on Russian territory. The Ukrainian offensive in Russia is a risky bet that pursues mainly political and media goals, rather than military ones. After the Ukrainian army gained a foothold, Ukrainian propaganda and political leadership enter the battle to achieve the main objectives of the operation. As usual, using their favorite methods of fake messages, outright lies and information manipulation. The main problem for Kyiv is that it has lost its victim game. Despite the decade-long attempts by the MSM to brainwash the public, large-scale attacks on the Russian border using NATO military equipment have destroyed the myth of Ukraine as a victim. Kyiv has turned into an aggressor, and the terrorist warfare of its Nazi affiliated military adds revolting touches to its portrait. The facts confirm numerous war crimes committed by the Ukrainian military in the occupied Russian settlements. The Ukrainians have become famous for looting, murders and kidnappings of pro-Russian civilians from the very beginning of the war in the Donbas. They also hunted ambulance crews with drones, ambushed and shot down civilian vehicles during their previous attacks in areas bordering Russia. Unfortunately, they commit the same crimes in the Kursk region. The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has opened criminal cases against Ukrainian military commanders. The captured Ukrainian servicemen confirm their crimes. Horrific footage of Ukrainian atrocities is yet to be widely disseminated. In its turn, Kyiv is playing its media games, trying to be proactive before the crimes of the Ukrainians become widely known. As expected, the Security Service of Ukraine stated that Russia may soon stage crimes on the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region. This is not the first time Kyiv has tried to blame others for its own failures. Does anyone remember the shameless stage of the Bucha massacre, which failed despite the efforts of Western leaders and their entire propaganda machine? Ukrainian Nazis are also deploying chemical weapons in the Kursk region, including those supplied by NATO. Earlier, their use by Ukrainian troops was confirmed on the Ukrainian front. Kyiv is used to hiding its true face so that the Western population does not get greedy for multibillion-dollar supplies. However, it cannot hide the victories of the Russian army. The situation in the Kursk region remains tense, but Russian reinforcements managed to stop the advance of Ukrainian troops and inflict heavy losses on the enemy. At the same time, the pace of the Russian offensive increased in the Donbass. Over the past few days, Russian troops have achieved new gains in the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Ugledar, Chasov Yar and Kharkiv directions.

The Ukrainian offensive in the Russian border regions has been ongoing for a week now. After the main assault in the Kursk region was stopped, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted new attacks in different directions. On the morning of August 12, the Ukrainian military attempted attacks across the border in the Belgorod region. The target was the border crossing in Kolotilovka. Ukrainian forces armed with NATO vehicles staged a so-called fire carousel, opening with constant fire with several pieces of heavy equipment, while small assault groups were trying to advance on Russian territory. Russian border guards took on the fight and the Russian Aerospace Forces are pounding the Ukrainian grouping along the entire border. Russian authorities launched an evacuation of the remaining civilians from the border area. The Ukrainian military does not lose hope in its attempts to extend the Russian border defense and ignite fighting at as many points as possible. Kolotilovka was the only acting border crossing between Russia and Ukraine, where the exchanges of prisoners of war and bodies of dead servicemen were launched. The control of this point is strategically important for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. After the Ukrainian offensive was stopped in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian grouping on Russian territory was threatened by a partial encirclement and the cutting off of their supply roads and connections with Ukraine. Ukrainian forces failed to advance along the main rout. They were stopped in the town of Sudzha where heavy battles continue in the area. Thus, the Ukrainian military command decided to attempt new attacks to the south, where they will try to advance along the road through Kolotilovka. The control of the roads will allow the Ukrainian military to reinforce their positions and hold a large foothold on Russian territory for the foreseeable future. At the same time, the Ukrainian military is accumulating large reserves near the Russian border, heavily shelling Russian territory, including the residential areas, destroying civilian infrastructure. They also attempt ground operations aimed at reconnaissance of Russian defenses and taking photos in Russian settlements. On August 12, another Ukrainian sabotage group was reportedly spotted in the village of Giryi located south of Sudzha in the Kursk region. The local residents filmed a small Ukrainian military column passing on the streets. The Ukrainian group was likely conducting a reconnaissance operation in the area. Ukrainian propaganda claimed another fake victory spreading lies about the alleged assault of the town of Belaya in this direction. Ukrainian lies were hastily denied by reports from the settlement which is under full Russian control. Another Ukrainian attack was repelled near the village of Bezymeno in the Belgorod region. Meanwhile, Russian counterattacks bring results on the main battlefield in the Kursk region. Russian forces took control of Martynovka and are completing the mop up operation in Snagost.

Zelensky gets ready for the end, acknowledging the need for negotiations. Ukraine needs the end of hostilities but Kyiv should reinforce its bargaining position force. The Ukrainian military failed to stop Russian advances on the frontlines. Ukrainian defense built during the years of war in Donbass have been ground down and Kyiv risks losing vast areas if the battles continue. Today, Ukraine is forced to go the vole playing an all-or-nothing game. What first seemed to be another sabotage attack on the border in the Kursk region, turned into a large scaled offensive. Kyiv’s forces decided to attack several border points using small assault groups to break through Russian forward defense line, so that their main forces could develop an offensive. In the morning of August 6, the first wave of Ukrainian border attacks involved over 30 pieces of military equipment, mainly supplied by NATO, and 300 troops. After the first waves of assault, regular forces together with militants from different formations entered battle, advancing deep into the Russian rear despite heavy losses. The ongoing battles were accompanied by massive drone and missile strikes and artillery shelling which result in heavy damage to civilian infrastructure. Unfortunately, civilian casualties could not be avoided because Ukrainian Nazis were deliberately targeting Russian residents. At night a Ukrainian UAV struck an ambulance, killing the driver and the paramedic. At night, Russian air defense forces destroyed Ukrainian missiles over the city of Kurchatov, where the Kursk nuclear power plant is located. In its turn, the Ukrainian military deployed large air defense forces in the border areas, complicating the operations of Russian aircraft. They shot a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter. On the other hand, at least two Ukrainian Buk missile systems were destroyed on August 6. As a result of the first day of border battles, Ukrainian forces advanced about 15 kilometers and captured at least partially a dozen small villages. The Ukrainian military accumulated groupings of several thousand servicemen near the border, constantly transferring reinforcement to the area. According to various estimates, they could continue operations for several days more. The main goal of the ongoing operations may be to take control of the strategically important facilities in the Kursk region. The Kursk nuclear power plant is located just 60 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. There is also the gas measuring station in Sudzha, which is the last point of transit for Russian gas through Ukraine. Kyiv recently refused to extend the contract for the transit of Russian gas through its territory. Control of Russian settlements and threat to strategic nuclear or gas infrastructure put great pressure on Moscow; but if the Russian military manages to repel the attack, Kyiv loses its strategic reserves and may suffer a strategic defeat in the Donbass.

Russian forces continue constant strikes in Ukrainian rear regions, destroying military infrastructure and thwarting the delivery of military equipment to the front. As a result, the ongoing strikes in the rear support Russian advances in different directions in the Donbass. On the night of July 24, Russian strikes continued for several hours. According to local reports, a military airfield and other military facilities in Krivy Rih came under another Russian attack. Another military airfield was reportedly struck in the Poltava region. A series of devastating Russian strikes destroyed targets in the southern Odessa region. At least eight loud explosions thundered in the Izmail port on the Danube River, where the Ukrainian military is transferring weapons from NATO. The affected targets included the port infrastructure, the local repair plant, trucks with fuel, etc. Large explosions thundered at Ukrainian military facilities in the Mykolaiv region. The first wave of strikes was launched in the afternoon of July 23. At night, Russian strikes continued. Another depot with military equipment was reportedly destroyed in the local port. A large fire with a prolonged secondary detonation was filmed at the Voznesensk military airfield. The Russian military does not stop pounding Ukrainian military reserves in the war-torn eastern regions. Another series of strikes targeted Ukrainian forces throughout the Kharkiv region. More Russian strikes were reported near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Pounding the Ukrainian rear, the Russian army is advancing on the frontlines. On July 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the full control of the village of Ivano-Darievka located southeast of the large Ukrainian stronghold in Seversk. The Russian army is advancing on the city from several directions. Over the past day, Russian forces largely expanded their zone of control north of Razdolovka and approached Vyemka. In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops entered Sinkovka, having grinded down the Ukrainian defense north of the village in prolonged battles. The frontlines are also moving in the south. According to preliminary reports, Russian forces finally approached the strategically important road between Ugledar and Mariinka. The Armed Forces of Ukraine are desperately fighting trying to hold control of their positions along the road. To the north, the Russian army is close to taking full control of the last Ukrainian stronghold on the outskirts of Donetsk, the town of Krasnogorovka. Amid Russian advances on the streets, Ukrainian forces retreat to the northwest across the river. The Ukrainian military is also threatened by a possible Russian offensive on the southern frontlines. According to Ukrainian intelligence, to date, a large grouping of about 90 thousand servicemen has accumulated in the Zaporozhye region, while the transfer of additional forces is still ongoing. The same is happening in the neighboring Kherson region. However, no signs of preparations for a possible offensive have been detected in this direction so far.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine resumed attempts to attack Russian rear facilities. On the night of July 25, Ukrainian UAVs and unmanned boats targeted several Russian border regions. The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack, clarifying that the air defense forces destroyed 29 Ukrainian UAVs and two unmanned boats during the night. The first wave of the massive drone attacks targeted the border Kursk region on the evening of July 24. Numerous explosions thundered in the area when the Russian air defense forces were destroying one enemy drone after another. In an hour and a half, 18 UAVs were destroyed. Some minor damage was reported at the local energy substation. Later at night, four more drones targeted the region but they also failed to reach their targets and were destroyed. Three more Ukrainian UAVs were intercepted over the border Belgorod region and four drones were destroyed in the Republic of Crimea. The peninsula came under a combined attack. It was also targeted by at least two unmanned boats but they were also destroyed by the Russian military in the Black Sea. This was the second attack on the western shore of the peninsula in recent days. Two days before, 21 out of 25 Ukrainian drones that targeted Russian territory were also intercepted over Crimea. The Ukrainian military and their NATO ‘advisers’ mainly target the city of Sevastopol, where the main base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is located. The city is also often targeted by NATO missiles that are much more effective than the drones, but likely suffering from the lack of foreign supplies, including as a result of the precision Russian strikes on numerous warehouses with foreign missiles throughout Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have recently suspended missile strikes on the Crimean peninsula. On the other hand, Russian forces destroyed several targets in different Ukrainian regions last night. They mainly used kamikaze UAVs for the strikes. A series of explosions thundered at Ukrainian military and industrial facilities in the Kyiv region. Russian drone strikes were recorded in the area of the local Boryspil airfield. Once this was the main Ukrainian international airport. Today, the Ukrainian military is using it for the transfer and storage of military equipment from abroad. More Russian strikes were reported in the Obukhov district of the region. A new wave of strikes was reported in the Odessa region, where a devastating attack in Izmail a day before destroyed the port infrastructure facilities and an administrative building full of Ukrainian officers and foreign mercenaries. Russian strikes were reported in the Zhitomir and Chernihiv regions, while the Russian aerospace forces are pounding the Ukrainian military in the border Sumy and Kharkiv regions, including with upgraded heavy bombs.

The Kyiv regime seems to be upset with the fact that the failed assassination attempt of Donald Trump has occupied the headlines of an overwhelming majority of mainstream media. So, in the best traditions of cheap attention-seekers, the Ukrainian leadership has made an urgent attempt to make something that would make some news and demonstrate to its sponsors that their puppets are still useful and effective. In the past 24 hours, Kyiv’s forces launched dozens of drones on targets inside Russia. The first wave of attacks started overnight into July 15 and involved at least 22 UAVs, which were neutralized by the Russian Armed Forces. 15 drones were intercepted over the Bryansk Oblast. The attack of six others were repelled over the Republic of Crimea and one UAV was neutralized in the Lipetsk Oblast. On the morning of July 15, the Kyiv regime carried out a second wave of UAV attacks. Russian air defense facilities intercepted a total of six UAVs. One UAV was intercepted over the Orlovsk Oblast, two others – over the Bryansk Oblast, and 3 more UAVs were destroyed over the Kursk Oblast. These fruitless attempts were accompanied by a wave of attacks on civilian targets involving quadcopters equipped with grenades and other types of explosive devices. The strategic military targets engaged by the Ukrainians included children’s playgrounds and civilian cars. Meanwhile, the Russian Armed Forces continue offensive operations on several parts of the frontline. Recently, the defense ministry confirmed the full liberation of the area of Urozhainoe in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The slow but steady advance in the direction of Velikaya Novoselovka continues. The tactical situation worsened for Kiyv’s forces in the area of Krasnogorovka west of Donetsk. More than a half of the town is now in the hands of the Russians. Fighting is also ongoing in Novoselovka Pervaya west of Avdeevka and near New York (formerly Novhorodskoe) around Gorlovka. On July 15, Russian missiles also hit military targets in Odessa causing a large fire on at least one of the engaged facilities. Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry released details on a strike on a train transporting military equipment for Kiev forces. The train was targeted with two Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles while it was parked in a station in the settlement of Buda in the Kharkiv region on July 13. At least 15 military trucks and five infantry fighting vehicles, including two German-made Marder 1A3, were destroyed. Some 100 Ukrainian troops were killed or wounded. This was the third such strike in less than two weeks. On June 29 and 30, two trains transporting military equipment for Kiev forces were struck in the Zaporozhie and Kharkiv reigons. Both strikes were carried out with Iskander-M missiles.