MoD Russia August 22nd 2023 1400hrs

⚡️ Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation

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(22 August 2023)

Part I

The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces repelled 5 attacks by assault detachments of 41st, 66th, 67th mechanised and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU close to Sinkovka (Kharkov region), Novosyolovskoye and Raigorodka (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 1 D-20 howitzer, and 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar station.

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 103rd Territorial Defence Brigade has been destroyed near Tabaevka (Kharkov region).

▫️In Zaporozhye direction, as a result of actions by units of the Russian grouping of troops, aviation and artillery, 4 attacks by units of 65th mechanised and 82nd airborne assault brigades of the AFU have been repelled near Uspenovka and Rabotino (Zaporozhye region).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, and 9 motor vehicles.

▫️As a result of effective counter-battery warfare, 11 enemy guns and 4 mortars have been neutralised, including: 1 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, 3 U.S.-manufactured M119 towed howitzers, Polish-manufactured Krab and French-manufactured CAEZAR self-propelled artillery systems, as well as 1 UK-manufactured FH-70 gun.

▫️In Donetsk direction, units of the Yug Group of Forces, in cooperation with aviation and artillery, have successfully repelled 3 attacks by AFU assault groups close to Novomikhailovka and Avdeevka (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 235 Ukrainian servicemen, 5 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 2 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, 1 Polish-manufactured Krab self-propelled artillery system, 1 Msta-B howitzer, as well as 1 U.S.-manufactured AN/TPQ-36 counter-battery radar station.

▫️In Krasny Liman direction, as a result of coordinated actions by units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, Army Aviation, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems, 2 attacks by assault groups of the 63rd Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been repelled south of Chervonaya Dibrova (Lugansk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, 3 armoured fighting vehicles, as well as 2 D-30 howitzers.

Part 2
▫️In South Donetsk direction, as a result of actions by aviation and artillery of the Vostok Group of Forces, 4 clusters of manpower and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been hit close to Makarovka, Staromayorskoye, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

▫️The enemy losses were up to 240 Ukrainian servicemen killed and wounded, 2 armoured fighting vehicles, 1 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system, as well as 1 UK-manufactured FH-70 gun.

▫️In Kherson direction, the enemy losses were up to 15 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 2 U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery systems, as well as 1 D-30 howitzer.

▫️Operational-Tactical and Army aviation, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have neutralised manpower and military hardware in 139 areas.

▫️In addition, 1 command and observation post of a unit of the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been hit near Orekhov (Zaporozhye region).

▫️1 ammunition depot of the AFU 1st Tank Brigade has been destroyed close to Vasilkovka (Dnepropetrovsk region).

▫️Air defence facilities have shot down 4 projectiles launched by HIMARS MLRS.

▫️In addition, 39 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed close to Nikolaevka, Zolotaryovka, Novozvanovka, Kremennaya (Lugansk People's Republic), Berestovoye, Kodyma, Aleksandrovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Novaya Kakhovka (Kherson region), Mirnoye and Trudovoye (Zaporozhye region).

📊In total, 462 airplanes, 246 helicopters, 5,952 unmanned aerial vehicles, 431 air defence missile systems, 11,445 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,144 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,996 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 12,372 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

⚡️ Last night, an attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial vehicles was foiled.

▫️ Two UAVs were detected by air defence systems. The drones were suppressed by electronic warfare systems and crashed over the territory of Bryansk region.

▫️ Two UAVs were detected and destroyed by air defence systems over the territory of Moscow region.

▫️ There were no casualties as a result of foiled terrorist attacks.

⚡️ Last night, a crew of a Su-30sm aircraft of the Black Sea Fleet's Naval Aviation destroyed an AFU reconnaissance boat near Russian gas platform in the Black Sea.

Video address on National Flag Day

“We have special feelings for the white, blue and red flag; it is our official national flag, which was instituted as such by Peter the Great. The tricolour was hoisted over our country again on August 22, 1991. We have overcome many hardships and ordeals with this flag flying overhead, but in essence we have restored the sovereignty of our country. Russia is a one thousand year old country and civilization. Our national flag is a symbol of our unity. I believe that the national flag will always inspire us to move forward, to victory, and to assert the glory of Russia,” the President said in a congratulatory message.

Report by Press Centre Officer of Zapad Group of Forces

▫️ The assault units of the Zapad Group of Forces continued the offensive close to Olshana.

▫️ The enemy launched six counterattacks by units of 14th, 115th and 67th mechanised brigades near Petropavlovka and Novosyolovskoye. All the attacks were repelled by pre-emptive artillery strikes. The enemy losses were up to 40 servicemen.

▫️ The Group's Operational-Tactical and Army Aviation carried out 12 strikes and one strike by multiple-launch rocket systems against enemy tactical reserves from 14th and 44th mechanised brigades and against Territorial Defence units.

▫️ In the course of counter-battery warfare, two M-109 Paladin self-propelled artillery systems were destroyed close to Pesochnoye and Shevtsov Yar, as well as two mortar crews near Krakhmalnoye and Tabaevka.

Ka-52 helicopter crew destroys AFU armoured fighting vehicle with precision guided missile strike

📍 South Donetsk direction

https://archive.org/details/drone-and-ka-52-hits-august-22nd-2023

AFU POWs tell of heavy losses among fellow servicemen

▫️ AFU servicemen told that Russian artillery works so intensively that Ukrainian soldiers have to lie on the ground for days. 'To be honest, we can't even build dugouts for ourselves. It is difficult when your artillery works. The UAVs are in the sky all the time. I just lay for three days. A lot of projectilrs launch both day- and nighttime,' told the captured AFU fighter.

▫️ Both captured AFU servicemen noted heavy losses among their fellow servicemen and admitted that they were lucky to be in Russian captivity.

▫️ 'Guys, surrender or turn around and go home,' urged the fellow servicemen the captured serviceman.

https://archive.org/details/ukraine-pow-august-21st-2023

UAV footage showing Russian aircraft detecting and destroying a U.S.-made Willard Sea Force speedboat with an AFU landing party on board in the Black Sea, east of Zmiinyi Island.

▫️The high-speed surface target actively manoeuvred and attempted to evade the fighter jet's fire, but was successfully hit by an aircraft gun.

https://archive.org/details/willard-sea-force-speedboat-august-22nd-2023

🇷🇺🇱🇾 On 22 August 2023, at the invitation of the commander of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a delegation from the Russian Ministry of Defence headed by the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, arrived in Libya.

▫️ This is the first official visit by a Russian military delegation to Libya, prepared following Russia-Libya negotiations within the framework of the 11th Moscow International Security Conference and the Army 2023 International Military-Technical Forum.

▫️ During the visit, it is planned to discuss prospects for co-operation in combating international terrorism and other issues of joint activity.

https://archive.org/details/russia-deputy-minister-of-defence-libya-august-22nd-2023

🇷🇺🇸🇾 Celebrations in honour of Russian National Flag Day are held in Damascus

Local residents, students, activists of youth organisations and representatives of the Russian community gathered in the centre of the Syrian capital. The festive procession was decorated with the flags of Russia and Syria.

The action was held in gratitude to Russia for its assistance in the fight against international terrorism and in the restoration of peaceful life in Syria, as a sign of friendship, close economic, sociail and political, and cultural cooperation between the two countries.

The day before, a three-dimensional model of the Russian tricolour was projected on the facade of the building of the Damascus Opera House.

Also solemn events with raising the State Flag of the Russian Federation and singing the Russian anthem were held in the units of the Russian grouping of troops in Syria.

https://archive.org/details/russian-national-flag-day-damascus-4

Deputy Minister of Defence of Russian Federation Timur Ivanov inspects construction progress of military hospitals in Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk

The construction of six medical centres in Dagestan, Sevastopol, Ryazan, Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk is being carried out by order of the President of the Russian Federation in order to improve the system of medical support for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

🏗 The first of the six military hospitals being built by specialists of the Military Construction Complex of the Russian Ministry of Defence will be completed as early as November 2023.

▫️ At present, new medical centres are being built in the Republic of Dagestan, Sevastopol, Ryazan, Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk.

▫️ A planned phased commissioning of the new hospitals is planned from November this year.

▫️ Today, as part of a business trip to the troops of the Western Military District, Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov checked the progress of construction in Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk.

▫️ In Bryansk, Timur Ivanov was accompanied by Governor of Bryansk region Aleksandr Bogomaz, at the construction site of a new medical complex.

▫️ At the end of the trip, the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation held a meeting with Head of the Main Military Medical Department the Russian Ministry of Defence Dmitry Trishkin and representatives of design and construction organisations of the Russian Ministry of Defence, during which tasks were set to further increase the pace of construction. Timur Ivanov also paid special attention to the necessity of meeting the deadlines for the works.

▫️ The hospitals will be equipped with the best medical devices and equipment, which will make it possible to provide specialised high-tech medical care to servicemen, members of their families, military pensioners, as well as to the civilian population of the country's regions.

https://archive.org/details/hospitals-in-bryansk-belgorod-kursk

Report by Press Centre Chief of Yug Group of Forces

▫️ Tornado-S multiple-launch rocket system artillery crew of the Yug Group of Forces struck a 3rd battalion of 92nd separate mechanised brigade concentration area of the AFU near Molocharka.

▫️ An enemy weapons, hardware and manpower concentration area, including seven tanks, six IFVs, three Akatsiya self-propelled artillery systems and up to ten lorries were hit.

▫️ In addition, high-powered missile artillery hit the materiel supply centre of the enemy 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade.

▫️ Su-34 fighter-bomber crews struck two temporary deployment sites, ammunition depots and rocket and artillery armaments of the 28th Separate Mechanised Brigade of the AFU in Soledar-Artyomovsk direction, as well as an ammunition depot of the enemy 24th Separate Mechanised Brigade in Aleksandro-Kalinovo direction.

▫️ The Group's Ground-Attack and Army aviation hit enemy manpower and military hardware concentration areas in Lisichansk, Soledar-Artyomovsk, Aleksandro-Kalinovo, Avdeevka, and Maryinka directions.

▫️ Artillery hit an AFU ammunition depot near Belogorovka, a temporary deployment point of the 105th Rifle Battalion of the 109th Separate Brigade of the AFU Territorial Defence near Krasnogorovka, a Hummer armoured vehicle, an APC, and four pickup trucks with enemy infantry close to Grigorovka, Andreevka, Stupochka and Lastochkino.

▫️ During counter-battery warfare, a U.S.-manufactured M777 artillery system was destroyed near Novopokrovskoye, two Gvozdika self-propelled artillery systems close to Dyleevka and Zvanovka, and 120mm mortars near Maryinka, Pervomayskoye and Vesyoloye.

▫️ FPV-drones hit an enemy mortar crew and ammunition depot in Maryinka.

Report by Press Centre Chief of Vostok Group of Forces

▫️ Forward units of the Vostok Group of Forces, supported by artillery and aviation, inflicted a fire attack on the enemy close to Urozhaynoye and Staromayorskoye. More than a dozen AFU manpower and hardware concentration areas were hit.

▫️ Artillery destroyed a reconnaissance group north-west of Priyutnoye, a pickup truck with militants close to Ravnopol, and an observation and communications post near Ugledar.

▫️ In the course of counter-battery warfare, an M777 howitzer was destroyed east of Velikaya Novosyolka, as well as a mortar crew north-west of Novodonetskoye.

▫️ Attack UAVs destroyed a Nona self-propelled artillery system near Novomikhailovka and a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system south-west of Temirovka.

▫️ Crews of Buk, Tor and Osa surface-to-air missile systems shot down three Furia and one Valkyrie fixed-wing UAVs.

The servicemen of the Vostok Group of Forces show courage and heroism in carrying out combat tasks.

▫️ Commander of the battalion of the Group's motorised rifle brigade Major Aleksandr Mineev supervised the military personnel during the Ukrainian troops' offensive in one of the sections of South Donetsk direction.

▫️ While conducting positional defence, the motorised riflemen under the command of Major Mineev managed to repel three attacks by superior AFU forces during several days of fierce fighting and also to identify and suppress two nationalist strongholds.

▫️ The enemy had no success on this section of the front line, the positions of the Russian troops were held.

Report by Press Centre Chief of Tsentr Group of Forces

▫️ In Krasny Liman direction, close to Torskoye and Serebryansky forestry, the enemy made six attempts to attack the positions of the Russian troops in order to regain lost positions.

▫️ During the active defence of the seized lines, the forward units of the Tsentr Group of Forces, supported by artillery and aviation, inflicted fire damage on assault groups of three mechanised brigades of the AFU and also the 5th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower systems were used to inflict fire damage on enemy manpower and firepower concentration areas.

▫️ In the course of counter-battery warfare, about 30 enemy artillery positions were detected and destroyed, as well as a Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system was hit.

▫️ The enemy losses were up to 50 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armoured vehicle and two pickup trucks.

⚡️ On 22 August 2023, two unmanned aerial vehicles, MQ-9 Reaper and TB2 Bayraktar, conducting aerial reconnaissance over the waters of the Black Sea close to Crimean peninsula, were detected by the airspace control means of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

▫️ In order to prevent a possible violation of the State border of the Russian Federation and to counter UAVs conducting radio-technical reconnaissance, two Russian fighter jets from on-duty air defence forces were raised.

▫️ As a result of the actions, the UAVs changed their flight direction and left the areas where aerial reconnaissance was being conducted.

Western MD's 57mm S-60 anti-aircraft gun in action

▫️ Russian units continue to modernise and improve weapons and military hardware to meet the requirements of modern combat.

▫️ The S-60 anti-aircraft gun has been installed on the base of the MT-LB in the combined arms unit of the Western Military District. The gun's crew is fully engaged in combat work, and this time the servicemen destroyed a camouflaged AFU stronghold with rapid fire.

▫️ The fire was conducted with high-explosive and fragmentation ammunition at a distance of up to 6 kilometres. The result of the defeat is controlled by a UAV crew.

https://archive.org/details/western-57mm-s-60

Ussuri paratroopers use kamikaze drones on southern flank of Artyomovsk direction

▫️ The advantage of an FPV-drone over ordinary UAV is the operator-friendly orientation in space and the ability to easily follow a route or pursue a moving target at high speeds exceeding 140 km/h

▫️ This kind of UAVs is difficult to detect and intercept, it is highly manoeuvrable and give maximum control to the operator. This characteristics allow to use the drones with maximum effectiveness in destroying moving targets, as well as destroying manpower in dugouts and special shelters.

https://archive.org/details/ussuri-fpv-august-2023

Ukrainian POW: we were caught on the street and taken to the military commissariat

▫️ Captured Ukrainian serviceman Sergei Rosko joined the AFU within the mobilisation. He had almost no medical commission, the medics only checked his eyesight, measured his weight and height, and 'added' the remaining information.

▫️ Then there was military training, during which NATO instructors indoctrinated Ukrainians that the 'weakened' Russian army could supposedly be quickly defeated.

▫️ Sergei and other Ukrainian soldiers were sent to the front line, but before even reaching their assigned positions, the AFU soldiers came under fire from Russian artillery. 'I was blew up, I don't know exactly on what. (...) I was left. Then, as I came to my senses, I crawled to the nearest trench, where I lay for two or three days, after which Russian soldiers saw me, pulled me out of the trench, provided medical assistance, took me away and transferred me to the hospital,' said the servicemen.

▫️ The POW noted that the Russian army has a good level of training, the fighters know their business, while Ukrainian commanders do not go even halfway to their positions, preferring to stay at a distance from the line of contact.

https://archive.org/details/ukraine-pow-august-22nd-2023

🗓 Top News Today

▫️ The Russian Federation celebrated the National Flag Day.

▫️At the invitation of the commander of the Libyan National Army, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, a delegation from the Russian Ministry of Defence headed by the Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation, Colonel General Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, arrived in Libya.

▫️Deputy Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation Timur Ivanov inspected the construction progress of the military hospitals in Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk.

▫️ The Russian Armed Forces foiled several attempts by the Kiev regime to carry out terrorist attacks using UAVs. The UAVs were intercepted over the waters of the Black Sea and in the airspace of Moscow and Bryansk regions. There were no casualties as a result of the foiled terrorist attacks.

▫️Two unmanned aerial vehicles, conducting aerial reconnaissance over the waters of the Black Sea were detected by Russian airspace control means. As a result of actions by two Russian fighter jets, the UAVs changed their flight direction and left the areas where aerial reconnaissance was being conducted.

▫️A U.S.-manufactured Willard Sea Force high-speed military boat with an AFU landing group was destroyed by a Russian Aerospace Forces' aircraft east of Zmiinyi Island.

▫️In Kupyansk direction, units of the Zapad Group of Forces repelled 5 attacks by assault detachments of 41st, 66th, 67th mechanised and 25th airborne brigades of the AFU.

▫️1 command and observation post of a unit of the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been hit.

▫️ Press centre representatives of Zapad, Vostok, Yug, and Tsentr groups of forces make statements on current situation in the areas of responsibility.

▫️Russian Defence Ministry shows FPV-drone operators, Ka-52 helicopter crews, Ussuri paratroopers, S-60 anti-aircraft gun in action.

▫️Celebrations in honour of the Russian National Flag Day were held in Damascus.

▫️AFU POWs told of the Ukrainian mobilisation.

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