Untreated and untrained soldiers began to be sent to the front
Due to the high losses, the Kiev regime sends wounded from hospitals to the front line without waiting for their rehabilitation to be completed, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on August 7. According to experts, by additional mobilization, the Ukrainian authorities are trying to buy time to receive additional shipments of modern weapons from Western allies. Over the weekend, Russian troops inflicted a number of powerful strikes on the rear locations of the AFU units. The mercenaries of the "Foreign Legion", located at a strongpoint in the Dnipropetrovsk region, also suffered heavy losses. In addition, the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of a platoon of American multiple launch rocket systems HIMARS in the village of Pyatigorsk, Kharkiv region, and two downed Ukrainian attack aircraft.
Mobilization conveyor
On August 7, the Russian Defense Ministry told about the problems experienced by the Kiev regime due to high losses. Mobilized citizens who have not completed training at the training center of the 72nd mechanized brigade in the city of Bila Tserkva, Kiev region, as well as wounded people who are being rehabilitated in hospitals, are sent to the front line, without waiting for them to complete a full course of treatment. For the same reason, the military units of the 59th Motorized Infantry, 61st Infantry-Jaeger and 35th Marine Brigade voluntarily left their positions, refusing to follow the orders of the command.
— The Kiev authorities have set up a real conveyor of "cannon fodder," military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia. — The trenches on the front line are occupied by poorly trained manpower, recently mobilized and somehow trained. Their task is not even to fight, but simply to designate positions and force them to spend shells on themselves. This is especially noticeable in the Donbass arc, where experienced and well-trained units are kept in the second or third line. Of course, there they are also overtaken by rocket attacks on places of temporary deployment, but ordinary mobilized on the first line of trenches suffer from incessant artillery and air strikes much more.
In Kiev, no one really cares. Infantry is being ground up, which is easy to fill up by simply catching up with those who were picked up on the streets. But now this resource is running out, so the APU is forced to reduce the rehabilitation of the wounded and look for other "creative" recruitment methods, en masse to hire all willing foreigners, with or without experience. In return, the Ukrainian regime gets time, which is used to solicit and master new arms supplies from Western allies, the expert believes.
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Defeat of the "legion"
On August 6 and 7, the Russian armed Forces inflicted several powerful strikes on the objects of the military infrastructure of Ukraine with high-precision weapons.
— As a result of the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the temporary deployment point of units of the 72nd mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of an agricultural enterprise in the city of Artemovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, up to 130 servicemen and eight units of automotive and armored vehicles were destroyed, - said the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.
The air strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces and the fire of artillery units hit the temporary location of the 46th Airmobile Brigade. More than 400 nationalists were killed.
The strike on the temporary location of the howitzer battery of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade destroyed up to 70 servicemen, three self-propelled artillery installations "Carnation" and four units of automotive equipment, the Ministry of Defense reported.
More than 70 nationalists were killed and about 150 injured by high-precision weapons strikes on the combat positions of the 105th battalion of the 63rd Mechanized Brigade of the VFU.
In addition, more than 80 foreign mercenaries and 11 units of special equipment were destroyed by the strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the stronghold of the formation of the "Foreign Legion" in Vyvodovo, Dnipropetrovsk region. More than 100 nationalists were liquidated as a result of strikes on the temporary locations of the 3rd brigade of the National Guard.
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— Four control points, including the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade, the battalion of the 66th mechanized brigade, the battalion of the 109th Theroborona brigade, seven warehouses of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, 308 areas of concentration of troops, an anti-aircraft launcher were destroyed by strikes of operational and tactical, army aviation, missile troops and artillery the Buk-M1 missile complex, a fuel depot with large reserves of diesel fuel for the equipment of the operational group of troops "Dnepr", as well as an arsenal in the Mykolaiv region, where 45 thousand tons of ammunition recently delivered from NATO countries were stored," the military department said.
During the counter-battery struggle, a platoon of multiple rocket launchers "Alder" and American HIMARS was destroyed, as well as nine platoons of MLRS "Grad", two platoons of guns "Msta-B", three platoons of self-propelled artillery installations "Carnation", two platoons of towed "Hyacinth-B" and four artillery platoons of howitzers D-30.
The Russian Aerospace Forces eliminated two Su-25 attack aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force. One plane was shot down in an air battle in the Solntsevo area of the Kirovograd region, and the second was hit by air defense near the settlement of Radgospnoye in the Kherson region.
In addition, Russian air defenses shot down 16 unmanned aerial vehicles and 27 multiple rocket launchers in two days, including in the areas of the Kakhovskaya HPP, Antonovsky Bridge, the settlements of Chernobayevka, Brilevka and Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region.
— In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 263 aircraft, 145 helicopters, 1701 unmanned aerial vehicles, 362 anti—aircraft missile systems, 4262 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 789 multiple rocket launchers, 3273 field artillery and mortar guns, as well as 4756 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed, - Igor listed Konashenkov.
Military personnel of the special forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
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Heroes-allies
The Ministry of Defense told about the soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of Russia and the 2nd Army Corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, who showed courage and dedication during the special operation.
Captain Alim Tembotov has repeatedly personally delivered supplies to the line of contact. When the column was heading towards the positions of our troops, it was attacked by a group of Ukrainian saboteurs. Tembotov organized the withdrawal of vehicles with fuel and lubricants from under fire and, together with his subordinates, engaged in battle with the nationalists, destroying up to five saboteurs.
Sergeant Rashid Askarov, as part of a battalion-tactical group, was liberating a settlement from Ukrainian nationalists when he discovered a camouflaged position in an abandoned building. He eliminated the militants who were there with aimed fire from the BMP cannon, and during the further battle destroyed an enemy infantry fighting vehicle and more than five nationalists.
A few days later, Rashid's unit participated in the storming of the nationalist stronghold. Sergeant Askarov, together with his subordinates, attacked the radicals from the flank, suppressing all enemy firing points. Rashid personally destroyed up to eight nationalists with fire from the BMP cannon.
The head patrol of the tactical group of Lieutenant Alexander Naumov was conducting engineering reconnaissance when he discovered a group of Ukrainian saboteurs. Alexander joined the battle with them and, despite being wounded in the arm, continued to fire after first aid. As a result of the clash, all nationalists were destroyed, while there were no losses among Russian servicemen.
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Private Denis Drobin, as part of the advance group, liberated the settlement from the Ukrainian nationalists, conducting targeted fire from a grenade launcher at military equipment and enemy firing points. At night, the opponents tried to attack Denis's unit several times, but were repulsed thanks to his competent actions. During the next attempt of the nationalists to attack the frontier, Denis, having called for reinforcements, steadfastly held the defense, firing a grenade launcher at the enemy. During the battle, he was wounded, but despite this he defended the set line of defense until the arrival of the main forces, after which the enemy was defeated.
The column of Foreman Nikolai Popov was delivering material and technical equipment to Russian units when Ukrainian nationalists tried to destroy it. Having quickly got his bearings in a difficult situation, Nikolai promptly brought his car with ammunition to a safe place. During the shelling, one of the servicemen received shrapnel wounds. Seeing this, the foreman dragged him to the shelter on his own, provided first aid and called medical staff for further evacuation of the wounded to the medical center.
The head of the medical service of the battalion of the 2nd Army Corps of the People's Militia of the LNR, ensign Maria Oleskiv, went to serve for the first time in 2014, starting as a private, and after the battles in Debaltseve, she was promoted to the foreman of a motorized rifle company for her courage. Later, Maria served as a foreman of a reconnaissance company and commander of a battalion support platoon. In 2018, she took up a peaceful life, but with the beginning of her military service, she returned to service, heading the medical unit of a battalion of one of the brigades of the army corps of the People's Militia of the LPR. On account of this fragile woman, dozens of lives of LNR fighters have been saved.
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