The Ministry of Defense announced the flight of the enemy in the area of Soledar, Experienced and Nevelsky
On August 12, the Russian Defense Ministry told about the serious losses suffered by several VFU brigades in battles with allied forces. Only the 14th mechanized brigade missed more than two thousand people. The losses of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the VFU exceeded 70% of the personnel. Due to the fire impact of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, one of its battalions left the positions and fled to the rear. Experts note that the VFU is now throwing newly mobilized people into battle, regardless of losses. Thus, they want to gain time to get reservists trained abroad, but even after their appearance, the combat capability of the VFU will only worsen.
Survival Instructors
On August 12, the Russian armed Forces continued their offensive in the Donbas and inflicted a number of strikes on combat units and military infrastructure of Ukraine, as a result of which the enemy suffers significant losses.
— In the Soledar area, the losses of the 14th mechanized brigade of the VFU amounted to more than 2 thousand people. The remnants of the brigade's personnel have been withdrawn by the Ukrainian command to the rear areas," said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.
As a result of high-precision strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of Opytny and Nevelsky (DNR), the losses of the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade of the VFU exceeded 70 percent of the personnel from the list number. And the 23rd battalion of the brigade in full force voluntarily left its combat positions and retreated to the rear.
The high-precision strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the temporary deployment point of the 28th mechanized brigade in the Mykolaiv region destroyed up to 100 militants and nine units of military equipment.
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As a result of concentrated fire strikes on the combat positions of the 3rd Battalion of the 66th Mechanized Brigade, losses in manpower amounted to more than half of the personnel.
In addition, as a result of the defeat of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade's stronghold near Zaitsevo (DPR), up to 40 nationalists and five units of automotive equipment were destroyed.
During the day, five control points, including the 4th Tank Brigade, the 103rd Theroborona brigade, a fuel depot, the American AN/MPQ-64 counter-battery radar station and 157 troop concentration areas were destroyed by strikes of operational-tactical, army aviation, missile troops and artillery, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
Replenishment of losses of the armed formations of Ukraine is now in non-stop mode, military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Izvestia.
— The Kiev regime has gone the old, proven and well—developed way of conducting military operations, - he believes. — They compensate for the losses by mass mobilization. Ukrainians en masse, without really teaching, are loaded into a "meat grinder". Then the principle of "in battle you will gain your right" begins to operate. Out of 100 people, 10 will remain, but they will already be good soldiers. This is the logic of training Ukrainian units. It, of course, initially provides for large losses, but the Kiev authorities do not take them into account.
According to the expert, the 35-million-strong Ukraine can thus put at least 2 million people under the gun.
— There is another process going on in parallel, — Vladislav Shurygin reminded. — Every month more and more countries undertake to train Ukrainians. We know that Great Britain and Poland are already doing this, and Finns are getting involved in this process. Most likely, there will be other countries willing to participate in this. We need to understand that in a month and a half Ukraine will start receiving two to three thousand trained people a month.
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Even despite this, the combat capability of the VFU will "slowly slide", but it is wrong to say that Ukraine will soon fail militarily, the interlocutor of Izvestia noted.
— The deterioration of the quality of its troops will occur primarily due to the lack of the necessary amount of military equipment and weapons, - the expert believes.
According to him, the country's resistance will depend on how much the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will allow them to implement their concept of warfare.
— We need to increase pressure and liberate Kramatorsk, Slavyansk, Konstantinovka in the next three months, without waiting for soldiers trained by Western instructors, — Vladislav Shurygin believes. — You can't stand in one place, only then the VFU will fall down.
Also on August 12, the Russian military department reported that during the counter-battery struggle, four platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems, two artillery platoons of Acacia guns and four platoons of D-30 howitzers in firing positions were hit.
Russian air defenses destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, two HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and four Alder MLRS projectiles during the day.
— In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, 267 aircraft, 146 helicopters, 1732 unmanned aerial vehicles, 365 anti—aircraft missile systems, 4293 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 797 multiple rocket launchers, 3290 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4844 units of special military vehicles have been destroyed, - Igor listed Konashenkov.
Mined bridges
On August 12, the cargo ship Zvezda Laura (Marshall Islands, cargo — 60,150 tons of corn) left the port of Yuzhny, the cargo ship Sormovsky 121 (Belize, 3,050 tons of wheat) left the port of Chernomorsk.
In total, since August 1, 14 vessels have taken 438,331 tons of food from Ukrainian ports, said Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, head of the National Defense Management Center of the Russian Federation.
According to him, the VFU continues to use civilian infrastructure for military purposes.
So, in Nikolaev, in a residential apartment building on Pribugskaya Street, the units of the VFU and territorial defense deployed a strongpoint, a large number of armored vehicles are located in the adjacent territory. Under the pretext of ensuring security, the nationalists banned civilians from leaving their homes.
In Kharkiv, on the upper and lower floors of residential buildings on Chernyshevsky Street, units of the VFU and the Kraken National Battalion are stationed, armament and artillery ammunition depots are equipped, MANPADS firing positions are on the roofs.
In Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk region, nationalists placed firing positions of heavy artillery and MLRS on the territory of the church on Dnepropetrovsk Street.
From the territory of boarding school No. 32 in Konstantinovka (DPR), units of the VFU systematically fire artillery and MLRS at positions of the Russian Armed Forces, provoking return fire.
Mikhail Mizintsev also said that near the settlements of Zeleny Gai and Mirolyubovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the VFU mined automobile bridges over the Srednaya Tersa River. They are going to blow them up, accusing the Russian Armed Forces of destroying the transport infrastructure.
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Liberating cities
On August 12, the Defense Ministry told about soldiers and officers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the 2nd Army Corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, who showed courage and dedication during the special operation.
The battalion of Junior Sergeant Georgy Belomytsev was tasked with taking up the defense and preventing the breakthrough of Ukrainian nationalists to the settlement. The battalion repelled enemy attacks for 20 days. The VFU unit, once again trying to break through the defense, decided to outflank. George, instantly assessing the situation, changed his position and hit the enemy with aimed fire. The surviving militant surrendered and was taken by Belomitsev to the battalion control point, where during the interrogation he gave out the location of his main forces.
Thanks to the courage and determination of Georgy Belomytsev, all attempts by nationalists to regain control of the settlement were stopped, the Defense Ministry noted.
As part of the battalion tactical group, Private Tamerlan Tsopanov participated in the liberation of one of the strategically important cities. On the approaches to it, Russian soldiers and officers were met with massive fire using artillery and mortars. Despite this, the group in which Tamerlan was one of the first to enter the city, moving under the cover of an infantry fighting vehicle.
During the battle, a shell exploded next to the soldier. Tamerlan received a severe leg wound, however, having provided himself with first aid on his own, he continued to conduct aimed fire at the enemy.
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"The courageous and selfless actions of Private Tamerlan Tsopanov contributed to the advancement of the battalion—tactical group deep into the enemy's defense," the Russian Defense Ministry noted.
Private Kirill Shavlak, who is loading the guns of the howitzer division of the 2nd Army Corps of the People's Militia of the LPR, came to serve after the start of a special military operation. Exactly two weeks after he turned 18, he signed a contract and became an artilleryman.
As a loader of the Msta-B howitzer, the serviceman took part in the storming of the fortified areas of the VFU, liberated the settlements of the LPR from the enemy. Despite Kirill's youth, the division command notes his courage, determination, diligence and initiative.
Kirill Shavlak is confident that after the victory, the long-awaited peace that every resident of Donbass dreams of will finally come to the liberated republics.
Bogdan Stepovoy
Andrey Fedorov
