Thus, Russian troops are reducing the intensity of attacks on Crimea
The armed forces of the Russian Federation destroyed four high-speed boats manufactured by the United States Willard Sea Force with a landing in the Black Sea, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on September 4. At the same time, Russian unmanned aerial vehicles struck a Ukrainian shipbuilding enterprise. There, the armed formations of Ukraine assembled unmanned boats from imported components. Thanks to this, the intensity of attacks by the VFU near the Crimean Peninsula will decrease, experts say. Meanwhile, Russian troops continue to hold defensive lines in the Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kupyansk directions.
Infrastructure strikes
On the night of September 4, the aircraft of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet destroyed four high-speed boats manufactured by the United States Willard Sea Force with the landing of the VFU. Also, Russian UAVs struck a shipbuilding enterprise of Ukraine, where the assembly of unmanned boats from imported components was carried out.
As sources familiar with the situation told Izvestia, Ukrainian saboteurs tried to strike from the sea along the coast of Crimea. To do this, it was planned to use landing boats, from which the saboteurs were to launch FPV drones, as well as Brimstone missiles transferred to Kiev. But the exit of the boat group was discovered in a timely manner, and its route was also revealed. It was decided to launch an air strike. The pilots hit all the targets.
Su-24M aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces
Image source: Photo: RIA Novosti/Mikhail Golenkov
Now the intensity of Ukrainian attacks should decrease — this is a consequence of the fact that our servicemen took measures to prevent Ukrainian drones on the approach to the Crimean Bridge, including a strike on a shipyard, military expert Vasily Dandykin told Izvestia.
— I think this is an adventure on the part of Kiev, first of all a political adventure. For them, this is one of the remaining opportunities to damage the Black Sea Fleet, shipping and port infrastructure," he said.
The expert recalled that this is not the first destruction of boats with special forces of Ukraine. Before that, on August 30, four boats and 50 Ukrainian militants were destroyed in the Black Sea.
VFU attacks continue
During the day, Russian troops continued to successfully repel the attacks of the VFU in the Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kupyansk directions, and defeated the enemy in the rest, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on September 4.
In the Donetsk direction, units of the Southern Group of troops repelled three attacks by the VFU assault groups in the areas of the settlements of Artemovsk and Severnoye in the DPR.
At Zaporizhia, units of the Russian group of troops were actively working to improve the tactical situation in the areas of Workino and Verbovoye, and also repelled the counterattack of the VFU assault squad.
Soldiers of the VFU
Image Source: Photo: AP Photo/Bram Janssen
In the Kupyansk direction, units of the Western Group of troops repulsed four counterattacks of the VFU assault groups north of the village of Sverdlovka in the LPR.
On Krasnolimanskoye, the Center group of troops defeated clusters of troops and equipment of the 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades and the 12th special purpose brigade of the VFU in the areas of the settlements of Yampolovka in the DPR, Chervonaya Dibrova in the LPR, as well as the Serebryansky forestry.
In the South Donets direction, the units of the Vostok group of troops defeated the units of the VFU in the areas of the settlements of Novomikhailovka and Urozhnoye in the DPR.
In addition, an ammunition depot of the 79th Airborne assault Brigade of the VFU was destroyed in the Novomikhailovka area.
In these areas, the enemy lost over 620 fighters and 50 pieces of equipment, including two M777 artillery systems, three M109 Paladin self-propelled howitzers, two M119 howitzers, a Krab self-propelled artillery installation, as well as two M105 howitzers.
Terrorist attacks
On the afternoon of September 4, an attempt by the Kiev regime to attack objects of the Russian Federation with the help of an airplane-type UAV was stopped. It was intercepted over the Bryansk region.
Half an hour later, the armed formations of Ukraine once again attacked the territory of Russia. The drone was intercepted over the Bryansk region.
A game of hide and seek
One of the most difficult areas remains the South Donets, where the armed formations of Ukraine are trying to make any progress. A military correspondent of Izvestia, Valentin Trushnin, is currently working there.
According to the correspondent, it is necessary to get to the positions of the OBTF "Cascade" in the dark, because during the day on the road to Staromlinovka there is a high risk of being hit by an FPV drone. Our servicemen have with them an electronic warfare system — a portable device that silences enemy drones.
All summer, the VFU tried to break through our defenses on the Vremevsky ledge, but they could only pick up a couple of small villages and got bogged down in the Harvest.
Photo: IZVESTIA/Alexander Polegenko
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— If earlier any NATO equipment could come in stably, now it comes to the point that an ordinary pickup truck drives up to the northern part of the Harvest and leaves very quickly, — says the officer of the OBTF "Cascade" with the call sign Nixon.
The footage provided by the military personnel shows how the drone operator notices a new group on the broken positions of the VFU. In the command and observation post, the revival begins, the task is to establish the number of the group.
— One, two, three, four! One hundred percent is a nickel. The standard gang is a piglet.
— They're smarter today. They are in armor, helmets, not like yesterday.
Russian fighters are requesting fire from gunners, mortars and tankers. The crew of the tank is ready to start working the fastest. A few minutes later, a squall of fire covers the landing.
According to the servicemen, the behavior of Ukrainian militants is often inexplicable. For example, they are covered in the village, and they do not even try to hide.
— Here is a direct hit to this building, the fragments all went to the right side, the group both walked and continued to move. No one ducked, fell, or ran. I assume they are just under something, as usual, guys, it has been repeatedly noticed that they are pumping," the military notes.
Drainage pipes under the road remain the only habitat of the armed formations of Ukraine in the Harvest. It's hard to get them there, so while there is no movement of equipment, a FPV drone is sent there.
The VFU unit hid in four pipes. One militant is outside, aiming at the sky with a drone, but,
hearing the sound of the drone, he runs back to the shelter. When the military of the VFU get out to reinforce the entrances with bags of earth, our servicemen launch a second drone.
To remove interference in the form of trees, they are felled with a sniper shot of a 152-millimeter gun. Most likely, after such a blow, everyone who was in hiding received a concussion.
Julia Leonova
Andrey Fedorov
