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13 August 2022
Russian troops attempted to advance in the Kharkiv, Kramatorsk, Novopavlivka and Pivdennyi Buh directions, but were repulsed and retreated with losses; in the Avdiivka direction, the enemy is trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - fierce battles are ongoing.
Russian invaders managed to carry out only superficial repairs to the Antonivka (Antonivskyi) Bridge, which was damaged by Ukrainian forces, but this still does not allow them to ensure ground resupply for the troops.
In the south of Ukraine, the Russian military leadership is moving across the Dnipro River, leaving the personnel on the right bank cut off by the strikes of the Armed Forces.
In Mariupol, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian military, local residents have reported about a powerful explosion.
Zuzana 2 self-propelled artillery units have arrived in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military has released a video of an artillery installation assembled from captured Russian equipment.
August 6 through August 12, Ukrainian Navy’s Marine Forces killed 230 Russian troops and destroyed three enemy tanks and a TOR anti-aircraft missile system.
The Russian Federation treats residents of the occupied Donbas as inferior people. Mobilization in the puppet “republics” has turned into slavery as men who are being deployed to the front lines are literally being sent for slaughter.
It is necessary to convince the United Nations to send its mission to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, while the member states should determine who is ready to deploy forces to stabilize the situation and make Russia pull its military from the nuclear facility.
Border guards and the Defense Forces members destroyed two Russian trucks and personnel in Slovyansk direction.
The Russian military drove a Pion self-propelled heavy artillery unit with a Ukrainian flag hung on it to the entrance to the temporarily captured Enerhodar town in preparations for provocations.
President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that Russian terror is primarily aimed at breaking the internal strength of Ukrainians.
The air defense units of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed four enemy Orlan-10 UAVs and a Su-25 attack aircraft in the east over the past day.
Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners downed Russian Orlan-10 drone.
Rostyslav Smirnov, Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, supposes that the invaders may go on a counteroffensive to try to seize the entire territory of Kherson region ahead of the "referendum" in the temporarily occupied territories of the region.
In the temporarily captured town of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, the self-proclaimed authorities prepare to hold a fake referendum and offer agitators up to RUB 50,000 (about $803) but people refuse.
The fifth caravan of ships carrying Ukrainian agricultural products has departed from the ports of Chornomorsk and Pivdenny.
Russian forces struck the Slobidsky and Nemyshliansky districts in Kharkiv overnight.
Finland will take part in the reconstruction of the Chernihiv region.
As many as 711 children have been injured as a result of Russia's full-scale armed aggression in Ukraine.
The Russian army attacked the Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated about 43,400 Russian soldiers between February 24 and August 13, including 200 in the past day alone.
Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has said he initiates an appeal through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the participating countries of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (the Ramstein format) with the request to send experts in military justice and specialists in countering war crimes to Ukraine.
Russian troops killed five civilians and injured 35 more in Donetsk region on August 12.
Expert commissions have already examined almost 95% of Irpin's infrastructure facilities damaged by Russian invaders.
In the direction of Storozhove-Novosilka, the Ukrainian defenders successfully stopped the enemy offensive and pushed the occupiers back.
Russia is attempting to restart or expand the operation of its military-industrial complex to wage a prolonged war in Ukraine.
On August 12, Ukrainian defenders struck a road bridge over the dam in Nova Kakhovka, which was used by the invaders.
The number of those killed by Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, has grown to three.
12 August 2022
On August 12, the Russian occupiers continued shelling the territory of Sumy region. Almost 200 strikes were recorded.