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30 August 2023
In a phone call, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi and Chief of Defence of the Kingdom of Denmark Flemming Lentfer discussed the training of Ukrainian pilots and engineers on the F-16 fighter aircraft.
Germany’s Federal Government has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, including 10 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks and one TRML-4D air surveillance radar.
Russian troops shelled Nikopol with heavy artillery.
During the day, more than 35 combat engagements took place at the front, and the Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct the offensive operation in Melitopol direction.
Chief Petty Officer Roman Borshch, who was wounded in the shelling of the Odesa region, died in hospital.
Soldiers of the National Guard of Ukraine shot down a Russian drone that tried to attack their positions.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian forces form assault teams out of soldiers drafted only a month ago while the intensity of enemy assault efforts periodically drops as Ukrainian troops keep repelling attacks.
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces have denounced a false report by Russia’s Defense Ministry claiming Ukrainian navy boats were destroyed and a group of soldiers were killed off the coast of Crimea.
During the recent battle between Ukrainian gunboats and a Russian attack plane off the coast of Snake Island in the Black Sea, none of the watercraft sustained damage.
Romania and the Netherlands have signed a letter of intent to establish a base for training of F-16 pilots and related maintenance of these aircraft at one of the training centers in Romania, which will be a contribution of these countries to strengthening Ukraine's air defense.
More than 20,000 Ukrainian warriors have already completed training in the United Kingdom.
In the Kherson region, the occupants made every effort to conceal information about the number of victims of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant explosion, in particular, they took the bodies of the dead to an unknown destination.
Following the overnight drone attack on Russia’s Pskov, four enemy Il-76 strategic and tactical airlifters were destroyed.
Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi has visited the Ukrainian military who are completing tasks on the front.
Russian occupants have deployed a second crematorium in the temporarily occupied Melitopol to burn the bodies of the killed invaders.
In the seaport of Mariupol, captured by the Russian army, the invaders are loading another batch of stolen Ukrainian grain onto a ship.
The Russian troops struck the village of Nevske in Luhansk region, which was liberated last autumn. A man was injured.
Russian courts try about 100 soldiers every week for refusing to fight in Ukraine, which indicates the poor morale of the Russian army.
On August 29, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) attacked Kadyrov’s forces and collaborators, who were going to hold illegitimate Russian "elections" in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, with drones.
In Bakhmut direction, the Russian army tries to regain lost positions, but the defense forces are gradually moving forward.
Yesterday, on August 29, Russian troops conducted massive shelling of the settlements of Bohodukhiv, Izyum, Chuhuiv and Kupiansk districts of the Kharkiv region.
The Russian army launched 106 strikes on 26 populated settlements of Zaporizhzhia region. Three people were injured.
Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to carry out offensive operations south of the city of Bakhmut.
As of 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 30, Russia has five ships on combat duty in the Black Sea.
Over the past day, August 29, the Russian army launched 77 strikes on Kherson region.
In one of the districts of Kyiv region, more than six private houses were damaged and three people were injured by fragments of downed Russian missiles and Shahed drones.
Air defense forces destroyed all 28 Russian cruise missiles and 15 out of 16 combat drones last night.
Nikopol came under Russian artillery fire two times – on Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
From February 24, 2022 to August 30, 2023, Ukraine’s Defense Forces eliminated 262,410 Russian invaders, including 570 in the past day alone.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue an offensive operation in the Melitopol direction, getting entrenched in the gained positions and engaging in counter-battery combat. Thirty-five engagements were reported in the past day.