The situation in Ukrainian SMO by the end of August 5, 2022

The offensive on Donbass: the situation in eastern Ukraine by the end of August 5, 2022

There are no significant changes in the front line in the Kharkiv direction.
 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are fighting with Ukrainian formations in the area of the Nursery, Vesely, Prudyanka and Gusarovka.
 In the forest area east of Protopopovka, the assault groups of the 58 ompbr of the AFU tried to gain a foothold at Lake Liman, but suffered losses and retreated.

The Allied forces continue their offensive in the Bakhmut (Artemovsky) direction.
 In Soledar, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the 6th Cossack regiment of the LPR NM repelled several attempts of the AFU counteroffensive in the area of the KNAUF-GYPSUM plant.
➖ Assault detachments of the Wagner PMCs have gained a foothold on the eastern outskirts of Bakhmut (Artemovsk).
➖ In the southern sector of the front, there are battles to the east of Kodema.

DPR People’s Militia units with the support of Russian artillery and aviation are advancing in the Donetsk direction.
 The 11th regiment of the NM DNR is cleaning the Sands. Ukrainian forces are resisting in the north-western part of the village.
Fierce clashes continue in Maryinka and Avdiivka.
 Calculations of the Ukrainian barrel artillery once again fired at the objects of the civil infrastructure of the Donetsk agglomeration. The Donetsk railway station was hit today.

▪️There are no significant changes on the front line in the Zaporozhye direction. Ukrainian formations fired several times at the industrial site of the NPP in the Zaporozhye region.

In the Kryvyi Rih direction, the APU is preparing for further offensive actions. Artillery duels continue on the contact line. 

#YURI WAR BRIEFING Gusarovka village under attack in Kharkov oblast, an important bridgehead for both Slaviansk and future Kharkov operation. Solidar: battles near the KNAUF factory, unsuccessful enemy counter attack. Peski fully taken, being mopped up. There are reasons to believe that the Russians came up with some quite counter measures against the US-supplied artillery radars, that were previously used by the AFU quite aptly.

In a special appeal, Yuri calls the pro-Russian resistance in the Ukraine-held territories to caution, as, according to his data, a large scale police raids have started or are scheduled to start. Local residents help, with great efficiency, to direct Russian precision strikes, and their activity have been, so far, very useful for the Russian war effort. State of the fronts as of 19:00 CEST August 4.

Zaporozhskaya Atomic Power Plant have been shelled by the Ukrainian military once again. Artillery hits confirmed in the main area of the power plant, so called “industrial site” where the plant’s buildings and machines are located, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Russian Joint Military Civil Administration of Zaporozhye Oblast wrote in his telegram channel. Damage assessment underway.  Industrial site of a nuclear power plant is normally an area of about 1km2. 

Zelensky accuses Russia of shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

“Today, the occupiers have created another extremely risky situation for the whole of Europe – they fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, twice a day. This is the largest nuclear power plant on our continent. And any shelling of this facility is a frank and daring crime, it is an act of terror”

There are no doubts that Ukraine shelled the territory of the nuclear power plant. This is not the first time this has happened. From the same Zaporozhye nuclear power plant at the beginning of the special operation, they staged a performance as if Russia was firing at it from tanks (what?). Such provocations are an attempt to lure out help from the West, because an accident at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant will have worldwide consequences. But Ukraine should not get away with it. This is an act of terror for the sake of preserving the criminal regime in Kyiv.

And Zelensky also calls for sanctions against Russian nuclear energy and companies from this industry. They say that the one who fires at nuclear facilities should not deal with this at all.

#YURI WAR BRIEFING Attempts of the Russians near Kharkov to undertake a local offensive continue, despite a non-successful Gusarovka attack yesterday. Allied troops entered Bakhmut, contesting the industrial zone. Incidentally, the same happens in Solidar, where battles for the KNAUF factory grounds continue. Still no oficial announcement about Peski being taken, but, according Yuri’s reports, the abandoned village is indeed  taken, mine clearance and sweeps continue, with battles continuing around Pervomayskoe.

Discrepancies between the political and military leadership of Ukraine continue: the military advises against the Kherson offensive, Zelenski still, allegedly, insists on this risky offensive that can cause not only the southern front, but also Donbass one to crumble. State of the fronts as of: Aug 5, 19:00 CEST

The AFU command is reporting a Russsian attack on the town of Gusarovka from the direction of Novo Gusarovka. This is NW of the Izum Bridgehead.

For the past 2 months, the Ukr have attempted to attack the bridgehead on several occasions in order to cut the main Russian supply route which passes through it.

The attack on Gusarovka could be an attempt to push the Ukr away from the western edge of the bridgehead. There is also an increase of pressure in the southern section towards Slavyansk likely aimed at fixing Ukr units in that area in place

Military expert Boris Rozhin on the changes for the day at 21.45 Moscow time on 04.08.2022 in the special military operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine
   
1. Artemovsk:
PMC Wagner detachments entered Artemovsk and started fighting on its eastern outskirts, taking advantage of the fact that the enemy suffered heavy losses both in the defense (under artillery fire) and during the failed attack on Pokrovskoye. There is also fighting for Veselaya Dolina and on the outskirts of Kodema. Semigorje is completely liberated.

2. Soledar:
Fighting continues in the industrial zone. There is a small advance at Bakhmutsky. Fighting also continues near Yakovlevka and Belogorovka. The enemy managed to stabilize the front near Seversk, fighting continues near Serebryanka, Ivano-Daryevka and near Verkhnekamenskoye.

3. Peski:
In the morning, most of the settlement was controlled by our troops. By evening, there was progress in mopping up and advancing toward the western outskirts of Pervomayskoye. Nevertheless, reports of the complete liberation of Peski are still ahead of events, although the entrenchment in Peski will not be long in coming. And further will follow either an offensive on Pervomaysk or on Vodyanoye to threaten the Orlovka-Avdeevka route.

4. Avdeevka (updated):
Wagner #PMC, supported by RF Forces´ artillery, broke the #AFU defenses and managed to enter Artemovsk/#Bachmut. Fighting is now taking place on Patrice Lumumba Street. The AFU General Staff generally acknowledges the complication of the situation for the Avdeevka group due to the advance of the Allied Forces to the south of the city. It is also worth noting the ongoing terrorist shelling of Donetsk and other settlements of the Donetsk agglomeration.

5. Slavyansk:
Positional fighting continues in the area of Sidorov, Bogorodichnoye, Dolyna and Prishyb. The AFU claim to have been able to regain control of the destroyed village of Mazanivka, which was in the “gray zone”. The RF Armed Forces continue to conduct concentrated strikes against concentrations of enemy forces in the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration, from which the civilian population continues to be removed. The Russian Defense Ministry states that up to 400 enemy soldiers and officers have been killed in Kostyantynivka.

6. Izyum:
The front on the Izyum direction has somewhat revived. The AFU General Staff reports that the RF Armed Forces are storming Gusarovka, the loss of which could significantly complicate the situation for the AFU. The Russian Armed Forces do not comment on the statements about the storming of Gusarovka.

7. Kharkov:
The Russian Armed Forces, after capturing Borshcheva, are pressing towards Kharkov in the direction of Russkye and Cherkasskye Tishok, as well as near Bayrak and Dementyevka. Nevertheless, positional tendencies persist here. Regular rocket attacks on Kharkov and Chuguev continue. The enemy continues shelling the border areas.

8. Krivoy Rog.
The AFU continued its attempts to strengthen the bridgehead on the Ingulets river near Andreevka, which has already led to heavy losses of AFU manpower. More and more often instead of statements about the attack on Kherson and complaints about the constant strikes on Nikolaev, there are statements about the threat of an offensive by the Russian Armed Forces. Nevertheless, the enemy has not abandoned hopes of successful offensives in the Krivoy Rog and Nikopol directions.

Russia is grinding Nazi Ukraine to powder, for betrayal, for selling themselves and selling Ukrainian land to the enemies of Russia.  For the fact that they declared Russia their enemy.  For the construction of American and British military bases on Ukrainian soil.  For the murder of Russians, for the destruction of the Russian language and all Russian.  And all this on native Russian soil.  For all this, Ukraine will be destroyed.

 Ukrainian TG-channel Resident:
 Our source in the OP said that Zaluzhny is asking Zelensky to urgently return the artillery that was being prepared for the counteroffensive to the eastern front.  Now the Armed Forces of Ukraine are being compared to the ground in Pesky/Avdeevka/Bakhmut/Soledar/Seversk, and no one is conducting counter-battery work, because of the demand of the President’s Office to disrupt the referendum in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.  The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine insists on curtailing preparations for the counteroffensive and switching to defense, so as not to lose the Donetsk region now.  https://t.me/ukraina_ru/90165

Apparently, the breakthrough of the defense in Peski came as a surprise to the Ukrainian command.  In Kyiv, they probably hoped that this fortified area could not be stormed head-on and therefore concentrated on other sectors of the front.
 In principle, it was quite logical.  For the Armed Forces of Ukraine, it was necessary to launch a counteroffensive and show at least some success, and since the Armed Forces of Ukraine are experiencing a shortage in the same artillery, the Ukrainian General Staff decided to carry out a maneuver and left Peski without artillery support.
 As a result, everything turned out quite the opposite.  They walked along the Sands with an artillery roller, multiplying the Ukrainian fortifications by zero and turning the vushniks into mincemeat, and our infantry broke into the enemy’s trenches, finishing off the survivors.  All this indicates a significantly increased level of operational art of the RF Armed Forces, on which I congratulate all of us.
https://t.me/ukraina_ru/90296

Donbass on fire:
 

Half of the village of Peski near Donetsk is under the control of the DPR, the other half of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was previously left.  Allied forces are actively destroying strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine along the entire front in the area of   Avdiivka, Soledar and Artemovsk, the authorities said.The allied forces drove the AFU fighters from the southern outskirts of Maryinka in the DPR, the authorities added.  On the video Maryinka, top view https://t.me/greatrussia1/15042 

It seems that Zelensky has some serious agreements with the US and the EU on Peski and Avdiivka.  There are no other explanations why Zelensky immediately throws crowds of mobilized and untrained people, who were caught all over Ukraine, into a flurry of fire.  They are beaten out clean, and new ones are sent in their place.  From the howling of the Nazis in Ukrainian social networks, it is already laying ears.  https://t.me/SergeyKolyasnikov/40800

Theses from the report to Zelensky from Zaluzhny:

 ▪️The staffing of the Armed Forces of Ukraine remains at the level of 43-48%, despite the mobilization;
 ▪️ Losses among military personnel – more than 191 thousand killed and wounded;
 ▪️ More than 80% of the reservists from the fifth wave of mobilization have already been killed, wounded or deserted;
 ▪️ There are no statistics on missing persons;
 ▪️ Medicine is working at its limit, the seriously wounded are taken through Poland for treatment in Germany, France, Italy and other countries;
 ▪️ Stocks of small arms and body armor are sorely lacking, one out of three servicemen is equipped and ready for combat operations, the rest have to fight with whatever they have to;
 ▪️Mobilized people stopped paying at the place of civilian work, military delays up to three months;
 ▪️ The resource of some samples of equipment transferred by the allies is running out.  We are talking mainly about the first batches of the American M777, M109, and, oddly enough, the fairly new Panzerhaubitse 2000 and MARS II;
 ▪️ Lack of qualified specialists in the operation of Western weapons.  Trained military personnel work 24/7 and cannot physically be in multiple locations.  For this reason, equipment is trusted by people without a deep understanding of the materiel, therefore, breakdowns occur due to improper operation;
 ▪️Problem with consumables, especially hydraulics and liquid nitrogen, required for M777 howitzers.  In addition, the titanium design of the gun requires special conditions for repair;
 ▪️ In the field, an automated fire control system does not last long, fragments and dust kill quickly enough;  there are no opportunities for repairs on the spot, you have to send it to Poland, where there are spare parts and specialists.  https://t.me/belvestnik/29170

“The conflict in Ukraine is the most dangerous moment for Europe since the Second World War, and Russia cannot be allowed to win,” NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg said.

 He has a bad memory.  I forgot who won then, in World War II.  History will repeat itself.  https://t.me/medvedev_telegram/155

“What have you achieved with sanctions?!” — Germans booed the German vice-chancellor after he blames Russia for the country’s economic problems

Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck visited Bavaria and there told locals that Russia was to blame for the country’s economic woes. He urged citizens to accept the rising cost of living as “the price of resistance by Russia”.

The crowd booed the vice-chancellor in response, with people shouting back that Habeck was a traitor and warmonger, and asking what Germany had achieved with sanctions. After the question was not answered, people left the rally.

There is growing dissatisfaction in the German society with the widespread price hikes: it was announced earlier that Germans will have to pay an additional fee for electricity from October 1, and mayors of seven cities have called on the authorities to launch Nord Stream 2. 

Trump has remained completely silent on this subject.

Russian MIL just accused the DNC of creating and unleashing C19. There is an exactly 0% chance Trump and US MIL don’t know about this. Same with Biden. Direct threat to NATSEC. They know.

I can clearly see why Biden would not want to talk about this, but why on Earth would Trump NOT talk about it?

My guess is he’s maintaining his distance. Appearing uninvolved. Meaning there is a plan, and you’re witnessing it.

-Clandestine

https://bioclandestine.substack.com/p/russian-mil-declares-ukraine-origin

Orban: There will be no peace without US-Russia talks

absolutely delusional.

Zelensky on the recent Amnesty Report: “must have been someone else”.

Fresh set of Ukrainian soldiers who refused to fight

Hladosove Captured by DPR forces

Artillery strikes were carried out by Russian soldiers | seems unlimited since February

Ukraine War [05 August] – Clashes reach Bakhmut & Soledar – Ukraine improves position on Izium Front

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