The allied forces are successfully conducting an offensive in the Kherson and Nikolaev directions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“As a result of offensive actions in the Kherson-Nikolaev direction in the Aleksandrovka area, the allied forces destroyed units of the 28th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and reached the administrative border of the Nikolaev region.

Taken under control of 36 sq.

km of the territory of the Kherson region.

The settlement of Komsomolskoye was liberated, the advance into the depth of the enemy’s defense in this direction amounted to 3 km.

Established control over the territory of the Nikolaev region with an area of ​​12 square meters.

km,” said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

Along with this, near Andreevka, the 35th Marine Brigade and the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine suffered significant losses, the enemy was driven out of the village of Blagodatovka and nearby settlements.

He also announced a successful offensive in the Donetsk direction, where the liberation of Maryinka is being completed and the encirclement of the AFU grouping in the Avdiivka area continues.

“In the area of ​​​​the settlement, Kodema is blocked from three sides and the systematic destruction of the elite unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the 214th Opfor battalion is being carried out.

In the Artyomovsk area, as a result of successful offensive operations, the allied forces advanced close to the settlement of Zaitsevo, which is an important defense center of the city, ”explained the representative of the defense department.

  • Briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

At the same time, high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces launched strikes at the points of temporary deployment of the 81st Airmobile and 95th Airborne Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as a result of which up to 200 nationalists and 18 pieces of military equipment were destroyed.

In addition, the 2nd mechanized battalion of the 66th mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine lost its combat capability, whose servicemen left their positions and departed in an unknown direction.

As a result of air, missile and artillery strikes, 12 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, as well as manpower and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 164 districts, seven depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, four fuel storage facilities for military equipment, and a self-propelled launcher of an anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed. "Buk-M1", a radar station for detecting low-altitude targets and a radar complex for counter-battery warfare, made in the USA.

As part of the counter-battery fight, Russian troops suppressed three Ukrainian platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems, four platoons of D-30 howitzers and two American M777 howitzers.

Russian air defense systems, in turn, shot down a Su-27 aircraft and six Ukrainian Air Force drones, and also intercepted 15 Ukrainian multiple rocket launchers.

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Preventing a terrorist attack in the DNR

On August 23, employees of the Ministry of State Security of the Donetsk People's Republic prevented a terrorist attack, which was supposed to be carried out on the day of the referendum on joining the DPR to the Russian Federation, informs the Donetsk News Agency.

It is reported that a citizen of Ukraine Yevhen Karpenko, who was recruited by the Ukrainian special services in the Czech Republic, where he was trained in minecraft, applied to the department. 

“We sent all available information about the preparation of a terrorist act by Ukraine on the territory of the DPR and the participation of the Czech Republic in this to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in order to distribute these materials among foreign states, on the platforms of international organizations and through other channels of communication with the world community,” Sergey Peresada, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPR, said.

As noted by the head of the republic Denis Pushilin, the date of the referendum on the accession of the Donetsk People's Republic to the Russian Federation will be determined after the complete liberation of the territory of the DPR.