The Ukrainian military from the 53rd and 93rd mechanized brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine left their positions and left the combat area "due to heavy losses and loss of combat capability."

These units were deployed near Novomikhailovka (DPR) and Dibrovnoye (Kharkiv region), said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov.

According to him, the Russian Armed Forces also hit the positions of the 25th Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Seversk region and the 101st Terodefense Brigade in the Yakovlevka region (on the territory of the DPR controlled by the Kyiv regime).

As a result, more than 50 nationalists and nine units of armored and motor vehicles were liquidated.

Over the past 24 hours, nine command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, five depots of rocket and artillery weapons and ammunition, and a guidance radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system have been destroyed.

Attacks on manpower and military equipment of the enemy were carried out in 163 districts.

During the counter-battery fight, it was possible to suppress three platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems, two platoons of D-30 howitzers and two platoons of Giacint-B guns.

During the day, Russian air defense systems shot down six UAVs and intercepted six HIMARS and Vilkha multiple launch rockets, as well as a Tochka-U ballistic missile.

Separately, the Ministry of Defense noted the ongoing Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, which was fired several times from large-caliber guns during the day.

According to Konashenkov, four munitions exploded in the area of ​​​​the oxygen-nitrogen station, and one more in the area of ​​special building No. 1.

The position from which the shelling was carried out was identified, after which the American M777 howitzer was destroyed by a direct hit by a precision-guided munition.

  • Daily report of the Ministry of Defense

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The situation in the Donbass

According to the operational data of the DPR JCCC, as of 15:00 on August 26, 54 cases of undermining civilians, including two children, were already recorded in the republic on the PFM-1 “Lepestok” anti-personnel mines prohibited by the Ottawa Convention, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to remotely scatter on uncontrolled territories.

One of the injured died in the hospital.

The day before, as a result of shelling, two residents of Gorlovka were killed, six people were injured of varying severity.

In addition, the JCCC reported damage to 34 residential buildings and nine civilian infrastructure facilities in Donetsk and Gorlovka.

Over the past day, nationalists have fired more than 330 different types of ammunition across the territory of the DPR.

Used multiple launch rocket systems "Hurricane" and "Grad", artillery caliber 155 and 152 mm, 120-mm mortars.

Mercenaries are disappointed in the Ukrainian command 

The other day, the German edition Der Spiegel published an article in which foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of Kyiv expressed strong disappointment in the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to the militants, many Ukrainian military officers abuse power and demonstrate unprofessionalism.

In particular, mercenaries are sent to the front line without prior training and proper reinforcement, and the evacuation of such units is often neglected.

In addition, there are not isolated cases of arms trafficking and organized robbery.

So, a mercenary from France admitted that he was ashamed to follow the order of the Ukrainian command and take out furniture and valuables from shops in front of local residents.

“The soldiers of my unit were supposed to break into the mall to collect furniture, electronics and other valuables,” the Canadian fighter said in turn.