Newsletter 26/08/2024
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AFU shoots down 102 Russian missiles and 99 drones
In total, 201 air targets were shot down as a result of the air battle - 102 missiles and 99 attack UAVs:
1 Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aerial ballistic missile;
1 Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missile;
1 Kh-22 cruise missile;
99 Kh-101, “Kalibr” cruise missiles, and X-59/69 guided missiles;
99 Shahed-131/136 attack UAVs,” the statement said.
The Air Force's radio engineering troops detected 127 missiles and 109 attack UAVs:
3 Kh-47M2 “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles from the airspace of the Ryazan and Lipetsk regions (Russia)
6 “Iskander-M”/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Kursk and Voronezh regions - Russian Federation and from Crimea;
77 Kh-101 cruise missiles from Tu-95MS aircraft from the airspace of Volgograd region and the Caspian Sea region;
28 Kalibr cruise missiles from surface/underwater carriers in the eastern part of the Black Sea;
3 X-22 cruise missiles from the airspace of Voronezh region - Russian Federation
10 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided missiles from Su-57 and Su-34 aircraft from the airspace of Belgorod region and from the area of Mariupol;
109 Shahed-131/136 strike UAVs - launch areas of Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeysk - Russia, and Chauda - Crimea.
The 650th Separate Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun Battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Zakarpattia shot down a cruise missile
Kyiv during the alarm: people are hiding in metro stations and under an overpass
The air alert in the capital today lasted 7 hours and 46 minutes.
No threat of Kyiv HPP dam breach following Russian strike - disinfo watchdog
Russian drone flies into Poland during latest attack on Ukraine
Railroad is partially de-energized due to enemy shelling
Missile attack on Odesa region injures four people, including a child
War
Reuters confirms team member’s death in Kramatorsk
Ryan Evans, a safety adviser, was part of a Reuters crew staying at Hotel Sapphire in the city of Kramatorsk in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region on Saturday when it was hit by a missile, the news agency said.
Russian strike on Kramatorsk: Wounded Polish journalist remains in Ukraine
Polish journalist and volunteer Monika Andruszewska, who was injured in a Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk on the night of August 25, is not going to return to Poland for treatment, she will stay in Ukraine.
“It was nothing to worry about. When the blood was washed off and the glass was removed from the skin, it turned out to be minor injuries,” she said.
Politics
Russia likely mastermind behind environmental protests in Serbia - think tank
A network of extremist and right-wing radical organizations linked to Russia’s military intelligence (GRU), including People's Patrol, whose leader Damjan Knezevic visited in 2022 the base of the Wagner Group (GRU’s front organization) in St Petersburg, as well as Srbska Aktsia, Club 451 (Club 451), and their youth wing Zborashka omladina, Zentropa, and neo-fascist Obraz.
Analysts emphasize the participation in the campaign of Serbian ultras, in particular those rooting for FC Partizan, known for its connection with GRU unit 29155 as part of the campaign to destabilize Moldova, and FC Crvena Zvezda, which has partnership relations with Spartak Moscow’s ultras. The team’s sponsor is Russia’s energy giant Gazprom. According to the report, as part of the campaign, the ultras exerted influence aimed at opposing lithium mining in the country and highlighted the Kosovo tensions.
Head of IAEA to arrive at Kursk NPP Aug 27
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi said he would lead the agency's mission to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday.