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3 UAVs shot down in Podolsk near Moscow, no casualties or damage, says Moscow Mayor Sobyanin

Upd: Sobyanin: "Another drone flying to Moscow was shot down by the Defense Ministry's air defense. At the moment, an attack on Moscow by 4 UAVs has already been repelled. At the site of the fall of the debris, according to preliminary data, there is no damage or casualties. All services are working on the spot."

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8 UAVs shot down in Moscow region overnight, - Sobyanin

"The Defense Ministry's air defense continues to repel an attack by enemy UAVs and shot down another drone flying toward Moscow. At the moment, 8 enemy UAVs have been shot down. All services are working on the scene," the Moscow mayor writes.

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"This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with drones in all time," Sobyanin

Overnight, 10 UAVs have already been shot down in the Moscow region, the Moscow mayor said.

"Two more drones flying to Moscow have been shot down. The layered defense of Moscow against enemy UAVs that was created has allowed us to successfully repel all attacks. The Defense Ministry's air defense forces shot down 10 of them tonight. This is one of the largest attempts to attack Moscow with drones in all time. We continue to monitor the situation," Sobyanin wrote.

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The destruction of a Russian Kamaz-Mustang in Kurshchyna💥

Requiem group Special operations forces hit a moving truck with your drone, it crashed onto the side of the road and burned.

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Our aviation continues to level with the ground the point of deployment of the landing force 98 pdd.

JDAM - will never end🤙🏻

Kursk People's Republic, Tyotkino settlement.

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Surrendered to our drone!

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The first Kamikaze Queens are going to the front and immediately to new territories 🐝👑

Will bring democracy to the young republic.

Wait for the video of the lesions! 🔥

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The Rosrezerv oil depot in Proletarsk, Rostov Region, has not been extinguished for three days. The area of the fire has reached 10 thousand square meters, the head of the Proletarsky District administration reported. "Baza" writes that 22 fuel tanks are burning.

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Another tank exploded at the oil depot in Proletarsk.

There are more than 600 rescuers on site, trying to stop the fire from spreading further. They work in shifts. According to the governor, two fire trains and an Emergencies Ministry plane are also involved.

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🔥 "It's so f***ing hot, let's run!" The moment one of the tanks at the oil depot in Proletarsk was depressurized

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The same pontoon crossing of Russians across the Seim River in Kurshchyna.

Operators of the Special Operations Forces of the Requiem group unit helped cut Russian logistics with your drones, hitting a couple of pieces of engineering equipment🔪

So that the Russians die when they try to escape, throw them on a new riverbed👇

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It has become known what happened to the missing Russian pontoon crossing across the Seim River in the Kursk region

Ukrainian blogger and volunteer Sergey Sternenko posted a video from an FPV drone, filmed in the area of one of the two pontoon crossings built by the Russian army across the Seim River in the Kursk region, between the villages of Zvannoye and Glushkovo. The day before, Radio Liberty published satellite photographs of this crossing, from which it followed that between August 18 and 19 it disappeared, and smoke was visible 500 meters from it in a photo taken on Monday.

It turned out that this smoke was the result of a drone strike on a Russian military truck heading towards the pontoon bridge. Near the bridge, engineering equipment can be seen in the video, which was also attacked by a drone. The pontoon bridge itself in the drone video is "moored" along the Russian-controlled bank of the river.

The Russian army has begun constructing pontoon bridges across the Seim River in the Kursk region after the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed or seriously damaged three fixed bridges in the area, making it impossible for Russia to supply its troops and hampering their possible retreat. As a reminder, you can find our constantly updated interactive map of the fighting in the Kursk region at this link.

Operators of the Special Operations Forces of the "Requiem group" division inflict damage on the engineering machines of the Russians in Kurshchyna

Location: north of Hlushkovo/west of Shagarovo, Kursk region

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Russian military has built a new pontoon crossing near the one that disappeared after the Ukrainian Armed Forces attack

A satellite image from August 20 shows that a new crossing over the Seim River in the Kursk region between the villages of Zvannoye and Glushkovo has appeared literally 500 meters upstream. In addition, traces of fighting in the area of the village of Krasnooktyabrsky can be seen in photographs from space. Russian "war correspondents" wrote about fighting in this place three days ago, but, according to them, they did not affect the settlement itself. At the same time, the image from August 20 shows numerous traces of fires in Krasnooktyabrsky itself.

Gas sales are not going to moved from the EU to China after all.

Загальні бойові втрати противника з 24.02.22 по 20.08.24 (орієнтовно)

#NOMERCY #stoprussia #stopruSSiZm #stoprussicism #ВІРЮвЗСУ

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cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/2068142

Based on public statements by defense-sector officials and his own interviews, military expert Maxim Starchak, a Fellow at the Center for International and Defense Policy at Queen’s University, concludes that the growing shortages of workers in the military-industrial complex are an insoluble problem.

The “demographic hole” in Russia (by late 2022 the number of workers under 30 years old had dramatically decreased) only intensifies the competition for personnel. “There are now half as many young people on the labor market than required,” says Natalia Nikulinskaya, head of HR at Penza PTPA, a manufacturer of pipeline fittings.

Obviously, the war in Ukraine has significantly exacerbated the demographic issues. According to career consultant Galina Babkova, based on official data and calculations by independent media, 650,000 able-bodied men went to war in Ukraine.

Even though workers without skills and experience are immediately offered a good salary, it is still hard to find people, says Larisa Smirnova, an HR expert from Kostroma.

In June, industrial output in Russia slowed sharply, with the subsegments of military equipment and optics/electronics production falling for two straight months. This suggests that industry is plateauing amid the labor problems and tight monetary policy. Salary increases and other measures have ceased to push workers into industry, which is starting to slip.

I don't really know if this fits in this community, if not just take it down. The map is from the BlackBird group.

Regarding the recent strikes on the Seim river crossings, I've been speculating what Ukraines plans are. Not too long ago, the Ukranian advance around Korenevo slowed a bit. Then they started systematically hitting the Seim river crossings, of which ISW assesses there is only one left.

If the goal was to encircle and trap Russian units, I would assume that Ukraine would make a hard push through Korenevo to the river. As it looks now, it seems like they are leaving a small corridor open. Whether that is due to Russian resistance or Ukrainian planning I have no idea.

This makes me wonder whether they are intentionally leaving a small opening (See: Sun Tzu) to try to make Russian forces low on resources funnel through the opening where they can inflict heavy casualties, or whether they are trying to force the Russians to expend resources trying to prevent being cut off before they close the net.

In any case, I can see Ukraine wanting to secure another major road towards Korenevo that they can use to supply the offensive.

Of course, I don't want anyone to reveal anything that could violate OPSEC, everything I read is based on OSINT. I'm just interested and would like to hear other peoples speculations.

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The second pontoon bridge built across the Seim River by the Russian military has disappeared, and near the place where it was there is smoke, presumably from an explosion.

New satellite images taken today, August 19, show that the pontoon bridge previously built by the Russian military between the villages of Zvannoye and Glushkovo in the Kursk region of Russia has disappeared - and smoke is rising 500 meters away. Earlier, the fire near the bridge was spotted by NASA's FIRMS satellites, which record fires on the earth's surface. The Russian army began setting up pontoon bridges across the Seim River after attacks by Ukrainian troops advancing from the south on fixed bridges in the area. Another pontoon bridge, built east of the village of Glushkovo, is still visible in the August 19 image.

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Air defense of the Ground Forces destroyed 90 enemy aerial reconnaissance and attack UAVs in a week, among them:

🔸 Unmanned aerial vehicle Shahed-131/136 — 19 units;

🔸Aircraft Orlan-10/30 — 7 units;

🔸BpLA Zala — 38 units;

🔸BpLA Lancet — 14 units;

🔸Supercam UAV — 4 units;

🔸BpLA Privit-82 — 6 units;

🔸 Blyskavka Blyskavka air defense system - 2 units;

Thanks to the soldiers for effective combat work. Glory to everyone who protects Ukraine!

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