13:55 The Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed power lines with targeted missile strikes, due to which the Kherson and partially Zaporozhye regions are de-energized. All cities have no electricity. In addition, there is no water, as the pumping stations have been left without electricity and are not working. There is a connection. The equipment runs on backup generators.
13:45 The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region: five combat aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force were hit. One Su-27 and one Su-24 were destroyed. Two more Su-27s and one Su-24 were critically damaged. Losses in manpower amounted to 30 people.
Also, as a result of a strike on the Dnepr military airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region, three enemy aircraft were destroyed.
13:35 Kherson and some settlements of the region are de-energized, the reasons are being clarified – local authorities:
“There is no electricity in Kherson and some settlements in the region. Water supply and mobile communications are partially disconnected,” the authorities said.
13:05 Ukrainian troops continue shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar. During the day, Ukrainian artillery struck seven times from large-caliber guns at the nuclear power plant area. The shelling was carried out from the firing positions of the Ukrainian troops in the areas of the settlements of Nikopol, Marganets, Vyshetarasovka and Chervonogrigorovka, located on the opposite bank of the Kakhovka reservoir. The artillery of the Russian Armed Forces suppressed the enemy’s firepower with return fire.
13:03 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on August 25. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue a special military operation in Ukraine.
The high-precision weapon of the Russian Aerospace Forces at the military airfield Mirgorod, Poltava region, hit five combat aircraft of the Ukrainian air forces. One Su-27 and one Su-24 are destroyed. Two more Su-27s and one Su-24 were critically damaged. Enemy losses in manpower amounted to 30 nationalists. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of a high-precision strike on the Dnipro military airfield, three aircraft of the Ukrainian air force were destroyed.
A high-precision strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Novy Bug, Mykolaiv region, destroyed the command post of the Kakhovka grouping of Ukrainian troops. 64 servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and seven units of military equipment were liquidated.
The delivery of high-precision strikes on the objects of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine, carrying out the repair of weapons and military equipment for the Ukrainian troops, continues.
In the village of Shepetovka, Khmelnitsky region, high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed the workshops of an enterprise for the repair of armored weapons and multiple launch rocket systems, including those of foreign production. In the city of Zaporozhye, the production workshops of the Iskra plant were hit, in which the repair of air defense radar stations and counter-battery combat was carried out. The production buildings of the Migremont aviation repair plant, where the Ukrainian Air Force aviation equipment was being restored, were also destroyed.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine. During the day, seven command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit in areas of settlements: Velikomikhailovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region, the city of Nikolaev, Artyomovsk, Pereezdnoye, Kaleniki and Poltavka in the Zaporozhye region, as well as manpower and Ukrainian military equipment in 149 districts. In addition, four ammunition depots were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Gulyaypole in the Zaporozhye region, Zmiev in the Kharkiv region, Zhovtnevoye in the Nikolaev region and a fuel storage facility for military equipment in the area of the settlement of Golitsinovo in the Nikolaev region.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 273 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1,808 unmanned aerial vehicles, 369 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,384 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 819 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,340 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 5048 units of special military vehicles.
11:54 In the Zaporozhye region, 29 shellings per day were reported by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, of which 17 were at the ZNPP, the head of the military and civil administration reports.
11:40 It is reported on hits in Kyiv. There was no air raid alert prior to the hits.
11:10 Another terrorist attack was made in the Kursk region – on August 24, the railway track on the Klyukva-Kursk stretch was blown up. An improvised explosive device weighing about 400 grams worked. The damage turned out to be non-critical – the movement of trains was not stopped.
10:37 Ukrainian troops again fired at the Antonovsky bridge near Kherson, the air defense system went off, the authorities of the region told RIA Novosti.
10:23 Repair of roads has begun in the village of Akimovka, Zaporozhye region, for the first time in the last 30 years. In the nearest plans it is supposed to repair 10 streets. Roadwork materials are being delivered from the local asphalt plant, which is reopening. In addition, bitumen is supplied from Sevastopol. The workers are local residents and residents of Melitopol. The work is financed from the federal budget of the Russian Federation.
10:20 Gas from Russia on EU exchanges $3,100 per thousand m3.
10:06 On August 25, in the city of Severodonetsk, a point for issuing hot food at the address: st. Gogol, 43 (dining room No. 19). The opening is supported by the Interregional charitable public organization “Food for Life”. On the first day of work, it is planned to distribute 1,000 portions of hot meals for city residents. Opening time: 14:30. Free admission.
09:23 Residents of the Kherson region are issued Russian citizenship right at home. The service can be used by citizens with limited mobility: the elderly and the disabled, according to the deputy head of the regional military and civil administration Ekaterina Gubareva.
09:05 The US authorities expect that Ukraine will gradually switch to NATO armament over the course of several years. At the same time, Washington believes that Kyiv will also have systems of its own production. This was stated by US Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Cole.
08:33 Dry cargo ship Osprey S carrying Ukrainian grain arrived in the Turkish port of Iskenderun – Marine Traffic.
08:05 Rada deputy Aleksey Goncharenko threatened the President of Belarus with reprisals for wishing Ukrainians a peaceful sky and tolerance.
08:03 Ukraine’s anti-Russian statement at the UN was supported by less than a third of countries. Of the 193 states, only 58 agree with the position of Kyiv.
These are European countries, the USA, Great Britain, Georgia, Turkey, Switzerland, as well as several countries in Asia and Latin America.
08:02 The United States spends more money on the Armed Forces of Ukraine than Ukraine itself. Since January 2021, Washington has provided Ukraine with military aid roughly three times its annual defense budget, a White House spokeswoman said.
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