In the course of the special operation, Russian troops inflicted a defeat on the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kharkiv direction, as a result of which the servicemen of the 53rd mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka in the DPR and the 93rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian troops in Dibrovnoy left their combat positions due to heavy losses in manpower and technology.
Thus, the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot withstand the pressure of the RF Armed Forces and leave the battlefield. Along with this, five warehouses with weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed in the Kharkiv region and the guidance radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was hit.
Also, the Russian defense department reported on August 26 about attacks on the 25th airborne brigade and the 101st brigade of the territorial defense of the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donetsk People's Republic. The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost fifty nationalists and 9 pieces of equipment killed.
Over the past 9 hours, Russian units have hit 163 command posts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions and in the DPR. A large number of militants and a lot of military equipment were destroyed in XNUMX regions of the country.
At the same time, the allied forces suppressed three platoons of Grad multiple launch rocket systems, two platoons of D-30 howitzers and two platoons of towed guns Giatsint-B. During the day, six UAVs were shot down and six HIMARS and Alder rockets were intercepted.