AUC3I Daily Briefing 09-08-2024 On the WAR in Ukraine

Understanding The War In Europe _ Analyzing the situation on the ground with by way of an introduction, 3 points, and a conclusion #blackops6 #modernwarfare

COMBAT BRIEFING NUMBER 928

Colonel A.C. Oguntoye’s briefing on the progress of the special military operation on September 8, 2024, are:

1. **Russian Military Operations across Multiple Fronts**:
- Russian Armed Forces are continuing their offensive operations across different regions, including Kharkiv, Donetsk, and Kherson.
- Various Russian military groups (North, West, Southern, Center, East, and Dnepr) have reported inflicting heavy losses on Ukrainian forces in terms of personnel and military equipment.

2. **Casualties and Equipment Losses for Ukrainian Forces**:
- Ukrainian forces lost approximately 2,585 servicemen in various engagements across different regions.
- Ukrainian equipment losses include tanks, armored vehicles, artillery units (including Western-supplied systems like M777 howitzers), and multiple field ammunition depots.
- Russian forces also destroyed Ukrainian electronic warfare stations and unmanned aerial vehicles production workshops.

3. **Key Areas of Engagement**:
- **North Group**: Engaged in the Bryansk, Liptsov, and Volchansk directions, inflicting losses of up to 160 Ukrainian servicemen and destroying a 122 mm howitzer.
- **West Group**: Operated in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, repelling multiple Ukrainian counterattacks and causing over 550 Ukrainian casualties.
- **Southern Group**: Advanced further into Ukrainian defenses, causing around 625 Ukrainian casualties in areas like Chasov Yar and Seversk.
- **Center Group**: Liberated the settlement of Novogrodovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and repelled eight Ukrainian counterattacks, resulting in 560 Ukrainian casualties.
- **East Group**: Defeated Ukrainian forces in Donetsk and repelled counterattacks, with Ukrainian losses amounting to 130 servicemen.

4. **Repelling Ukrainian Counterattacks**:
- Russian forces successfully repelled multiple counterattacks from Ukrainian forces, including mechanized and airborne brigades, across several regions.
- In the Kursk region, Russian forces repelled five Ukrainian attacks, inflicting losses on both personnel and armored vehicles.

5. **Russian Air and Missile Strikes**:
- Russian operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missile troops, and artillery struck concentrations of Ukrainian manpower and military equipment in over 127 areas.
- Russian air defense systems intercepted French-made guided bombs, U.S.-made HIMARS rockets, and Ukrainian UAVs.

6. **Long-term Losses Reported by Russian Forces**:
- Russian forces have claimed the destruction of over 31,121 unmanned aerial vehicles, 17,961 tanks and armored vehicles, and 1,447 multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) since the beginning of the special military operation.

7. **Summary of the Situation in the Kursk Region**:
- Russian forces have repelled Ukrainian attempts to invade the Kursk region, resulting in Ukrainian losses of more than 11,220 servicemen, 87 tanks, and significant amounts of military hardware over the course of operations in this area.

This briefing emphasizes the continued intensity of the conflict, with heavy casualties and losses reported on both sides, and highlights the effectiveness of Russian countermeasures against Ukrainian forces and equipment.