🇺🇸 ISW:
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The Russian information space is seizing on #Ukrainian gains in #Urozhaine (in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area) to highlight poor #Russian morale and command challenges in the area.
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-13-2023
#ukraine #ukrainecounteroffensive #russia #russianarmy #RussiaUkraineWar
🇷🇺 #Russia is in the process of equipping its new #nuclear submarines with #hypersonic Zircon missiles, the head of Russia's largest shipbuilder told the RIA state news agency in an interview published on Monday.
🇷🇺 🇮🇳 Inflated shipping costs are enabling #Russian companies to earn far more from crude #oil sales to #India than previously recognised, according to a Financial Times analysis which suggests that the charges may have raised more than $1bn in a single quarter.
https://www.ft.com/content/7c6998aa-a0d9-4ba7-9e35-e291978ca4d6
#russia #energy #oilandgas #oilprice #pricecap #sanctions
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukraine called Russia's boarding of a cargo vessel in the Black Sea on Sunday "a deliberate attack" and "an act of piracy," marking the latest flare-up over the sea's shipping lanes since a key grain deal collapsed last month.
#blacksea #russia #RussiaUkraineWar #russianwarcrimes
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A governor of a western #Russian region blamed a #Ukrainian drone for damage to an apartment building in the city of #Belgorod on Sunday, after Russia's defence ministry said air defences shot down at least four Ukrainian drones in the west of the country.
#ukraine #russia #RussiaUkraineWar
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukrainian border guards placed a new sign on Snake Island this weekend, recalling the early hours of Russia's invasion when a comrade on the strategic Black Sea outcrop used a choice phrase to refuse to surrender to a warship.
#ukraine #blacksea #russia #RussiaUkraineWar
🇷🇺 Russia’s decision to withdraw from a key humanitarian accord puts tens of millions of people at risk of acute food crisis around the world.
#russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes #foodsecurity
🇺🇦 #Ukraine is now the most heavily mined country on Earth and its army is suffering from a critical shortage of men and equipment able to clear the frontlines, the country’s defence minister has said, as soldiers spoke of heavy casualties in the engineering brigades.
#russia #russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Insider has looked at the four key types of #landmines — broken down into two major groups — being used in the war, how they work, and the impact they've had on the war in #Ukraine
https://www.businessinsider.com/4-types-landmines-how-they-work-bounding-anti-tank-2023-8
#russia #RussiaUkraineWar #russianwarcrimes
🇷🇺 A large fire that broke out at a fertiliser warehouse in the town of Ramenskoye in #Moscow region on Sunday had been extinguished, #Russian news agencies reported citing Russia's emergency service.
#russia
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 A #Russian warship on Sunday fired warning shots at a cargo ship in the southwestern Black Sea as it made its way northwards, the first time #Russia has fired on merchant shipping beyond #Ukraine since exiting a landmark UN-brokered grain deal last month.
#blacksea #russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 #Russia has evacuated more than 2,000 people from flooded areas in its Far East, emergency officials said Sunday, after Tropical Storm #Khanun brought heavy rains to the region.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/08/13/russia-evacuates-2000-in-far-east-over-floods-a82133
#fareast
🇷🇺 A shootout between Kadyrovites and soldiers of the #Russian military commandant’s office took place Saturday evening in the Russian-occupied village of Urzuf near #Mariupol, Ukrainian authorities reported.
#ukraine #russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Six people including an infant were killed on Sunday by #Russian shelling in the southern #Ukrainian region of #Kherson, officials said.
#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes
🇬🇧 UK Ministry of Defence:
🇷🇺 The #Wagner Group is likely moving towards a down-sizing and reconfiguration process, largely to save on staff salary expenses at a time of financial pressure.
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1690598778909458433?t=PWLY5WaiK-NfYU78PHs6SA&s=19
#russia #wagnergroup #WagnerPMC
🇺🇲 ISW:
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russian milbloggers acknowledged that #Ukrainian forces are maintaining a presence on the east (left) bank of the #Dnipro River in #Kherson Oblast in contrast to previous Ukrainian raids, but ISW does not yet assess that these positions constitute a bridgehead.
https://www.iswresearch.org/2023/08/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment_12.html?m=1
#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar
🇩🇪 🇺🇦 Germany's #Rheinmetall will deliver a Luna New Generation drone system to #Ukraine by the year end, Bild am Sonntag reported on Sunday, citing company sources.
#germany #russiaukrainewar
🇹🇲 🇷🇺 #Turkmenistan warned #Russia on Saturday against trying to extend its influence over the Central Asia-China natural #gas supply chain after Moscow said more countries could join its "gas union" with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
#energy #oilandgas
🇷🇺 Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media has barred its employees from using #Apple smartphones and tablets in any professional capacity, reports Interfax, citing ministry head Maxut Shadayev.
#usa #russia #technology