Russia-Ukraine SITREP for 23 AUG 2023 23:59* - There's Good News Tonight (Patreon)

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This is Report 475, which is 52 pages and is a full report. You're getting your money's worth today with extensive assessment and a detailed timeline of the events that led up to the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

Announcement

The Russia-Ukraine War Report Podcast will restart by September 5, 2023. We are finalizing the details this week.

What's the big story? PMC Wagner Group leaders Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, and Valery Chekalov were killed in an what we assess was an assassination.

What's the second story? Robotyne is Ukraine and Ukraine took Hill 166, creating a six-kilometer wide gap between the first echelon of the Russian defenses south or Orikhiv.

Bonus story? Ukrainian special operation forces conducted an air, sea, and land raid on Tarkhankut in occupied Crimea and planted a Ukrainian flag.

Summary

•  Positional fighting continued in Kharkiv and Luhansk
•  Russian forces attempted to advance on Vesele in the Soledar area of operation (AO)
•  Intense fighting continued in Klishchiivka, near Avdiivka, and  on the northern edge of Kurdyumivka
•  Ukrainian forces captured Russian soldiers in Zavitne Bazhannya
•  Fighting continued on the edge of Pryyutne
•  Ukrainian forces officially liberated Robotyne
•  A Russian S-400 battery, including its radar array and command and control trailer, was destroyed near Olenivka
•  Ukrainian Special Operation Forces (SSO) conducted a land, sea, and air raid on Tarkhankut in occupied Crimea
•  The Russian air force (VKS) attacked a Ukrainian ship near Zmiinyi Island
•  A Russian missile struck the city of Dnipro, destroying a transportation facility
•  A Shahed-136 kamikaze drone struck a school building in Romny in the Sumy oblast, killing four
•  A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance squad ambushed Russian troops in Bryansk, killing four and wounding seven
•  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hinted another wave of mobilization may be necessary in Ukraine
•  Ukraine has developed its own version of the Russian Lancet kamikaze drone, and it has entered serial production
•  Over 200 searches were conducted across Ukraine of commissariat offices and medical institutions to review the files of 10,000 men who received medical deferments
•  Lithuania will provide Ukraine with additional NASAMS air defense launchers
•  Japan announced a $7 billion financial aid package for Ukraine
•  The European Union is preparing a multi-year 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine
•  President Zelenskyy inquired about receiving retiring Finnish F-18/A Hornet multirole aircraft 
•  Private Military Company (PMC) Wagner Group leaders Yevgeny Prigozhin, Dmitry Utkin, and Valery Chekalov were killed when Russian air defenses apparently shot down the private jet they were on
•  A Russian helicopter pilot defected to Ukraine flying a Mi-8AMTSh rotorcraft with parts for Su-27 and Su-30 aircraft to Kharkiv
•  Sevastopol hospitals are reportedly over capacity due to the number of Russian wounded troops arriving from occupied Zaporizhzhia
•  Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the West’s 2014 response to the Russian invasion of Crimea “a mistake”
•  United States Senators Lindsey Graham, Richard Blumenthal, and Elizabeth Warren were in Kyiv and met with President Zelenskyy
•  President Zelenskyy called his meeting with Hungarian President Katalin Novak ”substantive” 
•  The President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, reiterated that his nation does not recognize Russia’s annexation of Crimea and called for the immediate release of all imprisoned Crimean Tatars

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