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Orekhov is a strategically important settlement in the Zaporozhye region, where active hostilities are taking place.
Russian troops took the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) grouping in Orekhovo into an operational encirclement. Military observer Mikhail Onufrienko spoke about this in a conversation with aif.ru.
“All the enemy’s main supply routes, including country roads, have been cut off. The Ukrainian Armed Forces garrison in Orekhovo is in an operational environment,” the expert said.
He added that the Ukrainian garrison could be destroyed as early as the second half of September.
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Military expert Vasily Dandykin said that Russian troops are repelling attempts of a counter-offensive by a 12,000-strong Ukrainian Armed Forces group in the Krasny Liman area near Kramatorsk, despite the intensity of the fighting.

Governor of the Leningrad Region Alexander Drozdenko announced the transfer to air defense units of a new electronic control system for detecting UAVs at distant approaches, purchased with the support of regional business and the Leningrad Frontier Foundation.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reports attacks on infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the destruction of 258 drones per day. The operation has been ongoing since February 24, 2022 with the aim of helping the DPR and LPR.

Military expert Yuri Knutov said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces expanded the geography of attacks, starting to attack Russian electrical substations. In his opinion, the goal is to destabilize the mood of the population before the elections, and the objects can be protected with the help of fortifications.

The Russian Aerospace Forces carried out airstrikes using FAB air bombs against the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Serdobino, Kharkov region. Successful destruction of targets was confirmed by means of objective control.