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From Mashovets' update today, you get the feeling that the Russians have a particular vulnerability in the Tokmak direction at the moment, compared to other portions of the front. Perhaps they were overconfident at that location? https://t.me/zvizdecmanhustu/1153

Reportedly, Ukrainians reached the first defense line. Whether they were really destroyed when they reached it as the Russians say, time will tell: https://t.me/RVvoenkor/51974

From the daily summary of Russian telegrammer Two Majors: https://t.me/dva_majors/24256

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukrainian-pilots-receive-f-16-training-us-2023-08-24/

https://t.me/grey_zone/20163

Reportedly, the capture of the Mi-8 helicopter was a planned operation. https://t.me/operativnoZSU/111288

Rybar says the military facilities there were struck by missiles from the sea. And while Russia sank several small Ukrainian boats, some got away. https://t.me/rybar/51052 Twitter version:

Ukrainians begin training in Denmark: https://www.forsvaret.dk/da/nyheder/2023/forsvaret-har-pabegyndt-traningsforlob-af-ukrainske-piloter/?fbclid=IwAR2HBXkKdutt1VsKLOl_17UNSiQaT77L1V49fNTUKOEYrSqL1qiZwvcBLOo

Ukrainian Konstantin Mashovets discusses the current state of the war with Ukraine's channel 5 for about an hour.

Reportedly, Russians covering their trenches with wood to protect against cluster munitions: https://t.me/zvezdanews/127686

Interesting tidbid from WarGonzo's morning summary: https://t.me/wargonzo/14507

Nice to hear this, but they wasted at least a year coming to this decision: https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3499633/us-open-to-training-ukrainian-f-16-pilots-if-needed/

Anyone know what happened to the idea of providing Australia's F-18s that was mentioned as a possibility a while back?

https://t.me/operativnoZSU/110889

https://t.me/operativnoZSU/110862