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UKRAINE POSITION
(Rec. 1.10 p.m.) RUGBY, August 17.
The Soviet night communique does little to make clearer the very confused picture of the fighting in the Ukraine.
It is believed in London that Marshal Budenny's large forces are still being withdrawn in good order to. strong defensive positions behind the formidable natural barrier of the Dnieper, which is rarely less than a third' of a mile across, or that they are trying to hold a line stretching from the mouth of the Dnieper across the great bend which forms the point where it flows back westward. The latter positions would cover the important Ukrainian industrial area and the iron ore mines of Krivoy-Rog.
A Soviet communique issued early this morning states: "During Saturday our troops continued fighting along the whole front. Our air force, in c6operation with land forces, continued to deal blows to enemy troops, and attacked aircraft on aerodromes. According to precise data now available, 26 German, aircraft were, destroyed on Thursday. On Friday 29 German aircraft were destroyed. We lost 24. —8.0. W.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 42, 18 August 1941, Page 7
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