The 537th day of the Russia-Ukraine War: official operational information by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on 14.08.2023.
Russian offensive actions and impact on civilians
During the day, Russian troops carried out another missile and aviation strike on the territory of Ukraine. The Russian army used 8 Kalibr missiles and 15 Iranian combat drones, Shahed-136/131, in the Odesa region. As a result of successful combat actions by our anti-air defense forces, all Kalibr missiles and UAVs were destroyed.
Overall, the Russian army launched 12 missile and 67 aviation strikes, conducting more than 40 shelling attacks from rocket artillery systems on the positions of Ukrainian military and civilian settlements. Unfortunately, due to the Russian terrorist attacks, there are casualties and injuries among the civilian population. Residential buildings, a shopping center, a student dormitory, preschools, schools, and other civilian infrastructure have suffered destruction and damage.
The likelihood of missile and aviation strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine remains high. Throughout the day, 11 military clashes took place.
Intensified frontline clashes and epicenters of conflict
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- In the Volyn and Polissya directions, the operational situation remains unchanged.
- In the Siversk and Slobozhansk directions, the Russian army carried out an aviation strike in the area of Stepne in Sumy Oblast. It conducted mortar and artillery shelling on more than 25 settlements, including Bleshnya, Khotiivka, Tymonovychi in Chernihiv Oblast; Atynske, Stepne, Vodolagy in Sumy Oblast, and Udy, Strilecha, Lukyantsi in Kharkiv Oblast.
- In the Kupyansk direction, Russian troops launched aviation strikes in the areas of Ivanivka, Zaghryzove in Kharkiv Oblast, and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk Oblast. The Russian army subjected more than 15 settlements to artillery and mortar shelling, including Novomlynsk, Vilshana, Synkivka, Kupyansk, Podoly, Bugaivka in Kharkiv Oblast.
- In the Lyman direction, the Russian army carried out aviation strikes in the areas of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Spirne in Donetsk Oblast. More than 25 settlements, including Nevske, Dibrova, Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast, and Siversk, Verkhniokamianske, Spirne in Donetsk Oblast, were subjected to Russian artillery shelling.
- In the Bakhmut direction, the Russian army launched aviation strikes in the areas of Vasiukivka and Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast. More than 25 settlements suffered from hostile artillery shelling, including Vasiukivka, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Novomarkove, Hryhorivka, Bohdanivka, Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast.
- In the Avdiivka direction, the Russian army carried out an aviation strike in the Avdiivka area. Settlements such as Oleksandripol, Keramik, Novokalynove, Stepove, and Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast experienced artillery shelling.
- In the Marinka direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to restrain the advance of Russian troops in the areas of Marinka and Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast. The Russian army launched aviation strikes in the areas of Krasnohorivka and Novomykhailivka in Donetsk Oblast. More than 10 settlements, including Krasnohorivka, Marinka, Georgiivka, Hostre, Novomykhailivka, Katerynivka in Donetsk Oblast, were subjected to artillery shelling.
- In the Shakhtarsk direction, Russian troops launched aviation strikes in the areas of Velyka Novosilka, Blahodatne, Makarivka, and Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast. More than 10 settlements, including Vuhledar, Prechystivka, Zolota Nyva, Blahodatne, Urozhaine, Staromayorske in Donetsk Oblast, suffered from artillery shelling.
- In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Russian army carried out an aviation strike in the area of Novodanylivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. More than 20 settlements, including Charivne, Novoandriivka, Shcherbaky, Pavlivka, Piatykhatky, Kamianske in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, were affected by Russian artillery shelling.
- In the Kherson direction, Russian soldiers launched an aviation strike in the area of Olhivka in Kherson Oblast. More than 20 settlements, including Zolota Balka, Mykhailivka, Havrylivka, Respublikanets, Nowokajiry, Komyshany in Kherson Oblast, and the city of Kherson, were subjected to Russian artillery shelling.
Ukrainian countermeasures
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions. They are consolidating their positions at the achieved frontlines and conducting counter-battery measures.
The Moscow regime continues its illegal integration of temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories into its socio-political sphere. For instance, in the settlement of Svatove in Luhansk Oblast, Russian troops demand that representatives of local administration and village councils voluntarily resign from their positions to change the leadership in local self-government bodies. They plan to create so-called “municipalities,” which will be led by local collaborators based on the results of pseudo-elections in the captured territories on the same voting day in Russia on September 10.
During the day, the aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out 1 strike on a command post, 7 strikes on personnel concentration areas, armament, and military equipment storage areas, and 3 strikes on Russian anti-aircraft missile systems.
Additionally, Ukrainian troops successfully destroyed Russian attack helicopter Ka-52.
Source: The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
See also: General Staff operational report August 13, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
