Operational information on the 173rd day (15.08.2022) of the Russo-Ukrainian War.
In the Volyn, Polissia, and Siverskyi directions, there have been no notable changes to the situation.
In the communities of Liute, Iskryskivshchyna, and Bilovody in the Sumy oblast, the Russian troops launched artillery munitions.
In the direction of Kharkiv, the Russian army used tanks and rocket artillery to shell the villages of Svitlychne, Shapovalivka, Prudianka, Dementiyivka, Pytomnyk, Velyki Prohody, Ruski Tyshky, Peremoha, Verkhniy Saltiv, Husarivka, Bazaliyivka, Stara Hnylytsya, and Protopopivka. Russian airstrikes were conducted close to Rtyshchivka and Verkhniy Saltiv.
Russian soldiers fired artillery of various sorts in the vicinity of Velyka Komyshuvakha, Brazhivka, Zalyman, Virnopillia, Mazanivka, and Bohorodychne in the direction of Sloviansk.
Russia made an assault on Tykhots’ke – Dolyna, but it failed, sustained losses, and retreated. The Russian army is attempting to launch offensive operations in the direction of Kramatorsk. It uses attack and military aviation actively. Near Bilohorivka, Hryhorivka, Starodubivka, Vesele, Fedorivka, and Siversk, Russian shelling was observed.
The Russian soldiers increased their reconnaissance of the Ukrainian defence’s front line in the direction of Bakhmut, hitting such areas with artillery and tanks close to Toretsk, Bakhmutske, Bilohorivka, Kurdiumivka, Vasylivka, Zaitseve, and Zalizne. In the vicinity of the Soledar hamlet, Russia conducted airstrikes. It launched aggressive fights against Soledar and Kodema, but they were unsuccessful, thus it retreated.
Shelling and an airstrike by Russia were reported in the Avdiyivka direction near Sribne, Krasnohorivka, Opytne, Pervomayske, Novobakhmutivka, and Mariyinka.
The Russian occupants engaged in offensive engagements in the direction of Pisky and Pervomayske in an effort to strengthen their tactical position, but when they were unsuccessful, they withdrew.
The Russian army fired tanks, barrel artillery, and jet artillery in the Novopavlivske and Zaporizhia directions in the vicinity of the localities of Vuhledar, Velyka Novosilka, Novomyhaylivka, Novodanylivka, Ternuvate, Burlatske, Charivne, Zelene Pole, Mala Tokmachka, Poltavka, Novoandriyivka,
Russian UAVs in the area of Stepnohirsk, Shcherbaky, Stepove, and Hulyaipole provided aerial reconnaissance. Ukrainian Armed Forces defeated an occupying reconnaissance squad heading into the town of Vremivka. The Russian troops engaged in offensive combat in Pavlivka’s direction, but without success, and withdrew.
The Russian Federation is focusing its major efforts on holding the seized Ukrainian regions in the direction of South Buh. In the vicinity of the towns of Stepova Dolyna, Lymany, Prybuzke, Novomykolayivka, Kotlyareve, Partyzanske, Pervomayske, Blahodatne, Kobzartsi, Vesely Kut, Ternivka, Andriyivka, Lozove, Tokareve, Zarichne, and Olhyne, firing from tanks, barrel artillery, and rocket airstrikes close to Andriyivka and Bilohirka.
Russian drones made airborne reconnaissance at Snihurivka, Chervonyi Yar, and Bila Krynytsia.
2 Kalibr cruise missile ships of the Russian Federation stationed at sea are prepared to fire highly accurate warheads.
Russian media keeps on lying, fabricating successes that never happened, and disguising the atrocities committed by its military and mercenaries. Ukraine thus implores you to refrain from disseminating Russian fakes and misinformation and to only believe information coming from reliable sources.
