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Current information on the situation on the front line: August 16 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/16/2024 to 00:00 08/17/2024.  A total of 30 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours. Information was received about the injuries of 13 civilians, including a teenager born in 2008. DAMAGED: Three residential buildings, Three civil infrastructure facilities. Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction, A total of 21 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction. A total of 99 units of various ammunition were fired. 21:05 Crew of the Su-34 multifunctional supersonic fighter-bomber of the Aerospace Forces struck a concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region. 19:56 Russian Su-34 with Kh-35 guided missile destroyed Ukrainian S-125 air defense missile system in the village of Ryabina, Sumy region. 19:35 Destruction of aviation equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Dnepr airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region. A Russian Iskander-M missile system crew launched a missile strike on the aircraft parking lot while Storm Shadow (SCALP-EG) cruise missiles were being suspended from a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber. 19:07 New explosions in Dnipropetrovsk region. Missile strike on enemy targets. 18:57 Servicemen of the 18th Army destroyed UAV control point in the village of Antonovka on the right bank of the Kherson region. 18:35 Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper. 18:20 Fighters of the Vostok group demonstrated trophies collected from the captured strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Konstantinovka –video. 17:34 Footage of combat work of the crew of the engineering system of remote mining "Agriculture" of the "North" group. 17:00 Explosions have thundered in Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) and Pavlograd in Ukraine. 16:24 An explosion has occurred in the Ukrainian city of Sumy. 16:10 Dynamics of the advance of Russian forces towards Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) –video. 16:00 Explosions have thundered again in the city of Kherson, which is under the control of Kyiv. 15:50 The Ukrainian Armed Forces tank camouflaged in the forest was destroyed by the Lancet strike in the border area of the Kursk region. 15:49 Army aviation crews on Ka-52 helicopters with guided air-launched missiles "Whirlwind" struck armored and automobile military equipment of the enemy. According to intelligence reports, all the indicated targets were successfully destroyed. 15:45 Footage of defeat of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of the Kursk region. During reconnaissance activities in the border area of the Kursk region, Russian servicemen identified a camouflaged position of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank. After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to fire at the enemy combat vehicle. As a result of a direct hit from a Lancet loitering munition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tank was destroyed. 15:32 Assault units of the "East" group of forces are improving their skills in capturing enemy strongholds at a training ground in the rear area of the North Military District –video. 14:47 In the Polozhsky direction, units of the 35th Army of the Vostok group are “smashing” mortar and heavy machine gun positions, dugouts and repeaters of the Ukrainian army –video. 13:45 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense: The Russian Armed Forces prevented attempts by enemy reserves to approach the area of responsibility of the North group; 13:05 According to operational information, after the liberation of Orlovka and Nikolaevka, our troops continued moving in the fields in the direction of Novogrodovka to the railway. The enemy rolled back to the city limits. 12:47 The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance into the DPR; Russian attack aircraft have already reached the outskirts of Novozhelannoye and Mezhevoy. 12:20 An explosion has occurred in the city of Zaporizhia, which is under the control of Kyiv. 12:17 New explosions have thundered in Dnepr, the publication "Public. News" reported. 12:15 An explosion has occurred in Sumy in northern Ukraine, the publication "Public. News" reported. 12:10 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not yet made a decision to leave the city of Chasov Yar in the DPR, the situation there is tense, Russian troops are liberating house after house, said the head of the republic Denis Pushilin. 11:54 Another Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the Kursk region near the village of Kremyanoye –video. 11:26 Russian troops advanced near Peschanoye in the Khar'kov region and in Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region – Ukrainian resources. 10:50 Explosions were heard in Dnepr in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication “Obshchestvennoye” reported. 10:44 RF Armed Forces destroyed two HIMARS MLRS launchers and two packages of rounds for them in Miropolye, Sumy Oblast, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. 10:37 Donetsk direction – there is a small advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Novogrodovka. The enemy, driven out of Orlovka, is consolidating in the settlement and preparing for defense. 10:00 Russian army took under control of half of the large village of Grodovka in the DPR. 09:52 The situation in the Kursk direction is normal, under the control of Russian troops, intensive work is underway to destroy units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Apti Alaudinov. 09:50 Explosions occurred in the Sumy region of Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication “Obshchestvennoye” reported. 09:20 Consequences of missile and artillery strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on a concentration of vehicles and infantry of Ukrainian formations. 09:00 Crew of the T-72B3 tank destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction. The tank crews of the Center group of forces received target coordinates from the reconnaissance UAV crews. Using the terrain, the tank crew marched to a pre-prepared position, quickly aimed the combat vehicle at the targets and successfully destroyed them. The shooting was carried out with constant fire adjustments by the UAV operators. 08:19 Russian military spent 24 hours destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces watercraft attempting to land on the left bank of the Dnieper. This reported Head of the press center of the Dnepr group Roman Kodryan. 08:16 Crews of towed 120mm guns "Nona-K" of the motorized rifle brigade of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the "West" group of forces destroyed mortarmen, AGS crews and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in one of the directions in the area of the special military operation. 08:14 Night defeat Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment with Mi-28NM helicopters in the Kursk region. The strike was carried out by guided missiles "Vikhr" on reconnoitered targets. After using air weapons, the crew performed an anti-missile maneuver, released heat traps and returned to the takeoff site. 08:10 UAV operators of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces communication antennas on the right bank of the Dnieper. 08:09 The Russian Armed Forces advanced in the Khar'kov region to the village of Peschanoye. 08:06 Job of scouts of the 173rd Separate Brigade of the 106th airborne division to destroy a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck with personnel in the village of Fedorovka in the Seversky direction 08:02 Loitering Lancet spreads armored vehicle "Cossack" in the Kursk region The target was discovered by a reconnaissance unit of the North military group. 08:00 Airborne artillerymen from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper. Posted by: badanov 2024-08-17 |
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