Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 21:29 Explosions are reported in Kharkiv. An air alert has been declared in the region.
21:20 Today's air strike of the Russian Aerospace Forces on a target in Zhytomyr fell on the Ozernoe military airfield - Colonel cassad.
18:22 In Ukraine, the entry of private vehicles into the territories of the Zaporozhye region liberated by Russia was banned. The regional military administration appointed by Kyiv explained this by “unfavorable weather conditions” - TG-channel “Letnab”.
17:32 Kursk NPP returned to its planned operation after sabotage on power lines - Rosenergoatom.
17:21 According to updated information, as a result of the shelling of the settlement. Rodakovo with the use of the American MLRS HIMARS (four missiles were fired by the enemy), 12 residential buildings were damaged, the Rodakovskaya secondary school was destroyed, the following were also damaged:
--the Ryabinushka kindergarten,
--the building of the village administration, the Rodakovo Locomotive Depot of the Luhansk Railway,
--a construction and installation enterprise -
Representation of the LPR in the JCCC.
17:13 Captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Dmitry Mikov told how he got to the Donbass and how he surrendered. According to him, relations with the commanders were terrible, no one from the command spoke with the soldiers. He found out that the APU was bombing the civilian population only when he was on the other side and saw everything with his own eyes.
17:06 As a result of hitting a Ukrainian shell, the summer kitchen caught fire at the address: st. P. Morozova, 24 in the village. w-you im. N. A. Izotov in Gorlovka.
15:52 Fire was detected from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Orlovka - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
15:30 Ukrainian gangs fired at the mine. V. I. Lenin. Shells hit the building of the administrative building and mine workshops. Fortunately, no casualties.
15:18 Updated information was received through the operational lines of the DPR JCCC that a girl born in 1997 who died in the Kirovsky district. was blown up while driving on an anti-tank mine, with which Ukraine remotely mines a densely populated residential area.
15:17 In Zhdanovka, the victims of the shelling of the city in 2014 were commemorated. Today is the 8th anniversary of the first shelling of the city of Zhdanovka. A commemorative action "Point of no return" was held in the city:
"This problem has affected all of us. Zhdanovites know what it’s like to wake up from shelling, sit in basements for days and mourn the dead," said Dmitry Oshchinsky, deputy head of the city administration.
15:10 I. S. Prikhodko, Mayor of Gorlovka reports:
According to preliminary information, due to a direct hit of a shell in a residential building on the street. Dolomitnaya, 38/1 (Nikitovka village), civilians were injured.
The village of Rumyantsevo is under fire from Ukrainian militants! At the moment, the settlement is partially de-energized.
14:05 VFU shelled Vladimirovka, on the street. Parkov wounded a man.
13:40 According to the operational lines of the DPR JCCC for August 16, information was received about civilian casualties in the cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kirovsky district:
- a man born in 1957 was wounded.
- as a result of an explosion on a mine PFM "Petal", a man born in 1972 was wounded.
As of 12:30 on August 16, 45 cases of undermining civilians have already been registered in the Republic, incl. two children, on the mines of the PFM "Petal (". One of the victims died in the hospital as a result of the wound.
Petrovsky district:
- women born in 1958, born in 1981 were injured
n.p. Makeevka, Chervonogvardeisky district:
- a woman born in 1967 died.
n.p. Gorlovka:
- a woman born in 1969 was wounded.
n.p. Yasinovataya:
- a woman born in 1950 was wounded.
n.p. Vladimirovka (included in the area of responsibility of the administration of the Starobeshevsky district):
- a man born in 1971 was wounded.
Information was received about damage as a result of shelling of the VFU cities of the Republic:
Donetsk:
Kievsky district:
- st. Shchorsa, 110, KP "Water of Donbass" - a fire was recorded.
- st. Dmitry Gulia - a fire was recorded;
— 18, Tamanskiy Ave — administrative building.
Kuibyshevsky district:
- Kolkhozny Ave., 1 - "MBOU "School No. 41 of the city of Donetsk";
- st. Luzina, 67 - a direct hit in a private residential building, a fire was recorded;
— pr. Kolkhozny, 50 — a private residential building;
- st. D. Medvedeva, 1 "a", 2 - multi-apartment residential buildings;
- st. Marshal Zhukov 13, 15, 17 - apartment buildings.
Kirovsky district:
- st. Biryuzova, 21-22 - car fire.
Petrovsky district:
- st. Osoaviakhima, 17 - apartment building;
- st. Lokhtina, 31 "a" - a private residential building.
town Aleksadrovka:
- st. Gorky, 39 - a private residential building.
n.p. Gorlovka:
Zaytsevo settlement:
- st. Rybalko, 69 - a direct hit on the house.
11:35 Due to morning explosions in the Dzhankoy region of Crimea, half a meter of the railway in the vicinity of Maysky was disabled. Specialists are restoring the tracks, they promise to finish everything in an hour and a half.
10:38 Latvian Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said that two Mi-8MTV-1 and two Mi-2 helicopters were transferred to the Ukrainian Air Force.
10:30 In Ukraine, Russia is confronted by the combined forces of the West, who control the leadership of this country in a hybrid war. MLRS HIMARS during the special operation are ground in battles, they did not have a significant impact on the situation. The entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO, the possible deployment of strike weapons there will require a revision of approaches to the defense of Russia - Shoigu.
10:05 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation of August 16, 2022
- In the area of Andreevka (Kherson region), a command and observation post and a temporary deployment point of the 46th Airmobile Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit;
- In the Artemovsk area, as a result of a strike on the positions of the 72nd Motorized Infantry Brigade, more than 50 militants were destroyed;
- Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery hit 192 targets, incl. a radar station for detecting and guiding air defense targets and seven command posts;
- During the counter-battery fight, five artillery platoons and two MLRS platoons were destroyed;
- Two Ukrainian UAVs were shot down;
- Three MLRS shells were shot down over the DPR and the Kharkiv region.
09:38 Heavy weapons and ammunition among school desks: nationalists who fled from Aleksandrovka used schools and kindergartens as shelters.
09:14 The flight restriction regime at 11 airports in the south and central part of Russia has been extended until August 23 - Rosaviatsia. The airports of Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol and Elista are closed.
08:07 Combat work of the crews of the Tor-M2 air defense system of the Western Military District, performing tasks during a special military operation. Anti-aircraft missile systems continue to provide the troops with an ultra-reliable shield against attacks by enemy air targets around the clock. "Tors" can hit almost all types of targets in their range of altitudes and ranges.