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Actual information about the situation on the front line: August 16 (updated)
2023-08-17
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:55 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/16/2023 to 00:00 08/17/2023

Over the past day Representation reported about 61 facts of firing by the VFU.

Information was received about the death of a civilian - a man, in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk.

Wounds of varying severity were received by two civilians in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk and Yasinovataya.

Four residential buildings were damaged in the Kirovsky and Petrovsky districts of Donetsk, the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as well as two civil infrastructure facilities.

Under enemy fire were areas of six settlements of the Republic: Gorlovka (Nikitovsky district), Zaitsevo, Yasinovatsky district, the capital city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky, Kirovsky, Kievsky, Petrovsky districts), Makeevka (Chervonogvardeysky district), Staromikhaylovka.

In the Donetsk direction, the enemy fired 40 rounds from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead.

On Gorlovsky 12 artillery attacks from artillery 155mm and 152mm.

On Yasinovatsky, nine artillery attacks from 155mm artillery, incl. with a cluster warhead, strike UAV. By releasing 205 units of various ammunition.

A previous 47 artillery attacks were recorded from the VFU side in 24 hours.

21:45 People's kamikaze drone Ghoul from the PnV channel. Story appearance, design, application experience.

21:20 Kherson direction the situation as of 20.00 August 16, 2023:

In the Kherson section, the tense situation persists near the Antonovsky bridge. Mutual artillery artillery attack continues from both banks.

Despite the loss of the bridgehead at the Kazachi Lagery as a result of the offensive actions of the RF Armed Forces, the Ukrainian formations do not give up their attempts to find gaps in the defense and throw the DRG on the left bank of the Dnieper.

Today, Russian servicemen prevented the transfer of five enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the Korsunka area. The UAF boats and personnel were destroyed by coordinated air and artillery strikes.

Given the regrouping of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the transfer of watercraft from Nikolaev, we can soon expect the resumption of active enemy offensive operations in the Kherson direction and an increase in the number of attempts to force the Dnieper.


21:00 The crew of the Kornet ATGM of the Ivanovo Airborne Forces unit destroys the enemy near Artemovsk —video.

With the help of objective control means, the observers discovered the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hidden in the forest plantation and transmitted the coordinates of the “opornik” to the anti-tank crews of the Airborne Forces, who destroyed the enemy position together with the infantry from the Kornet. The paratroopers also hit an observation post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, equipped on a cell tower.

20:45 "Counterattack" goes according to plan:

Collection point for the wounded of the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Rabotino area, Zaporozhye direction. Also part of the Ukrainian plan -video.

19:35 Statement of head of the press center of the group "Center":

In the Krasnolimansky direction in the area of Serebryansky forestry, advanced units of the group of forces "Center", supported by artillery fire and air strikes, repelled four attempts to attack the positions of Russian troops by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In total, during the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to about 70 militants, an infantry fighting vehicle and an armored vehicle were destroyed. As part of the counter-battery fight, a 122mm D-30 gun was hit by fire from a self-propelled howitzer battery of the artillery regiment of the "Center" group. An unmanned aerial vehicle of the Mugin-3 type was shot down by means of air defense.

Assault and army aviation carried out missile strikes on the accumulation of enemy manpower and firepower in the areas of the settlements of Serebryanskoye forestry, Chervonaya Dibrova.


19:00 Zaporozhye direction.

Right at this moment there is a powerful roll on our positions in the Rabotino area.

Khokhol threw a large amount of Western equipment and manpower into battle.

Our guys beat off all enemy attempts to break through. Our Wings and Gods of War are actively working.

18:35 The fighting in Rabotino continues, our units have already destroyed 3 STRYKER infantry fighting vehicles with personnel -video.

18:05 Statement of head of the press center of the group "South":

The crew of a Ka-52 helicopter of the army aviation of the "Southern" group of forces destroyed an enemy tank in the Kleshcheevka area. Also, the forces of army aviation hit the accumulation of manpower of the assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kurdyumovka area.

The group's artillery destroyed a tank, an armored combat vehicle, an armored personnel carrier and three enemy pickup trucks in the areas of the settlements of Zvanovka, Pereezdnoye, Serebryanka and Belogorovka.

Artillery crews inflicted a fire raid on the point of temporary deployment and the ammunition depot of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Avdeevka and Netaylovo. The artillerymen of the group also hit a temporary deployment point and two enemy ammunition depots in Belogorovka and Dronovka.

During the counterbattery fight, a 152mm towed 2A65 howitzer was destroyed in the area of Zhelannoe Vtoroye settlement and a 122mm Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mount at the position of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Seversk.

Loitering ammunition "Lancet" destroyed a 155mm artillery gun FH-70 in the Markovo area.

17:30 Captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: “Thrown to the mercy of fate»:

Captured Ukrainian servicemen say that people are taken to the military registration and enlistment office directly from the street, and from there either immediately to the front line, or to “training”, where they are allowed to shoot twice, 5 rounds each. Outfit is bad. “I had to buy myself a helmet, headphones, armor, uniforms - everything you need,” recalls the prisoner.

Arriving at the front line, the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were faced with the fact that there were many dead and wounded in positions. Communication with the commanders of the Armed Forces of Ukraine works selectively: when it is necessary to send a soldier to death - the connection is good, when it is necessary to respond to a request for evacuation - the connection "suddenly" disappears.

When the Russian unit went on the attack, the Ukrainian soldiers already knew that the only way to stay alive was to surrender to Russian captivity.

The prisoners note the dignified attitude towards them on the part of the Russian military. “The attitude is good. They gave me water to drink, bandaged it, gave me an anesthetic,” said a captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

17:00 Statement of head of the press center of the group "West":

During the fighting in the Kupyansk direction, assault groups of the 6th combined arms army captured five strongholds, three observation posts and defeated an infantry platoon in the area of the settlement. Ol'shana.

In order to restore the lost positions, the enemy carried out four counterattacks by units of the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade and the 95th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade against our positions in the area of the settlement. Sin'kovka and Man'kovka and forests Usy. All counterattacks were successfully repelled. The losses of the enemy amounted to a platoon of manpower.

In the defense zone of the 1st Tank Army, assault groups of 32 and 44 Separate Mechanized Brigades carried out two attacks on the positions of our troops in the area of the settlement. Novoselovskoe. The enemy was exposed in a timely manner, all counterattacks were repelled by inflicting pre-emptive fire damage by the artillery of the group, and destroyed to a platoon of manpower.

During the counterbattery fight, the artillery of the group destroyed a Polish-made self-propelled artillery mount "Crab", 122mm 2S1 "Gvozdika" and a 120mm mortar in the area of the settlement. Stel'mahovka, Peschanoye. In addition, the reconnaissance and strike squad with the Lancet loitering ammunition destroyed the PzH-2000 tank howitzer in the area of the settlement. Kucherovka.

Crews of the anti-aircraft missile system "Tor" of the "West" grouping of troops destroyed four reconnaissance aircraft-type UAVs, three "Furies" and one "Spektator" in the area of the settlement. Tokarevka, Tavolzhanka and Ol'shana.

16:30 Kupyanskoe direction:

The Russian army continues to process enemy positions in Petropavlovka, which is a suburb of Kupyansk.

An assault is expected in the near future - ours are already on the outskirts of the village.

16:00 Personnel from the scene of a clash with a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Bryansk region.

15:30 The Strela-10 air defense missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to “over two hundred” our Orlan-10. "Orlan" was very upset by such impudence and called the gunners of the 68th Army Corps to the showdown. The ending was predictable, but very spectacular -video.

15:00 Hit RF Armed Forces at the Yuzhmash plant in Dnepropetrovsk:

On the night of August 14-15, the RF Armed Forces launched a massive missile attack on military and industrial facilities on the territory of Ukraine. In addition to the enterprise in Lvov, the Yuzhmash plant for the production of rocketry in Dnepropetrovsk was also targeted.

Although the Ukrainian media published a photo of only one crater near the Meteor sports complex, eyewitnesses literally immediately reported two arrivals through the main assembly shop. Some time later, a video appeared on the Web confirming the arrivals at the building.

In previous years, the final assembly of Zenit launch vehicles was carried out there, but later it was “repurposed” for the Grom-2 OTRK: it is possible that work was also going on there to modernize the S-200 anti-aircraft missiles. A hit on Yuzhmash could cause additional damage to Ukraine's missile program after the May strike on Pavlograd.

Another target of the raid was to be the Yuzhnoye design bureau. However, the missile hit the entrance area and did not cause serious damage to the complex.

14:30 Summary Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of August 16, 2023)

- In the Kupyansk direction, the assault detachments of the "Western" group of troops conducted offensive operations in the designated areas of responsibility and improved the position along the front line

With the support of aviation and artillery fire, nine attacks of the assault groups of the 14th, 32nd, 44th Mechanized, 95th Air Assault Brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovskoe, Stel'mahovka of the Lugansk People's Republic, Ol'shana and Sin'kovka of the Kharkiv region.

Enemy losses amounted to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, four pickup trucks, as well as self-propelled artillery mounts: M109 "Paladin" made in the USA and "Krab" made in Poland.

- In the Donetsk direction, units of the "Southern" group of forces, in close cooperation with aviation and artillery, repelled five attacks by units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In addition, an ammunition depot of the 24th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed near the city of Toretsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.

Enemy losses in this direction amounted to up to 250 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, four vehicles, a US-made M777 artillery system, two 152mm D-20 howitzers, and a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar.

- In the Krasnolimansky direction, the professional actions of units of the "Center" grouping of troops, army aviation strikes and artillery fire repelled an attack by assault groups of the 67th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near the village of Kuzmino, Luhansk People's Republic.

Up to 55 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, and a 122mm D-30 howitzer were destroyed.

- In the South-Donetsk direction, units of the Vostok group of forces, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems inflicted a complex fire defeat on the enemy in the area of the settlement of Staromayorskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

Enemy losses per day amounted to more than 140 Ukrainian servicemen, two tanks, three armored combat vehicles, three vehicles, as well as a US-made M109 Paladin self-propelled artillery mount.

- In the Zaporizhia direction, units of the Russian group of forces, with the support of army aviation and artillery, repelled two attacks by assault detachments of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Rabotino and Verbove, Zaporozhye region.

In addition, two ammunition depots of the 117th Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit near the village of Kirovo, Zaporozhye region.

During the day, the enemy’s losses amounted to 170 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, two vehicles, as well as the US-made M777 artillery system.

- In the Kherson direction, as a result of fire damage, up to 35 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as five cars, were destroyed during the day.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation during the day defeated manpower and military equipment in 143 districts.

In addition, in the area of the settlement of Pervomaiskoye in the Nikolaev region, a radar station for detecting, identifying and tracking air targets ST-68 was destroyed.

The command post of the 72nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was hit near the village of Paraskoviyivka in the Donetsk People's Republic.

A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was destroyed by means of air defense in the area of the settlement of Novotroitskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.

During the day, four rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and two 220mm BM-27 rockets "Hurricane.

In addition, 26 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed in the areas of the settlements of Tavolzhanka, Tokarevka of the Kharkiv region, Severodonetsk, Lysichansk, Svatovo of the Luhansk People's Republic, Spornoe, Volnovakha, Gorlovka and Makeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic.

In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 459 aircraft, 246 helicopters, 5,787 unmanned aerial vehicles, 431 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,330 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,144 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 5,901 field artillery and mortars, as well as 12,267 units of special military vehicles.

14:15 Russian servicemen - operators of FPV drones continue to destroy enemy armored vehicles and manpower -video.

13:55 Blows RF Armed Forces in the port of Reni:

At night, the RF Armed Forces attacked the port infrastructure in Reni, Odessa region, twice. Despite everyday claims by the enemy about the interception of the released Geraniums, videos of the explosions indicate that the drones reached their targets.

Analysis of materials from open sources allows us to geolocate at least three places of arrival: drones hit the hangars with grain, as well as the elevator. Some of the colorful shots were filmed by the inhabitants of Romania from the opposite bank of the river.

In the past two months, Russian troops have already launched attacks on the Danube ports of Reni and Izmail, from which the Kyiv authorities are exporting agricultural products after the termination of the “grain deal”. From there, the Armed Forces of Ukraine also carry out attacks on the Crimea and ships of the Black Sea Fleet.

Against the backdrop of the intensification of Western intelligence in the Black Sea to prepare a massive raid on the peninsula, the need for attacks on the infrastructure on the Danube is increasing. At the same time, the question of choosing targets arises: in particular, old cranes standing in the port are a more critical node than hangars with grain.

13:35 Today around 1100 hrs stopped an attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with one aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle against objects on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Russian air defense systems detected and destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle over the territory of the Republic of Crimea.

13:05 Statement of head of the press center of the Vostok group:

The advanced subunits of the Vostok group of troops, with the support of artillery and aviation, inflicted a fire defeat on the enemy in the Urozhayny area. An armored car, an infantry fighting vehicle, four strong points were destroyed, accumulations of enemy manpower were hit.

A fire defeat was also inflicted on the enemy in the Staromayorsky area. Several vehicles with militants were destroyed.

Mortar fire destroyed two enemy reconnaissance groups northwest of Priyutnoye.

Artillery fire destroyed the Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Antonovka, an ammunition depot in Konstantinovka, two strongholds of nationalists north of Nikolsky, armored fighting vehicles with militants in the Zeleny Pole area, as well as a US-made counter-battery combat station in the Nikolsky area.

Aircraft hit the places of accumulation of manpower and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of Velika Novoselka, Staromayorsky, Urozhayny.

Crews of anti-aircraft missile systems "Tor" and "Osa" shot down two UAVs of the aircraft type "Fury" and one "Valkyrie".

The military personnel of the Vostok group of troops show courage and heroism in the performance of combat missions.

The commander of the artillery platoon of the group's motorized rifle brigade, Senior Lieutenant Marat Asanov, as part of the unit, carried out tasks of hitting enemy targets in one of the sectors of the South-Donetsk direction.

During the fighting, the artillerymen under the command of Senior Lieutenant Asanov, under the continuous fire of the Ukrainian troops, managed to disable two artillery pieces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and also to destroy the crew of an automatic heavy grenade launcher and over 10 nationalists.

12:30 APU continue to fire from borderland of the Belgorod region.

Artillery rounds damaged a house in the village of Popovka, Krasnoyarzhsky District, no one was injured.

Local residents also reported artillery attack of the villages of Terezovka and Prilesie, but there was no official information.

12:15 Ukrainian formations inflicted attacks on the village of Kurshanovichi in the Bryansk region.

The rounds damaged five residential buildings, as well as a school and a house of culture, there were no casualties.

12:00 Chronicle of the special military operation: events of August 15, 2023.

Russian troops launched a massive missile attack on military facilities in Ukraine.

In the western part of the country, according to preliminary information, the building of the Lorta enterprise and the new airport terminal in Lviv were hit.

In Dnepropetrovsk, Russian missiles attacked industrial enterprises working for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

According to objective control data, it is known that the workshops of the Southern Machine-Building Plant were damaged.

In the Bryansk region, an attempt to penetrate the sabotage group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the village of Kurkovichi was prevented.

And in the area of the village of Zhiryatino, three Ukrainian attack drones were destroyed.

On the Kupyansky sector of the front, after clearing the forest belts near Ol'shany, Russian troops continue to develop an offensive to the southwest.

According to some reports, separate reconnaissance groups began fighting with the enemy on the outskirts of Petropavlovka.

A fierce battle near Urozhayny continues in the Vremievsky sector.

The Russian units are faced with the task of preventing the enemy from gaining a foothold in the settlement and building on success.

In the Zaporozhye direction, hostilities near Rabotino again intensified.

The Ukrainian troops entrenched in the northeastern outskirts suffer heavy losses, but continue to storm the village.

In the Kherson direction, Russian troops completely liquidated the bridgehead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the west of the Cossack Camps.

Nevertheless, increased activity of Ukrainian sabotage units and artillery continues to be recorded along the entire coast
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11:30 Statement of head of the press center of the Dnepr grouping:

During aerial reconnaissance with the help of unmanned aerial vehicles, the military personnel of the Dnepr group in the Kherson region revealed an accumulation of high-speed light-engine watercraft with troops and ammunition on board in the southern part of Melky Island.

The crews of howitzer battalion guns and operators of attack unmanned aerial vehicles inflicted fire damage on identified targets, as a result of which four high-speed watercraft and up to 20 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

11:00 Tonight in the area of Antonovsky bridge Ukrainians decided to do an ambush, but in the end they planted him himself. They landed, tried to bypass our positions, were discovered in time by the special forces and destroyed.

It is not clear exactly how many enemy soldiers were killed, it is quite possible that up to 30 people worked hard on them. In the video, one of the groups that forever remained lying on the half-flooded shores.

10:45 Enemy on various sectors of the front starts introducing new identification marks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - a white cross on the sides, roof and doors of the cabin (tower) of their heavy equipment and vehicles. They became even more similar to the German crusaders and Nazis. This causes positive emotions and excitement among our fighters.

In the Zaporozhye direction, the enemy increasingly began to resort to the actions of his front-line aviation to deliver missile strikes against Russian targets.

In particular, yesterday launched two air attacks in order to destroy the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporozhye tactical direction, during which ten aircraft were involved. For example, three Su-24s and one Su-27, as well as two MiG-29s, took part in the first attack to cover the actions of the “dryers”.

Rocket launches were traditionally carried out in the direction of the settlement of Tokmak, the city of Berdyansk (106 km east of the city of Melitopol). To control the results of the defeat, he organized the flights of two Bayraktar TB 2 UAVs.

Taking into account their heavy losses on the Zaporozhye Front, the enemy pays considerable attention to the preparation of reserves and maintaining the combat potential of the group of troops. The command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine regularly conducts combat training with the personnel of the formation at the training grounds, measures for the fortification equipment of their positions, the rotation of the personnel of the 44th Brigade and its replenishment due to the transfer of additional reserves.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have less and less time to achieve significant successes, all combat-ready units are rushing into battle.

Autumn will bring rain to Zaporozhye, wash away roads and fields, cover the sky with clouds. Opportunities for space and air reconnaissance of the enemy will be reduced, not to mention the restriction in the maneuvers of heavy Western-made military equipment. Therefore, in the coming weeks, we expect a tougher onslaught of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on our positions.

10:30 Enemy trying to step on Zhelanie Zavitnoye and at Novodonetsky:

Deputy Head of the National Guard for the DPR A. Khodakovsky about the situation at the front on the Vremevsky ledge at the junction of Zaporozhye and the DPR:

“Having improved, as it seemed to him, his position, the enemy tried to start moving towards the village with the romantic name Zhelanie Zavitnoye. Has no success, suffers losses. Encouraged by the advance to the south and being not very aware of the price, individual enemy units decided to try their luck in their sector - to the right (on our side) of Novomayorsky. As a result, several people were killed and wounded, trophies were thrown while fleeing.

10:05 Today around 5.00 hrs Moscow time thwarted attempt the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack with three unmanned aerial vehicles on objects in the territory of the Kaluga region.

All UAVs were timely detected and destroyed by Russian air defense systems.

No damage or casualties.

09:31 Criminal Kyiv regime continues to shell the civilian infrastructure of the settlements on the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from barrel artillery:

-- in the village of Peschanovka 11 rounds;
-- n.p. Aleshki 14 rounds;
-- n.p. Staraya Zburyevka 10 rounds;
-- n.p. Dnepryans 12 rounds;
-- n.p. Podstepne 10 rounds.

During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the settlement of Nova Kakhovka, the settlement of Kakhovka, settlement Sagi, settlement Gornostaevka, Velikaya Lepetikha, firing a total of 32 rounds from cannon artillery
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being specified

09:29 Summaryon the morning of August 16, 2023

At night, the Russian Armed Forces hit the Geran UAV on the port infrastructure in Nikolaev, Izmail, Reni and other port cities.

On the Zaporizhzhya Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine introduced a strategic reserve into battle. The 82nd Airborne Assault Brigade of the enemy, Styker and Marder armored vehicles, some of which have already been destroyed in battles, have been deployed to the Orekhovskoye direction near Rabotino. Some strongholds of the Russian Armed Forces were forced to leave.

On the Kherson sector of the front, they report the arrival of additional forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: up to 1,500 personnel with boats for operations in the floodplain of the river. Dnieper. There are fights in the area of the Antonovsky bridge. There are reports that to the west of the Kazachi Lagery the foothold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been completely eliminated.

On the Vremevsky ledge, heavy fighting in Staromayorsky and Urozhayny, the enemy hopes to break through the defenses and develop an offensive to the south. The enemy conducts tank attacks, pulls up reserves.

South of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), the Russian Armed Forces carried out a counterattack in Kleshcheevka, they report a complete restoration of control over the settlement. Fighting continues near Andreevka.

In the Bryansk region, border guards, units of the Russian Armed Forces and the National Guard destroyed the enemy's DRG with NATO weapons. In the Belgorod region in Novaya Tavolzhanka, a civilian was killed by artillery attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, an enemy UAV was shot down in the Shebekinsky district. Four civilians were wounded in the DPR.

08:27 Results for August 15, 2023:

The Armed Forces of Ukraine brought into the battle near Rabotino the last brigade prepared in the West for the spring offensive.

Attempts to attack the enemy near Rabotino near Urozhayny continue.

The RF Armed Forces delivered a massive blow to Ukrainian infrastructure facilities.

08:05 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/16/2023

In the Zaporizhia direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with the support of artillery, attacked Rabotino from the northeast and east. The northern part of the village is in the "grey zone". Similar actions were carried out by Ukrainian units in the area of Verbovoye. The RF Armed Forces hit the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novodanilovka, Malaya Tokmachka and Belogorye. They themselves found themselves under fire in Nesteryanka, Kopany, Novoprokopovka, Novopokrovka and Novofedorovka.There were no active ground clashes in the Ugledar sector. Artillery was active on both sides. Russian - on Ukrainian positions in Levadny, Staromayorsky, Makarovka, Blagodatny, Bol'shaya Novosyolka, Harvest, Zolotoy Niva, Prechistovka and Vugledar. The Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes against the RF Armed Forces in Priyutnoye, Zavetnoye Zhelaniya, Staroml'ynovka, Novodonetsk and Nikol'skoye.

On the Donetsk front, Russian troops, supported by artillery, carried out assault operations in Mar'yinka and on the outskirts of the city of Krasnogorovka. No success. Under shelling, the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Yekaterinovka, Georgievka, Ostrom and Nevel'skoye. Calm near Avdievka.

In the Bakhmut sector, the parties also took a break compared to the intensity of the fighting that has been going on here in recent months. The RF Armed Forces delivered strikes against Ukrainian troops in Aleksandro-Shultin, Stupochki, Vasyukovka, Fedorovka, Pereezdny, Vyemka and Sporny. Artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine worked on Ozaryanovka, Kurdyumovka, Kleshcheevka, Bakhmut, Soledar and Yakovlevka.

In the Lugansk direction, the Russian Armed Forces, after artillery preparation, attacked the Ukrainian defense lines near Petropavlovka. Also, the assault units of the Russian troops tried to advance at Sin'kovka. Artillery worked on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Belogorivka, Serebryanka, Dronovka, Pervomaisky, Stel'makhivka, Ivanovka, Podil, Kucherovka and Figolevka.


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