The main summary:
Tonight, the Russian Federation launched another airstrike against Ukraine, using Iranian attack drones “Shahed-136/131”. Information regarding the consequences of this terrorist attack is currently being clarified.
During the past day, the Russian occupiers struck the territory of Ukraine with air and sea-based missiles. In total, the launches of at least 28 cruise missiles of various types were recorded: 4 Kh-22 cruise missiles, 20 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles and 4 Kalibr cruise missiles. Our air defense destroyed 16 Kh-101/Kh-555 and Kalibr cruise missiles. In addition, at least 8 launches of enemy anti-aircraft guided missiles S-300 and S-400 were recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions.
In total, during the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 42 missile and 56 air strikes, carried out 36 attacks from rocket salvo systems.
About 30 combat clashes took place during the past day.
In the Kupyan direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the areas southeast of Vilshaniv and east of Petropavlivka, Kharkiv region.
In the Avdiivka direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensives in the area south of Avdiivka, Donetsk region.
In the Marinka direction, the defense forces continue to hold back the advance of Russian troops in the area of the towns of Marinka and Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk region.
In the Shakhtarsky direction, the enemy made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the Urozhany region of the Donetsk region.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, are entrenched at the achieved boundaries, and carry out counter-battery countermeasures.
Against the background of a decrease in the morale of the personnel of the military units of the occupying forces, the enemy’s command is increasingly resorting to staged filming of its successes. Thus, in the temporarily occupied village of Kozachi Lageri of the Kherson region, preparations for the filming by a Russian film crew of a propaganda video based on the plot “Destruction of 150 servicemen of the Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group in the local village center of culture” were noted. However, as of August 13 of this year, up to 25 former prisoners of the Russian army servicemen are stationed in this building.
During the past day, the aviation of the defense forces made 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the enemy.
During the day, units of missile forces and artillery hit 4 artillery pieces in firing positions, 1 anti-aircraft missile complex and one more important enemy object.
