Russia – Ukraine war latest updates from the General Staff of Ukraine as of August 16, 2024.
905 day of the russian large-scale invasion and 3,823 day of the russia’s war against Ukraine begins.
Operational information as of 08:00 a.m. August 16, 2024 regarding the Russian invasion.
During the past day, 144 combat clashes were recorded. The hottest situation was in the Pokrovsky direction, the enemy also actively advanced in the Toretsk and Kurakhiv directions.
According to detailed information, yesterday the enemy launched seven missile strikes against the positions of Ukrainian units and populated areas using 12 missiles, as well as 74 airstrikes, dropping 101 anti-aircraft missiles. In addition, he carried out more than 4,600 attacks, of which 109 were from rocket salvo systems.
The aggressor carried out airstrikes in the areas of settlements, in particular, Mykhailivske, Peremoha, Samotoivka, Khotyn, Kindrativka, Kostyantynivka, Boyaro-Lezhachi, Yuryeve of the Sumy region; Prykolotne, Synkivka, Kupyansk-Vuzlovy, Kharkiv region; Raigorodka, Luhansk region; Serebryanka, Siversk, Toretsk, Nelipivka, Druzhba, Malinivka, Pobyeda, Nvodonetsk, Vodyane of the Donetsk region; Gulyaipole, Zaporizhzhia region; Olhivka, Burgunka, Kherson region.
Yesterday, the aviation and missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces made three strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and anti-aircraft defenses of the enemy, and also hit two artillery systems and two PMM warehouses.
In the Kharkiv direction, seven battles were fought near Lyptsi, Staritsa and Vovchansk.
There were 16 clashes in the Kupyansk direction. The defense forces repelled assaults near Synkivka, Hlushkivka, Kolisnikivka, Andriivka, Kruglyakivka, Stelmakhivka, and Berestovo.
In the Lyman direction, the enemy attacked 10 times near Makiivka, Nevsky, Torsky and Terni.
There were also 10 combat clashes in the Seversky direction. Ukrainian defenders repelled the assaults of the Russian invaders near Verkhnyokamyansky, Bilogorivka, Pereizny and Vyimka.
In the Kramatorsk direction, four battles were fought in the areas of Chasiv Yar. The enemy had no success.
In the direction of Toretsk, the Russians attacked 20 times near Zalizny, Toretsk, North and New York.
In the Pokrovsky direction, Ukrainian defenders repelled 41 enemy assaults in the areas of Panteleimonivka, Vozdvizhenka, Sukha Balka, Kalinove, Zelene Pole, Novotoretske, Mykolaivka, Novogrodivka, Novozhelanne, Skuchne and Ptyche settlements.
In the Kurakhiv direction, the Defense Forces stopped 19 enemy attacks near Paraskoviivka, Georgiivka, Krasnohorivka, and Kostyantynivka.
In the Vremivsk direction, the enemy advanced five times, in particular, in the direction of Vodyanyi, Rivnopol, and Kostyantynivka.
In the Orihiv direction, Russian troops carried out two assaults on the positions of Ukrainian units near Malaya Tokmachka.
In the Dnieper direction, the enemy was defeated, attacking the defensive lines of the Ukrainians 10 times.
In the Gulyaipil direction, the situation has not changed.
No signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected in the Volyn and Poliske directions.
On the border with the Chernihiv and Sumy regions, the enemy maintains a military presence, carries out mortar and artillery attacks on populated areas from the territory of the Russian Federation.
At the same time, our soldiers continue to actively inflict significant losses in manpower and equipment on the occupying forces, exhausting the enemy along the entire line of battle.
In general, the Russian invaders lost 1,330 soldiers last day. Also, Ukrainian soldiers destroyed 12 tanks, 35 armored combat vehicles, 59 artillery systems, five anti-aircraft guns, 61 operational-tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, a missile, 73 cars and 16 units of special equipment of the occupiers.
