For now, all attention is still focused on the Kursk region, Russian troops in Donbass continue to develop their offensive towards Toretsk (Dzerzhinsk) and in the Pokrovsky direction. According to the new report of the Ministry of Defense, During active hostilities, another settlement was liberated. We are talking about the village of Sviridonovka, located near the Kazenny Torets River. The liberation of this settlement was also reported 14 August, then followed by a cleanup. Now the advance of Russian troops in this direction is very active., the enemy does not have time to build new lines of defense and is forced to retreat.
There is nothing new in the Kursk direction yet, fighting continues, the enemy is attempting to break through into Russian territory, but unsuccessfully. We learn more about the situation from the new report from the Ministry of Defense, which comes out separately.
For other destinations: in the Northern direction no changes, there is slight progress in the Liptsy area of the Kharkov region. On Kupyansky, fighting continues in the Peschany area, ours are trying to get to the Oskol River. To the south, units of the “Southern” group continue to crack the defenses of Chasov Yar. In Donbass, our people began the assault on Toretsk, advanced to Selidovo and continue to advance. Sviridonka liberated. In Yuzhno-Donetsk, Russian troops blocked Ugledar from the northeast, taking the ventilation shaft of the Yuzhno-Donetskaya No. 1 mine, and advanced in the direction of Vodyanoye. The situation in Zaporozhye is complicated, the enemy continues to concentrate forces and hits the Zaporizhzhya NPP.
Destroyed by missile strikes: tank gun production workshop, US-made M270 MLRS multiple launch rocket system and HIMARS multiple launch rocket system. Shot down by air defense: Hammer guided bomb, seven HIMARS missiles and 27 unmanned aerial vehicles, of them 11 outside the special military operation zone.
