Ukrainian and Russian forces have clashed 103 times across the war zone since the beginning of the day, with the largest number of combat engagements being observed on the Pokrovsk front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook…
Russian troops are redeploying forces from lower-priority frontline areas in Ukraine to the line of contact in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. In particular, military personnel who had previously been on the Kharkiv and Siversk fronts and in the area of Chasiv …
Granting the West permission to strike military targets in Russia’s rear is crucial for weakening Russia’s military potential in the war against Ukraine.
Source: Insitute for the Study of War (ISW)
Quote: “Ukrainian long-range strikes against Russian m…
Six civilians, including a girl under 18, were injured in Russian strikes on the Bakhmut and Pokrovsk districts of Donetsk Oblast on Saturday, 24 August.
Source: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
Quote: “The investigation has found that Russian forces…
Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), having analysed the data collected, have confirmed the advance of Ukrainian troops near the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.
Source: ISW
Quote: “Ukrainian forces continued to marginally advan…
Russian forces targeted Donetsk Oblast yet again on Friday, 23 August, leaving three civilians injured.
Source: Anastasiia Miedviedieva, spokesperson for Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office, in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda
Details: Russian troops struc…
The General Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces has noted in its report that the start of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast was carried out using conventional methods.
Source: European Pravda, citing ERR
Details: The Est…
Russian advancements toward the city of Pokrovsk have led to the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from positions southeast of Pokrovsk. Consequently, the Russian troops have failed to achieve their apparent objective of a tactical encirclement of Ukraini…
The Russian army is reinforcing its forces around the city of Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, with the strategic goal of capturing it.
Source: The Economist
Details: The Economist writes that Pokrovsk is preparing for a “nasty, new phase of war.” Russi…
Russian forces continued targeting Donetsk Oblast on 22 August, with a total of eight people injured in the Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk and Bakhmut districts.
Source: Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor’s Office
Quote: “The investigation states that Russian troops fire…