Ukraine’s 3rd SOF Regiment says it cleared and liberated Andriivka-Klevtsove in Donetsk region. Russian forces had spent a long time trying to seize the village by infiltrating in small infantry groups and taking positions. During the operation, Ukrainian special forces captured 30 Russian troops and killed those who refused to surrender.
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation says the black box from the Su-24M that crashed in Khmelnytskyi region on June 16 showed failure of control-system elements on the left wing. The aircraft then lost control, began rotating around its axis, fell from more than 600 meters and reached 809 km/h. A preliminary Air Force investigation says the damage may have been caused by a bird strike. Final co...
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has approved the domestically produced Dovbush T40 strategic UAV for military use. The nearly 5-meter-wingspan aircraft has a range exceeding 2,000 km and endurance of more than 24 hours, sufficient to reach targets beyond the Urals and into Siberia. Designed for deep reconnaissance, fire correction and precision strikes, it can operate as a kamikaze drone or drop muniti...
Ukrainian assault troops used a heavy explosive charge against a basement where Russian forces had barricaded themselves and refused to surrender. The combat footage was released by Ukraine’s 49th Assault Battalion.
Ukraine’s 77th Airmobile Brigade of the 7th Air Assault Corps says its drone units destroyed or hit 43 Russian assets on the Kupiansk axis: 3 ground robots, 9 motorcycles, 7 ATVs, 12 light vehicles, 3 UAZ-452s, 2 GAZ-3302s, 5 trucks and 2 artillery pieces.
❗️Binance provided Russian investigators with data later used to charge IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy with “financing terrorism” over money donated to Ukraine, Reuters reports. Despite announcing a full exit from Russia in 2023, Binance responded to investigators with transaction records, his address, phone number, passport details and copies of his Russian passport and Bulgarian residence permit. B...
Ukraine’s General Staff says four Russian UAV-related targets were hit overnight. A storage, preparation and launch site for attack drones near Hvardiiske in occupied Crimea was struck, with a fire recorded. Ukrainian forces also hit an Orion UAV ground-control station in Novofedorivka, a Geran/Gerbera ground relay in Olenivka, and a communications and power point supporting a UAV relay on Tendra ...
Ukraine’s Hart border brigade says its reconnaissance and strike drone crews hit Russian troops and equipment attempting to break through the state border on the Kharkiv front, including by operating from Russian territory. Ukrainian drone operators also neutralized a Russian tank, artillery system, mortar and heavy machine gun that were being used to protect Russian positions against aerial attac...
❗️Ukrainian forces hit at least 5 workshop buildings at Russia’s Kombinat Kamensky defense plant in Rostov region, penetrating several layers of air defenses from Pantsir to S-300 systems. The plant produces solid rocket fuel for Uragan, Smerch and Tornado…
❗️Serhii Sternenko, volunteer and former Ukrainian Defense Ministry adviser, says Russia has encountered “some problems with ballistic missiles in the north,” adding: “There will be more.” The statement may hint at Ukrainian strikes targeting Russian ballistic missile sites or launchers in the north.
❗️Ukrainian forces hit at least 5 workshop buildings at Russia’s Kombinat Kamensky defense plant in Rostov region, penetrating several layers of air defenses from Pantsir to S-300 systems. The plant produces solid rocket fuel for Uragan, Smerch and Tornado-S MLRS, as well as other missile and aviation systems. Key workshops had anti-drone protection and were surrounded by earthworks. Several air-d...
Russia has built 10 drone bases with at least 59 new launch rails along its borders with Ukraine and Belarus, according to a Telegraph investigation using leaked documents and satellite imagery. Around 20 extended rails appear capable of launching Russia’s latest long-range attack drones, potentially putting Warsaw within range. One site has enough storage for more than 1,000 drones, while additio...
Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 106 of 128 Russian drones overnight into August 17. The attack included Shahed, jet-powered Shahed, Gerbera and Parodiya decoys. Drone impacts were recorded at 14 locations, with debris at two more.
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