UAF – Ukrainian Forces
RF – Russian Forces
MLRS – Multiple Launch Rocket Systems
Summary of the Events
UAF forces stopped multiple assaults from RF all along the front lines. Some minor territorial gains were made in the Donetsk region. Ukraine has begun the fight to liberate Crimea by hitting a weapon depot and airbase in the Russian-occupied region. The only bridge connecting RF in Kherson has been destroyed cutting off large numbers of RF.
Belarus
Disturbing satellite photographs have shown Russia delivering missile, radar, and air defense systems to Belarusian airfields along the border with Ukraine. It suggests that Russia has convinced Belarus to at least use their airfields to begin air attacks on Western Ukraine where most of the weapons from Ukraine’s allies are entering the country. Russia is losing men and equipment in large numbers to these weapon systems being delivered to Ukraine and plans to start airstrikes from Belarus to interrupt these deliveries. One such attack was made against an airfield in Zhytomyr on Tuesday.
Battle for the Donbas
UAF fired a long-range missile at RF barracks in Popasna killing over 100 soldiers of Putin’s private army.
Military troops of the illegitimate Luhansk People’s Republic are refusing to continue fighting against Ukraine satisfied that Luhansk has been fully taken from Ukraine. This leaves the troops of the illegitimate Donetsk People’s Republic mostly on their own in fighting Ukraine in the Donetsk region as most Russian troops are being diverted to defend Kherson and Zaporizhia.
Target Bakhmut – UAF stopped RF from any advances towards Bakhmut. RF made an unsuccessful two-pronged attack on Bakhmutske from Volodymyrivka and Pokrovs’ke. RF also made unsuccessful assaults against Kodema, Vershyna, and Zaliznyi.
Target Siversk – RF launched assaults against Ivano-Darivka and toward Vyimka, but both were stopped by UAF. RF forces also launched an assault against Vesele which is still ongoing.
Target Slovyansk – RF attempted an assault against Mazanivka and in the direction of Dolyna, but UAF repelled both attacks.
Avdiivka/Novopavlivka/Zaporizhia Line – There is evidence that RF have completely taken Pisky, but I have no confirmation yet. The evidence is that RF made an unsuccessful assault on Nevelske and Pervomaiskyi which would be unlikely if they had not taken Pisky. RF had more success in a two-pronged attack on Novomykhailivka from Slavne and Solodke gaining some ground. The fighting continues on that front. Also, from Solodke, RF forces made an unsuccessful assault on Volodymyrivka and Vodiane. RF forces were also repelled again from an attack on Pavlivka and Vremivka.
Battle for Kherson (includes Mykolaiv)
RF attempted an assault in the direction of Novohryhorivka but were repelled.
UAF fired missiles destroying the Antonovskiy Bridge over the Dnepr River fully cutting off RF in the Kherson region. UAF had warned RF that if they did not evacuate the Kherson region, they would be trapped. Most of the Russian commanders have fled Kherson to the eastern side of the Dnepr River.
Battle for Kharkiv
RF continue to keep UAF forces defending Kharkiv by making random attacks. This last time was an assault on Udy in the north, but they were repelled by Ukrainian defenders. RF shelled 15 communities north of Kharkiv and made three airstrikes on Monday.
RF fired several MLRS rockets at Kharkiv on Monday striking a nine-story apartment building, a bus stop, and an office building killing one civilian and injuring six others, one seriously.
UAF fired MLRS rockets at Russian-occupied Ternova destroying a Russian checkpoint and weapon depot. Seven Russian soldiers were killed in the attack. Equipment destroyed included large amounts of ammunition in the depot, an observation point, and two infantry vehicles.
RF fired missiles on five civilian neighborhoods in Kharkiv in the early hours Tuesday. Several structures and buildings were destroyed. Then in the evening more MLRS rockets were fired on residential buildings. Fortunately, there were no casualties from the day’s attacks.
Other Regions
Chernihiv – RF shelled civilian targets in three border town on Monday with 130 explosions counted. Illegal barrel artillery was employed as well. Several homes were destroyed.
RF shelled UAF near the border town of Senkivka on Monday.
Crimea – UAF fired MLRS rockets at RF positions and a weapon depot just outside of Russian-occupied Dzhankoi on Sunday. Tatar patriots in the region confirmed the success of the attack. The rail line used to supply Russian troops in Ukrainian-occupied zone was damaged as well. Then on Tuesday another military airfield near Russian-occupied Simferopol was hit by a military drone.
President Zelensky by decree created a Presidential Advisory Council for the military liberation of Crimea. The battle for Crimea Liberation has begun. Russians are fleeing the peninsula creating traffic jams over the Kerch Bridge connecting Russian-occupied Crimea with Russia.
Dnipropetrovsk – RF fired missiles at the village of Velyka Kostromka and Nikopol on Sunday evening damaging power lines, homes, and farms. There were no casualties.
RF fired rockets and artillery from the Zaporizhian Nuclear Power Plant at civilian targets across the river in Nikopol. One civilian was killed and at least ten others injured. Several homes were destroyed in the attack.
Odesa – Ukraine had closed the beaches around Odesa as the danger of mines planted by Russia in the Black Sea has made them unsafe. A group of men violated that that prohibition on Sunday resulting in the death of two men and the serious injury of a third. Also, on Sunday another three Ukrainians died at a beach when a mine was detonated in Zatoka.
Sumy – RF shelled UAF positions near Starykove, Atynskyy, and Zhuravka on Monday. There were no casualties or damage to infrastructure.
Zaporizhia – Russian families in Melitopol are being evacuated signaling Russia is nervous about losing Melitopol after Kherson is liberated. Partisans blew up the television transmission tower in Melitopol on Tuesday cutting off the ability to brainwash the civilian population.
Zhytomyr – RF fired two missiles from Belarus on a UAF airfield damaging the runway and equipment. No casualties occurred and no planes were damaged.
Russia
Railway and power lines were blown up in recent days near the Russian city of Kursk. It is not clear whether it was done by UAF strikes or by Russian partisans who support Ukraine.
Other News
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky shook up the Security Service known as the SBU, the successor to the KGB. The heads of the SBU over Kyiv and Ternopil were dismissed. Russian spies have done much sabotage in the two cities over the last month causing the shakeup at the top echelons of the SBU. SBU head of Lviv region, Artem Bondarenko, who has done a heroic job of hunting down saboteur traitors in his region, has been appointed the new head of the SBU in Kyiv.
The SBU in Odesa captured a Ukrainian traitor who was giving accurate coordinates of Ukrainian defense facilities to the Russians. His information also included descriptions of the facilities, number of UAF and equipment at the sites, and information on their defenses.
You know things are tough when one turns to North Korea for help. And that is just what Russian President Vladimir Putin has done writing a letter to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un requesting expanded relations with the world pariah state.
The Ukrainian Government has opened a transit point for Ukrainians trapped in and around the Zaporizhian Nuclear Power Plant to escape into Ukrainian-held territories more easily. Russia is setting the stage for the worst nuclear power plant disaster as blackmail against Ukraine making the zone very unsafe for Ukrainians to live. RF shelled the fire station at the largest nuclear plant in Europe damaging a switchgear increasing the risk of radiation leakage to high.
With martial law in Ukraine about to end on August 23, the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, passed a bill to extend martial law until November 23.
Ukraine’s top pilot, Anton Lystopad, was killed in action just a few days after receiving the Order of Courage.
The trial of three Britons, a Swede, and a Croat who were captured fighting for Ukraine has begun in the illegitimate Donetsk People’s Republic. They all face the death penalty as mercenaries.
Five more ships carrying 23,000 tons of grain to Ethiopia left the Odesa port on Tuesday.
International Support
Canada discovered and froze $320 million of Russian assets in their country while enforcing their sanctions on Russia.
Germany and Sweden officially gave permission to Ukraine to use weapons they have delivered to Ukraine to be used in the liberation of Crimea.
Latvia delivered four military helicopters armed with Stinger missiles to Ukraine on Monday.
France has offered to send mine sweeping specialists to the Chernihiv region to remove landmines left behind by RF after retreating from the region.