War

On the afternoon of August 16, Russian troops attacked Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. According to preliminary reports, one person was killed and seven others were injured when a drone struck the post office building.

On the night of August 16, the Ukrainian Navy struck the launch sites and deployment locations of the Russian “Bastion” coastal missile system in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Ukrainian forces have disabled seven of the ten largest logistics centers belonging to the Russian marketplace Wildberries.

Late Saturday evening, August 15, Russian forces carried out a precision strike with a drone against a civilian vehicle in central Sumy. The vehicle caught fire as a result of the explosion.

On the night of August 15–16, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of key enemy military and industrial targets, including a rocket fuel production plant located in Russia, as well as the occupiers’ logistics facilities and warehouses in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

Over the course of a week, Russian forces deployed more than 3,170 weapons against Ukraine. Most of the missiles fired were various types of ballistic missiles.

On the night of August 15–16, Russian aircraft struck a residential area of Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, with high-explosive bombs. Two people were injured as a result of the enemy attack, and extensive damage was reported in the city.

On the night of August 15–16, Kyiv came under attack by ballistic missiles. The strike caused fires in the Obolon and Holosiivskyi districts of the capital, and falling debris was also reported. One person is known to have been injured.

On the night of August 15–16, Russian forces launched a combined strike on Kryvyi Rih using ballistic missiles and drones. One person was killed and six others were injured as a result of the attack.

Fires have been reported at two large logistics facilities in the Moscow Region. These are the Wildberries warehouse in Koledino and the “Northern Domodedovo” multimodal logistics complex. According to preliminary data, the fires may have been caused by a drone attack.