War in Ukraine

Over the past 24 hours, Russian occupation forces launched massive strikes on the territories of the Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and Mykolaiv regions. The enemy used aircraft, artillery, and hundreds of drones of various types in the attacks. As a result of the shelling, more than 30 people were wounded, including a child.

On the night of Friday, August 15, Russian forces launched a drone strike on the town of Marganets in the Nikopol District. An enemy drone struck a high-rise residential building. A three-month-old boy was killed in the attack.

On the night of August 14–15, Russian sources reported a strike on the Savasleika military airfield in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, where MiG-31K fighters—carriers of “Kinzhal” aeroballistic missiles—are based. In Samara, there was also reportedly a strike on one of the industrial facilities.

On the night of August 14–15, a fire broke out at a shopping center in Zaporizhzhia, and a drone strike on the grounds of an industrial facility was also reported.

According to a new survey, only 5% of internally displaced persons have received housing compensation, even though 57% of IDPs lost their homes in the occupied territories or in the combat zone.

At least one person was killed and 22 others were wounded as a result of a massive attack by Russian forces on the Kramatorsk community in Donetsk Oblast on August 13.

The Russians attacked Kherson and the Kherson region with drones and aerial bombs; several neighborhoods are without power.

On August 14, the Russian Ministry of Defense published a provocative post stating: “You’ll be in for a freeze this winter.”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that Moscow sees no point in returning to the 2022–2023 version of the “Black Sea Initiative” and suspending hostilities in the Black Sea. Sergey Lavrov also commented on Turkey’s proposal.

In Ukraine, the first jet-powered interceptor drones, designed to counter a new threat—jet-powered “shahids”—are undergoing combat testing.