War in Ukraine

Last night, Russian forces once again attacked port infrastructure in the Odesa region. The strike damaged a civilian vessel flying the Togolese flag.

Russian strikes caused fires at industrial facilities in the Poltava region. In the Donetsk region, part of Sloviansk was left without power.

In the first half of August, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had shot down at least 25 Ukrainian “Flamingo” missiles, which is more than in all of July.

On the evening of August 16, Russian forces launched a massive attack on Sumy using strike drones. According to preliminary reports, one person was injured.

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.