Russo-Ukrainian war main facts

  • 18 August 2024

  • The Russians attacked the Pokrovsky direction 45 times, breaking through near Vozdvizhenka and Novogrodivka
  • ISW recorded the advance of Ukrainian troops in the Kursk region
  • In the Pokrovsky direction, the Russians lost more than 230 soldiers in one day
  • The Sunday Times: Starmer decided to openly admit the use of British weapons in Kurshchyna
  • The Russians dropped an aerial bomb on Bilopil, a man was killed and his daughter was seriously injured
  • Lukashenko announced the transfer of almost a third of his army to the border with Ukraine
  • Since the beginning of the day, the Defense Forces of Ukraine have destroyed 2 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles and 8 Shaheds
  • Due to the morning attack of the Russian Federation, 50 private houses were damaged in the Kyiv region
  • Russia attacked Kyiv for the second time in the morning, this time with cruise missiles
  • The morning strike by ballistic missiles and drones on Kyiv resulted in no damage or casualties
  • The Armed Forces hit the "Kavkaz" plant, where petroleum products for the Russian army were stored
  • Fuel tanks burst into flames in the Rostov region due to a drone attack

  • 17 August 2024

  • The Armed Forces destroyed another 1,170 invaders, 7 tanks and 71 artillery systems
  • Ukrainian aviation hit another bridge in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation
  • ISW: With a maneuver in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian military compensated for Russia's advantage
  • The Russians are trying to break through the defenses in the Pokrovsky direction, which they stormed 46 times
  • The IAEA stated that the situation at the occupied ZNPP is deteriorating
  • 98 combat clashes took place during the day
  • The Russian Federation occupied Mykolaivka in Donetsk region
  • Another drowning man was discovered in Tisza on the border with Romania - DPSU
  • Russia continues to frighten the world with Ukraine's strikes on the Kursk NPP
  • The US blocks British permission to strike Storm Shadow over Russia
  • Germany was unable to finance the IRIS-T system that could have been provided to Ukraine
  • Britain has successfully launched the first military satellite into space
  • Air strike on Sumy, 10 cars burned
  • 14 Russian Shaheds shot down over Ukraine
  • Russians attacked Kharkiv region at night, a woman died
  • Russian UAVs attacked Ukraine all night
  • The Russians carried out airstrikes in four communities of Sumy Oblast

  • 16 August 2024

  • Russia lost more than 1,200 soldiers per day
  • ISW: Ukrainian troops advanced to the southeast of Suja in Kurshchyna
  • The Armed Forces took control of Borka of the Kursk region
  • Almost 300 enemy UAVs of various modifications attacked the Zaporizhzhia region during the day
  • There were 99 clashes at the front during the day, 28 of them in the Pokrovsky direction
  • The occupiers dropped explosives on Beryslav in the Kherson region, there is an injured person
  • The Russians destroyed a MiG-29 in the Dnipro, but without loss of life
  • Russia threatens Italian journalists who shot a report in the Kursk region
  • The Russians attacked a police car in the Mykolaiv region with a drone, the patrol officers were injured
  • London handed Ukraine more than 200 cars, which were handed over for disposal through eco-cars
  • Air defense forces shot down two Russian missiles in the sky over Dnipropetrovsk region
  • Head of the Ministry of Defense of Spain: Ukraine itself determines how to use the received weapons
  • US banks block the accounts of customers for attempts to make a payment from the Russian Federation
  • British intelligence: the Russian Federation has begun building additional defensive positions in the Kursk region
  • The Bundestag called to provide Ukraine with Fuchs armored vehicles
  • Kazakhstan declared that it will not comply with all sanctions against the Russian Federation
  • The US State Department supported the $5 billion sale of Patriot missiles to Germany
  • In Croatia, the fixed-term service of citizens is being returned from 2025
  • The USA stated that the Russian Federation had transferred thousands of troops from the occupied territories to Kurshchyna
  • The Russians reported on the attack of UAVs and unmanned boats in Crimea
  • The Russians attacked Nikopol, damaged the infrastructure and the enterprise
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