Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, published a video on Thursday night with the aim of showing a hit on the base of one of the Russian formations. The lieutenant general stated that as a result of the attack carried out with GBU-39 type bombs, there were losses on the Russian side and military equipment was also destroyed. In the footage, several explosions could be heard and thick smoke billowed.
At the same time, the 3rd Independent Assault Brigade also announced that it had advanced in an area of nearly two square kilometers in Kharkiv County. Details of the offensive’s time, scope and territory occupied have not been released.
Ukraine made progress after delivering US weapons in August. It launched a surprise offensive on August 6 against the Kursk region in western Russia, simultaneously increasing drone attacks against military facilities and fuel storage facilities.
On Friday, new data about these attacks became public.
A Ukrainian drone launched against a Russian airbase in Volgograd caused significant damage to one of the runways. According to reports, Moscow used this air base to launch glide bombs deployed against Ukraine during the war, the American news agency AP wrote based on an analysis of satellite images.
Russian airstrikes killed eight civilians in four counties of eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian authorities announced on Friday.
On Friday, two people were killed in an airstrike in the Sumy region of northeastern Ukraine, bordering the Kursk region, where four other civilians were also wounded in the attacks, the Ukrainian police wrote on its website.
A little further east, in a settlement of Kharkiv County, two civilians died, Harkiv County Governor Oleh Szinyehubov wrote in the Telegram messaging application. A third body was pulled from the rubble in another settlement that was attacked a week ago, he added.
Vadim Filaskin, head of the state administration of Donetsk Oblast, wrote that “on August 22, the number of Russian casualties increased by one dead and eight wounded in Donetsk Oblast,” where Russian forces have been advancing for months.
Oleksandr Prokugyin, the governor of Kherson county in southern Ukraine, announced on Friday that “two people were killed and five others were wounded in airstrikes against the city of Kherson and its surroundings.
In a statement on Thursday night, the 3rd Ukrainian Independent Assault Brigade announced that Ukrainian forces had recaptured some positions that had been in Russian hands until then.
Brigade commander Andriy Bilecki announced that they attacked the dominant Russian troops and “won”. The Russian superiority in numbers was 2.5 to 1, he added.
The Ukrainian General Staff announced that they had repelled dozens of new Russian attacks.
In its daily situation report, the General Staff stated that a total of 79 attacks were reported from the fronts in eastern Ukraine. The heaviest fighting was once again around Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, where Russian forces tried to consolidate and expand their territorial gains of the previous day. In the past day, the Ukrainian defenders were hit by twenty attacks in the region.
Similarly fierce fighting was also reported from around Toreck. Ukrainian forces reportedly repulsed several attacks by Russian ground troops, while Russian warplanes fired missiles at Ukrainian positions and settlements.
2024-08-23 18:58:32