Ukraine – 8/15/2023 Sitrep
By: Bohdan Chomiak & Robert Homans
August 15, 2023
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“From Rouble to Rubble”/Timothy Ash via Substack
In 1975 when I was a student at Stanford Business School, I took a course in public fiscal management from Edward Hamilton, the Former Deputy Mayor of New York City and at the time a visiting professor at Stanford. One day, during class, he told a joke that I have never forgotten. The purpose of him telling the joke was to illustrate how in the late 1960s & early 1970s New York City conducted fiscal management or during the period just before New York City went bankrupt.
The joke went something like this –
· A man was driving down a side street in Manhattan. These streets are very narrow, with almost no opportunity to pass a vehicle that is stopped or double parked. In this case the man was following a 2-ton panel truck. He noticed that at each intersection the driver of the panel truck got out, and he hit the side of the truck with a baseball bat. After seeing this taking place a couple of times, and getting annoyed because he was caught behind the panel truck and he was unable to pass, the man got out of his car, approached the driver of the panel truck, and he asked him why he was hitting the side of his panel truck with a baseball bat at every intersection. The panel truck driver replied, in his best New York City accent, “Look pal, I got a 2-ton truck here, and I’m carrying 3 tons of canaries. I gotta keep at least 1 ton flyin’ around.”
Tim Ash might have used the same joke, to accurately describe the economic situation Russia is now facing.
“Russian Orthodox Church Leader Patriarch Kirill’s Unholy War Against Ukraine”/ Borys Gudziak, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States (Atlantic Council)
Personally, I believe Kirill to be the most odious public official in Russia, more odious than Vladimir Putin himself, because Kirill hides behind his ecclesiastical office. Everyone knows who Putin is. I use the term “public official” deliberately because the Russian Orthodox Church, including the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Patriarchate, is nothing more than an organ of the Russian State. If there is an official way for the Catholic Church to shun someone who occupies a high position in another church, and uses his position to condone crimes against humanity, Pope Francis I should take that action against Kirill.
The article states, “Patriarch Kirill has continued to defend the invasion despite mounting evidence of Russian war crimes committed in Ukraine. He has remained unmoved by the atrocities uncovered in liberated towns such as Bucha, or the seemingly endless accounts of mass killings, sexual violence, torture chambers, child abductions, and forced deportations throughout Russian-occupied Ukraine. He is silent regarding the constant missile and drone assaults against civilian targets including homes, apartment buildings, shopping centers, churches, hospitals, schools, and grain storage facilities.”
“Instead, Patriarch Kirill has indicated that the Russian Orthodox Church may even be willing to overlook such crimes. “The Church realizes that if someone, driven by a sense of duty and the need to honor his oath, stays loyal to his vocation and dies while carrying out his military duty, then he is without any doubt doing a deed that is equal to sacrifice. He sacrifices himself for others. And therefore, we believe that this sacrifice washes away all the sins that a person has committed,” Kirill stated in a September 2022 sermon.”
News From the Battlefield
“Reporting From Ukraine” covers the incursions Ukraine is making on the Left Bank of the Dnipro River. Although the events Reporting From Ukraine describes took place last week, when he was sick, he describes them here in excellent detail. If progress continues, Ukraine will be able to build pontoon bridges and start bringing heavy equipment across the river. The area east of the river contains fewer Russian defense lines, and Ukraine may be able to cut a supply road that, since the bridges from Crimea have been damaged, has become a major Russian supply route.
The Latest Denys covers fighting south of Bakhmut and, at 2:45 into the video, reveals new modifications to the Russian T-90 tank. The modifications make sure the occupants of the tank cannot leave their posts, for any reason. At 5:45 into his video Denys shares observations made by British intelligence concerning Ukraine’s incursions across the Dnipro. At 8:25 into his video he reports on Ukrainian advances around the town of Robotyne, an incursion in southern Ukraine located between Urozhaine and the Dnipro.
8/15/2023 Sitrep
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon August 14 to 12:00 noon August 15, 2023
Abbreviations:
RMA = Regional Military Administration SBU = Security Service of Ukraine
RASHISTS = russian Facists/all russian invaders
INTERNATIONAL
Tuesday, August 15
12:09 am: In the coming months, Romania intends to double the transit volume of Ukrainian grain to its main Black Sea port of Constanta to 4 million tons per month, including via the Danube River.
● This was stated by the Minister of Transport of the country, Sorin Grindianu, Reuters reports.
● By hiring more staff to facilitate the passage of ships through the Sulin Canal on the Danube and completing connecting infrastructure projects, many of which are funded by the EU, Romania could increase transit capacity, Grindianu said.
12:49 am: Ukraine and 34 other countries formed a coalition opposing the participation of Russians and Belarusians in the Olympics in Paris.
● The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal reported this.
● "Ukraine is determined. Together, we are ready to boycott the Olympic Games in Paris if Russia and Belarus are allowed to participate in the competition," Shmyhal emphasized.
8:28 am: The health ministers of Israel and Ukraine had a conversation. At Ukraine's request, Tel Aviv will send several tons of medicine to Kyiv, - Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodskyi.
Monday, August 14
3:13 pm: Latvian Prime Minister Krishjanis Karinsh announced his resignation, BNS reports.
● At a press conference, Karinsh said that he would submit a request for the government's resignation to President Edgar Rynkevich on Thursday.
5:38 pm: The USA announced a new $200 million military aid package to Ukraine.
● According to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the package will include, in particular, ammunition for Anti-Aircraft Defense, artillery shells, anti-tank weapons and others.
● In particular, the new package of military aid from the US will include:
● additional ammunition for Patriot air defense systems;
● additional ammunition for highly mobile artillery rocket systems (HIMARS);
● demining equipment and systems;
● 155-mm and 105-mm artillery shells, 120-mm tank ammunition;
● missiles with optical tracking and wire guidance (TOW);
● Javelin and other anti-tank systems and missiles;
● 37 tactical vehicles for towing and transporting equipment, 58 water trailers;
● more than 12 million small arms ammunition and grenades; ammunition for demining and destruction of obstacles, etc.
5:53 pm: Norway will supply Ukraine with Cortex Typhon C-UAS systems for defense against drones.
● This is stated on the website of the Norwegian government.
● These systems have a machine gun turret with a surveillance system. It can be put on Dingo armored vehicles, which Norway also plans to transfer.
8:26 pm: Ukraine will receive a new generation Luna air reconnaissance system from Germany within a year.
● This was reported by the German defense concern Rheinmetall.
● "Airborne unmanned means of short-range reconnaissance of the new generation will now be deployed in Ukraine," - it is noted on the website of the concern.
8:54 pm: The German government plans annual military support for Ukraine in the amount of €5 billion until 2027, but this decision still needs to be approved by the parliament.
● This is reported by Forbes with reference to the statement of the Minister of Finance of Germany, Christian Lindner.
● In addition to the military component, the aid includes humanitarian support, in particular the placement of displaced persons.
9:59 pm: A delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia visited Tehran and ordered 20,000 kamikaze drones from Iran, EttoBA.
● According to the publication, a delegation of Serbian diplomats, led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia Goran Aleksic, visited Tehran.
● "Iran has shown ambitions to expand its influence in the Balkans and has identified Serbia as a partner," writes EttoBA.
NATIONAL
Tuesday, August 15
3:14 am: Sumy, Poltava and eastern regions - missile danger! - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
● The air alert is related to the launches of cruise missiles from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea area.
● The first rockets enter Ukraine's airspace.
3:21 am: South - missile danger, - Armed Forces Air Force.
3:30 am: Central regions - missile danger, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
3:38 am: "Missile danger.
● Air alert related to launches of cruise missiles of the Kh-101/555 type from Tu-95MS strategic bombers from the Caspian Sea area. Stay in shelters until the break-up," - Serhiy Popko, head of the KMVA.
3:50 am: Probably two groups of cruise missiles in the direction of the territory of Ukraine. Preliminary information on crossing the border - simulation of high-speed targets by enemy means, - Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
4:11 am: West - missile danger. Missiles in the Kirovohrad and Zaporizhzhia regions, - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
4:36 am: Missile launches from the Millerovo area (Tu-22 M3), - Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
4:39 am: Cruise missiles on the border of Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr regions. Chernihiv region - under cover, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
4:49 am: Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr and Khmelnytsky regions - stay in shelters, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
4:53 am: Kamianets-Podilskyi nets-Podilskyi - in shelter. Rockets in the direction of Ternopil, Chernivtsi, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
5:55 am: Repulse of missile danger in all areas, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:29 am: In order to replenish large-scale losses in manpower, the Russians continue to carry out covert mobilization in the temporarily occupied territories, - General Staff of the Armed Forces.
● In particular, in the city of Starobilsk, Luhansk region, the occupying pseudo-power obliged all men at state-owned enterprises to pass a medical examination and register for military service.
8:01 am: At night, Anti-Aircraft Defense forces destroyed 16 cruise missiles, - Air Force of Ukraine.
● In total, at least 28 cruise missiles of various types were launched
8:28 am: During counteroffensive operations, the Ukrainian military advanced in the border area of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Meanwhile, the Russian occupiers, due to lack of reserves, are having difficulty strengthening their defensive lines, - Institute for the Study of War.
9:31 am: Attention! Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy - a ballistic threat! - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
9:43 am: Ukrainian military is advancing on the southern front
● This was announced by the spokesman of the General Staff, Andriy Kovalev.
● According to him, Ukrainian defenders are continuing their offensive in the Melitopol and Berdyansk areas.
● "In the direction of Urozhany, they were successful, they are consolidating at the achieved milestones," the spokesman noted.
11:18 am: Attention! Eastern regions - missile danger! - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
11:20 am: "The enemy uses cruise missiles that move in one direction, changing the course," - the spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuriy Ignat.
● the Russians hit the Donetsk region with Kh-22 missiles, around the city of Kramatorsk. Also with S-300 or S-400 missiles in the Zaporizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
● "Unfortunately, it was not possible to destroy Kh-22. As you know, these missiles attack along a ballistic trajectory," Yuriy Ignat said.
Monday, August 14
1:26 pm: As of 11:30, 7 enemy ships were on combat duty in the Black Sea.
● This is reported by the Naval Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
1:57 pm: The installation of the trident on the monument "Motherland - Motherland" has been completed, — mass media.
● Work is ongoing to dismantle the equipment with which the trident itself was raised.
2:10 pm: Commander of the United Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Serhii Naev said that Russia has changed the tactics of using "shaheeds", due to which it has become more difficult to shoot them down.
● He noted that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to use them mainly at night at extremely low altitudes, but the construction of routes is constantly changing, taking into account the topography of the area.
2:26 pm: Minister of Youth and Sports Vadym Gutzait said in an interview with Kyodo News that Ukraine will participate in the 2024 Olympics if the Russians and Belarusians are represented in a neutral status.
● "Our athletes need to be at the Olympics. Our flag will be at the opening, at the competitions, our athletes will represent our country so that everyone in the world can see that Ukraine is, was and will be," Gutzeit said.
● He also noted that if the Russian Federation and Belarus were allowed to compete in Paris under their own flags, Ukraine would boycott the Olympics.
3:24 pm: An enemy Tu-22m3 was detected in the Kursk region. In the event of a threat, an alarm will be announced — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4:21 pm: The air alert in the eastern regions is related to the activity of enemy tactical aviation, — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
4:35 pm: Close relatives of those who died or went missing in ATO were allowed to travel abroad, the press service of the State Border Service reported.
● The Cabinet of Ministers made changes to the Rules for Crossing the State Border by Citizens of Ukraine.
6:10 pm: During offensive actions, the Defense Forces in the Tavria direction continue to release the N.P. Vintage.
● This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hanna Malyar.
● "Over the past week, the freed territory in the Bakhmut direction has been increased by 3 sq. km, the total freed area in the Bakhmut direction is 40 sq. km," said Malyar.
7:53 pm Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 18:00 on August 14:
● "During the day, the Russian occupiers launched another missile and air strike on the territory of Ukraine. The enemy used 8 Kalibr missiles and 15 Iranian attack drones "Shahed-136/131" in the Odesa region.
● As a result of successful combat operations by the forces and means of our air defense, all Kalibr missiles and UAVs were destroyed.
● In total, the enemy launched 12 rocket and 67 air strikes, carried out more than 40 attacks from rocket salvo systems on the positions of our troops and populated areas.
● "As a result of the Russian terrorist attacks, unfortunately, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population.
● Residential buildings, a shopping center, a student dormitory, kindergartens, schools and other civil infrastructure were destroyed and damaged.
● Also, 11 combat clashes took place during the day."
● "In the village of Svatove, Luhansk region, in order to change the leadership in local self-government bodies, the occupiers demand that representatives of administrations and village councils resign from their positions at their own will.
● The occupiers plan to create so-called "municipalities", which will be headed by local collaborators based on the results of pseudo-elections in the occupied territories on the only voting day in Russia, September 10.
● "During the day, the aviation of the defense forces made 1 strike on the command post, 7 strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment, and 3 strikes on the enemy's anti-aircraft missile systems.
● Also, our defenders destroyed an enemy Ka-52 attack helicopter."
MORDOR - ruZZia
Tuesday, August 15
12:34 am: New interception of the Military Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine:
● A serviceman discusses the dissatisfaction of mobilized personnel with the decisions and actions of the military command.
8:13 am: In the settlement of Mykhailivka, Zaporizhzhia region, during the filming of a video by Russian propagandists with the participation of a high-ranking Kadyrov commander, a verbal dispute took place between Kadyrov and Dagestanis, during which both sides of the conflict opened fire one by one with small arms, - General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
● During the clash, one of the men received non-life-threatening injuries, which led to an open confrontation between the units with the use of grenade launchers, grenades and small arms. As a result of the military confrontation, in which the Dagestanis were successful, more than 20 killed and 40 wounded were recorded on both sides. The commander of the Kadyrov unit was punished by being sent to the front line.
10:02 am: 30 people died in an explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala, Dagestan Center for Disaster Medicine.
● The number of victims is at least 66, 10 of them are in serious condition.
Monday, August 14
12:12 pm: Chinese Defense Minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia and Belarus this week.
● This was announced by the Ministry of Defense of the People's Republic of China, noting that the visit will take place from August 14 to 19.
3:58 pm: In the ruzzian mass media, footage appeared, allegedly of an inspection of the vessel "Sukra Okan", which was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
● In the video, the helicopter takes away a group of Russian military personnel who were inspecting dry cargo.
4:15 p.m.: Pro-Russian TG-channels are distributing videos of the alleged work of the Ukrainian Anti-Aircraft Defense in Odesa, the Center for Combating Disinformation reports.
● According to the propagandists, two Ukrainian Anti-Aircraft Defense missiles went off course and hit an Odesa supermarket. In fact, there was a launch of Ukrainian missiles and their successful hitting of a Russian missile, which, after damage to the engine, began to dive along a spiral trajectory.
● 9:10 pm: An explosion occurred at the Tallinn oil field in the Russian KhMAO, — ruzzian mass media.
10:29 pm: Mercedes-Benz and BMW have disconnected Russian dealers from their software.
● This was announced by the head of the OP Andriy Yermak.
● Earlier, the association "Russian car dealers" confirmed the existence of problems with access to the software.
10:44 pm: In Russia's Makhachkala, an explosion occurred in a car service building near a gas station, killing at least five people, ruzzian mass media reports.
● According to the media, the cause of the explosion was a gas cylinder in a car service that burst, and the fire spread to the gas station. The nearest road is paralyzed.
10:54 pm: An L-39 training plane crashed in the Krasnodar Territory, one person died, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
11:09 pm: Captured Russians ask Ukraine not to exchange them before the end of their contract so they won't be forced to fight again, The Economist.
● The publication writes that some of them ask not to return them at all.
● "But then they will be forced to remain in custody until the end of the war, unless they volunteer to fight in anti-Putin Russian units [...]", - notes the Economist.
11:35 pm: Russian media showed the moment of the explosion at the gas station in Makhachkala, after which a huge fire started.
REGIONS
KYIV
Tuesday, August 15
4:32 am: Missiles in the south of the Kyiv region, - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
SUMY
Monday, August 14
12:27 pm: In the morning, the Russians launched 2 mortar attacks on the border. 16 explosions were recorded, — Sumy OVA.
● Krasnopilsk and Khotynsk communities were shelled. Previously - without human losses and destruction of civil infrastructure.
KHARKIV
Monday, August 14
1:10 pm: Around 01:00, the enemy shelled the city of Izyum, Kharkiv region, — Ministry of Interior of Ukraine.
● "A 42-year-old woman was injured. She was taken to a local hospital. The victim's house was damaged," the message reads.
1:42 pm: A 50-year-old man died as a result of shelling in the village of Kozacha Lopan. Two more men were injured, the press service of the regional administration reported.
● the Russians also shelled the village of Podola in the Kupyan district, a man and a woman were injured.
2:55 pm Kharkiv RMA: the Russians shelled the village. Bugayivka of Chuguyiv district. As a result of the shelling, a 14-year-old boy and a 62-year-old woman suffered shrapnel wounds.
● Also, during the shelling, several shrapnel hit an ambulance. The medical team was not injured.
DONETSK
Tuesday, August 15
8:03 am: Attention! Donetsk region is a missile hazard! - Air Force of Ukraine.
9:23 am: At four o'clock in the morning, the Russians shelled Slovyansk, - the head of the MVA, Vadym Lyakh.
● According to preliminary information, S-300 missiles were fired. As a result of the impact, the Zeus ceramics plant was damaged. No victims.
11:03 am: At night, the Russians hit Kramatorsk with an S-300. A warehouse where products were stored was hit, and a fire broke out.
● "Two loaders were under the rubble, the body of one of them was unblocked by rescuers. The condition of the other man is still unknown. In addition, the 38-year-old storekeeper of the enterprise was injured. She was taken to the hospital", - the prosecutor's office of the Donetsk region.
Monday, August 14
12:43 pm: In Yuryivka, Mariupol district, the "Wave" camp of the occupiers was hit.
● "Not a single local was hurt, but the Russians are outnumbered by dozens," said Petro Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
2:41 pm: The SBU detained a Russian informant who was "hunting" for Ukrainian artillery positions near Avdiivka.
● The enemy informant turned out to be a resident of Pokrovsk, he was in direct contact with a staff member of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the USSR (better known as Gru).
● He also "leaked" information to the Russian special services about the presence of protective engineering structures near local railway stations and bridges.
4:54 pm: The Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down three of the latest Russian T-90M tanks, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported.
● "Three Russian T-90M Proryv tanks, an MT-LB transport tractor and an infantry fighting vehicle were knocked down and abandoned in the area of the Andriivka village of the Donetsk region," the message reads.
5:13 pm: Today, around 11:00 a.m., the Ukrainian military attacked the command post of the Russians located in the "Hvylia" sanatorium in the village of Yuryivka near the temporarily occupied Mariupol.
● This was reported by the Strategic Communications Department of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
6:24 pm: Volodymyr Zelensky visited the 22nd separate mechanized brigade in Donetsk region.
● "Discussed with the brigade commander the problems faced by the soldiers and proposals for solving them," the president writes.
● Zelenskyy noted that he would like to personally visit all brigades separately in order to understand the problems of each of them.
7:16 pm: Zelensky visited the command post of the 5th separate assault brigade, which performs combat missions in the Bakhmut direction.
● "We discussed important topics with the brigade commander: the situation in the brigade's area of responsibility, training of defenders, needs for weapons and equipment, and problematic issues," the president reported.
11:28 pm Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region.
11:29 p.m.: The SBU informed about the suspicion of a resident of Sloviansk, who joined the occupation group "Storm" in order to kill Ukrainians.
● Shortly before the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the attacker moved to the Stavropol Territory.
● He was detained by the SBU military counterintelligence together with the defense forces during the counteroffensive near Bakhmut in July of this year. The traitor faces life imprisonment.
ZAPORIZHIA
Tuesday, August 15
4:33 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Zaporizhzhia.
11:39 am: At night in one of the villages of the Zaporizhzhya district, a rocket hit the stadium of the gymnasium, the building of the educational institution, residential buildings, and the building of the kindergarten were damaged, - the deputy head of OP Oleksiy Kuleba.
Monday, August 14
12:57 pm: The consequences of the Russian missile attack on the village of Stepne of the Zaporizhzhia district were published by the head of the OVA, Yuriy Malashko.
8:24 pm Social Networks: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Berdyansk Zaporizhzhia region.
9:36 pm: Zaporizhzhia region - the threat of using ballistic weapons, — the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
DNIPRO
Tuesday, August 15
4:16 am: Rocket in the direction of the Dnipro. Stay in shelters, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
4:17 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Dnipro.
4:20 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard again in Dnipro.
5:43 am: At 4:20 a.m., a Russian missile hit one of the Dnipro enterprises. A fire broke out. Previously, 1 victim was Serhii Lysak, head of Dnipropetrovsk OVA.
7:38 am: In Dnipro, 2 people were injured after a rocket hit an industrial enterprise. A 59-year-old woman received minor injuries. A 70-year-old man was hospitalized in a moderate condition, - the head of Dnipropetrovsk OVA Serhii Lysak.
● The fire covered more than 800 square meters in total. It was contained. During the morning mass attack over Dnipropetrovsk region, 7 Kh-101/555 cruise missiles were shot down.
8:45 am: Also in Dnipro, as a result of the Russian attack, an important sports facility was mutilated, - the head of OVA Serhii Lysak.
● Windows, a broken facade and an inner wall were blown out there.
KHERSON
Tuesday, August 15
7:54 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
9:11 am Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Beryslav district of Kherson region, subscribers report. We are waiting for official information.
Monday, August 14
3:36 pm Kherson RMA: the Russians shelled the village of Poniativka of the Daryiv community.
● "A local resident was wounded in his own house. The man was hospitalized with the loss of an upper limb," the message states.
5:30 pm: the Russians fired heavy artillery at residential buildings in Kherson again.
● This is reported by Kherson OVA.
● "Three houses were damaged due to enemy strikes. Doctors diagnosed a concussion in a 64-year-old woman. She was given medical aid and left on the spot," the report said.
7:20 pm Social Networks: Explosions are heard in Kherson.
ODESA
Monday, August 14
6:43 pm: Combat work of air defense units during the night attack on Odesa.
● The video was published by the commander of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk.
● "The Ukrainian S-300 and the German Gepard are working," Oleschuk writes.
CHERKASY
Tuesday, August 15
4:29 am: A group of missiles in the direction of the Cherkasy region, - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
4:45 am Social Networks: Explosions were heard in Cherkasy region. Previously, the work of Anti-Aircraft Defense.
7:33 am: In Smila, a rocket hit the territory of a private enterprise. Another one hit the territory of the medical facility. It passed without casualties - the head of Cherkasy OVA Ihor Taburets.
● At the same time, water and heat supply networks were damaged. Part of the city is currently without water.
KHMELNITSKY
Tuesday, August 15
4:50 am: Explosions were heard in Khmelnytskyi. Previously, the work of Anti-Aircraft Defense.
4:56 am: Explosions were heard in the Vinnytsia region, subscribers report. We are waiting for official information.
4:59 am: Explosions are heard in Khmelnytskyi region. Anti-Aircraft Defense works.
● Stay in shelters, - Khmelnytska OVA.
5:08 am: Missiles near Khmelnytskyi, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
5:10 am: Explosions were heard again in the Khmelnytskyi region, subscribers reported. Previously, the work of Anti-Aircraft Defense. We are waiting for official information.
IVANO FRANKIVSK
Tuesday, August 15
5:01 am: Rivne - in shelter. Missiles in the direction of Ivano-Frankivsk, - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
10:17 a.m.: Anti-Aircraft Defense was working in Prykarpattia today, fragments of a rocket fell into a private yard, farm buildings and a residential building were damaged. There are no casualties, Svitlana Onyshchuk, head of the Ivano-Frankivsk OVA.
LVIV
Tuesday, August 15
5:14 am: Explosions were heard in the Lviv region, subscribers report. Previously, the work of Anti-Aircraft Defense. We are waiting for official information.
5:16 am: Explosions were heard in Lutsk, subscribers reported. We are waiting for official information.
5:17 am: Groups of rockets are moving to the west of Lviv Oblast, - the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
5:21 am: Explosions are heard in Lviv, subscribers report. We are waiting for official information.
5:24 am: "Lviv region, everyone is listening. Keep the informational silence!", - the head of the Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi
5:30 am: There are explosions again in Lviv - the mayor of the city Andriy Sadovy
5:46 am: There is a hit in the Lviv region, - the head of the Lviv OVA Maksym Kozytskyi.
5:51 am: "Many missiles have been shot down, but we also have hits in Lviv. Unfortunately, private residences were also affected. The relevant services are all already on the way out," - Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovy.
7:04 am: Residential buildings are hit. There is a fire on the upper floors. We are evacuating people. All services are in place, Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy.
7:09 am: In Lviv, fragments of rockets fell on apartment buildings on Patona and Kakhovska streets. There are victims. No information about the dead has been received so far, - head of the OVA, Maksym Kozytskyi.
● In one of the city's hypermarkets, the ceiling collapsed due to falling rocket fragments. There is also damage to vehicles.
● 10 houses were damaged in Stavchany. As of this hour, it is known about people who suffered minor injuries. Damaged houses are also in Sukhovo. There are no casualties at the moment.
7:42 am: The rocket landed in the yard of the kindergarten, - Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovy.
● 4 people receive medical assistance. There is no threat to their lives. More than a hundred apartments were damaged, more than 500 windows were broken, and a kindergarten was destroyed.
10:34 am: 15 people were injured in Lviv. The youngest victim is 10 years old, the oldest is 72, - Maksym Kozytskyi, head of OVA.
● Most of the victims have scratches and cuts due to broken windows and bruises. Five people were hospitalized.
10:48 am: Serhiy Kruk, the head of the State Emergency Service, published a video of a damaged high-rise building in Lviv.
● "Another night. Another terror. A massive rocket attack on the cities of Ukraine. Civilian objects, residential buildings, businesses are what the aggressor is fighting against. Rescuers are working and eliminating the consequences of the shelling," he wrote under the video.
VOLYN
Tuesday, August 15
5:05 am: Lutsk - in shelter. Missiles in the direction of Starokostyantynov - Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
6:07 am: One of the industrial enterprises in Lutsk was hit, - Mayor Ihor Polishchuk.
● "Preliminarily, there are victims, information about this is being clarified.
● All emergency services are working on the spot," Polishchuk said.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
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