Frontline Dispatch

• Ukraine drone strike hit Rosneft refinery in Ufa, causing fire as part of ongoing attacks on Russian energy infrastructure
• Russian diesel exports...

Russian and Western assessments present sharply divergent pictures of northeast Ukraine fighting.

• Russian MoD claims Battlegroup North improved...

Ukrainian 3rd Special Operations Regiment liberated Andriivka-Klevtsove west of Donetsk and captured ~30 Russian soldiers. This underscores the effectiveness of targeted special operations in securing localized gains. (Not independently verified)

Ukrainian forces conducted precision strikes on Russian ammunition depots and UAV control points August 17-18, aided by Starlink drones.

• Key hits:...

Russian MoD claims liberation of towns east of Orikhiv, shifting the frontline toward Novoandriivka with new footage of captures in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk. Details remain unverified amid ongoing positional warfare.

In the Oleksandrivka sector, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces retook Andriivka-Klevtsove by turning Russian infiltration tactics against them, capturing 30 soldiers while clearing remaining positions. Note: Information not independently verified.

Ukrainian forces launched almost 800 drones at Russia, the second-largest such attack since January 2025, with over 600 directed at the Moscow region....

Ukrainian ground robotic systems (GRS) are increasingly assigned to dangerous frontline tasks to reduce personnel exposure.

• Core tasks: ammunition...

Russia launched 76 jet-powered Shahed-type drones (Geran-3/4/5 variants) on 18 August, mainly targeting Kyiv Oblast between 07:00-18:30 local time.

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DeepState data indicates Russian territorial gains halved last week, with occupied area shrinking 95.89 sq km from Ukrainian counteroffensives along...

• Equalizer glide bomb enters production to secure independent standoff capability, developed over two years amid foreign aid uncertainty.
• System...

Ukrainian forces hit seven Russian military targets on August 17 and overnight into August 18.

• An ammunition depot near Karlivka in Donetsk region...

Russian forces conducted 211 attacks, with the heaviest fighting in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka sectors where Ukrainian forces repelled 50...

• Kharkiv attack: Russian missiles struck a busy intersection in Pechenigy village, killing 10 and wounding 17 civilians at a site with shops and a...

Ukraine's long-range drone campaign now blends military and economic pressure on Russia.

• Military angle: UK-made drones struck mainland targets for...

Putin hailed the Oreshnik as a breakthrough with Sun-resistant warheads, but recovered debris reveals Soviet-era designs using only Russian-Belarusian...

• Scale: Russia launched 128 drones overnight from Kursk, Orel, Primorsko-Akhtarsk and occupied Donetsk, with 106 downed.
• Jet-powered strikes: A...

The Greek-managed tanker Skiros was struck by drone near Novorossiysk on Monday, suffering a contained fire with no crew injuries. This incident...

Russia has built or expanded at least 10 military bases along its borders with Ukraine and Belarus to launch jet-powered drones.

• 59 launch rails...

Russian air defenses have significantly reduced Ukrainian UAVs targeting Energodar, with interception rates rising markedly in recent months. Local mayor Maxim Pukhov stated this eased tensions around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant.