Invasion Day 539 – Summary
The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 16th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).
Due to low intensity of fighting and only minor changes on the ground, I’ve decided to reduce the number of summaries. Starting August 9, there’ll be two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday.
Sloboda Front
includes the area of between Oskil and Aydar river
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Synkivka, Vilshana, Petropavlivka
Siverskyi Donets
overview map of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Lysychansk vicinity
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- No activity reported.
Bakhmut Front
includes the vicinity of Bakhmut
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Bohdanivka
Avdiivka Front
includes the vicinity of Avdiivka
- Russian forces attempted to break through Ukrainian lines south-east of Pervomaiske. The result of the attack is unknown, but the enemy seems to control a little bit more land here than we previously knew. (source)
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Avdiivka
Donetsk Front
includes the center and southern part of Donetsk Oblast
- Deputy of Minister of Defense officially announced liberation of Urozhaine. (source)
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- Marinka, Krasnohorivka
Zaporizhzhia Front
includes the Zaporizhzhia Oblast
- Ukrainian forces made gains north-west of Robotyne and captured Russian positions there. (source)
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- No activity reported.
Kherson Front
includes the left bank of Dnipro river south of Kherson and Kakhovka
Ukrainian General Staff reports repelled attacks in the vicinity of:
- No activity reported.
Full map of Ukraine
overview map of current situation in Ukraine
This summary and detailed maps are based on the following sources:
General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, official media channels of Ukrainian regional administrations, Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and geolocated footage.
We also thank the following Twitter users for their geolocations and amazing work: @neonhandrail, @auditor_ya and the team at @geoconfirmed.
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sloyhite oryzhie – davai zhit dryzhno
Hello!
1) The Robotyne Offensive tries to reach Tokmak/Melitopol, can somebody tell me, what the goal of the Urozhaine one is? Is it like getting to Mariupol or more like dividing the Donezk and Saporischja part, so that no new forces can join from the west beside the Krim bridge?
2) When the offensives started there were also some attacks in Vasylivka direction, but I don‘t see any news
regarding this path. Is there still an offensive approach or more defensive fighting?
3) Is there a reason why there are no attacks in the direction of Polohy? It seems like be such a major place with the 4 train tracks and not so far away from the still holding UKR ground.
3) Because its one of the main goals of this offensiv. you can see robotyne and urozhaine offensiv like bypass strong defense of polohy. This battle will only start when logistic to the city will be low . Like for tokmak or melitopol. Dont expect stupid frontal assault like russian for bakmut.
1) robotyne offensiv main goal is to fix and used russian troops to create opportunity on main goals of this strategic operation.
Urozhaine is one of the major strategic objectiv: cut russian logistic. cut the highway/train and put marioupol as close as possible.
2) still small offensiv actions in this direction. probably be strongly activ later when ukrain will exploit robotyne fall.
are you from the Russian General Staff?
Interrupt logistical lines from the Crimea (human and material resources)
force the Russian command to abandon Kherson and Odessa (there are rumors that such dreams still exist)
find a weak spot in the defense line and build on success without falling into traps