The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation went to Konstantinovka, Ukrainian counterattacks near Dobropol, another raid on the Volgograd refineries. What is happening at the front • The Insider • RIMA — Russian Independent Media Archive
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation went to Konstantinovka, Ukrainian counterattacks near Dobropol, another raid on the Volgograd refineries. What is happening at the front
In the Bakhmut direction of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, they finally fixed on the approaches to Konstantinovka
In the Toret direction, battles continue for the settlements of the southeast of Kleban-by-Buke reservoir
In the Pokrovsky direction there are Ukrainian counterattacks in the “breakthrough” zone of the RF Armed Forces towards Dobropol
According to the results of a meeting with Zelensky and European leaders, Trump announced his readiness to provide guarantees of security for Ukraine
The next raid of drones at the Volgograd refineries - the enterprise stopped work again
In the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region, the Russian railway lineup with fuel is affected using an UAV
CIT doubts the conclusions of the publication “important stories” about a significant decrease in the flow of recruits in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
Among the “Shahdov” shot down in Ukraine, apparatus with unknown video cameras are increasingly found
The situation at the front
In the Seversky ledge , Russian troops are moving towards the recess south of Seversk .
The pro -Russian OSINT Creaming Caprice operates the video of the Russian attack on the position of SOU and concludes about the promotion of the RF Armed Forces by more than 1 km towards the recess located south of Seversk.
In the Bakhmut direction of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, they finally fixed on the approaches to Konstantinovka .
The Russian military, the host of the Telegram channel "Tamny", reports that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation finally entrenched in the forerunner near Konstantinovka. He also talks about promoting Yar in the area of the Chasov in the direction of May and Chervonny. The Russian military -blessed Anatoly Radov, in turn, writes that Russian fighters entered the suburb of Constantinces from the forerunner.
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
The situation in the Konstantinovka area according to Anatoly Radova
Anatoly Radov
In the Toret direction , battles continue for the settlements of the southeast of the Kleban-by-Buke reservoir .
“Military Code” Yuri Kotenok declares the battles for the Sow's fortified area at the heights north of Alexandro-Shultin, as well as at the turn of Kleban-Byk-Katerinovka southeast of the Kleban-by-Buke reservoir and on the approaches to Nonlevka and Pleshchevka. To the west of Konstantinovka, Russian troops attack between Stepanovka and Rusin Yar, the military reports.
In the Pokrovsky direction there are Ukrainian counterattacks in the “breakthrough” zone of the RF Armed Forces towards Dobropol .
Deepstatewrites that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have advanced near the Munses on the western flank of the direction near the administrative border of the Dnipropetrovsk region. At the same time, in the 425th separate assault regiment of the APU “Skala” they reported a successful counterattack, as a result of which it was possible to reject the RF Armed Forces 3 km from the border admin south of Muravka near Kotlyarovka.
Ukrainian military Stanislav Bunyatov says that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Pokrovsky direction moved away from the tactics of “leaking” and returned to the assault on positions of 10-12 people. According to him, over the past day, the Russian military conducted 20 such attacks, almost all their participants were killed in Kilsons .
Yuri Kotenok reports that on the eastern flank of the direction near the base of the “breakthrough” towards the Dobropols of the RF Armed Forces they move to Vladimirovka and Sofievka (until 2016 - Artyomovka) and fighting on the western outskirts of Shakhov (until 2016 - October). Speaking about the zone of the “breakthrough” itself, he confirms the liberation by the Ukrainian forces of a cheerful and gold well, as well as the retreat of Russian fighters to Kucherov Yar.
At the same time, the researcher, under the nickname Playfra, writes about the liberation of Kucherov Yar on the “ledge” to the Dobropole. According to him, the Russian military still remain in the surrounding forests, where the "cleansing" is being conducted.
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
The situation in the area of the Russian "breakthrough" towards Dobropol according to the version of the researcher Playfra
Plafra
The Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets claims that the SOU continues to counterattack under the Dobropole and tied the battles for the village of lighthouse. The presence of the Russian military in this area is confirmed by the “cream whim”.
The Ukrainian soldier, the host of the offіzer Telegram channel, talks about the new tactics of the enemy’s use by the enemy of the FPV throns from the words of the fighter from the Pokrovsky direction: it is reported that after identifying the position of Ukrainian jerks, the drones are defeated by the drones on the radio, and at the same time the drones on the fiber fiber sit down, waiting for someone to get out of the dancing.
During the negotiations in the White House with Vladimir Zelensky and European leaders, Donald Trump called Vladimir Putin, for which he interrupted negotiations, and according to the results of the conversation, he announced the preparation of the bilateral meeting of Putin and Zelensky, and then a tripartite meeting of the heads of Ukraine, Russia and the United States. Zelensky once again announced his readiness to negotiate with Russia without preliminary conditions.
According to the Financial Times, Ukraine prepared a document for negotiations in which, in particular, it refused territorial concessions and offered to purchase weapons in the United States in the amount of $ 100 billion with the expense of European partners. According to the results of the meeting, Zelensky praisedthe US readiness to participate in the provision of guarantees of security for Ukraine as part of the so -called coalition of those who wish. At the same time, the Russian Foreign Ministry once again confirmed the position that the deployment of NATO troops in Ukraine is considered unacceptable.
Trump said ( 1 , 2 ) that the return of Crimea is impossible, as did Ukraine join NATO. According to him, there will be no American troops in Ukraine, but the United States is ready to provide air support to European partners, ready to place their troops in Ukrainian territory .
Mutual shelling and sabotage
Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on the raid on the night of August 19 280 air attacks, of which 270 drones of the Shadad type and other unidentified types (230 were knocked down or suppressed), as well as five Iskander-M ballistic missiles (two shot down) and five X-101 cruise missiles (four shot down). Four missiles and 40 UAVs in 16 locations were recorded, as well as a drop in fragments in three locations.
According to the monitoring channels, the main blow fell on the cities of Kremenchug and Lubna in the Poltava region, also recorded hits in the border regions of the Donetsk region.
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
Air raid scheme on Ukraine on the night of August 19, 2025
Monitorward
The falls of the wreckage in the Kremenchug and Lubensky districts are declared, administrative buildings of the energy sector enterprises were damaged, and 1471 household and 119 legal subscribers were left in the Lubensky district, the head of the local OVA Vladimir KOGOGY said . According to preliminary information, there are no victims. According to UNIAN, Kremenchug has undergone one of the most massive attacks since the beginning of a full -scale war using UAVs, cruise and ballistic missiles. According to the Z-channels ( 1 , 2 , 3 ), Kremenchug refinery was hit .
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine indirectly confirmed the hit in the plant. “At the same time, several dozens of drones attacked one of the production facilities of the gas transmission system of Ukraine. Pre -established damage to the ground infrastructure of the facility, ”the agency said in a statement. The mayor of Kremenchug warns that after a night attack in the city find unexploded cassette ammunition . He urges local residents to be extremely attentive and not approach them.
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
Russian cassette ammunition in Kremenchug
Maletsky 🇺🇦 Kremenchuk
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation called this attack "a group blow with high -precision weapons of a large -range, as well as shock unmanned aerial vehicles at the oil refinery that supply the combustible group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass."
As a result of the airstrike for residential buildings in the Dobropolie, one person died, another was injured, fires arose. At least six apartment buildings have been damaged, the State Emergencies Ministrysaid .
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
The Ukrainian OSINT project “Eye Mountain ✙ News and Analytics” updated the schedule of launches of Russian UAVs on the territory of Ukraine. Analysts noted that the period of the relative “lull” (without massive launches of drones, less than 200 units per day) lasted the first 18 days of August. For 19 days of August, 1678 UAV launches were recorded, while during the same period of the last month this indicator amounted to 4498 launches.
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
The number of drones launched through the territory of Ukraine in the summer of 2025
Eye Mountain ✙ News and Analytics
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the destruction of the day of August 18 two ( 1 , 2 ) drones: one at a time - over the Lipetsk and Kursk regions. On the night of August 19, 23 UAVs were intercepted : 13 - over the Volgograd region and five - above the Rostov region and the Crimean peninsula.
In Volgograd, as a result of the attack of drones on the night of August 19 , fires arose on the territory of the local refineries and in one of the buildings of the city hospital No.16 , on the roof of which the fragments of the UAV fell, said Governor Andrei Bocharov. In the morning, fires managed to eliminate , there are no injuries. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency ( 1 , 2 ), due to the attack for almost three hours, the reception and departure of aircraft at the Volgograd airport was suspended. This is the second attack on the Lukoil-Volgogradneft Propeling NPP in the last week-earlier he was placed on August 14. The ASTRA publication then wrote that the plant suspended the work. Subsequently, Reuters reported that the refinery stopped working this time .
According to The Moscow Times, the strikes of Ukrainian drones in August 2025 led to a stop of at least four large Russian refineries, affecting 13.5% of the total oil refining - 44.3 million tons per year .
In the Tokmak region, in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region, the Russian railway line with fuel for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was struck , former adviser to Mayor Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko said . “There is no more Russian railway message through the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region,” he wrote . Responsibility for the raid was taken by the Ronіni division of the battalion of unmanned systems of the 65th OMBR . The fighters clarified that the place of attack is the city of Molochansk ( geolocation ).
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
Military analyst Jan Matveev notes the peculiarity of the composition of the wartime: “Ahead is an empty platform - when it is undermined, it will demolish it, and the locomotive will remain intact. Immediately after the locomotive - a platform with the military, which should cover it from drones. Further there are many empty wagons and only then fuel tanks. ” Pictures of consequences from close range were published by the Telegram channel "Spy Dossier".
According to CIT volunteers, per day from 20:00 on August 17 to 20:00 on August 18 in Russia and Ukraine, including in the occupied territories, at least 19 civilians were killed , another 88 were injured.
Losses
Another exchange of the bodies of the dead troops took place. 19 bodies returned to Russia, the project “I want to find” reports , and in Ukraine - 1000 bodies, including five military bodies who died in captivity, representatives of the Coordinating headquarters on the issues of prisoners of war.
Commenting on the material of the “important stories” about the reduction in the pace of the set of contractors in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the co -founder of CIT Ruslan Leviev notes that there are no signs of an acute shortage of the Russian military at the front . In his opinion, the sending of unfinished fighters to the front cannot serve as a direct indicator of the crisis of the recruitment, since such a practice existed at a high rate of recruitment, and complaints about the underwear are regularly found over the past two years. Leviev also admits that the discrepancies in numbers can be associated with the peculiarities of budget reporting and the categorization of expenses. Therefore, draw the final conclusions about the drop in the set 2.5 times so far prematurely.
Over the 3.5 years of the war in Ukraine, the Russian military courts issued at least 18,341 sentences for desertion and unauthorized leaves part against 18,470 people, calculated the analytical center under the leadership of Cyril Parubets for The Insider. According to the assumption of the organization’s experts, the total number of deserters can reach 60 thousand people - almost 10% of the Russian group in the war zone .
Weapons and military equipment
Sergei “Flash” Nerkrestnovsays that among the shot down “mined”, devices with video cameras installed on them are found. He is still difficult to determine their appointment , but assumes that the Russian military seek to receive a picture from the “mined” up to the moment of hitting.
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
Cassette ammunition - ammunition, which on the approach to the target reveal, scattering small SubbotePas, which, in turn, explode, striking a large area. Due to their indistinguishable nature and the danger of unexploded Subboteenes for civilians, they are prohibited in most countries of the world, with the exception, in particular, Russia, Ukraine and the USA.
Ova - the regional military administration, the highest body of state power in a particular region of Ukraine during martial law.
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle. It is used as an umbrella term for various categories of unmanned aircraft systems-from small combat-type and FPV-throns to large reconnaissance and shock drones of the Bayraktar TB2 type and barracking ammunition of the Shakud type.
“Shahed” is the name of the family of Iranian drones-Kamikaze, in particular, Shahed-131 and Shahed-136. Localized Russian versions are called “Gerani-1” and “Gerani-2” and are produced at the Alabuga SEZ site in Tatarstan. The flight range of the Heran-2 drone is up to 2.5 thousand km, the mass of the combat unit is up to 90 kg.
The State Emergencies Ministry is the State Emergency Service ( the sovereign service of the Ukrainian Situations, Ukr. ) Ukraine.
OMBR - a separate mechanized brigade, the main connection of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It is armed with infantry fighting vehicles or armored personnel carriers, as well as tanks and other equipment. An approximate analogue of the Russian motorized rifle brigade (OMSBR).
Sergey “Flash” is Nerkrestnov -a Ukrainian military specialist in the field of communication, electronic warfare and unmanned systems, the author of the popular Telegram channel, which tells about Ukrainian and Russian innovations in these areas.
CIT is the Conflict Intelligence Team investigation, created in 2014 by Ruslan Leviev. The organization studies the activities of the Russian military and mercenaries in Ukraine, Syria and Africa, and since 2022 he regularly illuminates and analyzes the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
FPV thrones are drones that are controlled by the first-person operator ( first passon view, English ). The advantage of such systems is that the operator clearly sees where the drone flies (most often kamikaze), which allows, for example, to fly into shelters and hit individual unprotected elements of military equipment.
“KILZONA” -(from the English Kill Zone ) in the terminology of the Russian-Ukrainian war-a section of the front-line territory where the fire defeat of any equipment and personnel of the enemy is carried out, which implies logistics, evacuation and offensive actions.
“Sucking” -in the context of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so they call the Russian tactics of bypassing enemy positions in small infantry groups, followed by the consolidation and organization of ambushes in the rear.
Deepstate is a Ukrainian project that supports a regularly updated territory control map in the combat zone in Ukraine and publishes reports on the situation at the front based on open sources (OSINT) and information from the Ukrainian military.
The defense forces of Ukraine (SOU) is a collective term meaning all Ukrainian law enforcement agencies taking part in the hostilities. In addition to the Armed Forces, they include, in particular, the National Guard, the State Border Service, the National Police, the GUR and the SBU.
OSINT - intelligence on open sources of information ( Open Source Intelligence, English ).
