Rocket event in Donetsk, Karlivka area, Ukraine on Fri 25th August 2023

Ukraine’s defence forces clashed with Russian occupation forces 35 times over the course of 24 August. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 25 August Quote: "Last night, the Russian Federation conducted another air and missile attack on the territory of our country. Information regarding the aftermath of this terrorist attack is being established. Over the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 7 missile and 47 air strikes, and fired 69 times from multiple-launch rocket systems on the positions of our troops and settlements. Civilians were unfortunately killed and wounded as a result of the Russian terrorist attacks. Residential buildings and other civil infrastructure facilities were destroyed. There is a high ongoing threat of missile and airstrikes across all Ukraine. Thirty-five combat clashes occurred over the past day." Details: On the Volyn and Polissia fronts, the operational situation is without significant changes. On the Sivershchyna and Slobozhanshchyna fronts, Russian forces conducted airstrikes near Bobylivka and Volfyne in Sumy Oblast. Russia carried out mortar and artillery attacks on over 25 settlements, including Khrinivka, Turia, Bleshnia, Yanzhulivka, Mykolaivka and Hai in Chernihiv Oblast; Obiednane, Khodyne, Uhroidy, Novodmytrivka and Popivka in Sumy Oblast; and Chervona Zoria, Strilecha, Hatyshche, Mala Vovcha and Topoli in Kharkiv Oblast. On the Kupiansk front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive actions near Novoiehorivka in Luhansk Oblast. They carried out airstrikes in the areas of Orlianka in Kharkiv Oblast and Nadiia, and Tverdokhlibove in Luhansk Oblast. The settlements of Dvorichna, Synkivka, Ivanivka, Kyslivka and Berestove in Kharkiv Oblast came under Russian artillery and mortar fire. On the Lyman front, Russian forces conducted airstrikes against Spirne, Rozdolivka and Vesele in Donetsk Oblast. The settlements of Nevske and Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast and Spirne and Rozdolivka in Donetsk Oblast came under Russian artillery and mortar attacks. On the Bakhmut front, Russian forces conducted airstrikes near Ivanivske, Klishchiivka and Bila Hora in Donetsk Oblast. Over 10 settlements were affected by Russian artillery attacks, including Vasiukivka, Minkivka, Markove, Bakhmut, Ivanivske and Klishchiivka in Donetsk Oblast. On the Avdiivka front, Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive actions in the area south of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast. Over 10 settlements were attacked, including Keramik, Berdychi, Vodiane, Karlivka, Netailove and Nevelske in Donetsk Oblast. On the Marinka front, Ukraine’s Defence Forces continue to hold back the Russian offensive in the areas northeast of Novomykhailivka and Marinka in Donetsk Oblast. Russian forces conducted an airstrike near Krasnohorivka in Donetsk Oblast. The settlements of Zhelanne Pershe, Oleksandropil, Pobieda, Katerynivka, Yelyzavetivka and Illinka in Donetsk Oblast came under artillery fire. On the Shakhtarsk front, Russian forces conducted airstrikes near Blahodatne and Staromaiorske in Donetsk Oblast. Over 10 settlements, including Maksymivka, Shakhtarske, Velyka Novosilka, Urozhaine, Staromaiorske and Vilne Pole in Donetsk Oblast, were affected by Russian artillery attacks. On the Zaporizhzhia front, Russian forces conducted airstrikes in the vicinity of Levadne, Mala Tokmachk?, Robotyne and Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Over 20 settlements, including Levadne, Huliaipole, Bilohiria, Mala Tokmachka, Stepove and Plavni in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, were affected by Russian artillery attacks. On the Kherson front, Russian forces conducted airstrikes near Tiahynka and Naddniprianske in Kherson Oblast. Over 20 settlements were affected by Russian artillery attacks, including Lvove, Kherson, Komyshany, Bilozerka, Kizomys and Posad-Pokrovske in Kherson Oblast, and Ochakiv in Mykolaiv Oblast. At the same time, Ukrainian defence forces continue to conduct an offensive operation on the Melitopol front, consolidating their positions and carrying out counter-battery operations. Units from Rocket Forces and Artillery struck two command posts, two areas where personnel, weapons and military equipment were concentrated, five artillery pieces at their firing positions, an air defence system, an ammunition storage point and one electronic warfare system belonging to the Russians over the past 24 hours.