This is a special issue of the Rondeli Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources.
Kursk Area South of Korenevo, Ukrainians took village Vnezapnoe and reached the area of village Byakhovo. Fighting continued near Korenevo and the nearby Krasnooktyabrskoe. In the northern area of Ukrainian advance, fighting was taking place in the area of villages Sheptukhovka, Safonovka, and Kauchuk. Ukrainians repelled Russian counterattacks in village Malaya Loknya, and took villages Kurglenkoe and Pogrebki. In the east, Ukrainians took villages Mikhailovka, Cherkasskaya Konopelka, and Borki. Fighting was taking place in the area of villages Krupets and Kamyshnoe.
Belgorod Area Fighting without major territorial changes was taking place on the western borders of the Belgorod administrative region.
Kharkiv Area Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
Static shot from the Russo-Ukrainian War interactive map. View of the frontline with the cities of Sumy, Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkiv. Afternoon, 16 August 2024. All information on the maps is approximate.
Svatove-Starobilsk Area and Donbas Area – North Russians gained some more territory in the area of villages Tabaivka and Pishchane.
Donbas Area – Northeast Fighting in the area continued without major changes.
Toretsk-Kostyantynivka Area Russians advanced in the town of Niu-York, taking most of it except its northern outskirts. The frontline east of Toretsk continued to gradually move towards this city.
Donbas Area – Southeast Russians continued to advance in the direction of cities Pokrovsk and Myrhonrad, taking villages Svyrydonivka, Orlivka, and most of Zhuravka, and entering villages Novotoretske, Hrodivka, and Mykolaivka. To the south, street fighting continued in the town of Kostyantynivka (west of Novomykhailivka).
Zaporizhzhia Area and Donbas Area – South Fighting in the areas continued without major changes.
Black Sea-Dnipro River Area Fighting in the area continued without major changes. |