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On August 16, several videos documenting some of the Russian military’s recent operations against Kiev forces surfaced online
Four videos show attacks with FPV suicide drones and grenade-dropping drones that targeted Ukrainian troops, posts and equipment across several directions in the special military operation zone over the last few days.
Three more videos show recent artillery strikes that hit Ukrainian howitzers and armored vehicles, among other targets, near the settlements of Gavrilovka, Filiya, Ivanovka, Sosnovka, Poltavka, and Severesk in the Donetsk direction. Most of the strikes were carried out using Krasnopol guided shells.
Another video shows a salvo of BM-21 Grad rockets hitting a deployment area of Kiev forces somewhere in the Donetsk direction, where 18 troops were reportedly killed.
Three additional videos show recent airstrikes with UMPK-equipped guided glide bombs and a LMUR guided missile that targeted fortifications and other positions of Kiev forces near the settlement of Novosyolovka in the Dnipropetrovsk direction and the settlement of Dimitrov in Donetsk.
In addition, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced in its daily briefing that missile, artillery and drone strikes hit “ammunition and material depots, long-range unmanned aerial vehicles storage areas, temporary deployment areas of the AFU (Armed Forces of Ukraine) and foreign mercenaries in 133 areas” over the last 24 hours.
Russian air defenses also shot down five guided aerial bombs, one United States-made HIMARS projectile, and 169 fixed-wing drones during the same period, the ministry added.
According to the ministry, Kiev forces have lost 665 aircraft, 283 helicopters, 77,659 drones, 625 air defense systems, 24,598 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,586 multiple rocket launchers, 28,581 artillery pieces, and 39,581 support vehicles since the start of the special military operation.
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