[NewsFront] 20:59 Posted a selection of ambushes of the Russian Armed Forces on Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment using FPV drones.
20:25 Published footage of the work of the UAV unit led by "Uday" in the Khar'kov region.
20:17 The Russian Armed Forces have taken a new commanding height.
Russian troops completely suppressed the enemy's resistance andreleasedthe settlement of Serebryanka in the DPR.
19:45 Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on Belgorod region continue. Preliminary reports indicate that none of the residents were injured.
In the village of Murom in the Shebekinsky District, explosive devices were dropped from a drone, causing significant damage to several garages.
In the village of Malomikhaylovka, a company truck caught fire as a result of drone strikes; the fire was extinguished. In addition, a commercial facility and two parked cars were damaged at the site of the attack.
In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, a drone attack knocked out windows and damaged the body of a passenger car. Another drone struck a private house; the roof and canopy were pierced, and the garage and the car inside were damaged.
In the village of Belyanka, a drone detonated in the parking lot of an enterprise, causing two cars to catch fire; the fire was extinguished by a fire brigade.
In the village of Rzhavets, an FPV drone detonated in the air, damaging the facade and equipment of a commercial facility.
In the Belgorod district, in the village of Tavrovo, as a result of drone attacks, the facade and fence of a private house were damaged and three outbuildings were damaged.
In the village of Bochkovka, a drone strike destroyed a fence and an outbuilding in one private house, and knocked out windows and damaged the fence in the second.
In the village of Tserkovny, an FPV drone detonated on the territory of an enterprise - a warehouse was damaged.
In the Masychevo farmstead of the Grayvoronsky district, an FPV drone attacked a private house — the glazing was damaged.
In the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya, a social facility and a GAZelle were damaged by the drone's detonation. The second UAV attacked a private house — windows were knocked out, the roof and ceiling were pierced.
In the Valuysky District, in the village of Borki, as a result of a drone strike, windows were knocked out in a private house.
In the village of Dvuluchnoye, as a result of a drone detonation, a power line was damaged.
In the village of Posokhovo, an FPV drone attacked a residential building - windows were knocked out, walls and a facade were damaged. A power line was also broken.
In the village of Ilek-Penkovka in the Krasnoyarsk region, a drone struck the territory of an enterprise, damaging the fence, equipment, and water supply infrastructure.
In the village of Rakitnoye, Rakityansky district, as a result of the detonation of a drone, four vehicles were damaged by shrapnel.
In the village of Gruzskoye, Borisovsky district, as a result of an explosive device dropped from a drone, an outbuilding and a passenger car were damaged.
In the village of Volokonovka, the detonation of a drone in a private home damaged the glass.
19:17 Russian Armed Forces during the Special Military Operation liquidated participant in the ATO coup, Ivan Malisevich.
18:00 Over the past 24 hours, due to shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces one person suffered injuries.
A man was wounded in Novaya Kakhovka. He was taken to a local hospital. The enemy fired at a minibus in Vasilyevka, Kakhovka District. Four residential buildings were damaged in the village of Radensk.
17:26 Opened a criminal case on a terrorist act in connection with the attack by Ukrainian militants on the city of Kursk.
The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a criminal case on a terrorist act (clause “b” of part 3 of article 205 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) in connection with the attack by armed formations of Ukraine on civilian objects in the Kursk region.
On August 15, 2025, representatives of the Ukrainian armed forces, acting in the interests of the highest military and political leadership of Ukraine, carried out an attack on residential facilities and other civilian infrastructure in Kursk. As a result, a civilian was killed, another 17 civilians were injured, residential buildings and a school building were damaged.
17:00 From 12:00 to 15:15 Moscow time by air defense systems on dutydestroyedand 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type were intercepted over the territory of the Belgorod region.
16:30 According to preliminary information, as a result of an attack by an enemy drone in the Rylsky district two people died.
This is a 52-year-old man and his 13-year-old son. The car caught fire due to the attack, they died on the spot.
16:10 In the area of the settlement. Boyaro-Lezhachi, a concentration of equipment and personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.
15:30 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the group of forces "Center" inflicted a strike on a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
Intensive artillery fire support ensures the reliable advance of our motorized riflemen.
14:30 Russian FPV drone operators destroyed M-777 howitzers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Liptsov direction.
13:50 Armed Forces of Ukraine continue strikes on Belgorod. Two civilians were injured.
One man received a shrapnel wound to the head as a result of a drone that detonated on the roadway. An ambulance crew took the victim to Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. Four cars were damaged at the scene of the attack
The second man received multiple shrapnel wounds as a result of the drone detonation in the courtyard of the apartment building. The wounded man is being taken to the hospital in serious condition. All necessary assistance is being provided.
As a result of attacks by two more drones, a private house and an apartment building were damaged. The fifth drone detonated in a parked GAZelle - the vehicle's windows were knocked out and the body was damaged.
In addition, as a result of falling debris from downed drones, the facades of four apartment buildings and a social facility were damaged. Two cars were damaged. In addition, a building on the territory of a sports facility was damaged.
13:00 From 10.20 to 11.35 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
12:40 Summary of Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of 16.08.2025
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of a tank, two mechanized, airborne assault, ranger brigades and an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Boyaro-Lezhachi, Novaya Sich, Sadki, Stepnoye, Khrapovshchina and Yunakovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized and motorized infantry brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Ambarnoye, Volchansk, Ilyicha, Kazachya Lopan and Staritsa in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 170 servicemen, three combat armored vehicles, four cars, three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer. An electronic warfare station, a counter-battery radar station, and ten ammunition and material depots were destroyed.
They inflicted losses on formations of two mechanized and a motorized infantry brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Borovskaya Andreyevka, Kupyansk, Osinovo, Peschanoye, Petrovpavlovka in the Khar'kov region, Karpovka, Shandrigolovo and Sredneye in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, a British-made Mastiff armored vehicle, a Novator combat armored vehicle, 14 vehicles, three artillery pieces, four electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition depots.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved the position along the front line, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Belaya Gora, Berestok, Ivanopolye, Konstantinovka, Mayskoye, Novodmitrovka, Seversk, Serebryanka and Stepanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 220 servicemen, an M113 armored personnel carrier and two US-made MaxxPro armored vehicles, a pickup truck, five field artillery pieces, including two Western-made ones. Two Anklav and Quertus electronic warfare stations, as well as an ammunition depot, were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense, inflicting defeat on the formations of four mechanized, infantry, airborne assault, assault, and ranger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a naval infantry brigade, a territorial defense brigade, a national guard brigade, and the Foreign Legion formations in the areas of the settlements of Andreyevka, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Muravka, Novoaleksandrovka, Rodinskoye, and Udachnoye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 400 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, including a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier and two Turkish-made Kirpi armored vehicles, five pickups, and three field artillery pieces.
The manpower and equipment of the mechanized, assault, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the marine brigade, and two territorial defense brigades were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Dibrova, Ivanovka, Levadnoye, Novonikolaevka, Orestopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Novodarovka in the Zaporizhia region, and Kamyshevakha in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost more than 215 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 11 vehicles and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized brigade, a coastal defense brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Berislav, Dneprovskoye, Nikolskoye, Sadovoye, Chervony Mayak in the Kherson region and Stepovoye in the Zaporizhia region.
More than 80 servicemen, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, ten vehicles, five electronic warfare stations, and five ammunition and supply depots were destroyed.
12:21 Units of the West group of forces as a result of active actions released the settlement of Kolodezi of the Donetsk People's Republic.
As a result of active and decisive actions of units of the "East" group of forces, the liberation of the settlement of Voronoe in the Dnepropetrovsk region has been completed.
11:05 Counter-UAV crews of the 1431st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 11th Army Corps shot down five Ukrainian Baba Yaga-type attack UAVs with FPV strikes and a net, –video.
10:30 Frontline summary on the morning of 16.08.25
Zaporizhzhya Front. Fierce fighting continues in the southern part of Stepnogorsk: the Ukrainian Armed Forces counterattack, the Russian Armed Forces retain the initiative. The expansion of the Russian troops' control zone in Malaya Tokmachka is recorded.
Donetsk Front. The Russian Defense Ministry reported the liberation of the village of Aleksandrograd in the South Donetsk direction. There is information that the Russian Armed Forces are fighting on the approaches to the village of Voronoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
In the Pokrovsk direction, there are reports of tactical successes of the Russian Armed Forces in the area of the Stakhanov mine to the east of Mirnograd.
Fighting continues in the area of Udachnoye, Leontovichi and Troyanda. It is reported that the situation in the northern outreach is stabilizing: the Russian Armed Forces are consolidating their previously occupied positions and fighting off counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
In the Konstantinovsk direction, fighting continues in the area of Katerynivka, Kleban-Byk and Aleksandro-Shultino, the enemy is counterattacking in the area of Shcherbinivka.
Krasnolimanskoe direction. Information is coming in about the tactical successes of the RF Armed Forces in the area of the settlements Sredneye and Shandrigolovo. No significant changes in the LBS are recorded.
Khar'kov direction. In the Volchansk sector, Russian troops are attacking the enemy with FABs in the Ambarnoye area.
In the Kupyansk direction, according to some sources, Russian troops are beginning battles for Petropavlovka east of Kupyansk. On the western flank, battles continue near Sobolevka.
Sumy direction. Heavy fighting is reported along the Novokonstantinovka-Varachino-Yunakovka line.
9:55 UAV crews of the 11th Army Corps hit the Starlink satellite communications terminals with precise VOG drops and restricted the operation of foreign messengers specifically at their positions, –video.
9:41 From 7.00 to 09.30 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
9:05 Servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to carry out several counterattacks in the area of the settlement of Temirovka in the Zaporizhia region.
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the enemy lost several key strongholds and dugouts, and a mortar crew and armored vehicles were destroyed.
8:35 UAV crews of the North group of troops pass specialized training in FPV drone control for work in the SVO zone.
8:05 During the past night from 00.00 to 03.30 Moscow time on August 16, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 29 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
- 10- over the territory of the Rostov region,
- Nine - over the territory of the Stavropol region,
- Four - over the territory of the Kursk region,
- Three - over the waters of the Sea of Azov
- One UAV each - over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk regions and Krasnodar region.