15 August summary: Ukrainian Forces destroyed the base of Wagner Group, current directions in Russia’s war on Ukraine

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Situation summary of war in Ukraine by region for Monday, August 15, 2022.
Base of Wagner Group in Popasna, Luhansk region / Photo: TSN

Base of Wagner Group in Popasna, Luhansk region / Photo: TSN

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By Pavlo Vitenko

Summary by regions

Luhansk Region

On the front line, the Russians are using attack and army aircraft more actively – three populated areas were fired at from the air.

Seven rockets were also fired. During the night, the enemy’s barrel artillery worked seven times. Four times, the Russians shelled cities and villages with multiple rocket launchers, six times with mortars. Four tank offensives were carried out.

Donetsk Region

At night – shelling of Kostyantynivka, the central part of Slovyansk, massive artillery shelling of the old part and the center of Avdiivka.

Mykolayivka, Bakhmut, Vuhledar, Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Kostyantynivka, the village were fired upon by artillery, Smerch, Hrad, and S-300 anti-aircraft missiles. Velyka Novosilka, Andriivka village, Raihorodok village, New York, the village of Galitsynivka, the village of Karlivka, the village of Pervomaiske, the village of Lastochkino, the village of Georgiivka.

Three high-rise buildings, 28 private residential buildings, premises of Slovyanska TPP, filtering station «Voda Donbasu», two civilian cars, a garage, and a hangar were damaged.

Three civilians were killed and 13 wounded in the region during the day.

Kharkiv Region

More than 10 rockets were fired from the Russian city of Belgorod at night over the Kharkiv region. In Kharkiv – one of the civilian enterprises was hit, and a fire broke out. No casualties.

In the region, at night, rockets were hit in Merefa. The projectile hit the ground on the territory of one of the civilian enterprises; other hits are being established.

Earlier in the night, a rocket attack was also recorded in Chuhuiv. During the day, Chuhuiv and Izyum districts were shelled, fires broke out in warehouses, the occupiers hit garbage dumps, forest strips, and farm buildings.

Dnipropetrovsk Region

The enemy hit the Synelnykove and Nikopol districts.

Nikopol district was fired upon from Hrad. In Nikopol, there is the destruction of workshops, warehouses, and aluminum buildings at an industrial enterprise. No casualties.

In the Marganets community, there was no damage or casualties. In the Pokrovsk community, an energy infrastructure enterprise was damaged due to enemy shelling. Previously, there were no casualties.

Four enemy rockets flew into the Synelnykove district. A destroyed object of social infrastructure. Details are being clarified. Ours shot down one enemy missile over the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Sumy Region

This morning, there was a mortar shelling of the Seredyna-Buda community, at least 15 attacks. The shelling has been going on since 7 am. The consequences are clarified.

Yesterday, during the day, the Russians carried out 11 attacks on the border communities of the region – Bilopillia, Esman, Yunakiv, Khotyn. More than 100 «arrived.

Mykolayiv Region

During the night, Mykolayiv came under enemy shelling, as a result of which the educational institution was damaged. Previously, there were no victims. Detailed information on the consequences of shelling is being clarified.

Also at night, the enemy shelled the village Kotlyareve. Information about the consequences is being clarified.

Yesterday during the day, in the evening and this morning – shelling of the Shyroke community. Damaged farm buildings in households. There are no casualties.

Settlements of the Berezneguvate community, located on the demarcation line, remain under constant fire.

Kherson Region

The past day was noisy in Kherson region, residents of the regional center heard machine guns, and later there was another well-aimed strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonivskyi Bridge.

The situation remains difficult in the entire region and the regional center, in particular «Inspections» of garages and apartments of Kherson residents are ongoing.

More than 50% of the residents of the region were forced to leave for the territory controlled by Ukraine. In cooperation with Kherson and Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration and the Ministry of Reintegration in Zaporizhzhia, a hub for immigrants from the Kherson region «I am Kherson» was opened.

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Guerrillas in the temporarily occupied Melitopol of the Zaporizhzhia region blew up a railway bridge

The occupiers are taking their families out of Melitopol, mass filtering has begun in the city

The Armed Forces hit the headquarters of the «Wagner» Group in Popasna, where they probably eliminated more than 100 militants

Ukrainians continue to collect full data on Russian murderers and executioners, so that they bear full responsibility for their atrocities against people in Ukraine

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ISW named Russia’s priority directions in the war in Ukraine

The location of Russian troops in Ukraine indicates that the Kremlin prefers to advance around Bakhmut and possibly to Siversk.

Russia is trying to use the activity of the forces of the so-called «DPR» to capture territories that have not been captured since 2014 in the Avdiivka direction.

This was reported by the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Interactive Map: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

The high concentration of volunteer battalions around Izyum and Slovyansk indicates that this area is not the focus of Russia’s attention and may be vulnerable to Ukrainian counterattacks.

A build-up of forces in and around the Kherson region could create significant difficulties for Russian command and control, especially if Ukrainian forces continue a counteroffensive there.

Russian and Ukrainian troops are currently conducting active combat operations in the direction of the city of Kharkiv and the northeastern part of the Kharkiv region along the Izyum-Slovyansk line; in the direction of Siversk-Lysychansk district; Bakhmut; in the area of ​​Avdiivka-Donetsk cities; in the south of Ukraine.

By Pavlo Vitenko, Ukrainian Freedom News

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