[NewsFront] 21:45 South Donetsk direction
Troops of the "East" group of forces continue to develop the offensive in the direction of Velikomikhailovka and drive the enemy out of the settlement of Voronoe.
To the north, from the side of Yanvarskoye, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking in the direction of Novoselovka.
21:25 Ukrainian drone attacked a civilian car in the village of Svoboda, Rylsky District, Kursk Region. As a result of the strike, a married couple was injured. The 42-year-old man and woman suffered moderate shrapnel wounds.
Another drone attack occurred in the village of Zvannoye, Glushkovsky District. As a result of the strike, a 75-year-old man who was riding a bicycle along the road was injured. He has minor injuries.
All victims were taken to the Kursk Regional Hospital by ambulance.
20:30 TCC employee sarrange dmass beating of civilians who stood up for a man caught by military commissars
The Odessa regional TCC has already officially blamed the incident on civilians who offered “malicious resistance.”
19:58 Ministry of Defense RF:
A crew of the Lancet loitering munition from the Guards Artillery Brigade of the Airborne Forces destroyed an American M-777 howitzer and a Bogdana self-propelled gun of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region.
Operators of attack drones of the "West" military group burned an enemy pickup truck in the Khar'kov region.
Drone operators of the motorized rifle unit of the "Center" group of forces hit the firing positions and command posts of Ukrainian militants on the approaches to Krasnoarmeysk.
FPV drone crews of the Vostok group of forces carried out strikes on enemy vehicles in the area of the settlement of Aleksandrograd.
UAV operators of the Southern Group of Forces continue to disable enemy hexacopters.
19:52 The Russian Armed Forces have started fighting on the outskirts of Alexandrograd in the Velikomikhailovsky direction, –MAP.
17:32 In the period from 14:00 to 17:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type over the territory of the Belgorod region.
16:51 Calculation of the Iskander-M OTRK struck HIMARS MLRS positions in the area of the village of Zhikhovo in the Sumy region.
16:20 Konstantinovskoye direction
Units of the South Group of Forces, continuing to clear the Kleban-Byk pocket, liberated the settlement of Shcherbinovka. Fighting in Katerinovka and Kleban-Byk. Some units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces make unsuccessful attempts to break through in the area of the dam on the eastern bank from the encirclement in the direction of Pleshcheyevka.
14:33 Between 11:00 and 14:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 10 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type:
Eight UAVs – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
Two UAVs – over the territory of the Krasnodar region.
13:42 The attack aircraft of the "East" force group, acting competently and decisively broke defense and completely drove Ukrainian militants out of the settlement of Iskra in the DPR.
12:43 Summary of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special military operation as of August 14, 2025
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two mechanized, two airborne assault, and a ranger brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Boyaro-Lezhachi, Korchakovka, Kiyanitsa, Khrapovshchina, Vakalovshchina, Yunakovka, Pershe Travnya, Varachino, and Andreyevka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volchansk, Ambarnoye and Sinelnikovo in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 155 servicemen, two tanks, an armored combat vehicle, nine vehicles, seven field artillery pieces, including two NATO-made ones, two electronic warfare stations, and an ammunition depot.
Units of the "West" group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, and defeated formations of a tank, two mechanized and assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of the settlements of Senkovo, Glushkovka, Novosergeevka, Kupyansk in the Khar'kov region, and Kirovsk and Kolodezi in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy's losses amounted to 225 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle and eight cars. Eight electronic warfare stations and three ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Southern group of troops took decisive action to liberate the village of Shcherbinovka in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of five mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Minkovka, Fedorovka, Vasyukovka, Chervone, Nikiforovka, Berestok, Zvanovka, Novodmitrovka and Stepanovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 265 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, five vehicles, three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the "Center" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the formations of four mechanized, a ranger, an assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a marine brigade and a national guard brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novonikolaevka, Shevchenko, Dimitrov, Novoaleksandrovka, Krasny Liman, Udachnoye, Rodinskoye and Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 355 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, including the Turkish-made Kirpi armored car, eight pickups, five field artillery pieces and a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery station.
Units of the "East" military group actively liberated the Iskra settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Zeleny Gai, Kulturnoe in the Zaporizhia region, Voronoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Aleksandrograd in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 230 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, eight cars and two artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-198 howitzer. Two electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of a mechanized, mountain assault brigade, two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Kamenskoye, Chervona Krynitsa, Stepovoye in the Zaporizhia region, Tokarevka, Antonovka and Kamyshany in the Kherson region.
More than 85 Ukrainian servicemen, 10 vehicles, a 155mm self-propelled artillery unit "Bogdana", a 155mm howitzer M-777 made in the USA, seven electronic warfare stations and a RADA radar station made in Israel were destroyed.
Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces groups have damaged storage sites for unmanned aerial vehicles, ammunition depots, temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 147 districts.
Air defense systems shot down four guided aerial bombs and 268 unmanned aerial vehicles.
12:25 Krasnolimanskoe direction
The units of the GrV Zapad continue their offensive, having advanced more than 500 m in Shandrigolovo and Sredniy over the past 24 hours. On the western bank of the river Netrius in the Karpovka area, our units are attacking and gradually advancing in the direction of the Koroviy Yar-Redkodub highway with the aim of cutting off the logistics of Karpovka and Redkodub, where several enemy assault groups continue to be located.
Battles for Glushchenkovo and Novy Mir. Our sabotage and reconnaissance groups are operating west of the river Netrius in a fairly large area (no details).
West of Kolodezi, the Russian Armed Forces have advanced in the direction of Stavki. Reaching the heights in the Stavki and Drobyshevo area will allow control of Krasny Liman.
In Torskoye our units completely control the northern part and part of the southern part. The enemy periodically tries to jump into the southern part from the side of Krasny Liman and Yampol.
11:35 In the period from 8.00 to 11.00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed eight Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
Seven UAVs over the territory of the Belgorod region and
One UAV over the territory of the Kursk region.
11:13 Crews of 152mm 2S19 self-propelled howitzers "Msta-S" of the "West" group of forces daily perform combat missions in the area of the Special Military Operation.
10:47 Sumy region. The Russian army storms the small border village of Pershe Travnya, –MAP.
09:40 Footage strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on design bureaus, rocket fuel production plants and missile weapons assembly plants of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex.
09:28 Crew of T-72B3M tank with direct fire defeated enemy stronghold in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
07:35 During the past night from 20:00 on August 13 to 07:00 Moscow time on August 14, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 44 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the aircraft type:
14 over the Black Sea,
Nine over the territory of the Volgograd region,
Seven over the territory of the Republic of Crimea,
Seven over the territory of the Rostov region,
Four over the territory of the Krasnodar region,
Two over the territory of the Belgorod region,
One over the waters of the Sea of Azov.
05:02 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the Guards 58th Army of the "Dnepr" group of forces caught the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in the Zaporizhia region.