[NewsFront] 22:15 Soldiers of the 103rd Motorized Rifle Regiment continue offensive in the Konstantinovsky direction, destroying the enemy's forces and defenses with drone strikes and artillery fire.
21:05 As a result of the attack of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Belgorod region three civilians were wounded, including one child.
20:10 Artillery and drones of the 11th Army Corps destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Liptsy –VIDEO
18:25 According to information from the field, Dorozhnoe north of Pokrovsk is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces –MAP
18:11 From the side of Predtechino, in the area of the 6th Motorized Rifle Division, Russian Armed Forces soldiers entered the administrative boundaries of Konstantinovka –MAP
17:50 Area west of Chasov Yar. The encirclement in Nikolaevka has been eliminated –MAP
16:44 UAV calculations are correcting artillery fire in the Orekhov direction.
Drone operators carry out video recording of fire damage to objects, manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
16:00 FPV calculations continue on duty on "safe" routes covered with nets.
This time, the reconnaissance team's lenses captured an ATV with a trailer, which was used in the rotation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel.
14:45 Footage released defeats launch of the UAV of the 92nd Separate mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine using LMUR in the village of Dvurechanskoye in the Khar'kov region.
14:44 UAV crews of the Dnepr group of troops struck Control point for Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
12:14 Summary of Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation as of August 17, 2025
Units of the North group of forces inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of two heavy mechanized, four mechanized, two airborne assault, and a Jaeger brigades, an assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Mogritsa, Sadki, Stepnoye, Kiyanitsa, Kondratovka, Okop, Varachino, Novaya Sich, and Yunakovka in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of a tank, two mechanized, motorized infantry brigades and an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Udy, Zaryubinka, Volchansk, Ambarnoye and Melovoe in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 180 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, seven cars, three field artillery guns, an electronic warfare station, and four ammunition depots.
Units of the "West" group of forces improved their tactical position, defeated formations of the mechanized, two assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovka, Kirovsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, Kupyansk, Petrovka of the Khar'kov region and Petrovskoye of the Luhansk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 220 servicemen, a US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, a UK-made Snatch armored combat vehicle, 17 vehicles, an artillery piece, three electronic warfare stations, and three ammunition depots.📍
Units of the "Southern" group of forces improved the position along the front line, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of six mechanized, mountain assault, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Fedorovka, Chervone, Seversk, Kleban-Byk, Vasyukovka, Serebryanka, Konstantinovka, Dronovka and Ivanopolye of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 250 troops, a US-made HMMWV armored vehicle, three pickup trucks, three field artillery pieces, an Israeli-made RADA radar station, and two electronic warfare stations. Four ammunition and fuel depots were destroyed.
Units of the Center group of forces occupied more advantageous lines and positions, defeated the formations of four mechanized, airborne assault, assault, ranger brigades, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, three brigades of naval infantry and two brigades of the National Guard in the areas of the settlements of Udachnoye, Dimitrov, Balagan, Grodovka, Lenino, Sukhoi Yar, Zolotoy Kolodez, Novoaleksandrovka and Krasnoarmeysk of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 420 servicemen, a tank, seven combat armored vehicles, six cars, three field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm howitzer M-777, and an Israeli-made RADA radar station.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance into the depths of the enemy's defense. They defeated the manpower and equipment of the Marine Brigade and two territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Poltavka, Zeleny Gai in the Zaporizhzhya region and Ivanovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The enemy lost up to 230 servicemen, seven armored combat vehicles, 12 cars and a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer.
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 a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Novoandriyevka, Orekhov, Zapasnoye in the Zaporizhia region, Dneprovskoe, Nikolskoye and Kazatskoye in the Kherson region.
Up to 85 Ukrainian servicemen, six vehicles, four field artillery pieces, including a US-made 155mm M-777 howitzer, six electronic warfare stations, and four ammunition and fuel depots were destroyed.
12:06 Operational-tactical aviation, strike unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the groups of troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted damage on storage sites for Sapsan operational-tactical missiles and components for them, ammunition depots and long-range unmanned aerial vehicles, temporary deployment points for Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 142 districts.
11:39 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have restored a number of positions north of Pokrovsk. The situation remains unclear, as there is no information from the Russian side. It can be said for sure based on the links that the Russian Armed Forces are in Kucherov Yar, the presence further north is currently in question –MAP
11:24 From 9:00 to 11:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed six Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the airplane type over the territory of the Voronezh region.
10:10 RF Armed Forces inflicted night strikes on military enterprises in Chernihiv, Dnepropetrovsk and Khar'kov regions
07:33 Changes to map over the past 24 hours:
Liberated from the village of Kolodezi
Serebryanka has been liberated
Advance in Chunishino
07:19 During the past night from 22:55 on August 16 to 06:00 Moscow time on August 17, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 46 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
16 – over the territory of the Belgorod region,
14 – over the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod region,
Nine – over the territory of the Voronezh region,▫️
Three – over the territory of the Bryansk region,▫️
One – over the territory of the Kursk region,
One – over the territory of the Oryol region,
One – over the territory of the Kaluga region,▫️
One – over the territory of the Smolensk region.
05:55 Crews of 152mm towed howitzers 2S19 "Msta-B" of the 114th Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade destroyed personnel and a machine gun firing point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.