Adverse weather conditions have not affected the active assault operations of Russian troops in the Kupiansk direction, but they are not successful, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding their positions.
In the Kupiansk sector, Ukraine’s Steel Border [Stalevyi Kordon] assault brigade, consisting of border guard officers, used a suicide drone to destroy an obsolete Russian gun, which was designed in the mid-1940s.
Russian troops are forming a striking fist in the Kupiansk direction, not abandoning assault operations, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling them.
In Kharkiv region, rescuers extinguished a fire in the ecosystem outside the village of Kulahivka, Kupiansk district. The fire was caused by enemy artillery fire.
In the Kupiansk direction, Russian forces form assault teams out of soldiers drafted only a month ago while the intensity of enemy assault efforts periodically drops as Ukrainian troops keep repelling attacks.
Having suffered significant losses, Russian troops are now regrouping in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, as well as redeploying the newly formed brigades and divisions from Russia.
The Russian Army is intensifying its offensive efforts in the Kupiansk direction in order to weaken the capabilities of Ukraine’s Armed Forces in counteroffensive action.
On August 16, National Guard aerial reconnaissance aircraft detected and destroyed a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group that was trying to cross the Kupiansk direction.
Ukraine's defense forces have successfully repelled attacks by Russian troops in the Kupiansk and Avdiivka sectors, with about 28 combat engagements recorded on the front line on Monday.
In Kupiansk direction, Russian forces fired 508 times at the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and used combat aircraft 14 times over the past day.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have repelled Russian attacks in the Kupiansk and Avdiivka directions. A total of 30 combat engagements have occurred on the front over the past day.