(August 26, 2022) Highlights of Russian Special Military Operation in Ukraine

▪️Russian Armed Forces struck the concentrations of enemy manpower and military equipment in Sumy and Chernihiv regions.

▪️In the northern Kharkiv Region, positional fighting takes place near Peremoha; and west of Udy and Vesele.

▪️Ukrainian Command transferred armored vehicles to Pytomnyk in an attempt to strengthen the defence in this area of the front.

▪️AFU launched a missile strike on Kadiivka and destroyed Donbass Hotel hosting a field hospital for servicemen and civilians in one of the floors.

▪️In Soledar, LPR People’s Militia forces continue fighting on the southern outskirts of the city near Belokamenskiy Refractory Plant.

▪️Wagner's PMC assault units, supported by aviation and artillery, gained a foothold in the eastern part of Bakhmut (Artemivsk).

▪️AFU massively shelled towns in Donbass once again. As a result, several civilians were injured and killed in Donetsk, Horlivka, and Yasynuvata.

▪️ Ukrainian strikes on Kam'yanka (Kuybyshevo) destroyed several multi-story apartment buildings, with casualties including a child.

▪️Another terrorist attack took place in Berdyans'k. As a result of a blast, Deputy Chief of Berdyans'k's Traffic Police was killed.

▪️Artillery strikes on Zaporizhzhia NPP continue. Several shells were fired at the radioactive isotope storage facility.

▪️Russian Armed Forces retaliate against identified Ukrainian artillery positions on the other bank of Dnipro River and hit M777 howitzer positions west of Marhanets’.

▪️AFU continue to attack civilian infrastructure in Kherson Region and struck Antonivs’kyy bridge again. Some of missiles were shot down by Russian Air Defence means.