Russian Federation

Eastern Ukraine. Operation No. 1 – Kharkov region.

On Friday, August 23, fighting continued north and northeast of Kharkov, but there were no confirmed changes on the front line.

One Russian military commander said Russian troops had advanced northeast of Volchansk, although ISW has not seen confirmation of this claim.

On Thursday and Friday, the 22nd and 23rd, Russian troops continued their ground offensives near Glubokoye, Staritsa, Volchansk and Tikhaye.

Sarantsev said there is evidence that Russian troops may be moving additional reserves in the direction of Kharkov, but Ukrainian troops must clarify this information. He also noted that Russian troops are less active in some unspecified areas of the Kharkov command

In turn, ISW saw a major redeployment of elements of the Northern Army Group (responsible for the command of Kharkov) to the Kursk region, which suggests that the Russian military commander concluded that the failure of the offensive work in the north of the country. The Kharkov region was a necessary sacrifice for an adequate response to the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region.

The head of the residential administration of Kharkiv region, Vitaly Ganchev, said on August 23 that Russian forces control about 50 settlements in Kharkiv region, and that 57 settlements throughout Kharkiv region are completely in areas where ISW has been on the offensive and see Russian accusations. Russian crimes.

Ganchev also said that 13 to 14 settlements are part of the current Russian “sanitary zone” in the northern Kharkiv region, and ISW currently estimates that there are 14 settlements in the area Northern Kharkiv completely under investigation and claims for Russian offensives.

Operation No. 2 – Lugansk region

Geolocation photos from August 23 indicate that the Russians have recently advanced to the east of Makeevka (northwest of Kremennaya).

In addition, on August 22 and 23, the enemy continued offensive operations in the area of ​​Sinkovka, Petropavlovka, Glushkovka, Stelmakhovka, Andreevka, Lozovaya, Druzhelyubovka, Novosadovo, Makeevka, Nevsky, and also Ternskoye.

Operation No. 3 – Donetsk region

On August 23, Russian troops continued to advance in the direction of Seversk, but there were no confirmed changes on the front line.

A Russian military correspondent reported that the Russians had advanced one kilometer southeast of Vyemka, but ISW found no proof of this claim.

The enemy also continued to advance in the Chasovoy Yar area that day, but there were no confirmed changes on the front line either.

Russian military correspondents reported that the Russians had made advances in the Ivanovsky district, Kleshcheevka and inside the Oktyabrsky micro-district on the eastern side of Chasovoy Yar, but ISW found no evidence to support this these claims.

According to geolocation footage from August 23, the Russians advanced in the southeast of Toretsk.

Russian sources said that Russian soldiers were also advancing on the Central Hospital in eastern Toretsk, but ISW found no evidence to support this claim.

On August 22 and 23, Russian troops carried out offensive operations near Toretsk, as well as in Severny, Druzhba, Nelipovka and New York districts.

Geolocation photos from August 22 show that the enemy has moved west of Orlovka (southeast of Pokrovsk). Additional geolocation photos released on the 23rd indicate that the Russians have advanced to the east of Novogrodovka (also southeast of Pokrovsk).

Russian military officials claim that Russian troops have advanced up to 400 meters in the eastern part, and up to 500 meters in the south and southeast of Novogrodovka.

In addition, according to Russian bloggers, the Russians, operating southeast of Pokrovsk, captured Krutoy Yar and advanced further: west of Orlovka, in the southeast part of Krasny Yar, south of Nikolaevka, west of Skuchny, on the side of Mikhailovka, as well as south-west and south-east of Pticheye. Also, one of the Russian sources said that there are unconfirmed reports that the Russians have captured Kalinovo (southeast of Pokrovsk).

However, ISW found no evidence to support these Russian claims.

On August 22 and 23, the enemy continued offensive operations in the area of ​​Vozdvizhenka, Green Field, Grodovka, Kalinovo, Novogrodovka, Ptichye, Nikolaevka, Mikhailovka, Novogrodovka and Karlovka.

Russian troops have recently moved into western Donetsk. According to geolocation footage from August 23, Russian troops advanced southwest of Krasnogorovka in a platoon-sized intensive mechanized attack.

It is also known that the Russians continued to advance southwest of Donetsk on August 23, but there were no confirmed changes on the front line. On 22 and 23, the enemy continued to advance in the area of ​​Konstantinovka, Vodyanoy, Vladimirovka and Ugledar.

Russian military officials said Russian troops had advanced to the Konstantinovka area and north of Paraskovievka, but ISW found no evidence to support these claims.

In addition, on the 23rd, positional battles continued in the border area of ​​Donetsk and Zaporozhye regions in Razdolnoye and Urozhainy region.

“Southern Axis”

A Russian military correspondent said on August 23 that positional battles were continuing in the western region of Zaporozhye, but Ukrainian sources did not report any Russian attacks in the area.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on August 23 that unspecified Russian air forces thwarted an attempt by the Armed Forces of Ukraine to land on an unspecified island in the Dnieper River delta in the Kherson region.