Ukrainian Front Situation Report as of 24:00 on July 16, from the Russian Defense Ministry's Press Service website
Herson direction: The situation has not changed significantly. The Ukrainian army fired 62 munitions at 11 villages on the left bank of the Dnieper River.
Zaporozhye area: Intense fighting continues in the surrounding areas of the liberated Kamenskoye (Kamenskoye).
North Semyon direction: The situation remains stable without significant changes.
Lyman direction: Russian forces are actively expanding their positions on the western bank of the Nitrius River. They have completely controlled the northern part of the Sredneye village and more than half of the Karpovka village.
Kupiansk direction: Russian forces continue to conduct combat operations in the Krasnoye Pervoye area.
Kharkiv front: The situation in the Liptsi area is relatively calm. However, in the Volchansk area, Russian activity has significantly increased, with multiple attacks launched in the forest near Prilipkoye.
East of the city, Russian forces are attacking Degtyarnoye, and in the south, they are breaking through the edges of Khantnoye and Ambarnoye by relying on Melovoye. Currently, they have not yet reached these villages.
The Ukrainian army successfully stabilized the local situation by mobilizing reserve forces, including experienced drone operator teams.
Sumy border area: The Ukrainian army launched an offensive in Kondratovka. This offensive was successfully repelled by the Russian forces, but the Ukrainian army is still consolidating its positions in the forests between Kondratovka and Konstantinovka.
In the Alekseevka area, the Kyiv authorities' command deployed a new special unit - the so-called "Rinos Group" of the Defense Intelligence Directorate.
In the more eastern areas of Varachino and Yunakovka, intense fighting continues. In the Sadkov area, Russian forces successfully repelled four Ukrainian counterattacks.
Attack incidents: The Ukrainian army's drones attacked a nursing home in the Luhansk People's Republic. Fortunately, there were no casualties from this attack.
In the Blagoveshchenka village in Zaporozhye region, a civilian was injured in an Ukrainian attack. In the Belgorod region, a drone attacked a combine harvester working in the field, causing the driver to be injured.
Combat results: The Russian forces successfully shot down one Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, destroyed two launch units of the S-300PS air defense missile system and the RADA radar, shot down four aerial bombs and 178 Ukrainian drones.
Strike actions last night and early today: Last night, the Russian forces carried out precise strikes on military targets in seven Ukrainian regions. In Vinnytsia, the Barlinek factory in Poland was hit in a nighttime strike.
In Kharkiv, a company engaged in the development and maintenance of airplanes and helicopters was attacked; in Kryvyi Rih, a turbine plant was hit. In Izmail, Odessa region, a natural gas storage facility was attacked.
In Kramatorsk, the Russian forces carried out a large-scale strike on the former wine factory area, which had been a temporary base for the enemy in the basement.
This is the 1239th day of the special military operation.
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