On the morning of August 16, the Russian forces increased their attacks on targets in the Chernihiv region. Two "Iskander" tactical ballistic missiles conducted a destructive strike on a hundred foreign mercenaries at a base in the Chernihiv region.

Initial assessment suggests that these two missiles were launched from a military airport near Gornostayevsk and hit their target.

The Ukrainian official source DEEPSTATE reported that this morning, the Ukrainian forces successfully counterattacked north of Red Army Village, and the Russians lost control of the T0514 road and the occupation of the Golden Well village. In the south, the Russians fell back from Novorohove, which poses a danger of the Russian forces being cut off behind the lines in this area.

This morning, the Ukrainian official source DEEPSTATE reported on the situation in the Drobropeleya direction: After several days of fierce fighting, the Ukrainian forces have stabilized to some extent the Vyshele-Zolotyi Kolyadiy (Golden Well)-Kucheryv Yar front line.

Over the past three days, the 1st "Azov" National Guard Regiment and its affiliated and allied units have jointly stopped the Russian advance in the Drobropeleya direction, and retook the villages of Hruzyk, Rubizhne, NovoVodany, Petryvka, Vyshele, and Zolotyi Kolyadiy.

At the same time, 50,000 Ukrainian forces, including the Ukrainian Airborne Forces (the 79th and 82nd Brigades) and other combat units (the 1st, 425th Assault Battalion, the 25th Assault Battalion, the 2nd Battalion of the 92nd Assault Brigade, the 32nd Mechanized Brigade, the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, the 38th Naval Infantry Brigade, the 14th Independent Infantry Brigade, the Hungarian Volunteer Forces, the Ukrainian National Police, and the Ukrainian Security Service Forces), were also dispatched to this direction to stabilize the situation.

The Ukrainian army began to clear and encircle areas occupied by the Russian forces. The Russian forces immediately launched infantry assaults after discovering weak points in the defense.

Luckily, they continued to move forward chaotically, even bypassing newly established frontline defense points and observation posts, failing to consolidate their positions to mobilize their main force, especially the drone crews.

At that time, the Russian military's operations lacked aerial reconnaissance, artillery, and other support. The Ukrainian forces have been trying to resist the Russian offensive, but due to the unstable situation and lack of understanding of the overall situation, the operations were very difficult.

Notably, the report from the 1st "Azov" National Guard Unit of Ukraine showed that the Russian forces suffered significant losses during the counterattack: 271 dead, 101 wounded, 13 captured, and 1 tank, 2 armored vehicles, 37 cars and motorcycles, as well as 3 guns destroyed or severely damaged. This is not just a few infiltrators, but a serious problem that was promptly identified.

The Ukrainian forces effectively curbed the Russian offensive through coordinated operations, demonstrating the strong combat capability of the Ukrainian forces.

Unfortunately, it is still too early to talk about a comprehensive victory. The situation remains complex, and the Russian forces have mobilized more troops. Their logistics convoys are once again active in the depth of the area, which proves the failure of their previous actions. The Ukrainian forces continue to clear and surround the Russian forces, and are fully committed to thwarting the Russian forces' counterattack attempts.

Facepalm! Just now, the American think tank ISW (Institute for the Study of War) updated the real-time map of Ukraine, assessing that Ukrainian sources and official websites claimed that Ukrainian forces liberated Rubizhne, Visele (Vyshele), and Zolotyi Kolyadiy.

The American think tank ISW has not yet observed visual evidence indicating that Ukrainian forces have occupied these settlements. The Ukrainian army tends to exaggerate, this is a battlefield, not a literary creation or story-telling.

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