At around 02:00 local time on August 21, Russian forces used "Kalibr" and Kh-101 cruise missiles, as well as "Geran" suicide drones to attack targets in the Ukrainian cities of Lviv, Mukachevo, Lutsk, and Zaporozhye. The attacks have now ended.
Russian battlefield journalist Sladkov reported that after a brief pause, Russian forces resumed their offensive this morning in the direction of Novoselovka.
In the front line from Iskra (Andreyevka-Klevyozovo) to Padubnoye, Russian forces have controlled several support points in the field areas. However, direct connections between settlements have not yet been established because there are still remnants of Ukrainian forces in the support points along the H-15 highway.
Ukrainian forces occasionally attempt to send infantry groups to Iskra and Alexandrovka, aiming to create an illusion in the public opinion sphere that they still control these settlements. In most cases, these enemy forces "do not return" — the Russians can detect them in time when they approach, and then eliminate the infantry with drone and artillery fire.
Regarding the southern front line, the settlement of Novogeorgiyevka has been liberated. According to Russian intelligence, the 57th Motor Rifle Brigade successfully approached the settlement from the south, thus avoiding a frontal assault on the Ukrainian defense positions set up by the Ukrainian forces on the eastern side of the village at the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border.
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