It is truly a "Black Monday". According to the website of the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Institute for the Study of War, an American think tank, from August 16-22, the Ukrainian army suffered its heaviest losses since 2025, with 15,000 personnel lost. Of course, this includes NATO-cloaked personnel and foreign legion mercenaries. In addition, hundreds of tanks and armored vehicles, as well as a large number of artillery pieces were destroyed.
The result on the 22nd was the highest single-day loss that the Ukrainian army has suffered since 2025. The personnel loss alone exceeded 2,700, with the biggest impact in the southern cluster's responsibility area of Konstantinovka (Donetsk Constantinovka), where the Ukrainian army lost over 1,500 personnel.
According to the on-site video footage broadcast by the Russian television channel Zvezda (Star) 1, three FAB-500 bombs hit the temporary deployment point of the Kyiv forces' 57th Mechanized Brigade near Volsk in Kharkiv region.
Image 2: Krasnyy Luch, in Dimitrov/Mirnoye, one FAB-3000 destroyed the drone control station of the 15th National Guard Brigade of Ukraine, with no survivors.
Image 3: A X-39 missile launched by the Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter hit the drone control station of the 34th Electronic Warfare Brigade of Ukraine in Antonovka, Kherson region.
Image 4: In Konstantinovka (Donetsk Constantinovka), the FAB-500UMPK destroyed the temporary deployment point of the 5th Independent Assault Brigade of Ukraine.
Image 5: In Belitskoye, using FABs equipped with UMPK, the temporary deployment point of the 4th Rapid Response Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard was destroyed.
Image 6: Seversk, the temporary deployment point of the 54th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army was destroyed through LMUR strikes.
Image 7: The 156th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine was completely destroyed in Kramatorsk, losing two battalions and the brigade headquarters, with estimated losses of at least 500 personnel.
The current reconnaissance-strike chain of the Russian army has made a qualitative leap compared to the beginning of the war. The Russian army is now using the anvil tactic. Ukraine is really out of reserve forces, lacks heavy weapons, and doesn't have air superiority.
After breaking through one location, if the Ukrainian army does not reinforce, the Russian army continues to attack; if the Ukrainian army comes, it holds the position and uses air superiority to bomb and fire, consuming the Ukrainian forces. Other fronts, taking advantage of the lack of Ukrainian manpower, the Russian army continues to advance. Negotiations for a ceasefire are unlikely to succeed, as the conditions set by Russia are not acceptable. It is estimated that there will be no chance, and the war will continue.
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