Russian Il-76s struck by wax foamboard UAVs with 6.6 lbs payload – several Ukrainian and Western reports claim that Australian drones were used in the attack. Source
Russia & Ukraine
A workshop for the production of electronics for missiles in Liubertsy near Moscow is on fire after an attack by a Ukrainian drone. Source
Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has posted a video of two Russian helicopters and a warplane chasing a Ukrainian drone in temporarily occupied Crimea. Source
Russia is covering the Crimean Bridge with a physical barrier, air defence forces and a range of other means, hoping to protect it from further Ukrainian attacks. Source
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was reserved when commenting on the possibility of Germany handing over Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine during a debate. Source
Russian forces shelled Yelyzavetivka in the Marinka hromada in Donetsk Oblast on Friday, 11 August, killing a woman and injuring her husband. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a city, town, or village and its adjacent territory – ed.] Source
The US has said that though it will take time to train Ukrainian pilots to operate F-16 fighter jets, develop Ukraine’s infrastructure and set up F-16 service and maintenance facilities, it is working to help its allies speed up those processes. Source
In the recent assault on a Russian S-400 Triumpf Surface-to-Air Missile [SAM] system it is conjectured that Ukraine may have deployed a novel form of weaponry. Source
Lieutenant Ivan Korolyov, a Russian citizen, illegally crossed Lithuania’s border and travelled to Vilnius, where he was detained by Lithuania’s border guards at the Vilnius bus station on 10 August. Source
Over the course of 11 August, Russian forces attacked areas near the Russian-Ukrainian border in Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast nine times, damaging residential areas. Source
If necessary, the White House will again ask Congress for additional funds to further support Ukraine. Source
The Air Force of Ukraine has warned of a threat of use of attack drones on the night of 11-12 August. Source
On the night of 11-12 August, Russian propagandists reported that traffic on the Crimean Bridge had been blocked and then restored. Source
Investigative journalist Christo Grozev from Bellingcat predicts that in half a year, either Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner Group, “will be dead,” or “there will be a second coup” in Russia. Source
Delving deeply into Russian terrain, unmanned Ukrainian aircraft have executed a strike that resulted in substantial damage to a Tu-22M strategic bomber. Source
The so-called authorities of occupied Crimea stated that air defence systems were responding “over different districts”. Source
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has observed tactically significant successes of the Defence Forces in the western part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Source
Russian occupiers are planning to conduct an “inventory” of movable and immovable property belonging to Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast. Source
August 17th dawned with a significant triumph for the Ukrainian air defense, as they successfully intercepted two of Russia's state-of-the-art Ka-52 helicopters Source
An air defence system was supposedly activated in occupied Crimea, and the Russian Ministry of Defence later reported an attack by 20 drones. Source