Fighting intensifies in Pokrovsk and Toretsk areas- Ukraine’s General Staff
Source: Ukraine’s General Staff
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reaches its 908th day, the Ukrainian General Staff reports that the most intense fighting over the past 24 hours occurred in the Pokrovsk and Toretsk areas with a total of 145 combat clashes recorded along the front lines.
On Sunday, Russian forces launched 8 missiles and conducted 79 airstrikes, deploying 106 guided bombs. Additionally, over 4,600 shellings were recorded, including 159 launched from multiple rocket launchers.
Russian airstrikes targeted several regions, including Sumy, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson. The Ukrainian Air Force, missile troops, and artillery responded with 17 strikes on enemy personnel and equipment concentrations, destroying an artillery system, two air defense systems, three command posts, four radar stations, and two other key targets.
Key battlefront updates include:
- Kharkiv sector: Three battles occurred near Lyptsi and Vovchansk.
- Kupiansk sector: Ukrainian forces repelled 20 attacks near Hlushkivka, Stelmakhivka, Kolesnykivka, Lozova, and Synkivka.
- Lyman sector: 20 combat engagements took place near Hrekivka, Makiivka, Nevske, Terny, Novosadove, and Torske.
- Siversk sector: Two clashes near Verkhnokamianske and Ivano-Darivka were repelled by Ukrainian defenders.
- Kramatorsk sector: 14 battles occurred in areas near Hryhorivka, Kalynivka, Chasiv Yar, Klishchiivka, Stupochky, and Predtechyne.
- Toretsk sector: Russian forces launched 24 attacks near Zalizne, Toretsk, Diliivka, and Nelipivka.
- Pokrovsk sector: Ukrainian defenders repelled 45 assaults, with the heaviest fighting near Vozdvyzhenka and Novohrodivka.
- Kurakhove sector: Nine enemy attacks were stopped near Paraskoviivka, Krasnohorivka, and Kostyantynivka.
- Vremivka sector: Four assaults were repelled, as Russian troops push towards Vodyane and Rozdolne.
- Prydniprovske, Huliaipole, and Orikhiv sectors: The situation remains stable with no significant changes.
Ukrainian forces continue to inflict significant losses on the enemy. On August 18alone, Russian forces lost 1,120 personnel, five tanks, 15 armored vehicles, 48 artillery systems, four multiple rocket launchers, two air defense systems, 57 operational-tactical UAVs, five cruise missiles, 55 vehicles, and 17 units of special equipment.
In my previous column, I wrote about social innovations in Ukraine. Those innovations are part of civic resilience and the democratization of security, which Europe is paying close attention to right now. The EU is trying to work out how to spread responsibility for its own security across society as a whole, rather than leaving it to institutions alone. It is looking for concrete ways to bring ordinary people into the work of defense and resistance.
Petro Poroshenko’s lawyers have appealed to the High Anti-Corruption Court demanding that NABU be obligated to register proceedings regarding the fact of exerting influence on the court and to recognize Petro Poroshenko as a victim in the case of the Deputy Head of the Office of the President, Iryna Mudra, due to her pressure on Supreme Court judges who were considering a lawsuit to overturn sanctions.
Internationally recognized brands and financial institutions should direct capital to Ukraine now, not waiting for the hostilities to end. This was emphasized by Rinat Akhmetov, president of FC Shakhtar, during a working visit to UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, where he met with UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin.
In recent days, Moscow’s official rhetoric has been dominated by hysteria over the decision of…
In 2025, the deadliest year yet for civilians, Ukraine’s three largest charitable foundations raised a record 105.9 billion hryvnias. It is more than the years 2022–2024 combined. According to the UN, humanitarian aid in Ukraine was delivered by more than 450 organisations, reaching five million people over the course of the year. Civic foundations hold licences to purchase lethal weapons, which is a function states have monopolised for centuries. These record sums were underwritten by international government grants, which means foreign states now channel billions directly through Ukrainian civic funds, bypassing inter-state channels. It is hard to imagine a stronger institutional trust in civil society.