The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation cling to the harvest, and the Armed Forces advanced under Bakhmut: the situation on the front (maps)
The Armed Forces continued the offensive actions in the Bakhmut direction and slightly advanced, as evidenced by published geolocation. In particular, the defense forces advanced south of the mite. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation also continued offensive operations near Bakhmut. According to Russian bloggers, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation allegedly reflected the lost positions in the mite during the counterattack and reflected the entire settlement.
However, ISW did not find visual confirmation of these statements. Ukrainian officials reported that the Russians made unsuccessful attempts to repel lost positions near the Kite, west from Andriyivka and near Kurdyumivka. On August 14, position fights continued at the turn of Avdiivka-Donetsk. The General Staff of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was unsuccessful offensive actions near Avdiivka, Marinka and Krasnogorivka.
The Russian Milbloger described the battles in the Avdiiv and Mariinsky directions as positional, as both Russian and Ukrainian troops are concentrated in other areas of the front. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were offensive in the Kupyansk district, in particular, they were stepped near Orlyanka and Mykolaivka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation stated that they have taken control of numerous Ukrainian positions and observation points near Vilshan.
Russian myliblogers claimed that the Armed Forces had captured positions and took the line from Sinkivka to Petropavlivka, where positional battles continue. One of Russia's military aquarters claims that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are about 7 km from Kupyansk.
Another Russian Milbloger argued that the Russian army is accumulating reinforcement and introducing new units in the Kupyansk direction, and Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar reported that the Armed Forces increased the density of mine-explosive barriers along the international border between Kharkov and Belgorod region, To interfere with further pro -border raids.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted offensive operations on the Svatove-Craminein line, but did not advance on August 14. Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar reported that Russian troops are unsuccessfully trying to displace the Ukrainian forces from the Serebryansky Forest.
The Russian troops argued that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could not break through Ukrainian defense near Bigorivka and controversial, and the Armed Forces conducted offensive operations along the Svatove-Kreminna line, but did not advance on August 14.
Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar reported that the defense forces continue counter -offensive actions in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions and have success south and southeast of Staromaorsky in the direction of the Harvest. She noted that the Armed Forces continue to promote the Harvest area, and some Russian sources claim that Ukrainian troops control the northern part of the settlement.
Oleksandr Khodakovsky, the commander of the battalion "Vostok", who defended himself near the Harvest, complained that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation did not throw additional reserves and artidivtsi in the area and claims that the Vostok battalion is fighting for the harvest with all available forces, but the forces operating in the area. , exhausted and loss. Russian bloggers stated that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation reflected Ukrainian attempts to move to the harvest.
Other Russian troops argued that Ukrainian troops control the northern part of the harvest, while the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is the southern part of the settlement, and the rest of the territory in the settlement and near it remains controversial. Some Russian milblogists argued that the forces of defense continued the counter -offensive in the area of the robot in the west of the Zaporozhye region and advanced to the Southern Tick.
Russian troops carried out limited ground attacks in the border of the Donetsk-Zaporizhia region on August 14, but did not make any confirmed or declared advance. The General Staff of Ukraine reported that the invaders unsuccessfully tried to regain lost positions west from Staromayorsky. Several Russian milblogists claimed that Russian troops departed from the harvest and that the units of the 40th Marine Infantry Brigade (Pacific Fleet) covered their departure.
ISW did not observe a visual confirmation that the Russian forces had completely departed from the harvest, so perhaps the Russian forces retain some positions in the south of the settlement. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out limited ground attacks in the Western Zaporizhzhya region on August 14 and recently declared the offensive. The General Staff of Ukraine reported that the Russians unsuccessfully tried to restore lost positions east of the robot.
The Ukrainian forces hold limited positions on the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region. The Russian Milbloger stated that the Armed Forces continue to cross the east bank of the Dnieper on small boats near the Antonovsky Bridge and Cossacks. Russian sources have published staff of the Russian Su-24 bomber over the Kherson region and suggested that it struck Ukrainian positions near the Antonovsky Bridge or Cossack Lagers.