Russian forces launched missile and drone strikes against Ukraine overnight on August 5 to 6 and on August 6.
Ukrainian Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk reported on August 6 that Russia launched four Iskander-M/North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles at Kyiv Oblast from Voronezh Oblast, two Kh-59 cruise missiles from the airspace over the Sea of Azov, and 16 Shahed-136/131 drones from occupied Cape Chauda, Crimea and Kursk Oblast and that Ukrainian forces repelled the air attack shooting down two Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, two Kh-59 guided air missiles, and 15 attack UAVs in Kyiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.[62] [63] A Ukrainian source noted that Russian forces used a North Korean KN-23 in a strike series against Ukraine for the first time in five months.[64] The Kyiv Oblast Military Administration reported that the missile and drone strikes damaged civilian infrastructure.[65] Kharkiv Oblast Head Oleh Synehubov reported on August 6 that Russian forces also struck Shevchenkiv Raion, Kharkiv City with an Iskander-M missile hitting a polyclinic and injuring civilians.[66] Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported that Russian forces conducted a missile strike against Sumy Oblast during the day on August 6.[67] Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) published footage on August 6 purportedly showing an Iskander-M strike destroying the Ukrainian air defense system in Sumy Oblast.[68]
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- Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted a series of cross border raids into Kursk Oblast on August 6.
- Russian milbloggers largely dismissed the supposed Ukrainian raids into Kursk Oblast, and Ukrainian officials have largely yet to comment on the raids.
- Russian Security Council Secretary and former Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu heavily overexaggerated Russian advances in Ukraine since mid-June 2024.
- Russian officials continue coordination and military cooperation with Iran ahead of the Iranian retaliatory strike against Israel out of concern for Russian interests in the region. NOTE: a version of this text appears in ISW-CTP's August 6 Iran Update.
- Armenia continues to abstain from the Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).
- Russian forces advanced east of Toretsk.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) reportedly issued a formal reply denying a request from the wives of the mobilized Russian personnel to meet with Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov.
Fighting continued north and northeast of Kharkiv City on August 6, but there were no confirmed changes to the frontline. Russian forces continued attacks north of Kharkiv City near Lyptsi northeast of Kharkiv City near Tykhe and within Vovchansk on August 5 and 6.[26] ... The Ukrainian Kharkiv Group of Forces reported that assault groups of the Russian 11th Tank Regiment (18th Motorized Rifle Division, 11th Army Corps [AC], Leningrad Military District [LMD]) are operating near Hlyboke (north of Kharkiv City) and that elements of the 380th Motorized Rifle Regiment (47th Tank Division, 1st Guards Tank Army [GTA], Moscow Military District [MMD]) are fighting near Lukyantsi (north of Kharkiv City).[28]
Near Toretsk, Ukrainian forces have retreated in the center of the settlement of New York.
Russian forces recently advanced near Toretsk amid continued offensive operations in the area on August 5.
In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops had partial success in the area of the village of Zhelanne.
On the eastern flank of Vuhledar's defense, the Russian army advanced in the area of the village of Mykilske.
Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted a series of cross border raids into Kursk Oblast on August 6. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Federal Security Service (FSB) claimed on August 6 that Russian border troops and FSB personnel repelled several raids by Ukrainian forces equipped with roughly a battalion's worth of tanks and armored vehicles against Russian positions near Nikolayevo-Darino and Oleshnya, Kursk Oblast (northwest of Sumy City and along the Russia-Ukraine international border).[1] Geolocated footage published on August 6 shows damaged and abandoned armored vehicles roughly seven kilometers north of the international border west of Lyubimovka, Kursk Oblast; Russian sources claimed that the footage shows Ukrainian vehicles, but ISW cannot confirm whether these armored vehicles are Russian, Ukrainian, or both.[2] ... The Russian MoD claimed that Russian reserve forces also responded to the supposed Ukrainian raids, and a Russian insider source claimed that elements of the Chechen "Akhmat" Spetsnaz also responded to the raids, but ISW cannot verify these claims.[4] The Russian MoD claimed that Russian forces destroyed 16 Ukrainian armored vehicles during the supposed raids and that Russian forces conducted retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian positions in Sumy Oblast.[5]
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