Russia attacks military airfield; Ukrainian Air Force faces losses.

This Russian attack demonstrates that Ukraine's air defenses are still failing to protect strategically important facilities despite receiving additional expensive air defense systems.

The Northern Task Force (Russia) attacked three Ukrainian brigades in Kharkiv on August 13.

On the evening of August 13, TASS reported, citing a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense, that the Northern Task Force attacked three Ukrainian brigades, resulting in 65 casualties among Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region on August 13.

"In the Volchansk and Liptsy directions, units of the Northern Task Force inflicted casualties and equipment losses on the Ukrainian 57th Motorized Infantry Brigade, 92nd Assault Brigade, and 36th Marine Infantry Brigade in areas near the settlements of Maliye Prokhody, Staritsa, and Volchanskiye Khutora," the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

Within 24 hours, Ukrainian military losses in the area amounted to 65 soldiers, five vehicles, one D-20 152mm artillery piece, and one D-30 122mm artillery piece.

The Western combat group destroyed a large amount of equipment belonging to Ukrainian forces.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russia's Western combat group attacked six Ukrainian army brigades, resulting in approximately 470 casualties on August 13.

"Units of the Western Task Force gained more advantageous positions and inflicted losses on the 22nd, 67th, and 116th Motorized Brigades; the 107th, 110th, and 117th Territorial Defense Brigades of the Ukrainian army in areas near the settlements of Tabayevka, Novoyegorovka, and Druzhelyubovka in the Kharkiv region; Stelmakhovka and Nevskoye in the self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic; and Torskoye in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. They repelled two counterattacks by units of the 3rd Assault Brigade and the 77th Airborne Mobile Brigade of Ukraine," the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

The Ukrainian army lost 470 soldiers in the front line area in the past 24 hours, one US-made M113 armored personnel carrier, four pickup trucks, one Polish-made Krab 155mm self-propelled artillery system, two US-made M777 155mm howitzers, two D-30 122mm howitzers, one British-made L119 105mm howitzer, and three field ammunition depots, according to a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Southern Task Force attacks six Ukrainian brigades.

Russia's Southern Task Force improved its tactical positioning, attacking six Ukrainian brigades and inflicting heavy losses on Kyiv forces.

"Units of the Southern Task Group improved their tactical positions and inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of the 24th, 30th and 54th Motorized Brigades; the 56th Motorized Infantry Brigade; the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade and the 124th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Ukrainian army in areas near the settlements of Serebryanka, Verkhnekamenskoye, Minkovka, Pereyezdnoye, Chasov Yar and Kurakhovo in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic," the Russian Ministry of Defense stated.

Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian army has lost more than 510 soldiers in the frontline area under the responsibility of the Southern Task Force, along with one armored combat vehicle. The destroyed equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces includes two US-made M777 155mm howitzers, two British-made FH70 155mm howitzers, one Gvozdika 122mm mechanized artillery system, one D-30 122mm howitzer, and two US-made M119 105mm howitzers, according to a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

HOA AN (According to SF, TASS/ Photo: Sputnik)