Russian Ministry of Defense and milbloggers exaggerated claims of capturing Rybalske and 19 other settlements in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions as part of cognitive warfare efforts.

Entities

Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Rybalske (location) Oleksandrivka (location) Hulyaipole (location) Voin DV (organization) Shyroky (location) Chervonyi Yar (location) Russian forces (organization) Kryvyi Rih (location) ballistic missiles (weapon_system) UAVs (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Oleg Sidor (person) Natalia Kalina (person) 108th Battalion of the Da Vinci Wolves (military_unit) Pavlohrad (location) drone (weapon_system) artillery (weapon_system) aerial bomb (weapon_system) Oleksandr Hanzha (person) attack drones (weapon_system) Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration (organization)

Source Reports

Institute for the Study of War →

Russian forces seized Rybalske and 19 settlements in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions.

Ukrainska Pravda →

On the night of 15-16 August, the Russians launched a combined attack on Kryvyi Rih using ballistic missiles and UAVs.

Kyiv Independent →

The couple waited in a shelter as Russian attacks continued and signed marriage documents when the situation calmed.

Kyiv Post →

Russian forces struck a multi-story residential building in Marhanets with attack drones early Saturday morning, Aug. 15, killing a three-month-old boy and injuring 11 people.

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