Russian Forces Probe Ukrainian Lines With 1-3-Man Teams as Offensive Stalls Across 10 Sectors
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Updated · Kyiv Post · Aug 17
Russian Forces Probe Ukrainian Lines With 1-3-Man Teams as Offensive Stalls Across 10 Sectors
2 articles · Updated · Kyiv Post · Aug 17
Summary
Russian troops attacked across at least 10 front sectors on Aug. 15-16 but made no confirmed gains, with ISW reporting no breakthrough from Sumy and Kharkiv to Pokrovsk and Zaporizhzhia.
1-3-soldier infiltration groups have become a notable tactic, a Ukrainian battalion officer said, using grass more than 2 meters high to slip between positions while drones, counterbattery fire and remote mining disrupt Ukrainian logistics.
Russian claims of fresh advances remained disputed: Moscow said it seized Kudiivka north of Kharkiv, but a Russian source said troops were still fighting there without strongholds, and Vilcha was described as a contested gray zone.
FAB glide bombs, FPV drones and Molniya-2 strikes intensified around Slovyansk, Kramatorsk and Dobropillya as Russia tried to degrade Ukrainian supply lines ahead of future offensives.
Ukrainian forces kept hitting Russian logistics in response, striking warehouses in occupied Donetsk, a railway bridge in occupied Zaporizhzhia and a Bastion-M missile system in Crimea.