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Drone attacks damage a Russian port and residential areas
Russia’s Defense Ministry said 553 fixed-wing drones were shot down over various regions and seas between 8 p.m. on Aug. 13 and 8 a.m. on Aug. 14. Regional governors reported damage and fires at Ust-Luga Port and in the Tver and Bryansk regions, along with one death and injuries, while Kyiv did not confirm Moscow’s statements about targets in Ukraine.
Russia’s air defense forces shot down 553 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles between 8 p.m. on Aug. 13 and 8 a.m. on Aug. 14. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the drones were intercepted over various parts of the country, as well as over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
The ministry said the drones were shot down over the Novgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Smolensk, Tver, Pskov, Oryol, Tula, Lipetsk, Kostroma, Ryazan, Rostov and Leningrad regions; the Moscow region; the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions; areas around Crimea; the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
Fire breaks out at Ust-Luga Port
Leningrad Region Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said a drone attack caused damage and sparked a fire at Ust-Luga Port. Drozdenko said air defense systems destroyed 51 drones over the region and that efforts to put out the fire at the port were continuing.
Ust-Luga, on the Baltic Sea coast, is a port that can accommodate large-tonnage vessels and has 13 operating terminals. The terminals provide services for the transfer, handling and storage of liquid, bulk, general and containerized cargo.
Wall of logistics warehouse damaged in Tver
Tver Region Governor Vitaly Korolyov said drone debris damaged the wall of a Wildberries warehouse in Kalinin district. He said smoke at the warehouse was cleared within a short time, no employees were harmed, and emergency teams were working in the area as a security measure.
Wildberries-Russ said damage to the logistics complex was limited to one wall of the building. The company said the facility had been evacuated in advance for security reasons and that no products were damaged.
Death and injuries reported in Bryansk
A fire broke out in an apartment building in Bryansk’s Sovetsky district after a rocket struck the building. Bryansk Region Governor Yegor Kovalchuk said one person was killed and six were injured, adding that the injured were taken to hospital.
Residents were evacuated, and work continued at the site after the fire. One person was also injured in the settlement of Snytkino in Brasovsky district. The regional administration said 262 fixed-wing drones had been shot down over the previous 24 hours.
Port and railway targets in Ukraine
Russia’s Defense Ministry said attacks were continuing against Ukraine’s port infrastructure and vessels it claimed were being used for military purposes. The ministry said two harbor tugs were hit on the evening of Aug. 13 in the Black Sea waters southwest of Mykolaiv.
The ministry said a railway station at Izmail Port was targeted on the night of Aug. 14. It also said a logistics center near Brovary in the Kyiv region was attacked and that locomotives allegedly used to transport military vehicles were hit in the Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions. The ministry claimed that all of these targets were hit.
Weekly figures from Russia’s Defense Ministry
Russia’s Defense Ministry said 14 group strikes were carried out between Aug. 8 and 14 using high-precision weapons and attack drones. The ministry said military-industrial facilities, logistics centers, fuel and energy infrastructure, transport infrastructure, military airfields, and drone production and storage sites were targeted.
The ministry also said 15 vessels allegedly linked to Ukraine’s seaports were hit within one week. It said the vessels consisted of one tanker, seven dry-cargo ships, two tugs and five patrol boats belonging to the Ukrainian Navy.
Russia’s Defense Ministry also claimed that the settlements of Vodyanoye, Ivanovka and Shcherbakovka in the Kharkiv region; Vasyutinskoye, Toretskoye, Petrovka and Novonikolayevka in the Donetsk region; and Novoye Pole in the Zaporizhzhia region had been brought under control.
The ministry said that within one week, 64 guided aerial bombs, 16 rockets from HIMARS and Vampire systems, eight cruise missiles, five Neptune missiles and 7,078 fixed-wing drones were shot down. It also said Black Sea Fleet forces destroyed eight unmanned boats belonging to the Ukrainian Navy.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that since the start of the special military operation, 673 aircraft, 284 helicopters, 207,171 drones, 669 air defense missile systems, 30,571 tanks and armored vehicles, 1,770 multiple-launch rocket systems, 36,146 artillery and mortar systems, and 69,236 special-purpose military vehicles had been destroyed. Ukraine did not confirm the figures.
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