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video As of August 2025, approximately 1,000 residents remain in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region.
Russia’s missile strike on the U.S.-owned enterprise Flex in the Zakarpattia region (Mukachevo) was intended to influence Ukraine’s Western allies and discourage them from investing in the country.
22 August 2025
Russian forces launched a drone strike on the Halytsynove territorial community in the Mykolaiv region, injuring a 41-year-old man.
Soldiers from the Rocket Forces and Artillery, working in coordination with other components of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, destroyed a Russian UAV command post and an ammunition depot in the temporarily occupied part of Donetsk region.
The new Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile is a promising development that could significantly impact the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s ability to deliver deep strikes against Russia’s rear infrastructure.
Two young people aged 21 and 22 were rescued from the temporarily occupied Crimea as part of the initiative of the President of Ukraine, Bring Kids Back UA.
Member of the Austrian National Council Veit Dengler is skeptical about the Kremlin leader’s willingness to stop the war against Ukraine and considers it unlikely that Putin would come to Vienna to take part in potential peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
During the day, the Russian army struck the Nikopol, Synelnykove, and Kryvyi Rih districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region; houses and cars were damaged.
Russian troops struck the private sector of the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk region; three people were injured.
In the Kherson region, the number of victims as a result of shelling during the day is increasing; in Kherson, two women were injured as a result of a drone attack.
During a meeting in Kyiv with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal discussed defense cooperation between Ukraine and the Alliance.
Since the start of the day, Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops have engaged in 60 clashes, with active fighting ongoing across five sectors of the front.
Russian troops have again struck Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, killing a 66-year-old woman and injuring four people.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not agree to freezing the war because that would mean acknowledging the Kremlin’s failure of its so-called “special military operation,” which has achieved none of its objectives. Instead, he will continue dragging out time.
In the Shostka district of the Sumy region, Russian strikes caused a fire in a residential area and damaged a fire and rescue station.
Russian forces shelled the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region, injuring one civilian and causing extensive damage to a gas distribution station, residential buildings, and municipal infrastructure.
Ukrainian Naval Forces have destroyed a Russian UAV base located in temporarily occupied Sevastopol.
On the morning of August 22, Russian invaders shelled the city of Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region, killing a local resident.
The future structure of the Armed Forces of Ukraine should be based on a professional core and reserve, actively use technology and robotic systems, and security guarantees from partners should include not only the supply of weapons, but also funding and support for innovation.
Russian forces launched an attack on Kherson’s Dniprovskyi district, injuring two local women who were later hospitalized.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine has been fighting Russia for its independence longer than anyone in the world expected.
In Donetsk Region, special forces from the Bratstvo unit, part of the Timur Special Unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, stopped the enemy’s advance and eliminated more than 90 Russian invaders.
In the Derhachi territorial community in the Kharkiv region, residents of seven villages were left without electricity as a result of a nighttime Russian attack.
The UAV Forces carried out a strike on the oil pumping station of the Transneft Druzhba pipeline in the city of Unecha, Bryansk region of the Russian Federation.
The primary guarantor of Ukraine’s security remains the country’s powerful Armed Forces, while international partners can strengthen defense by providing weapons and specialized support in their respective domains.
Yesterday, nine settlements in the Kharkiv region were under the Russian attack, one person was killed, and three people were injured.
On the night of August 22, the defense forces destroyed or neutralized 46 Russian drones of various types out of 55 launched.
During the day, from the morning of August 21 to the morning of August 22, the Russian army carried out almost 80 strikes on 33 settlements of the Sumy region, and a man was wounded.
In the village of Kurhanne, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, a Russian FPV drone attack on the morning of Friday, August 22, killed one person and injured three others.
On August 21, there were a total of 157 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops along the frontline, 43 of them occurred in the Pokrovsk sector. The enemy also intensified activity in the Novopavlivka and Lyman sectors.