Russians strike almost 80 times in Sumy region, wounding man
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.
22 August 2025
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.
In the Pokrovsk, Toretsk, Kupiansk, Lyman, and Southern Slobozhanshchyna sectors of the front, Russian forces carry out dozens of infantry assaults every day.
In Kherson region, one person was killed and 17 others injured over the past day as a result of Russian aggression.
In the village of Molodizhne, part of the Kherson community, Russian forces attacked a team of medics with a drone as they were heading to assist a child in Bohdanivka. A paramedic was injured in the attack.
21 August 2025
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have shown the current state of Vovchansk—a city under relentless daily attacks by Russian troops attempting to capture it.
The deployment of the new Flamingo missile into serial production and its effective use would strip Russia of the advantage of strategic depth, which the aggressor has relied upon by relocating key assets out of reach in hopes of shielding them from strikes.
Russian troops attacked a village in the Koriukivka community of Chernihiv region with a drone, wounding two residents.
France has condemned overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, saying they demonstrate Moscow's lack of genuine interest in engaging in peace negotiations.
On the night of August 21, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ drone units, in coordination with other components of the Defense Forces, struck the Novoshakhtinsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Rostov region.
On the night of August 21, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces targeted a Russian train carrying fuel near the Dzhankoi railway station in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Following another massive Russian attack on Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Moscow has yet to show any signs of its intention to engage in meaningful negotiations and end the war.
An understanding of the security guarantees architecture for Ukraine will be presented within 7–10 days.
On Wednesday night, drones attacked the Navoshakhtinsk oil refinery in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, causing a fire at the facility.
Russia launched a massive strike on Ukraine, hitting an American electronics manufacturer in the west of the country; this is yet another act of terror against the civilian population and businesses without any military logic.
Air Defense Forces neutralized 546 Russian drones, one Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile, 18 Kh-101 cruise missiles, and 12 Kalibr cruise missiles.
Yesterday, nine settlements in the Kharkiv region were attacked by Russia; two people died.
Over the past 24 hours, Ukrainian defense forces engaged in 167 combat clashes as Russia continued its large-scale offensive across multiple fronts, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said.
One person was killed and two others injured in Lviv following a Russian combined drone and missile strike.
A combined Russian attack on Lviv overnight caused damage to dozens of residential buildings and left several people injured.
Russian troops carried out two overnight strikes on the city of Zaporizhzhia, damaging industrial facilities and nearby residential buildings.
In the Sumy region, explosives technicians have neutralized the warhead of a Russian attack drone.
Russian troops launched a missile strike on an industrial facility in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, overnight, with emergency services currently working at the scene.
Fighters from the 3rd Spartan Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine, named after Colonel Petro Bolbochan, carried out drone strikes on a Russian shelter and an ammunition depot in the Pokrovsk sector.
The Kyiv region has handed over five pickup trucks to the 429th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems, known as “Achilles”.
20 August 2025
In the Zaporizhzhia sector, fighters from the 27th Pechersk Brigade of the Ukrainian National Guard used strike drones to hit and destroy a Russian S-300V surface-to-air missile system.
Kherson was the first front-line city I visited after arriving in Ukraine one year ago.
On December 1, 300 Dutch soldiers with two Patriot air defense systems and anti-drone complexes will head to Poland to protect military equipment deliveries to Ukraine from Russian attacks.
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz accused Russia of provocation after a Russian Shahed drone crashed in Poland overnight.