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24 August 2025
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is aware of media reports about damage to a transformer at Russia’s Kursk Nuclear Power Plant caused by military action. However, the agency does not have independent confirmation of these reports.
The Pokrovsk, Novopavlivka, and Lyman sectors remain the hottest spots on the front, but near Dobropillia the major threat has been neutralized.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed gratitude to world leaders, including the U.S. President, the Chinese leader, the Pope, the King of the United Kingdom, and others, for their Independence Day greetings to Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the people of Ukraine from Kyiv’s Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti), noting that every symbol in this place speaks of our nation’s independence.
In the Sumy region, from the morning of August 23 to the morning of August 24, Russian troops shelled 36 settlements in 14 territorial communities of the region more than 90 times; a man was wounded.
Norway is allocating approximately 7 billion Norwegian kroner (USD 696.12 million) to finance air defense systems for Ukraine.
In the Kherson region yesterday, a person died due to enemy shelling, two more were injured, one of them is a child.
Yesterday, 179 combat clashes took place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. The invaders put the most pressure on the Pokrovsk sector, and they also showed increased activity in the Novopavlivka sector.
On the night of August 24, the Defense Forces neutralized 48 Russian drones in the Ukrainian sky; enemy UAVs and ballistic missiles were hit at ten locations.
On Sunday, August 24, Ukraine marks the 34th anniversary of the declaration of independence.
The enemy army attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region. A woman died in one of the districts; the infrastructure is damaged.
The total combat losses of Russian troops since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, from February 24, 2022, to August 24, 2025, amount to about 1,0760,70 soldiers of which 910 were killed yesterday.
During the day, the occupiers carried out 478 strikes on 11 settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region. A man and a woman were wounded as a result of an enemy attack on the Polohy district.
Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney will visit Poland, Germany, and Latvia to develop defense and other partnerships.
In temporarily occupied Sevastopol, a Russian patrol boat guarded the entrance to Striletska Bay.
Sumy was attacked by enemy UAVs, explosions rang out in the city, and there were hits.
The Criminal Service of Lithuania’s Customs Department has revealed a “particularly audacious” scheme to circumvent international sanctions against Russia, organized by 11 individuals.
Thanks to the assistance of the State of Qatar, a total of 83 Ukrainian children have been returned home.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that his recent talks with U.S. President Donald Trump suggest the American leader is getting impatient with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin over Russia’s delays in moving toward peace in Ukraine.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Volodymyr Kolosov as Head of the Pokrovsk District State Administration in the Donetsk region.
Russian propagandist, former head of RIA Novosti Ukraine news agency, and executive director of Russia Today, Kyrylo Vyshynskyi, who had been charged with treason in Ukraine, died in Moscow.
The Russian soldiers dropped explosives from a drone on a minor in Novoraisk, Kherson region. The boy was injured.
23 August 2025
Canadian philanthropist and founder of the Temerty Foundation, James Temerty, held talks with Lieutenant General Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), to discuss new projects aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s defense intelligence.
Throughout the day, 134 combat clashes took place on the front. In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian forces made 40 attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses near 17 settlements.
In Austria, about 42% of respondents said they support the participation of Austrian soldiers in a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, while 44% opposed this.
A strike UAV crew from the Unmanned Systems Battalion of the 39th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade of the 30th Marine Corps of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine raised the national flag of Ukraine on the territory of Kherson region temporarily occupied by Russian forces.
Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, said that by the end of 2025, the total value of military assistance provided by Alliance member states to Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression will reach around $50 billion.
On Ukraine’s National Flag Day, drone operators of the RUGBY TEAM battalion from the 129th Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade raised Ukrainian flags over the villages of Hornal and Huyevo in Sudzha district of Russia’s Kursk region — territories historically belonging to Ukrainian Slobozhanshchyna.
Fighters of the 37th Separate Marine Brigade, together with the 214th Separate Assault Battalion OPFOR, halted enemy advances and re-established control over the settlement of Zelenyi Hai in Donetsk region.
In Donetsk region, units of the Russian Volunteer Corps, together with Ukrainian forces, successfully stopped an attempted breakthrough by Russian troops and captured 16 soldiers.