Casualties reported as Russians attack Dnipropetrovsk region
In Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian attacks resulted in the death of one person and injuries to nine others.
23 August 2025
In Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian attacks resulted in the death of one person and injuries to nine others.
In Kherson, a 69-year-old local man was fatally wounded as a result of Russian shelling of the city’s Central District.
In Russia’s Rostov region, the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery — one of the largest in the country’s south — has been burning for a third day following an attack by Ukrainian drones.
On August 23, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed two decrees enacting new sanctions packages.
Around 51% of German citizens are against sending German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) personnel to a potential peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, while 36% are in favor.
Since the beginning of the day, 71 combat engagements have occurred between Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian troops, with fighting still ongoing in seven sectors of the front.
Representatives of Ukraine’s defense industry, under the unified national brand ZBROYA, showcased their products in Denmark and discussed further cooperation with state customers in the framework of the Danish model.
In Komyshany district of Kherson region, a school and an administrative building were damaged as a result of Russian drone attacks.
Early on Saturday, August 23, Russian forces dropped two guided aerial bombs on the village of Buniachyne in Novoslobidska community of Sumy region, injuring a civilian.
President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, during which he emphasized the important role of the Global South in achieving peace in Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed security guarantees and increasing the Netherlands’ involvement in this process with Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof.
The Russians hit a residential building in Slatyne, Kharkiv region, with an MLRS, damaging residential buildings, power lines, and a gas pipeline.
Russian sources confirmed that on the night of August 23, Ukrainian drones struck two railway infrastructure facilities in southern Russia, in the Rostov and Volgograd regions, resulting in delays for nearly 40 trains.
An enemy drone hit a minibus in the Synelnykove district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. A man died, and five more people were injured.
The Ukrainian Flag was solemnly raised near the Kyiv City Hall.
A fire station was damaged in Dobropillia, Donetsk region, as a result of Russian shelling.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region, as a result of the explosion, three Russian soldiers who perpetrated war crimes in Bucha, Kyiv region, were killed.
In the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region, as a result of the explosion, three Russian soldiers who committed war crimes in Bucha, Kyiv region, were killed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky congratulated Ukrainians on National Flag Day and emphasized that Ukraine will not give its land to the occupiers.
The Ukrainian flag was raised in front of the European Commission headquarters in honor of Ukraine’s National Flag Day.
In the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv, a Russian drone crashed into a road.
Three children and a young man have been returned from Russia to Ukraine.
Air Defense Forces neutralized 36 of the 49 drones with which Russian troops attacked Ukraine since the evening of August 22.
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A Russian missile attack caused a fire at an enterprise in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, which was extinguished.
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On Saturday, August 23, Ukraine celebrates National Flag Day.
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In the Kherson region, over the past day, August 22, 16 civilians were injured due to Russian aggression.