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20 August 2022
Russian paratrooper officers are refusing to participate in hostilities in Ukraine, so the command of the airborne forces of the occupying country has decided to appoint contract service members without officer ranks and experience of participation in hostilities to officer positions.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has reiterated his country’s readiness to further support Ukraine in its fight against Russian aggression.
In the Slobozhansky direction, the enemy is conducting hostilities to hold gained ground and prevent the Ukrainian troops from moving to a counteroffensive.
Russian military positions in Ukraine have weakened as the invasion forces are seeing no progress on the battlefield.
Over the past day in the southern operational zone, the Ukrainian military eliminated 17 Russian invaders, a Zoopark 1 radar complex, and four pieces of other military equipment.
19 August 2022
The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled all Russia’s attacks in the east and stopped the breakthrough attempt in Southern Buh direction.
Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners destroyed five UAVs and one Ka-52 in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions.
The battles are ongoing in several directions on Donetsk axis.
18 August 2022
Ukrainians should think only about how to win, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in his nightly address.
In Donetsk direction, the fighters of a special unit of the National Guard destroyed two enemy tanks.
Last night has been one of the most tragic for Kharkiv Region since the Russian invasion started. Russian invaders launched rocket attacks on residential houses, leaving nine civilians killed and 35 injured (including three children).
On August 17, the Ukrainian military in the south eliminated 29 occupiers, 203mm Pion self-propelled howitzer, five armored vehicles and vehicles, as well as an ammunition supply depot in Bilohirka.
17 August 2022
Only absolute transparency and controlled situation at and around ZNPP can guarantee a return to normal nuclear safety.
Russian forces attempted to break through the defense lines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and advance toward Lebiazhe and Bazaliivka in the Kharkiv region but were forced to retreat. In addition, the enemy unsuccessfully tried to advance in the Sloviansk and Bakhmut directions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received credentials from Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic Idris Kadyrkulov, Ambassador of Romania Alexander Victor Mikula, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium Peter Van de Velde and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain Ricardo López-Aranda Jagu, who are starting a diplomatic mission in Ukraine.
On August 16, 2022, the air-defense missile units of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down Russia’s Ka-52 helicopter and three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The military are defending the Ukrainian land against Russian invaders. Meanwhile, the native land protects them from enemy shelling in the equipped dug-out shelters and trenches.
The military are defending the Ukrainian land against Russian invaders. Meanwhile, the native land protects them from enemy shelling in the equipped dug-out shelters and trenches.
August has a symbolic, perhaps even sacred meaning for Ukraine – Ukraine is celebrating its 31st Independence Day and passing the six-month mark of Putin's bloody war
In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy continues to actively conduct reconnaissance using UAVs to adjust the artillery fire and determine the positions of Ukrainian forces. Military and civilian infrastructure came under fire outside Kharkiv, Petrivka, Dementiivka and 18 other settlements.
Ukrainian strikes on Russian targets in the temporarily occupied Crimea are likely part of a coherent Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain control of the west bank of the Dnipro River.
Russian aggressors struck the port infrastructure of Mykolaiv late on August 16.
16 August 2022
The Russian invaders every day launch about 700-800 attacks on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using from 40,000 to 60,000 pieces of ammunition.
During online meetings with colleagues from Guatemala and Belize, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar renewed the invitation to participate in the 2nd Crimea Platform summit which will be held on August 23 in an online format.
A serviceman from the 93rd Separate Kholodnyi Yar Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has eliminated a Russian colonel who used to operate a helicopter and lead the parade during Victory Day in Moscow last year.
An FSB agent, who spotted missile strikes on Zaporizhia in exchange for a promised job in the occupation administration in case the city is captured by the Russians, was detained by SBU operatives.
In the Sloviansk direction, Russian forces are taking measures to improve logistical support.
15 August 2022
The Special Operation Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thwarted the enemy's attempt to break through in one of the areas where the mission was carried out.
Russian invaders attempted to break the defense of Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv Region, but the Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed them back. In addition, enemy troops unsuccessfully tried to conduct assault operations in such directions as Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Avdiivka.
Ukrainian pilots struck enemy personnel and military equipment clusters, having destroyed about 15 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and a dozen of Russian invaders.