Category: World

Ukraine's Particular Operations Forces and the Safety Service struck an infrastructure facility on the Ust-Luga sea terminal in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast on the evening of 23-24 August.

Supply: Ukraine's Common Workers

Particulars: Early studies point out that the strike hit a gasoline condensate fractionation and transshipment unit with a capability of as much as 6.9 million tonnes a 12 months, sparking a hearth on the facility.

The Ust-Luga sea terminal is taken into account one among Russia’s key logistics hubs on the Baltic Sea. It has been actively used to export vitality sources by way of a shadow fleet, which operates in circumvention of worldwide sanctions.

As well as, the Particular Operations Forces, working with different branches of Ukraine’s defence forces, struck logistics services in Russia’s Belgorod and Voronezh Oblasts. These websites supported the operations and fight provide of Russian troops.

Background: Earlier, Latvia-based Russian media outlet Meduza reported {that a} terminal belonging to Novatek, a pure gasoline producer, had caught hearth within the port of Ust-Luga in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast following a drone assault.

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Keith Kellogg, US President Donald Trump’s Particular Envoy for Ukraine, has arrived in Kyiv.

Supply: broadcasts of the Independence Day celebrations, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Kellogg arrived in Kyiv on Sunday 24 August.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who can be visiting Kyiv, took half within the Independence Day celebrations.

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Russian forces attacked Ukraine with an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 72 UAVs on the evening of 23-24 August. Ukraine’s Air Pressure reported that 48 of the drones had been shot down or jammed.

Supply: Ukraine’s Air Pressure on Telegram

Particulars: A missile and 24 UAV strikes have been recorded at 10 places.

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An Armenian political get together, Within the Identify of the Republic, and its supporters organised a protest exterior Russia’s 102nd army base in Gyumri on Saturday 23 August.

Supply: European Pravda, citing Armenian information outlet Information.am

Particulars: The protesters have been demanding that the Armenian authorities take away the Russian army base from Gyumri. A video from the scene reveals that there’s a vital police presence guarding the bottom.

Holding up banners with slogans reminiscent of "102nd army base out of Armenia", the protesters joined in chants in opposition to the Russian authorities and gestured in the direction of the bottom with their center fingers.

Background:

• This isn’t the primary time a protest has been held in Gyumri to demand the withdrawal of Russian troops from the 102nd base.
• In 2023, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan mentioned that he noticed no benefits in Russian army bases remaining within the nation provided that Russia had didn’t fulfil its obligations as an ally.

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Fighters from the thirty seventh Separate Marine Brigade, along with the 214th OPFOR Separate Assault Battalion, have stopped a Russian advance and regained management over the settlement of Zelenyi Hai in Donetsk Oblast.

Supply: Dnipro Operational Strategic Group on Telegram

Кадри звільнення населеного пункту Зелений Гай на Донеччині. Відео: 37 окрема бригада морської піхоти pic.twitter.com/HBrMF7rrQO

— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) August 23, 2025

Particulars: As of 23 August, Russian forces are reported to be persevering with their lively makes an attempt to regain management of the settlement and seize the remaining settlements in Donetsk Oblast on this entrance.

"However our warriors stand agency, and on the Day of the State Flag of Ukraine, Zelenyi Hai stays underneath the blue and yellow flag," Dnipro Operational Strategic Group mentioned.

Background: On 21 August, Ukrainian forces regained management of a lot of the village of Tovste (previously Tolstoi) in Donetsk Oblast.

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One particular person was killed and 9 have been injured in Russian assaults on the Synelnykove district in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on Saturday 23 August.

Supply: Serhii Lysak, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Army Administration, on Telegram

The aftermath of the Russian strikes on the Synelnykove district Photograph: Serhii Lysak on Telegram

Quote: "9 individuals within the Synelnykove district have been injured by enemy terror at the moment. One particular person, sadly, has been killed."

Particulars: Total, seven homes and a minibus have been broken within the district after Russian forces deployed drones and guided aerial bombs. Fires broke out, however they’ve been extinguished.

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Drones attacked Russia’s Leningrad Oblast and its regional centre, town of St Petersburg, on Saturday 23 August.

Sources: Alexander Drozdenko, Governor of Leningrad Oblast; Alexander Beglov, Governor of St Petersburg; North-Western Transport Prosecutor’s Workplace of Russia

Particulars: St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport has briefly suspended operations as a result of menace of drones and dozens of flights have been delayed. The regional authorities have additionally warned a few doable cell web slowdown.

Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko stated one drone had been destroyed within the Tosno district. He later added that three extra drones had been downed there, in addition to one in every of the cities of Kirishi and Gatchina.

Drozdenko urged residents of the oblast to not go close to industrial zones or enterprise premises or to public locations as a result of giant variety of drones within the airspace. He additionally stated he has ordered all the suitable providers to be placed on excessive alert.

St Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov claimed {that a} drone had been downed within the Pushkino district, noting that it occurred at a secure distance from residential buildings. Later, he added that one other drone had been destroyed within the Krasnoselsky district of St Petersburg.

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Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) has launched a video displaying an operation that foiled a Russian try to interrupt by way of in Donetsk Oblast and advance in the direction of the borders of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. DIU’s Russian Volunteer Corps – Russian army volunteers combating for Ukraine – was additionally concerned within the operation.

Supply: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine in a video

Particulars: The joint operation to cease the Russian try to interrupt by way of in Donetsk Oblast and advance in the direction of the borders of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast was performed by the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Bratstvo unit from DIU’s Tymur Particular Detachment, and troopers from the fifth Separate Heavy Mechanised Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Fighters from the Russian Volunteer Corps captured 16 Russian service personnel throughout the assault and mop-up operations.

Among the prisoners have been "flag-bearers" who have been speculated to movie pretend information reviews in regards to the "seize" of Ukrainian settlements, notably the village of Andriivka-Klevtsove.

DIU has launched a video of the operation however didn’t disclose precisely when it was performed.

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A brand new ballot has discovered that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would obtain the very best variety of votes within the subsequent presidential election, whereas a hypothetical "Zaluzhnyi Occasion" would entice essentially the most assist in a parliamentary vote. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the previous commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is at the moment Ukraine's ambassador to the UK.

Supply: a ballot by the Ranking sociological group commissioned by the Middle for Insights in Survey Analysis, a part of the Worldwide Republican Institute, carried out from 22 to 27 July

Particulars: Respondents have been requested, "If presidential elections have been held this coming Sunday, for which candidate, if any, would you vote?" 31% selected Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 25% Valerii Zaluzhnyi, 6% Petro Poroshenko (the fifth president of Ukraine, now a European Solidarity celebration MP), and 5% Kyrylo Budanov (head of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine).

In Ukraine's west, assist for Zelenskyy and Zaluzhnyi is equal at 27%. Among the many 50+ age group there’s extra assist for Zaluzhnyi than for Zelenskyy: 31% versus 30%.

When respondents have been requested "Do you approve or disapprove of the actions of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy?", 33% stated they strongly approve, 32% considerably approve, and 16% stated they strongly or considerably disapprove.

Requested which celebration they’d vote for, 22% selected the Occasion of Zaluzhnyi, 14% the Block of Zelenskyy, 8% the Azov Occasion, and eight% European Solidarity.

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The Occasion of Zaluzhnyi is extra in style than the Block of Zelenskyy in all age teams and virtually all areas, except for the south, the place their rankings are equal at 19%.

In the meantime, 74% of respondents stated they want to see new events within the subsequent parliamentary elections, whereas 17% are happy with the present selections.

For reference: The survey was carried out throughout Ukraine, excluding briefly occupied territories, utilizing computer-assisted phone interviewing (CATI) primarily based on a random pattern of cellular numbers. A complete of two,400 residents aged 18 and over have been surveyed. The margin of error for a easy random pattern is 2.0 share factors for the complete pattern.

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A Russian serviceman has claimed asylum after being detained within the border area of Finnmark in Norway for illegally crossing the border.

Supply: Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet, citing Trond Biti, the serviceman's lawyer, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Biti mentioned the detainee is a Russian citizen, a former soldier who fought in opposition to Ukraine.

Quote from Biti: "He crossed the border on foot by climbing over a fence. When he discovered himself on Norwegian territory, he tried to make contact with the Norwegian authorities the place he was."

Particulars: Biti added that his shopper will undergo the usual asylum utility evaluate process.

Background:

• On 22 August, it was reported that the Russian serviceman had been detained after illegally crossing into Norway. His lawyer mentioned he had undergone questioning a number of instances.
• This isn’t the primary time Russian servicemen or fighters have claimed asylum in Norway. In early 2023, a Russian thought to have defected from a high-ranking put up within the Wagner Group fled to Norway, later making headlines after a bar brawl.

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