Top news, official reports, economics
MK is broadcasting events in Ukraine online. The 544th day of the special operation is underway. The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on the morning of August 21, Russian air defense forces stopped a terrorist attack on Kyiv with a drone, shooting it down in the sky over the Moscow region. A day earlier, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky arrived on a visit to Denmark and the Netherlands. An agreement was reached on the transfer of F-16 fighters: Denmark — 19 units, the Netherlands — 42. Two aircraft-type drones were shot down in the Belgorod region.
Explosions that night were in Zaporozhye. The Ukrainian side claims that 4 multi-storey buildings were damaged as a result of the blast.
Su-30SM destroyed the boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near gas production facilities in the Black Sea.
Several explosions sounded in Krivoy Rog, Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine. This was reported by the Ukrainian publication Zerkalo Nedeli.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that air defense shot down two attack drones in the Krasnogorsk region and in the Chatsov region. Special services left for the place of emergency.
Mash: in Krasnogorsk, after an explosion in the sky, debris fell on one of the residential buildings on Krasnogorsky Boulevard. Windows and nearby cars were damaged.
TASS, citing aviation services, reports that Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo, which are part of the Moscow air hub, have resumed receiving flights.
Aviation services: restrictions on departures and arrivals of aircraft introduced at all airports in Moscow
Mash: residents of Moscow Strogino and Krasnogorsk near Moscow reported explosions in the air. Presumably, the air defense system worked.
Telegram channel Operation Z: Military commissars of the Russian Spring reports about the destruction of the assault group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine by Russian artillerymen on the outskirts of Novoselovsky on the Kupyansky Front.
Ukrainian monitoring channels report a massive drone raid on Zaporozhye, explosions are heard in the city.
p>
The representative office of the DPR at the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Issues Related to War Crimes of Ukraine reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled the territory of the republic 66 times over the past day using 124 different ammunition.
Ukrinform: Bulgarian Defense Minister Todor Tagarev said that the country will consider the possibility of supplying Soviet-style armored vehicles to Ukraine.
The United States announced the loss of Ukraine's access to the Black Sea
Politico: Ukrainian authorities is preparing for the victory of Donald Trump in the upcoming US presidential election and the subsequent reduction in military assistance to Kiev.
The representative office of the DPR in the JCCC reported that a girl born in 2012 and a man born in 1983 were injured as a result of the UAF strike on Staromikhaylovka.
Russian Ministry of Defense: On August 21, at about 23.00 Moscow time, two Ukrainian UAVs were discovered by air defense forces on duty and destroyed 40 km northwest of Crimea.
Tagesschau: The German government has not yet reached a final decision on the supply of long-range Taurus missiles to Ukraine.
Vorencors of the Russian Spring report the destruction of dozens of pieces of equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the flank of Artemivsk by soldiers of the 200th Separate Guards Brigade of the Northern Fleet.
NBC News: Ukraine in confusion due to delays in the delivery of F-16
Air warning sirens went off in the Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as in parts of the DPR, LPR and Zaporozhye regions controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Serbian President Alexander Vucic met with Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the forum in Athens.
Ministry of Digital Investigation of Ukraine: air raid alert sounds in Chernihiv and Sumy regions.
In Makhachkala, the Isinbayeva Stadium was renamed, now it's just Trud. This is how the regional authorities reacted to the statements of the athlete and the officer RF Armed Forces after reports of her moving to unfriendly Spain.
Roma "The Beast" sang for the military in the Donbass after accusations of «supporting Ukraine»
Zelensky counts on Greek air defense to protect the Black Sea area. He stated this during a visit to Athens.
Kiev will not sign an agreement with Moscow on the cession of territories, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba said in an interview with El Mundo.
Yevgeny Prigozhin broke a two-month silence and announced a new recruitment of fighters in the PMC. He published the first video after the attempted rebellion — from Africa.
One of the fighters of the Azov regiment was noticed in the combat zone. (recognized as extremist and terrorist, banned in the Russian Federation) by Denis Prokopenko, who returned from Turkey along with other unit commanders. This is reported by the publication “Strana.ua”.
Reports that a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group (DRG) is allegedly operating on the territory of the Belgorod region do not correspond to reality. This was announced on Monday, August 21, by the head of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Medvedev threatened «the last day» Europe for the supply of F-16s to Ukraine
Serbian President Vučić announced that he had accepted Zelensky's request and would hold a one-on-one meeting with him on August 22.
Ritter: Zelensky's refusal to negotiate with Russia will «blow up» situation in Kyiv
Ukrainian army servicemen learn to fight by playing World of Tanks. This was reported by The New York Times (NYT). According to the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the main emphasis in the game is on teamwork, which is used in real combat operations.
Ukrainian troops at 19.00 fired 3 155 mm cluster shells from the «NATO» artillery in the regions of Donetsk — the representative office of the DPR in the JCCC.
Zelensky received F-16 fighters: Putin no longer needs to wait
Ukraine will produce Swedish CV90 armored vehicles, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message published on his Telegram channel.
Vladimir Zelenskyy arrived in Greece on an official visit, negotiations will be held with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, a press release said. premiere service.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that non-state mass events were banned in the Ukrainian capital on August 23-24. Klitschko explained the ban on events for security reasons.
Ukraine will disappear from the face of the Earth if it starts fighting in alliance with NATO with the Russian Federation. This was announced by ex-intelligence officer Scott Ritter in an interview with the YouTube channel Gegenpol.
The Supreme Court of the DPR sentenced three servicemen of the Azov regiment to 18 and 20 years of strict regime. (the organization is recognized as extremist and terrorist, banned in the Russian Federation), who wounded three civilians in Mariupol, the prosecutor's office of the republic told reporters.
The head of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, reported two aircraft-type drones shot down in the region by the air defense system.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported another attempt at a terrorist attack using an UAV from Ukraine — at about 16.00 the drone was destroyed over the Belgorod region .
Ukrainian troops fired artillery at Donetsk and Gorlovka on Monday, firing a total of 24 shells of 155 and 152 mm caliber, the DPR representative office in the JCCC reported.
Zelensky said he met with Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, as well as with members of the royal family. The Ukrainian leader thanked the royal family and the Danish authorities for their support, and also expressed gratitude to the Danish authorities for humanitarian, financial and military assistance.
In Ukraine, almost a quarter of the bridge structures are in critical condition, the country's infrastructure ministry states.< /p>
Air defense systems shot down a drone over the territory of the Belgorod region at about 14.30 Moscow time — The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Representative of the German Cabinet of Ministers, Steffen Hebestreit, during a briefing on Monday, said that Germany had not yet decided on the supply of Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Information on movements published in the media 82 1st Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine caused air strikes on its units. This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar in her personal Telegram channel.
Erdogan told reporters that he expects to meet with Putin face to face in September.
The Russian general named a way to secure Russia from Ukrainian drones
The prime minister noted that Sweden is working in a coalition with other countries for "improving flight potential" Ukraine. The journalists of the Kremlin pool write about it.
Sweden is currently not planning to supply Ukraine with Gripen fighter jets, Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said. Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Cabinet has allocated 20 billion hryvnias (about $547 million) to insure ships that will move along temporary corridors in the Black Sea. Sergei Labazyuk, a member of the country's parliamentary committee on agrarian and land policy, announced the government's decision.
Denmark's transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine leads to an escalation of the conflict. This was stated by Russian Ambassador to the Kingdom Vladimir Barbin.
In Ukraine, they began to develop a law on the military police. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the country. The Ukrainian military police are called upon to become a military formation with law enforcement functions and enter the system of the country's Ministry of Defense.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to occupy the village of Rabotino in the Zaporozhye direction from the flanks, but Kiev suffers more losses, said the head of the Tsarskie military-technical center wolves» Dmitry Rogozin.
The village of Novostroevka-Vtoraya of the Graivoron urban district came under fire from the Armed Forces of Ukraine — the enemy dropped fragmentation ammunition for a grenade launcher from a UAV. There were no casualties, one car was damaged,» wrote the head of the Belgorod region Gladkov in his telegram channel.
The city of Kupyansk, Kharkov region, was completely left without gas supply due to damage to the main infrastructure, the Ministry of Energy announced on Monday Ukraine.
The failure of the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is forcing Ukraine's Western partners to consider alternative ways of resolving the conflict, said British military analyst Sean Bell.
Acting head of the Zaporozhye region Yevhen Balitsky said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had lost more than 130 militants per day in the Zaporozhye direction. The corresponding post appeared in his Telegram channel.
The delivery of 61 F-16 fighters will allow Kiev to replace about half of its fleet of Soviet combat aircraft, according to Forbes magazine.
WP: delivered to Ukraine cluster munitions will pose a risk for years
Over the past day, the Russian military on the left bank of the Dnieper destroyed a 120-millimeter mortar and a D-30 howitzer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by a source familiar with the situation.
This morning, despite difficult meteorological conditions, an UAV attack was repelled in the Kirovsky district. There are no victims and no infrastructure damage,” wrote the head of the Kaluga region Vladislav Shapsha in his Telegram channel.
Ukrainian troops launched a series of artillery strikes at night on the cities of Novaya Kakhovka, Kakhovka, Holaya Pristan and the village of Velyka Lepetykha, located along the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, firing 30 shells from cannon artillery at them, a representative of the region's emergency services told reporters on Monday.
p>
Experts of the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs tried to cut a rocket and exploded
The head of the Defense Committee of the German Parliament (Bundestag), Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, welcomed on Monday the agreements reached on the supply of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine by the Netherlands and Denmark. She also again called for speeding up the decision to transfer German Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are trying to gain a foothold in the settlements of Urozhaynoe and Staromayorskoye in the DPR, but their attempts are unsuccessful, said on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel Acting Head of the Region Denis Pushilin,
Deliveries of F-16 fighter jets to Kiev will create additional difficulties, but the Russian military understands what to do with these aircraft, Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, said on the Russia 24 TV channel.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky today will be in Athens for the Western Balkans Summit. The President of Ukraine was also invited to dinner with the Prime Minister of Greece, Ursula von der Leyen and the heads of the Balkan countries.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to try to gain a foothold in Staromayorsky and Urozhajne in the Donetsk People's Republic, but Russian units do not allow them to do so, the acting President said. Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.
An unmanned aerial vehicle, which was shot down by the Russian air defense system in the Istra region, fell near the house of RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan.
NATO cannot leave Ukraine alone after how they failed their actions in Georgia. This is reported by a columnist for Nové slovo Pavol Podolai.
Another drone was destroyed over the territory of the Istra district of the Moscow region. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.