Throughout August 22 and into the night of August 23, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out successful strikes against a number of military targets belonging to the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied Crimea, in the Luhansk region, and in the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.

Holding elections during wartime threatens to divide the country, and corruption scandals in the President’s Office call for immediate personnel decisions. Volodymyr Zelenskyy made these remarks during a conversation with journalists on August 23, according to reports by “Suspilne” and “Ukrinform.” The head of state also commented in detail on the reasons for Mykhailo Fedorov’s resignation, the situation on the front lines, and new negotiation initiatives.

On the morning of Sunday, August 23, in the Odesa region, a Russian “Shahed”-type jet-powered drone struck the locomotive of passenger train No. 147 traveling from Zhytomyr to Odesa, which was carrying nearly 600 passengers.

The number of people injured as a result of the Russian strike on the “Sunny Gallery” shopping and entertainment complex in Kryvyi Rih, which took place on the evening of August 21, has risen to 140.

Over the past 24 hours, on August 22, Russian troops carried out nearly 70 attacks on 15 local communities in the Sumy region. Two people were killed and six others were wounded as a result of explosions and enemy strikes.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces carried out a series of strikes on the occupiers’ military facilities in Crimea and on the territory of the Russian Federation. The destruction of an enemy Su-24M bomber, airfield equipment, a radar station, and drone storage facilities has been confirmed.

On Saturday afternoon, August 22, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile strike on the Boryspil District in Kyiv Oblast. One person was killed in the attack, and at least five others were injured.

On the night of August 22, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck facilities at the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in the Samara Region of the Russian Federation. The attack caused a fire to break out on the refinery’s grounds.

On the night of August 22, Russian occupation forces launched drone strikes on the Central District of Kherson. A shopping center was destroyed as a result of the strikes by attack drones.

On the night of August 22, Russian troops launched a massive combined strike on Ukrainian territory. In the Odesa region, transportation, industrial, and energy infrastructure facilities, as well as residential areas, came under fire.