Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing for the establishment of temporary control over critical infrastructure facilities if their owners fail to provide adequate protection against threats, including attacks by Ukrainian drones.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing for the establishment of temporary control over critical infrastructure facilities if their owners fail to provide adequate protection against threats, including attacks by Ukrainian drones.

Sikorskі: Ukraine and Poland will no longer allow Russia to turn them into colonies
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski stated that Russia's imperial ambitions must remain in the past, and that Ukraine and Poland will no longer allow Moscow to turn them into its colonies.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, together with members of the clergy, prayed for peace and an end to the war, for Ukraine and its defenders—both men and women—as well as for the safe return home of those whose families are waiting for them.

Unmanned Systems Forces report striking MiG-29, 4 Russian radars and other military targets
Unmanned aerial systems struck a MiG-29 fighter jet, four radar stations, and a number of military facilities on Russian territory and in temporarily occupied areas.
/p/a/ed/ee971c2e645ec561b62371a14ab9feda.jpeg)
Ukraine released a video showing a parade of ground-based robotic systems along Khreshchatyk in honor of Independence Day.

Kherson and the surrounding region under enemy attack: one person killed, eight wounded
Russian terrorists attacked the Kherson region with artillery and drones.

Ukraine has repatriated ten more soldiers who had been listed as missing in action
Ukraine carried out the second phase of its latest prisoner-of-war exchange. On Independence Day, ten more Ukrainian servicemen were successfully repatriated from Belarus.

On Monday, August 24, Russian troops struck a residential building in Chernihiv. The regional military administration emphasized that the enemy’s attack took place on Ukraine’s Independence Day.

On the night of August 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out strikes against the “Kamensky” military-industrial complex in the Rostov Region of the Russian Federation. Fighter jets at the “Vityazevo” airfield in the Krasnodar Krai were also damaged.

On August 24, Russian drones attacked settlements in the Kharkiv region. There have been fatalities in the Lozova District and the Derhachi community.
