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On the morning of August 19, drones struck the Russian region of Bashkortostan. The attack damaged a production facility at an oil refinery. 

On Wednesday, August 19, another protest rally in support of Mykhailo Fedorov took place in Mariinsky Park near the Verkhovna Rada. The protesters are demanding that he be reinstated as Ukraine’s Minister of Defense so that he can continue the reforms he has initiated.

On August 19, at approximately 8:50 a.m., the Russians launched a drone attack on the Korabelny district of Kherson, striking a minibus carrying passengers.

As a result of the Russian drone attack on the regional capital, one person was killed and others were injured; damage to buildings was also reported.

Former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov stated that Ukraine must find a way to restore a fully-fledged democratic process even amid a protracted war.

Protests demanding the reinstatement of Mykhailo Fedorov as defense minister are taking place in Kyiv, Lviv, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Odesa, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Sumy, and other cities across Ukraine.

Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets commented on the question of whether Ukraine is seeking an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for Vladimir Putin in connection with the killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Throughout the day on August 18, enemy drones attacked the capital. Debris was reported to have fallen at two locations.

Russian troops launched a massive shelling attack on one of DTEK's thermal power plants.

The enemy attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones, artillery, and aerial bombs. Damage to various facilities was reported in four districts.