Russia

On the night of August 17, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of key military targets belonging to the Russian occupiers.

On August 17, one of DTEK’s mines in the Dnipropetrovsk region was damaged as a result of a massive Russian drone strike.

I am very pleased that Russia has fired VEB’s chief economist, Klepach, who dared to speak out in May and tell the truth about the state of the Russian economy and its prospects.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck one of Russia’s largest chemical plants, which produces gunpowder for ammunition. On the night of August 16, the “Kamensky Plant” in the Rostov Region was attacked.  

Russian troops have advanced near Novooleksandrivka in the Donetsk region.

Last night, Russian forces once again attacked port infrastructure in the Odesa region. The strike damaged a civilian vessel flying the Togolese flag.

In the first half of August, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it had shot down at least 25 Ukrainian “Flamingo” missiles, which is more than in all of July.

Ukrainian forces have disabled seven of the ten largest logistics centers belonging to the Russian marketplace Wildberries.

Fires have been reported at two large logistics facilities in the Moscow Region. These are the Wildberries warehouse in Koledino and the “Northern Domodedovo” multimodal logistics complex. According to preliminary data, the fires may have been caused by a drone attack.

Putin’s trip to the Kuril Islands has once again highlighted the main problem facing future peace between Ukraine and Russia: there will be no peace treaty.