[Korrespondent] 21.39 The Russians launched a drone strike on a minibus in Zaporizhia, there are injuries. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov on August 21. According to him, three people were seriously injured as a result of the enemy strike on the minibus. Medics are providing all necessary assistance to the injured. It is noted that this is the second case of a drone strike on a minibus in the evening. The alarm continues.
20.03 In Lutsk, a group of people attacked employees of the CCC and the SP, as a result of which two servicemen were injured and a service bus was damaged. This was reported by the Volyn Regional CCC and SP on August 21. It is noted that on August 20, at about 20:20, a car was stopped at a checkpoint near the car market for document checking. The driver refused to provide documents and provide his personal data, after which he left the scene. The car was followed by a police crew with flashing lights on. On Zakhysnyky Ukrainy Street, the driver left the car at a traffic light and began to flee in the direction of residential buildings. Police officers and CCC servicemen followed him. Later, the CCC car stopped in the arch of houses. After that, a group of people approached the scene and began to physically resist police officers and CCC servicemen, striking them with their hands and unidentified objects. As a result of the incident, two TCC servicemen received numerous bruises and abrasions. In particular, one of the participants broke a glass, which he later threw at the servicemen. The TCC car was also significantly damaged: all the windows and headlights were broken, and all the tires were damaged. In addition, a radio station, a body camera, and car keys were stolen from the car. An investigative and operational group was called to the scene. One of the participants in the conflict was detained and taken to the district police department.
19.37 Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation, together with the Security Service of Ukraine and in cooperation with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, within the framework of the Justice for Fighters operation, exposed two former servicemen who, for money, produced false documents stating that they were allegedly serving in the Azov unit of the National Guard of Ukraine. According to operational data, the unit's leadership is not involved in the scheme. The State Bureau reported this on August 21. It is noted that the defendants previously served in this military unit and performed administrative work related to service documentation. In June 2026, both were discharged from military service. According to the investigation, they were looking for men of draft age and promised to issue documents for 2.5 thousand US dollars, according to which the conscript allegedly already served in military service and was not subject to mobilization.
19.05 North Korea sent another 8,500 military personnel to Russia, including UAV operators. This was reported by Deputy Head of the Military Development Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Major General Vadim Skibitsky, CNN reports.
According to him, the already deployed North Korean troops are concentrated mainly in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation and include a thousand engineers and sappers. They also include 400 UAV operators.
It is expected that the North Koreans will likely use strike drones to attack the territory of Ukraine.
Skibitsky added that in September the Kremlin may ask the DPRK to provide up to 50,000 more troops. So far, about 25,000 North Koreans have been deployed or rotated into the Russian armed forces, the GUR representative added.
18.35 The Russian attack on the shopping center in Kryvyi Rih is an absolutely despicable blow. President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote about this in Telegram.
Half an hour after the first hit and fire, there was a second attack on the rescuers. As of now, six deaths are known.
18.28 A Russian agent, whom the SBU exposed in November 2024 in arson attacks in Chernihiv and Odessa regions, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property. The SBU reports this. According to the investigation, the main "targets" of the attacker were energy infrastructure facilities and government buildings.
18.12 In the city of Kryvyi Rih, at least five people were killed in a Russian attack on a shopping mall. This was reported by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA Oleksandr Ganzha on Telegram.
"The number of victims due to the enemy attack on Kryvyi Rih has increased to 91. 21 wounded are in serious condition. Including one child," he added.
17.49 The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Akhtubinsk airfield in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this. Damage to the Su-34 aircraft and a fuel spill on the territory of the facility were confirmed.
17.11 Russian aggressors attacked the largest shopping center in Kryvyi Rih with "shaheeds". At least two people were killed and 15 injured.
16.59 Soldiers of the separate artillery reconnaissance brigade "Black Forest" destroyed the transport-loading vehicle of the Russian invaders' S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, loaded with missiles. The brigade reported this on Facebook, publishing a video of the combat operation.
The Russian installation completely burned out as a result of the detonation of the missiles with which it was loaded.
16.35 Russia has built a secret military complex of biolaboratories in the Tver region, where, under the guise of veterinary and physiological research, it experiments with dangerous viruses and other pathogens in the interests of the armed forces.
The facility, officially called the Center for Experimental Physiology, is located on Lisiy Island in the middle of the Vyshnevolotsk Reservoir. The reservoir provides fresh water to a number of settlements, including the city of Vyshnevolotsk, and also gives rise to the Tvertsa River, which flows into the Volga.
If dangerous pathogens or chemicals from biolaboratories enter the reservoir, the consequences of an outbreak of epidemics and infections could be catastrophic not only for the population of the region, but also for all of Russia, the GUR emphasized.
16.29 On August 20-21, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of important facilities of the Russian aggressors in the temporarily occupied territories (TOT). The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported details.
15.17 Law enforcement officers blocked five more corruption schemes to evade mobilization. These include enrolling men in educational institutions, registering them with a disability group, and removing them from the wanted list with subsequent non-call-up for military service.
15.05 Citizens need to be especially vigilant on the eve and on Independence Day of Ukraine on August 24. This was reported by the SBU. Racists can use mass events to carry out shelling, provocations and terrorist attacks.
14.39 Leaders of the Coalition of the Willing will hold a meeting on Ukraine's Independence Day, August 24. This was reported by the NATO press service. The meeting will be jointly organized by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
14.25 In Ukraine, over the past six months, more than 300 gas stations have been destroyed or damaged by shelling. This has caused significant damage to the country's economy.
14.19 In the Kharkiv region, sappers seized two Russian high-explosive aviation bombs weighing 500 kilograms each.
Unexploded bombs were discovered after Russian shelling of the village of Cherkaska Lozova. One of them fell on the garden plot of a private household, the second 300 meters from the house.
The bombs were transported to a blasting site and destroyed by controlled explosion.
14.05 Military personnel at the front are experiencing an acute shortage of armored vehicles for medical evacuation. This is stated in the material of Ukrainska Pravda. Oboronka, which interviewed military personnel, medics, and representatives of the defense sector.
13.22 Military counterintelligence officers detained an agent of the Russian military intelligence (GRU) in the Odessa region. The SBU reported this. The officer, commander of a special forces group of the National Guard, worked for the enemy. He "leaked" secret information from the closed information system of the NGU.
12.45 Retired Major General of the FSB of Russia Igor Laptev committed suicide in Moscow. The body of an 83-year-old man was found on the afternoon of August 20 in a house on Verkhnaya Krasnosilskaya Street. There is currently no official information about the cause of his death. The circumstances of the incident are being established.
Laptev participated in hostilities in Afghanistan. After that, he served for a long time in the KGB and FSB, where he dealt with "information security issues." In the late 1990s, Laptev held the position of Deputy Minister of Taxes and Duties. Since 1998, he has headed the board of directors of the company Informatekhnika ta Zvyazok.
11.53 In Transcarpathia, a former battalion commander will stand trial for concealing the absence of a subordinate servicewoman in a military unit for two years and providing her with illegal payments. The woman received more than UAH 1.5 million for fictitious service.
11.42 Ukrainian military strikes hit oil refinery in Perm, Russia. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced this on Facebook. The military airfield of Marynivka in the Volgograd region and targets in the Black Sea were also attacked.
11.15 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykhailo Drapatiy held his first conversation with the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone. He reported this on Facebook.
11.05 The Donetsk border detachment captured almost 40 Russian soldiers in the Vilhuvat and Vovchansk communities of Kharkiv region in just over a month. According to the spokesman for the State Border Service of Ukraine, Andriy Demchenko, despite significant losses, Russian troops continue to send infantry groups to attempt to advance towards Ukrainian positions.
10.56 Russian aggressors attacked the Zaporizhia region in the morning. One person was killed and five others were injured. This was reported by the head of the Zaporizhia OVA Ivan Fedorov on Telegram.
10.29 On Friday morning, power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to Russian attacks on energy facilities. Ukrenergo reported this. Where security conditions currently allow, emergency restoration work is already underway.
09.31 Russian troops attacked Nikopol, Pavlohrad and Synelnyk districts of Dnipropetrovsk region with drones. The strikes caused fires, but no people were injured. This was reported by the head of the OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha.
09.30 On the morning of August 21, drones attacked the Russian city of Perm in the Urals. Explosions were heard in the city and air defenses were activated. According to monitoring sites, the drones' possible target was the Lukoil-Permnaftoorgsintez oil refinery. The enterprise is located more than 1,500 km from the Ukrainian border.
08.51 As a result of a night attack by Russian drones in the Odessa region, the international checkpoint Tabaki on the border with Moldova was damaged. The passage of people and vehicles through it is currently suspended, the State Border Service of Ukraine reported.
08.38 On the night of August 21, Russian troops attacked the village of Lebyazhe in the Chuguiv district of the Kharkiv region with six attack drones. Four people died as a result of the attack, and two more women were injured. According to the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov, it was initially known that two women had died, but later, during emergency rescue operations and clearing the rubble, rescuers unblocked the bodies of two more victims. As a result of the attack, fires broke out in the private sector. Five private residential buildings were recorded on fire. Three houses were destroyed, another 20 private houses and three outbuildings were damaged.
08.17 Commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces Robert "Magyar" Brovdi warned of a possible increase in Russian attacks against the civilian population of Ukraine. He called on Ukrainians to remain vigilant, not to succumb to information and psychological operations and to be ready for new challenges. He stressed that the Defense Forces are striking at Russian territory against facilities that provide and finance the Russian military machine. At the same time, according to him, the Russian Federation is responding with massive terror against the civilian population of Ukraine.
07.40 Russians struck Zaporizhia at night, damaging municipal transport and a civilian car. During the day, 1,069 strikes were carried out on 51 settlements in the Zaporizhia region. Four people were injured as a result of enemy attacks on Zaporizhia, Zaporizhia and Polohiv districts. Housing, cars and infrastructure were also damaged, said Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhia OVA.
5.48 More than 15 explosions within 20 minutes thundered in occupied Simferopol in Crimea. Later it became known that power supply was lost in several cities of the peninsula. This was reported by the monitoring Telegram channel Crimean Wind, which also posted a video of eyewitnesses.
4.45 Emergency recovery work in the Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv after the enemy attack on the night of August 20 has been completed. The capital's State Emergency Service reported this on Telegram on the night of August 21.
Rescuers have already dismantled five floor slabs. They have also dismantled and removed 62 cubic meters of destroyed building structures.
As a result of Russian shelling in the capital, 16 people were killed and 42 people were injured. In total, 12 people were rescued.
2.57 Russian jet UAVs attacked Sumy on the night of Friday, August 21. The fire broke out in a two-story residential building. This was reported by the head of the Sumy MVA Serhiy Kryvosheyenko in Telegram.
1.59 The Kremlin is currently "not planning a mass mobilization." This was stated to journalists by Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, when answering questions about information about the mass flight of men from Russia to Georgia on the eve of mobilization after the so-called State Duma elections, Ukrinform reports.
1.38 Ukrainian officials allegedly suggested to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in early 2026 to "attack Moscow airports with thousands of drones." But this plan was allegedly later suspended. This was reported by the American magazine The Atlantic, citing two sources.