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• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 18.00, on August 23, 2022 Ukraine MOD 23 Aug 2022
• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02 to 23.08 Ukraine MOD 23 Aug 2022
• The operational update regarding the russian invasion on 06.00, on August 23, 2022 Ukraine MOD 23 Aug 2022

Ukraine

• Zelenskiy Vows To Get Crimea Back Under Ukraine's Control RFE/RL 23 Aug 2022 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has vowed that Ukraine will recapture its annexed peninsula of Crimea from Russia by any means it considered right, emphasizing that Kyiv would not consult other countries before doing so.
• The international community should put pressure on Russia so that the occupiers leave the territory of the ZNPP - President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• Ukraine will return Crimea in the way it decides - President President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• As of today, Ukraine is not ready to agree to a ceasefire, and there will be no new "Minsk" - Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• On the initiative of the President of Ukraine, the Second Summit of the Crimea Platform was held President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• Joint statement of the International Crimea Platform Participants President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• This day has shown how strong our state has become, and this is not the limit yet - address by the President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• Everything started with Crimea and will end with it - liberation of the peninsula from occupation is necessary - speech by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the opening of the Second Crimea Platform Summit President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• In the event of an illegal show trial of the defenders of Mariupol, there will be no question of negotiations - Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• For Ukraine today, support with weapons is a priority, and all our needs are known in detail to the President of Poland - Volodymyr Zelenskyy following the meeting with Andrzej Duda in Kyiv President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• There is no other answer than weapons to the genocide, mass killings and destruction that Russia commits in Ukraine - Mykhailo Podolyak in an interview with Corriere della Sera President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022
• We will never recognize foreign colors on our land and are always ready to defend the blue-yellow flag - President President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2022

Russia

United States

• US Warns of Russian Strikes on Ukrainian Infrastructure VOA 23 Aug 2022 -- The United States warned Tuesday that Russia is "stepping up efforts to launch strikes against Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and government facilities in the coming days."
• US urging citizens to leave Ukraine ahead of Independence Day holiday Press TV 23 Aug 2022 -- The United States embassy in Ukraine has urged US citizens to leave the country ahead of Independence Day in the former Soviet republic.
• Russia Planning Attacks On Ukrainian Government Facilities, U.S. Warns Ahead Of Independence Day RFE/RL 23 Aug 2022 -- Ukraine said Russia bombed the Zaporizhzhya region, home to Europe's largest nuclear power plant, where recent fighting has triggered fears of a catastrophic nuclear incident, as the United States warned that Moscow was planning attacks on infrastructure and government facilities to coincide with Ukraine's Independence day.
• Reports: U.S. To Announce $3 billion In New Military Aid To Ukraine RFE/RL 23 Aug 2022 -- The United States is expected to announce a new security assistance package for Ukraine totaling about $3 billion as it tries to beat back invading Russian forces.
• US giving Ukraine more weapons than announced: Report Press TV 23 Aug 2022 -- US media have published news about Washington providing Ukraine with more weapons than the Biden administration had publicly announced.
• US possibly preparing Ukrainians for 'closer combat': Report Press TV 23 Aug 2022 -- The United States is possibly helping Ukraine prepare for an impending counterattack against Russia, according to a report.
• US May Be Providing Ukraine With More Weapons Than Publicly Announced - Reports Sputnik 23 Aug 2022 -- The United States may be providing Ukraine with weapons that are not made public any time Washington announces a new security assistance package, Politico reported.

NATO

• Secretary General stresses NATO long-term support for Ukraine at Crimea Platform NATO 23 Aug 2022 -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other world leaders in the online Summit of the International Crimea Platform on Tuesday (23 August 2022). He detailed the strong support that NATO and Allies are providing Ukraine.

United Nations

• Update 93 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 23 Aug 2022 -- Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency that renewed shelling in recent days caused additional damage in the area of the country's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), once again highlighting the serious nuclear safety and security risks facing the facility and underlining the urgent need for an IAEA expert mission to go there, Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
• Ukraine: Urgent agreement needed to end fighting around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant UN News 23 Aug 2022 -- Agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine as purely civilian infrastructure and prevent a potentially "catastrophic" disaster amid the ongoing conflict, UN political affairs chief Rosemary DiCarlo told the Security Council on Tuesday.
• Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR UN News 23 Aug 2022 -- The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) expressed concern on Tuesday after photos and videos released on social media appeared to show metal cages being built in the philharmonic hall in the devastated Ukrainian city of Mariupol, apparently to house prisoners of war (POWs) during an upcoming "show trial".
• Russian Prosecution of Ukrainian POWs Could Be War Crime VOA 23 Aug 2022 -- The U.N. human rights office says Russia and its armed allies in Ukraine's Donetsk region are planning to put Ukrainian prisoners of war on trial, which could amount to a war crime.

Foreign Reactions

• Council of Europe will continue to support Crimea and all of Ukraine, says Secretary General Council of Europe 23 Aug 2022 -- The situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol has further deteriorated, but the Council of Europe will continue doing all it can to support the people of Crimea and of Ukraine in general, despite Russia's brutal, illegal and ongoing aggression against the country, stressed Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić, today addressing the Second Summit of the Crimea Platform.
• OSCE organized a two-day online training course on identifying impostors at border crossing points for border security officials from Ukraine OSCE 23 Aug 2022 -- On 22-23 August 2022, the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized the third online training on "Identification of Impostors at Border Crossing Points" for the respective representatives of border and customs services of Ukraine.
• Netherlands Announces $80 Million Aid Package for Ukraine, Defense Ministry Says Sputnik 23 Aug 2022 -- The Netherlands has decided to provide Ukraine with an additional aid package worth about 80 million euros ($80 million), the Dutch Defense Ministry said in a statement.
• Dutch Defense Ministry: 90 Service Members Involved in Training of Ukrainian Soldiers in UK Sputnik 23 Aug 2022 -- About 90 Dutch troops are involved in the training of Ukrainian soldiers in the UK, the Defense Ministry of the Netherlands said in a statement.
• Calling on Russia to return full control of all Ukraine's nuclear facilities to their rightful sovereign owner: UK statement at UN Security Council UK FCDO 23 Aug 2022 -- Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki at the Security Council briefing on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine
• PM address to Crimea Platform summit: 23 August 2022 Gov.UK 23 Aug 2022 -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the Crimea Platform summit virtually today.
• Kazakh Foreign Ministry Summons Ukrainian Ambassador Over 'Inappropriate' Comments RFE/RL 23 Aug 2022 -- Kazakhstan's Foreign Ministry has summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Petro Vrublevskiy over "inappropriate" comments he made in an interview with a Kazakh blogger about Russia's ongoing unprovoked invasion of Ukraine that went viral on the Internet and sparked a negative reaction in Russia and among ethnic Russians in Kazakhstan.
• Kazakh Foreign Ministry Summoned Ukrainian Ambassador to Protest Over Remarks on Russians Sputnik 23 Aug 2022 -- The Kazakh Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that it had summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Petro Vrublevsky to express a protest over his recent remarks regarding Russians.

News Reports

• Hard-Won Unity: Polls Show Russian Invasion Is Transforming Ukrainian Self-Identity RFE/RL 23 Aug 2022 -- Ahead of Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24 and six months after Russia launched its large-scale invasion of the country, opinion polls indicate growing unity on key issues among Ukrainians and a widespread unwillingness to make any territorial concessions to Moscow.
• Interview: A War Of Independence: Six Months Into Russia's Invasion, A Ukrainian Historian Takes Stock RFE/RL 23 Aug 2022 -- On August 24, Ukrainians celebrate Independence Day, a major national holiday marking the declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. This year, it comes exactly six months after Russia launched a large-scale invasion aimed to strip Ukraine of that independence.
• Six Months And Counting: Five Things To Watch As Russia's War On Ukraine Grinds On RFE/RL 23 Aug 2022 -- Shortly before dawn on February 24, everything changed: for Ukraine, first and foremost, but also for Russia, and increasingly, for much of Europe and the peace and prosperity it had enjoyed since World War II.