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• The total combat losses of the enemy from 24.02.2022 to 23.08.2023 Ukraine MOD 23 Aug 2023
• Ukraine Counteroffensive Slogs Forward. The West Frets. RFE/RL 23 Aug 2023 -- The soldiers of Ukraine's 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade pushed into Robotyne, driving U.S-supplied Bradley armored vehicles, and got a rapturous greeting from exhausted, sweaty, and thirsty residents waiting to be evacuated away from the front.
• At Least Four Killed In Russian Strikes On Ukrainian Regions RFE/RL 23 Aug 2023 -- At least four people were killed in a fresh wave of Russian attacks on northeastern and southern Ukrainian regions on August 23 that also damaged grain export facilities, Ukrainian authorities said, as a Russian regional governor accused Kyiv of launching an attack that killed three people shortly after Moscow was reportedly targeted again by drones.
• Latest in Ukraine: Ukraine Downs Russian Missiles, Drones VOA 23 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine's military said Monday its forces downed two of three cruise missiles that Russia fired from the Black Sea as well as seven of eight Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Russia.
• Russia Says Downed Ukrainian Drone Hit Moscow Building VOA 23 Aug 2023 -- Russian authorities said Wednesday a Ukrainian drone hit a building in central Moscow after being downed by Russian air defenses.

Ukraine

• We do not exchange our territories for any membership in any union - President of Ukraine President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. Senators President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• President of Ukraine met with the President of Hungary President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• Russia caused the isolation of Crimea, we will return the whole world to Crimea - President's speech at the third Crimea Platform Summit President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• President met with the Prime Minister of Moldova in Kyiv President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• President met with Chairman and member of the Presidium of Bosnia and Herzegovina President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks with the President of Lithuania President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• President met with the Prime Minister of Finland who is on a visit to Ukraine President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• President at the ceremony of hoisting the National Flag: Ukrainian flag is a source of will and indomitability of all warriors fighting for our land President of Ukraine 23 Aug 2023
• Zelensky Says Counteroffensive 'Very Hard' for Ukrainian Forces Sputnik 23 Aug 2023 -- Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that the Ukrainian counteroffensive was proceeding with great difficulties due to "thousands of mines" planted by the Russian armed forces.

Russia

• Meeting with Acting Governor of Zaporozhye Region Yevgeny Balitsky President of Russia 23 Aug 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Acting Governor of Zaporozhye Region Yevgeny Balitsky.
• Meeting with Acting Head of the Lugansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik President of Russia 23 Aug 2023 -- Vladimir Putin held a working meeting at the Kremlin with Acting Head of the Lugansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the Kiev regime's new attacks on civilian facilities in Russia Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 23 Aug 2023
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 23 Aug 2023 -- On 23 August 2023, Russian airspace control systems detected an aerial target over the waters of the Barents Sea approaching the State border of the Russian Federation.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 23 Aug 2023 -- An attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by a fixed-wing drone has been thwarted at around 11:30 Moscow time today.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 23 Aug 2023 -- On 23 August 2023 at night, air defence forces foiled another attempt by the Kiev regime to carry out a terrorist attack by three fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles against the city of Moscow.
• Russia thwarts Ukraine's drone attack on Moscow: defense ministry People's Daily 23 Aug 2023 -- Russia has thwarted an attempt by Ukraine to attack Moscow with three drones, said the defense ministry Wednesday.
• Russia says drone attack on Moscow foiled, 3 killed in border region Press TV 23 Aug 2023 -- Russia said on Wednesday it had destroyed three Ukrainian drones that attempted to stage a "terrorist attack" on Moscow, but three people were killed in a drone strike near the Ukrainian border.
• Ukraine Loses Up to 180 Troops in Donetsk Direction in Past 24 Hours Sputnik 23 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine has lost up to 180 servicemen and 10 pieces of military equipment in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
• Donetsk Mayor Says City Center Under Massive Shelling Sputnik 23 Aug 2023 -- The center of the Donetsk city is under massive shelling, with the border between Voroshylovskyi and Kievskyi districts is at risk, Mayor Alexey Kulemzin said on Wednesday.
• Russia Strikes Down Two Drones, Jams Third UAV Dispatched by Ukraine to Moscow Sputnik 23 Aug 2023 -- Ukraine attacked Moscow using three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) overnight, of which two were shot down by air defenses and the third jammed by means of radio and electronic warfare equipment, the Russian Defense Ministry said early on Wednesday.

United States

• Washington claims it does not support Ukraine's strikes inside Russia Press TV 23 Aug 2023 -- The United States claims it neither encourages nor supports Ukrainian strikes inside Russia, hours after Russian air defense systems managed to down hostile drones that tried to attack Moscow.

NATO

• Deputy Secretary General stresses NATO's unwavering support to Ukraine at Crimea Platform NATO 23 Aug 2023 -- NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană participated in the Third Summit of the International Crimea Platform on Wednesday (23 August 2023). He outlined decisions taken by NATO leaders at the Vilnius Summit in July to move Ukraine closer to the Alliance than ever before.

United Nations

• Top UN aid official in Ukraine deplores latest wave of 'massive Russian attacks' UN News 23 Aug 2023 -- Russian strikes on at least 10 regions in Ukraine have left a path of death and destruction over the past 24 hours, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the country said on Wednesday.

Foreign Reactions

• Council of Europe supports Ukraine's territorial integrity, including Crimea, says Secretary General Council of Europe 23 Aug 2023 -- "The Council of Europe maintains its unwavering commitment to Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. Including Crimea", highlighted Secretary General Marija Pejčinović Burić addressing the Third Summit of the Crimea Platform.
• Ukraine gets 12-bln-euro budget support from EU this year People's Daily 23 Aug 2023 -- The following are the latest developments on the Ukraine crisis:
• UK condemns Russian sham trial of Ukrainian prisoner of war UK FCDO 23 Aug 2023 -- Maksym Butkevych, a Ukrainian prisoner of war, had his appeal rejected after he was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the so-called Luhansk people's republic.
• Foreign Minister Tsahkna in Berlin: Russia's aggression is not a war film Estonia MFA 23 Aug 2023 -- On 22 and 23 August, Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna is on a visit to Berlin, and yesterday he met with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Foreign Policy and Security Advisor to the Chancellor Jens Plötner, and Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development Svenja Schulze to discuss European security, Russia's aggression in Ukraine and reinforcing economic cooperation.
• Video message by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock for the Summit of the Crimea Platform Germany Federal Foreign Office 23 Aug 2023
• The President: Russia's war against Ukraine must end in Crimea, where it started President of the Republic of Lithuania 23 Aug 2023 -- Speaking at the International Crimea Platform Summit in Kyiv on Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda emphasized that the consequences of Russia's illegal occupation and annexation of the Crimean Peninsula are still painfully felt today and that lasting peace is impossible without the return of control over Crimea to Ukraine.
• The President in Kyiv: Lithuania will continue to support Ukraine because it is our joint struggle for freedom President of the Republic of Lithuania 23 Aug 2023 -- On Wednesday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv to discuss the situation on the frontline, military support and Ukraine's Euro-Atlantic integration.

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