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Thursday, August 20
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The attack is still ongoing and an air raid alert is still in place in the capital.
The figure includes 1,480 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukrainian drones reportedly struck an oil refinery in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan and an oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai overnight on Aug. 20, as Ukraine continues its campaign targeting Russian oil infrastructure.
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The strike comes just over a week after Russia attacked Zhytomyr and the surrounding region with jet-powered drones overnight on Aug. 9.
Wednesday, August 19
An object believed to be a drone has exploded at a Turkish police station in Trabzon, damaging cars and buildings
Pressured by the FSB over his son, Purishev flew to Moscow on Aug.17, posting about it on social media
Hungarian authorities seized two bank vehicles in March traveling from Austria to Ukraine that were transporting a shipment of cash and gold worth about $82 million, claiming they were investigating a money laundering scheme.
The General Staff said the attack on the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara also sparked a fire covering around 5,000 square meters.
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