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Friday, August 21
Drone attack reported on oil refinery in Russia's Perm
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 325 Ukrainian drones overnight.
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,472,640 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The figure includes 1,390 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
'Mass mobilization not planned,' Russian UN envoy claims, stops short of ruling it out following elections
Russia’s UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya claimed on Aug. 20 that mass mobilization of Russian soldiers is not currently planned, while stopping short of ruling out its possibility following next month's Russian parliamentary election.
Russian aircraft suspected of violating Finnish airspace, officials say
The report follows an uptick in Russian military flights near NATO's eastern border, which NATO countries describe as "provocations" and acts of aggression meant to test the country's air defenses.
Russian children's cartoon targeted in Zelensky's latest sanctions against Moscow's war machine
Among the targets of the latest measures are former lawmaker Yurii Ivanyushchenko and the creators of the animated Russian series "Masha and the Bear."
Thursday, August 20
Ukrainian authorities seek to sell Sense Bank, dismiss leadership amid corruption probe
Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi announced that the Finance Ministry has been instructed to sell Sense Bank and transfer the proceeds to the military.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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