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Sunday, August 16
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,467,320 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The figure includes 1,510 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Russian attack injures 3 in Kyiv after numerous explosions heard within minutes
Three people were injured after a Russian attack rocked Kyiv overnight on Aug. 16, sparking fires across Ukraine's capital, authorities reported.
Ukrainian forces target Moscow Oblast, damaging Wildberries warehouse in major attack
Ukrainian forces targeted a warehouse belonging to major Russian online retailer Wildberries and cities across Russia's Moscow Oblast in a major overnight attack on Aug. 16, monitoring channels reported.
Ukraine begins using British drones to strike targets deep within Russia, Times reports
Ukraine has begun using British drones in deep strikes against Russia over the past six months, the Times reported Aug. 15, citing sources in Ukraine's Armed Forces.
Saturday, August 15
Poland will soon have Europe's largest army, Tusk pledges
"Our Polish-Ukrainian relations can be debated, but no one can doubt that supporting Ukraine in the war with Russia is for our security," Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said during the country's Army Day celebrations.
Zelensky orders government to prepare law protecting Ukraine's cultural monuments
"Today, I signed a decree on measures at the state level to protect Ukraine's national shrines," Zelensky said on the 975th anniversary of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. The monastery was badly damaged during a Russian strike in June.
About Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, which covers 31,974 square kilometers (12,348 square miles) in central-eastern Ukraine. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast's population is approximately 3.2 million, and its administrative center is Dnipro, Ukraine's fourth-largest city and major economic hub. Ukrainian forces use the region as a logistics base for operations in the eastern and southern fronts.
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Ukrainian forces struck Russia's Savasleyka military airbase, which stores Mig-31 fighter jets capable of launching Kinzhal ballistic missiles, monitoring channels reported on Aug. 15.
