Two people died in the morning shelling in Donetsk region - a woman in Ukrainsk and a man in Siversk. A man was also reported killed in Toretsk as a result of yesterday's shelling.
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The enemy attacked public transport in the Korabelny district of Kherson. The bus came under fire, the windows were smashed, but the driver and passengers were not injured.
A 54-year-old woman on her way to work in Kherson was injured in a Russian drone attack. The victim sustained a mine-blast injury and concussion and will undergo outpatient treatment.
Average levels of air pollution have been recorded in Kyiv. Due to the heat and lack of wind, the level of nitrogen dioxide and other pollutants is expected to increase by August 22-23.
At night, 8 UAVs entered Vinnytsia region, 4 of which were shot down by air defense systems. The windows of a civilian building and two residential buildings were damaged, with no casualties.
In Ternopil, the maximum permissible concentration of chlorine and hydrochloric acid in the air was recorded. The highest exceedances are observed on Biletska Street and in the Novyi Svit neighborhood.
In Luhansk region, Russian troops have intensified their offensive near frontline villages. A forest fire broke out in the occupied territories, and 530 power grid facilities remain damaged from the winter due to a lack of funds for repairs.
The Ukrainian Air Force repelled a large-scale attack by Russian drones and missiles. They shot down 50 of 69 Shahed attack UAVs and one of three missiles, and lost 16 more drones in the area.
The air alert in Kyiv region lasted over 9 hours. Air defense systems shot down enemy targets, no casualties were reported. Damage to one private house and power outages were reported.
The SOF operators together with the Ukrainian Defense Forces destroy enemy equipment in the Kursk region. Pontoon ferries, warehouses, electronic warfare systems and enemy artillery were destroyed.
In Kherson region, a resident of Zmiyivka went to the hospital after a night attack by a Russian UAV. The 67-year-old man sustained explosive trauma, contusion and burns to his hands as a result of the drone dropping explosives.
The Russian military has built a new pontoon crossing over the Seim River in Kursk Oblast, 500 meters from the previous one. Satellite images also show traces of fighting and fires in the village of Chervonozhovtneve.
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Air defense forces destroyed a Shahed drone over Dnipro region. The operation was successfully carried out by units of the Eastern Air Command.
The fourth air raid alert was announced in Kyiv in 24 hours. Air defense forces destroyed about a dozen enemy drones on the outskirts of the capital. There were no casualties or damage in the city.
Cherkasy region was on air alert for over 9 hours. During this time, air defense destroyed 7 enemy drones. Only in one case was there a dry grass fire, which was extinguished.
An air raid alert lasted for 11 hours in Poltava region. Thanks to the Defense Forces, no hits were recorded in the region, and no one was injured.
Over the Kirovohrad region, air defenders destroyed an enemy Shahed drone. The air alert in the region lasted for almost nine hours, but it was without consequences.
Over the last day, 166 combat engagements took place, more than a third of them in the Pokrovsk sector. The enemy has intensified its activity in the Prydniprovsky sector, and the operation in the Kursk sector is ongoing.
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The Russian army shelled Komyshany in the Kherson region. Two local residents, a 74-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman, sustained explosive injuries and shrapnel wounds. The victims were hospitalized.
Russian troops shelled the center of Kherson, damaging a shopping center and private houses. A fire broke out in one of the cafes, and there is no information about the victims.
The occupiers shelled 24 settlements in the Kherson region, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure. The attacks killed 1 person and injured 15, including 4 children.
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As a result of artillery shelling of Malokaterinivka in Zaporizhzhya district, a man was killed and a woman was wounded. Private houses were damaged, in one of them the body of the deceased was found.
In the morning, during an air raid, the enemy attacked Ivano-Frankivsk region. Fortunately, there were no casualties or damage.
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A 14-year-old boy was killed, 6 children and 3 adults were wounded as a result of Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhia district. Over the past day, the occupiers attacked 12 settlements of the region 303 times with various types of weapons.
An enemy drone was destroyed in Dnipropetrovs'k region. The enemy attacked Nikopol district with kamikaze drones and artillery, and in the morning fired on Marhanets community. There were no casualties or injuries.
