11:15 In the Kherson region, local residents were detained, who helped the Armed Forces of Ukraine direct HIMARS missiles at the railway station and the village of Brilevka. The shelling killed seven people, including children. The gunners of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were brought to Brilyovka for an investigative experiment and a meeting with relatives of the victims. It turned out that they knew each other – the gunner was from a village adjacent to Brilevka, and his girlfriend, also detained, was from Brilevka itself.
11:10 The decision to conduct a special military operation was made due to unacceptable threats to Russia’s security created by Kyiv Sergei Shoigu.
11:02 Special talk about neo-Nazism in Ukraine. Kyiv officially declared itself the heir and successor of the Ukrainian nationalists. The Verkhovna Rada proclaimed the OUN UPA fighters as fighters for independence – Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
10:26 Explosions are reported in Nikolaev The information is being specified.
10:00 An air defense system went off in Western Crimea. The target is hit. There were no casualties or damage. Our military clearly, professionally and efficiently carry out their tasks. I ask everyone to remain calm and trust only official information – Head of Crimea Aksyonov.
09:50 In the Kharkiv region, as a result of an airborne strike on the positions of the Kraken national formation, more than 100 militants were destroyed, including up to 20 American mercenaries – the Russian Ministry of Defense.
09:30 Report of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine on August 20:
Near the settlement of Andreevka, Kharkiv region, as a result of a high-precision weapon strike by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the combat positions of the Kraken nationalist formation and a unit of foreign mercenaries, more than a hundred militants, including up to 20 American mercenaries, were killed.
The battalion of the 110th Territorial Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was almost completely destroyed by the strikes of the operational-tactical aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of the settlement of Velikomikhaylovka, Dnepropetrovsk region, the losses of which amounted to at least two hundred nationalists killed and more than 150 wounded.
As a result of fire strikes on the combat positions of the tank battalion of the 28th mechanized brigade in the area of the settlement of Kiselevka, Mykolaiv region, as well as the 212th rifle battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Apostolovo region of the Dnipropetrovsk region, the total irretrievable losses of the enemy amounted to more than two hundred people.
Up to 130 militants and eight units of special vehicles were destroyed by a ground-based high-precision weapon strike at the area of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the 27th battalion of the 127th territorial defense brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north of Kharkov.
Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile forces and artillery continue to strike at military facilities on the territory of Ukraine.
In total, since the beginning of the special military operation, the following have been destroyed: 267 aircraft, 148 helicopters, 1,776 unmanned aerial vehicles, 367 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,354 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 809 combat vehicles of multiple launch rocket systems, 3,320 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 4969 units of special military vehicles.
08:40 Greece, Cyprus, together with Portugal opposed the ban on the entry of Russians into the EU.
08:04 Kharkov Head Igor Terekhov reports missile attacks on critical infrastructure in different parts of the city. Ukrainian channels publish a video of one of these hits.
08:00 In the meantime, an air alert has been announced throughout Ukraine.
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