🇷🇺⚡️ — Russia marks its National Flag Day on August 22

▪️ The holiday was introduced in 1994 by a presidential decree

▪️ The national flag of Russia, a tricolor of three horizontal bands of white (top), blue (middle), and red (bottom), originated under Peter the Great, and it was originally used on merchant ships

▪️ In 1896, the tricolor was officially recognized as the national flag of the Russian Empire

▪️ The tricolor was replaced with the red flag in the Soviet era, but in 1991 the white-blue-red flag was restored as a symbol of the new Russia.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Russia struck the Darnytsia locomotive depot in Kiev overnight.

In the Kiev region, the sorting complex of "Nova Poshta" in Brovary was hit.
There was also a strike overnight on the railway station in Rozdilna, Odesa region.

After the strikes, power outages began to occur.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed the attacks, stating that strikes were carried out on the ports of Odesa and Chornomorsk.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — A Ukrainian Yak-52 chases a drone in the skies over Odesa this morning.

Throughout the day, strikes have been carried out against targets in the city and region using Geran drones, S8000 Banderol cruise missiles, and FAB bombs with UMPK guidance kits.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Boryspil in the Kiev region.

After the strike, trucks and a gas station are on fire. They are also reporting that the missile had a cluster warhead.

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