🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Moment of the attack on the OZON warehouse in Orenburg.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Footage shows Russian forces shooting down a Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile with machine-gun fire over Kursk Oblast.

The debris shown afterward confirm that the missile was successfully brought down.

The interception occurred at an altitude of less than 50 meters, with the missile traveling at up to 500 km/h.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Moscow rejected Kyiv's proposal to cease attacks on civilian vessels in the Black Sea because it wanted a moratorium on attacks on energy infrastructure to be extended, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters.

"It appears their position is that they will only stop attacking our grain corridor if we stop attacking their energy sector... If you are ready to speak as equals, let's talk... If we're talking about agriculture, then agriculture; if we're talking about energy, then energy. If we're talking about a complete ceasefire, then a complete ceasefire."

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Footage shows an FPV drone striking what is claimed to be an M142 HIMARS near the settlement of Mykilske, Donetsk Oblast.

However, the available footage does not allow for any definitive identification. The silhouette of the vehicle concealed beneath the camouflage net appears to show the cab of an American Oshkosh MTV-series truck, which has several variants.

The vehicle could be an M142 HIMARS, a mock-up/decoy of the system, or an Oshkosh FMTV M1083A1P2 cargo truck.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Four drones heading toward Moscow have been destroyed. Emergency services specialists are working at the crash sites

– Moscow Mayor Sobyanin.

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🇷🇺🇵🇱⚡️ — Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday he understands the motives of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's position on Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as Warsaw has lost transit revenue because of this pipeline.

“As you know, I have known Mr. Tusk for a long time, during the preparations for the construction of Nord Stream 2 and when the construction was already in the process,” Putin told Russia’s Vesti journalist Pavel Zarubin.

“Back then, Mr. Tusk also served at the prime minister and I understand the motives behind the position of the current Polish government. The motives are very simple - economic expediency,” the Russian president said.

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🇮🇷⚡️ — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has called US President Donald Trump’s new sanctions an old movie seen many times before and pledged that Iran knows how to withstand them.

“The economic sanctions Trump is talking about are a recurring scenario and he same familiar rudeness of American politics. In essence, it’s a movie we’ve seen many times before, and we know how to deal with it,” he said in an interview with the Jamaran agency.

According to the top Iranian diplomat, the United States’ new anti-Iranian course is doomed to failure, as were all of its previous attempts. He noted that Washington’s actions indicate that it is in a state of desperation, and the only way out of the current situation is to “engage in a respectful dialogue with the Iranian people.”

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🇹🇷🇸🇴⚡️ — In connection with the capture of a Turkish cargo ship off the coast of Somalia, it is reported that Turkish F-16 fighter jets based in Mogadishu conducted an airstrike on the Eyl area in the Nugaal region of Puntland, resulting in the deaths of four people.

Puntland is a region close to the United States, Israel, and the UAE, and in recent times Israeli and UAE military bases have begun to appear there.

In the town of Eyl, there is a group of Somali pirates led by the well-known pirate Farah Hirsi Kulan Buya.

Both in Mogadishu and Puntland, they hold significant political and military power. It is unclear whether the hijacking of the ship was carried out independently or in connection with the UAE or Israel, and whether there was actually weapons on board, as claimed by the Associated Press.

Previously, in a similar case, after damage to vehicles and looting of various weapons and materials, the ship was returned.

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🇷🇺⚡️ — On August 21, 2026, Russia issued maritime navigation warnings, closing several areas related to the Arkhangelsk region for missile launches on August 26 and 27. The warnings establish temporary danger zones but do not specify the type of missile, launch platform, or the specific target of the tests.

The geographical location makes the Plesetsk Cosmodrome the most important site for observation. Located near Mirny in the Arkhangelsk region, Plesetsk is controlled by the Russian Aerospace Forces and serves as both a launch center for spacecraft and a testing ground for strategic missile forces. It contains infrastructure for missile testing, including facilities that support the testing of mobile and silo-based ICBMs.

However, the warning itself does not indicate that an ICBM will be launched from Plesetsk. Missile exercises by the Northern Fleet in the White and Barents Seas could lead to similar closures of maritime zones, so the launch of a naval missile remains another possibility. The Russian Northern Fleet has repeatedly established temporary missile danger zones in the region, including from February 24-26, 2026, during which launches were planned in the Barents Sea.

The most notable recent comparable strategic event occurred on May 12, 2026, when Russia conducted a test launch of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The launch took place at approximately 11:15 Moscow time, and Russia subsequently reported that the missile reached the Kura test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces, Lieutenant General Sergei Karakayev, reported on the test to President Vladimir Putin, who observed it remotely.

A more recent naval comparison occurred on June 3, 2026, when the new Project 885M Yasen-M nuclear-powered attack submarine "Arkhangelsk" of the Northern Fleet launched a P-800 Onyx anti-ship cruise missile in the Barents Sea.

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🇪🇺🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Leaders of many European countries are trying to persuade Elon Musk to approve the use of Starlink across all of Russia, Zelenskyy stated.

This is necessary so that Ukraine can launch precision drone strikes not only in the newly occupied territories, but also deeper into the country.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Video footage of the morning strike on a locomotive of a passenger train traveling from Zhytomyr to Odesa.

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🇺🇦⚡️ — I am not receiving any questions from NABU. They understand that I do not deal with anything like that, that I have nothing to do with corruption

– Zelensky.

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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Ukrainian media are suggesting that tomorrow, Monday, August 24, the Russians will carry out a massive attack on Ukraine, as it is Ukraine's Independence Day.

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