The demo version of the Russian Unified State Exam in History for 2025 includes questions about the war in Ukraine and occupied territories. Specifically, students are expected to know the name of the commander of the Sparta Battalion, a unit of the Ru…
Ukrainian air defence systems shot down 14 of the 16 Shahed attack drones launched at Ukraine on the night of 22-23 August.
Source: Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine’s Air Force, on Telegram
Quote: “The enemy attacked [Ukraine] with two Iskander-M…
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Ukrainian authorities are planning to evacuate a total of 45,000 residents from Sumy…
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that a total of 45,000 people are to be evacuated from Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast.
Source: Klymenko, answering journalists’ questions at the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities in the city of Kropyvnytskyi, Ukrinf…
In Myrnohrad, Donetsk Oblast, authorities will look for parents who have hidden their children from evacuation.
Source: Yurii Tretiak, the head of the Donetsk City Military Administration, in a comment to Radio Liberty
Quote: “Sometimes parents hide th…
Ukrainian air defence was responding to a Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast during an air raid on the early morning of 20 August.
Source: Serhii Popko, Head of Kyiv City Military Administration; Ukraine’s Air Force
Quote: “The air-raid warning continues! A…
Russian forces launched 16 aerial targets on Ukraine on the night of 17-18 August. Ukrainian air defence units have destroyed 13 of them: 2 ballistic missiles, 3 cruise missiles and 8 kamikaze drones.
Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Comman…
Ukrainian air defence units have shot down all 14 Shaheds launched by Russia overnight.
Source: Ukraine’s Air Force
Details: In addition to the Shahed drones, the Russians fired an Iskander-K cruise missile on the city of Sumy from Voronezh Oblast, Rus…
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Ukraine lost a MiG-29 fighter jet on Aug. 16, according to former Air Force Spokesperson Yur…
Russian forces fired three ballistic missiles and five UAVs at Ukraine on the night of 15-16 August, and Ukrainian air defence shot down all the drones.
Source: Ukraine’s Air Force
Details: Ukraine’s Air Force noted that the Russians had struck with th…