In the early hours of February 24, 2022, Russia launched rocket attacks on Ukrainian territory and launched a direct full-scale invasion. APU repulse the enemy
- President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic, during a meeting with Zelensky, stressed Belgrade's commitment to respecting the territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
- The chief adviser to the President of Turkey, Akif Cagatay Kilich, went to Ukraine for negotiations.
Turkish government sources say significant progress has been made on the grain corridor agreement, adding that an alternative grain corridor route without Russia is not "healthy". 
- Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said that Kyiv will be able to receive the first F-16s "not earlier than in six to seven months." 
- Ambassador of Ukraine to France Vadym Omelchenko:
All SCALP long-range cruise missiles, which the French authorities promised to provide as part of the first batch of aid, have already been transferred to Ukraine.
This party was trial, rockets well proved. There will be scalps, deliveries will continue. 
- Algerian newspaper "El Khabar":
Algeria has refused to allow French military aircraft to cross its airspace for military intervention in Niger. 
- Russian General Sergei Surovikin has been removed from the post of commander of the Russian Aerospace Forces. 
- Brazilian volunteer soldiers, one of the divisions of the International Legion, are fighting for Ukraine. 
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
We recorded the flight of two UAVs MQ-9 Reaper and Bayraktar TB2, which were conducting reconnaissance near the Crimea.
Fighters were raised into the air to prevent violation of the state border.
UAV changed course and left. 
- Destroyed Ukrainian armored personnel carrier M1132 Stryker with minesweeper LWMR near Robotino.
On August 19, a car crashed into the roof of a Lancet. The crew survived. 
- Financial Times:
In the coming weeks, the UK will designate PMC Wagner as a terrorist organization. 
- Commander of the US Space Forces, General Chance Saltzman:
Russia tries to shut down Starlink used in Ukraine. These attempts were unsuccessful. 
- Ukrainian General Staff:
Ukrainian Forces Achieve Success in Novoprokopovsky District of Zaporozhye. 
- It is reported that Russian radars were hit in Olenivka (Crimea) by Ukrainian strikes.
Reports claim it was a Russian 48Y6-K1 Podlet-K1 low-altitude surveillance radar used with the S-400 air defense system.
Another report says that the Russian Bastion coastal missile system was also hit. 
- NATO is watching.
A record number of ISR aircraft was seen yesterday over Romania and the Black Sea. (Romanian newspaper Adevarul)
The flights were performed by 2 Boeing E-3 Sentry, Lockheed EP-3E Aries II, Bombardier Challenger 650 ARTEMIS aircraft, as well as RQ-4B Global Hawk UAVs. 
- Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov:
Ukraine will soon send its "Lancet" to the war.
There are manufacturers who have already released a suitable product.
He will be called Perun. We are currently expanding the scale, there is a clear idea of the timing and quantity. 
- Swiss Ministry of Defense:
Switzerland doesn't have F-16s, and even if it did, it wouldn't train Ukrainian pilots because of its policy of neutrality. 
- The incredible story of the Russian military blogger Fighter Bomber:
Russian Mi-8 helicopter lost its way due to hacking of its GPS systems.
They saw the airfield and landed on it.
It was the Ukrainian air base Poltava.
Realizing where they landed, the Russian crew tried to take off, but was shot in the helicopter on the ground. 
Ukrainian version of the fairy tale about the Russian Mi-8 helicopter:
It was a special operation of the GUR, which lasted more than 6 months.
A Mi-8 helicopter made a flight between two air bases and delivered parts to Su-27 and Su-30SM fighters.
Together with the pilot, there were two crew members on board who did not know where the helicopter was actually heading. These two were killed. The pilot remained in Ukraine, his family was taken to Ukraine ahead of schedule.
Mi-8 landed in the Kharkiv region, and not in the Poltava region, as reported by the Russian side.
The helicopter is now in Kyiv. 
The crew of the Russian Mi-8 helicopter that ended up in Ukraine was indeed a fan of the Russian military blogger Fighter Bomber. 
- Turkish President Erdogan:
Türkiye does not recognize the annexation of Crimea and continues to defend its illegitimacy.
We maintain a position in favor of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. 
- Zelensky asked Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo to transfer F-18 fighter jets to Ukraine, which Helsinki is decommissioning:
We take whatever they give us. We are ready to learn from everything that floats and flies. 
- President of Ukraine Zelensky says that the Ukrainian military asked him to step up mobilization. 
- Zelensky:
It is foolish to think that the Crimea after the de-occupation will become a tourist oasis.
There will be a fleet, military protection of the Ukrainian Crimea. 
- Japan will provide various assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to 7 billion dollars. 
- The symbolic Ukrainian flag is set in Robotino 
- Surovikin was dismissed from the post of commander of the Aerospace Forces, and Girkin in the "pre-infarction" condition in jail, – Russian media.
The mutiny has completely failed, completely 
- LLC "Ukrainian Armored Equipment" has established a joint production of mortar rounds of 120 mm caliber with two NATO member countries at once.
The Ukrainian Defense Forces are already receiving thousands of new mortar rounds.
120 mm mortar is by far one of the most common types of artillery weapons of the Ukrainian army. 120 mm mines effectively hit enemy manpower and equipment, destroy shelters, firing positions and help Ukrainian defenders bring victory closer.
Mortar shots are made according to modern technologies and fully comply with NATO standards. International cooperation and dispersal of production facilities helped the Ukrainian Armored Vehicles narincrease the monthly supply of these munitions. 
- Crimea, Olenevka, celebrate the Day of the State Flag of Ukraine? 
- RDK is one year old today
From tg RDK (there was a video): It is very windy on the banks of the Dnieper, so the transcript of the text:
"Well, friends, today, August 22, 2023, the Russian Volunteer Corps turns 1 year old, so our Ukrainian friends from Kiev gave us another gift: they fixed the graffiti, which they had previously covered up, spoiled some nameless rats on the task of the FSB . Now the symbol of the Russian Volunteer Corps will again decorate the Dnieper embankment in Kyiv. Until we meet again.
Once again I thank our Ukrainian friends and associates for this birthday present! Your sincere recognition is incredibly important to us! 
- About drones in Moscow City 
- Coastal anti-ship missile system "Bastion" was hit in Crimea, Petr Andryushchenko, adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, claims. "Bastion" is one of the complexes for the Onyx missiles, with which the Russians strike at Ukraine. In addition, radar stations were damaged 
- Destroyed Russian armored vehicles after an unsuccessful attack near the Disputable Donetsk region 
- Embraer 600 business jet of Wagner founder Prigozhin with tail number RA-02795 crashed over the Tver region
All seven on board were killed.
Whether Prigozhin himself was on board is unknown. 
Updated:
Founder of Wagner Prigozhin was on board a business jet that crashed over the Tver region.
It is believed that he died after his business jet was shot down by Russian air defense systems. 
It turns out to be a good gift or a movie from the FSB of Russia for the Flag Day of Ukraine.
Although what prevents him from wearing a wig, getting plastic surgery and becoming another Prigogine under a different name.
Updated:
On board the crashed plane was the "right hand" Prigogine Dmitry Utkin.
He is also dead. 
In Wikipedia, enthusiasts have already corrected the death date of the Wagner leader. 5 minutes after the information about the plane crash 
RosSMI Mash reports that Russian special services are checking whether Prigozhin's plane caused the "terror attack" to crash. 
Well, a little humor, there was a photo of all the passengers of the plane 
Some even wrote that they want to avenge it 
Rosaviatsia published a list of passengers of a business jet that crashed in the Tver region:
Propustin Sergei Alexandrovich 
Alexander Totmin – member of PMC "Wagner". According to the Ukrainian website "Peacemaker", he fought in Sudan. 
Note that Prigozhin's Embraer Legacy 600 business jet that crashed in Russia could have been shot down by air defense missiles 
Valery Chekalov – ex-businessman, was associated with Prigozhin's business structures. Prigozhin's deputy at the Wagner PMC, allegedly in charge of the group's security service.
EvgeNiy Makaryan – occupier of PMC "Wagner", is in the lists of the site "Peacemaker". 
About the very head of PMC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigozhin on the website "Peacemaker" it is written that he is an accomplice in the crimes of the Russian authorities against Ukraine and its citizens. A well-known Russian billionaire, the owner of a restaurant in the Government House and the founder of the Concord company. Born in 1961. 
We also note that Zelensky reacted to the death of Prigozhin. According to adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak, the defiant elimination of the founder of the Wagner PMC suggests that his rebellion frightened the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, too much.
Members of the crew:
Levshin Aleksei, commander;
Karimov Rustam, co-pilot;
Raspopova Kristina, flight attendant.
On board the plane that crashed while transporting the founder of PMC "Wagner" Evgenia Prigogine, there was one girl – 39-year-old flight attendant Kristina Raspopova. It is reported that she used to live in Moscow, but some time ago she got a job at the MNT Aero company, which owned the crashed plane, and moved to live in St. Petersburg. Prior to that, she also worked in business aviation. A few hours before departure, the girl told her family that for some reason their flight was delayed. Before the flight, she posted a photo from the airport cafe. 
- Author - Bodislav 
Reaction of Active Patriots 
Meanwhile, Instagram users came to say goodbye to Prigozhin in the account of producer Iosif Prigozhin. 
Fans of Putin and the war also began to undermine the situation 
Is it really true that air defense worked in the center of Russia on a civil aircraft? It’s already normal for them to shoot down civilian aircraft 
Telegram-channels of Wagner:
If Prigozhin's death is confirmed, the Kremlin will be taken. 
The bodies of Prigozhin and Utkin identified.
They are dead and blown up.
A source in the Russian Cheka-OGPU says that the theme of the bomb on board Prigozhin's plane is being promoted more and more actively.
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Allegedly, evidence appeared that at the very last moment a certain gift in the form of a box of expensive wine was loaded on board.
Council of commanders of PMC «Wagner» will be making a video in the near future. 
Financial Times:
Western official says they have been told that Prigozhin's plane was shot down by a Russian anti-aircraft missile system.
It is reported that Putin's plane is flying to Valdai. (thinking out loud, if it wasn't him, would he risk taking the plane?)
Police and National Guards gather in Rostov after the incident with Yevgeny Prigozhin's plane.
All security services have been alerted. 
What's going on with Wagner's presence in Africa now?
Russian military intelligence GRU has already taken steps to take control of Wagner's work.
Prigozhin did not like this idea. Now he is dead. 
The building of PMC Wagner now. 
A small spontaneous memorial begins to form near the Wagner Center, people bring flowers and symbols of the Wagner group. 
If you scrolled down to this picture, now all publications have already confirmed it for sure 
That's probably all for this news 
And now about the main thing,
Happy Independence Day!
"Motherland" in Kyiv 
