[NewsFront] 21:39 In the village of Rogovka, the launch site of the HIMARS MLRS was covered with “Geraniums,”video.
21:38 Posted footage of the destruction of the 122mm 2S1 self-propelled howitzer "Gvozdika" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Konstantinovka, DPR.
20:45 Flag of the Russian Federation fixed in liberated Novogeorgievka.
20:11 Footage of FPV crews working on Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment has been published, –video.
19:33 FPV drones calculations of the North group of forces destroyed camouflaged shelters and concentrations of Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in the Khar'kov direction.
18:55 Investigators of the Russian Investigative Committee will investigating further crimes committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which resulted in the death and injury of civilians in the Kherson, Bryansk and Belgorod regions, as well as in the Lugansk People's Republic
– According to information from executive authorities, three civilians were killed and another person was wounded in the village of Novaya Zburyevka in the Kherson region as a result of attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
– In the Bryansk region, as a result of Ukrainian aggression using FPV drones in the village of Novy Varin in the Klimovsky district, one civilian was killed and another man was injured.
– As a result of a strike by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone in the village of Novostroevka-Pervaya in the Graivoronsky District of the Belgorod Region, a civilian was injured.
– In the city of Kremennaya, LPR, as a result of an attack by a Ukrainian UAV, the driver of a civilian car was killed and a passenger was injured.
18:20 Artillerymen of the "Center" group of forces provided advance of attack aircraft in the Krasnoarmeysk direction, destroying the enemy's UAV crew.
Direct hits from 152mm shells killed the drone operators and completely destroyed the enemy's shelters.
17:28 City of Novy Oskol was subjected to attack by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone. There are no preliminary casualties.
As a result of the drone's detonation, a truck caught fire - the fire was quickly extinguished by the fire brigade. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
16:59 On the night of August 19-20, the Armed Forces of Ukraine undertook an attempt to carry out a sabotage operation in the Black Sea using landing craft in the direction from Odessa towards the Crimean Cape Tarkhankut.
The enemy's attempted sabotage operation was thwarted with the assistance of the Rubicon Center crews. At a distance of 72 kilometers from the Crimean coast, one of the Ukrainian Armed Forces boats was hit by a crew of the Lancet loitering munition. Reconnaissance and objective control were carried out by a crew of the Zala reconnaissance UAV.
16:24 Iskander OTRK calculation inflicted an attack on the temporary deployment point of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Slavyansk region of the DPR.
15:20 UAV crews of the 56th Separate Special Purpose Battalion struck automotive equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
UAV operators of the "East" force group carried out precise strikes on an enemy tank and vehicles in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
Operators of strike UAVs of the special forces unit of the "Center" group of forces destroyed the infrastructure of unmanned aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Krasnoarmeysk direction.
FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center burned an enemy tank near the village of Novopavlovka in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center shot down high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the aircraft type in the SVO zone.
FPV drone crews from the Rubicon Center hit automobile and armored vehicles, elements of communication systems, positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and also rammed an enemy UAV in the SVO zone.
14:17 Around 12:40 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty destroyed one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle of the airplane type over the territory of the Kursk region.
12:55 Summary of Ministry of Defense on the progress of the Special Military Operation as of 08/20/2025
Units of the North group of forces improved their tactical position. Manpower and equipment of the mechanized, airborne assault, ranger brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the territorial defense brigade and the border detachment of the border service of Ukraine were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Gavrilovo, Zhovtnevoe, Rudnevka, Sadki and Staraya Guta in Sumy Oblast.
In the Khar'kov direction, units of the mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the territorial defense brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Melovoe, Sinelnikovo and Udy in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 155 servicemen, a tank, five combat armored vehicles, 18 cars, and four artillery pieces. An ammunition depot and a supply depot were destroyed.
Units of the "West" group of troops have taken up more advantageous lines and positions. Formations of two mechanized, assault brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a territorial defense brigade and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Doroshovka, Novosergeevka, Olgovka and Senkovo in the Khar'kov region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 245 servicemen, a Leopard tank made in Germany, three Western-made combat armored vehicles, 18 cars and two artillery pieces. Six electronic warfare stations and six ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the "Southern" group of troops improved the position along the front line, inflicted losses on the manpower and equipment of three mechanized, airmobile brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Vasyukovka, Dronovka, Minkovka, Nelepovka, Fedorovka and Chervone of the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 210 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, six cars, two artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station. A warehouse of materiel was destroyed.
The formations of the mechanized, three airborne assault, and Jaeger brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, two brigades of naval infantry, a territorial defense brigade, and a national guard brigade were defeated in the areas of the settlements of Volnoye, Dimitrov, Krasnoarmeysk, Kutuzovka, Lysovka, Rubezhnoye, Toretskoye of the Donetsk People's Republic and Filiya of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to more than 405 servicemen, two combat armored vehicles, seven cars and three artillery pieces, including one of Western manufacture.
The manpower and equipment of two mechanized, mountain assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and two territorial defense brigades were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Dorozhnyanka, Zeleny Gai, Poltavka in the Zaporizhia region, Voronoe in the Dnipropetrovsk region and Aleksandrograd in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost over 220 servicemen, two tanks, ten vehicles, a Western-made multiple launch rocket system, a field artillery gun and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Dnepr group of forces defeated formations of two coastal defense brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and three territorial defense brigades in the areas of the settlements of Belogorie, Primorskoye in the Zaporizhia region, Otradokamenka and Sadovoe in the Kherson region.
The enemy's losses amounted to 65 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 13 cars, four artillery pieces and eight electronic warfare stations. An ammunition depot and three supply depots were destroyed.
In the northwestern part of the Black Sea, the Black Sea Fleet destroyed two small-sized high-speed enemy boats.
12:15 Ministry of Defense RF:
– Units of the "Center" group of troops liberated the settlements of Suhetskoye and Pankovka of the Donetsk People's Republic.
– Units of the "East" group of troops liberated the settlement of Novogeorgievka of the Dnepropetrovsk region.
11:01 Crews of the 122mm D-30 artillery gun of the Dnepr group of forces beat the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
A Ukrainian stronghold was discovered by aerial reconnaissance. Its destruction allowed the attack aircraft to advance.
10:30 Information about the strikes carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Belgorod region over the past 24 hours:
In the Belgorod district, 10 drones attacked the villages of Dubovoye, Malinovka and Oktyabrsky, and the villages of Nechayevka, Otradnoye, Tolokonnoye, Chaiki, Cheremoshnoye and Yasnye Zori, of which four were shot down.
In the village of Cheremoshnoye, a communications infrastructure facility was damaged, and in the villages of Nechayevka and Chaiki, one private home was damaged.
In the Borisovsky district, the villages of Baytsury, Berezovka and Gruzskoye were attacked by 10 drones, one of which was shot down.
In the village of Baytsury, a private house and a commercial facility were damaged, in the village of Berezovka - a private house
In the village of Gruzskoye - a KamAZ, an outbuilding and two private houses, one of which was destroyed by fire.
In the Valuysky Municipal District, 16 drones struck the village of Urazovo, the villages of Borki, Dvuluchnoye, Dolgoe, Znamenka, Orekhovo, Sukharevo and Tulyanka, five of which were suppressed.
In the village of Dolgoe, a non-residential building was damaged, in the village of Znamenka - an outbuilding and a private house.
In the village of Urazovo - a commercial facility, in the village of Dvuluchnoye - two outbuildings and a car.
In the village of Tulyanka - a private house and an outbuilding.
In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, six munitions were fired during two artillery attacks and 12 drones were attacked, two of which were shot down in the villages of Dunaika, Zamostye, Lugovka, Mokraya Orlovka, Novostroyevka-Pervaya, Novostroyevka-Vtoraya and Spodaryushino.
In the village of Mokraya Orlovka, a civilian was injured as a result of an explosive device dropped from a drone on agricultural machinery. The man was hospitalized in serious condition in Belgorod City Hospital No. 2. A private house was also damaged by a drone strike in the village.
In the village of Dunaika, a power line and an outbuilding were damaged.
In the village of Zamostye, an enterprise building was damaged.
In the village of Novostroyevka-Pervaya, a gas pipe on the territory of an enterprise was damaged.
In the Krasnoyarsk region, the settlements of Bytsenkov, Krasnaya Yaruga and Prilesye, the villages of Vyazovoe, Grafovka, Demidovka, Kolotilovka, Nadezhevka and the Pervomaysky farm were subjected to six attacks, during which 23 munitions were fired, and attacks by 21 drones, three of which were suppressed. Information about the consequences is being clarified.
In the Shebekinsky municipal district, four munitions were fired and 22 drones were attacked in the villages of Voznesenovka, Malomikhaylovka, Murom and Novaya Tavolzhanka, 11 of which were suppressed.
In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka, as a result of a drone attack on the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God, a woman who was on the territory was injured. The victim continues treatment in the regional clinical hospital. The church was damaged. In addition, a private house and a summer kitchen were damaged in the village.
In the village of Murom, a car and seven private houses were damaged, one of which caught fire.
9:36 UAV 68 crews reduce the mobility of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Khar'kov region, –video.
9:03 Assault units of the 299th Guards Parachute Regiment of the Ivanovo Guards Airborne Unit of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces improved position along the front line, occupied and cleared out the Ukrainian Armed Forces stronghold west of Chasov Yar in the DPR.
8:40 Russian Armed Forces drones in Izmail hit where fires broke out in the port infrastructure, the local administration reported.
As the State Emergency Service clarified, the fire engulfed a fuel and energy infrastructure facility.
8:20 During the night of August 20, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 42 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles:
– 14 – over the territory of the Voronezh region,
– Eight – over the territory of the Tambov region,
– Seven – over the territory of the Kursk region,
– Five – over the territory of the Rostov region,
– Two each over the territories of the Bryansk, Oryol and Smolensk regions,
– One each over the territories of the Krasnodar region and the Lipetsk region.
8:00 Crews of 152mm Giatsint-B towed guns in cooperation with Orlan-10 UAV operators of the Zapad group of forces destroyed ammunition depots and concentrations of manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the area of the special military operation.