The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (GUR) carried out an operation that resulted in a Russian Mi-8 helicopter being landed in Ukraine, according to sources in the Ukrainian security services cited by Ukrainska Pravda.

According to the information provided, the operation lasted over six months. The helicopter was transporting spare parts for Russian Su-27 and Su-30 SM fighters, conducting flights between two airbases. Unlike the other two members of the crew, the …

Today, around 10:00am near the village of Olenivka, on Cape Tarkhankut in the western part of the occupied Crimea, there was an explosion that destroyed the Russian long-range and medium-range S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system,  reported the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (GUR), publishing a video footage confirming this report.

It is noted that as a result of the explosion, the entire installation, the missiles mounted on it, and the personnel were …

"On the night of August 23, Moscow was once again attacked by drones," announced Sergey Sobyanin, the mayor of the city. "Last night, the air defense systems shot down a drone in the Mozhaysky district of the Moscow region.

The second UAV hit a building under construction in the Moscow-City complex. Emergency services were dispatched to the incident sites. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties," informed the city head.

The Russian Ministry of Defense later stated that …

"All long-range SCALP cruise missiles, which France promised to provide to Ukraine in the framework of the first batch, have already been delivered," said Ukraine's ambassador to France, Vadym Omelchenko.

"This batch was a trial one, the missiles have proven themselves well. The main question of these deliveries is their pace, and here the French are doing very well. In general, if you hear a statement from President Zelensky or President Macron that France has made a decision at the request …

More than 90% of Ukrainians consider Russia's demands for recognition of the occupied territories of Ukraine as Russian territories in exchange for cessation of aggression to be "unacceptable." According to the survey conducted by the Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives Foundation in collaboration with the Razumkov Center's sociological service, with the support of the Matra program from August 9-15, 2023, only 4.7% of respondents found such demands "acceptable."

Nearly 74% of those surveyed …

On the morning of August 20, Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow's Vnukovo airport just as a plane carrying Iranian Army Brigadier General Amir Kioumars Heydari, commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces, was landing, reported the Israeli website Nziv, citing Iranian opposition sources. The website suggested that this attack may be a signal from Kyiv to Tehran about its intention to retaliate against the Ayatollah regime for kamikaze drone deliveries to Russia.

According to Iranian news …

Russian General Sergei Surovikin, who disappeared from sight after the Wagner PMC rebellion, was dismissed from his position as Commander of the Russian Aerospace Force, reported former chief editor of radio station Echo of Moscow, Alexei Venediktov. According to Russian journalist Ksenia Sobchak, the "General Armageddon " or "Syrian Butcher" was removed from his post on August 18 by a classified presidential decree. Sobchak also noted that Surovikin's family has been unable to contact him so …

The most likely path to liberating Crimea is through military means, specifically by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), said the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Oleksiy Danilov, at a press conference on the eve of the third summit of the Crimea Platform. "For us, Crimea is part of our territory. We must liberate it. Moreover, we will liberate it. Most likely, this will happen by military means if the aggressor country does not understand that it needs to leave our …