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The Ukrainian government reduced the number of documents one needs to apply for combat veteran status, official government representative in parliament Taras Melnychuk reported on Aug. 22.

A new military formation is likely to appear in Russia as the Kremlin tries to free up more experienced units for combat operations on key fronts, according to UK intelligence. Source: UK Defence Intelligence review dated 21 August on X, as reported by European Pravda Quote: "Russia is expanding its military structures in the face of wartime realities.

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug. 18 signed into law two bills seeking to exempt night vision devices, thermal imaging equipment, and rangefinders from customs duties and value added tax.

Ukrainian troops destroyed 34 units of Russian military equipment and killed nearly 100 soldiers in combat operations on Aug. 14, Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi reported via Telegram.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), in collaboration with the State Bureau of Investigations, has exposed an illicit scheme involving the embezzlement of combat bonuses by senior National Guard officers, the agency announced on Aug. 15.

Ukrainian forces are conducting small combat operations along the lower reaches of the DniproRiver in Kherson Oblast to set up more bridgeheads, according to the latest British Defense Intelligence report on Aug 14.

The Russian military has chosen Kupyansk as the focal point for its offensive operations, Ground Forces Commander, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, said in a comment to NV’s sister publication, Ukrainska Pravda, on Aug. 9.

Oleksandr Pivnenko, the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine (NGU), has made it clear that the commanders of Azov will be involved in further combat operations against Russian forces. Source: Pivnenko in an interview with Ukrainska Pravda Details: Pivnenko was appointed to the position on 8 July 2023, when the commanders of Azov came back from Türkiye.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that the Special Operations Forces (SOF) fighters inflicted particularly tangible strikes on Russian terrorists and took part in key combat operations during the Russian full-scale invasion.

Wagner mercenaries are no longer participating in “any significant capacity” in combat operations in Ukraine, Pentagon press secretary Pat Ryder announced on July 13.