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Minister of Internal Affairs, Ihor Klymenko, confirmed that the victims of the recent attacks were indeed employees from the centre.

Russia attacked Ukraine’s western Khmelnytskyi Oblast with drones overnight on Aug. 19, damaging nearly 400 buildings, Serhii Tiurin, first deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration, told Suspilne media outlet.

The strike occurred in the northern Russian region of Novgorod for the first time since the start of the war.

Chernihiv City Council did not approve or authorize the drone exhibition, which might have been the target of the Russian missile attack, its press service said in a statement on Telegram on Aug. 19.

Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations on at least three sectors of the front on August 15 and reportedly advanced in Luhansk Oblast and western Zaporizhia Oblast. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian forces continued

The Russians launched a large-scale missile attack on Ukraine in the early morning of 15 August. Their missiles hit an industrial facility in Lutsk (three people were killed), residential buildings in Lviv, and an industrial facility in Dnipro (a fire broke out, and two people were injured), and explosions were also heard in Khmelnytskyi Oblast and Smila, Cherkasy Oblast.

Kyiv’s missile defense is proving its worth after once again intercepting all enemy rockets targeting the Ukrainian capital and surrounding region in Russia’s devastating massive missile attack on Ukraine on Aug. 15.

Serhii Tiurin, first deputy head of the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Military Administration, reported early on Aug. 15 that explosions were heard in the region and air defense is active. He urged residents to remain in shelters.

The number of people who had sustained injuries in the Russian missile strike on Lviv Oblast on the night of 14-15 August has risen to 19. Source: Maksym Kozytskyi, Head of the Lviv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote from Kozytskyi: "Six [of the people who sustained injuries] are aged 62 to 75.

According to an investigation by Ukrainian journalists at Skhemy, Russia is striking Ukraine with Kh-55 cruise missiles, which Kyiv handed over to Moscow in a 1999 deal. In an interview with NV Radio on Aug. 11, one of the authors of the investigation, Serhiy Andrushko, expands on the details of the agreement and who was responsible for it.