Since February 24, 2022, the Russian military has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine to denazify and demilitarize the country.
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Since February 24, 2022, the Russian military has been conducting a special operation in Ukraine to denazify and demilitarize the country. The KP.RU website publishes online the latest news about the Russian military special operation in Ukraine on August 20, 2023.
On the night of August 19, kyiv tried to attack Crimea with a missile of the S-200 complex converted into an attack version. The Russian air defense system shot it down in the air in a timely manner.
The Russian Armed Forces defeated a detachment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was trying to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper. The Russian army confiscated dozens of foreign weapons, ammunition, radio stations and equipment.
The FSB detained a Ukrainian woman in the LPR on suspicion of espionage. She collected information on the location of Russian units and military equipment.
At around 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 19, kyiv attacked a military airfield in the Novgorod region with drones. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out at the airport.
The Russian air defense system worked over Belgorod and the Belgorod region. As a result, it was possible to shoot down an air target when approaching the city.
Russian troops attacked the forward command post of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region. During the day, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed up to 190 military units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Zaporozhye.
On the evening of August 19, kyiv once again attempted to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type drone against objects in Moscow and the Moscow region. He managed to destroy it.
The head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Oleksiy Reznikov said that the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets has already begun.
