Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff logged 134 combat clashes on Aug 23, reporting 40 Russian breakthrough attempts near 17 settlements in the Pokrovsk sector.
• Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and National Guard chief Oleksandr Pivnenko said recent counterstrikes near Dobropillia cleared six settlements and inflicted substantial losses on Russian forces.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry announced the capture of Kleban-Byk and Seredne in Donetsk, a claim Ukraine has not confirmed and which reporters could not verify.
• Ukrainian air defenses shot down 36 of 49 drones launched since the evening of Aug 22, while Russia claimed to have intercepted large numbers of Ukrainian drones over multiple regions.
• Russian shelling in Kostiantynivka damaged a gas distribution station and cut citywide supply as local authorities reported at least one civilian wounded.