For the fifth day, a large-scale fire at the Kavkaz oil depot, targeted by the Ukrainian military, is being extinguished in Proletarsk, Rostov Oblast of the Russian Federation, local media report.

The United States has warned its citizens that over the next few days, there is an increased risk of nighttime and daytime Russian drone and missile attacks across Ukraine in connection with Ukraine's Independence Day on August 24, reads the warning of the US Embassy in Ukraine.

When exchanging prisoners, Ukraine will return certain categories of people as a priority, said Ukraine’s spymaster Kyrylo Budanov at a joint briefing with the heads of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Foreign Intelligence Service, and the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights.

SBU special forces captured 102 Russian soldiers in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. This is the most massive capture of the enemy that was carried out at one time, a source in the SBU told hromadske.

Officers of the SBU Security Service of Ukraine hit another helicopter in Russia’s Kursk Oblast with the help of an FPV drone, reported a hromadske source in the agency.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed the successful strike by the Ukrainian military on the military airfield in Lipetsk, reads the report of the General Staff.

Analysts from the American Institute for the Study of War claim that Ukrainian forces are advancing up to 10 kilometers deep into Russia’s Kursk Oblast. The so-called "milbloggers" from Russia report fighting in the town of Sudzha.

The officers of the Special Operations Center "A" of the SBU Security Service were able to strike a Russian Mi-28 helicopter with a long FPV drone right in the air, reported activist and volunteer Serhiy Sternenko. This was also confirmed by a hromadske source in the SBU.