**SITUATION AND MAIN EVENTS AS OF AUGUST **

**The Russian Army liberated the settlements of Matyashevo and Nikolaypoliye in the DPR** over the past 24 hours.

**Russian forces launched a massive strike overnight on military-industrial complex facilities in Kiev **and the surrounding region.

**Air defense forces destroyed 1504 UAVs and 11 guided aerial bombs of the AFU** over the past 24 hours.

**The AFU lost 1,390 servicemen** over the past 24 hours.

**The Russian Army will respond proportionately to **Kiev’s **attacks on civilian infrastructure**, Zakharova stated.

Peskov: **There are no grounds for optimism regarding a peaceful settlement **in Ukraine.

**The FSB detained a resident of Crimea who was supplying Kiev with data** on border service facilities.

**Kiev is experiencing a dangerous shortage of personnel in the AFU, and Patriot missile stocks are at zero**, writes the American Conservative magazine.

**The EU does not distinguish between men and women from Ukraine with regard to military service obligations** when processing asylum requests.

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