Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,276

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Here are the cardinal events connected time 1,276 of Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine.

Published On 23 Aug 2025

Here is however things basal connected Saturday, August 23:

Fighting

Russian troops person taken power of the settlements of Rusyn Yar, Volodymyrivka and Katerynivka successful the Donetsk portion successful eastbound Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defence said.
Russian lipid supplies to Hungary and Slovakia could beryllium suspended for astatine slightest 5 days aft a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected a installation successful Russia, Hungarian and Slovak officials said. The onslaught by Ukraine marked the 2nd clip this week that Russian lipid supplies person been chopped to some countries.
An vigor installation astatine Unecha successful Russia’s Bryansk region, done which the Europe-bound Druzhba lipid pipeline runs, caught occurrence arsenic a effect of Ukrainian rocket and drone attacks, determination politician Alexander Bogomaz said, adding that the occurrence had been extinguished.

United States President Donald Trump renewed a menace connected Friday to enforce sanctions connected Russia if determination is nary advancement towards a peaceful colony successful Ukraine successful 2 weeks, showing vexation astatine Moscow a week aft his lukewarm meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin successful Alaska.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said determination is nary docket for a imaginable acme betwixt Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whom helium accused of saying “no to everything”.
Lavrov said a gathering with Zelenskyy and a woody were possible, provided determination was a due docket for specified a session.
Zelenskyy has accused Russia of doing everything it tin to marque definite that a gathering betwixt him and Putin does not instrumentality place, and called connected Ukraine’s allies to use renewed sanctions connected Moscow if it continues to amusement nary tendency to extremity its penetration of his country.

Putin has said determination was “light astatine the extremity of the tunnel” successful Russia-US relations, and that the 2 countries were discussing associated projects successful the Arctic and Alaska, signalling Russia’s optimism that it tin mend relations with Washington and onslaught concern deals with Trump, contempt a deficiency of advancement towards ending its warfare connected Ukraine.

Russian forces person conducted an workout successful the Baltic Sea, including drills to repel an underwater attack, the Defence Ministry successful Moscow said. It was the 2nd clip this period that Russia held naval exercises with an antisubmarine component, aft President Trump ordered two US atomic submarines to reposition person to Russia.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned neighbouring Belarus against staging “reckless provocations” during associated subject drills with Russian forces successful September.
Kyiv called connected its European partners to stay vigilant during the associated Belarus-Russia “Zapad” subject exercises, and urged Belarusian authorities “to stay prudent, not to attack the borders and not to provoke” Ukraine’s equipped forces.
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed arsenic “complete nonsense” the thought that Minsk would utilise the mobilisation of subject forces during the exercises to onslaught Ukraine.

An Italian appeals tribunal has confirmed the apprehension of a Ukrainian antheral suspected by Germany of coordinating attacks connected 3 Nord Stream state pipelines successful the Baltic Sea successful 2022. The fishy faces charges of collusion to origin an explosion, anticonstitutional sabotage and demolition of important structures.
The AFP quality bureau reports that the fishy successful the onslaught connected the Nord Stream underwater state pipelines has refused to beryllium extradited to Germany from Italy, wherever helium was arrested.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies