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#Zelensky has ‘questions to answer’ on #corruption, #MykhailoFedorov tells BBC bbc.com/news/articles/cwy4yp…
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Trump’s South Korea snub raises questions in the Asia-Pacific ft.trib.al/X3zOO3B
— @FT Aug 23, 2026
Leaders from Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Norway arrived in Kyiv for Flag Day and Independence Day events.
The delegations will hold high-level bilateral and multilateral talks with Volodymyr Zelensky.
— @KyivPost Aug 23, 2026
“Please, boys. Don’t make my final years a misery.” The words of the future King Charles III as he pleaded with his two sons to patch things up at their grandfather’s funeral in April 2021 have just acquired a whole new resonance.
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— @Telegraph Aug 23, 2026
❗️Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a Russian Iskander-M missile launcher on Russian territory near the border. President Zelenskyy confirmed the successful operation and thanked the troops.
— @front_ukrainian Aug 23, 2026
❗️Zelensky says Ukrainian forces struck an Iskander-M missile launcher on Russian territory near Ukraine’s border. He called it another success and said operational details cannot be disclosed because of the mission’s sensitivity, but confirmed the launcher was hit. #Ukraine
— @NOELreports Aug 23, 2026
🇺🇦🚀🇷🇺 Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has destroyed a Russian Iskander-M ballistic-missile launcher near the border, as Kyiv increasingly focuses on eliminating Russia’s strike capability before missiles can even be launched.
According to Zelensky, Russia currently retains approximately 600–630 ballistic missiles and potentially has the industrial capacity to manufacture as many as 1,300 per year, with the Kremlin seeking a production rate of roughly 100 missiles per month. Ukraine is working to reduce that capability through strikes against military targets, sanctions and specialized operations aimed at disrupting preparations for mass missile attacks. Zelensky also said Ukrainian forces have almost completely liberated the Dnipropetrovsk region this year, with roughly 10 km² still to be recovered, while another Ukrainian operation is currently underway elsewhere on the front and is expected to produce results by the end of August.
On domestic politics, Zelensky rejected the prospect of holding elections immediately, describing them as a “tsunami for the state” that could fracture Ukraine during wartime. He said his strategy remains to bring the country to the end of the war while preserving an independent and sovereign Ukrainian state. Zelensky identified the period between the G20 summit in the United States and the end of summer 2027 as a potential window for ending the war, arguing that the approaching U.S. presidential election cycle would subsequently complicate diplomacy.
Zelensky also addressed the dismissal of Olena Mudra, deputy head of the Presidential Office, following suspicions raised by NABU and SAPO. He said the information available immediately after the searches was sufficient to remove Mudra and another official from their positions, adding that the authorities would respond again if investigators uncover additional information.
The military figures are particularly significant. If Russia is genuinely approaching production of around 100 ballistic missiles per month, destroying launchers, production infrastructure and supporting facilities becomes almost as important for Ukraine as intercepting the missiles themselves. Kyiv’s strategy is increasingly about attacking the entire Russian strike chain, from production and storage to launch platforms, rather than trying to defeat every ballistic missile only after it is already airborne.
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🇺🇦⚡️ Volodymyr Zelensky is pushing back against the increasingly personal attacks on Ukraine’s military leadership, arguing that criticism of commanders should not erase their battlefield achievements.
🗣️ “Maybe someone dislikes Syrskyi for one reason or another. But slogans like ‘Syrskyi is the devil’ and ‘Khmara is the devil’… what comes next? ‘Budanov is the devil’? This has gone too far,” Zelensky said. He acknowledged that Oleksandr Syrskyi faced legitimate questions, including over the controversy surrounding the Skala Regiment, and said such issues required a response. But Zelensky also pointed to Syrskyi’s record, highlighting the defense of Kyiv, the Kharkiv operation and the Kursk operation as major achievements.
Zelensky also defended former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov’s record, despite their increasingly public political disagreement, emphasizing that Fedorov achieved significant successes, particularly in digitalization and military technology. The broader message is clear: Ukraine can debate mistakes and hold commanders accountable, but turning wartime military leadership into targets of blanket vilification risks replacing serious scrutiny with political tribalism at precisely the moment when the country needs institutional stability.
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— @visionergeo Aug 23, 2026
🗣🚀 I wanted to find 300 Patriot missiles for the winter package. The request from Air Firces is 360. But when they produce 600 a year, 360 is not easy, — Zelensky
“I would really like to believe that we will be able to find the key to some small percentage of the US stockpile, let’s say 5% or 10%. We are ready to pay for this supply.”
— @Maks_NAFO_FELLA Aug 23, 2026