On the night of 20 August, Russian occupiers launched a massive combined strike against Ukraine, using ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as various types of UAVs.

Russian occupation forces struck food warehouses in Boryspil.

Russian occupiers launched a large-scale attack on the south of the Odesa region overnight. Civilian infrastructure has come under fire.

As of the morning of 20 August, emergency repair work is continuing in Zhytomyr at the sites of the Russian attacks that took place the previous day.

On the night of August 19–20, drones violated the airspace of Romania and Moldova. In Romania, two Spanish F-18 fighter jets and a military helicopter were scrambled to monitor the aerial targets, and the drone that had entered Moldova’s airspace subsequently left the country’s territory.

Arsen Zhumadilov, head of the Defense Procurement Agency, is stepping down from his position. His expected resignation date is September 1.

In the Poltava region, following a massive attack by the Russian Federation, fragments of missiles and drones are being found, some of which contain unexploded warheads.

On the night of August 19–20, power went out in occupied Crimea following a series of explosions in several cities. In particular, Sevastopol, Simferopol, and Dzhankoy were left without power.

Over the past 24 hours, 234 combat engagements took place on the front lines. Ukrainian defense forces repelled 26 Russian attacks in the Pokrovsk sector and 24 in the Kostiantynivka sector.

One person was killed, and seven others were injured as a result of a Russian combined strike on the Kyiv region. Houses, cars, and infrastructure were damaged.