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What happened in the war on 23 August 2022?
Summary
A look back at Slovak military aid and a reported shelling in occupied Donetsk during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
What did the war look like on 23 August 2022? Two reports from that day, one about foreign aid and one about shelling in Donetsk, show different parts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
On the aid side, Slovakia announced that it would send an additional 30 BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, together with ammunition. The announcement was part of the foreign military assistance flowing to Kyiv during the war.
In the Battle of Donbas, Ukrainian forces reportedly shelled the administration headquarters of the Donetsk People's Republic in separatist-held Donetsk. According to pro-Russian officials, three people were killed. That account came from the separatist side, and the day's reports carried it as a claim rather than as independently established fact.
Taken together, the two items from 23 August 2022 show a war fought both on the ground in Donbas and through the supply of equipment from Ukraine's neighbours.
