Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, August 23

▪ Russian troops struck Ukrainian army’s transport, energy infrastructure facilities

▪ Russian air defenses intercepted 1,120 Ukrainian UAVs, four HIMARS rockets, eight aerial bombs over the past day

▪ The Ukrainian army lost some 1,355 troops over the past day

▪ Russian Battlegroup West forces destroyed Ukraine’s US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher