The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained two Ukrainian residents from the Vyshgorod district of Kyiv for attempting to join the Armed Forces and territorial defense units to collect intelligence on Western weapon supplies. The suspects were informed they are under suspicion of treason and placed in detention by court order.

Two residents of the Vyshgorod district of Kyiv were detained by SBU counterintelligence for trying to join Ukrainian forces to pass intelligence on Western weapons to Russia.

The suspects participated in filtering measures and tortured a boy during the temporary Russian occupation of Kyiv Oblast.

Law enforcement found components for improvised explosive devices and communication means at the suspects' residences.

An unidentified member of Kyiv's Territorial Defense unit was apprehended for selling three Kalashnikov assault rifles and two explosive devices for $4,300.

Alexei Arestovych expressed doubt that Russia would launch mass missile strikes on civilian targets on August 24, arguing it would provoke severe international backlash and additional Western military aid like HIMARS.

Arestovych stated that while targeted strikes on military objectives were probable, intentional targeting of civilians as a military plan was unlikely due to the long-term political consequences.

Air defense systems will be on heightened alert during the upcoming holidays, particularly in frontline cities.