20 August 2023 in Russo-Ukrainian war
- The Russians announced a drone attack on the Kursk railway station
- The Telegraph: China is helping Russia with weapons
- The Russians hit Nikopol with heavy artillery, there were casualties and damage
- The Russians shelled Kupyansk in the morning, seriously wounding a man
- The Russians attacked the Zaporizhzhia region with UAVs and artillery, wounding a civilian
- Two drones fell on the territory of a military unit in the Rostov region
- Blinken condemned the Russian missile attack on Chernihiv
- North Korean hackers attacked US and South Korean military exercises
- Russians attacked Zolota Balka, wounded a civilian
- Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands
- The Russians said they shot down 12 aerial targets near Belgorod
- The Prime Minister of the Netherlands: We want the F-16 to be handed over to Ukraine as soon as possible
- The President of Finland announced the strengthening of Russian propaganda against his country
- The Russians shelled the Kherson region twice after lunch, there were casualties
- Zelensky arrived in Denmark
- Denmark promises to transfer 19 F-16s to Ukraine together with the Netherlands
- The Prime Minister of Denmark: The first F-16s are planned to be sent to Ukraine by the New Year
- The Russians shelled Kupyansk with artillery, 11 wounded
- Attack on Chernigov: the number of victims has increased to 156, the rescue operation has been completed
- Russians shelled Donetsk region, 4 injured
- The Russians lost 232 soldiers killed and wounded during the day in the Taurian direction
- For the first time, Ukraine was able to completely destroy a strategic bomber of the Russian Federation
- The Russian Federation has activated tactical aviation in the southeast of Ukraine
- More than 25 combat clashes took place at the front during the day
- Scholz: The West does not plan to change Putin's regime
- The Ukrainians destroyed 12 Russian tanks and 460 invaders in a day