{"id":51890,"date":"2025-08-23T11:38:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ukraine-marks-flag-day-as-russians-claim-advances-in-the-east\/23\/08\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T11:38:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T15:38:45","slug":"ukraine-marks-flag-day-as-russians-claim-advances-in-the-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ukraine-marks-flag-day-as-russians-claim-advances-in-the-east\/23\/08\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine marks flag day as Russians claim advances in the east"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ukraine marked its National Flag Day on Saturday with a ceremony attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This very flag embodies a feeling of deliverance for those we bring back from Russian captivity,&#8221; Zelensky said in a post on X. &#8220;When they see the Ukrainian colors, they understand: the evil is over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The blue-and-yellow flag also represented a symbol of hope for Ukrainians living in territory occupied by the Russians, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Sunday, the war-torn country will celebrate Independence Day to mark leaving the Soviet Union 34 years ago. The day also marks three and a half years since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In Moscow, the Defence Ministry reported that Russian troops were continuing their advance in eastern Ukraine, taking the village of Kleban-Byk to the south-east of Kostyantynivka, which is being defended by Ukrainian troops.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If the reports are accurate, Ukrainian troops in Shcherbynivka to the south would be virtually cut off, as their retreat is blocked by a dam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Neither Russian nor Ukrainian military observers confirmed on their maps that Kleban-Byk had been taken, and the Ukrainian General Staff report referred only to attacks on Shcherbynivka.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier the General Staff reported that a Ukrainian MiG-29 combat jet had crashed while landing after a sortie, killing the pilot. The cause of the crash was still being investigated, it said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The MiG-29, which dates back to the Soviet era, forms the basis of Ukraine&#8217;s small air force, which has received aircraft of the same type from Poland and Slovakia since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The air force also reported attacks by 49 Russian drones overnight, 36 of which had been intercepted. Strikes in seven locations were reported, and air raid sirens sounded in Kiev during the morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defences were in operation and that one drone fell onto a road.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during the National Flag Day celebrations and the raising of the blue and yellow flag at the memorial complex of the National Museum of Ukrainian History in World War II. -\/Ukrainian Presidency\/dpa<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/ukraine-marks-flag-day-russians-133830121.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine marked its National Flag Day on Saturday with a ceremony attended by President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev. &ldquo;This very flag embodies<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/ukraine-marks-flag-day-as-russians-claim-advances-in-the-east\/23\/08\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/dpa_international_526\/94d273288e908c6a9379e2815692f67d","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}