17:24 Ukrainian troops strike at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant using MLRS and heavy artillery from the right bank of the Dnieper – the authorities of the region.
16:25 “Caliber” took off from the water area near the Crimea on targets in Ukraine
16:25 The Ukrainian authorities are going to announce the evacuation not only from Donetsk, but also from other regions.
“Mandatory evacuation from the Donetsk region is the first and so far the only one. But our forecasts and analyzes indicate that it will continue in other regions as well,” said Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Irina Vereshchuk.
15:54 In the liberated Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, regular Russian pensions will be paid instead of lump-sum benefits in August
Payments will amount to at least 10 thousand rubles a month, that is, on average, twice as much as Ukrainian pensions, Oleksandr Saulenko, acting head of the civil administration of Berdyansk, told RIAN.
15:06 Ukraine is copying the tactics of the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War – burning wheat fields in the south. This proves that the authorities have no plans to return to these territories. After all, they destroy everything – from food to infrastructure, just to worsen the lives of people in the liberated territories. Ukraine no longer considers their inhabitants to be their own.
14:04 In the territories controlled by Russia in the Kharkiv region, the Russian mobile communications operator MirTelecom, which had previously started working in southern Ukraine, has been launched.
13:59 Authorities of Zaporizhzhya expect to hold a referendum on joining Russia on September 11 – the head of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region Yevgeny Balitsky.
“Elections on September 11 are held in Russia on a single voting day, so far we are de jure not Russia. But we, of course, would like it very much,” he said.
Balitsky also noted that holding a referendum in September depends on many factors.
13:59 In the Kherson region, a high-voltage transmission line has fallen, which goes from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to the Crimea. The Crimean Tatars are most likely behind this. The Majlis was already broken in 2014, and continues now. Now the delivery of goods will be problematic, because it is troublesome. That is why the SBU trained sleeping cells.
13:59 The issuance of humanitarian aid will take place in the village of Terpenye, Melitopol district.
On Saturday, August 13, volunteers of the public organization “Yug Molodoy” with the support of the Ministry of Youth Policy of the State Administration of Zaporozhye region will distribute provisions and essentials to disabled children, large families and single mothers.
In the near future, volunteers of the public organization “Yug Molodoy” will distribute humanitarian aid in other settlements of the liberated Zaporozhye region.
13:59 Estonia closes borders for Russian citizens with Schengen visas issued by the republic, with some exceptions – Estonian Foreign Ministry
12:55 Highlights from the new briefing of the Russian Defense Ministry:
▪️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation record mass desertion and unauthorized abandonment of their positions by nationalists in Ukraine;
▪️Russian Aerocosmic Forcesand artillery in a day destroyed a warehouse of rocket and artillery weapons in the Kharkov region, a locator of the S-300 complex in the Kramatorsk region;
▪️Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopter in the Dnipropetrovsk region;
▪️Aviation, rocket troops and artillery destroyed 20 brigade and battalion command posts, 8 ammunition depots in a day;
▪️More than 50% of the personnel of two brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemivsk and Avdeevsk directions were liquidated.
12:35 The uncontrolled pumping of weapons in Kyiv has already led to a large-scale increase in their smuggling and the appearance on the black market, including the shadow segment of the Internet, Ivan Nechaev said.
He noted that, according to available information, law enforcement agencies in the EU countries “every month seize and return to Ukraine hundreds of automatic weapons and tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition illegally coming from this country.”
The black market receives not only small arms, but also heavier weapons, such as missiles for the Javelin anti-tank system, Nechaev added.
11:26 The UK will give Ukraine three additional M270 MLRS in addition to the three already transferred, as well as a “significant” number of missiles for them, reports the media, citing British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace. He also said that Britain is very pleased with how Ukraine is using rocket launchers already provided by the West.
11:26 About 2.5 thousand residents of Berdyansk in the Zaporozhye region received Russian passports, another 5 thousand people are waiting for citizenship, said the head of the migration service of the Internal Affairs Directorate of Berdyansk Vasily Baranenko
11:25 Zelensky: The more powerful our weapons and the longer the range of their use, the faster this brutal war will end.
10:34 One vessel with grain could not leave the Ukrainian Chernomorsk due to weather conditions. Loading operations in the ports of Ukraine continue. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of Turkey.
10:34 Krasnoyarsk Territory is stepping up assistance in the restoration of Sverdlovsk. It is planned to repair 51 objects by the end of autumn. According to State Duma deputy Viktor Zubarev, these are houses, schools, hospitals and other social facilities. The region will continue to provide assistance to Sverdlovsk and the Sverdlovsk region in the future.
09:06 In Novoalekseevka, Kherson region, near Crimea, hangars were on fire and equipment was blown up.
09:04 Consequences of the shelling of the village of Kushugum near Zaporozhye.
09:01 Combat work of the reconnaissance group of the Airborne Forces in Ukraine.
During reconnaissance, the military discovered a stronghold of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The company commander decided to dismount from the combat vehicles and attack the nationalists. With fire from the BMVD and an anti-tank missile system, the paratroopers drove the radicals out of their positions.
08:50 The Ministry of Defense showed footage of the combat work of the crews of the Mi-28 multi-purpose attack helicopters of the army aviation of the Western Military District during the special military operation. In addition, on the eve of the Air Force Day, a festive concert was held at the airfield for the personnel.
08:20 Summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine:
▪️ Allied forces are concentrating their efforts on establishing full control over the territories of Donbass, holding the areas of Kherson, Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions occupied by it.
▪️ In the Kharkov, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk directions, shelling is being released from artillery and tanks.
▪️ The RF Armed Forces were advancing near Grigorovka and Verkhnekamenskoye. Fighting continues in the area of Ivano-Daryevka, Vershina and Dacha. The Russians also conducted reconnaissance in combat near Yakovlevka and conducted assault operations near Bakhmutskoye and Zaitsevo.
▪️ Russian troops are advancing in the directions of Maryinka and Pesky, the fighting continues.
▪️ In the Novopavlovsk and Zaporozhye directions, shelling from cannon and rocket artillery, tanks was recorded. The RF Armed Forces are advancing near Pavlovka.
07:58 The West is spreading inaccurate information, passing off the movement of military equipment in the area of the Zaporizhzhya NPP as mining an object – Vladimir Rogov, member of the main council of the military-civilian administration of the Zaporozhye region
07:00 Arestovich – about his intention to run for president of Ukraine:
“If he [Zelensky] runs for a second term, naturally I will not cut him. And if the president for some reason does not run for a second term, I will apply. [Will you run for president?] I will!”
06:11 Farmers in the Zaporozhye region harvested 90% of grain crops. The harvested crop exceeds 1 million tons. Preparations for the sowing campaign are starting, the military-civilian administration of the region reported.
04:33 Missiles hit targets in Kharkiv and outside the city, the affected objects are burning
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