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21:47 Deputy Prime Minister - Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Irina Vereshchuk said that the path to victory will be long and difficult: "We must prepare ourselves for a long struggle. Citizens and authorities must all prepare ourselves for a long and difficult war. Only then We will win". According to her, the Ukrainians should tune in "for a marathon, not a sprint, for a fight of twelve rounds, not three."
20:56 Macedonia became the 15th country to join the G7 declaration on supporting security guarantees for Ukraine, Zelensky said.
19:38 Talk about Ukraine joining NATO in exchange for giving up part of the territories is absolutely unacceptable, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko said: "We have always proceeded from the fact that the Alliance, like Ukraine, does not trade territories. Conscious or unconscious participation of NATO officials plays into the hands of Russia in shaping the narrative about the possibility of Ukraine's relinquishing its territories. In the interests of Euro-Atlantic security, discuss ways to accelerate Ukraine's victory and gain full NATO membership."
19:10 Yermak, following a visit to the front along with Zelensky, said that the Ukrainian military told them about the problems that Russian UAVs create, in particular the attack Lancet and reconnaissance Orlan. The head of the Presidential Office stressed that, along with building up its own strike capabilities, Ukraine should do its best to limit Russian ones.
"We know that the Lancet UAV contains at least 19 foreign electronic components, in particular Western ones. There are many of them in the Orlan UAV. Together with the governments of partners, we are already working and will intensify work with respect to component manufacturers, as well as companies that supply them to bypassing sanctions restrictions. In addition, we are also working in the direction of Russian electronic warfare and radar systems, the production of which depends on foreign components. This is important for the offensive. We know that the best sanction is "bavovna", but we are working in all directions, "said Yermak.
19:01 Chief of Staff of NATO Secretary General Stian Jenssen did not rule out that Ukraine could become a member of the Alliance in exchange for the transfer of part of its territory to the Russian Federation, but stressed that only Kiev should make such a decision.
18:52 "Tribunal" in Donetsk sentenced Ukrainian military Vasily Shitrya to life imprisonment for allegedly killing four "civilians" of Mariupol in April 2022.
18:27 Ukrainian air defense has never managed to shoot down the X-22 missiles that Russia attacked Ukraine with tonight, Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said: "These are missiles that can be shot down with such means as Patriot. They destroy ballistics, daggers. Because "The X-22 missile, although it is considered a cruise missile, is supersonic. It flies about 4,000 kilometers per hour and enters the target mainly along a ballistic trajectory. Therefore, such missiles are not yet available for destruction by conventional air defense systems."
18:03 Russian troops shelled Kherson and settlements of the region during the day. According to preliminary information, the enemy struck with artillery and dropped air bombs. As a result of the shelling, two people were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
17:36 The Russians fired on settlements in the Kramatorsk and Bakhmut districts of the Donetsk region, the Office of the Prosecutor General said. So, in the morning the invaders attacked from. Northern city of Toretsk with the use of FAB-250 bombs, as a result of which two local residents were injured. A few hours later, the Russian army fired artillery at a private sector in the city of Seversk and Yampol - two people were killed, three were injured.
17:01 In the occupied Oleshki, Kherson region, there are dead and wounded every day, Mayor Yevgeny Ryshchuk told Radio Liberty. According to him, the residents of the city after the flood due to the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station are now suffering from daily shelling, they are trying to leave.
16:55 Zelensky said that today he continues to work and meet with the military in the Melitopol direction.
16:28 The Russians attacked Novodmitrovka, Kherson region - at least ten residential buildings were damaged, one person was injured, said the head of the OVA, Alexander Prokudin.
16:24 Russia attacked the Swedish SKF bearing plant in Lutsk at night with missiles. Company spokesman Carl Bjornstam told Reuters that the three dead were SKF workers.
16:19 The Cabinet of Ministers has allocated more than UAH 1.2 billion from the state budget reserve fund to strengthen the defense lines of the northeastern regions, Shmyhal said. In particular, at the request of the Kharkiv and Chernihiv regional military administrations, 911.5 and over 363 million hryvnias were allocated, respectively. The funds will go to the construction of military engineering and fortifications.
15:23 The number of victims of a nighttime rocket attack in the Lviv region has increased to 19, said the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky.
15:18 Sweden is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine for almost $314 million, the country's Ministry of Defense has reported. The package, in particular, will include ammunition for air defense systems and combat vehicles, spare parts for the installation of Archer.
15:00 In the morning, the enemy fired four rockets at the Zaporozhye region - a local gymnasium, a preschool education institution and residential buildings nearby were damaged by the blast, one person was injured, said the head of the Regional Military Administration, Yuriy Malashko.
14:41 This night, the Russians fired at Ukraine, in particular, with Kh-101 missiles made this year. The X-101s, released in April, contain about 30 foreign chips, Yermak said. He reiterated the need for tougher sanctions.
14:23 There will be a spiritual rehabilitation center for Ukrainian servicemen in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Anna Malyar said. Defenders on the territory of the Lavra will take part in cultural and educational events, spiritual and religious practices, master classes in icon painting, and view museum expositions. Military chaplains are involved in the cycle of the program. The program is being implemented with the support of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Culture and the Ukrainian Lavra Charitable Foundation.
13:49 The Ukrainian command sent reserves to the Kupyanskoye and Limanskoye directions in order to interfere with the movement of the enemy, said the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Cherevaty: "Immediate clear orders were given to build an echeloned defense. Our firing positions were strengthened, certain methodological recommendations were given, reserves were transferred This made it impossible for the enemy to move."
13:35 Russia is planning a provocation at the Kursk nuclear power plant, reports the Center for National Resistance under the MTR of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with reference to the underground of the Kursk region. According to him, preparations are underway for evacuation from the zone of possible radioactive contamination in the event of an accident at a nuclear power plant. It is planned to evacuate from 21 to 57 thousand people, including from Kursk itself and its environs to the north of the region.
13:12 The Russians fired S-300 missiles at Slovyansk in the Donetsk region early in the morning. The Zeus Keramika plant was damaged, people were not injured, said the mayor of the city, Vadim Lyakh.
12:57 The Russian army is planning to encircle Avdiivka, because it cannot capture it with frontal attacks, Anna Malyar said. According to her, the enemy does not even risk entering Avdiivka, so as not to get bogged down in battles with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, so he wants to bypass it, surround it and move on. Malyar explained that it is important for the Russian Federation to move forward, since it wants to completely occupy the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and Avdiivka is a very serious obstacle on this path.
12:22 During attacks, Russian missiles very quickly change direction in order to bypass Ukrainian air defense, Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said. According to him, the rocket manages to change course in a matter of seconds, while the person on duty in the telegram channel is typing a message about where the rocket is heading. Then she changes direction again and again.
11:51 There are up to 6,500 Wagner PMC mercenaries in Belarus, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergei Naev said. According to him, now they do not directly threaten Ukraine, but this may change in the future, so Ukrainian intelligence is constantly monitoring the situation.
11:08 In the Lviv region, during a night attack, one Russian missile was shot down, six more hit, said the head of the OVA, Maxim Kozitsky. 15 people were injured, including a ten-year-old child. Five people have been hospitalized. In total, 40 houses were damaged in the region, including 20 in the Zheleznodorozhny district of Lviv. Windows were broken in the Monad Lviv Medical Professional College, and a fire broke out in three buildings of an industrial enterprise. One of the rockets hit the territory of the kindergarten.
In Stavchany, Lviv region, 15 residential buildings in the private sector were damaged, six of them were critical. In the village of Sukhovolya, Lviv region, four residential buildings in the private sector were damaged by rocket debris.
10:53 Shoigu said that Russia has so far allegedly not used cluster munitions in Ukraine "for humanitarian reasons", but this decision "may be reviewed."
10:38 As a result of a nightly massive missile attack, civilian facilities in eight regions were damaged. Among them are residential buildings, educational institutions, a hospital, Shmyhal said.
10:09 In the Dnieper, as a result of a night missile strike, an important sports facility was damaged - a stadium in which all-Ukrainian competitions were held and children were engaged. Windows flew out in it, the facade and the inner wall were broken, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Lysak.
09:17 In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, air defense worked at night, rocket fragments fell on a private courtyard. Outbuildings and a residential building were damaged, but there were no casualties, said the head of the OVA, Svetlana Onischuk.
09:14 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person was killed (in Prechistovka), four more were injured. In the Kherson region, nine people were injured. In Kharkiv - one person died, nine were injured, among them a 14-year-old teenager, according to the OVA.
09:06 Ukrainian troops are advancing in the direction of Urozhaynoye on the southern front, said Andriy Kovalyov, spokesman for the General Staff. Also, the Defense Forces are advancing south of Bakhmut and continue to hold back the advance of the Russians in the Kupyansk and Liman directions, there are heavy battles.
09:00 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 15:
- personnel - about 254,920 (+540) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4313 (+7),
- armored combat vehicles - 8370 (+16),
- artillery systems - 5128 (+29),
- MLRS - 714 (+0),
- air defense systems - 482 (+3),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 314 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 4242 (+29),
- cruise missiles - 1387 (+8),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 7584 (+22),
- special equipment - 769 (+3).
08:49 On the evening of August 14, the Russians launched a missile strike from the S-300 air defense system at Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. The shells hit the warehouses where food was stored, a fire broke out on an area of ​​​​2400 square meters. m. One person was killed, one was injured, another is being sought, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.
08:37 In the Chernihiv region, within the Novgorod-Seversk territorial community, two enemy DRGs tried to penetrate into Ukraine, said the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Serhiy Naev. Having suffered losses in the wounded and killed, the enemy retreated.
08:20 Two Russian cruise missiles during a night attack hit an industrial enterprise in Lutsk, said the head of the Volyn OVA Yuriy Pogulyaiko. It is known about three dead and three wounded.
08:04 At night, Russia attacked Ukraine with air and sea-based missiles. In total, launches of at least 28 cruise missiles of various types were recorded, of which 16 were destroyed, the Air Force command said.
In particular, the enemy used four X-22 cruise missiles from six Tu-22M3 long-range aircraft (airfields based in Soltsy and Shaikovka); 20 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles from 11 strategic aviation aircraft (Engels-based airfields, Olenegorsk); four Caliber cruise missiles from a frigate from the Black Sea (Yalta region). Air defense forces destroyed 16 X-101/X-555 cruise missiles, Caliber.
In addition, eight launches of enemy S-300/S-400 anti-aircraft guided missiles were recorded in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions.
07:58 Over the past day, more than 15 clashes have occurred at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary .
In Starobelsk, Luhansk region, the occupying "authority" obliged all men at state-owned enterprises to undergo a medical examination and register with the military.
The occupiers opened a school in Bekhteri, Kherson region, where children from the settlements of Obloi, Tendrovskoye, Zburyevka and Novochernomorye were obliged to study. Parents are threatened with administrative liability for absenteeism.
In Mikhailovka, Zaporizhia region, during the filming of a video by Russian propagandists with the participation of a high-ranking Kadyrov commander, a verbal skirmish broke out between Kadyrov’s and Dagestanis, which escalated into a large-scale armed conflict. The Dagestanis won it, but more than 20 killed and 40 wounded were recorded on both sides, and the commander of the Kadyrov unit was punished by being sent to the front lines.
07:43 The Russian army struck at an industrial enterprise in the Dnieper, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Lysak. A fire broke out on an area of ​​​​more than 800 square meters. m, it was localized. Two people are injured. Air defense forces shot down seven X-101/555 cruise missiles over Dnepropetrovsk region.
07:36 In the morning, the enemy launched rocket attacks on the Cherkasy region. In particular, in Smela, one rocket hit the territory of a private enterprise, and another one hit the territory of a medical institution. People were not hurt. Damaged water and heat supply networks, part of the city without water, said the head of the Igor Taburets.
07:29 Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovy specified that the rocket had hit the yard of the kindergarten. In total, as a result of the attack, more than a hundred dwellings were damaged, more than 500 windows were broken, and a kindergarten was destroyed. Four people were injured.
07:08 The Russians attacked the Lviv region with rockets at night. According to the head of the OVA Maxim Kozitsky, in Lviv, fragments of rockets fell on apartment buildings on Paton and Kakhovskaya streets. There were fires, there are destructions and victims. Small fires were recorded in other parts of the city, they were quickly extinguished. In one of the hypermarkets, the ceiling collapsed due to falling rocket debris.
In Stavchany, ten houses were damaged, and several local residents had minor injuries. Houses in Sukhovol were also damaged, there were no casualties.