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2022-08-05 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 4th, 2022

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[Korrespondent] 23:33 In Kharkiv, the Russians fired artillery at Saltovsky and Industrialny districts in the evening, as well as Pavlovo Pole in the Shevchenkovsky district. Residential buildings, educational institutions were damaged, rescuers find unexploded warheads. Windows were broken in many apartments, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. He stressed that Pavlovo Pole is an area where there is no military infrastructure. There is already information about three wounded on Pavlovo Pole - they are all hospitalized.

23:21 Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov said that tomorrow morning the next three ships with Ukrainian corn should leave the ports of Odessa and Chernomorsk under the grain agreement. According to him, more than 50,000 tons of Ukrainian corn are on board the three bulk carriers.

23:05 Russia demands negotiations from Ukraine, as it is at the peak of its territorial claims, Podolyak said on the air of Channel 24. According to him, the Russians understand that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will retake the occupied territories with the help of Western weapons: “This process is not as fast as we would like. We must understand this. The Russian army still has enough resources. a lot. They do not think that people should be protected - and they go, and they go. "

Podolyak noted that today Russia wants to fix the status quo with an ultimatum: "Agree with us on a partial truce and fix a new line of demarcation - Minsk-3." He also added that the actions of the enemy are predictable, since the Russian Federation understands that it may not have a chance anymore.

22:37 Zelensky commented on Amnesty International's statement in an evening video message: "Unfortunately, today Amnesty International tried to amnesty a terrorist state and shift responsibility from the aggressor to the victim ... Everyone who amnesties Russia and artificially creates such an information context that some kind of strikes terrorists are allegedly justified or understandable, cannot but realize that this helps the terrorists."

22:31 The Russians are shelling Kharkiv again: they attacked the Shevchenkovsky and Industrial districts. There is preliminary information about three victims, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

22:29 The German politician, having returned from the Kremlin, began to blackmail Europe with the gas crisis and "fantasized" about Russia's desire to end the war. For more details, see Schroeder's Statement: What Putin Really Wants .

22:04 The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, reports strikes on the city.

21:47 The EU has imposed new sanctions against Viktor Yanukovych and his son Alexander. The official journal of the European Union says that the son of the ex-president continues to do business in the occupied Donbas. As for the father, after fleeing to Russia, he continued his activities aimed at destabilizing the situation in Ukraine.

21:18 The coordination center in Istanbul plans to leave three dry cargo ships with grain from Ukrainian ports on Friday, August 5, Russian media write.

20:51 The status of temporary protection for citizens of Ukraine in the EU will be valid at least until the spring of 2024, Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Olga Stefanyshina said on the air of the telethon. According to her, Ukrainians can go home and return to the territory of the European Union, but in the case of a long-term return, citizens must de-register in the EU and re-register upon return.

20:25 Amnesty International released a report claiming that the Ukrainian military endangers the civilian population, as they say, they create bases in residential areas, hospitals, schools and near granaries. Ukrainian politicians, diplomats and bloggers almost unanimously condemned the conclusions of human rights activists. The authors of the report are accused of knowingly or unintentionally playing along with Russian propaganda. Read more in the material Scandal with human rights activists .

19:48 Since the beginning of this day, the Ukrainian military has repulsed the offensive of the Russian aggressors in several directions at once. The enemy tried to break through the defenses near Marinka, but suffered losses and retreated, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report.

19:34 Zelensky said during a conversation with African media that he does not believe in dialogue with Russia: "They do not offer us a dialogue. They offer us to surrender ... I have been president for three years. You will not find a single president of the EU countries who would did not receive signals from me for three years that I want direct talks with the President of Russia, that we cannot allow a full-scale war, that there will be tens and hundreds of thousands of dead and millions of refugees ... I called him many times.

"When they came to occupy us here, what should I do? Call again? This is not a dialogue and not reconciliation. This is an ultimatum. It sounds like this: if you do not do as we want, we will kill you. They tie our hands , cut out the tongue, and then say that they are ready for dialogue," Zelensky said.

19:19 The Finnish city of Lappeenranta, located near the border with Russia, starting from August 5, will play the national anthem of Ukraine every day. As Yle writes, the anthem will sound from the roof of the city theater in the Iso-Kristiina shopping center daily at 19:30 local time. So the city wants to show its support to the Ukrainians. In addition, in Lappeenranta, the Ukrainian flag will be hoisted on the flagpole in front of the city hall and in the port. In the neighboring city of Imatra, the anthem of Ukraine began to be played from the end of July, the newspaper notes.

18:50 The massive shelling of Nikolaev is connected with the accumulation of forces by Russia for the counteroffensive, said the representative of the defense forces of the South, Natalya Gumenyuk. According to her, the Russians are pulling up reserves in an attempt to create their own counteroffensive and disperse information fakes that Nikolaev is about to be taken. Gumenyuk is convinced that this is an attempt to break the spirit of the city, because Mykolaiv is a fortress.

18:37 Zelensky said that he had the first conversation in the history of bilateral relations with President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Sissoko Embalo and congratulated him on his election as head of the Economic Community of West African Countries (ECOWAS). "We discussed support for Ukraine, in particular in international organizations. I stressed Ukraine's readiness to act as a guarantor of food security in the region," the Ukrainian president said.

18:02 Zelensky has appointed a new head of the Kherson Regional State Administration - Yaroslav Yanushevich.

17:58 Poland will build an electronic barrier on the border with the Kaliningrad region and on the border river Bug. Construction will begin at the end of the year, said Anna Michalska, spokeswoman for the border service. In addition, according to her, it is planned to build an electronic barrier on the Polish-Belarusian border, now poles with cameras have already been installed there.

17:36 Estonia will get rid of 400 Soviet monuments, Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said: "The main thing has been decided - the red monuments must be removed from public space, and we will do it as soon as possible." Separately, the government will decide on the fate of the T-34 tank, which is in the form of a monument in the city of Narva. In Narva, more than 90% of the population are Russian speakers, they oppose the demolition of the monument.

17:13 In the Donetsk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated two villages, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksiy Gromov said: "During the week, our troops improved their tactical position and advanced deep into the enemy's defenses in the areas of the settlements of Mazanovka, Brashkov, Sulugunovka and Dmitrovka. We released two villages points - Mazanovka and Dmitrovka".

At the same time, according to Gromov, the Armed Forces of Ukraine withdrew from the occupied lines in the Avdiivka area and in the direction of Bakhmut: "After the massive use of aviation and artillery on July 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine were forced to leave the Butovka mine and go on the defensive south of Avdiivka."

16:24 Reznikov commented on Amnesty International's statement: "Any attempts to question the right of Ukrainians to resist genocide, to protect their families and homes, to protect their lives and the lives of their children, to resist the actions of Russia as a terrorist state is a perversion, no matter what legal constructions it was not disguised. Any attempt, even casually, to equate unprovoked Russian aggression and Ukrainian self-defense, as is done in the Amnesty International material, is evidence of a loss of adequacy and a way to destroy one's authority."

15:56 In the occupied Belovodsk, Lugansk region, a car with local occupation authorities was fired at, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, partisans were involved in the shelling of the occupiers, the "mayor" and his "deputy" who were in the car were injured.

15:53 The funds raised through the UNITED24 platform were used to purchase a helicopter for the first time, said Mikhail Fedorov, head of the Ministry of Digital Development. This is a rescue helicopter MI-2AM-1 for 23.4 million hryvnia, designed to evacuate the seriously wounded from the battlefield. Picks up speed up to 200 km / h and covers a distance of up to 600 km.

15:47 Russia is building up its forces in the Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, said Alexei Gromov, deputy chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Thus, the enemy moved three BTGs to the Kryvyi Rih direction, which carried out tasks in the Novopavlovsk direction, and also introduced one additional BTG in the Zaporozhye direction.

In addition, according to Gromov, the Russians use the territory of Crimea as a springboard for the accumulation of weapons, military equipment, ammunition, material and technical means in order to make up for the losses of troops in these areas. The relocation of the army aviation of the Eastern Military District to the operational airfields of the Crimea is also noted.

15:21 Amnesty International published a report in which it accused the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that the military is based in residential areas, including schools and hospitals, which is contrary to international humanitarian law. Human rights activists said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine endanger people when they shoot at populated areas, and bases in residential areas make them legitimate targets for Russians.

Podolyak noted that such statements are part of Russian propaganda that discredits the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the eyes of Western societies: “The only thing that poses a threat to the lives of Ukrainians is the Russian army of executioners and rapists that came to Ukraine to commit genocide. Our defenders protect their people and families. The life of people for Ukraine is an absolute priority, which is why we are evacuating residents from front-line cities."

Kuleba, in turn, called the Amnesty International report unfair: "This behavior of Amnesty is not about finding and reporting the truth to the world, it is about creating a false balance between the perpetrator and the victim."

15:06 In the Kherson region, Russians yesterday morning kidnapped the head of the Gornostaevsk community, Dmitry Lyakhno. According to the Kakhovka city territorial community, he was severely beaten and taken away with a bag on his head in an unknown direction. Volunteer Alexander Slisarenko was taken along with him.

14:39 The Russian command is transferring units to the Bryansk and Kursk regions that can take part in diversionary maneuvers in the Sumy and Chernihiv directions, reports the Stratcom of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the same time, the number of forces and means of Russian troops near the border with the Sumy and Chernihiv regions is not enough to open a second front, but this composition can be transferred in order to intensify operations on the border, diverting the attention of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

14:17 Russian writers will remain in the program of foreign literature, but only those whose work is connected with Ukraine, Yuriy Kononenko, head of the department of general secondary and preschool education of the Ministry of Education and Science, said on the air of the telethon. In particular, according to him, Nikolai Gogol, Vladimir Korolenko, Ilf and Petrov, Mikhail Bulgakov will remain in the program.

13:45 Soldiers of the National Guard raised the flag of Ukraine over the highest point of the city of Svyatogorsk, Donetsk region, which is currently partially occupied.

13:23 NATO will create a single trust fund to finance the needs of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the President's Office Igor Zhovkva said in an interview with LB.ua.

13:19 Europe is going through the most dangerous situation since World War II, and Russia's war against Ukraine is an attack on the current world order, so the Russian aggressor cannot be allowed to win, Stoltenberg said. According to him, NATO in the current situation has two tasks - "to support Ukraine and prevent the conflict from spreading into a full-scale war between NATO and Russia."

13:11 The occupiers will not hold "referendums" in the occupied territories of Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, because they will not be able to keep them under their control, deputy head of the OP Igor Zhovkva said in an interview with LB.ua. He recalled that the Kremlin constantly postpones the date of the “vote”, demonstrating in such a way that he himself is not sure that he will be able to maintain control over the occupied territories, Zhovkva is convinced: “Therefore, everything that the Kremlin does is broadcast such information to the internal Russian audience ".

12:58 Podolyak on the air of the Breakfast Show said that Ukraine was not involved in the shelling of Donetsk: "Only the Russians themselves are hitting Donetsk - or the corps of the" people's militia "of the unrecognized criminal "republics." It makes no sense for us to strike at some events in Donetsk We need to destroy three things: fuel depots, depots with artillery shells and operational-tactical headquarters."

12:54 Russians fired artillery today at Toretsk, Donetsk region. The shells hit a public transport stop, where at that moment there was a crowd of people. As a result of the shelling, eight people were killed, four were injured, of which three were children. The church was also damaged, the priest was wounded, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

12:37 The Russians will not pass in the Kiev direction for the second time, since the Armed Forces of Ukraine are much better prepared for a possible offensive, Lieutenant General Sergei Naev, commander of the Joint Forces, said: "We analyzed the enemy's previous actions in the Kiev direction and, having studied this experience, provided for our adequate actions. Defensive positions are located precisely in those places where the enemy forces are most likely to attack. We have created an integrated system of fire destruction, which provides for defeating the enemy at distant approaches and in the depths of his battle formations."

12:08 Podolyak said that in order to negotiate with Russia, you need to have the right negotiating position, and it contains four components:

long-range artillery, MLRS and ATAСMS to destroy Russian logistics;

Air defense / missile defense to protect cities;

"shock drones are the best hunters";

armored vehicles for counteroffensives.

12:02 For the first time since the beginning of the Russian invasion, a ship is heading to the Ukrainian port to load grain , said Serhiy Bratchuk, speaker of the Odesa OVA. According to him, the Turkish bulk carrier Ospreys under the flag of Liberia is heading from the Dardanelles to the port of Chornomorsk. The ship left the Turkish port of Iskenderun on July 31 and should arrive in Ukraine on August 5.

11:47 Russian media report that the area of the Opera and Ballet Theater and the Donbass Palace Hotel in the center of Donetsk was shelled for the first time in eight years of the conflict. The "DPR" said that, according to preliminary data, as a result of the shelling, two people were killed and five injured, including two ambulance workers.

11:28 Deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan denied the information of the invaders that they allegedly completely repaired the Antonovsky bridge. According to him, the Russians simply put road slabs on the holes, so that only cars can pass through.

10:44 Russian media write about the intensive shelling of the center of Donetsk, in particular, a blow was struck at the drama theater, where the farewell to Olga Kachura is taking place. People were evacuated to shelters, the ceremony did not begin.

10:41 The Belarusian Defense Ministry announced that about 250 Belarusian military will take part in the Vostok-2022 exercises in eastern Russia from August 30 to September 5.

10:39 Russians fired at the Sumy region from mortars and artillery, Shaliginskaya, Krasnopolskaya and Novoslobodskaya communities were under fire, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. There were no casualties.

10:28 The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is disappointed with the decision of the Lebanese court to remove the arrest from the Syrian ship Laodecia, which transports stolen Ukrainian grain: "The decision actually encourages the Russian Federation to continue thefts in the temporarily occupied south of Ukraine with a sense of impunity. In addition, with this decision, Lebanon actually undermines its food security, pushing Ukraine away as a reliable partner."

09:52 A new aid package from the United States will meet the needs of Ukraine, Reznikov said after a conversation with his American counterpart Lloyd Austin. Reznikov also noted that the new US defense attache, who arrived in Kyiv, will help increase the level of trust between the parties in the field of defense and security.

09:49 In Zaporozhye tonight, the Russians hit the outskirts of one of the districts of the city, said the secretary of the City Council Anatoly Kurtev. A high-rise building and several private houses were damaged, no one was injured.

09:45 In the Kherson region, the date of the "referendum" on the issue of joining Russia will be determined within a month, said Kirill Stremousov, "deputy head of the military-civil administration" of the occupied region.

09:37 In the Kharkiv region, due to Russian shelling, four people were injured in a day, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. In Chuguev, one person was killed due to shelling.

09:18 Lithuanian volunteers handed over high-tech weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Defense attaché at the Lithuanian embassy, Colonel Darius Adomaitis, during the ceremony of handing over equipment to counter UAVs, said that representatives of the Lithuanian television company Nonprofit Corporation Laisves TV had collected more than 5 million euros in voluntary contributions for the purchase and subsequent transfer of Bayraktars. But since the Turkish side decided to donate one UAV free of charge, almost 2 million euros from the funds raised were spent on the manufacture of Sly Wiper UAV countermeasure systems for Ukraine.

09:12 British intelligence reports that Ukrainian rocket and artillery units continue to strike at Russian military strongholds, personnel concentrations, logistics bases and ammunition depots. Analysts note that this is likely to affect the replenishment of the logistics of the Russian military and put pressure on Russian combat support units.

According to British intelligence, Russian forces almost certainly placed pyramidal radar reflectors in the water near the recently damaged Antonovsky and railway bridges in the Kherson area. Radar reflectors are likely used to hide the bridge from missile guidance equipment. Analysts believe that this "highlights the threat that Russia feels due to the increased range and accuracy of Western systems."

09:08 Putin awarded the title of Hero of Russia to Olga Kachura, who was killed the day before, with the call sign "Korsa", who commanded the MLRS division in the "DPR". Kachura worked in the Gorlovka police until 2014, after which she went over to the side of the "DPR" militants. In Ukraine, she was sentenced in absentia to 12 years in prison.

09:06 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 4. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut and Donetsk directions.

personnel - about 41,500 (+150) people liquidated,

tanks - 1789 (+15),

armored combat vehicles - 4026 (+4),

artillery systems - 946 (+7),

MLRS - 260 (+1),

air defense systems - 118 (+0),

aircraft - 223 (+0),

helicopters - 191 (+0),

UAV operational-tactical level - 742 (+2),

cruise missiles - 182 (+2),

ships/boats - 15 (+0),

automotive equipment and tankers - 2960 (+38),

special equipment - 83 (+0).

09:00 In the territories occupied in 2014, the Russians have already mobilized everyone they can, and now even irreplaceable miners are being taken away, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. In the recently captured settlements, those who did not have time to evacuate to the safe regions of Ukraine suffer - they are sent to the military registration and enlistment offices against their will. According to Gaidai, about 80 men have already been sent to the front in Starobelsk this week.

08:54 In the Donetsk region, three civilians per day died from Russian shelling - in Bakhmut, Maryinka and Shevchenko. Five more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:46 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the enemy's offensive in the Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut and Avdeevsk directions. Also, the enemy is trying to attack in the Kharkiv region, the General Staff said in the morning summary .

08:32 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says that Russian troops are likely using the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant to play on Western fears about a nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine, thus trying to reduce the desire to provide military support to the Ukrainian counter-offensive. Analysts also write that the Kremlin, in all likelihood, continues to try to strengthen its relationship with Tehran in order to obtain drones.

In Yelenovka, Russian troops likely set fire to a prison complex where Ukrainian prisoners of war were being held, but accused Ukraine of an alleged precision strike using Western military equipment, which is likely to increase US hesitation about providing Ukraine with HIMARS, experts say.

Russian forces have made limited gains around Bakhmut and Avdiivka in recent days, according to ISW. The occupiers launched a limited ground attack northwest of Slovyansk and continued their advance on Bakhmut from the northeast, east, and southeast. The Russians prefer a frontal attack on Avdeevka and have not been able to gain a foothold in Pisky.

The troops of the Russian Federation are forming a strike force to prevent a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the north of Kherson or a counterattack against them.

07:44 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two districts - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog - fell under enemy attack at night. Russian troops shelled Nikopol twice, firing about 60 shells from Gradov into residential areas, said the head of the UVA, Valentin Reznichenko. Previously, no people were hurt. Dozens of residential buildings, buildings and equipment of three local businesses and more than 100 solar panels were damaged. Two power lines have been broken in the city, more than 3,000 residents are without electricity.

In the Krivoy Rog region, the enemy shelled Karpovskaya and Shirokovskaya communities with Hurricanes, one person was wounded.

06:23 Today around 4:00 powerful explosions thundered in Nikolaev. Two districts of the city came under shelling, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said. Residential buildings were damaged, a fire broke out.

05:41 The Russians hit the Nemyshlyansky district of Kharkov, the administrative building was damaged, Mayor Igor Terekhov said. People were not injured, there was no fire.

01:55 In Chernobaevka, the command post of the 22nd Army Corps of the Coastal Troops of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation was destroyed, OK Pivden reported. Also, the aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted two strikes on enemy strongholds in the areas of Blagodatny and Pravdino.

01:14 In Vinnitsa, following Kiev, they decided to stop public transport during an air raid. On the website of the Vinnytsia OVA, an algorithm of actions during an air raid alert for public transport drivers was published. The instructions were developed by the State Emergency Service. The authorities ask citizens to be sympathetic to possible restrictions and not to neglect air raid signals.

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