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[Korrespondent] 23:35 The next two weeks seem to be decisive for the situation in the Kherson region, said deputy of the regional council Serhiy Khlan. According to him, Russian troops stepped up aviation in the region, continued illegal night searches and detentions, and also increased pressure on locals, including doctors and teachers.
23:17 The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, said that the partisans damaged the railway bridge to the south-west of the city, which blocked the way for Russian military trains from the Crimea. The occupiers have not been able to restore it for the second day already.
23:14 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the new sanctions against Russia should stimulate the citizens of the Russian Federation to feel their part of the responsibility for what is happening: "The discussion about visa restrictions in Europe for holders of Russian passports is expanding daily, new states, new politicians are joining it. At the end in the end, this should lead to appropriate decisions... When evil acquires such proportions, people's silence approaches the level of complicity. , which means that you support this. And wherever you are - both on the territory of Russia and abroad - your voice should sound in support of Ukraine, which means against this war."
21:10 In Kherson, the occupiers demand that ambulance workers write statements of consent to work under the auspices of the "new government", which also implies agreement to receive a salary in Russian rubles. In case of refusal, doctors are provided with a temporary work permit with a warning about possible dismissal at any time, according to the GUR MOU.
20:08 Russian propagandists write that the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Wagner PMC base in Popasna.
20:03 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assaults of the occupiers in the Slavyansk, Kramatorsk and Avdeevsk directions, at the same time, the Russian troops had partial success in the direction of Bakhmut, the General Staff said in the evening report .
19:54 Residents of occupied Berdyansk reported this morning that an explosion had occurred in the city. Later, the speaker of the Odesa OVA, Sergei Bratchuk, wrote that, according to some reports, "the spirit of Zmeebaevka Island reached Berdyansk." And Vladimir Rogov, a member of the "main council of the administration" of the occupied Zaporozhye region, said in the evening that in the Berdyansk seaport "there was an ignition of fuels and lubricants" as a result of "violation of safety requirements during welding operations."
19:23 On the beach in Zatoka, Belgorod-Dnestrovsky district, Odessa region, three people were blown up by a mine - two were killed, one was wounded, OVA speaker Serhiy Bratchuk said.
18:23 The EU and 42 countries issued a joint statement calling on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: "We call on the Russian Federation to immediately withdraw its military forces and other unauthorized personnel from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, its immediate environs and all of Ukraine." Among the signatories, except for the EU countries, are Turkey, Moldova, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea, the USA, Canada and others.
17:48 The Russians fired at Energodar this afternoon - an employee of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant was killed, two more residents of the city were injured, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said.
16:34 On the night of August 14, the Armed Forces of Ukraine delivered another blow to the Antonovsky bridge in the Kherson region, the head of the joint press center of the Southern Defense Forces Natalya Gumenyuk said on the air of the telethon: "The Antonovsky bridge was again struck in order to finally consolidate its status as impassable".
Gumenyuk noted that as a result of the attacks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Antonovsky bridge, as well as on the railway bridge in Kherson and the Kakhovka bridge, all stationary channels for the supply of heavy weapons of Russian troops from the left to the right bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region were damaged.
15:40 Poland is working on a concept that will allow Russians to be denied Schengen visas. The country's Foreign Ministry also said that Poland is joining Finland, Estonia and Latvia in an attempt to impose a ban on the issuance of tourist visas for Russians in the EU.
14:11 Vereshchuk announced a "hard winter" for the residents of the Kherson region and called on everyone, especially women with children, to evacuate. According to her, about 50% of the residents have already left the region. If it is not possible to evacuate on your own, the Minister asks you to contact the OVA.
13:38 Podolyak explained why visa restrictions are needed for Russian citizens: “Half a year of the war proved that they do not care about massacres, destroyed cities, nuclear blackmail, Bucha or Mariupol. Only talk about the loss of visas could return to awareness of the war and responsibility. And this the first step... towards a Russian revolt."
13:10 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that the settlement of Udy in the Kharkiv region came under the control of the Russian army.
12:33 Well-known Lebanese researcher and journalist Elijah Magier said that Russia ordered about a thousand strike reconnaissance drones from Iran. According to him, the contract was signed after Tehran supplied Moscow with several drones and a simulator on which Russian officers trained. According to Magier, the first drones have already been used in Ukraine.
12:01 Zaporozhye NPP operates with the risk of violating radiation and fire safety standards, Energoatom says. As a result of the occupants' attack on the station, emergency protection went off at one of the three power units, and now it is disabled. The nitrogen-oxygen station, the combined auxiliary building, and the pumping station for domestic wastewater were also seriously damaged.
11:52 Latvian President Egils Levits proposes to annul visas issued to Russians. According to him, first of all, it is necessary to revise the residence permits and visas of those who support the Russian attack on Ukraine: “The residence permits and visas already issued in Latvia should be reviewed. Those who support Russian aggression should cancel them. However, in any In this case, they should not in principle be extended, except in specific, proven special circumstances.”
11:29 Russian pilots are collecting documentary evidence of the orders they received, which they plan to transfer to the international tribunal over the leadership of the Russian Federation in the future, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. Also, servicemen of the aerospace forces of the Russian Federation are trying to destroy evidence of their participation in the killings of the civilian population of Ukraine. Through bribery and bribes, they are trying to remove information about themselves from combat orders and orders.
10:41 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repulsed the assault of the Russians in the direction of the villages of Disputed and Serebryanka in the Luhansk region. As the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai said, the enemy is still trying to completely capture the Lugansk region, the battles are going on around the clock.
09:48 British intelligence reports that last week Russia's priority was probably the reorientation of units to strengthen southern Ukraine. However, in the Donbass, Russian-backed forces, mostly "DPR" militias, continue to attempt assaults north of Donetsk. Particularly fierce fighting unfolded outside the village of Peski, not far from the Donetsk airport. The Russian attack is likely aimed at capturing the M04 highway - the main approach to Donetsk from the west, analysts say.
09:24 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 14th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
- personnel - about 43,550 (+150) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1864 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 4126 (+11),
- artillery systems - 980 (+2),
- MLRS - 261 (+0),
- air defense systems - 136 (+0),
- aircraft - 233 (+0),
- helicopters - 194 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 784 (+5),
- cruise missiles - 187 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3039 (+3),
- special equipment - 91 (+0).
09:04 On the evening of August 13, the Russians attacked the port infrastructure of Nikolaev with three missiles of the Uragan multiple launch rocket system, OK Pivden reported. Also in the evening, around 20:00, six rockets from the Smerch multiple launch rocket system hit residential areas and industrial facilities in Nikolaev. Several buildings were damaged, one local resident was injured.
08:53 The Russians tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the Valley in the Slavic direction, but the Ukrainian soldiers repulsed the assault, the General Staff said in the morning report.
08:45 In the Kharkiv region at night, the enemy launched a missile attack from the territory of the Russian Federation on the Zmiev community, three residents were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said. There were no strikes in Kharkiv itself that night, but last night the invaders fired on civilian infrastructure with incendiary ammunition in the Kievsky district, the roofs of outbuildings were on fire.
During the day, the invaders attacked the Bogodukhovsky, Chuguevsky, Kharkov regions. The Russians repeatedly fired on Tsirkuny - houses, garages, outbuildings were on fire.
08:28 In the Donetsk region, two people were killed during the day from enemy shelling - in Krasnohorivka. Ten more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
07:49 The Russian army at night again fired at two districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog. One person was wounded in Marganets, the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, said.
04:24 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports that since August 11, Russian troops have increased ground attacks in the Seversk area - this may indicate an attempt by the Russian Federation to divert Ukraine's attention from the south, where Ukrainian troops are conducting effective counterattacks. Russian troops conducted limited ground attacks northwest of Slavyansk, east of Seversk, south and east of Bakhmut. The Russians also conducted a limited ground assault north of Kharkov.
Ukrainian forces continue their attempts to disrupt Russian land lines supporting the Russian army on the right bank of the Dnieper. Delivering ammunition, fuel and heavy equipment sufficient for offensive or even large-scale defensive operations via pontoon crossings or by air is impractical, if not impossible, analysts say.
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