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2022-08-18 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 17th, 2022

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[Korrespondent] 23:10 Andrey Alekseenko, the current mayor of Russian Krasnodar, will become the head of the occupation administration of a part of the Kharkov region. This was first reported by propagandist Vladimir Solovyov, and then confirmed by Radio Liberty sources in the city hall. In December 2021, a criminal case was opened against Alekseenko on suspicion of taking a bribe.

23:06 Ukraine is behind at least three explosions in Russian-occupied Crimea - at the Saki air base, at the ammunition depot in Maisky and at the airfield in Gvardeisky, CNN reports, citing an anonymous source among Ukrainian officials. According to the channel, the report describes the Saki air base as a heavy but one-time loss for the military infrastructure of the Russian occupiers in Crimea, and the subsequent attacks as proof of Ukraine's systematic military potential in delivering strikes on the occupied peninsula. More details - in the material Rocket season in Crimea .

22:49 In Kharkov, the Russians launched a missile attack on the hostel, Zelensky said. According to Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the OVA, the death toll rose to six people, 16 were injured.

22:27 Zelensky, in an evening video message, said that in the Zaporozhye region and in some areas of the south of the country, the occupiers are trying to improve their situation, "but strategically it is hopeless for them."

22:24 As a result of the Russian strike on Saltovka in Kharkiv, two people were killed and ten injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. He urged the locals to stay in cover as the enemy is still chaotically attacking the city.

21:58 The mayor of Kharkiv, Igor Terekhov, reports on the shelling of the Saltovsky district. As a result of the impact, a strong fire broke out in a residential building, there is no information about victims and injured yet.

21:55 Canada will provide Ukraine with $450 million in gas for the heating season, Shmyhal said.

21:51 Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod hopes that the EU will make a joint decision to ban the issuance of tourist visas to Russians: "If this cannot be done by a common decision, on the Danish side we will consider the possibility of imposing restrictions that will further reduce the number of Russian tourist visas."

21:47 Zelensky, in an evening video message, named the hottest spots on the front: "Avdiivka direction, Bakhmutskoye, Kharkiv region and some other directions - there are now the most difficult hostilities. I am grateful to each and every one who withstands this pressure, who defends positions and helps our warriors."

The president also said that Ukrainian diplomats, nuclear scientists and the IAEA are in constant contact and are now working on sending an IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: “The Russian army must withdraw from the territory of the nuclear power plant and all neighboring regions, take their military equipment from the station. any conditions and as soon as possible. Ukraine is ready to ensure proper control by the IAEA, and the corresponding mission can be sent to the Zaporozhye station in a legal way, very quickly and as efficiently as possible."

21:16 Zelensky talked to the students of Chile: "He frankly told what is happening in Ukraine and why the Russian war against our state continues. He called for spreading the truth about this war in his country and in his region."

20:41 The Ukrainian military managed to repel several assaults by Russian aggressors in the Donbass, but the enemy had partial success near the village of Opytnoye in the Avdiivka area, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in an evening report .

20:27 The ambassadors of Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Belgium and Spain are starting a diplomatic mission in Ukraine - they presented their credentials to Zelensky, the OP said.

19:42 The Russians have restored the bridge on the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Sergei Khlan said on the air of the telethon.

19:36 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are waiting for ATACMS missiles for HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, which hit at a distance of up to 300 kilometers. According to Reznikov, the decision on these missiles will be made in favor of Ukraine. These statements were made after the next "blooming bavovna" in the Crimea. Meanwhile, the international press writes that Ukraine has found the weaknesses of the Russian Federation and seized the initiative in the war. More details - in the material Ukraine can checkmate .

19:33 In Crimea, a "court" fined a visitor to a karaoke bar 50,000 rubles for asking a DJ to play a song by Ukrainian rapper YARMAK to Dike Pole , Kommersant writes. The DJ himself, who put on the song, received ten days of arrest "for discrediting the Russian army." The complaint against him was that the video shows the symbols of Azov and that the video sequence ends with the words Slava ZSU.

19:27 Today, 21 people were buried in Bucha, who were killed in February-March and who could not be identified, City Council Secretary Taras Shapravsky said. According to him, preliminary DNA samples were taken from the dead so that their identities could be established in the future. The process of burying unidentified people in Bucha has been going on for more than a week. In total, more than 50 people have not been identified - 15 of them were buried on August 9. In total, 419 people died on the territory of the Buchansk community in February-March.

19:24 Ferry Lavrenty moored in the port of Mariupol, which left Yeysk. The invaders announced his arrival on 1 August. According to the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko, the ferry went with the identification systems turned off. "Something will be picked up at the port of Mariupol and dragged to Yeysk," he wrote.

19:20 Lukashenka approved a draft agreement on a program of military-technical cooperation with the Russian Federation until 2025, which provides for the joint production of weapons.

19:15 CNN, citing an internal report of the Ukrainian government, writes that Ukrainian forces are behind the explosions in Crimea.

18:47 Twice as many Jews have left Russia since February than in the entire previous year, writes the BBC. So, in less than half a year, 20.5 thousand Jews left the country, while in 2021 this figure did not even reach 10 thousand. This is the largest exodus of Jews from the Russian Federation since the collapse of the USSR. According to the head of the repatriation department of the International Commonwealth of Jews and Christians, Benny Hadad, mostly people are fleeing not from war, but from a regime that is increasingly reminiscent of a totalitarian one.

18:38 After the explosions in the Crimea, the Russians are urgently moving their planes and helicopters deep into the peninsula and to the airfields of the Russian Federation. The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine recorded the flight of at least 24 aircraft and 14 helicopters.

18:12 Ukrainska Pravda has published an investigation about the "Monaco battalion" - Ukrainian people's deputies who went to Nice and Monaco during the war. According to the publication, there are people’s deputy from the Opposition Platform for Life Grigory Surkis and his brother Igor, people’s deputy and capital developer Vadim Stolar, developer from Dnipro Vadim Ermolaev, and oligarch Konstantin Zhevago. The State Bureau of Investigation began investigating whether they legally left Ukraine.

17:24 Estonia plans not to let Russians into the country with visas issued in other EU countries, Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said.

16:55 UN Secretary General António Guterres arrived in Lviv , his office said. Erdogan's visit to Lvov is also expected. On Thursday, August 18, they are to meet with Zelensky.

16:39 China will send a contingent of its troops to Russia to participate in joint military exercises with the participation of several other countries, including India, Belarus, Mongolia and Tajikistan, the Chinese Defense Ministry said.

16:30 The Russian occupiers continue to prepare for holding quasi-referendums in the occupied territories of four regions of Ukraine, but it will be possible to organize it only in the Luhansk region. Both Russian and Ukrainian sources speak about this. Yes, and the ruler of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in his speeches only talks about protecting the territories of the "LDNR". More details - in the material "Holiday" is canceled .

16:19 Representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Oleg Nikolenko called on the German government to respond to how the Russian bureau of the state-owned media company Deutsche Welle promotes Kremlin propaganda narratives: "Let me remind you that DW is a state structure funded by German taxpayers. It is not yet clear to us why the Russian service of the German broadcaster plays along with Russian propaganda, manipulates quotes and replaces concepts."

Nikolenko cited several quotes from the Russian service of DW: “recognize Ukraine as a terrorist state”, “one mistake by Ukrainian defenders can provoke a nuclear catastrophe at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant”, “banning Russians from entering the West will not help defeat Putin”, “Vogue denied rumors about the publication of a photo Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun" and a photo of the Nazi Fuhrer next to the cover of the Zelensky spouses.

15:48 The SBU has established the chronology of the crimes of the Russian Federation at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the North Crimean Canal. In particular, two Russian servicemen who gave criminal orders were identified - this is the deputy commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet for logistics, Major General Mikhail Yasnikov, and the commander of the 11th separate engineering brigade, Colonel Dmitry Markov. They directly commanded the capture of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and the undermining of the structures of the North Crimean Canal.

The investigation established that on February 24, the military of the Russian Armed Forces, using heavy weapons, seized the administrative buildings and facilities of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station and took the personnel hostage, made it impossible for the hydroelectric power station to function normally, destroyed the road bridge and made a number of explosions of the structures of the North Crimean Canal in order to supply Dnieper water to Crimea. Yasnikov gave orders for the illegal seizure of both objects, and Markov led the explosions.

15:29 On Independence Day, a flower garden dedicated to Bayraktar was created in Kiev. It is located in the Obolonsky district, at the junction of Stepan Bandera Avenue and Bogatyrskaya Street, the KSCA reports. To create a composition of 265 sq. m landed more than 24 thousand flowers. By Independence Day, an actual composition will appear in each district of the capital - 200,000 flowers will be planted for this.

15:24 Members of the military council of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation in Sevastopol were introduced to a new commander - Vice Admiral Viktor Sokolov became him, Russian media write.

15:01 The Ukrainian military began to train partisans a few months before the invasion. In parallel, the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine formed a more structured and secret program, which included instructions on sabotage and explosions, writes The New York Times, citing several Ukrainian partisans who spoke with the journalist with the permission of the military.

14:38 There will be more sabotage, "excesses" and "pops" in Russia, and not only in Crimea, Podolyak said on the Air program: "Professional sabotage of the partisan type, and sabotage caused by the work of Ukraine, will increase." At the same time, the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office refused to confirm that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were involved in the explosions in Crimea. He also predicts the growth of protest moods in the occupied peninsula.

14:33 Andrey Yusov, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate, said that "very acute events" can be expected on the entire front in the near future. According to him, August and September will be extremely important: “In the near future, of course, there will be very acute events on the entire front. And not only because of the binding to some dates. Now there is a lot of talk about Independence Day. must be taken into account."

14:29 The Cabinet of Ministers allowed during martial law to certify the wills of military personnel to their commanders. After certification, the commander must send the will through the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ministry of Defense or another body to the Ministry of Justice, after which notaries register it in the Inheritance Register.

14:13 The school year in Dnipro schools will begin on September 1 in a remote format. According to Mayor Boris Filatov, this decision is supported by 80% of parents.

13:54 Naftogaz is unlikely to be able to fulfill the task of the Cabinet of Ministers to accumulate 19 billion cubic meters of gas by the heating season, said the head of the company Yuriy Vitrenko in an interview with NV. According to him, at the moment there are only 12.3 billion cubic meters in storage. m. About 1 billion cubic meters per month will be able to provide domestic production, but another 4.5 billion need to be imported.

At the same time, Vitrenko assured that a smaller gas supply would not be critical: “It is important that these additional 4-6 billion cubic meters of gas are available during the heating season. Having a lot of gas in storage is not a panacea, because there is a limited capacity for lifting gas from storage. It’s better for us to have gas coming through the pipeline in winter - it’s much more efficient.”

13:31 Reznikov, following a conversation with his Norwegian counterpart Bjorn Arild Gram, said that Norway had decided to provide Ukraine with a new package of military assistance and take part in the training of Ukrainian soldiers.

13:03 After the Russian invasion, about 22,000 teachers left Ukraine, or 5% of the total number of teachers, educational ombudsman Sergei Gorbachev said. At the same time, he assured that there would be no shortage of teachers, because some of them would be able to work remotely from abroad, moreover, many school-age children left the country - according to various estimates, from 700 thousand to 1.5 million. Therefore, fullness there will be fewer schools this year, now there is even a problem with the formation of the first classes, Gorbachev added.

12:42 Ukraine has agreed with the United States that it will not use Western weapons supplied to it against facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation. However, there are no such restrictions on Crimea, Donbass and other occupied territories, Reznikov said in an interview with Voice of America: “We have agreements with the United States that we will not use weapons provided to us by the United States and partners on the territory of the Russian Federation. But if Today we are talking about the de-occupation of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, where the enemy is located, then, accordingly, we have no such restrictions."

12:04 Reznikov, following a conversation with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, announced a new package of military assistance from the United States: "We discussed the current security situation, new needs on the battlefield and ways to strengthen the capabilities of the Ukrainian army. More help from the United States will come soon."

11:48 In the center of Melitopol, a strong explosion thundered near the commandant's office of the occupiers, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said.

11:13 In Mariupol, the invaders opened the second filtration point in the city. According to the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko, the queue for filtering today reaches more than 1,300 residents of the city. To pass the filtration, you must provide a passport, phone number and work book. Without a certificate of filtration, it is impossible to get a pass to leave the city and evacuate.

11:09 Four more ships with agricultural products left the ports of Odessa and Chernomorsk today, the Turkish Ministry of Defense reported.

10:52 Reznikov said in an interview with Voice of America that there will be no freezing of the war in Ukraine, but a decrease in activity is possible: "It is possible to reduce activity depending on what season. And again, modern war is a war of resources. Resources, of course , are depleted on both sides. And accordingly, each side requires time to recover. "

The minister noted that Russian troops have lost at least a third of their combat potential used in the invasion of Ukraine: "Their resources are also being wasted, which means that they will need some restoration. Therefore, let's say, the cooling of the situation in terms of combat collisions are possible.

10:34 At the moment, not everyone is being mobilized in Ukraine, but specific specialists, Reznikov said in an interview with Voice of America. He stressed that now there is no need to increase the number of personnel, and the ranks of the military are replenished through the search, for example, for UAV operators, signalmen, gunners or "special IT specialists."

According to Reznikov, mobilization tasks are determined by the General Staff: “They estimate this or that amount of forces and means that is needed at one time or another in the conduct of hostilities, and they also estimate losses. Let's be realistic - we also have losses, and the wounded, and unfortunately killed.

10:09 Australia took the land from Russia, which it leased to it for the construction of a new embassy building, Russian media write.

10:07 British intelligence writes that two of the most important Russian military airfields in Crimea are located in Dzhankoy and Gvardeisky, where explosions thundered yesterday. Dzhankoy is also a key road and rail hub that plays an important role in supplying Russian operations in southern Ukraine. The cause of yesterday's incidents and the extent of the damage are not yet clear, but the Russian command is likely to be increasingly concerned about the apparent deterioration in the security situation in Crimea, which serves as a rear base for the occupiers, analysts say.

10:01 Ammunition depot near Dzhankoy detonated for 24 hours, Russian media write.

09:57 This night Odessa region was attacked by Tu-22M3 strategic aircraft with the launch of X-22 missiles. Four civilians were injured, a fire on an area of more than 600 square meters. m localized, said OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk.

09:54 In Lisichansk, the enemy headquarters, which was located in the former building of the SBU, was destroyed, the head of the IVA, Sergei Gaidai, said. Previously, about a hundred enemy soldiers were killed.

09:51 US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin spoke by phone with Reznikov, the Pentagon said. The parties discussed Ukraine's immediate and long-term needs for security assistance. Reznikov provided an update on the dynamics of hostilities in Ukraine. We also discussed planning the next meeting of the Contact Group for the Defense of Ukraine (Ramstein-5).

09:46 Due to the lack of people willing to fight, Russia is trying to recruit citizens of Central Asian countries - in particular, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. In addition to financial incentives, they are offered the opportunity to obtain Russian citizenship. At the same time, four battalions are being formed and trained in Chechnya to be sent to the war in Ukraine, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense reports.

At the same time, a significant part of the "volunteers" in the formed battalions are local young men abducted by the Chechen security forces, mainly from villages. Under the threat of criminal prosecution on trumped-up charges or under torture, they are forced to sign contracts to participate in the war in Ukraine. This practice generates waves of discontent among the inhabitants of Chechnya and is perceived as a betrayal by the Muslim authorities.

09:37 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 17th. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Kharkov and Donetsk directions.

personnel - about 44,100 (+200) people liquidated,

tanks - 1886 (+6),

armored combat vehicles - 4162 (+10),

artillery systems - 993 (+4),

MLRS - 263 (+0),

air defense systems - 136 (+0),

aircraft - 233 (+0),

helicopters - 196 (+0),

UAV operational-tactical level - 792 (+2),

cruise missiles - 190 (+0),

ships/boats - 15 (+0),

automotive equipment and tankers - 3054 (+5),

special equipment - 93 (+1).

09:18 The United States will contribute $68 million to the World Food Program for the purchase of Ukrainian wheat, Blinken said.

09:15 Ukraine has not lost a single HIMARS during the war, Reznikov said in an interview with Voice of America: “I can say with absolute responsibility that not a single HIMARS has been lost. Therefore, when you read in the Russian media or media, or social networks, that soldier Ivanov with Kalashnikov burst in and saw a truck in which he destroyed 12 HIMARS with a Kalashnikov at the same time, you can just laugh, twist it at your temple and say - well, such a propaganda system they have. This is nonsense."

09:12 Lviv authorities urged residents to stock up on firewood and potbelly stoves before the heating season, as well as buy an electric kettle, a battery-powered lamp, dry alcohol, and an electric stove. In addition, it is necessary to insulate the windows.

09:09 Podolyak, in an interview with The Guardian, called the construction of the Crimean bridge illegal and said that "such objects should be destroyed."

08:56 The Russians over the past day fired at Kharkov, as well as Kharkov, Izyum, Chuguevsky, Bogodukhovsky districts of the region. In particular, early in the morning, the Defense Headquarters recorded the launch of more than five missiles from Belgorod, one of which hit the Sloboda district of Kharkov. One person was wounded in Zolochiv, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

08:48 In the Donetsk region over the past day as a result of enemy shelling, two civilians were killed - in Avdeevka and Zaitsevo. Seven more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.

08:44 The Russian army shelled two districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region at night - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog. Residential buildings, a gas pipeline, an enterprise and a power line were damaged. People were not injured, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko.

08:22 At night Russians fired at Nikolaev, rockets got to the Black Sea National University named after Peter Mohyla. According to the mayor Alexander Senkevich, a few days ago he published a video and showed that there was no military base there - ordinary university specialists work there. At the time of the shelling, there was only a bodyguard at the university, he was not injured. Debris and a shock wave damaged houses opposite the establishment.

07:45 Russian troops were conducting offensive operations in the Kharkiv, Slavyansk, Donetsk, Bakhmut and Zaporozhye directions, the General Staff said in the morning summary .

07:16 The Russians fired two rockets at Odesa region at night, OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk said. The recreation center, where the fire broke out, was damaged, and several private buildings were also damaged. Three people were injured.

06:28 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russia's goal remains unchanged - to achieve regime change in Kiev and take control of most of Ukraine. At the same time, Putin is trying to distort his true goals by claiming the "liberation" of Donbass.

According to experts, Russian forces are launching offensive operations around Bakhmut, southwest of Avdiivka and southwest of Donetsk, as well as unsuccessful offensive operations in the north and northwest of the Kherson region.

05:13 Latvia, following Lithuania, Poland, Norway and Canada, initiated fundraising for the purchase of Bayraktar for the Armed Forces of Ukraine - the information is posted on the platform of the charitable organization Ziedot.lv.

03:41 The speaker of the "parliament" of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov, said that Ukrainian agents have become more active on the peninsula: "The investigation will clarify the circumstances of the Dzhankoy incident in detail, but it is obvious already now: the agents of the terrorist Kiev regime have received a signal to become more active."

00:54 The leader of the DDT group, Yuri Shevchuk, was fined 50,000 rubles for "discrediting the Russian army."

00:09 The Ministry of Education has updated the school curriculum in connection with the Russian invasion. Now, in history lessons, children will be introduced to the USSR as an imperial-type state. They will also focus not only on repressions against Ukrainians, but also on Ukrainian resistance. A separate block will be devoted to the Russian-Ukrainian war, children will learn what the "Russian world", "rashism" and the policy of Russification are. Also, in the lessons of Defense of the Fatherland, the military-patriotic component will be strengthened.

At the lessons of literature, instead of Russian and Belarusian authors, they will study the works of world writers. Those authors who wrote in Russian, but were closely connected with Ukraine, remain in the program. In particular, these are Gogol, Korolenko, Bulgakov. The programs Literature (Russian and foreign), Russian language (grades 5-9), Russian language programs for grades 10-11 and Russian language and literature (grades 10-11) are completely excluded from the list of recommended for study.

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