[Korrespondent] 23:43 The United States did not give Ukraine weapons with which it could strike at the Saki airfield in Crimea, said a representative of the US Department of Defense at a closed briefing for the American media, Voice of America correspondent Jeff Seldin reports. He added that Washington does not have any data that would indicate that the airfield was hit by missiles.
23:08 Zelensky said in an evening video message that after everything that the occupiers have done in Ukraine, there can be only one attitude towards Russia - as a terrorist state. This also applies to the citizens of the Russian Federation: “There must be a guarantee that Russian murderers and accomplices of state terror will not use the Schengen. You can’t destroy the very idea of ​​Europe, our common European values. That is, you can’t turn Europe into a supermarket in which it doesn’t matter who enters, the main thing is that a person simply pays for the goods.
22:50 About 350,000 residents remain in the Donetsk region, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. He stressed that the authorities are urging them to evacuate, since during the heating period they will be able to provide heat only to slightly more than 200 thousand people. More than 1.7 million people lived in the Donetsk region before the invasion, Kirilenko said.
Since the announcement by the authorities of mandatory evacuation, more than 4,000 people have left. Kirilenko hopes that before the onset of cold weather, the number of inhabitants will decrease to 235,000: “We are counting on this figure, given the state of the electrical networks in residential buildings.
22:44 As a result of today's shelling of Zaporozhye, one person was killed, two were hospitalized, said Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the City Council.
22:12 The invaders have placed another military base in the center of Melitopol, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said. According to him, this time the Russians are located on the territory of the hospital, where they hide behind the backs of civilians.
22:07 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region, without waiting for the "referendum", began issuing license plates for cars with a new region code - "184", said Yury Sobolevsky, first deputy head of the regional council.
22:04 Deputy of the Kherson Regional Council Serhiy Khlan said that today the Armed Forces of Ukraine "hit the last - the fourth bridge connecting the right and left banks." According to him, the Russians no longer have any opportunity to fully transfer their equipment.
22:00 Borrell said that Russia should immediately return full control of the ZNPP to its rightful sovereign owner - Ukraine: "The Zaporozhye facility cannot be used as part of any military operation. I support the call for the demilitarization of the territory, starting with the complete withdrawal of Russian troops, and I urge IAEA to visit him."
21:55 The ship BRAVE COMMANDER under the flag of Lebanon has moored in the port of Yuzhny, Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov said. According to him, in the near future, 23,000 tons of grain will be loaded onto the ship, after which it will go to Ethiopia. This will be the first batch of grain since the start of the grain corridor, which will go to Africa.
20:47 As a result of today's strike of the Russians on Kramatorsk, at least two people were killed, 13 were injured. The shelling damaged at least 20 houses, a fire started in the private sector, said the head of the OVA, Pavel Kirilenko.
20:21 The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the offensive of the Russians in Slavyansky, Avdeevsky, Novopavlovsky, and also partially in the Bakhmut direction, at the same time, the enemy had partial success in the Pokrovskoye-Bakhmut direction, the General Staff reports in the evening report .
20:14 The Russians fired five missiles at Zaporozhye tonight, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said. Infrastructure facilities in the Shevchenkovsky district of the regional center were destroyed, a fire broke out. So far, one person is known to have been injured.
19:45 Russian invaders have mined the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and are shelling it from the MLRS. Experts told what consequences this could have and what Russia is striving for. Read more in the material What happens at the ZNPP.
19:42 The Russians attacked Kramatorsk, the private sector suffered. According to preliminary information, there are casualties, said the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko.
19:36 Air defense shot down a rocket over Domanevka of the Nikolaev area, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported.
19:11 Zelensky said that he had a conversation with the Pope: "He informed about the aggression that the Russian Federation is committing against Ukraine, about the terrible crimes of Russia. We are grateful to the pontiff for praying for Ukraine. Our people need the support of world spiritual leaders who must inform world the truth about the horrors that the aggressor commits in Ukraine."
18:48 In Kharkiv, schools will not open on September 1 - schoolchildren will study online, the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov said on the air of the telethon: "Today there is a problem associated with first-graders, with those who go to the second grade. We will also try to teach them online. I can say that today about seven thousand little Kharkiv residents have enrolled in the first classes." Terekhov added that a game-based program might be developed for first-graders.
18:17 Residents of Kremenchug heard explosions - this is the liquidation of the remnants of previously downed missiles. There were no strikes on the city, Mayor Vitaly Maletsky said.
17:59 Zelensky submitted bills to the Rada on extending martial law and mobilization in Ukraine for 90 days - until November 21.
17:36 Vessels again began to enter the Ukrainian ports on the Danube through the mouth of Bystry. Shipping has resumed after clearance, according to data from the vessel-tracking service MarineTraffic. In particular, on the morning of August 12, four dry cargo ships set off from the anchorage near the Romanian Sulina to the ports of Izmail and Kili. Small bulk carriers of the river-sea type Black Sea, Sefora, Chelsea and Sofilarex follow to Ukrainian ports.
17:32 "The Supreme Court of the DPR" next week will consider the "case" of captured citizens of Britain, Sweden and Croatia who fought for Ukraine. Russian media report that on August 15 an open "trial" will be held as part of the consideration of the "case" against the Swede Gustavsson Matias, the Croat Prebeg Vekoslav, as well as the Brits John Harding, Hill Andrew and Healy Dylan. They face the death penalty.
17:27 Education in schools this year will be held in a mixed mode. Parents of students will choose the format of the visit themselves, and teachers will be able to make changes to the curriculum based on the situation, Minister of Education and Science Sergei Shkarlet said.
17:22 The Czech Republic will invite the EU countries to discuss the ban on Schengen visas for Russians at a meeting of foreign ministers to be held in Prague at the end of August. "In the context of Russian aggression, which the Kremlin continues to escalate, there can be no question of joint tourism for Russian citizens," Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said.
16:39 The Estonian Ministry of Defense announced that it is negotiating with Finland on the creation of a common missile defense system - this will allow closing the Gulf of Finland for Russian warships, the Baltic Sea will become NATO's inland sea.
15:40 In the occupied Genichesk, Kherson region, a man was trampled to death in line for a pension, said Sergey Khlan, deputy of the regional council. According to him, people from all over the area came to receive money, and because of the chaos, a tragedy occurred. The event became known from the Russian-appointed collaborator Sergei Mukhin.
15:21 The security and defense forces of Ukraine published a joint statement in which they called on the entire civilized world "to prevent the trial in Mariupol announced by the executioners of the Ukrainian defenders and defenders." The authors of the statement also demand that UN and ICRC representatives be immediately sent to places where Ukrainian prisoners of war are being held, primarily to Yelenovka. The security and defense forces emphasize that the operation to rescue the 2,500 defenders of Mariupol was the only possible option to save their lives.
15:09 In Kiev schools, Russian will not be taught even optionally, public figure and political expert Andrei Smolii said, citing a letter of response from the Kiev city administration to the youth club Dzhura. The request was sent on July 22. The Department of Education of the Kyiv City State Administration replied that the curriculum for 2022-2023 "does not provide for the teaching of subjects in Russian and the study of the Russian language as an optional course."
15:06 The "authorities" of the occupied Kherson region said that Ukrainian troops fired at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station from HIMARS - "in general, the missile attack was repelled, there are hits, but they are not critical." Meanwhile, local public reports report that the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck a bridge near the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
14:38 German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Ukraine, German Ambassador Anka Feldhusen said in an interview with Ukrinform: “My colleagues in Germany are working on this, we talked about it. constant contact - this visit will be."
14:07 Russian occupiers in recent days have transferred dozens of battalion tactical groups from the east of Ukraine to the south. These are thousands of fighters and hundreds of pieces of equipment. The number and composition of the new grouping do not indicate a desire to keep the occupied territories during the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but to go on the offensive, experts say. It is assumed that Nikolaev, Zaporozhye and Krivoy Rog can become the targets of the invaders. For more details - in the material of the Russian Federation is preparing an offensive in the south: what are the prospects .
14:04 Russia daily loses up to 500 military dead and wounded, writes The New York Times, citing sources in the Biden administration and military experts.
14:01 The Turkish company Baykar plans not only to open a plant in Ukraine, but also to produce a new unmanned fighter Bayraktar Kizilelma, CEO Haluk Bayraktar said. According to him, the construction of a factory, a research center and an advanced production center has already begun on the territory of Ukraine.
13:56 If Russia arranges a nuclear catastrophe at the Zaporizhzhya NPP, then "Chernobyl will be flowers," Danilov said: "This is the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, there are six power units. decide to blow it up."
13:48 In Chernivtsi, a monument to a Soviet soldier was dismantled, which stood on Cathedral Square in the city center. The city council promised not to destroy him, but "to move him to where he belongs." The decision to dismantle was made after public consultations.
13:45 Ukraine is asking the United States for ammunition for HIMARS, various types of howitzers in addition to the M777 already received, as well as reconnaissance drones Switchblade, Phoenix Ghost and Puma, Ukrainian Ambassador Oksana Markarova said in an interview with Bloomberg.
13:40 Gazprom, through the Serbian company NIS Gazprom Neft, tried to block the passage of Ukrainian ships on the Danube, the company managed to obtain a pre-trial decision to arrest the fleet, said Dmitry Moskalenko, general director of the Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company.
13:26 Obtaining a Russian passport gives reason to classify a person as collaborators and accomplices of the aggressor, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said.
13:12 The Netherlands joined the UK-led training program for Ukrainian military personnel. The Dutch personnel will begin their mission as early as August, Reznikov said.
12:47 From September, Kazakhstan will start selling part of its oil through Azerbaijan's oil pipeline, Reuters writes. Prior to this, almost 100% of the volume was transported through the Russian Federation.
12:28 Explosions are heard in the Brovary district of the Kiev region - this is a planned destruction of ammunition, Mayor Igor Sapozhko said.
12:09 Amnesty International called on the UN Security Council to hold Russia accountable for the seizure of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by its troops.
12:03 In Mariupol, after the explosions in the Crimea, all the families of the military occupiers urgently left the coast from the village. Melekino to the village B. Kosa, and Gauleiter Ivashchenko increased the number of his bodyguards from four to seven. "Fear reigns among the collaborators and the top of the Mariupol occupiers," wrote Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city. He also said that the Mariupol port "froze" - the promised ferry had never entered it yet.
11:59 Putin today is holding an operational meeting with members of the Security Council, on the agenda "security issues in the literal sense of the word - in the military direction," the speaker is Shoigu, Russian media write.
11:50 In Melitopol, one of the leaders of the election headquarters of United Russia, the head of the propaganda department for working with the media, Oleg Shostak, was blown up today. As the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said, this is a close person to Gauleiter Yevgeny Balitsky. Fedorov did not elaborate on the details of the incident.
Also, the mayor of Melitopol said that earlier this week the main headquarters of United Russia on B. Khmelnitsky Avenue was blown up. Last week, they burned down the house of a collaborator - a cohabitant of the occupying commandant of one of the villages of the Melitopol region, and also cut two henchmen of the occupying "power" with a knife.
11:33 Russia is preparing provocations for the Independence Day of Ukraine and against Zelensky, NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said on Channel 24: "They do this all the time. We go through a lot of such things, we work ahead of the curve. We also have information about the enemy's plans for almost all directions".
11:15 The "authorities" of the occupied Zaporozhye region are planning to mothball the nuclear power plant. Volodymyr Rogov, a member of the "main council of the administration," said that the shelling of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant had led to "minimal loads, soon Ukraine will not receive anything, we will save the nuclear power plant, conserve it."
11:09 The Finnish branch of Amnesty International said it lost about 400 donors after the international organization published a scandalous report on the AFU.
11:06 New M270 multiple launch rocket systems from Great Britain arrived in Ukraine, Reznikov said. "More 'gifts' will arrive soon," the minister added.
10:39 The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Emergency Service are discussing a scenario for the evacuation of people living around the Zaporizhzhya NPP due to the lack of proper control over the plant, Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky said.
10:37 In the "DPR" they said that the mine was de-energized. Zasyadko, there are 109 people underground.
10:33 Ukraine calls on the United States to impose sanctions against all private banks in the Russian Federation, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova told Bloomberg. She submitted the corresponding request to the Ministry of Finance of the country.
10:05 In Starobelsk, Luhansk region, a car exploded with a collaborator, whom the occupiers appointed "the head of the MREO," said the head of the Luhansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. Local media write that it is about Askyar Laishev. The driver managed to get out of the car and was taken to the hospital.
09:46 Yermak and Zaluzhny had a telephone conversation with Biden's national security adviser Jacob Sullivan, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, and US Under Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kahl. We discussed the possibilities of optimizing logistics corridors and exchanged views on the prospects for intensifying the dialogue.
09:28 In Melitopol, a powerful explosion has just thundered in one of the courtyards of Gogol Street. According to preliminary information, an improvised explosive device went off. According to local residents, after the explosion, ambulances drove towards the microdistrict, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.
09:17 The Russians launched rocket attacks on Kharkov at night, an educational institution in the Slobodsky district was damaged, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. Over the past day, the occupiers also shelled the Chuguevsky, Kharkov, Izyum and Lozovsky regions. One person died, four were injured. Also in the Kupyansky district, a tractor driver was blown up by a mine.
09:12 As a result of attacks of settlement Bereznegovatoe of the Nikolaev area one person was lost, the head of OVA Vitaly Kim reported. In the morning, as a result of the shelling of the Ship district of Nikolaev, a fire broke out in a residential building, there were no casualties.
09:10 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 12. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
- personnel - about 43,200 (+200) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1849 (+3),
- armored combat vehicles - 4108 (+8),
- artillery systems - 975 (+1),
- MLRS - 261 (+0),
- air defense systems - 136 (+2),
- aircraft - 233 (+1),
- helicopters - 193 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 778 (+6),
- cruise missiles - 185 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3021 (+3),
- special equipment - 90 (+0).
09:06 Mayor of Kramatorsk Alexander Goncharenko reported 11 missile attacks on the city this night. Houses in the private sector were destroyed, there were no reports of casualties.
09:04 Two vessels with Ukrainian grain left Chernomorsk and Yuzhny on the morning of August 12, the Turkish Defense Ministry reports. The final destination of the Sormovsky vessel is the Turkish port of Tekirdag, while Star Laura is heading to Iran.
08:51 British intelligence reports that at least five Su-24 fighters and three Su-30 multipurpose aircraft were destroyed or seriously damaged in Crimea. The Saki airfield itself was severely damaged, but is likely to remain operational. At the same time, analysts note that the loss of eight combat aircraft is an insignificant part of the entire fleet of Russian military aviation. But if earlier Crimea was considered by the Russian command as a safe rear, then after the explosions this concept will be revised.
08:40 In the Donetsk region, seven civilians died as a result of hostilities in a day: three in Bakhmut, two in Kurakhovo, one each in Maryinka and Avdeevka. Another 14 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:34 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the Russian 64th separate guards motorized rifle brigade of the 35th combined arms army was probably destroyed in battle as part of the Kremlin's attempts to cover up war crimes committed by it in the Kiev region. Earlier, journalists reported that almost the entire composition of this brigade was killed.
08:24 In Marganets, Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of night enemy shelling, three people were injured, two of them are in the hospital. Among the hospitalized is a 12-year-old boy, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
08:03 As a result of the offensive in the direction of Gorlovka-Zaitsevo, the Russian army has a partial success. Also, after the regrouping, the invaders resumed their attack on the village of Kodema, Bakhmut district, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
06:47 Forbes calculated the cost of destroyed Russian aircraft at the Saki airfield in Crimea. Prior to the explosions, Russian aircraft worth $650-850 million were stationed there. According to preliminary data, eight Su-27s, four Su-30SMs, five Su-24s, six Mi-8s and one Il-20 were destroyed. It cost Russia about $380 million, the newspaper writes.
01:43 At a meeting of the UN Security Council, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation Vasily Nebenzya spoke out against the demilitarization of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: “The demilitarization of the plant can make it vulnerable to those who want to visit it. Nobody knows what their goals and objectives will be. We cannot rule out any provocations, terrorist attacks on a station that we must protect."
00:18 Ukraine put forward three conditions for the admission of the IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye NPP to Russia. They were announced at a meeting of the UN Security Council by Plenipotentiary Sergei Kislitsa:
Russia must accept the IAEA mission without any conditions.
The Russian Federation undertakes not to obstruct the passage of the mission on the part of Ukraine, as well as to clear mines from the nuclear power plant and approaches to it.
Withdraw troops, weapons and equipment from the station.
00:07 Swedish Defense Minister Peter Gulkvist, after a donor conference for Ukraine in Copenhagen, did not rule out that Stockholm could join the production of weapons for Kiev.