[Korrespondent] 23:41 Zelensky, in an evening video message, said that Ukrainian diplomats, partners, representatives of the UN and the IAEA are working out the specific details of the mission to be sent to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant: "This mission can begin the restoration of full security at the ZNPP and Energodar. If Russian radiation blackmail will continue, this summer may go down in the history of various European countries as one of the most tragic of all time, because not a single instruction at any nuclear power plant in the world provides for a procedure in case a terrorist state turns Nuclear power plant at the target.
23:13 Temporary restrictions are introduced in Kiev in connection with Independence Day: from August 21 to August 24, the operating time of the metro has been reduced - trains will run from 6:00 to 21:00; Mass events are prohibited from August 22 to 25.
22:41 Biden signed a decree on the allocation of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $775 million, the White House said. The funds will be used for defense, as well as for military education and training of Ukrainian fighters.
22:36 The Main Directorate of Personnel of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine proposes to amend the legislation regarding the registration of women for military registration, said Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar. In particular, according to her, the parliament is offered:
- reduce the list of specialties and professions, after which women are registered in the military, in accordance with the current needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;
- introduce voluntary military registration of women who have received the relevant specialties;
- start military registration of women not earlier than one month after the end of the "special period" in the state.
Malyar stressed that the relevant bill is now being coordinated in other ministries, and the final decision will be made by the Parliament. "Let me remind you that since 2014, not a single woman has been forcibly sent to the front - only with her consent," Malyar concluded.
22:20 The IAEA is negotiating with Ukraine and Russia to send a mission to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant soon, the organization said in a statement. Agency CEO Rafael Grossi will personally lead this mission.
21:42 The "authorities" of Sevastopol also reported that air defense had worked in the city, preliminary, according to the UAV, "the targets were hit."
21:29 Explosions thundered in Evpatoria - the "authority" says that the air defense system has worked.
21:18 Germany handed over to Ukraine three more Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns in addition to the 12 already transferred and 11 M113 tracked armored personnel carriers (33 have already been transferred). Ukrainian troops also received 1,000 dry rations, the German government said. Separately, the list includes weapons that are being prepared for shipment to Ukraine. It is noted that almost all of this equipment is at the production stage. In the list:
- twenty 70 mm rocket launchers with 2,000 laser-guided missiles;
- 1592 shells for 155 mm artillery;
- 255 Vulcano shells for 155 mm artillery;
- 60,200 rounds of 40 mm caliber;
- six hoisting and transport machines (forklifts);
- 40 units of updated anti-drone devices;
- 12 Bergepanzer 2 recovery vehicles based on the Leopard 1 tank, as well as 30 MG3 machine guns for them.
20:41 The monitoring group of Belarus Gayun reports that the troops of the Republic of Belarus have extended their training until August 27. In total, the exercises will last for 17 weeks, so the army has become more prepared for defensive operations, but is still not ready for a large-scale offensive, as it lacks real combat experience, analysts say.
20:29 Reznikov said that the Ukrainian Defense Forces received qualitatively new opportunities thanks to the "people's satellite", which was acquired by the Prytula Foundation. According to him, the information received from the ICEYE satellite constellation will help to defeat the enemy much more effectively and "quickly drive him out of our land, while saving the lives of our people."
The minister said that Prytula met with specialists from the Ministry of Defense, who, based on the analysis, determined the best option, allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine "to climb several steps up." He explained that in order to optimally use the new weapons, which Ukraine began receiving in June, it was necessary to significantly increase intelligence capabilities not only at the tactical, but also at the operational level. Ukraine receives information from satellites from partners, but this data is mainly from optical satellites, which have their own technological limitations for working at night or in cloudy weather. Now the situation will be fundamentally different, Reznikov stressed.
"Our army will begin to receive information that it could not receive at all before. And it will do it quickly, when it is needed, and from where it is needed," the head of the Defense Ministry emphasized.
20:12 Since the beginning of the day, the Russian troops have made several unsuccessful attempts to storm the Donbass. Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the enemy’s attempt to break through on the border between the Kherson and Nikolaev regions, the General Staff reports in the evening report .
20:03 The United States intends to transfer NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine within two to three months, the Pentagon reported.
19:44 A delegation of the Association of European Cities EuroCities visited Ukraine. Zelensky thanked for the visit and reported on its results: “I thank the European cities for providing asylum for our people who fled the war. We will also be grateful for the help in restoring housing, infrastructure - the conditions for the return of Ukrainians to their homeland. It is important that the restoration does not start after the war, namely now. Today, another step has been taken towards this - a Memorandum of Understanding has been signed to support the sustainable recovery of Ukrainian cities."
19:31 Gazprom announced that gas transportation via Nord Stream will be suspended for three days - from August 31 to September 2. The reason is "scheduled maintenance of the only working gas pumping unit."
19:15 The United States announced the provision of a new $775 million military aid package to Ukraine. It will include:
- ammunition for HIMARS;
- 16 105 mm howitzers and 36,000 rounds for them;
- 15 Sky Eagle drones;
- HARM missiles to combat radar;
- TOW anti-tank systems;
- 1000 Javelins.
18:41 Infrastructure Minister Alexander Kubrakov said that now ten ships are being loaded and prepared to leave the ports of Odessa, Chernomorsk and Yuzhny. Also received more than 40 applications for calling at Ukrainian ports. In total, during the operation of the grain initiative, 25 ships with 630,000 tons of agricultural products on board were sent from three ports.
18:28 Putin told Macron that he is ready to reconsider the previous demand that the IAEA come to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant through Russian territory, the Elysee Palace said. Macron asked the mission to pass through Ukraine.
18:11 Macron and Putin will call again in the coming days - after negotiations of technical groups on the IAEA mission, the Elysee Palace reports.
18:08 Pushilin said that a "referendum" on joining the "DPR" to Russia will be held only after "the republic's constitutional borders have been reached."
18:04 Ukrainian forces are believed to be behind the explosions at warehouses in the Belgorod region, a Western intelligence spokesman said at a closed briefing, ITN journalist Emma Burrows reports. He stressed that such goals "are legal and do not threaten the territorial integrity of Russia." Also, an intelligence representative said that the Russians are running out of ammunition, even those that were stored deep in the rear, so that the Russian Federation is losing combat effectiveness.
According to the speaker, Russia and Ukraine use the Zaporozhye NPP in the struggle for the "information environment". He stressed that the nuclear power plant is built in such a way that it "can cope with a civil airliner flying into it," but if the power supply is disrupted, "we will find ourselves in a more serious situation."
17:46 With statements about an alleged desire to resume peace talks, Russia is trying to divert the attention of Ukraine and the world community in order to buy time to prepare for the continuation of the expansionist policy, Podolyak said in an interview with Wirtualna Polska.
17:25 In Lviv, the remains of the military of the Soviet army will be reburied from the Field of Mars. The Memorial Complex of Heroes of Ukraine will appear on this site in memory of the military who gave their lives for the independence of the country, said Lilia Onishchenko, head of the department for the protection of the historical environment of the Lviv City Council. According to her, an architectural competition for a new project of the Memorial is currently being prepared.
17:14 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres appealed to the Russian authorities with a request not to disconnect the Zaporozhye NPP from the Ukrainian power grid: "Obviously, the electricity from the Zaporizhzhya NPP is Ukrainian. The Ukrainian people need it, especially during the winter period. This principle must be fully observed" .
17:12 From September 1, there will be no doctors left in Avdiivka - the local medical facility will be evacuated, said Vitaliy Barabash, head of the city's military-civilian administration. He urged residents to evacuate while they can.
17:10 In the occupied Volchansk, Kharkiv region, they began issuing SIM cards with the Russian code +7 (990). A call to Russian numbers costs 3 rubles, to Ukrainian - 20.
17:07 Macron called Putin for the first time in a long time. According to the Kremlin, both presidents noted the importance of sending an IAEA mission to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant as soon as possible, which would be able to assess the real situation. Putin confirmed his readiness to provide assistance and accused Ukraine of shelling the Zaporizhzhya NPP. Putin also "reminded" Macron of the "invitation" to experts from the UN Secretariat and the International Committee of the Red Cross to visit the detention facility in Yelenovka.
17:03 Explosions at the Saki airbase in Crimea disabled more than half of the combat aircraft of the naval aviation of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Reuters writes citing a European official.
16:56 It used to be possible to leave Melitopol through Crimea, but after the latest explosions on the peninsula, the occupiers do not let Ukrainians in, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said: "We tell residents of the occupied territories that they can leave through Crimea, but it's been two days since this message It should be noted that the filtration in Crimea has increased significantly, and many men are no longer allowed into Crimea, whose phones contain information that Russian special services do not like."
Fedorov added that at the checkpoint in Vasilyevka, the queues of those wishing to leave for the territory controlled by Ukraine are increasing. Departure is possible only along a dirt road in Kamenskoye, which is washed out due to rains, and traffic is blocked.
16:47 The Cabinet of Ministers allowed men - employees of Ukrainian companies to travel abroad. At the same time, they must have an official salary of at least 20 thousand hryvnia. Also, the company should not have debts on taxes and fees. The new rules come into effect on September 1st. It will be possible to leave for up to seven days, at the request of the employer on the Diya portal.
No more than ten people, or 10% of the company's employees, will be able to cross the border, First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sviridenko said on the air of the telethon. She explained this decision by the fact that Ukrainian companies should be able to take part in international events and sign contracts.
16:37 There will be no heating in Melitopol due to the lack of gas. According to the mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov, at first the invaders wanted to pull the gas pipeline from Berdyansk, then they wanted to bring in coal. However, for the second day they have been mining heating plants and three large boiler houses: they want to stage a diversion in order to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the resistance forces of disrupting the heating season.
16:33 The Russians are expanding the military base and airfield in Luninets, Brest region of Belarus, located 50 km from the Rivne region, the Belarusian Radio Liberty reports, citing satellite images. Before the invasion of the Russian troops, this airfield was a reserve airfield and had no strategic importance. In January, Lukashenko visited it, and a few days after his visit, Russian troops occupied the airfield.
New satellite images show that the Russians are actively building the airfield - they are clearing the territory of the forest, constructing new facilities, including a military camp, expanding warehouses, building barracks and hangars.
16:23 Estonia will propose the eighth package of sanctions against Russia to the European Commission, the country's Foreign Ministry said: "Estonia wants the eighth package of sanctions to include expanded sanctions against Russia in the economic, energy and trade sectors, as well as additional individuals and organizations to be subject to restrictions. Estonia also proposes that sanctions be extended to travel of Russian citizens to Europe."
15:56 The Russians again hit the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region from barrel artillery. In Marganets, as a result of shelling of residential areas, two people were injured, and a power line was disabled, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
15:32 The ICEYE satellite, which was bought with money raised by the Prytula Foundation, will remain the property of Ukraine even after the expiration of the data access period until the end of work in orbit, according to EOS Data Analytics.
15:17 Lukashenka said that he was not going to attack Ukraine and he had no intention of sending Belarusians to fight: "Don't think that I'm planning some kind of attack here - we'll bomb Ukraine from the territory of Belarus and so on. I don't have no desire for your and my children to fight. In the name of what? We need to calm down. No Ukraine is at war today. Today, the entire NATO bloc and America, above all, are at war with Russia."
14:46 Russia is not preparing for an offensive on Ukraine's Independence Day, but Ukrainians should still be prepared for possible "surprises", Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Enin said on the air of the telethon: "I can say right away, and it's not a secret that there will be no storming of the capital or an offensive by the Russians is not foreseen on that day. At the same time, the Russians are armed with missiles, aerial bombs, and other, so to speak, surprises prepared for the civilian population of Ukraine. That is why these days it is especially necessary to heed the advice that We give what the military administrations give."
14:43 The EU has submitted information to the International Court of Justice in the framework of the case of Ukraine against the Russian Federation regarding the accusations of genocide, which the Russian Federation used to justify the invasion of Ukraine.
14:40 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived in Odessa. He will inspect the shipment and dispatch of Ukrainian grain. Negotiations on the issue of grain corridors will also continue there.
14:37 The occupiers can soon stop the operating power units of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and disconnect them from the communication lines for power output to the Ukrainian energy system. Currently, the Russian military is looking for suppliers of fuel for diesel generators, which should turn on after the shutdown of power units and in the absence of external power supply for nuclear fuel cooling systems, Energoatom reports.
The night before, a propaganda film crew arrived in Energodar, whose members, together with representatives of the FSB, held a joint meeting on the territory of the Alisa Group of Companies. And already at 00:15 on August 19, the Russian occupiers were shelling in the direction of the training center of the station. It is precisely recorded that these shellings were carried out from two places - the bus station and the discharge channel.
14:34 In Mariupol, the invaders began to cut out the MMK them. Ilyich for scrap, at the same time, residents of the city are told that the plant's activities will be resumed, said the mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko.
14:28 The leader of the Free Democratic Party and German Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not support the proposal of his party deputy, Vice Speaker Wolfgang Kubiki to launch Nord Stream 2.
14:09 Residents of Zaporozhye heard explosions - it was air defense, said the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh.
14:01 The State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the case of "elite refugees" - well-known and wealthy Ukrainians who ended up abroad after the start of the war. As the UP writes, they are suspected of illegally leaving Ukraine using their official position. In total, there are 84 names on the list, among them there are deputies and members of their families.
13:55 The former mayor of Krasnodar Andrey Alekseenko headed the "council of ministers" created by the Russians in the occupied territory of the Kharkov region, Russian media write.
13:49 Estonia, which yesterday announced the provision of another package of military assistance to Ukraine, will also take part in the training program for the Ukrainian military, Reznikov said: "Even more military assistance from our Estonian friends for the Ukrainian army: mortars; anti-tank weapons; field hospital ( in cooperation with Germany); Estonian soldiers will join the British training program for our soldiers."
13:24 The first safe public transport stop was presented in Kharkiv. Citizens can hide in them in case of a threat of shelling and wait out the air raid. The stops are equipped with Wi-Fi and video surveillance; you can learn about the arrival of transport from the dispatcher or through the monitor.
13:17 The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow "does not accept" Kiev's thesis on self-defense, "Ukraine is already openly talking about an attack in the depths of Russian territory, this is an escalation at the suggestion of the United States."
13:13 Podolyak commented on calls for negotiations with Moscow: “Negotiations with the Russian Federation are a game of Russian roulette with a full reel and a fatal ending for everyone. The continuation of the war, terror and criminal blackmail. The key parameters of the negotiation process were announced by President Zelensky. The main condition is the withdrawal of Russian occupying troops from all Ukrainian territories.
13:11 The Vice Speaker of the Bundestag from the Free Democratic Party, which is part of the ruling coalition of Germany, Wolfgang Kubiki advocated the opening of Nord Stream 2. In his opinion, this is necessary to fill the gas storage facilities for the winter: "There are no good reasons not to open Nord Stream 2."
Kuleba responded that the situation with Nord Stream is reminiscent of drug addiction: “Calls by some German politicians to launch Nord Stream 2 for a short time and then close it are irrational. It resembles drug addiction when a person says: “Just the last time!” Without realizing the devastating consequences. Dependence on Russian gas kills!"
12:55 Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar reproached the media for referring to anonymous sources: "If "our source in the President's Office" and "an unnamed person from the Ministry of Defense" really exist, then they have begun to play their game and deliberately misinform those who refer to them. Because over the past few months, not a single hit in reality.
12:46 The IAEA mission may go to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in early September, if there are no "extraneous factors," Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia's permanent representative in Vienna, said.
12:43 Erdogan said that he offered Zelensky to hold his meeting with Putin in Turkey. The Turkish leader also said that he plans to discuss the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant with Putin and ask him to take concrete measures.
12:39 Head of the Naval Academy of Russia Viktor Sokolov announced that he had been appointed interim acting. commander of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.
12:18 Stoltenberg will take part in the second summit of the Crimean Platform, which will be held on August 23 in an online format, the NATO press service reported. Earlier, three leaders of the G7 - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida - confirmed their participation in the Crimean Platform online summit.
11:57 Ukrainian forces destroyed one of the columns of Russian military equipment and manpower, which was moving from Mariupol towards Zaporozhye. “Unfortunately, we cannot reveal all the details, but the fact is that the occupied city is effectively resisting despite the cruelty of the regime,” wrote Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.
11:46 On the Independence Day of Ukraine, the occupiers are planning to hold a demonstrative trial of the captured defenders of Azovstal in Mariupol. According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, for this purpose, the surviving premises of the Mariupol Chamber Philharmonic Society are being urgently refurbished. Iron cages are being mounted on the stage of the Philharmonic, where Ukrainian defenders will be kept. Several new temporary buildings are also being built next to the premises.
In order to give the appearance of "legitimacy" to this action, the occupiers train specially trained "witnesses" and bring in representatives of the propaganda media. According to one of the scenarios, the occupiers can launch a targeted missile attack on the premises, blaming Ukraine for this.
11:25 The FSB was preparing two puppet orders for the fall of Kiev's capture ahead of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to The Washington Post. Behind the tributes, among the main "allies" of the FSB, were Viktor Yanukovych and Viktor Medvedchuk.
The investigators call Medvedchuk "an oligarch, who became one of the leaders in the main pro-Russian party of Ukraine after the establishment of such victories" with Putin. Yanukovych, having enchanted the group, climbed in Belarus on the cob birch tree, so that, perhaps, he could try to turn his own power to Kiev. Another group, to which a large number of members of the Party of Regions had gone, settled on the paid-back territories of Ukraine.
11:21 The European Commission will allocate $21 million to clear debris in Ukraine, the EU Delegation to Ukraine has reported. The money will be provided to the United Nations Development Program. The funds will be used to address environmental threats and to repair and purchase strategic infrastructure for the affected regions.
11:16 In Kharkiv, the death toll after the strike on two dormitories in the Slobodsky and Saltovsky districts has increased to 19 people , said the region's police chief Volodymyr Tymoshko. At the same time, according to him, the removal of rubble in the Slobodsky district continues, "we can assume that there are two more people under the rubble." At the moment, it is known about 15 dead and 20 wounded in a hostel in the Saltovsky district and four dead (of which one child) and 22 wounded in the Slobodsky district.
11:03 The occupiers can turn the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant into Fukushima-1, the State Inspectorate for Nuclear Regulation said. Thus, as a result of shelling by Russian troops, three of the four lines connecting the nuclear power plant with the energy system of Ukraine were damaged. If the station loses the latter, the probability of a radiation release will increase significantly.
10:37 The SBU exposed the FSB's attempt to install "bugs" on the sidelines of the Verkhovna Rada. Counterintelligence has established the fact of the recruitment by the special services of the Russian Federation of a former employee of the support unit of the Administrative Department of the Verkhovna Rada Administration. At the direction of the curator, the agent was supposed to collect intelligence about the visits of foreign delegations to the Ukrainian parliament, including their personal composition, the content of official and informal conversations.
10:12 In the six months of the invasion, Russia has not been able to achieve success in the information war against Ukraine - Russian operations in the information space were inept, and fakes were easily dispelled by released intelligence, writes the head of British intelligence Jeremy Fleming in an article for The Economist.
“Just as with the ground invasion, Russia’s original online plans appear to have failed. The country’s use of aggressive cyber tools was irresponsible and indiscriminate. Now President Putin has completely lost the information war in Ukraine and the West. Although this is cause for joy, we should not underestimate how Russian disinformation operates in other parts of the world," Fleming writes.
09:48 According to the order of the "administration" of the Luhansk region, now the invaders can "legally" carry out "mobilization" in the occupied territory, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "When men really began to run out in the territories occupied eight years ago, they decided to carry out forced mobilization throughout the territory Luhansk regions. The other day, they even issued an appropriate order. I received a passport of the "LNR", which were carried almost through the streets in spring and summer, like gypsies chalk - go to the front."
He added that men had disappeared before in Starobelsk, Belovodsk, and even in the recently captured Severodonetsk and Lisichansk: "Some managed to tell their relatives that they were going to Luhansk 'on business', but have not returned until now."
09:27 Politico writes that the US State Department informally warned Congress about the negative consequences of recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. In particular, it will jeopardize the execution of the grain deal. It is currently working and gradually contributing to the resolution of the global food crisis, but there are no guarantees that the Russian Federation will not withdraw from the agreement after being recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism.
09:24 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 19. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
- personnel - about 44,700 (+400) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1899 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 4195 (+16),
- artillery systems - 1016 (+6),
- MLRS - 266 (+1),
- air defense systems - 141 (+5),
- aircraft - 234 (+0),
- helicopters - 197 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 795 (+2),
- cruise missiles - 190 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3130 (+69),
- special equipment - 94 (+1).
09:16 British intelligence notes that Russian forces hold the Kharkiv sector relatively easily, but continue to carry out local attacks against Ukrainian forces. They are probably trying to force Ukraine to leave significant forces on this front in order to prevent them from being used for a counterattack elsewhere.
08:56 In Kharkiv, as a result of morning shelling, the building of one of the institutions of higher education, the building of a civil enterprise were destroyed, two private houses were damaged. One person died, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
The mayor of Kramatorsk Alexander Goncharenko also reported damage to the educational institution as a result of Russian shelling, people were not injured.
08:34 In the Donetsk region over the past day, as a result of enemy shelling, five civilians were killed - two in Avdeevka, one each in Druzhba, Zelenopolye and Pervomaisky. Ten more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:16 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians fired at three districts at night - Krivorozhsky, Sinelnikovsky and Nikopolsky. One person died, a 12-year-old child was injured, he was operated on, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
07:40 Ukrainian fighters continue to successfully repulse the assault actions of the occupiers. Also, battles are currently being sharpened in the directions of Pokrovskoye-Bakhmutskoye and Lozovoye-Pervomayskoye, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report .
07:13 Russians repeatedly fired at the Pyotr Mogila Black Sea National University in Nikolaev with two S-300 missiles at night, Mayor Alexander Senkevich said.
06:23 Early in the morning, the Russians fired on Kharkov again - the Kiev, Osnovyansky and Nemyshlyansky districts were under attack. There is a hit in a residential building, previously one person was injured. An infrastructure facility was also damaged, a fire broke out there, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.
05:19 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Russian Defense Ministry seems to be creating informational conditions in order to accuse Ukrainian forces of future operations at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Analysts also noted that on August 18, for the first time since July 6, no Russian territorial gains in Ukraine were announced. However, Russian forces were still conducting limited and unsuccessful offensives to the east on 18 August.
In particular, Russian troops conducted ground assaults south of Seversk and northeast and south of Bakhmut. They also continued to conduct offensive operations to the north, west and southwest of Donetsk and made an unsuccessful ground assault in the Zaporozhye direction.
The Kremlin is likely using Cossack organizations to support Russia's efforts to build up a military, ISW notes.
03:42 Bloomberg, citing Indonesian President Joko Widodo, writes that Putin will arrive in Bali for the G20 summit in November. The day before, the heads of state held telephone conversations.
03:11 The United States is preparing a new $800 million military aid package for Ukraine. According to Reuters, the Biden administration may announce it as early as Friday, August 19.
02:37 Ukrainian aviation delivered four blows to the accumulation of manpower, weapons and equipment of the enemy in the Kherson and Nikolaev regions. Including the Armed Forces of Ukraine violated the plans of the enemy to repair and continue to use the Kakhovka bridge, OK Pivden reported.
01:58 Podolyak, in an interview with Channel 24, announced the further destruction of military facilities in Crimea: "We will ask the sun, wind, water and even tobacco products to work effectively in ammunition depots. On the other hand, we will continue to insist that Russia voluntarily dismantled all the illegal bases and bridges that had been built in Crimea in eight years."
00:13 In the Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, explosions at military facilities continue. Now they are reported in Kerch and Sevastopol.