[Korrespondent] 22:05 Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said in an interview with Ukrinform that Ukraine received 100 drones for the Army of drones capable of flying over long distances. To fully cover the state border and the front line, the same amount is needed.
22:01 The occupiers extended the "short-term weekend" for the Ukrainian personnel of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Unlike the previous order, now this also applies to operational duty officers, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports. At the same time, the duration of the "weekend" is not specified. In the meantime, some of the representatives of Rosatom were returned to the station. Also, a contingent of Russian troops and a large number of weapons and ammunition remain at the ZNPP.
Intelligence believes that such measures may indicate the intention of the occupiers to disconnect the station from Ukrainian electrical networks and power - the so-called "zero". In this case, the station will remain without power supply for a certain period of time - emergency power supply will be provided by diesel substations. This creates a potential hazard, as the likelihood of critical situations increases.
21:56 The "Governor" of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that air defense systems had again worked in the city.
21:52 The curfew time is changing in Kharkiv. From August 22, it will last from 19:00 to 07:00 the next day. And on Independence Day, the curfew will last from 19:00 Tuesday, August 23, until 7:00 Thursday, August 25. "Independence Day is about our DNA. This is what we have defended, we are defending and will continue to defend. We will not give the enemy a chance for any provocations. Therefore, on the holiday of our independence, we will be as vigilant as possible," Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.
21:48 Mikhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to International Organizations in Vienna, commenting on Zelensky's tweet thanking the United States for another military aid package, wrote: "No mercy for the Ukrainian population." Subsequently, he deleted this tweet and explained that his words were misinterpreted, because he meant that it was the Americans and the Ukrainian authorities who did not spare the Ukrainian population.
In turn, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that it requires Austria to expel Ulyanov from the country. Podolyak stated that this tweet was a call for the genocide of the Ukrainian people. Later, the Austrian Foreign Ministry announced that it had summoned the Russian envoy on Sunday, August 21. The department stressed that they were outraged by his "inhuman statements."
21:36 In an evening video message, Zelensky announced next week important negotiations and visits by "true friends of Ukraine": "We are actively preparing for the new week, which is very important for all of us, for our state. Ahead is the day of our flag, the day of our independence. Ahead - honoring the memory of veterans of the war for the freedom of Ukraine. Ahead - the Crimean platform - this year is really special. This year, literally in the air of Crimea, one can feel that the occupation there is temporary, and Ukraine is returning."
At the same time, the President noted that this week "Russia may try to do something particularly nasty, especially cruel": "We have such an enemy. But in any other week in these six months, Russia has done the same cruel."
20:48 Aksyonov commented on the activation of air defense in the Crimea: "There are no mass situations in Crimea and there will not be, I have no doubt about it. But we must remember that there is a confrontation, the NATO bloc is against us."
20:43 The Ministry of Health published advice on iodine prophylaxis in the event of an aviation accident:
20:36 The Ministry of Defense of Belarus and the government of the Russian Federation signed fixed-term contracts for the repair of aviation equipment. In particular, employees of the 558th aircraft repair plant in Baranovichi periodically go on business trips as part of "field teams" to repair aircraft at the 121st aircraft repair plant (the territory of the Kubinka airbase). According to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the work is mainly carried out on MiG-29 aircraft and their modifications. Belarusian specialists are carrying out work on removal from storage and reactivation for further use in the war against Ukraine.
19:18 In the Saltovsky district of Kharkiv, under the rubble of a hostel destroyed by Russian missiles, the bodies of three more dead were found, the city council said. Thus, the total number of deaths increased to 24 people: 18 people died in one hostel, and six in the second.
19:12 The Russians are trying to improve the tactical situation in the Nikolaevsky direction, they are attacking in the direction of Vasilki-Blagodatnoe. At the same time, in the Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmut, Avdeevsky and Novopavlovsk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the offensive actions of the occupiers, the General Staff said in an evening summary .
17:56 The state of health of the "head of administration" of the occupied Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, has improved significantly, he is on the mend, the "administration" said.
17:30 For 20 days of operation of the grain corridor, 670 thousand tons of agricultural products were taken out of Ukraine on 27 ships, the Ministry of Infrastructure reported.
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16:49 The number of wounded as a result of the shelling in Voznesensk has increased to 12 people, the mayor of the city Yevgeny Velichko said. He warned of the possibility of more rocket attacks and urged local residents not to move around the city unnecessarily.
16:33 Member of the British Parliament Tobias Ellwood said that any deliberate damage to the Ukrainian nuclear reactor with a possible radiation leak would be a violation of Article 5 of NATO. Adam Kinzinger, a member of the US House of Representatives, agreed with him, who also said that "any leak will kill people in NATO countries, this is automatically Article 5."
16:27 In Mariupol, an attempt was made on Gauleiter Konstantin Ivashchenko, Mayor's adviser Petr Andryushchenko said. "Unfortunately, not very successful so far. But this is only the beginning," he wrote, without specifying the details.
16:20 The biggest problem for the occupiers is the massive refusal to participate in the war by the command staff of the airborne forces. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, even contract soldiers, who were urgently given officer ranks, refuse to go to positions from platoon commander to battalion commander. Due to the massive refusal of paratrooper officers to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, the command of the airborne troops of the Russian Federation decided to appoint contract servicemen to officer positions without officer ranks and experience in combat operations.
15:38 In Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, ten Russian passports were issued to local residents, Russian media write.
15:27 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that on July 31, the Russian military, who were in the Zaporozhye region, were taken to a military hospital with signs of poisoning - they were allegedly poisoned by the Ukrainian side with botulinum toxin type "B". An additional investigation is also underway into the poisoning of "the head of the interim administration" of the occupied Kherson region, Volodymyr Saldo, with chemical warfare agents, the ministry said.
15:06 Yermak said that Zelensky and his administration consider the effective use of weapons "not only as a top priority, but also as a sacred duty that we have to the Ukrainian people." That is why the president has introduced levels of control and accountability to ensure oversight of Western aid. On an intergovernmental basis, the President and his team of advisers meet regularly with representatives of the countries providing this assistance and report on where and how this assistance is being used.
“The government is also organizing briefings for relevant congressional committees on oversight of security assistance, and we are working closely with the newly arrived US Defense Attaché, Brigadier General Garrick M. Harmon. Rest assured, he will have an unprecedented level of access and support from the administration. Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine must win and will win, as history teaches us that ideological aggressors like Russia do not stop in Crimea. They go to Kyiv until they are stopped," the head of the Presidential Office wrote.
14:17 As a result of a rocket attack on a five-story house and private houses in Voznesensk of the Nikolaev region, nine people were injured, four of them were children from 3 to 17 years old. All the children are in serious condition, one girl has lost an eye, said Vitaly Kim, head of the OVA.
14:02 Lithuania will transfer two more batches of military aid to Ukraine, Minister of Defense Arvydas Anusauskas said: "Since the beginning of the war, 28 batches of military support have been sent to Ukraine from Latvia. The 29th and 30th batches are already being prepared! In the near future I will talk about what they include."
13:34 Estonian President Alar Karis said that he took part in weaving camouflage nets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine together with his team. In total, Estonian volunteers have already woven 9,000 square meters. m nets. "We can all do something to help Ukraine win," he wrote.
13:02 In Voznesensk of the Nikolaev area the rocket has got to a five-storeyed residential building, the military commandant's office reports. According to preliminary data, there are casualties.
12:57 Due to the capture of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by the Russians, 25,000 tablets of potassium iodide, a drug that can protect the thyroid gland from the accumulation of radioisotopes of iodine in the event of contamination of the area as a result of an accident at nuclear reactors, were brought to Energodar, Mayor Dmitry Orlov said. At the same time, he stressed that the radiation background at the industrial site and directly in the city is currently within the norm and not exceeded, it is not necessary to take the drug for prevention in advance - only on command, in case of a really confirmed danger.
12:31 The war in Ukraine has entered "operational stagnation," writes CNN, citing Western officials. Both sides were unable to take the advantage of combat potential to influence the course of the war. The offensive in the Donbass has slowed down, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to restore the strength of the Russian army.
11:55 On August 19, the ports of Odessa accepted seven ships for loading agricultural products, the Administration of the Sea Ports of Ukraine reported on Facebook. So, the port of Chornomorsk has moored the bulk carriers ANDAN TORLAK, FILYOZ and MARANTA, the port of Odessa has started loading GANOSAYA and KUBROSLI Y, and MOHAMAD Y is waiting in line, as is the tanker FOYLE, which is in the roadstead of the Yuzhny port.
11:37 A new video has been released on the UNITED24.Media platform about how the world depends on Ukrainian industrial products. Due to the Russian invasion, all branches of Ukrainian industry have suffered losses, and this affects the whole world. The shortage of neon for the manufacture of microchips, the lack of Ukrainian parts for the production of cars, the lack of Azovstal products are just the beginning of a series of problems for the global industry.
10:58 US First Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo, at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Yunus Elitash, voiced Washington's concern that Russian organizations and individuals are trying to use Turkey to evade sanctions.
10:56 British intelligence reports that the situation at the front has practically not changed in recent weeks, and the initiative in the coming months will pass to the side that can create an offensive grouping. Thus, last week there were minimal changes along the front line, and it is unlikely that the situation will change next week. Russian forces at the moment are likely only prepared for limited localized attacks, rarely involving more than a company of troops, analysts say.
10:53 Both candidates for the premiership of Britain - Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss - said that Putin should not be allowed to attend the G20 summit in Bali.
10:47 In the village of Shevchenkivske, Zaporizhia region, as a result of enemy shelling, an eight-year-old child was seriously injured, two more adults were injured of moderate severity, the head of the OVA Alexander Starukh said.
10:44 Two more ships with Ukrainian grain left the port of Chornomorsk, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
10:39 Aksyonov said that in the Western Crimea "the air defense system worked, the target was hit, there were no casualties or damage." Meanwhile, local publics write about explosions over the village of Zaozernoe (a suburb of Yevpatoriya), as well as in Bakhchisarai and the village. Dairy Saki region. In addition, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation reported a fire near Sochi International Airport, where garages were burning.
10:34 The Russians fired four Caliber missiles in the Dnepropetrovsk region - all were shot down by Ukrainian air defense, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.
10:16 In the village of Lotikovo, Slavyanoserbsky district, Luhansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit a large repair base of Russians. About 50 occupiers and 100 pieces of equipment were destroyed, the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai, said.
09:48 The positions of the Russian military have weakened and they have no progress on the battlefield in Ukraine, a senior US Department of Defense official said at a closed briefing for journalists: "You see the complete lack of progress of the Russians on the battlefield. They bear these losses and cannot move forward" .
Also, a Pentagon spokesman commented on the latest events in Crimea: "I don't have a general assessment of the impact of recent attacks, especially on the airfield, but we see the overall picture that Russian forces are much more vulnerable. We see the movement of Russian troops to protect their vulnerabilities."
09:31 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev "specified" that the drone was still shot down right above the fleet headquarters, after which it fell on the roof and caught fire.
09:23 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of August 20. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction.
- personnel - about 44,900 (+200) people liquidated,
- tanks - 1907 (+8),
- armored combat vehicles - 4212 (+17),
- artillery systems - 1018 (+2),
- MLRS - 266 (+0),
- air defense systems - 141 (+0),
- aircraft - 234 (+0),
- helicopters - 197 (+0),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 803 (+8),
- cruise missiles - 190 (+0),
- ships/boats - 15 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 3137 (+7),
- special equipment - 97 (+3).
09:17 Tonight Russians fired at Nikolaev with S-300 rockets. Preliminary no casualties, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim.
09:11 "Governor" of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev said that a drone flew into the roof of the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet. It was not shot down, although they worked on the bay with small arms. There are no victims.
09:03 In the Donetsk region over the past day, seven civilians were killed from enemy shelling - four in Bakhmut, one each in Druzhba, Konstantinovka and Severny. Another 13 people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said.
08:46 In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russian army fired at the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts at night, people were not injured, said the head of the OVA Valentin Reznichenko.
08:31 In the Krasnopol community of the Sumy region, the head of the regional Association of Farmers and Private Landowners, deputy of the district council Ivan Deineka, died, said the head of the OVA Dmitry Zhivitsky. He was transporting crops in a truck, he had to pull off the road to miss an oncoming car. On the side of the road, Deineka's truck ran into a mine, the driver died on the spot.
08:00 In the Kharkiv, Slavyansk, Bakhmut, Novopavlovsk directions, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled the assaults of the Russians and pushed the enemy back, the General Staff reports in the morning report .
06:26 Tonight, powerful explosions thundered in Melitopol - according to preliminary data, at the Russian military base near the airfield, which the occupiers are once again trying to restore, the mayor of the city Ivan Fedorov said. Collaborators immediately reported to the Russian Federation that their air defense had worked.
05:11 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that the Russian Federation is significantly strengthening security measures in Crimea, which indicates the growing concern of the Russian authorities and the civilian population about the threat of Ukrainian strikes on rear areas that were previously considered safe. Analysts note that the Ukrainian strikes resonate in the Russian information space, "despite the fact that these reports were most likely inflated." Thus, Russian sources mainly reported and disseminated false or exaggerated reports, which indicates a panic in the Russian Federation.
The situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on August 19 remained relatively unchanged, despite Russian statements that Ukrainian forces would stage a provocation at the plant.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces have made limited ground attacks north of Kharkov, southwest and southeast of Izyum, east of Seversk, and south and east of Bakhmut. They also carried out numerous unsuccessful ground assaults on settlements in the southern direction. Meanwhile, Russia continues to form regional "volunteer" units and is likely to deploy many of them to Kherson and southern Ukraine as part of the 3rd Army Corps.
03:19 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced missile attacks on critical infrastructure facilities in the Nemyshlyansky district and in the suburbs. Previously without victims and victims.
01:55 The White House said that Zelensky should participate in the G20 summit if Putin comes there. According to the White House National Security Council, President Biden believes that Putin should not attend the G-20, but if he does attend the meeting, then Zelensky should also attend.
01:37 S&P raised Ukraine's long-term foreign currency rating to "CCC+" from "SD".
01:14 The total amount of US military assistance to Ukraine under the Biden administration exceeded $10 billion, Blinken said. At the same time, he assured that Biden was determined "to support the people of Ukraine in protecting their country from Russian aggression for as long as it takes."