Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2023. Linked in the title
Worth noting, korrespondent.net has compiled its Invasion of Ukraine series into separate months, beginning May 9th, 2022. Linked in the title
[Korrespondent] 23:04 Zelensky said in an evening video message that he held a meeting today on the policy of returning Ukrainians, in particular to Crimea: "It is obvious that after the liberation of Crimea from occupation, economic opportunities, personal security for people, and a sense of real freedom, which it hasn't been there since 14. But all this should not be just abstract - there should be specific content for every detail of the de-occupation of Crimea. How exactly normal life is returning, what exactly does this mean for Crimea and for all our people. everyone understands. Step by step, we are making the de-occupation of Crimea more and more achievable and thoughtful."
22:45 As a result of the Russian strike on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, nine people were killed and 82 were injured. Among the wounded are two children, Zelensky said in an evening video message.
22:28 From August 11, Latvia introduces an enhanced border security regime with Belarus, the country's government has announced.
22:06 The German publication Handelsblatt found out that 50 Leopard 1 tanks were purchased for Ukraine from the Belgian company OIP Land Systems by the Rheinmetall concern. The German company plans to re-equip the tanks at the enterprises of the Dusseldorf Group and send them to Ukraine.
21:50 School history textbooks have been rewritten in Russia, adding fakes about the collapse of the Soviet Union and the war in Ukraine. Soon high school students in the Russian Federation will consider the era of stagnation "the heyday of the country", and Mikhail Gorbachev will be responsible for the collapse of the USSR. The book will also teach Russian children that Ukraine is an "ultra-nationalist state" where "any dissent" is persecuted. For more details, see How Russia Rewrote History .
21:18 The European Union as a bloc cannot give security guarantees to Ukraine - this is a discussion for NATO and individual countries, said the representative of the EU Foreign Service in Brussels, Peter Stano. According to him, the EU, in principle, cannot act as a guarantor of security, since, unlike NATO, it is not a defense organization.
19:56 Danilov said that Prigozhin's rebellion was a special operation agreed upon by Putin in order to identify disloyal generals. According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, there is already an understanding of the number of generals suspended from their duties, some of them have been arrested.
19:07 The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, visited Bulgaria, where he met with Defense Minister Todor Tagarev and Director of the Military Intelligence Service, General Venelin Venev, Radio Bulgaria reports. They discussed the state of regional and international security, prospects for the development of the situation and other topics.
18:52 Ukraine intends to become the world leader in the production of drones, said the head of the Ministry of Digital Development Mikhail Fedorov in an interview with Newsweek. According to him, after the end of the war, Ukraine has every chance of becoming the largest exporter of drones, since each model has been tested in real combat conditions. Now in Ukraine, within the framework of the Army of Drones program , 40 UAV models have been tested - a year ago there were seven of them.
17:39 In Pokrovsk, emergency rescue work has been completed in a five-story residential building damaged as a result of Russian shelling on August 7. According to preliminary information from the State Emergency Service, seven people were killed, including one rescuer, and another 82 people were injured. Eight people have been rescued.
17:04 The UK has imposed new sanctions against 22 individuals and entities outside of Russia that support the war against Ukraine, as well as three Russian companies that import electronics for the Russian army, the country's government said. In particular, two Turkish companies - Turkik Union and Azu International - were included in the sanctions list for their role in the export of microelectronics to the Russian Federation. And Dubai-based Aeromotus Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Trading LLC has been sanctioned for its role in supplying Russia with drones and drone components.
Also, restrictions were imposed against a Slovak citizen for mediating the supply of weapons from the DPRK to Russia and a Swiss citizen who heads the Moscow office of DuLac Capital Ltd. The restrictions also included Iranian individuals and legal entities and Belarusian defense organizations.
16:17 An unnamed country bought a batch of Leopard 1 tanks for Ukraine, the Belgian edition of Business AM reports, citing sources. The tanks were in the warehouse of OIP Land Systems in the Belgian city of Tournai. Now they are undergoing a major overhaul, and some have already been sent to Ukraine.
15:59 The Russians fired at Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, a 14-year-old child was wounded, the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said. According to him, the enemy intensified shelling of the city and surrounding settlements.
15:56 The European Commission has begun preparing a report on EU enlargement, which should be published in the second half of October. It is likely that it will contain recommendations for Ukraine and Moldova to start negotiations on EU accession, and for Georgia - on the status of a candidate, according to the Brussels correspondent of Radio Liberty Rikard Jozwiak. At the same time, he added that this requires a consensus of all 27 EU members in December.
15:18 Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mark Rutte said that he had a telephone conversation with Zelensky. "One of the ways we can help is to work with our partners to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16s," he wrote. Rutte also congratulated Zelensky on a "successful meeting in Saudi Arabia."
14:40 The death toll from yesterday's Russian strike by four guided bombs on the village of Kruglyakovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region, has risen to three, nine people were injured, the regional prosecutor's office said.
14:23 The Polish Ministry of Defense has agreed to send an additional thousand troops to the border with Belarus at the request of the border service, PAP reports. Now 2,000 Polish soldiers are serving on the border, helping the border forces. The strengthening of the border began after the arrival of Wagner PMC mercenaries in Belarus. In early August, Poland deployed additional combat helicopters to the border after the Belarusian Mi-8 and Mi-24 violated its airspace.
13:37 Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has removed from storage more than 40% of old tanks and armored personnel carriers from the largest base of mothballed equipment Vagzhanovo in Buryatia, writes The Moscow Times. So, if five months before the start of the war, about 3840 units of armored vehicles were stored in Vagzhanovo, then already in May of this year - about 2270 units.
13:28 The first agreements on security guarantees for Ukraine on the way to NATO will be concluded before the end of the year, Yermak said. He recalled that negotiations with the United States have already begun to conclude a bilateral agreement on the provision of such guarantees. "We also agreed with all the countries that signed the declaration in Vilnius and joined it to start similar consultations. They will start within this or next month," the head of the President's Office said. According to him, "these security guarantees are like air defense against a future world war."
13:16 Since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, as a result of Russian shelling during the aftermath of missile strikes, 78 rescuers were killed and 280 were injured, said Alexander Khorunzhiy, spokesman for the State Emergency Service. He recalled that rescuers are protected by international conventions, since they do not conduct hostilities, but leave to save people and help.
12:44 The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, explained why so many rescuers and policemen were injured during the strike on Pokrovsk. According to him, this is Russia's tactic: the first blow is inflicted on civilians, and the second - on the services that come to the place. So, the first blow to Pokrovsk was delivered at 19:15, the second - at 19:52. At the same time, Kirilenko noted that people were dispersed before the second strike: "If there had been a congestion of people and no additional measures had been taken literally in ten minutes, the consequences would have been much worse."
12:13 In the occupied part of the Kherson region, the Russians are organizing provocations to identify pro-Ukrainian citizens cooperating with the Defense Forces, said Anna Malyar. In particular, they spread fake news about the withdrawal of their troops and demonstratively moved military equipment, while enemy agents provoked people to freely express their thoughts and passed information about them to the occupying "law enforcement agencies."
In addition, the occupiers deliberately disconnected subscribers from Russian mobile operators and wired Internet, and at that time cars equipped with special electronic equipment to detect the operation of information transmitters were cruising the streets.
12:04 Already 20,000 Ukrainian recruits have been trained as part of the Interflex multinational training operation in the UK, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
11:25 The Russians fired on the Cossack Lopan of the Kharkiv region, two people were injured, the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov said.
11:22 As a result of two Russian strikes by Iskanders on residential buildings in the center of Pokrovsk on the evening of August 7, 81 people were injured, seven were killed, said the head of the Donetsk OVA Pavel Kirilenko. Among the wounded are 39 civilians, including two children, 31 police officers, seven employees of the State Emergency Service and four military personnel. Damage was recorded to 12 multi-storey buildings, hotel buildings, the prosecutor's office, a pension fund, a pharmacy, two shops, two cafes and two civilian cars.
11:08 Since the beginning of the year, Ukraine has quadrupled the production of Stugna-P anti-tank missile systems, and the positive dynamics continues, said Alexander Kamyshin, Minister for Strategic Industries. At the same time, he added that "no matter how much we produce now, it will not be enough." According to the minister, now civilian Ukrainian enterprises are actively reorienting to the production of defense products, so the entire military-industrial complex is actively growing. In his opinion, the state should own only 20% of the defense industry, since private companies are developing faster.
11:01 The Armed Forces of Ukraine are developing success after breaking through the first line of defense of the Russians in certain areas in the South, Natalya Gumenyuk said. At the same time, she added that this is a difficult job and only the first stage when the line of defense breaks through: "After that, you need to gain a foothold in those areas and provide security for the units that made the breakthrough. Therefore, here the news may be somewhat slowed down." According to her, the advance continues, but it is reported in a dosed manner in order to save the lives of the military.
10:49 Putin's decision to provide the National Guard with heavy weapons may indicate that he views this structure as one of the main security pillars of his regime, according to British intelligence. Analysts recall that the Russian Guard has about 200 thousand employees and has existed in its current form since 2016, it is headed by Putin's former bodyguard Viktor Zolotov.
At the same time, as noted in intelligence, there is no evidence that the Russian Guard conducted any effective actions against the Wagner PMC during the rebellion, although this was precisely the internal threat for which this structure was created to respond.
10:16 Russia, after drone attacks on its ships, dispersed its ship grouping in the Black Sea, spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Natalya Gumenyuk said: “There is a slight panic in the Black Sea after certain events. they considered it safe for themselves and their fleet. But now safety for them is maneuvers. "
According to Gumenyuk, "now the situation is stable, but we do not remove the tension from the missile danger, so as not to lose vigilance."
09:48 The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced a telephone conversation between Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Lavrov. Wang Yi said after a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Ukraine that Beijing remains "impartial" and China and Russia are "trustworthy and reliable good friends and partners."
"On the issue of the Ukrainian crisis, China will uphold an independent and impartial position, express an objective and rational voice, actively promote peace negotiations and strive to find a political solution to any international multilateral event," the Chinese Foreign Minister said.
09:13 The Russians have intensified shelling of the Zaporozhye region - over the past day, 105 strikes were recorded on 24 settlements, the head of the OVA, Yuriy Malashko, said. In Novodanilovka, the analysis of a house destroyed by an airstrike has been completed: the body of a dead man, who was considered missing, was pulled out from under the rubble. As a result of the night shelling of Preobrazhenka, one person was injured.
09:06 In the Kherson region over the past day, as a result of Russian shelling, one person died, 13 were injured. In total, the enemy fired 68 shells, fired 18 shells at the city of Kherson. The shells hit the residential areas of the settlements of the region, the building of the Invincibility Point in Kherson, the OVA reported.
08:59 As a result of yesterday's Russian strike by four guided air bombs on the village of Kruglyakovka, Kupyansky district, Kharkiv region, two people were killed and five were injured, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said. In addition, two employees of the State Emergency Service and two police officers were injured. Six houses were damaged.
Over the past day, Russians from artillery, mortars and other weapons fired at the settlements of Bogodukhovsky, Kharkov, Chuguevsky and Kupyansky districts. One person was wounded in Petropavlovka, Kupyansky district.
08:55 Japan called on Iran not to provide Russia with weapons for the war against Ukraine, the Japanese government said following a meeting between the foreign ministers of the two countries.
08:31 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 8:
- personnel - about 250,800 (+560) people liquidated,
- tanks - 4254 (+10),
- armored combat vehicles - 8278 (+8),
- artillery systems - 4996 (+19),
- MLRS - 709 (+0),
- air defense systems - 468 (+1),
- aircraft - 315 (+0),
- helicopters - 312 (+1),
- UAV operational-tactical level - 4158 (+4),
- cruise missiles - 1377 (+0),
- ships/boats - 18 (+0),
- automotive equipment and tankers - 7460 (+9),
- special equipment - 737 (+2).
07:44 The death toll as a result of a Russian missile attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, has risen to seven, 67 people were injured. Among the wounded were 29 police officers, seven rescuers and two children, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said. The demolition of the rubble has now been resumed - it had to be suspended at night due to the high threat of repeated shelling.
The head of the Donetsk OVA, Pavel Kirilenko, specified that among the seven dead there were five civilians, one worker of the State Emergency Service and one military man. Among the wounded are 29 civilians (including two children born in 2006 and 2012), 29 police officers, seven employees of the State Emergency Service and two military men.
07:35 Over the past day, 37 clashes took place at the front, the General Staff said in the morning summary . In particular, in the Kupyansky direction, the Defense Forces repelled enemy attacks in the Sinkovka districts, north of Ivanovka, Kharkiv region, and south of Novoselovsky, Lugansk region. In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy conducted unsuccessful offensive operations in the areas of Andreevka, Kurdyumovka and Druzhba of the Donetsk region.
In the Avdiivka direction, Ukrainian defenders repulsed the attacks of Russian troops in the Avdiivka area, and in the Maryinsky direction they continue to hold back the enemy’s advance in the Maryinka area. In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian army made unsuccessful attempts to restore the lost position in the Robotino area of the Zaporozhye region. Meanwhile, the Defense Forces continue their offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions.
06:40 New history textbooks have been published in Russia, in which chapters from the 1970s have been completely rewritten, and a new one has been added - about a "special military operation." In particular, in the new textbook schoolchildren will be told that Ukraine is an "ultra-nationalist state" where "any dissent is severely persecuted", "opposition is forbidden", and "everything Russian is declared hostile". The textbook also says that the United States is “determined to fight to the last Ukrainian,” and the West “stole” Russian assets worth more than $300 billion.
High school students are also warned that the "global industry" for the production of fakes "works in a continuous conveyor", so they should not turn to alternative sources and find out information about the war on the Internet. The textbook for grades 10-11 will be used in schools from September 1.
05:52 On Tuesday, August 8, the US administration will announce the provision of a new $200 million military aid package to Ukraine, Reuters reports, citing sources. The package will include anti-tank missile systems, including TOW, AT4 and Javelin, mine-clearing equipment and ammunition for Patriot air defense systems, as well as other equipment and ammunition.
This tranche will be the latest in a $25.5 billion aid package previously approved by Congress, under which the administration can transfer arms to Ukraine from US depots.
In addition, according to the head of the US Army Procurement Division, Doug Bush, the White House is working on a request for additional funding for Ukraine. It may be ready for consideration in Congress this fall. "I think we will have a very strong case, and we hope to get the support of Congress for further funding - in particular, to increase the production of ammunition and purchases of ammunition to support Ukraine," Bush said.