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Russian troops use the civilian population as a human shield in the south of Ukraine
The Ukrainian army launched a counteroffensive on the territory of the Kherson region (south of Ukraine). Due to this, the flow of refugees has increased significantly, but the occupiers do not let the civilian population pass. They want to use civilians as a human shield. Source: Serhiy Kaliman, head of the Vasylivka United Territorial Community...
The USA introduced sanctions against a major Russian metals company and a woman closely linked to Putin
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control on August 2 announced new sanctions, targeting Russian collaborators, a major Russian metals company and a woman closely linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Source: US Department of Treasury The sanctions target Publichnoe Aktsionernoe Obschestvo Magnitogorskiy...
Canada expanded sanctions against Russia
Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly announced on August 2 the implementation of additional sanctions in connection with Russia’s illegal and unjustified invasion of Ukraine. They will affect 43 military officials and 17 organizations. Source: Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Melanie Joly “Canada is...
Ukraine called on the UN to close the sky over Ukrainian nuclear power plants
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mykola Tochytskyi, called for closing the sky over Ukraineʼs nuclear facilities at the UN conference dedicated to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on August 1. Source: The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi “For the first time in history,...
US President calls on Russia and China to enter talks on nuclear arms control
US President Joe Biden said on August 1 that Russia should show readiness to resume work with the US on nuclear arms control. Source: US President Joe Biden The President’s administration is ready to “expeditiously negotiate” a replacement to New START, the treaty capping intercontinental nuclear forces in the United States and...
5,327 civilians have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the large-scale war, – UN
At least 5,327 civilians were killed in Ukraine, and another 7,257 were injured from February 24 to July 31 according to UN data. Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights “A total of 5,327 killed (2,056 men, 1,400 women, 146 girls, and 165 boys, as well as 41 children and 1,519 adults whose sex is yet unknown). A total of...
Russian troops wear civilian clothes and flee the battlefield in the south of Ukraine
Russian forces are going into locals’ houses and changing into civilian clothes to escape from the front, where active hostilities are currently taking place in the Kherson region (south of Ukraine). Source: The Acting head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Dmytro Butriy As Butriy writes, the Russian military is trying to find a way to...
The Russians fired with guided missiles civilian bus in the Kherson region, 3 people died
The occupiers hit the civilian bus with anti-tank guided missiles near the village of Dovgove in the Kherson region (south of Ukraine). Three people died, and five were injured on August 1. Source: Head of the Kryvyi Rih Military Administration Oleksandr Vilkul “Today the Russian occupation troops committed another war crime during an...
New Zealand expanded sanctions against Russia
It became known on August 1 that the New Zealand authorities introduced sanctions against Russian defense enterprises, as well as SOGAZ Insurance Company and Russian Railways due to the war against Ukraine. Source: The Foreign Ministry of New Zealand “Sanctions are being introduced against the insurance company “SOGAZ”, the...
Russia attacked civilian objects in Ukraine 60 times more often than military ones: video
The Russian aggressor attacked civilian objects 60 times more often than military ones during the 5 months of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It carried out 17,300 strikes on civilian targets and about 300 on military ones. Source: Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine “Contrary to...
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General Staff operational report August 22, 2023 on the Russian invasion of Ukraine Tuesday, August 22, 2023 - 18:55 (EEST)
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