A new attack on Nikopol

The authorities of the Dnipropetrovsk region claim that the Russians fired 120 projectiles from the "Hrad" at Nikopol.

Three local residents were killed and 9 others were injured, including a 13-year-old girl.

In the city, 40 high-rise buildings, three schools, a children's and youth creative center, several shops, garages and cars were damaged.

The power line is broken.

Russia has defined the following goals in Donetsk

Russian troops continue to attack Bakhmut, Solyadar, Krasnahorovka and Avdeyevka.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Russians unsuccessfully conducted offensive and assault actions and had to retreat with losses.

As a result of shelling and airstrikes in Donetsk region, 11 civilians were killed and 8 more were injured.

The Ministry of Defense of Russia stated in its daily summaries that the Ukrainian army in Druzhkavka and Siversk is allegedly placing military equipment in residential sectors.

This is how the Russians explain their strikes on the civilian sector of Ukrainian cities with artillery and tanks.

In the Luhansk region, the Russians tried to attack from eight directions at once

The authorities of the Luhansk region claim that Russia's advantage in weapons does not provide the Russians with the expected progress in the offensive.

According to them, Russian troops have not been able to advance more than 10 kilometers from captured Lisichansk for a month.

According to the head of the regional administration, Sergei Gaidai, the Russians stormed unsuccessfully in eight directions at once, but were forced to retreat everywhere.

Heavy fighting continues in three more areas.

Ukrainians destroyed three Russian command posts in the south

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine

, Oleksiy Reznikov

, said that now the Ukrainian army has significantly fewer casualties than in May.

Thanks to the new weapons that Ukraine receives from foreign partners, the Ukrainian military has been given the opportunity to deliver long-range point strikes.

The main focus is on the south.

There, as the operational command "South" claims, in the last day they hit the command posts of the 126th separate brigade of the coast guard of the Russian Navy, the 49th army, the 76th amphibious assault division and two warehouses with ammunition.

In addition to artillery, Ukraine actively uses its attack aircraft in the south.

Permanent occupation is destructive for the Ukrainian state

Experts of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the political, military, economic and other consequences of the long-term Russian military occupation of southern and eastern Ukraine can be devastating for the state.

According to them, forced passporting, the introduction of the Russian ruble, "filtering" and other "integration" measures, which are already taking place in the territories occupied by Russia, are much more harmful to Ukraine than "referendums".

At the same time, experts claim that the Kremlin will most likely postpone the date of the "referendums", which were planned for September 11.

The Institute for the Study of War also reported that Ukrainian officials called the August 9 attack on Crimea (on the Saki airfield) the beginning of a counteroffensive in the south, and in August and September expect an intensification of fighting that could determine the outcome of the next stage of the war.

At the same time, experts still cannot determine what caused the explosions in Crimea, where, according to satellite images, at least 8 Russian military aircraft were destroyed.

Russia's war against Ukraine

  • At 5 o'clock in the morning on February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the start of a military operation against Ukraine in the Donbass at the request of the "DPR" and "LPR" groups.

    On February 21, during a televised address to Russians, Putin called the so-called "DPR" and "LPR" independent states within the boundaries of the regions.

    On February 22, the Council of the Federation ratified this decision.

  • All days of the war, Ukrainian cities were bombarded with rockets, aircraft flew over them.

    Russian troops are attacking, including from the territory of Belarus, using airfields, bases and roads.

    Representatives of the Lukashenka regime justify the war, the opposition considers the territory of Belarus occupied and calls for resistance to the Russian invaders.

  • On February 27, the International Territorial Defense Legion was created in Ukraine, and foreign volunteers were invited to join it.

    Belarusians also entered there.

    During the three and a half months of the war, several Belarusian volunteers and soldiers of the USU died at the front: Alyaksei "Tur" Skoblya, Ilya "Litvin" Hrenau, Zmytser "Terror" Apanasovich, Zmytser "Hans" Rubashevsky, Konstantin "Phoenix" Dubail, Pavel "Volat" , Ivan "Brest" Marchuk.

    In the battle where Marchuk was killed, another six Belarusian fighters disappeared without a trace.

  • It is generally known about 10 fallen Belarusian fighters of various units, including the Kalinovsky Regiment.

  • On June 17, the fighters of the Kalinovsky regiment received the state Ukrainian awards "For combat merits" and "Ukraine above all".

  • On March 30, the UN approved the composition of an independent commission that will investigate Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

    It included people who worked in the analysis of the genocide in Rwanda and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Contrary to Putin's statements about attacks only on military facilities, the Russians are bombing schools, kindergartens and residential areas of Ukrainian cities.

    The Russians are using banned weapons, including cluster bombs, against civilians.

  • On April 1, Lithuania became the first country in the European Union to completely abandon Russian gas.

    Latvia and Estonia followed her example.

    Germany has promised to completely stop using Russian oil by the end of 2022.

  • On April 2, after the liberation of the town of Bucha near Kyiv, photojournalists published dozens of photographs showing hundreds of dead people, victims of mass murders committed by Russian troops.

    Many are buried in spontaneous mass graves.

    The Russian occupation also brought great destruction to the people of Barodyan.

    It is also known about a number of rapes, including babies.

  • In April, missile attacks on Ukraine and airstrikes from the territory of Belarus decreased, Russian troops began to leave Belarus.

  • On May 9, the US President signed the Land Leasing Law.

    This law restores the program from the Second World War, which will speed up the delivery of weapons to Ukraine and increase the amount of such assistance.

  • On the night of May 17, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar confirmed the beginning of the operation to rescue the Ukrainian soldiers who were trapped in the territory of "Azovstal".

    According to her, 53 seriously wounded were evacuated from there to the medical facility of occupied Novoazovsk.

    Another 211 people were brought to Alenivka through the humanitarian corridor.

    The Ministry of Defense of Russia states that almost 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers at the plant "surrendered" as of May 18.

    The International Red Cross officially registered these fighters as prisoners of war.

  • Since its inception, thousands of volunteers from 55 countries have joined the Foreign Legion, including Canada, the Baltic States, Poland, Australia, the Netherlands, the USA, the Czech Republic, Finland, and other countries.

    Several foreigners who fought for Ukraine were captured and died.

  • In June, the so-called "DPR" sentenced two volunteers from Great Britain and one from Morocco to death.

  • Since the beginning of the war, 34 journalists have died.

    Some did not perform professional functions, but were mobilized into the Ukrainian army.

  • On June 25, Ukrainian troops retreated from the city of Severodanetsk to fortified positions.

    The city was captured by the Russian military.

  • On July 29, as a result of an attack on the colony in Alenivtsi, at least 53 Ukrainian prisoners who previously defended the Azovstal plant were killed.

    The Russians accused Ukraine of the attack, the Ukrainian side declared that the prisoners were deliberately killed by the Russian side.

  • Independent verification of information about military actions provided by officials of various parties is still impossible.