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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 7th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited[Korrespondent] 21:22 Zelensky warned about the responsibility of everyone who will help the occupiers with holding pseudo-referendums: "Every week there are more and more reports that the occupiers are preparing for pseudo-referendums in the areas of the south of our state they occupy. I want to say a very simple thing: everyone who helps the occupiers to somehow realize this intention of theirs, they will answer. They will answer to Ukraine. The position of our state remains the same as it was before: we will not give up anything of ours, and if the occupiers follow the path of these pseudo-referendums, then they will close any possibility of negotiations for themselves with Ukraine and the free world, which the Russian side will definitely need at some point."  21:15 Zelensky said in an evening video message that the situation in Donbas remains very difficult, and also announced "news from partners" on new military support: "Avdiivka, Peski, Marinka, Bakhmutsky and other hot destinations in the Donetsk region are taking the main efforts and, "Unfortunately, there are many lives. It is also hard in the Kharkiv region, in the south of our country, where the occupiers are trying to concentrate their forces. Weapons for our defense, weapons from partners are still key now. We work daily and without any pauses to strengthen the supply of weapons , in order to send more powerful and longer-range systems to the front lines. And we expect news from partners on support packages during the week." 19:40 American actress Jessica Chastain visited Ukraine today and, in particular, met with Zelensky. 19:19 The enemy is concentrating efforts on establishing full control over the territories of the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, holding the captured areas of Kherson and part of the Kharkov, Zaporozhye and Nikolaev regions, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in an evening summary . At the same time, Russian troops made several unsuccessful offensive attempts, including near Blagodatnoye in the Kherson region, and fighting continues in some directions. 17:57 In the morgues of the Kiev region in the period from June 15 to July 27, more than 270 bodies of the dead were received from different regions of Ukraine, including from Azovstal. According to the regional police, the bodies were examined, but most of them remain unidentified. The police ask everyone who is looking for loved ones to write an SMS or a message on Viber, WhatsApp or Telegram to the number +380936684014. It is important to add a photo, including special signs, tattoos, personal items. 17:21 Amnesty International apologized for the "suffering and anger" that Ukrainians experienced because of its report, in which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are accused of violating humanitarian law. But, despite this, the organization stated that it does not refuse the data presented in the report.
According to the adviser to the head of the OP, Ukraine should go on a counteroffensive in order to liberate more territories, especially in the south: "The more and faster we get heavy weapons, the sooner we can stop this war." He noted that the return of all internationally recognized territories would be a victory for Ukraine. 16:19 The Ministry of Health, in connection with the situation at the Zaporozhye NPP, recalled the algorithm of actions in case of a radiation accident:
15:46 Ukraine first of all needs multi-role fighters, which, in tandem with long-range artillery supplied by international partners, will help in the de-occupation of territories, Yuriy Ignat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said. 15:34 Sweden will join the training of Ukrainian soldiers in the UK. The Swedish Armed Forces will provide about 120 instructors between August 12 and December 31 to conduct basic military training for Ukrainians. Up to 60 Swedish instructors will be in the UK at the same time. 15:17 Zelensky said that he had spoken with the head of the European Council Charles Michel: "He spoke about the situation on the battlefield, in particular at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. Russian nuclear terror requires a more decisive response from the international community - sanctions on the Russian nuclear industry and nuclear fuel." 14:45 The Russians again fired at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar last night, Energoatom reported. The missiles hit the station site next to the dry spent nuclear fuel storage facility. As a result of the explosions, one ZNPP worker was wounded by shrapnel, he was hospitalized. Meanwhile, the "authorities" of the occupied Energodar were accused of hitting the Armed Forces of Ukraine - according to their data, one person died. 13:39 Podolyak reacted to a film by the American CBS television channel that a significant part of Western weapons in Ukraine allegedly goes to the black market: "Propaganda constantly exploits horror. Russia seeks to discredit Ukraine in the eyes of Western societies by stuffing about the" black arms market ". As a result "block support. But for six months - not a single proof. This is a live war, where everyone sees that there is total accounting and careful control." 13:08 There is a possibility that the Pope will visit Ukraine before his visit to Kazakhstan, Ukrainian Ambassador to the Vatican Andriy Yurash said. He quoted the pontiff after meeting with him: "I am very close to Ukraine and I want to express this closeness with my visit." 12:43 In the Lugansk region, the occupiers are actively preparing for the "referendum" and compiling a register of premises, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai: "Thus, people are attracted to a fake referendum with food, water, building materials, as well as day is brainwashing the population in the occupied cities." 12:28 The speaker of the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat commented on the petition of the Ukrainians with a request to strengthen air defense in the front-line areas. According to him, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Nikolaev and Zaporozhye suffer primarily from rocket and cannon artillery, against which the air defense system is powerless. Anti-aircraft missile systems also cannot shoot down such targets, since 40 rockets from Grad arrive in a matter of minutes. 12:15 Residents of the Lugansk region no longer have the possibility of official evacuation, but there are three ways to get to Ukrainian territory, said the head of the OVA Serhiy Gaidai on the air of the telethon. The first way, according to him, is a pedestrian crossing to the Kharkiv region. The second - through the Zaporozhye region by car, but there are "huge queues". Finally, the third way is along the "great circle", through Russia and the Baltic countries. 11:19 The terrorist attack in Yelenovka was a special operation of the Russian Federation against the supply of weapons to Ukraine, Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a member of the coordinating headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, said: "From the beginning of this terrible tragedy and the terrible farce that we saw from the Russians, this and there was falsification. From the first reports of the use and deliberate shelling of HIMARS precision weapons - it was a special operation against the supply of Western precision weapons to Ukraine - it was a special operation to destabilize Ukrainian society and demoralize Ukrainian prisoners of war. From the very beginning it was a falsification, but the world quickly exposes such things". 10:57 Chernivtsi region remains the only one in Ukraine, on the territory of which not a single missile strike has been recorded since the beginning of the war, said Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Enin: "If we talk about those areas that suffer from Russian shells the most, then this is Donetsk, which fired more than 3,000 times, Lugansk - 4,000 times, Mykolaiv - 700 times. There is only one region left, which, thank God, has not yet arrived - this is the Chernivtsi region. 10:32 The Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine confirmed that a second caravan with Ukrainian food left the ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk. The caravan includes three vessels from Chornomorsk and one loaded in Odessa. The four bulk carriers Mustafa Necati, Star Helena, Glory and Riva Wind carry almost 170,000 tons of agricultural products, the ministry said.
10:11 British intelligence has calculated that ten Russian generals were killed in the war in Ukraine. In addition, at least six Russian commanders have been sacked since the start of the Russian invasion. 09:31 Russians attacked industrial facilities on the outskirts of Nikolaev early this morning. There were no casualties, said the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim. 09:17 A new wave of forced mobilization began in ORDLO on August 1. They select men who are unsuitable for service, and those who had a deferral, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense. So, in Luhansk, after 40 minutes, two buses of men were taken from the market, most of them were porters. In Alchevsk, men were taken away in the middle of the streets. The population is outraged, the men are hiding. On the streets of the city of Khrustalny, the number of patrols increased, taking males to the military enlistment office without explanation. The raids on enterprises and commercial establishments, where men fit for military service are employed, continue. At the same time, dissatisfaction is spreading among the already mobilized men of ORDLO with the attitude of the command in the occupying army towards the local personnel. In particular, the Russians are given modern body armor and helmets, and the locals are given ammunition of the 1941-1945 model. 08:38 In the Donetsk region, five civilians per day were killed by Russian shelling - three in Bakhmut, one each in Avdiivka and Blagodatnoe. Eight more people were injured, Pavel Kirilenko, head of the OVA, said. 08:34 Four dry cargo ships with agricultural products left Ukrainian ports and are heading to Istanbul , the Turkish Defense Ministry said. 08:16 Russians at night fired at the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region. In Marganets, two people were injured, almost 50 private houses, several cars and a bus stop, a gas pipeline and an electrical network were damaged. Several thousand residents were left without electricity, said the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko. 07:50 On the territory of Belarus, the armed forces of the Russian Federation are deploying additional forces and means of air defense, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports in the morning report . 07:44 Four more ships with grain will leave Ukraine today as part of a grain deal, the Turkish Defense Ministry said. 06:26 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) notes that Russia is using nuclear power plants to play on Western fears about a nuclear catastrophe in Ukraine. Also, the Russians are trying to undermine the will of the West to provide military support to the Ukrainian counteroffensive and use the nuclear power plant as a nuclear shield to prevent Ukraine from striking Russian forces and equipment, analysts say. According to military experts, the Russians carried out limited ground attacks northwest of Slovyansk and east and south of Bakhmut. They also carried out a series of ground attacks in an attempt to break through Ukrainian defense lines north, west and south of Donetsk. ISW assumes that the Russians managed to capture Travnevoe south of Bakhmut and control the southeastern part of Pesok west of Donetsk. At the same time, the Russians did not conduct offensive operations in the south of Ukraine and continued defensive activities. The activities of Ukrainian partisans and civil resistance "disappoint" the occupiers, analysts add. 05:11 Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov announced a rocket attack on the Novobavarsky and Nemyshlyansky districts of the city, information about the victims and destruction is being specified. 04:07 British The Times writes that Amnesty International has become a propaganda mouthpiece for the Putin regime, slandering the victims of Russian aggression, and should leave the stage. \ Posted by: badanov 2022-08-08 |
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