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Chronology of the Russian war against Ukraine: Monday, August 7 (updated)
2023-08-08
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[VESTI] August 7 is the 530th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Briefly about the main thing that happened in the country on that day, about the situation in the regions, the exchange of prisoners, losses, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .

07:00 . Kherson region. Throughout the night, Russia shelled the center of Kherson: a residential building was damaged, 8 residents were diagnosed with a situational neurotic reaction, two rescuers were injured during the fire extinguishing. Half an hour later, shelling continued: as a result of an artillery shell hit, a 59-year-old woman died, and a 60-year-old man suffered a shell shock. At about 03:15, the Russian army attacked the house again: a 93-year-old woman was wounded.

08:00 . 9,000 artillery attacks in a week: in continuous artillery fire, our fighters continue their offensive in the Bakhmut direction . Over the past week, Russians have fired half a million rounds of ammunition in eastern Ukraine.

Kharkov region. On August 6, the Russians attacked Kharkov with an S-300 missile: the building of the enterprise was damaged, no casualties were reported. As a result of the shelling of the Kupyansky district, a woman was killed, 4 people were injured.

Dnepropetrovsk region. At night, the Russian Federation fired a rocket at the Sinelnikovsky district: no dead or injured. In the morning, the Russian army shelled the Nikopol region with heavy artillery.

09:00 . Zaporozhye region. During the day, Russia carried out 61 artillery shelling, 15 reports of destruction were received, and there were no casualties.

Sumy region. At night and in the morning, the Russian Federation carried out two attacks, 20 explosions were recorded, there were no casualties.

Kherson region. During the day, Russia carried out 30 attacks, firing 12 shells at Kherson, four people were injured.

10:00 a.m. Kharkov region. The Russians shelled the village of Kucherovka: hitting the house, two dead and three wounded.

11:00 am . Ukraine returned home from captivity 22 soldiers . All are fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, among them two officers, privates and sergeants. There are wounded among those released.

12:00 . Kherson region. Spetsnaz GUR reported the destruction of a unit of Russian missile forces for special purposes on the left bank of the region.

13:00 . Zelensky held a conference call: they discussed intense defensive and offensive operations. The President heard a report by Valery Zaluzhny on the situation at the front in terms of tense defensive and offensive operations. Intelligence, the Main Intelligence Directorate and the SVR, brought to the attention of the data received from Russia, and the head of the SBU, Malysh, reported on the fight against "traitors in Ukraine."

14:00 . Zaporozhye region. The Russians fired at Orekhov: hitting a nine-story building, the fire engulfed apartments from 1 to 9 floors on an area of ​​1,400 square meters.

15:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. A Russian reconnaissance-type UAV was shot down.

16:00 . Dnipropetrovsk region. The Russian army shelled Nikopol : a 36-year-old man died, another local resident was injured, private houses, outbuildings, cars were damaged, a gas pipeline and power lines were broken.

17:55 . Latvia accused the Belarusian border guards of provocation. They pierced the fence at the border of the countries to help illegal migrants enter Latvia, and then patched up the mesh so that the migrants could not return to Belarus.

18:44 . In a week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 10 ammunition depots and four more bases/command posts/headquarters of the RF Armed Forces.

19:16 . Relatives and relatives of the missing should remember about information security in social networks, recalled the press service of the Ministry of Reintegration.

20:01 . Russia will be left without ships until the end of the war if it continues to attack Ukrainian ports, Zelensky said.

20:39 . The Russians attacked Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. As of now, two dead people are known in Pokrovsk - a woman and a man. The four wounded were taken by ambulance. The Russians launched two attacks on the city center with an interval of several tens of minutes. They damaged nine and five-story buildings, residential buildings in the private sector, a hotel, catering establishments, shops, office buildings.

21:00 . Hours Yar Donetsk region today looks like this.

21:42 . The Russians also attacked the Kupyansky district of the Kharkov region today. It is known about two dead and five injured.

21:59 . Ukrainian artillery destroyed a Russian truck along with a 152mm self-propelled gun 2S19 "Msta-S" at the time of loading ammunition.

22:31 . Smoke rises over Donetsk in the area of ​​the railway station, according to local publics

23:01 . Polish border guards appealed to the Ministry of Defense with a request to send another thousand troops to the border with Belarus. The head of the border service, Tomasz Praha, said that this year 19,000 people tried to illegally cross the Polish-Belarusian border.

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