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      Operational report August 16, 2022 by the General Staff of AFU on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
      Aug16

      Operational report August 16, 2022 by the General Staff of AFU on the Russian invasion of Ukraine

      Operational data for the 174th day of the Russian-Ukrainian War (16.08.2022). On Ukrainian soil, Russian airstrikes and missile attacks continue on civilian targets. There hasn’t been much change in the Volyn and Polissia directions. The General Staff of the Belarusian Republic’s Armed Forces is undergoing communication training. The...

      Russians stole 200,000 tons of crops in Ukrainian farm company
      Aug15

      Russians stole 200,000 tons of crops in Ukrainian farm company

      On August 15, 2022, it became known that Russian invaders stole about 200,000 tons of crops from the fields in the eastern regions of Ukraine, which are cultivated by the agricultural group HarvEast. Source: HarvEast Chief Executive Officer Dmitry Skornyakov 50,000 tons of the agricultural holding’s crops were transported by trucks to...

      42 countries called on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
      Aug15

      42 countries called on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

      The European Union and forty-two countries issued a joint statement on August 14, 2022, calling on Russia to immediately withdraw its troops from Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the entire territory of Ukraine. Source: The website of the EU delegation to international organizations in Vienna “We urge the Russian...

      Ukrainian aviation made up to 10 group strikes on the Russian positions on August 13
      Aug14

      Ukrainian aviation made up to 10 group strikes on the Russian positions on August 13

      The strike aircraft of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine carried out up to ten group airstrikes on the positions of the Russian occupying forces in several operational directions during the day on August 13, 2022. Source: The press center of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “Under the cover of fighter...

      More than a thousand people passed through Russian torture prisons in Ukraine’s south
      Aug14

      More than a thousand people passed through Russian torture prisons in Ukraine’s south

      The mayor of Energodar said on August 13, 2022, that more than a thousand people had passed through Russian torture prisons in temporarily occupied Energodar, Zaporizhzhia region (south of Ukraine) since April. Source: The mayor of Energodar Dmytro Orlov “More than a thousand people have already passed through these torture prisons,...

      The Ukrainian army defeated a fifth of the units of the Russian Federation
      Aug14

      The Ukrainian army defeated a fifth of the units of the Russian Federation

      Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhnyi following its conversation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley said on August 13, 2022, that Ukrainian troops defeated a fifth of the units of Russian troops involved in the war in Ukraine. Source: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi...

      The Czech Republic will officially ask EU countries to ban Schengen visas for Russians
      Aug13

      The Czech Republic will officially ask EU countries to ban Schengen visas for Russians

      The Czech Foreign Minister said on August 12, 2022, that the Czech Republic, which presides over the Council of the European Union, will offer the EU countries to consider banning Schengen visas for Russians at the end of August. Source: Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky  According to the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech...

      The Ukrainian military repelled three enemy assaults in the south on August 12
      Aug13

      The Ukrainian military repelled three enemy assaults in the south on August 12

      Operational Command “South” said, that the Russian occupation forces stormed three times in the direction of Andriivka, Shyroke, and Oleksandrivka in the occupied Kherson region (south of Ukraine) on August 12, 2022, but the Ukrainian defenders inflicted losses on the enemy and forced them to retreat. Source: Ukrainian defenders of...

      The Russians placed a military base on the territory of the hospital in the south of Ukraine
      Aug13

      The Russians placed a military base on the territory of the hospital in the south of Ukraine

      The mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov said on August 13, 2022, that the Russians placed a military base on the territory of the hospital in the center of the temporarily occupied Melitopol. Source: The mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov “Another military base has been placed on the territory of the hospital in the city of Melitopol, where they...

      EU supports demilitarization of Ukraine’s nuclear plant and calls on Russia to withdraw its forces
      Aug13

      EU supports demilitarization of Ukraine’s nuclear plant and calls on Russia to withdraw its forces

      EU High Representative said on August 12, 2022, on Twitter, that Europe calls to demilitarize the zone around Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is now occupied by Russians. Source: EU High Representative Josep Borrell “Zaporizhzhia facility must not be used as part of any military operation. I support call for...