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...
Turkish company will produce new Bayraktar Kizilelma drone in Ukraine
CEO of Baykar Makina Haluk Bayraktar said in an interview on August 12, 2022, that his company plans to produce new Bayraktar Kizilelma drones in Ukraine, as well as Bayraktar TB2 and Bayraktar Akinci drones at the plant in Ukraine in the future. Source: CEO of Baykar Makina Haluk Bayraktar “We are currently working on an unmanned fighter...
Russians fired 30 rockets on residential buildings in the central Ukraine: photos
The Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration said on Telegram that the Russian forces used “Hrad” multiple-launch rocket systems to fire 30 rockets on residential neighbourhoods in the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region (central Ukraine) on the night of August 12, 2022. Source: Valentyn Reznichenko, Head of the...
42,000 Ukrainian refugees have already registered in Sweden, – Ukraine’s Ambassador to Sweden
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Sweden, said on August 12, 2022, that the Swedish government has voted to allocate additional funds for the social welfare of Ukrainian refugees, taking into account that 42,000 Ukrainian refugees have already registered in Sweden. Source: Ukraine’s Ambassador to Sweden Andrii Plakhotniuk According to him,...
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
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
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...
The Ukrainian military damaged the last bridge across the Dnipro river in Russian-occupied south
Operational Command “South” said that on August 12, 2022, the Ukrainian military carried out airstrikes on Russian positions, and the strikes of missile and artillery units damaged the road bridge of the dam in Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region (south of Ukraine). Source: Operational Command “South” “As part of the...
Ukraine calls on the world not to allow the Russian trial of Ukrainian war prisoners
Security and defense forces of Ukraine called on the world and international organizations on August 12, 2022, not to allow the illegal trial of Ukrainian defenders in Russian-occupied Mariupol (east of Ukraine), while the occupiers are preparing the philharmonic for the pseudo-tribunal. Source: Security and defense forces of Ukraine “We...
Ukraine asks the US to sanction all Russian banks
Ukraine’s Ambassador to the US stated on August 12, 2022, that Ukraine is calling on the administration of US President Joe Biden to introduce sanctions against all Russian private banks in order to deprive President Putin of the opportunity to wage war. Source: Ambassador of Ukraine to the USA Oksana Markarova According to Markarova,...