The situation on the front line will get worse soon, – Defence Intelligence of Ukraine
The representative of the press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said on August 17, 2022, that Russia is still not ready to withdraw its troops, and Ukraine will release all captured territories, as a result, aggravation is expected at the front soon. Source: Andriy Yusov, representative of the...
The assets of Russian enterprise worth UAH 350,000,000 were arrested in Ukraine
On August 17, 2022, it became known, that Ukraine’s court seized the corporate rights and real estate of one of the largest Russian manufacturers of semi-finished products in Ukraine. The amount of seized property is over 350 million hryvnias. Source: Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine The prosecutor’s office states the...
European banks resume Russian bonds trading
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, which enforces US sanctions, on July 22, 2022, opened a three-month deadline for banks to help investors who left with now-unsound Russian bonds get rid of them. Source: US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) European banks will resume trading in...
China will send its troops to Russia for joint training
Ministry of Defense of China said on August 17, 2022, that Beijing would send a contingent of its troops to Russia to participate in joint military exercises involving several other countries, including India, Belarus, Mongolia and Tajikistan. Source: Ministry of Defense of China On August 17, China’s Ministry of Defense said that...
Ukraine will receive 450 million in aid from Canada for the purchase of gas
The Prime Minister of Ukraine said on August 17, 2022, that Canada did not leave Ukraine without help and would allocate 450 million Canadian dollars ($350 million) to Ukraine for the purchase of gas before the heating season. Source: The Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Canadian Finance Minister Christa Freeland “Another step of...
Russian troops fired residential buildings from multiple launch rocket system in Kharkiv: photos, video
Russian occupying forces shelled the Saltivskyy district of Kharkiv (east of Ukraine) with a multiple launch rocket system on August 17, 2022. 7 dead and 20 injured as a result of a Russian rocket hitting a residential building. Source: Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine “According to the investigation, on August 17, at around 9:15...
Finland has decided to reduce the issuance of visas to Russians by 90% from September 1
On August 16, 2022, the Finnish government announced a 90% reduction in the issuance of visas to Russians due to Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine. Source: Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland Pekka Haavisto The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland said that from September, Finland will accept only 10% of visa applications from...
Russian troops made 16 strikes on the Donetsk region using prohibited projectiles: photos
According to the National Police, Russian occupiers shelled 11 settlements of the Donetsk region (east of Ukraine) on August 16, 2022. There are injured and dead among civilians. Police officers documented war crimes. Source: The National Police of the Donetsk region of Ukraine The Russian army used artillery, tanks, “Uragan”...
Ukraine carried out more than 10 airstrikes against Russian troops in Ukraine’s south and east
The spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine stated that the Ukrainian military destroyed the multiple launch rocket systems, tanks and manpower of Russian occupiers in the south and east of Ukraine on August 16, 2022. Source: The spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat The Air Force...
Russia fires 40,000 to 60,000 rounds of ammunition at Ukraine every day
The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the Canadian chief of staff of the armed forces about the situation at the front on August 16, 2022, and stated that Russians shell Ukrainian positions 700-800 times a day, releasing 40,000 to 60,000 rounds of ammunition. Source: The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine...