The USA will allocate 68 million dollars for the purchase of Ukrainian wheat
US Secretary of State said on August 17, 2022, on Twitter, that the United States will allocate $68 million for the purchase of Ukrainian wheat by the UN World Food Organization to solve the food crisis. Source: US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken “The United States will contribute $68 million to the World Food Program to buy Ukrainian...
Russia lost a third of the elite paratroopers, marines, and up to 1000 pilots in Ukraine
Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview on August 16, 2022, that Russian occupiers lost at least a third of their combat potential used in the February 24 attack. Source: Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov The Russian armed forces lost a third of their elite troops in Ukraine. “We know for a fact...
Banning Russian citizens from entering the EU may force Putin to end the war, – Ukraine’s President
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview on August 16, 2022, that he believes that the ban on entry of Russians to the EU countries can contribute to the fact that the President of the Russian Federation Volodymyr Putin will stop military aggression in Ukraine Source: The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy “This...
Russian-occupied Mariupol exceeded Hiroshima and Nagasaki in terms of victims
Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol said on August 16, 2022, that it is currently impossible to say how many Ukrainians Russia killed in occupied Mariupol (east of Ukraine). But in terms of the number of victims, the Ukrainian city exceeded Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in which about 50,000 people died. Source: Adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petro...
Lithuania will hold 5 training courses for the Ukrainian military in August
The Minister of Defense of Lithuania says that Lithuania continues to support Ukraine in its struggle against Russia. That’s why Lithuania will start holding five training courses for the Ukrainian military in August. Source: The Minister of Defense of Lithuania Arvydas Anusauskas The minister emphasized that the training of specialists for...
A Russian and a Belarusian attacked Ukrainian students in Switzerland
In Switzerland, Ukrainian students were attacked by two men: one of them was Russian, and the other introduced himself as Belarusian. The incident happened in Zurich on August 13, 2022. Source: Ukrainian students Sofia Sukach and Yana Sonchkivska Ukrainian Students Yana Sonchkivska, Sofia Sukach and Denys Sharlai got into a dispute in the center...
German company “Henkel” is selling its assets in Russia and Belarus
On August 16, 2022, it became known that the German company “Henkel”, which produces cosmetics and household chemicals, put up for sale its assets in Russia and Belarus. Source: The half-year financial report of “Henkel” According to “Henkel”, the exit from these markets will cost 184 million euros, of which 88...
Russia has withdrawn more than 300 helicopters and 400 planes to Ukraine’s borders since February
The spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on August 16, 2022, that Russia is strengthening its aviation in the war with Ukraine, although it has reduced activity in the sky in the last 3-4 days. Source: The spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Yuriy Ihnat According to the spokesman,...
In the event of a disaster at Ukraine’s nuclear plant, it is necessary to evacuate 400,000 people
The head of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration said on August 16, 2022, that the situation in Energodar, which is temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, is dangerous due to the constant shelling of the territory of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian troops. Source: Oleksandr Starukh, head of the Zaporizhzhia...
Ukraine’s Parliament adopted the draft law about customs visa exemption with the EU
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (Parliament) during the meeting on August 15, 2022, supported the draft law, which introduces the necessary changes for concluding a “customs visa exemption” with the European Union. Source: Yaroslav Zhelezniak, first deputy head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy Law No....
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