The UN does not respond to Ukraine’s requests on the killing of Ukrainian war prisoners
Ukraine’s Commissioner for Human Rights said that he had not received answers to his requests from the United Nations regarding the Russian war crime in occupied Olenivka, Donetsk region, as a result of which Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed. Source: Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets “We have communication with...
Ukraine extends contracts of foreign volunteer soldiers to 10 years
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed on August 1 the decree on the”decision on the amendment of the regulation on the military service of foreigners and stateless people in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” Source: The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Foreign volunteers serving in the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be...
Ukraine called on the UN to close the sky over Ukrainian nuclear power plants
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mykola Tochytskyi, called for closing the sky over Ukraineʼs nuclear facilities at the UN conference dedicated to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on August 1. Source: The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Mykola Tochytskyi “For the first time in history,...
The USA announced military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 550 million dollars
The representative of the White House, John Kirby, said that on August 1, the United States announced a new package of military aid to Ukraine worth 550 million dollars, which will include ammunition for the HIMARS MLRS and 155 mm artillery systems. Source: The representative of the White House John Kirby “Today, National Security Advisor...
US President calls on Russia and China to enter talks on nuclear arms control
US President Joe Biden said on August 1 that Russia should show readiness to resume work with the US on nuclear arms control. Source: US President Joe Biden The President’s administration is ready to “expeditiously negotiate” a replacement to New START, the treaty capping intercontinental nuclear forces in the United States and...
Belgium has frozen Russian assets worth more than 50 billion euros
Belgium has frozen 50.5 billion euros of funds belonging to people, companies and other legal entities that have come under sanctions after Russia invaded Ukraine. Source: Belgium’s Federal Office of Public Finance This €50.5 billion includes all kinds of financial assets, such as money and shares, located in Belgium and owned by 1,229...
5,327 civilians have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the large-scale war, – UN
At least 5,327 civilians were killed in Ukraine, and another 7,257 were injured from February 24 to July 31 according to UN data. Source: Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights “A total of 5,327 killed (2,056 men, 1,400 women, 146 girls, and 165 boys, as well as 41 children and 1,519 adults whose sex is yet unknown). A total of...
Russian troops wear civilian clothes and flee the battlefield in the south of Ukraine
Russian forces are going into locals’ houses and changing into civilian clothes to escape from the front, where active hostilities are currently taking place in the Kherson region (south of Ukraine). Source: The Acting head of the Kherson Regional State Administration Dmytro Butriy As Butriy writes, the Russian military is trying to find a way to...
Baker Hughes, one of the world’s largest oil service companies, has finally left the Russian market
American Baker Hughes, one of the world’s largest oilfield services companies has announced its complete exit from the Russian market on August 1, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the statement, Baker Hughes is selling its business in Russia. The buyer – Russian managers of the company’s local...
The killing of Ukrainian war prisoners could have been caused by Russian thermobaric weapons
According to preliminary data from international experts, Ukrainian prisoners of war in the Russian-occupied Olenivka colony were killed by Russian thermobaric weapons. Source: Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin “I am informed every 3 hours about what is happening in this proceeding. Currently, we have involved international...
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