On the 167th day of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Russian troops continue their attempts to capture the neighboring country’s settlements. Ukraine’s armed forces and territorial defense units resist aggression. It is impossible to verify the statements of representatives of both sides of the conflict from independent sources. According to the UN, about 14 million Ukrainians have already left their homes. DW is following developments on Tuesday, August 9 (Moscow time).

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Only in Nikolaev region since the beginning of Russia’s direct military aggression against Ukraine 408 dead. The chairman of Nikolaev’s regional military administration, Vitaly Kim, told reporters about this. “Since the beginning of the active war, 1,481 people have been injured in our country, 408 of them have been killed. And 10 of them are children. As for the internally displaced, today there are 24,856 people,” Kim said.

Explosion and fire at a military airfield in Crimea

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In Crimea occupied by the Russian Federation happened explosions near the military airfield near the city of Saki, a fire started. According to the Telegram channel “Crimea Today. News” with reference to eyewitnesses, the runway and ammunition depots in Novofedorivka were on fire. Previously, the Armed Forces of Ukraine allowed the use of HIMARS MLRS for attacks against targets in Crimea.

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In Russian occupation Donetsk and Luhansk and a delegation arrived from Moscow. The purpose of the visit is allegedly to verify the intended use of funds that Moscow has earmarked for eight years “for the development of Donbass”. According to Ukrainian Channel 24, citing Ukrainian intelligence sources, the Kremlin is seriously considering removing all collaborators in the occupied territories from their “positions” and replacing them with Russian officials.

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Finnish military instructors participate in training military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU) in the United Kingdom. The announcement was made on Twitter by Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov. Previously, it was known that instructors for the training of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were sent to the United Kingdom by Sweden, Canada and the Netherlands.

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Ukraine is back the bodies of 17 of their dead soldiers. According to the press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Reintegration, the operation to return the bodies was carried out in cooperation with Oleg Kotenko, Commissioner for Missing Persons in Special Circumstances, and Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies. The process of transferring the bodies of dead soldiers takes place in accordance with the norms of the Geneva Convention.

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Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense will be held in august military training, which will also take place on the territory of the 185th Combat Training Center of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Defense of Belarus on its Telegram channel. The purpose of the exercises is to “increase the coherence of military formations and units in the performance of tasks”.

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Ukrainian state company “Ukrtransnafta” stopped oil pumping along the southern branch of the Druzhba pipeline system. Through it, raw materials are delivered to Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. According to the RIA Novosti agency with reference to the company Transneft, pumping has been stopped since August 4, as the Russian company was unable to pay for transit services due to EU sanctions.

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