On the 170th day of Russia’s large-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 Friday, August 12 (Moscow time).

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Russia took control of several Ukrainian mineral depositsworth an estimated $12.4 trillion, the Washington Post (WP) reported, citing an analysis commissioned by Canadian analytics firm SecDev.

According to experts, in the course of Russian aggression since 2014, Ukraine lost 63% of coal deposits, 11% of oil deposits, 20% of natural gas deposits, 42% of metal deposits and 33% of mineral deposits. rare earths, including lithium.

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Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) blocked the work of one of the Kyiv companies, which was involved in the wholesale of Russian petroleum products worth hundreds of millions of hryvnias, the press service of the SBU reports. It is indicated that the development was part of the structure of Gazprom Neft. “It was established that representatives of the Ukrainian branch transferred part of the profits to the federal budget of Russia, from which the aggressor country took funds for the preparation and implementation of a large-scale invasion of the territory of our country,” the report said. it says.

During the search, SBU officials seized more than 27 tons of Russian lubricants worth nearly 10 million hryvnias. It should be noted that they will now be transferred to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Finland, after joining NATO, and Estonia intend to integrate coastal defense capable of shutting down Russian ships access to the Baltic Sea and make it a NATO inland sea, Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur said in an interview with Iltalehti newspaper.

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Melitopol authorities We are ready to buy and distribute potassium iodide among residents in the shortest possible time at the expense of the city’s budget – a drug needed to protect against the dangerous buildup of radioactive iodine in the thyroid gland. The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, announced this on Telegram.

He noted that he appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross with an urgent request to help organize a “green” corridor to provide vital medicines to residents of the Occupied Territories.

Zelensky proposed to the Rada to extend the mobilization regime

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Lithuania intends to join as a third Action by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine against Russia in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in relation to the war unleashed by the Russian Federation against a neighboring state. The announcement was made to the press by the Lithuanian Minister of Justice, Evelina Dobrovolska.

On March 15, Russia began the process of withdrawing from the Council of Europe. On June 11, laws signed by Vladimir Putin on the Russian Federation’s failure to comply with ECtHR decisions adopted after that date (March 15) were published. In the meantime, the functioning of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), according to this document, should extend to Russia until the denunciation of the Charter of the Council of Europe (EC) by the Russian Federation enters into force. This moment comes six months after the country has sent the relevant notification to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, i.e. in the case of Russia, no earlier than mid-September 2022.

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy presented to the Verkhovna Rada extension projects in the country martial law and the general mobilization regime. The relevant documents are registered on the website of the Ukrainian Parliament. The exact timing of the extension has yet to be announced.

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Russian troops did bombing of two settlements in the Bogodukhovsky district of the Kharkiv region. “According to preliminary data, the bombing was carried out from the Uragan MLRS of the occupied territory. Priority investigative actions are being carried out. In the future, the criminal case materials will be transferred under investigation to the SBU Department in the Kharkiv region.” , reports the press service of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office.

German Ambassador to Ukraine criticizes Gerhard Schroeder

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Finnish energy company Oulun Energia terminated the contract for the supply of petroleum products with Teboila subsidiary of Lukoil, stems from a press release from the Finnish company.

“We are pleased to note that the bidding process has been completed as planned and we have found a new supplier for all the oil products we need. The new supplier can supply immediately upon request,” said Pertti Vanhala, Business Director at Oulun Energia.

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Statements by the Former Chancellor of Germany Gerhard Schroeder (Gerhard Schröder) The fact that Russia is seeking to resolve the conflict in Ukraine through negotiations has caused outrage among many Germans, German Ambassador to Ukraine Anka Feldhusen said in an interview with Ukrinform. “It’s so obvious that Schroeder works for Putin that the more he talks, the less people understand why he does it, because we’re really ashamed of it,” the diplomat pointed out.

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mayor of kyiv Vitaliy Klichko criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who said he considered it wrong to completely refuse to issue visas to Russian citizens.

On 11 August, the German chancellor noted that he did not like such phone calls, as the war in Ukraine is “Putin’s war”. Punishing all Russians is unfair, the EU has already imposed large-scale sanctions against the leadership of the Russian Federation, he added.

“Russian citizens are fighting in Ukraine, torturing and killing Ukrainian civilians and children, destroying our cities and towns,” Klitschko wrote on social media after a phone conversation with Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey. The mayor of Kyiv argued for the requirement to stop issuing visas to Russians on the grounds that, in his opinion, the majority of Russian citizens “support Putin’s policy and his bloody imperial ambitions”.

The area of ​​the Kakhovskaya hydropower plant was subjected to a missile attack

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At the Kakhovka hydropower plant in the occupied RF Armed Forces New Kakhovka At around 14:00 local time, explosions thundered, according to the Ukrainian online publication Liga.net, citing the local public. In the area of ​​the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant, the Russian military is crossing the Dnieper.

In turn, the Russian Defense Ministry said on August 12 that Russian air defense systems intercepted two projectiles from the HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system near Novaya Kakhovka.

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Russia has already used about 85% of its active military forces in the war against Ukraine, including troops sent from the Far East and around the world, reports The New York Times, citing US officials. According to another post in the same publication, citing US intelligence and military officials, during the war unleashed against Ukraine, 500 Russian military personnel are killed or wounded every day.

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The war unleashed by Putin against Ukraine in the first quarter after the attack delay the Russian economy four years, and that caused one of the longest recessions in its history. It is reported by Bloomberg. In particular, international sanctions are indicated to have dealt a tangible blow to trade and the automotive industry, while consumer spending in the Russian Federation has slowed. Meanwhile, according to forecasts by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, published on Friday, in 2025 the Russian economy will return to “potential growth rates”.

Netherlands to train Ukrainian military

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Netherlands joined the UK-initiated program Ukrainian military training. According to Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov on Twitter, the Dutch instructors will begin their mission in August.

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