On the 178th day of Russia’s large-scale military invasion of Russia, 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 Saturday, August 20 (Moscow time).

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AT THE Kharkov Explosions are heard, correspondents of the “Suspilny” report. An aerial alert was declared in the city and region.

Ukrayinska Pravda writes, based on a map of Ukraine’s concerns, that from 1:50 am. air attack alerts sounded in all regions of the country.

Explosions in Melitopol

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Powerful explosions thundered in Melitopol, according to local users on social networks, information about two explosions was reported by a TASS correspondent. The representative of the pro-Russian occupational “administration” of the Zaporozhye region, Vladimir Rogov, explained this by the work of Russian air defense forces, which shot down two missiles.

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In the last days on the south front Rocket and artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian radar complex for reconnaissance and fire control “Zoopark-1”, as well as 4 units of automotive and armored vehicles, 17 Russian servicemen were killed, it said. Operational Command “South”. According to him, Ukrainian aviation carried out 11 attacks on enemy positions – in the areas of Aleksandrovka, Blagodatnoe, Velikopolye, Novopetrovka, Kostroma, Belogorka and Bruskinskoe. During the day, Russian troops carried out assault operations in the Blagodatnoye-Partizanskoye direction with up to two air assault squadrons to support tanks, armored vehicles and artillery, and at night they tried to advance from Aleksandrovka towards Tavriysky, the operational command indicated.

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Russia needs the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines “exclusively to provide problems for Europe, not to help with gas,” he said. Vladimir Zelensky in the traditional video message of the night. According to him, “the longer the state terrorist remains in the European and world energy markets, the longer there will be no stability in the market”. Europe must quickly prepare its energy systems for existence without Russian raw materials, stressed the president of Ukraine.

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Following Fitch, another major rating agency S&P Global Ratings upgraded Ukraine’s rating. Following the restructuring of the country’s external liabilities last week, the rating on long-term foreign currency bonds was upgraded from “SD” (selective default) to “CCC+” (insufficient credit capacity) with a stable outlook.

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