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 the events of Saturday, August 20 (Moscow time).

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The Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk left two ships loaded with grainTurkish Defense Ministry said on twitter. According to the coordination center in Istanbul, these are the ships Zumrut Ana and MV Ocean S, which transport 6,300 tonnes of sunflower oil and 25,000 tonnes of wheat, respectively. Thus, already 27 dry cargo ships with food have left Ukraine’s ports as part of a grain export agreement concluded through UN mediation.

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Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas on the 31st anniversary of the Baltic country’s restoration of independence, he called for Ukraine’s support in the struggle for freedom and democracy. “Today we celebrate Estonia’s Independence Restoration Day. 31 years ago the Soviet occupation ended and we join the free world. We know the price of freedom and the value of democracy. We all need to help those who are fighting for it now, especially Ukraine,” she wrote. Calls on Twitter.

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Air defense systems “successfully hit all targets Crimea“, said the “boss” of the peninsula annexed to Russia Sergey Aksyonov on his Telegram channel. According to him, there were no casualties and material damage. Earlier, Aksyonov said that an air defense system had worked in western Crimea, “the target was reached.” Calm down and rely only on official information.”

Ukraine’s Attorney General’s Office: At least 363 children died during the war

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As a result of Russia’s war against Ukraine, at least 363 children were killed, another 718 were injured to varying degrees. Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. According to the department, the most affected children are in the regions of Donetsk (377), Kharkiv (202) and Kyiv (116). It should be noted that these data are not definitive, as the casualty count continues at sites of active hostilities and in temporarily occupied and liberated territories.

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Last week, Ukraine saw only minimal changes in territorial control along the front lines, and the situation is unlikely to change significantly in the next week, the summary reads. british defense ministry. “Russian forces at the moment are likely to be ready for limited local attacks, rarely involving more than one company of troops,” the British military wrote. reliable and focused force for offensive operations”.

Bombing of the Donetsk region

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Seven people died and another 13 were injured as a result of Russian bombing. donetsk region On August 19, the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavel Kirilenko said on Telegram. In total, since the beginning of the large-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in the Donetsk region, at least 751 people died, 1941 were injured. During the day in the Donetsk region, police documented 17 Russian attacks. The Russian army fired on 11 settlements – the towns of Bakhmut, Avdeevka, Toretsk, Konstantinovka, Velikaya Novoselka, Pivdennoe, the villages of Dachnoye, Paraskovievka, Karlovka, Orlovka, Galitsinovka,” the regional police said in a Telegram message.

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On the night of August 20 in the area occupied by Russian troops Melitopol loud explosions were heard, said the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov. According to preliminary data, one of the Russian army military bases near the airfield was hit. “The collaborators immediately reported to the older brother that his air defense had worked. It worked so well that the smoke still lingers,” Fedorov wrote on his Telegram channel.

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Ending hostilities in Ukraine through negotiations, says former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. In his opinion, the continuation of the conflict threatens to increase. In an interview with CNN, Kissinger said that “Russia should not benefit from the war”. According to him, the Russian Federation needs to return to the borders that existed before the start of the war.

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Portugal opposes banning Russian tourists from entering the EU. Lisbon believes that the main objective of the sanctions regime should be to punish the Russian war machine, not the Russian people. This is what a press release from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs says.

Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Was Hit by a Drone

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On the roof Black Sea Fleet Headquarters a drone was hit, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the “governor” of annexed Sevastopol. There are no casualties, he said. Approaches and entrances to fleet headquarters are blocked by police.

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Powerful explosions thundered in Nikolaev, informed the mayor of the city Alexander Senkevich. There is still no information on casualties or damage.

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Russian troops attacked again Kharkov – in critical infrastructure facilities in Nemyshlyansky district and suburbs, said Mayor Igor Terekhov.

American Analysts: Russia Not Sure About Rear Security

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Recent Ukrainian attacks on the objects of Russian military and transport infrastructure in Crimea and the Kherson region shook Russia’s confidence in the security of areaslocated on the back, indicates in the daily summary of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The growing concern of the Russian authorities and the civilian population about the threat of attacks in the rear areas is evidenced by the fact that the Russian authorities are significantly increasing security measures in the annexed Crimea. According to the ISW, reports of explosions in Belgorod and Sevastopol on August 18 may be exaggerated, but Russian media massively replicated them, which indicates a panic that has erupted in the Russian Federation, the organization’s report says.

Military analysts also note that Russia is likely to deploy many of the emerging regional volunteer units in Kherson and southern Ukraine as part of the 3rd Army Corps.

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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 the map of Ukraine 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 Bruskinskoye. 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 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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