On the 179th 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 Sunday, August 21 (Moscow time).

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Despite gas supply problems, Germany should not consider opening the “Nord Stream – 2” as its solution, Prime Minister of the federal state of Saxony Michael Kretschmer (Michael Kretschmer) said in an interview with Tagesspiegel. According to the politician, the fuel supply could also be guaranteed with the help of Nord Stream 1, as the pipeline is working, and its reduction is just a reaction to EU sanctions. Therefore, Putin’s proposal to use Nord Stream 2 should be treated as a “poisoned proposal”.

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US will buy from Ukraine part of the grain at the blocked ports and redirect it to countries in need as part of the UN World Food Program, reports the Associated Press. For the moment, the beneficiary countries have not been identified, but under the initiative it is planned to purchase around 150,000 tonnes of cereals.

Food Program Director David Beasley noted that in 2021, grain from Ukraine accounted for half of the UN’s supply to countries in need, but the current situation, in which ships are forced to export grain from Ukrainian ports with restrictions, does not allow solving the problem. problem of the world food crisis.

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APU with the help of destroyed artillery warehouses and command post of Russian troops at Chernobaevka and Staritsy, reports the operational command “YUG”. During the day, rocket and artillery units of the Ukrainian army completed more than 230 “fire missions”, as a result of which the occupying forces lost 75 people, the Hyacinth-S self-propelled gun, two T-72 tanks and six more vehicles. armored, says the report.

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Cause mass poisoning of the Russian military in the area of ​​​​the village of Vasilyevka, in the Zaporozhye region, there can be alcohol intoxication and expired dry rations, the adviser to the head of the Cabinet of the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak said on his Telegram channel.

This is how the official reacted to the Russian Defense Ministry’s accusations of the use of chemical weapons by the Ukrainian army – allegedly, precisely for this reason, at the end of July, soldiers who were in the Vasilyevka area were hospitalized with signs of poisoning. Podolyak compared the chemical weapons version with an explanation taken from “provincial tabloids.”

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captured Zaporozhye nuclear power plant (ZNPP), the Russian military sent for an indefinite period on “weekends” the ZNPP operational service officers and brought Rosatom representatives to the station, reports the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. As all of the station’s main Ukrainian personnel were previously suspended from work, this may indicate an intention to disconnect the ZNPP from the main power supply. A power outage will increase the likelihood of critical situations, “which, it seems, is the main objective of the deliberate actions of the Russian occupiers at the Ukrainian nuclear facility,” the department notes.

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In the week of August 22-28, Russia “may try to make something especially nasty and something especially cruel“, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a traditional evening speech. The politician connects this with important events for Ukraine – on August 24, the country celebrates Independence Day.

At the same time, Zelensky noted that during the six months of the war, the Russian Federation repeatedly committed “nasty and cruel things”, since one of its “main tasks” is to humiliate the Ukrainians, devalue their capabilities, heroes, and also ” spread disbelief, fear and conflict”.

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