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 continues to monitor developments on Sunday, August 21 (Moscow time).

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (Olaf Scholz) reiterated the inadmissibility of Russia dictating the conditions for Ukraine under which peace could be concluded. A peaceful agreement will only be possible when “Putin, the Russian state, is ready to accept it,” he said during a speech on the occasion of the federal government’s open day. Scholz promised to continue working on this issue, including negotiations with the Russian president, as difficult as they are.

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In several territorial communities of Ukraine introduced new alarms, said the Center for Combating Misinformation. So a chemical hazard signal sounds like church bells, a radiation hazard signal sounds like an alarm going off, and a city evacuation signal sounds like a train whistle. In the event of an air raid warning, a long continuous siren signal is heard for at least 30 seconds, the organization added.

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Germany will continue to provide Ukraine with “what it needs for defence”, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on the occasion of the federal government’s open day. Talking about scheduled deliveries COBRA counter-battery radar and IRIS-T air defense systems, the head of the German government assured that they will “soon be” in Ukraine. But it is also a question of “preventing the escalation of war”, Scholz stressed.

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Grouping of Russian Forces Ships, carrying combat duty in the Black Sea, increased to 2 large landing ships and 5 missile carriers with a total of over 30 Caliber missiles. Such data resulted from the “South” operational command.

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According to Ukraine security services, the majority of Russian Armed Forces missile attacks in Ukraine fall on civilian targets. “Only every 20 Russian missile attacks were carried out on military installations, the remaining 19 hit residential buildings, schools, hospitals, universities…” the SBU said in a Telegram message. The agency notes that not a single “bloody crime” by Russian forces will be forgotten and they will suffer “just punishment”.

Bombing of Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk and Odessa regions

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Row regions in eastern and southern Ukraine was attacked by Russian troops on the night of 21 August. A missile launch from the city of Belgorod was recorded in the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, chairman of the Kharkiv regional military administration, said on his Telegram channel. He said a rocket hit the village of Rogan, near Kharkov, and two people were injured. Two more rockets flew to the village of Dokuchaevskoye, not far from Rogan, there were no casualties. All night, the Russian army bombed the territory of the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the regional OVA Valentin Reznichenko. As a result of the bombing, he said, there is destruction, but no one was injured. Odesa OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk indicated that Russian troops fired five missiles in the Odessa region overnight: two were shot down over the sea, three hit an agricultural company. There was a coup in the barn, there were no casualties.

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Experts in defense of the ruling parties in Germany The 90 Alliance/The Greens, the SPD and the FDP have called on the German government to increase arms supplies to Ukraine, even if this could temporarily weaken the Bundeswehr’s combat capability. (Sara Nanni) and Free Democrat Alexander Müller (Alexander Müller) note that so far the government has attributed the relatively small amount of military assistance to Ukraine to the shortage of military equipment in the German army itself.

Police urge Ukrainians to be careful on holidays

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The police appeal to the people of Ukraine to holidays from 23 to 25 of August especially strictly observe the rules for air raid warning and make sure to go to the shelters. “As for advice to citizens these days… first of all, when planning your routes, moving, without fail, find out in advance where there are places of shelter, so that in the event of an air raid signal, you can quickly and efficiently get to the shelter. Thus, the alarm signal must be executed unconditionally and with no alternative to protect yourself as much as possible,” said Oleksiy Beloshitsky, first deputy head of the Ukrainian Patrol Police Department, on the air of the national telethon.

According to the adviser to the Chief of Staff of President Mikhail Podolyak, until Ukraine’s Independence Day, which is celebrated in the country on August 24, the Russian military may intensify missile attacks, including in Kyiv. City officials have already announced that from August 22 to 25, all mass events will be canceled as a security measure.

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