The fighting started again at dawn on St. Mary’s Day in Ukraine, according to the authorities, several cities were targeted by Russian attacks. Ukraine is talking about “some success” in repelling Moscow’s troops in the southeast of the country, where Ukrainian troops are trying to retake territories occupied by Russia.

Synthesis of the day:

• Russia launched three waves of drones and missiles at the port city of Odesa in southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force stated that they had been intercepted. Debris from the interception of 15 Shahed drones and eight Kalibr missiles damaged a residential building, a supermarket and a dormitory of the city’s educational institution, Odesa Governor Oleg Kiper said. Two employees of the supermarket were hospitalized, Kiper said.

• President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Monday visited the troops at the headquarters of the brigade in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, his website reports. Zelensky is reported to have visited the brigades involved in the attacks on the section of the front line opposite Soledar, a Russian-controlled town north of Bakhmut.

• The United States will send $200 million in new security assistance to Ukraine, including anti-aircraft munitions, artillery shells and additional mine clearance equipment.

• The ruble fell to its weakest level in 17 months after falling exports and rising military spending. The currency, which has been steadily depreciating, crossed the 100-per-dollar mark on Monday.

• Britain said its Typhoon fighter jets intercepted two Russian maritime patrol bombers in international airspace over northern Scotland on Monday in NATO’s Northern Air Patrol Zone.

• Twenty-two Russian diplomats flew out of the Moldovan capital Chisinau on Monday, leaving behind a personal skeleton, as relations between the two countries soured after Moldova ordered Moscow to recall the top part of its delegation last month. The statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry stated: “This unfriendly step by official Chisinau will undoubtedly have consequences for Russian-Moldovan relations.”

• Israeli military expert David Handelman, known to the public of both Russia and Ukraine for his analyzes related to the war, told HotNews.ro about the proximity of the Kremlin’s attacks to the borders of Romania and Moldova and the probability that the territories of the two countries will be struck at a certain time.

• The authorities in Constanta intervened on Monday after a strong explosion in the sea in the area of ​​the pier in front of the Forum Hotel in Kostineshti.

• The Romanian Navy announced on Monday evening that no drifting sea mines had been found after checks carried out on the Romanian coast following the explosion in Costineşti.

• A new video showing a Ukrainian strike on Russian armored vehicles has sparked mockery from netizens after Moscow’s military was lifted tens of meters into the air by an explosion.

• US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice and US State Department representative Beth Van Schaak expressed doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be arrested for crimes committed in Ukraine while he remains in office.

• For months, Ukraine has claimed little progress in the counteroffensive launched more than two months ago

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 538, LIVETEXT:

07:21On the morning of August 15, during a large-scale air raid in Lviv, sounds of explosions were heard, Russians were hitting residential buildings, the head of the Lviv military administration Maksym and the city mayor Andriy Sadovy reported.

07:15In Dnipro, the Russians hit the company’s headquarters. A fire broke out, one person was injured, says head of administration Serhiy Lysak

07:00Ukrainian Ambassador to the USA Oksana Markarova on Monday visited the Joint Systems Manufacturing Center of the US Army tank plant in Lima, Ohio.

01:02German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on Monday advocated Germany’s delivery of several Taurus cruise missiles requested by Kiev to repel Russian forces, AFP reported, according to Agerpres.

00:39 At least 12 people died and 50 others were injured in an explosion at a gas station in Makhachikala, the capital of the autonomous republic of Dagestan, Ria reports.

00:07 U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice, representative of the U.S. State Department, Beth Van Schaak, expressed doubt that Russian President Vladimir Putin will be arrested for crimes committed in Ukraine while he remains in office, Ukrainian Pravda reports. , referring to the Babel interview.

11:05 in the eveningAccording to police, at least two people were injured on Monday during Russian shelling of a village in the northeastern Kharkiv region, CNN reports.