On the 166th day of Russia’s large-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 Monday, August 8 (Moscow time).

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In Russia, according to Kommersant, more than 40 “nominal” volunteer battalions to participate in the war in Ukraine. Thus, in St. Petersburg, voluntary detachments “Kronstadt”, “Neva” and “Pavlovsk” were formed, in Yakutia – “Botur” (Elley Bootur is considered the ancestor of the Yakuts), in Primorye – “Tiger”, in Kazan – ” Alga” and “Timer” (from Tatar – “Forward” and “Iron”), in Chuvashia – “Atal” (from Chuvash – Volga), in the Perm Territory – “Parma” and “Hammer”, in the Amur Region – ” Amur”, in the Leningrad areas – “Nevsky” and “Ladoga”. Among other “nominal” units – “Angara” in the Irkutsk region, the Chelyabinsk battalions “South Urals” and “South Urals”, Tomsk “Toyan” (named after the prince of the Tatar tribe who lived on the banks of the Tom in XVII century).

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Evgeny Balitsky, the “chief” of the Zaporozhye region appointed by the Russian side, signed an order on preparations for holding a “referendum” on the unification of this region with Russia. According to the RIA Novosti news agency, the “document” was signed in Melitopol during a forum called “We are together with Russia”, which “gathered more than 700 delegates from across the region”.

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