On the 167th 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 Tuesday, August 9 (Moscow time).

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According to the German Federal Office for Radiological Protection (BfS), no radiation leakage from the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant or its penetration into the territory of Germany has been recorded. “There are no indications that radioactive substances could have been released in Ukraine,” the agency said. German experts do not yet see an acute danger from the release of radioactive substances, but share their concern about the need for constant safe operation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, the report says.

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In the last days Russian troops tried ten times to invade settlements on the administrative border of the Lugansk region. The fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to repel the enemy’s attacks. This was announced on his Telegram channel by Luhansk OVA boss Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, the mines in the Luhansk region are on the verge of closure due to forced mobilization.

ISW: Russian troops use poorly trained units

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As part of Russian troops to control the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, they can be increasingly used poorly trained units composed, for example, of prisoners. This is reported in the upcoming expert report from the American Institute for the Study of ISW Warfare. In their view, newly mobilized Russian battalions are likely to be less trained, less professional and more brutal to the occupied population than conscripts.

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The United States is ready to supply anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine within a few months NASAMS short and medium range missile systems. According to US Under Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Colin Kohl, the new aid package includes AMRAAM missiles for the NASAMS, deliveries from the NASAMS itself are already being prepared.

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September and October could be a turning point in the war, says head of the Polish National Security Department Pawel Soloch. “A Ukrainian counter-offensive is expected, but that requires weapons immediately, in large numbers. Everyone is waiting for an offensive, because its success would create a situation in which it would be possible to carry out some kind of negotiation, peace or at least a ceasefire.” . None of this has yet to happen. Everything indicates that the next two months could be decisive,” Solokh said in an interview with PolsatNews.

Volodymyr Zelensky: The West should close borders to Russians

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Western countries must ban all Russians from entering to its territory. This was stated by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with The Washington Post. According to him, all the sanctions previously imposed against Russia are weak compared to the closing of borders to Russian citizens for a year and a total embargo on the purchase of Russian energy resources. “The most important sanctions are closing the borders, because the Russians are taking over foreign territory,” emphasized Zelensky. “Let them live in their own world until they change their philosophy.”

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According to the Russian agency TASS, citing a source from the self-proclaimed “DNR”, one of ten fighters from the Ukrainian “sabotage and assault group” “Bears”, captured in Azovstal, died in jail “DPR”. According to a source cited by the agency, the prisoner’s cause of death was “complications of chronic diseases resulting from drug addiction”.

Latvia receives gas from Russia again

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latvia again receives gas from Russia, reports the RBC, citing data from the Latvian operator for the transport and storage of natural gas Conexus Baltic Grid. As reported, gas from the Russian Federation enters the country through the “Luhamaa” gas metering station located in Estonia.

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The United States has issued a warrant for the seizure of the Airbus A319-100 aircraft, which, according to the US Department of Justice, belongs to DeputyUnited Russia Andrey Skoch. Skoch has been under US sanctions since 2018 for allegedly violating anti-money laundering laws. In spring 2022, sanctions against him were expanded. Forbes estimated the fortune of the deputy and his family at $4.7 billion in 2022.

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Former Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova was fined by the Moscow Cheryomushkinsky Court of 40 thousand rubles. for discrediting the RF Armed Forces. Earlier, a fine of 50 thousand rubles was imposed on her for a similar crime. After two administrative sanctions against Ovsyannikova, criminal proceedings can be initiated.

Pentagon: Up to 80,000 Russians killed or wounded in Ukraine

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According to US Department of Defense estimates, in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian Federation lost 70,000 to 80,000 people killed or injured. According to top Pentagon official Colin Kahl, the Russian army has suffered huge losses because the Armed Forces of Ukraine are functioning well and receiving a lot of support from Western countries. Kahl described the war unleashed by Russia as “the most intense conflict in Europe using conventional weapons since World War II”. There is no updated information from the official bodies of the Russian Federation on the number of Russians killed in Ukraine.

Currently, Kal sees the advantage alongside the Ukrainians. From his point of view, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are superior to the Russians in terms of morale and readiness to fight. For Ukrainians, “there is a lot at stake. They are fighting for the survival of their country,” said a Pentagon official. In his opinion, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not achieved any of his goals in Ukraine. “His main objective was to take over the whole country, achieve a change of power in Kyiv and destroy Ukraine as an independent, sovereign and democratic nation. None of that happened,” Kahl emphasized.

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“After the Russian war against Ukraine, there must be no smoldering or frozen conflict. Ukraine must return everything that Russia has temporarily seized, and the aggressor country must be punished for crimes,” he stressed in his new appeal. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to him, “only the obvious loss of the aggressor, the loss of everything he has seized and his international legal responsibility” for what he has done can prevent a new war. “By protecting our country, we automatically protect everyone who has ever been threatened by a terrorist state,” Zelensky emphasized.

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