On the 168th 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 Wednesday, August 10 (Moscow time).

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On the night of August 10th Russian troops bombed the area near the village of Kushugum in the Zaporozhye region. According to Anatoly Kurtev, secretary of the Zaporizhzhya City Council, on his Telegram channel, a woman died as a result of the missile attack and about 30 buildings were destroyed.

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Russian officials appear to be using leaders immigrant and ethnic organizations in the Russian Federation to form volunteer units for the war against Ukraine. This is reported by the American Institute for the Study of ISW Warfare. The report, in particular, mentions the Amir Timur volunteer battalion, made up of Uzbek citizens living in Perm territory.

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Moscow requested a UN Security Council meetings in connection with the bombing of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on Energodar. IAEA chief Rafael Grossi previously expressed concern about the bombing of nuclear power plants. He stressed that he is ready to lead the mission of the Agency’s experts in protection and security guarantees at the station.

Moscow and Kyiv accuse each other of attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant on August 5 and 6. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky in particular said that “there are no people in the world who can feel safe when a terrorist state bombs a nuclear power plant”. On August 8, Kyiv called on the UN, the IAEA and the world community to take all possible measures to send a special mission to the Russian-occupied Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

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Sofia does not exclude the possibility of resuming negotiations with Gazprom on Russian gas supplies, the head of the Republic’s Energy Ministry, Rosen Hristov, said in an interview with bTV. “Firstly, we are looking for alternative suppliers, but if they are not enough, I will not be the minister who leaves the population with nothing,” he said. According to him, the purchase of gas from Gazprom does not go beyond EU policy, as Sofia does not intend to accept conditions different from those under which Germany and several other EU countries buy gas from Russia.

The United States allocates 89 million for the demining of Ukraine

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The United States allocates 89 million dollars to the work of about a hundred teams involved in the demining of the territory of Ukraineas well as training and equipping Ukrainian experts in this field, according to the State Department.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in a telephone conversation, they reaffirmed their determination to support Ukraine for as long as necessary, as well as their intention to continue to coordinate their efforts to meet the needs of Ukrainians in the military, humanitarian and economic spheres. This was reported by the Élysée Palace press service.

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The New York Times reports, citing a top Ukrainian military official who requested anonymity, that the attack on Russian military base in Crimea was committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “It was a base from which planes regularly took off to attack our forces in the southern theater of operations,” the source said.

Podolyak: Kyiv is not responsible for explosions in Crimea

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Ukraine is not responsible for explosions at a Russian military base in Crimeasaid Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the chief of staff of the President of Ukraine, responding to a question from journalists from the TV channel Dozhd. Earlier, shortly after the explosions became known, Podolyak tweeted that “the future of the Crimean peninsula is to be the pearl of the Black Sea” and not “a military base for terrorists”. “It’s all just begun,” he added.

The day before, on August 9, a series of explosions thundered at the Russian-annexed Saki military airfield in Crimea.

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There were at least two explosions in the area Kirilovka village, located in the Melitopol district of the Zaporozhye region. The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reports this on his Telegram channel. According to him, the Russian Federation’s military equipment base suffered from the explosions.

Zelensky: The war will end with the liberation of Crimea

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Russian military presence in Crimea it is a threat to the whole of Europe and to global stability. This opinion was expressed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky during his traditional evening speech.

There will be no stable and lasting peace in many countries along the Mediterranean coast as long as Russia can use Crimea as a military base, he added. “This Russian war against Ukraine and against all free Europe started with Crimea and must end with Crimea – its liberation,” said the Ukrainian head of state.

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