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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The Russian military used the MLRS “Hurricane” to attack the central part of Bakhmut. As a result of attacks on shops, private houses and skyscrapers, 7 civilians were killed and 6 others were injured, the Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office said. “Complete data on deaths and injuries, as well as the number of homes destroyed are being established, fires continue in the city.”

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Russian human rights activists, scientists and cultural figures wrote open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin with a request to offer the authorities of the so-called “DPR” introduce a moratorium on the application of the death penalty. The authors of the letter, published on the signature collection resource change.org, assure that the death penalty is not characteristic of Russian culture or the Russian state. Currently, the petition has more than 400 signatures.

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Former Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova charged pursuant to item “e” h. 2 Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation). As Ovsyannikova’s lawyer, Dmitry Zakhvatov, said on his Telegram channel, her client will spend the night in a temporary detention center. “The question of the repression measure is still open. Marina Vladimirovna is being questioned as a defendant,” said the lawyer.

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Termination of issuance of Schengen visas for Russians started to discuss in the EU. The ban could be included in the new seventh sanctions package. According to a DW correspondent, a discussion on this topic has also arisen in the German government. So far, there is no consensus on this. EU countries are expected to discuss this issue at the meeting of foreign ministers in Prague.

The day before, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin proposed to stop issuing Schengen visas to Russian citizens. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky calls for a ban on Russians from entering EU countries.

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Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted strike on the bridge near the Kakhovskaya hydropower plant in the Kherson region – an important link in the Russian military’s logistics chains. “Our fire control of transport and logistics routes in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region has led to the consolidation of the status of the bridge in the area of ​​the Kakhovskaya hydropower plant as unusable. The hit is accurate but effective,” said the operational command. Yug.

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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged the EU and the G7 countries stop issuing visas to Russians. “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is right to insist on this. The Russians overwhelmingly support the war in Ukraine. They should be deprived of the right to cross international borders until they learn to respect them,” the diplomat wrote on Twitter.

Zelensky’s adviser announced the conditions for negotiations with Moscow

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Kyiv can go back to negotiations with Moscow only when a realistic starting point is visible instead of the Kremlin’s ultimatum and the intention to annex all the occupied territories of Ukraine. This was stated by the adviser to the President of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak in a BBC commentary. According to him, Russia has shown disregard for the laws of war and lack of humane treatment to the civilian population in the occupied territories, so there is no belief that the Russian Federation will fulfill the agreements reached.

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According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, only five out of fifteen supplied by Germany and Netherlands PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers are currently in operation. This was stated in an interview with the media company n-tv by a member of the Defense Committee of the Bundestag, Marcus Faber, after returning from a multi-day trip to Ukraine. As far as he knows, the politician pointed out, not a single self-propelled howitzer was destroyed by the Russian military. Faber noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are actively using howitzers, which therefore need spare parts.

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Uzbekistan Embassy in Russia warned his countrymen against participation in war on the territory of foreign states, including Ukraine. According to Podrobno.uz, the diplomatic mission noted that the penalty provided for in article 154 (mercenarism) of the Criminal Code of the Republic provides for up to 10 years in prison.
The day before, it became known that the leader of the “Society of Uzbeks of Central Asia of the Territory of Perm” Jahongir Jalolov suggested that representatives of the Uzbek diaspora in Perm create a battalion of volunteers to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. “We live and work in Russia. Not only do we have to, we have to justify the bread we eat,” he said.

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Ukraine has sufficient evidence that massacre of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka Was planned by Russia. This was stated by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to international organizations in Vienna, Yevhen Tsymbalyuk, during a special session of the OSCE Permanent Council. “This grave and serious violation of international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions, deserves not only our strong condemnation, but also the use of all available mechanisms to bring to justice all those responsible for Russian war crimes. however long it takes,” he quotes the diplomat “Ukrinform”.

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Heads of Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the G7 countries urged Russia transfer control over Zaporozhye NPP and all “nuclear installations within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders under the full control of their rightful owner – Ukraine, and ensure their safe operation”. This is stated in a statement published by the press service of the German Foreign Ministry. The document also expresses deep concern about the “serious threat posed by the seizure of Ukrainian nuclear facilities and other actions by the Russian armed forces”, which significantly increases the risk of a nuclear accident or incident and endangers “the population of Ukraine, neighboring states and the international community”.

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Ukrainian Armed Forces received from Germany four Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns. This was announced by the German government. Thus, 12 similar ZSUs were transferred to Ukraine.

In addition, in recent days, 49,000 shells were delivered to Gepard and three armored recovery vehicles.

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