On the 172nd 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 continues to monitor developments on Sunday, August 14 (Moscow time).

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In the Kherson region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted another blow on the Antonovsky bridge through the Dnieper, “to ensure its non-trafficking status”. The announcement was made by the head of the joint press coordination center of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Natalia Gumenyuk. According to her, now transporting heavy equipment and ammunition across this bridge is “extremely difficult, to the point of being impossible”.

Earlier, a video of the attack on the Antonovsky Bridge appeared on Ukrainian social media.

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At around 5 am, Russian troops fired from Grad MLRS in the town of Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Nikolai Lukashuk, deputy head of the regional defense council, announced this on Telegram.

According to him, one man was injured as a result of the bombing, more than ten private houses and outbuildings were damaged in the city.

Also, Russian troops at night bombed Nikopol three times, having made about 20 rounds of cannon artillery, follows Lukashuk’s message. Nearly two dozen residential buildings, outbuildings, shops, a school, power lines and pipelines were damaged as a result.

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The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is developing a concept that will allow refuse citizens of the Russian Federation to obtain visas. Decisions on this issue can be expected in the coming weeks, Polish Vice Chancellor Piotr Wawrzyk said on the air of Radio Polskie.

Wawrzyk stressed that Warsaw is in favor of extending EU sanctions against Russia, mainly in terms of suspending the visa facilitation agreement with the Russian Federation. However, he noted that not all EU member states support such restrictions. “This is opposed by the main EU member states, including Germany, France and the Netherlands,” said the Polish diplomat.

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Ukraine’s military intelligence has established Russian aviation unit commanders data, which, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, issued criminal orders, in particular, on the bombing of cities and the civilian population of Ukraine with cruise missiles X-22, X-555 and X- 101 of Tu-22M3 and Tu-160 Aircraft. Their names are listed on the website of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

“The crews of the aircraft that launched missiles against civilians in Ukraine are already aware that the leadership of the Russian army will continue to transfer responsibility for war crimes to the direct perpetrators,” the report reads. – Ed.) collect documentary evidence of the orders they have received, which they plan to transfer to the international court on the leadership of the Russian Federation in the future.”

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The Brave Commander ship was loaded with 23,000 tons of wheat in the port city of Yuzhny in the Odessa region. On August 15, he will leave for Ethiopia. The announcement was made by the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine Oleksandr Kubrakov on Facebook. He indicated that the shipment was carried out under the United Nations World Food Program: “We continue to work with the UN World Food Program to make these flights regular and are clearly focused on humanitarian assistance to the regions of the world that need it most.”

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