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).

Another ship with grain left the Ukrainian port

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The ship Brave Commander, chartered by the UN World Food Program (WFP), left the port of Yuzhny, near Odessa, said the head of the Regional State Administration of Odessa, Maxim Marchenko. According to the Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, Oleksandr Kubrakov, the ship will deliver more than 23 thousand tons of wheat for Ethiopia.

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on one of the beaches Odessa region two people were killed, allegedly blown up by a mine, another was injured, the Odessa city council said, citing the Yug operational command. According to him, a group of men ignored restrictions placed on visiting the coast and swimming in coastal waters. While sailing, there was an explosion.

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Ukrainian soldiers attacked one of the sites Wagner private military company in the town of Popasnaya, in the Luhansk region, Russian war correspondent Yuri Kotenok writes on Telegram, citing unidentified interlocutors in the Donbass. “Probably HIMARS,” the military correspondent said in a statement. Neither Ukrainian nor Russian authorities have commented on this information.

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AT THE sevastopol in the territory of Crimea annexed by the Russian Federation, the high (“yellow”) level of terrorist threat was extended until 18:00 on 29 August. The regime was introduced after an “attack” by an unmanned aerial vehicle on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation.

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Residents of the Kherson region, especially women with children, should evacuate due to approaching winter. Irina Vereshchuk, Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister for the Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories, asked for this.

The need to evacuate civilians from the region was also emphasized by the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration (OVA), Yaroslav Yanushevich. “People are waiting for the eviction. That is why we are asking to leave. There can be no military action where there are people. There can be no military action without threat,” he said.

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Switzerland should reduce its gas consumption by 15%, following the EU’s lead, said Swiss Minister for the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications Simonetta Sommaruga.

Earlier, the head of the Swiss Federal Electricity Commission, Werner Luginbühl, warned in an interview with NZZ am Sonntag that due to problems with the energy supply in Europe that arose in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine, entire regions of Switzerland could lose electricity for several hours in winter.

Committee of the Parliament of Ukraine supported the extension of martial law and mobilization

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The Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defense of Ukraine supported the bills on extension of martial law and general mobilization for 90 days. Yaroslav Zheleznyak, MP from the Holos party, announced this on Telegram.

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Canadian law professor Richard McLaren, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) commission to investigate mass doping of Russian athletes, called Sportschau, produced by the association of German regional public law radio and television companies ARD, unfair removal of athletes from the Russian Federation from international competitions in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Athletes were not the initiators of this conflict and are not responsible for its course. These are two good reasons to allow them to participate again,” he explained.

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Destroyed building in Bakhmut (July 2022)

ukrainian military repelled the assault actions of Russian forces near the village of Dolina in the Slavyansk region of the Donetsk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the evening report. Also, in the same region, assault operations were repelled in the area of ​​​​the village of Spornoye and in the village of Ivano-Daryevka. According to the Ukrainian side, towards Soledar Russian reconnaissance group neutralized.

In addition, the Russian army fought offensive battles in the directions of the settlements of Yakovlevka, Soledar, Vershina, Kodema and Zaitsevo, but suffered losses and retreated. At the same time in the direction of Bakhmut units of Russian forces had partial successappointed to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Vladimir Demchenko, who was mayor from 2010 to 2015 Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region, are suspected of collaborationist activities. This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine. According to the investigation, the official “agreed with the proposal of representatives of the aggressor country and assumed the pseudo-position of the so-called president of the Petropavlovsk United Territorial Community of the Kupyansky district of the Kharkiv region, formed by the occupation authorities.”

Dozens of states have asked the Russian Federation to withdraw troops from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

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EU member states and several other states, including Japan, the United States, Canada, Turkey and the United Kingdom, in a joint statement asked Russia withdraw troops from the territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

“The presence of Russian military forces at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant prevents the operator and the Ukrainian authorities from fulfilling their nuclear and radiation safety obligations in accordance with international conventions and IAEA safety standards, and also prevents the IAEA from complying its safeguards mandate” the document reads.

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From the Pskov region to the war between Russia and Ukraine to the present day sent 22 prisoners. Almost all of them (20 people) are from the strict regime colony of Idritsa. This is reported by the publication “Pskov province” with reference to unidentified interlocutors.

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The Finnish government will hold an informal meeting on 16 August to discuss the issue of restricting the issuance of visas to Russians, according to Finnish TV channel Yle. Earlier, the country’s Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto proposed setting a specific day for Russians to apply for a tourist visa.

At the same time, there is still no consensus at EU level on the need to ban the issuance of Schengen visas to Russian citizens, notes the TV channel.

Slovakia denied rumors about the presence of its MiG-29 in Ukraine

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Minister of Defense of Slovakia Yaroslav Nagy denied the rumors on the transfer of several MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. “No, friends, our MiG-29 fighters are not in Ukraine. This is false information. They are still in Sliac (a Slovak city where a military airfield is located. – Ed.). They will protect our airspace until the end of August, you will see them on August 27 at the SIAF (Slovak International Aviation Festival. – Ed.), where they will officially say goodbye”, emphasized Nagy on his Facebook page.

According to him, Slovakia is now negotiating with its allies and partners on how to deal with the fighters. A final decision on this matter has not yet been taken.

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Russian troops bombed Energodar, reports Mayor Dmitry Orlov on Telegram. According to him, the blow was struck in the suburbs where the yacht club is located.

As a result of the bombing, civilians were injured, the mayor points out. Energodar, which is under the control of Russian forces, houses the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

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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.

Building in Nikopol after bombing (August 2022)

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.

Polish Deputy Foreign Minister: We are preparing visa restrictions for Russians

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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.”

Another ship loaded with Ukrainian wheat

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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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