On the 174th 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 Tuesday, August 16 (Moscow time).

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The Russian FSB stated that Ukrainian saboteurs on August 4, 9 and 12 blew up power transmission towersthrough which the Kursk nuclear power plant supplies industrial facilities, transport, social infrastructure and the population of the Kursk region and neighboring regions. “The actions of the saboteurs led to a violation of the technological process of operation of the nuclear power plant”, RIA Novosti quotes the message from the FSB. After the sabotage in the Kursk region, steps were taken to strengthen the security of nuclear facilities, the FSB said.

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Involved in explosions at an ammunition depot in the Dzhankoy region “elite Ukrainian military unit operating behind enemy lines”writes The New York Times (NYT), quoting a top Ukrainian official.

Kyiv has not publicly claimed responsibility for the bombings, but Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the Office of the President of Ukraine, hinted at this, the NYT notes. “Reminder: the Crimea of ​​a normal country is the Black Sea, mountains, recreation and tourism, and Russian-occupied Crimea is warehouse explosions and high risk of death for invaders and robbers. Demilitarization in action,” he wrote. .

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The head of the Zhytomyr Regional Military Administration, Vitaliy Bunechko, said that two rockets were fired at the territory of the region. According to preliminary information, the launch was made from the territory of Belarussays Bunchenko.

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Regional state of emergency introduced in Crimea after explosions at an ammunition depot at a military unit in Maiskoye village, Dzhansky district, and a fire at the Dzhankoy electrical substation. As the TASS agency clarifies, we are talking about expanding the declared emergency zone after the previous explosions – at the airfield in the village of Novofedorovka on August 9.

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