On the 176th 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 Thursday, August 18 (Moscow time).

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Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov opposed any territorial commitments to the Kremlin, including the Crimean and Donbass territories.. “As to the degree to which Ukraine’s borders should be restored: only complete eviction up to the 1991 borders. Any territorial compromise with the Kremlin is a war deferred to the future. It is today that has the chance to break the backbone of ” colossus with feet of clay” Russian – wrote Danilov.

Russian bombing in Kharkiv kills 17 people

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The chairman of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration, Oleg Sinegubov, confirmed that Russian bombing in Kharkiv kills 17 people, including a child born in 2009. Another 42 people were injured, including a 12-year-old girl who was thrown out of her house by the blast. Both parents died in the apartment.

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Signed in Lviv memorandum on Turkey’s participation in the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine. The first project could be the construction of a bridge in the village of Romanovka, Kyiv region, which linked Bucha and Irpen to the capital and was destroyed in the early days of the war, according to the website of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

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Officials at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, captured by the Russian military, published an appeal to the world community. “Over the past two weeks, the nuclear power plant has indeed become the target of continuous military attacks. Artillery strikes are becoming increasingly powerful and dangerous, and the threat of destroying critical nuclear safety facilities is becoming more real. “, the station workers write.

According to them, since the beginning of the war, many employees were seriously injured or died on the job. The consequences of a possible accident at a nuclear power plant “could be an order of magnitude worse than the results of the tragedies of Chernobyl and Fukushima”, the authors of the letter warned, emphasizing that in practice worldwide there are no emergencies planned to protect nuclear facilities. in a situation where they become a territory of hostilities. “We are capable of professionally managing a nuclear reaction. But we are powerless in the face of human irresponsibility and madness”, conclude the ZNPP officials.

Trilateral summit of Zelensky, Erdogan and Guterres lasted 40 minutes

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Trilateral summit ended in Lviv with the participation of the presidents of Turkey and Ukraine Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Zelensky and the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, reports the Turkish news agency Anadolu. The closed meeting lasted 40 minutes.

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Russia refused to withdraw troops and weapons from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. The proposal to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is “unacceptable” as it would make the plant more vulnerable, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “We hope that in the very near future there will be a trip to the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by IAEA experts, which was fully agreed in June,” said Ivan Nechaev, deputy director of the information and press department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. by TASS.

Meanwhile, the West believes that Russia is actually preventing IAEA experts from visiting the ZNPP. In particular, Igor Vishnevetsky, deputy director of the Department of Non-Proliferation and Arms Control at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told reporters on Aug. Kyiv as that would have to cross the front line. “Anything could happen if the IAEA delegation crossed the front line. For example, they would shoot at her or do something else against her. And to pass this off as a Russian provocation, these people are ready for anything, “- explained Vishnevetsky.

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Negotiations started in Lviv Presidents of Ukraine and Turkey Volodymyr Zelensky and Recep Tayyip Erdogan with the participation of UN Secretary General António Guterres.

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“We agreed to continue coordination in the implementation of the grain initiative. We discussed possible directions for its development, the issues of illegal and forced deportation of Ukrainians, the release of our military and doctors from captivity,” wrote Ukraine’s President Volodymyr. Zelensky after a meeting in Lviv with UN Secretary General António Guterres.

Special attention, he said, was paid to “the topic of Russia’s nuclear blackmail at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.” “This deliberate terror of the aggressor could have catastrophic global consequences for the entire world. Therefore, the UN must guarantee the security of this strategic installation, its demilitarization and the complete liberation of Russian troops”, urged the Ukrainian president.

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Generally Death toll from Russian bombing of Kharkiv the night before and the night of August 18 increased to 16 people, according to the publication “Suspіlne Novini”. 12 people died in a destroyed hostel in the Saltovsky district, four people died in a hostel in the Slobodsky district.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip ANDRdogan met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

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The closing of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by the Russian military “will bring the scene closer to a radioactive catastrophe”, said Ukrainian state energy company Energoatom. “Due to the disconnection of nuclear power plant generators from Ukraine’s power system, they will not be able to be used for their own fuel cooling needs in the event of a power outage at the station,” the company said in a statement.

Previously, the Russian Defense Ministry allowed the possibility of putting the station’s fifth and sixth power units into a “cold reserve” and the actual shutdown of the nuclear power plant. This could happen “with the continued negative development of the situation associated with the bombing of the nuclear power plant”, the ministry said.

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The Russian Defense Ministry announced the redeployment of three MiG-31 aircraft with hypersonic missiles “Dagger” to the Chkalovsk airfield in the Kaliningrad region. This was done “as part of the implementation of additional strategic deterrence measures”, the ministry said, adding that the aircraft would be on “24-hour combat duty”.

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As a result Nikolaev’s daytime bombing one person died, two others were injured and were hospitalized, said the city’s mayor Alexander Senkevich.

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The British Ministry of Defense has published a new map with frontline balance of power in Ukraineas well as indications of possible attacks by Russian and Ukrainian troops.

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Arrived in Lvivwhere he will participate in negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary General António Guterres, informs the Anadolu agency.

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