On the 179th day of Russia’s large-scale military invasion of Russia on Sunday, August 21, Russian troops continue their attempts to capture the neighboring country’s settlements. Ukraine’s Armed Forces and their territorial defense units are resisting the aggression. It is impossible to verify the statements of representatives of both sides of the conflict from independent sources.

The course of hostilities

A number of regions in eastern and southern Ukraine was attacked by Russian troops on the night of 21 August. A missile launch from the city of Belgorod was recorded in the Kharkiv region, Oleg Sinegubov, chairman of the Kharkiv regional military administration, said on his Telegram channel. He said a rocket hit the village of Rogan, near Kharkov, and two people were injured. Two more rockets flew to the village of Dokuchaevskoye, not far from Rogan, there were no casualties.

All night, the Russian army bombed the territory of the Nikopol and Krivoy Rog districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region, said the head of the regional OVA Valentin Reznichenko. As a result of the bombing, he said, there is destruction, but no one was injured. Odesa OVA speaker Sergei Bratchuk indicated that Russian troops fired five missiles in the Odessa region overnight: two were shot down over the sea, three hit an agricultural company. There was a coup in the barn, there were no casualties.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that in the Odessa region, near the village of Maiorskoye, Kalibr missiles destroyed an ammunition depot with missiles for American MLRS HIMARS and Western-made anti-aircraft systems. The fuel depot of the 102nd Territorial Defense Brigade was also destroyed near the town of Gulyaipole, Zaporozhye region, where, according to the agency, more than 100 tonnes of diesel for military equipment were stored, according to a daily briefing by the Russian Ministry of Defense. . In addition, two American M777 howitzers were destroyed in combat positions near the village of Knyazevka, Kherson region, the department added.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, most missile attacks by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine fall on civilian targets. “Only every 20 Russian missile attacks were carried out on military installations, the remaining 19 hit residential buildings, schools, hospitals, universities…” the SBU said in a Telegram message.

Russian troops fired on the Krivoy Rog district of the Dnipropetrovsk region from the Uragan MLRS, said Nikolai Lukashuk, head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional council. He said six people were injured, including a child. In addition, residential buildings and a kindergarten building were damaged.

In the evening, the mayor of Kharkov, Igor Terekhov, reported on the bombing of the Kyiv region. According to preliminary data, a fire broke out in one of the non-residential premises and in a private house. However, the mayor did not say if there were any casualties.

In addition, Ukraine’s armed forces attacked Russian positions in the Russian-occupied city of Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, regional council deputy Serhiy Khlan said.

The leaders of the US, Germany, France and Britain discussed the NPP Zaporozhye

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, US President Joseph Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant during a telephone conversation. The leaders of the four states stressed the importance of ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, the British government’s office said. Furthermore, conversation participants emphasized a strong commitment to supporting Kyiv in light of the Russian invasion.

Institute for the Study of War – on the Russian Federation’s inability to stop attacks in Crimea

Russia will likely need to withdraw some troops from the front line to ensure the security of facilities in annexed Crimea, notes the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The Russian Federation’s inability to prevent attacks on installations on the peninsula causes concern in Russian society, and this is evident in social media materials, which depict traffic jams formed in recent days on the way out of Crimea’s territory, outside experts point out. This could indicate “a growing public concern about the effectiveness of measures taken by Russia to maintain security” on the peninsula.

Coercion to cooperate with citizens of the Russian Federation of the Kherson region

The “administration” of the Kherson region, appointed by the occupying forces, continues to take measures to compel local citizens to cooperate, reports the National Resistance Center of Ukraine. Threats of confiscation of property from companies that do not submit tax documents to the occupation “administration” by September 1 have become a common means of coercion. Parents who do not send their children to Russian schools are threatened with fines and property confiscation, and Kherson residents who have debts on utility bills are forced to write explanatory notes, despite earlier assurances made by the “administration” that the new “authorities” will forgive all utility bills.

German Chancellor Scholz: COBRA radar and IRIS-T systems will soon be in Ukraine

Germany will continue to provide Ukraine with “what it needs for defense”, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on the occasion of the federal government’s Open Day. Speaking about the planned deliveries of COBRA counter-battery radar and IRIS-T air defense systems, the head of the German government assured that they will “soon be” in Ukraine. But it is also about “preventing the escalation of war,” Scholz emphasized.

Introduction of new alarm signals in various regions of Ukraine

New warning signs have been introduced in several territorial communities in Ukraine, the Center for Combating Disinformation reported. So a chemical hazard signal sounds like church bells, a radiation hazard signal sounds like an alarm going off, and a city evacuation signal sounds like a train whistle. In the event of an air raid warning, a long continuous siren signal is heard for at least 30 seconds, the organization added.

Delivery of a batch of iodine tablets to Energodar in the event of an accident at ZNPP

An additional batch of iodine tablets was delivered to Energodar in the event of an accident at the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), occupied by the Russian military, said Energodar Mayor Dmitry Orlov. “25,000 potassium iodide tablets were delivered to Energodar from the regional reserve due to redistribution – a drug that can protect the thyroid gland from the accumulation of radioisotopes of iodine in case of contamination of the area as a result of an accident in nuclear reactors”, wrote Orlov on Telegram. the medicine not yet.