On the 161st day of Russia’s large-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 is following developments on Wednesday, August 3 (Moscow time).

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Command Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced significant losses of Russian forces in the Donetsk and Kherson directions. “In the direction of Donetsk, the marines ambushed, as a result, destroyed two BMP-2, one tank, 15 men and took three prisoners,” the Telegram statement reads in particular. According to the Navy, almost all the prisoners are residents forcibly mobilized by the so-called “DPR”. “Such mobilized people have little choice: die with Ukrainian weapons or be shot by their own people. However, there is a third option – surrender. Ukrainians respect international law, so despite all the hatred of Russian monsters, prisoners are not killed,” the statement reads.

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In Nikolaev’s morning bombing, Russia involved S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems, says city mayor Alexander Senkevich. The rockets even hit the territory of the equestrian school, but neither workers nor animals were injured, the mayor added.

Dry cargo ship Razoni with Ukrainian grain passes inspection in Istanbul

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The dry cargo ship Razoni, carrying Ukrainian corn, has passed inspection by the grain export control center and is ready to go to its destination – the port of Tripoli, Lebanon, according to Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Turkish Ministry of Defence. The Ukrainian department continues to accept requests for new ships to enter Ukrainian ports to load agricultural products. According to the Ministry of Infrastructure, 17 ships have already been loaded, awaiting authorization to leave the ports.

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Russian forces destroyed a storage base with Polish weapons and foreign-made ammunition near the village of Radekhiv, Lviv region. This was reported Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In addition, four depots of rockets and artillery weapons and ammunition were destroyed in the Mykolaiv region and the Donetsk region.

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international inspectors started inspection of the freighter Razoni – the first ship with Ukrainian grain that left Ukraine’s ports since the beginning of the war, according to the Turkish Ministry of Defense. A ship with 26,000 tons of corn on board, which has arrived in the Bosphorus, is heading from Odessa to the Lebanese port of Tripoli.

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Ukraine’s security service has detained a resident of the Dnieper, which it considers Russian FSB agent. The man is suspected of treason. According to the investigation, he collected and transmitted to the FSB through the Telegram messenger information about the deployment of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the movement of military equipment, the location of railway stations and airfields on the territory. Dnipropetrovsk region.

A batch of Fly Eye “reconnaissance” drones arrived in Ukraine

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The first control complex and 4 Fly Eye unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, informed the regional administration of Vinnitsa. According to her, the drones will go to the front lines in the coming hours. Funds raised through the United24 platform have already signed contracts for the purchase of 2 control systems and 20 “reconnaissance” drones, and by the end of August Ukraine expects to buy 200 of these devices, the regional administration added.

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Chapter Sumy Dmitry Zhivitsky informed the regional administration about the bombing by Russian forces of the Krasnopol settlement community. According to preliminary data, no one was injured. According to Zhivitsky, the fire was fired from self-propelled artillery mounts.

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The ETS organization that leads international exam in English TOEFL, will allow Russians to take the test at centers abroad or online, writes Mediazona, citing ETS spokeswoman Stephanie Winters. Starting August 4, ETS will amend its rules to allow test takers in Russia and Belarus to register for remote versions of the TOEFL iBT Home Edition, TOEFL Essentials and GRE home test, the organization said in response. “Due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, examinees from Russia will still not be able to take the exam at testing centers within the country. Examinees who prefer personal testing will be able to take the exam in other states,” noted ETS. The day before, several users found in their TOEFL system accounts a notice about restricting access to exam services.

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TV Tower in Kherson (July 2022)

In the Kherson region, which is under the control of Russian forces, they have started to accept applications from Ukrainians without a local residence permit to obtain Russian citizenship. This was reported by the representative of the local “civil-military administration” Ekaterina Gubareva.

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Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, chairman of the Defense Committee of the German Bundestag, called for a vision Long-term arms supply to Ukraine. “Today we must decide how we can support Ukraine in the fall,” Shtrak-Zimmermann said on air on RTL and n-tv. The war will not stop in the autumn months, believes the German politician. She again criticized the bureaucratic delay in the Federal Chancellor’s office, preventing the immediate delivery of weapons.

In the Belgorod region will close schools and kindergartens in border areas

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Schools and Kindergartens Belgorod region, located in the five-kilometer border zone in the municipalities of Krasnaya Yaruga, Grayvoron, Borisovka, as well as in the districts and districts of Belgorod and Shebekinsky, will be temporarily closed, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced. At the same time, in the municipalities of Rovenki, Veydelevka, Valuyki and Volokonovka, the authorities are preparing the work of these institutions in the usual format until September 1.

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Rosaviatsiya once again extended the ban on flights to airports in the central and southern part of the Russian Federation, as well as to the territory of the annexed Crimea. Restrictions on flights to Anapa, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Kursk, Lipetsk, Rostov-on-Don, Elista and Simferopol in Crimea are valid until August 11, the agency said. The measures were introduced on February 24 – the day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.