On the 164th 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 is following developments on Saturday, August 6 (Moscow time).

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AT THE donetsk region As a result of the Russian attacks the day before, five civilians were killed, another 14 people were injured, said the head of the Donetsk Regional Military District Pavel Kirilenko: “During August 5, the Russians killed 5 civilians from Donbass: 2 in Oprosnoy , 1 in Avdiivka, 1 in Soledar and 1 in Pervomaisky. Another 14 people were injured.”

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On the last day, Russian troops were offensive on Bakhmutsky and Avdeevsky towards the Donbass, according to the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. However, the General Staff notes that the enemy “did not succeed, retreated”. Bombardment by tanks and various types of artillery was carried out in the areas of settlements Limany, Pribuzhskoye, Tavrichesky, Luch, Mirnoye, Partizanskoye, Blagodatnoye, Shirokoye, Kiselevka, Aprilskoye, Kavkaz, Belaya Krinitsa, Belogorka, Dobryanka, Osokorovka and Nikolaev. Airstrikes on Ukrainian positions were inflicted in the Andreevka area, as well as in the Khutorskaya beams and Plotnitsky tract. In the direction of Slobozhansky, the enemy “conducted a remote mining locality”.

In the Black Sea, four sea-based cruise missile carriers are ready for high-precision weapons use.

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According to the German Rectors’ Conference (HRK), from June around 21,000 Ukrainian students have expressed interest in studying in Germany. This was stated by HRK President Peter-Andre Alt (Peter-Andre Alt). According to him, these are not the most accurate numbers, as it is difficult to understand how many of these people will actually remain in Germany. “Most Ukrainian refugees have a good educational background, both in terms of formalities such as important documents and in terms of qualifications,” said Alt.

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The “South” operational command reported that in one day Ukrainian Armed Forces Destroy Six Russian Ammunition Depots in the Beryslav and Kherson regions. In addition, the military spoke about attacks on two checkpoints of the 76th Airborne Assault Division and the 49th Army at Chernobaevka, a command and observation post at Bruskinskoye, and an area where weapons and equipment were concentrated in Oleshki.

bombing of Nikopol

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City Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region was criticized, said Yevgeny Yevtushenko, head of the Nikopol district administration. He did not give any information about casualties and damage and urged fellow citizens to remain calm.

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The Russian army has barely established a complete control over the village of Peski in the Donetsk region, as Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged heavy artillery bombardment on the city, according to a new report by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In addition, Russian troops carried out attacks on settlements south of Bakhmut, but to no avail, and also attempted to advance towards the village of Lozovoe in the Kherson region, likely targeting the Ukrainian bridge on the Ingulets River, analysts said.

According to the ISW, new battalions of volunteers are being formed in the Omsk and Samara regions of the Russian Federation to be sent to war.

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The Bellingcat investigation team and The Insider claim to have identified the Russian soldier who tortured and killed a Ukrainian soldier captured in the video. Investigators said the torturer found in several other videos was a 29-year-old male. a Tuva native of the “Akhmat” battalion Ochur-Suge Mongush. The man investigators were able to speak with admitted that he was portrayed in one of the videos, but claimed he was not involved in high-level torture and murder.

Kharkiv authorities announced explosions

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AT THE Kharkov Explosions thundered, said Mayor Igor Terekhov. “They have flown to the Slobodskoy district before. Rescue teams are already there. So far, there is no information about the victims,” ​​said the mayor. Terekhov did not specify what caused the explosions.

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Director of the Ukrainian office of a human rights organization Amnesty International Oksana Pokalchuk resigned the day after the report on the tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the threat to civilians. “It pains me to admit this, but Amnesty International’s leadership and I differ in values. <...> I believe that any work for the benefit of society should be done taking into account the local context and thinking about the consequences,” explained Pokalchuk.

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Detained in June in the self-proclaimed “DNR” US citizen Suedi Murekezi has denied the allegations against him inciting ethnic hatred, his lawyer Sergei Litvishko told the TASS news agency. “My client is accused of participating in pro-Ukrainian and anti-Russian rallies in Kherson in late February – early March of this year. The investigation accused him of inciting ethnic hatred, but he did not plead guilty to the alleged crime.” said lawyer said. According to Murekezi, he happened to be at the rallies, which he is accused of participating.

Zelensky called for sanctions against Russian nuclear industry

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In his daily video message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for the introduction of sanctions against the Russian nuclear industry because of the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.

“Today, the occupiers created another extremely risky situation for everyone in Europe – they fired on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, twice a day,” Zelensky said, noting that this is the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe. “Any bombing of this facility is a frankly daring crime, an act of terror. Russia should be responsible for the very fact of creating a threat to the nuclear power plant,” said Ukraine’s president. He called the bombing of the station “an argument in favor of imposing tough sanctions against the entire Russian nuclear industry – from Rosatom to all related companies and individuals”. “This is a purely security issue. Anyone who creates nuclear threats to other nations is definitely not capable of using nuclear technologies safely,” concluded Zelensky.

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