On the 180th day of Russia’s large-scale military invasion of Russia, 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 Monday, August 22 (Moscow time).

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Storytel audiobook service from October 1, 2022 leaves Russia. The Swedish company sent the corresponding letter to its users.

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USA we do not want to close the way to asylum and security for people who might be persecuted in Russia. “It is important to draw a clear line between the Russian government’s actions in Ukraine and the Russians,” the State Department said in a statement. At the same time, it is noted that Washington is cooperating with allies on the issue of sanctions, including visa restrictions for Kremlin officials.

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AT THE sevastopol the air defense system “dropped an object”, according to preliminary data, a drone, said the city’s “governor”, Mikhail Razvozhaev, commenting on local media reports on the sounds of explosions in Sevastopol. “At 18:15, the air defense fired in the Verkhnesadovoe area. An object was shot down. At a high altitude, then the sound was heard in different parts of the city. Previously, a drone again. We remain calm, the city is under reliable protection” , he wrote on the Telegram channel.

High level of terrorist threat extended in the Bryansk region

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Authorities bordering Ukraine Bryansk region extended the high level of terrorist threat for another 15 days, reports the regional government press service. The “yellow” level of terrorist danger has been extended into another border region – Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel. Until September 7, firecrackers, fireworks and greetings are also prohibited.

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not busy energodar The Zaporozhye region shot at a car in which there was a civilian, said Mayor Dmitry Orlov. “Occupants traditionally blame the Ukrainian Armed Forces for this. But the circumstances of the incident raise big questions. Judging by the available video of the occupants themselves, … the car was fired at almost point blank. fact of death of a person, we are now finding out”, – wrote Orlov on the Telegram channel.

Later, the mayor confirmed the death of one person and the injury of another. “Unfortunately, the death of a man born in 1978 was found at the scene. Another man born in 1996 was seriously injured and is in intensive care. Doctors are fighting for his life,” he said.

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Russia asked to hold August 23 Urgent meeting of the UN Security Council due to the situation around the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, said on the Telegram channel. It is scheduled for 22:00 Moscow time. Polyansky added that on August 24, at 5 pm Moscow time, the UN will host another meeting on the situation in Ukraine, requested by Western countries. Meanwhile, August 25th will be extraordinary meeting of the State Duma Councils, the press service of the lower house of parliament previously reported. The corresponding order was signed by State Duma President Vyacheslav Volodin. The main issue on the agenda of the meeting, as noted, will be “a statement in connection with the threat arising from the bombing of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant by the Kyiv regime”.

Two people died during the bombing of the Antonovsky Bridge

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Two people died and 16 others were injured. attack by Ukrainian troops on the Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson, said Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the occupation “administration” of the Kherson region. “These are civilians, these are people who were repairing the bridge, while others were crossing the ferry at that time,” Stremousov said, quoting Interfax. Earlier, a representative of the Kherson region’s “emergency services” told reporters that civilian personnel from the repair and restoration team were injured as a result of the attack on the bridge.

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On the night of August 22, the Russian army fired on three districts Dnipropetrovsk region – Nikopolsky, Krivorozhsky and Sinelnikovsky, said the head of the regional military administration Valentin Reznichenko on his Telegram channel. As a result of the bombing, according to preliminary data, four residents of Nikopol were injured, all elderly, two of them were hospitalized.

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AT THE Kremenchug In the Poltava region, a fire broke out at a thermal power plant, the city’s mayor Vitaliy Maletsky told Telegram. “During the decommissioning of the rubble of the thermal power plant, the leftover grease and construction debris ignited,” he wrote, adding that rescue units were involved in putting out the fire. There is still no information about the victims, according to the mayor. The cause of the fire is being established.

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About 9,000 Ukrainian servicemen died in the war unleashed by Russia, he said. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny in the forum “Defenders. Roll Call”. “Not only the military and not only those who took up arms participate in this war, but also our little children, who are not to blame for anything, except for the fact that they were born here and at this time. they are really nothing they do not understand what is going on, but they definitely need protection both near Soledar, Bakhmut, Velika Novoselka, and here, because their father went to the front and, perhaps, is one of those nearly 9,000 heroes who died,” takes Zaluzhny’s words “Interfax -Ukraine”.

APU strike on Antonovsky Bridge in Kherson

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At the bombing of the Antonovsky bridge at least 15 people were injured, Russian news agencies TASS and RIA Novosti reported, citing representatives of “emergency services” in the Kherson region. Allegedly, the blow was delivered by the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the US HIMARS multiple-launch rocket system (MLRS).

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Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation claims to have solved the murder of the daughter of Russian ideologue Alexander Dugin, journalist Daria Dugin, and accuses Kyiv of the crime. “The crime was prepared and committed by the Ukrainian special services,” said the FSB’s Center for Public Affairs (CSP).

The Russian intelligence service said that the perpetrator of the crime is a citizen of Ukraine Natalia Vovk. She reportedly arrived in Russia on July 23, accompanied by her minor daughter and, after the murder, left for Estonia via the Pskov region. To obtain information about Dugina and prepare the assassination attempt, Vovk installed himself in the house where the journalist lived, according to the FSB.

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The head of the Joint Press Center for the Coordination of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Natalia Gumenyuk, confirmed the information about Attacks on the Antonovsky Bridge in the Kherson region, stating that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to maintain fire control over transport arteries in the occupied territories. “The Antonovsky Bridge is one of the transport directions that the Russians are trying to revive, but they understand that such a complex structure cannot be pieced together with a bucket of concrete, which requires significant repairs and technological processes. Therefore, we remind you of our remote presence”, the publication quotes her as saying “Babel”.

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Ukrainian media reports explosions near the Antonovsky bridge in Russian-occupied territory Kherson. As the Russian news agency TASS writes, in the sky over Kherson “at least 10 times in a few minutes” the air defense system (air defense) worked. Local Telegram channels are posting pictures showing smoke rising from the bridge area.

Borrell against a total ban on Russians entering the EU

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EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell opposed the proposal by some member states bordering the Russian Federation to close entry to the bloc’s territory to Russian citizens. “Banning all Russians out is not the best idea. We need to be more selective,” he told a news conference in Spain, broadcast by the European External Action Service on Twitter.

Borrell noted that some countries have already taken certain steps towards the visa ban for Russians, others will not support it. According to the head of European diplomacy, it would be better to first discuss this issue at EU level. Europe should not open the door to Russian oligarchs, but “there are many Russians who want to flee the country because they don’t want to live in such a situation,” he said.

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