A fire broke out at an industrial warehouse in Ramenskoye, Russia, a town around 50 kilometers southeast of Moscow, Russian media and Telegram channels claimed on Aug. 13. Photos and videos shared on social media appeared to showed a massive column of smoke over the site.
A family of four was killed this morning in the village of Shyroka Balka, including two children: a 12-year-old son and a 23-day-old new baby.
Ukraine's Armed Forces reported destroying two ammunition depots in Oleshky, an occupied town in Kherson Oblast, and hitting a site that hosted a "group" of Russian troops.
The Wagner mercenary group is likely moving towards a reconfiguration process, largely to save on staff salary expenses at a time of financial pressure, the U.K. Defense Ministry wrote on Aug. 13.
However, the actual numbers may be much higher since they do not fully account for territories still under Russian occupation, recently liberated by Ukrainian forces, or experiencing heavy fighting.
This number includes 560 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.
Key developments on Aug. 10: * Russian attacks on Zaporizhzhia kill 4, injure 20 within 24 hours * Fire at oil refinery in Belarus, Ukraine warns of Russian 'provocation' * Poland to station 10,000 troops at border with Belarus * Ukraine announces 'temporary corridor' in Black Sea * Politico: U.S. to announce new
Kherson Oblast – Ukrainian soldiers board a speedboat one by one. It sinks deeper into the water, weighed down by the men, their weapons, and equipment. The soldiers at the stern push off from the riverbank with oars until, finally, they turn on the boat's engine, roaring into the darkness toward
Russian shelling killed a 62-year-old man in the Novoslobodsk settlement on Aug. 5 around 2 p.m., Olha Garkavenko, the head of the settlement, told Suspilne.
Defense Council Secretary Oleksii Danilov said that with each new combat mission, Ukrainian combat unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and naval drones become "more accurate, operators more experienced, combat coordination more effective."
The State Bureau of Investigation reportedly searched the office of Volodymyr Kolodyuk, the assistant of lawmaker Oleksandr Dubinsky, on Aug. 5 over the alleged forging of documents during Dubinsky's travel abroad, according to an undisclosed source of Ukrainska Pravda.
Due to constant Russian shelling, 130 children will be forcibly evacuated from nine settlements in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine's Reintegration Ministry announced on Aug. 5.
Key developments on Aug. 2: * Russian forces launch drone strikes against Kyiv, Odesa oblasts * General Staff: Russia attempts counterattacks near Klishchiivka, Staromaiorske * Politico: Pentagon expects Ukraine's counteroffensive to continue through fall * UK Defense Ministry: Russia likely builds 'major new formations' for deployment in Ukraine * Prosecutor: 98,000 Russian war crimes
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Ukrainian soldiers from special operation units in Chasiv Yar on July 29, his press service reported.
The ammunition warehouse explosions in Crimea on July 28 were the result of sabotage, Ukraine's military intelligence said.
Russian forces shelled a grain terminal in the Beryslav area in Kherson Oblast overnight on July 28, local authorities reported.
Key developments on July 24: * Moscow attacked with drones * Occupied Crimea attacked with drones * Military advances over 1 kilometer in Berdiansk direction * Russian attacks injure at least 12 people over past day * Germany reportedly reaches agreement with Poland over tank repair center Russia's Defense Ministry reported on July 24 that
The former head of Odesa's military enlistment office, Yevhen Borysov, is suspected of illicit enrichment and the violation of the order of military service, President Volodymyr Zelensky said via Telegram on July 22. Zelensky said Borysov has been notified.
Russian shelling of the village of Dvorichna in Kharkiv Oblast killed a man, 45, and injured a civilian, 60, on July 22, the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office reported.
Key developments on July 21: * Russian media: War criminal Igor Girkin arrested in Russia * Germany delivers Leopard-1 tanks, other military aid to Ukraine * France accuses China of delivering non-lethal aid to Russia * Russian attacks kill at least 8, including 2 children. Russian sabotage units tried unsuccessfully to cross the Ukrainian
Key developments on July 12: * G7 unveils plan to deter future Russian aggression against Ukraine * Zelensky meets Biden, NATO leaders on sideline of NATO summit * NATO allies pledge new military package for Ukraine * Russian attacks wounds 18, including 6 children, in Zaporizhzhia The Group of Seven (G7) officially announced plans
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the second day of NATO's 2023 Vilnius Summit on July 12. Zelensky said the leaders promised Ukraine new military aid.
The West failed to understand the Russian regime before the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Robert Pszczel, the former NATO envoy to Moscow from 2010-2015, said on the sidelines of the Warsaw International Summit in Kyiv on July 7. Once the punching bag of Russian propagandists during his appearances on Russian
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many in the West, and in the Kremlin too, expected the Ukrainian state to crumble in weeks, if not days. The government would flee, the state would be carved up – some lands absorbed by Russia, the rest perhaps being made into a
Hundreds of potential international investors met with top Ukrainian and Western officials in London in late June to discuss how to rebuild the country, ravaged by Russia’s war. Those attending the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC) were unanimous — Russia should foot the bill. Said bill is devastatingly large. Ukraine needs
The 96 non-operational Leopard-1 tanks, currently in Italy, were supposed to be sent to Germany to be modernized and delivered to Ukraine, but Switzerland rejected the plan over the country's neutral policy, according to a communiqué seen by European Pravda.
Key developments on June 26: * Military liberates village in Donetsk Oblast * Reuters: U.S. to send a new batch of armored vehicles, HIMARS munition * Wagner reportedly builds camps in Belarus for alleged redeployment * Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 1, injure 13 over past 24 hours Ukraine's Armed Forces have liberated
Videos released by Russian media late on June 24 and early on June 25 showed Wagner mercenaries departing from the city of Rostov, with locals cheering and applauding the soldiers in the background.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on June 24 that the Wagner rebellion had demonstrated "complete chaos" in Russia.
The insurrection case against Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin will be closed, and he will move to Belarus, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on June 24.
Ukrainian troops have launched an offensive in several directions around the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast and made advances, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said on June 24.
Wagner Group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said on June 24 that the mercenaries would stop their march on Moscow and withdraw to military camps.
