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Pro-Kremlin lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk claimed that ex-President Petro Poroshenko had organized a court ruling in 2015 to transfer Prikarpatzakhidtrans, which owns a Ukrainian oil product pipeline, from the Ukrainian government to Russia's state oil pipeline monopoly Transneft. Medvedchuk also said that Poroshenko had asked him to negotiate with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to make Transneft sell Prikarpatzahidtrans to companies controlled by Poroshenko in 2016. Medvedchuk also claimed that Poroshenko had organized coal supplies from Russian-occupied areas in the Donbas in 2014-2015, according to video footage published by the Security Service of Ukraine. Both Medvedchuk and Poroshenko have been charged with treason in the coal supplies case. Poroshenko's defense denied the accusations.
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Saturday, August 15
Ukrainian forces struck Russia's Savasleyka military airbase, which stores Mig-31 fighter jets capable of launching Kinzhal ballistic missiles, monitoring channels reported on Aug. 15.
Russia shuts down key Black Sea export terminal in Novorossiysk after drone attack, Reuters reports.
The Sheskharis oil terminal, one of Russia's main Black Sea export facilities, processes around 700,000 barrels of crude per day.
"The illegal export of Ukrainian grain from the temporarily occupied territories must have consequences for everyone involved: from companies and owners to captains and vessels," Sanctions Commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk said.
Friday, August 14
The Romanian Defense Ministry said on Aug. 14 that there is no evidence the population faces "increased risk," despite documenting four incidents involving drone wreckage in a single day.
At least 437 civilians in Ukraine were killed and 2,610 injured in July alone, a 30% increase from June. More civilians were killed or injured in July than any month since March 2022.
Ukrainians rally again for Fedorov reinstatement as organizers 'disappointed' in Zelensky's silence.
"The president has maximally disappointed me with his silence, especially considering that the lack of communication has effectively become the trigger for these protests," Dmytro Koziatynskyi, a war veteran and one of the protest organizers, said on social media.
The Ukrainian arms company Fire Point, whose missiles and drones have played a significant role in Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil refineries and logistics infrastructure, also got in on the social media action.
Albert Vasiliev, also known as Kyivstoner, is a blogger, actor, rapper, and a former member of the Griby band. Russia previously accused him of orchestrating a drone attack in Moscow Oblast in cooperation with Ukrainian security services, an allegation he denied.
The attack damaged at least one warehouse at the TIS terminal in Ukraine's Pivdennyi (Southern) Port complex, an agriculture-sector executive with knowledge of the matter told the Kyiv Independent under the condition of anonymity.
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Ust-Luga is one of Russia's largest ports on the Baltic Sea and home to an oil terminal that serves as a major hub for the export of crude oil and petroleum products.
Since Russia first occupied Ukrainian territory in 2014, Russian-occupied areas have gained a reputation for gangsterism and lawlessness.
