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Train crew killed as Russian attacks kill at least 8, injure 50 across Ukraine over past day
Russian attacks killed at least eight people and injured 50 others across Ukraine over the past day, local authorities said on Aug. 13. In Odesa Oblast, a Russian jet-powered attack drone hit a passenger train, killing the driver and his assistant, Ukrainian Railways CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi said in a post on Facebook. Pertsovsky said the train was entering a station so passengers could be evacuated after a drone threat was detected. "The locomotive crew did not have enough time to completel
General Staff: Russia has lost 1,462,970 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022
The figure includes 1,310 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Ukraine could 'destroy all the Russians’ ballistic missiles' if US sells 10% of Patriot missile supply to Kyiv, Zelensky says
"If they sell us 5% we will go through the winter and save people’s lives. If they can sell us 10%, we will destroy all the Russians’ ballistic missiles," the president added.
Belarusian cousins convicted of supplying Russian weapons industry in Austria
Two Belarusian cousins were convicted on Aug. 12 by a Vienna court for supplying manufacturing equipment to Russia's weapons industry in violation of EU sanctions.
Ukraine-Armenia ties becoming ‘more constructive,’ Zelensky says after call with Armenian PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Aug. 12, discussing priority areas for cooperation between the two countries.
Transcarpathia recruitment chief suspended as Drapatyi's team reviews mobilization reforms
Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi's team has begun reviewing recommendations aimed at reforming Ukraine's mobilization system, Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said on Aug. 12.
About Donetsk Oblast
The Kyiv Independent's news and on-the-ground reporting from Donetsk Oblast, covering 26,517 square kilometers (10,239 square miles) in Ukraine’s East with a pre-war population of approximately 4.1 million. The administrative center is Kramatorsk, as Donetsk city has remained under Russian occupation since 2014. Donetsk Oblast has been the scene of intense fighting, for example, around the cities of Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Vuhledar, as Moscow attempts to capture the entire region.
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A fire broke out at an oil refinery over 6,000 kilometers (4,000 miles) from Ukraine in Russia's Far East, as a Voronezh Oblast logistics hub belonging to major Russian online retailer Wildberries was targeted overnight on Aug. 11, monitoring channels reported.
