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Explosion reportedly kills man in Russian-occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol
A man has been killed by an explosive device in the Russian-occupied city of Sevastopol, Crimea, the independent Russian Telegram channel Astra reported on Aug. 13. The pro-Kremlin Mash Telegram channel reported the device had been placed in a trash can and killed the man instantly. Unconfirmed reports suggest the man was Robert Shageev, a former Ukrainian Navy officer who defected to Russia after the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. Ukraine has not commented on the incident. Explosions
Russian Gazprom oil refinery 1,300 km from Ukraine hit, General Staff confirms
The refinery is located around 1,300 kilometers (810 miles) from the Ukrainian border and was last hit overnight on July 14.
Moldova offers rail lifeline for Ukrainian food exports as Russia chokes Black Sea trade
The agreement with Moldova would cover just over 1% of Ukraine's total expected grain and oilseed exports.
Ukraine's Starlink access at risk as Polish foreign minister revives feud with Musk
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski's threat to cut Poland's Starlink subscription mentions a $50 million-per-year fee, the same figure he cited previously as the cost of providing half of Ukraine's 42,000 terminals.
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.
About Odesa Oblast
The region in Ukraine’s southwest covers 33,310 square kilometers (12,861 square miles) along Ukraine's Black Sea coast, with a population of approximately 2.4 million and Odesa city as its administrative center. Odesa Oblast borders Moldova to the west, and Romania across the delta of the Danube. Odesa Oblast serves as Ukraine's main maritime trade gateway and has faced repeated Russian missile and drone strikes targeting port infrastructure since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
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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.
