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Russian authorities report that the "falling of a UAV" close to the Sergeevka station in Russia’s Rostov Oblast on the evening of 22-23 August broken the overhead contact system and brought on practice companies to be suspended.
Supply: Russian Railways
Particulars: At the moment, 38 trains are delayed for as much as 3 hours 40 minutes.
In the meantime, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed that 4 drones had been shot down in Rostov Oblast in a single day.
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A 61-year-old man and a 66-year-old lady have been killed in Russian assaults on the town of Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast on 22 August.
Supply: Kharkiv Oblast Army Administration
Particulars: As well as, a 54-year-old man and three girls aged 53, 57 and 65 have been injured in Kupiansk.
A 62-year-old lady was injured within the village of Kurhanne within the Vilkhuvatka hromada. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Previous to that, within the early hours of twenty-two August, one individual have been killed and three injured in the identical village.
The Russians actively used varied varieties of weapons to assault Kharkiv Oblast.
They used a guided bomb, a Molniya drone and two different unidentified UAVs over the previous day.
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Main Serhii Bondar, a MiG-29 fighter pilot, was killed through the touchdown method after finishing a fight mission on the night time of 22-23 August.
Supply: Ukraine's Air Power
Quote: "MiG-29 fighter pilot Main Serhii Bondar, born in 1979, was killed through the touchdown method."
Particulars: Data on the causes and circumstances of the crash is at present being gathered.
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The European Fee is involved with Slovakia and Hungary after they appealed to it following the assault on the Druzhba oil pipeline, calling it a risk to Russian oil provides.
Supply: European Pravda, citing a European Fee spokesperson
Particulars: The European Fee confirmed to European Pravda that it was conscious of the momentary suspension of oil provides by the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia and Hungary, and that it had acquired a letter from their authorities.
"The Fee reiterates that sustaining vitality provide is paramount, and that vital infrastructure ought to be protected by all events," the spokesperson added.
He additionally stated that every EU member state should keep a minimum of 90 days of oil reserves and have contingency plans in place for provide disruptions.
"Therefore we reiterate, as conveyed up to now few days, that there isn’t any affect on the EU safety of provide," the spokesperson concluded.
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Ukrainian athletes Liudmyla Luzan and Iryna Fedoriv have received gold on the 2025 Canoe Dash World Championships within the ladies’s C2 500m occasion.
Supply: Champion, a sports activities information platform inside Ukrainska Pravda’s holding firm
Particulars: Within the remaining, the Ukrainians completed forward of Canada’s Zoe Wojtyk and Katie Vincent. The bronze went to the Spanish duo Angels Moreno and Viktoriia Yarchevska.
This victory introduced Ukraine its first gold medal on the present World Championships in Milan, Italy, held from 20 to 24 August. For Luzan, it’s her fifth profession world championship gold, whereas Fedoriv secured her first medal at this stage.
Background: In June, Luzan and Fedoriv received silver on the European Championships in the identical occasion, the place they misplaced to the Spanish duo Moreno and Yarchevska, who went on to say bronze on the World Championships.
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Russia plans to renew oil provides by way of the Druzhba pipeline "as quickly as doable" following a strike by Ukraine’s defence forces on a pumping station in Unecha, a city in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast, however says repairs will take at the very least 5 days.
Supply: Hungarian International Minister Péter Szijjártó after a dialog with Russian Deputy Vitality Minister Pavel Sorokin, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Szijjártó stated he and Sorokin had "analysed the technical penalties of the assault", which turned out to be "far more critical" than in earlier instances.
"My Russian counterpart has assured me that they may attempt to reinstate the provision route as quickly as doable, however the work will certainly take at the very least 5 days," Szijjártó added.
He stated he hopes the European Fee will "take motion concerning Ukraine" throughout this time "in order that oil provides to Hungary will not be prevented".
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Russian forces struck the town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on 22 August, injuring three individuals.
Supply: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Army Administration, on Telegram
Particulars: The Russians attacked a residential space within the metropolis. About 10 explosions had been heard.
Two injured civilians had been taken to a trauma centre in a reasonable situation, and one sustained minor accidents.
Quote: "Quite a few homes have been broken – we’re nonetheless figuring out the complete penalties. There have been no secure locations in Donetsk Oblast for a while! Evacuate shortly!"
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Serhii Kuznetsov, a Ukrainian nationwide who was arrested in Italy on suspicion of involvement within the 2022 Nord Stream fuel pipeline explosion, has denied the accusations, insisting he was in Ukraine on the time of the explosion.
Supply: Italian information company ANSA, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: At a listening to within the Bologna Courtroom of Attraction, Kuznetsov stated he refused to be extradited to Germany.
In a number of temporary remarks, he distanced himself from the fees, saying he wished to learn them in his native language, and careworn that he had been in Ukraine on the time of the Nord Stream incident within the Baltic Sea.
Kuznetsov stated he was in Italy, the place he was detained, for household causes.
Addressing journalists and photographers within the courtroom’s interior courtyard, he raised three fingers in a gesture signifying the Ukrainian trident.
The 49-year-old was then escorted by officers to the courtroom, the place the difficulty of confirming the European arrest warrant was resulting from be thought-about.
The listening to was instantly adjourned till the afternoon so {that a} Ukrainian-language interpreter might be discovered. Though an English interpreter was current, Kuznetsov stated his English was not adequate and he wanted a Ukrainian or Russian interpreter. The choose ordered one to be discovered.
The courtroom finally confirmed that Kuznetsov ought to stay in custody. The subsequent listening to is scheduled for 3 September, when the choice on his doable extradition to Germany shall be made.
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The Russians have accomplished the outside repairs of the Mariupol Drama Theatre, which they themselves destroyed with a missile. They declare the facade is now 100% restored and inside ending works are ongoing. Russian forces struck the theatre on 16 March 2022, whereas civilians had been sheltering inside.
Supply: Mariupol Metropolis Council
Particulars: The occupation authorities plan to stage the primary efficiency within the restored constructing by the tip of the yr.
Mariupol Metropolis Council mentioned that "behind all this imitation of ‘restoration’ lie the atrocities of the Russian occupiers, who dropped bombs on the theatre on 16 March 2022. At the moment, a whole lot of Mariupol residents, a lot of them kids, had been sheltering inside. Lots of them didn’t survive."
Restore works of the Mariupol Drama Theatre Photograph: Mariupol Metropolis Council
From the start of the full-scale invasion on 24 February till its destruction, the Mariupol theatre had served as a refuge for civilians, a centre for distributing meals and water, a spot to acquire details about evacuation routes and a gathering level for evacuation. From 24 February to 4 March, a couple of hundred folks – principally present and former theatre workers, their households, and other people fleeing violence in early 2022 – used it as a shelter.
Restore works of the Mariupol Drama Theatre Photograph: Mariupol Metropolis Council
Russian forces struck the theatre at about 10:00 on 16 March 2022, when a whole lot of Mariupol residents had been hiding within the basement. Journalists from the Related Press concluded that round 600 folks might have been killed, though no precise information is offered as Mariupol stays underneath occupation.
Restore works of the Mariupol Drama Theatre Photograph: Mariupol Metropolis Council
The theatre’s troupe managed to go away the occupied metropolis and commenced a revival in Uzhhorod.
After the Russians cleared the rubble, it grew to become unattainable to rely the precise variety of these killed within the strike on the drama theatre.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mentioned that the position particular person nations will play will turn out to be clear solely after the total framework of safety ensures for Ukraine is outlined.
Supply: Zelenskyy at a joint press convention with NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte in Kyiv on 22 August, as reported by European Pravda
Particulars: Zelenskyy pressured that completely different nations have completely different capabilities and may present various sorts of assist.
Quote: "It’s too early to say who can present their troops, who can present intelligence, who will probably be current at sea, who within the sky, and who is able to present funding… who, attributable to their supreme legislation, can’t be current in a single type or one other, however are able to finance."
Particulars: He famous that Türkiye has already expressed readiness to behave as a safety guarantor at sea.
"They mentioned: ‘We wish to be a part of the safety ensures for Ukraine at sea. We’re professionals, we all know the right way to assist in the Black Sea, and that is what we’ll give attention to. Our presence there will probably be full’," Zelenskyy defined.
The president emphasised that when the safety assure framework is totally drawn up, "it can then be clear who may also help with what and the way".
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