Russian forces launched 27 strikes on Donetsk region on August 8, killing and injuring civilians, including a child. A school, a humanitarian aid distribution point and civilian houses came under enemy fire.
Sanctions against the entire nuclear industry of the Russian Federation must be adopted as soon as possible, including due to Russian threats against the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
In the morning of August 8, 2022, Russian troops shelled the city of Kharkiv with cluster munitions. Fortunately, over 20 projectiles remained unexploded. Otherwise, much more casualties would have been reported.
No one in the world can feel safe when a terrorist state – Russia - is shelling the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant, and a principled response from the international community to Russian strikes is needed right now.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have eliminated Russian soldiers with the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade who tortured civilians in the town of Bucha, Kyiv region.
In cooperation with the Territorial Defense Forces, the counterintelligence units of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have destroyed nine Russian military vehicles over the past week.
Russian troops have again opened fire on a site of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). Enemy rockets hit close to the spent fuel dry storage casks.
Maintaining an army that does not control the skies and will be under ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) fire at any location that Russian forces occupy in Ukraine will likely prove to be an impossible task for the Russian army.