War

Loud explosions and gunfire were heard in Melitopol, a southern Ukrainian city temporarily occupied by Russian forces. Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov said this in a Telegram post, Ukrinform reports. "Right now, enemy gunfire and explosions [are being heard] in the northern part of Melitopol, near vocational school No. 24. They are so loud that they can be heard even in the neighboring villages of Tambovka and Myrne," Fedorov wrote. He noted that, according to preliminary reports, the enemy has been unsuccessfully trying to shoot down a Ukrainian drone for 30 minutes. Earlier reports said that one of the largest enemy…

In the captured City of Mariupol, the Russians are hastily "reconstructing" the Drama Theater, which they bombed in March, in order to hide the traces of their crime. That’s according to Petro Andriushchenko, an advisor to the city mayor, Ukrinform reports. "The occupiers are hiding their own war crime – the mass murder of about 600 civilians in the Mariupol Drama Theater. They are in a hurry to eliminate all traces and evidence through the ‘reconstruction,’” the mayor's advisor wrote. Read also: Russia to run fake story on Mariupol Drama Theater bombing - intelligence He noted that the invaders explained…

In the event of a severe accident at Europe’s largest Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, a radioactive cloud would cover part of southern Ukraine and the southwestern regions of Russia, according to the wind forecast for August 29. That’s according to Energoatom, Ukraine’s state-owned operator of nuclear facilities, Ukrinform reports. "In the event of an accident at one of the power units of the ZNPP, the radiation cloud will move south-east towards Russia, along with the wind. Specialists with the State Atomic Energy Regulatory Authority of Ukraine released the corresponding estimated forecast as of August 29, 2022," the statement reads. As…

A Kyiv Administration official has refuted reports earlier spread by a number of media outlets, claiming the alleged preparation for mandatory evacuation of city residents. That’s according to the Kyiv City State Administration’s press service, Ukrinform reports. "There is currently no talk of evacuation from Kyiv or its individual districts. Indeed, there are evacuation commissions in every district, created long ago, in case of completely different emergency situations – from floods to accidents at critical infrastructure facilities. And we do periodically run drills, discuss various options, including mandatory evacuation. This is exactly what I had in mind, but, unfortunately, some…

Actions of Russian invaders caused a complete disconnection of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant from Ukraine’s power grid - the first in the history of the plant. The State Nuclear Regulatory Commission reported this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "According to the information provided by SE NEGC Energoatom, an operating organization, as of August 25, 2022 at 12:12, as a result of hostilities near the Zaporizhzhia NPP, the 750 kV ‘Dniprovska’ overhead line was disconnected," the report reads. As a result, power unit No. 5 of the ZNPP was disconnected from the network, with the further activation of emergency protection; power…

On August 24, the Air Force units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down four enemy drones that were reconnoitering Ukrainian positions. "Yesterday, August 24, the enemy tried to reconnoiter the location of our troops in many directions, using unmanned aerial vehicles. The Air Force personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot them down of course," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine posted on Facebook. In Sumy and Cherkasy regions, the Ukrainian defenders destroyed one each, and in Chernihiv region – two enemy UAVs, presumably the Orlan-10 type. As reported, the Armed Forces of Ukraine…

Last night Russian troops launched a missile attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia, having caused damage to civil infrastructure. The relevant statement was made by Zaporizhzhia Acting Mayor Anatolii Kurtiev on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Currently, six apartment blocks are known to have the windows blown out and the window frames broken. Relevant municipal services are already working at the scene,” the report states. Fortunately, there are no casualties among civilians. A reminder that Russian troops struck the city of Zaporizhzhia twice last night, at midnight and around 04:00 a.m. Russian projectiles hit infrastructure facilities in Zaporizhzhia’s Shvchenkivskyi District…

Ukraine has informed its international partners about Russia's intentions to commit a flagrant war crime — a sham trial of Ukrainian prisoners of war, defenders of Mariupol. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said this in a statement posted on its website, Ukrinform reports. The statement says that any sham trial of prisoners of war will be a grave breach of the UN Charter, the 1949 Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva Convention III) and Additional Protocol I, as well as a crime against the fundamental norms and principles of international law, and will…

In order for the consequences of the war not to resonate across the world, Ukraine should be provided all the weapons required to end it. That’s according to President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, who spoke at a Kyiv press conference, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "My position remains unchanged: to be completely pragmatic, I’d say this – this war is expensive, the cost is high for the whole world... I believe that a shorter war is cheaper. So if everyone is pragmatic, then it (will) be cheaper to finish it earlier. To finish early is to give us weapons. Such a…

Russian invaders have opened fire at the Zaporizhia Thermal Power Plant’s ash pits in an apparent attempt to raise clouds of radioactive dust. That’s according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Ukrinform reports. As noted, Russian troops are using a new method of creating the desired "picture" at the Zaporizhia TPP to manipulate public opinion and influence the international community. Recent mortar attacks on the suburbs of Enerhodar have a specific target: the ash dumps of the Zaporizhia TPP. "These are the sites where ash is stored, formed during the operation of thermal power…