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A loud explosion rang out in the temporarily occupied Melitopol city in Zaporizhzhia region. The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, wrote this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "A loud explosion was recorded, which was heard in all districts. According to preliminary information, a fire broke out in the building of Interior Ministry’s service center near Epicenter hypermarket, which was captured by the rashists," he wrote. Read also: Explosions rock destroyed Russian base in Melitopol He noted that Russian invaders opened the so-called agency for issuing fake documents for cars there. There is currently no information about the victims. iy

About 20 Russian aircraft of various types conduct round-the-clock patrols near the borders of Ukraine. Yuriy Ignat, spokesperson for the Air Force Command of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said on Ukrainian TV channels, Ukrinform reports. "About 20 aircraft are constantly in the airspace near the Ukrainian borders. They are patrolling around the clock. These are different types of aircraft that conduct patrols," Ignat said. Read also: Ukraine’s Armed Forces repulse Russian offensive in four directions He also stressed that some of these aircraft, in addition to patrolling, also fire Kh-59 and Kh-58 air-to-air missiles. On February 24, Russia launched a new…

The Russian military struck five localities in Kherson region, injuring civilians and destroying buildings. "The villages of Osokorivka, Trudoliubivka, Ivanivka, Nova Shestirnia, and Novovorontsovka came under enemy fire. The soldiers of the Russian army hit residential quarters," the Kherson region police posted on Facebook. As a result of the shelling, local residents were injured, many private households are now uninhabitable, the police informed. Over the past day, the police opened 11 criminal proceedings over war crimes committed by Russian military personnel in the territory of Kherson region. As reported, an increasing number of Kherson region localities are on the verge…

The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) countries have called on Russia to immediately return full control of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant to the Ukrainian authorities. According to Ukrinform, the ministers said this in a joint statement published on the website of the German Foreign Ministry. "We demand that Russia immediately hand back full control to its rightful sovereign owner, Ukraine, of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant as well as of all nuclear facilities within Ukraine's internationally recognized borders to ensure their safe and secure operations. Ukrainian staff operating the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant must be able…

The Russian military in Ukraine's Kherson region is placing its equipment near strategic infrastructure. According to Ukrinform, Kherson Regional Council deputy Serhii Khlan said this in a Facebook post. "The Rashists are settling and placing their equipment near strategic infrastructure, both at the Kakhovka HPP and the Kakhovka Canal," he wrote. However, he added, Ukrainian forces have worked and will continue to launch precision strikes. Earlier reports said that in the Kherson region, the Russian military is covering its movement through the dam of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant with the civilian vehicles of local residents. After Ukraine's Armed Forces…

Russian forces continue to shell the border communities of the Sumy, Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions from Russian territory. Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said this in a statement posted on its website, Ukrinform reports. On Tuesday, August 9, Russian troops continued shelling Ukrainian border areas using guns, MLRS, mortars and small arms. "Myropillia, Khotin, Nova Sloboda, Seredyna-Buda and Bilopollia communities in the Sumy region, Snovsk community in the Chernihiv region and Zolochiv community in the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire," the message reads. In the afternoon, enemy self-propelled howitzers fired 15 shells at the Nova Sloboda community. At the…

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, 705 civilians have been killed and 1,823 more have been injured in Donetsk region. "On August 9, the Russians killed two civilians of Donetsk region: in Ocheretyne and Shevchenko. Another six people were injured," Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration, posted on Telegram. Currently, it is impossible to establish the exact number of killed and injured civilians in Mariupol and Volnovakha. In total, since February 24, 705 civilians have been killed and 1,823 more have been injured in the region. ol

Enemy ammunition detonates near Henichesk due to partisan data, Kherson region, near Russian-occupied Crimea, early on Tuesday, August 9. Kherson Regional Council deputy Serhii Khlan said this in a Facebook post, Ukrinform reports. "Kherson region. We can congratulate Henichesk on the beginning. Now the Ukrainian Armed Forces reach that area, too. In the morning, Russian ammunition detonated for over one-and-a-half hours at an experimental station (roughly speaking, between Partyzany [Rykove] and Novooleksiivka). We are waiting for official reports," Khlan said. He added that the Henichesk district is located on the administrative border with Crimea. Now there are no more safe…

Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets has called for the Secretary General of the United Nations and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to send a security mission to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian forces. This is said in a statement published on the Ombudsman's Telegram channel, Ukrinform reports. “Once again, I call on the Secretary General of the UN, the IAEA and the entire world community to take possible measures to send a security mission to the Zaporizhzhia NPP, to completely demilitarize the NPP’s territory, as well as to provide security guarantees to the…

Russian invaders are deploying in Donbas obsolete Soviet-era mines that are considered indiscriminate weapons, which could inflict massive civilian casualties That’s according to a report by the British Defense Intelligence, seen by Ukrinform.  “Russia is highly likely deploying anti-personnel mines to protect and deter freedom of movement along its defensive lines in the Donbas. These mines have the potential to inflict widespread casualties amongst both the military and the local civilian population,” the report reads. It also notes that in Donetsk and Kramatorsk, Russia has likely attempted employment of PFM-1 and PFM-15 scatterable anti-personnel mines. Commonly called the ‘butterfly mine’,…