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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba reacted to the latest missile attack launched on Ukraine by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. “Russia unleashed another salvo of missiles on Ukraine this Saturday. Russia will not stop until it is stopped. The global community must focus on enforcing a just and lasting peace: arming Ukraine, including with F-16s to close the sky, and implementing Ukraine’s Peace Formula,” Kuleba posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. Read also: Ukraine’s air defense units intercept 30 enemy cruise missiles, 27 Shahed drones As reported, from the evening of August 5 to…

At night, the enemy army attacked Zaporizhzhia city and settlements in Zaporizhzhia district.  "At night, the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia were once again attacked: the blast wave damaged the warehouses of an infrastructure object, and the dry grass around it caught fire. In Komyshuvakha, a utility company became the target, residential buildings nearby were damaged," Head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration Yuriy Malashko posted on Telegram. In total, over the past day, Russian troops launched 95 strikes on 21 populated settlements: six MLRS attacks on Temyrivka and Novodarivka, five missile attacks on Zaporizhzhia and Komyshuvakha, an air strike on Orikhiv,…

From the evening of August 5 to the morning of August 6, 2023, Russian troops were massively attacking Ukraine’s territory with air- and sea-launched missiles and Iranian-made Shahed-136/131 suicide drones. The relevant statement was made by the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “During the first attack wave, on the evening of August 5, 2023, the enemy used 14 Kalibr sea-launched cruise missiles and three Kh-47 Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missiles. The air defense units destroyed 12 out of 14 Kalibr missiles. Information about Kinzhal missiles is not to be disclosed,” the report…

Russian invasion forces have introduced a military conscription office in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhzhia region. All male residents are forced to register. That’s according to Ivan Fedorov, a Melitopol Mayor in exile, who spoke on the air of the national telethon, reports Ukrinform. "The enemy understands they have not succeeded in manning their volunteer battalions. As long as a year ago, they started to form their Sudoplatov Battalion, which the residents did not join voluntarily so they would bring manpower from Russia. Then they began to form a Cossack Battalion. No one would join it either. Then they…

A total of 1,074 children in Ukraine have been listed as missing since the Russian full-scale invasion started. The relevant statement was made by the Ombudsman’s Office in Ukraine on Facebook, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “Following the data from the Children of War state portal, as of August 5, 2023, a total of 1,074 children were listed as missing and 15,757 as found,” the report states. A reminder that Russia’s transport ministry is assisting with the deportation of 400 Ukrainian children from the Donetsk region to Russia and the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Seven Tu-95 bombers took off from Russia’s Olenya airfield. Operational Command South issued the warning via Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "The activity of the enemy's strategic aviation has been recorded. Seven Tu-95s took off from the Olenya airfield," the report reads. The command notes that Tu-95 bombers may carry Kh-101/555 missiles. Read also: Kuleba on latest missile barrage: Russia won’t stop until it’s stopped As reported, on Saturday, August 5, Russian invaders once again launched a barrage of missiles at Ukraine. Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, and Zhytomyr regions. In addition, Zaporizhzhia outskirts were hit. President Volodymyr Zelensky in his…

British intelligence confirmed that on the night of August 4, the Russian Navy’s Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship “almost certainly” suffered serious damage after being struck while near the Black Sea Fleet’s Novorossiysk base. The British Defense Ministry reported this on Twitter, referring to intelligence data. "Images of the vessel listing at 30-40 degrees suggest that several watertight compartments were breached, or that the crew's damage control efforts were ineffectual," believes British intelligence. The summary emphasizes that the ship has augmented the Black Sea Fleet after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has often ferried military and civilian traffic between Russia…

The first group of eight Ukrainian pilots is already fully prepared for training on American F-16 fighter jets. This was reported by Politico with reference to a U.S. official, who spoke about it on condition of anonymity, Ukrinform saw. The pilots, who are fluent in English, “are ready to begin training on the fighter jet as soon as a formal training plan is drawn up by a handful of European allies and approved by the United States.” However, the exact timing of that instruction remains unclear, said the official and a person familiar with Ukrainian planning, who also was not…

The head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasyl Maliuk, says special operations carried out in the territorial waters of Ukraine are totally legitimate. Maliuk emphasized this while commenting on the recent attacks by sea surface drones on Russian ships in the Black Sea, Ukrinform reports, referring to the SBU press service. "Any blasts that occur, affecting the Russian ships or the Crimea bridge are an absolutely logical and effective step in relation to the enemy. Moreover, such special operations are carried out in the territorial waters of Ukraine, therefore being completely legal," said Maliuk. According to the SBU chief,…

As a result of an attack by maritime drones near the Kerch Strait, Russia’s tanker SIG, which was anchored in the area after arriving from Türkiye, is believed to have been damaged. That’s according to a number of Telegram channels, Ukrinform reports. According to Ostorozhno, Novosti, the vessel is now listed by 1 to 2 degrees. No casualties were reported among the crew. The impact from the drone attack caused a detonation that was seen from the Crimea coast. The incident occurred at a distance of 32 nautical miles from the Kerch Strait. The tanker was anchored. The channel also…