Ukraine – 8/8 Sitrep
Compiled by: Robert Homans
Twitter: @rhomansjr
August 8, 2022
Russian Defence Research Expert on AFU performance, the effect of Western weapon supplies (wartranslated.com)
This is a very informative interview with “Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, founded in 1997. Pukhov is quite closely affiliated with the Russian Ministry of Defence and is a member of the board of experts within the government of the Russian Federation.” Some takeaways:
· Russian weapons – According to Pukhov, Russia is using very old combat tanks and attack aircraft, both being further limited by Ukraine anti-tank weapons and rockets like the Stinger, effective against low-flying aircraft.
· Lack of infantry – This seems to be confirmed by recent reports, including: The only advance the Russians are making is in front of Bakhmut, where the Wagner Group is active; 25 – 30,000 troops on the Right Bank of the Dnieper, in the Kherson Region, seems insufficient to sustain an offensive toward Mykolaiv.
· Experience – Pukhov says that the 8 years of experience that that the AFU has gotten fighting in Donbas has given them a huge advantage over Russia that, except in Syria, has virtually no experience.
· Artillery – Pukhov says that Ukrainians have been much more adept in the use of Soviet artillery pieces, and ammunition supply, than the press has made them out to be.
· Russian unguided missiles – Many reports of the damage done to civilian installation by Russian unguided missiles, but Pukhov says the following, “The SMO (Special Military Operation) once again confirmed the thesis that you can launch hundreds, thousands of unguided projectiles, which are cheap, but all this power is levelled by two guided missiles that accurately hit the target. Two missiles, with all their high cost, will solve more problems than thousands of unguided ones. Old conventional missiles do not cause significant damage to the enemy, especially if he is buried deeply in the ground or hiding in concrete bunkers. This is another confirmation of the triumph of high-precision weapons.”
· Supply of Western weapons – Pukhov suggests that the time it takes to train Ukrainians in the use of the weapons may be slowing down the timing of the delivery. He suggests that this is the biggest limiting factor facing Ukraine, and the delay in deliveries increases the likelihood of a “frozen conflict.”
Given the source, it is always possible that some of this this is Russian disinformation. However, much of what he says seems to be confirmed by events on the battlefield. What is indisputable is how badly wrong the pundits, the experts, the Biden Administration, and just about everyone else, were about the capabilities of the Russian Army. At the same time, even given the 8 years of training Ukraine has gotten from the West, these same experts and pundits vastly underestimated the capability of the AFU.
Times Radio
Interview with Illiya Ponomarenko, arguably the best reporter covering the war. He talks about the Russian strikes against the Zaporizhzhia NPP, the Amnesty International Report and the morale of the Ukrainian People that, according to him, remains very high. He compares the morale of the Ukrainian People to the morale of the British people during the Nazi Blitz in World War II.
8/8 Sitrep (my comments in bold face)
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 12:00 noon August 7 to 12:00 noon August 8, 2022
INTERNATIONAL
August 8
11:49: Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu urged Russia to stop the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and immediately withdraw from there
● Mankind needs a new Nuremberg Tribunal to hold the highest political and military leadership of Russia, in particular President Putin, accountable for the genocide of Ukrainians.
10:07 UN Secretary-General: The United Nations hopes that the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine will stop and the IAEA will have access to the station.
09:29 Yle: Helsinki authorities dismantled the monument "World Peace" presented to Finland by the USSR
07:58 CNN: American senators Lindsey Graham (Republican Party) and Richard Blumenthal (Democratic Party) called on President Joe Biden’s administration to recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorism in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
● Senators have stressed that they would push Congress to pass the bill issuing the designation "whether or not” it had Joe Biden’s support.
00:50 UN website: The Joint Coordinating Centre issued a permit for the departure of two vessels with food from Ukrainian ports.
● According to the UN, the ship MV Sacura will leave the port of Pivdennyi, which will deliver 11,000 tons of soybeans to Italy, and the ship MV Arizona will head from Chornomorsk to Türkiye with 48,459 tons of corn.
00:03 The Times - Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN: The technical procedures for the 'Nord Stream' gas pipeline are allegedly impossible to complete due to the sanctions imposed for the war against Ukraine.
August 7
20:00 Estonian Foreign Minister: "Russia must immediately stop nuclear terrorism in Zaporizhzhia and transfer all nuclear power facilities in Ukraine to the Ukrainian side".
19:24 CNN: EU countries bordering Ukraine are losing tourists.
● Guests are frightened by the news of explosions and missiles falling near the borders. Poland has lost 30 to 40% of tourists. The situation is similar in Hungary. Here the flow of tourists fell by 45%. And in Lithuania - by 39%.
17:22 Financial Times: The EU will be able to increase pressure on Ankara if it helps Moscow avoid sanctions.
17:12 Ukrainian Ambassador to Lebanon: The first ship with Ukrainian grain will arrive in the Lebanese port of Tripoli later than expected. Negotiations are currently underway”.
● Ostash also notes that another 20 others are ready to follow this vessel from Odesa.
● In addition, he added that ships with non-stolen Ukrainian grain are sent weekly from Reni and Izmail to Lebanon.
16:58 Reuters: The human rights organization Amnesty International apologized for the "painful" report on the deployment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in residential areas, but AI did not abandon its conclusions.
● "Amnesty International deeply regrets the stress and anger caused by our press release about Ukraine's military tactics", – the organization says.
● Even if some of AI’s conclusions have merit, as Luke Harding and Isobel Koshiw of the Guardian suggested in thier report, because AI didn’t allow their Kyiv Office to include their own assessment, makes the report appear to be nothing more than a hatchet job on Ukraine, and it loses any credibility that it might otherwise have. The Head of AI’s Kyiv Office has resigned in protest. As a friend of mine pointed out, AI’s handling of this report opens them up to the same criticism that Israel makes of supposed non-partisan international organizations, like the UN Human Rights Council, whose major mission seems to be to continually condemn Israel.
● The U.S. Army has embedded public affairs units, whose job it is to try their best to keep civilians out of the way of military operations. I assume other armies within NATO have the same. Given the atrocities committed by Russian soldiers throughout Ukraine, it is highly doubtful that Russia has such units within their battalion battle groups, and it’s likely that Ukraine doesn’t have them either. Even with such units, mistakes get made.
16:52 The Guardian: Pope Francis compared the "grain agreement" with a step towards ending the war in Ukraine.
● "This step shows that it is possible to have a dialogue and achieve concrete results that are beneficial to all. Therefore, this event is also a symbol of hope, and I sincerely hope that by following this path it will be possible to end hostilities and achieve a just and lasting peace", – he says.
15:59: Sweden will send up to 120 military instructors to the UK to conduct basic military training for Ukrainians, the country's Defense Ministry said.
15:57 Iranian space agency: Iran denies that Russia can use its satellite to track targets in Ukraine.
● The Khayam satellite is scheduled to be launched on August 9 using a Russian Soyuz rocket. Iran stated that the control center of the satellite will be located on the territory of Iran, and all data exchange with the device will pass through this center.
● "No other country will have access to such information, and the rumors about the use of satellite images in the service of another country's military purposes are not true," -the agency said.
15:37 Turkish Ministry of Defense: The joint coordination center in Istanbul, after inspection, allowed the passage through the Bosphor of dry cargo ships "Polarnet" and "Rozhen" transporting grain from Ukraine.
15:23 Bloomberg: European countries are gradually introducing restrictions to save energy as part of the plan adopted by the EU
● In Spain, businesses have been banned from cooling indoor spaces below 27°C or heating them above 19°C. The lighting of monuments and shop windows will also stop after 22:00.
● In Berlin, Germany, they have already stopped lighting monuments at night.
● Italy and Greece have also introduced 27°C limits for air conditioning in public buildings.
● In Paris, fines (150 euros) have been introduced for businesses that leave windows and doors open while the air conditioner is running.
13:52 ERR - Estonian Prime Minister: Impunity for the crimes of the communist regime is one of the main reasons why a destructive and genocidal war has begun again in Europe.
● "Putin counts on impunity. Therefore, we must all the more do everything possible so that everyone who is behind the aggression and mass crimes against Ukraine is punished," -she stressed.
NATIONAL
August 8
11:50: The Ukrainian military liquidated another officer of the Russian army - Lieutenant Colonel Vitaliy Tsikul.
11:45: The Security Service prevented the illegal sale of a shipment of protective equipment in Kyiv, which was intended for the needs of the military.
● Among the seized stuff are hundreds of units of flak jackets, helmets, optical devices and night-vision devices.
● Currently, confiscated products worth more than 15 million UAH are transferred to the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and territorial defense.
11:42 Operational Command “Pivden” (South):
● In the temporarily occupied territories of the south, the Russians are spreading fakes about the massive shelling of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
● Hostile propaganda continues to throw in fakes and spread panic among the population
● The Russians say that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are planning to bombard the populated areas, which will be released from the occupation. Russian troops are trying to turn the local population against the Ukrainian defense forces.
11:26 Defense Express:
● Russians fear HIMARS and move forces deeper into the rear even in the territory of Russia
● Russian troops began to fear attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with high-precision weapons not only in temporarily captured cities of Ukraine but also on the territory of Russia itself.
● Thus, the Russians moved the field camp of two units of the 6th Army of the Western Military District, located in the Belgorod region
● Russian troops moved their camp from the village of Komsomolsky, which is approximately 22-23 km from the border with Ukraine.
09:22 Institute for the Study of War:
● Russia may introduce «voting at home» in a pseudo-referendum for the data collection
● According to them, Russian occupation authorities are increasing their opportunities to directly intimidate Ukrainian civilians and does make any independent oversight of the vote nearly impossible. In-home voting also limits opportunities for partisan attacks on those locations.
09:00 Operational Command "Pivden". (South):
● As a result of the work of the air assault and missile artillery units, 24 Russian soldiers, 1 T-62 tank and another 5 units of other armoured and automobile equipment were destroyed. An ammunition depot was eliminated in the Beryslavskyi district of Kherson.
07:56 Operational report of the General Staff of the AFU:
● In the Kramatorsk direction, to improve the tactical situation, the Russians conducted an offensive battle around Verkhnokamianske. But suffered losses and retreated.
● In the Bakhmut direction, Russian reconnaissance groups were detected and neutralized in the areas of Bakhmutske, Bakhmut and Yakovlivka settlements. The Russians tried to conduct assaults near Bakhmut, Zaytsevo, Yakovlivka and Vershyna but had no success, so retreated.
● In the Avdiivka direction, the Russians carried out offensive actions in the direction of Pisky, Nevelske and Avdiivka but had no success, so retreated.
● In the Zaporizhzhia direction, the Russians conducted offensive operations in the directions of Marinka and Shevchenko. Ukrainian soldiers met the invaders with accurate fire and pushed them back.
August 7
22:36 War Crimes Investigation Department: Almost 26,000 criminal cases of war crimes committed in the aftermath of the full-scale Russian invasion on February 24 are being investigated in Ukraine.
● It is noted that of the accused, about 15 people are in custody in Ukraine, and the remaining 120 remain at large. At the same time, 13 cases have been submitted to the court and 7 sentences have already been passed.
19:43: American actress Jessica Chastain met with Volodymyr Zelenskyi in Kyiv.
● "Such visits by famous people are very valuable for us. Thanks to this, the world will hear, know and understand the truth about what is happening in our country even more", – Zelenskyi says.
18:47 Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine :
● The enemy is concentrating efforts on establishing full control over the territories of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, maintaining the captured areas of Kherson and parts of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv regions, creating favorable conditions for resuming the offensive in certain directions, as well as blocking Ukrainian sea lanes in the Black Sea.
● In the Kharkiv direction, the enemy, in addition to artillery fire damage along the line of collision, launched air strikes near Pryshyb, Verkhnii Saltiv and Rtyshchivka. They also conducted reconnaissance with unmanned aerial vehicles.
● In the Kramatorsk direction, the enemy fired from tanks, cannon, and missile artillery in the areas of the settlements of Kramatorsk, Siversk, Verkhniokamianske, Hryhorivka, Raihorodok, Zvanivka.
● In the Bakhmut direction, shelling of military and civilian infrastructure was recorded in the areas of the settlements of Bakhmut, Soledar, Kostiantynivka, Yakovlivka, Pokrovske, Vershyna, Kodema and Bakhmutske.
● The Russian military tried to break through the defense of our troops in the directions of the settlements of Krasnohorivka, Avdiivka, Pisky and Mariinka. The fighting continues.
18:32: The Centre for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) explained why the Russian military turned the Zaporizhzhia NPP territory into a military facility and shelled peaceful Ukrainian cities.
18:16 Guardian: New cases of abuse of Ukrainian prisoners of war in the territories of the Donbas occupied by Russia.
● The newspaper's correspondent writes about videos and photographs showing a man's head impaled on a pole on a fence near a house in the town of Popasna, which was seized by the Russian troops in May. Popasna is located near the front line.
● The photo was published by the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Serhii Haidai.
17:33 Military expert Oleh Zhdanov: At the time of the beginning of the armed invasion, the General Staff of Ukraine analyzed all the data of Western intelligence and took measures in order to save Ukrainian aircraft. As a result, the Russians bombed empty airfields”.
● Zhdanov recalled that in the first days of the war in the Russian Federation they announced the complete destruction of the Ukrainian Air Force. At the same time, Ukrainian aviation began to destroy the columns of the Russian Federation systematically and maximally.
15:52 Operational command Pivden (South): Last night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 23 Russians, a radar station for one of the anti-aircraft missile systems, the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile system and 2 military vehicles.
15:49 Ministry of Infrastructure: Bulk carrier FULMAR S entered the port of Chornomorsk and is ready for loading.
● "This is the first vessel to call at a Ukrainian port since the full-scale Russian invasion,"- the agency said.
15:21 Air Force Command: Ukraine needs, first, multi-role fighters, which, together with long-range Western artillery, will help in returning the territories occupied by the Russian Federation under Ukrainian control.
14:51 First Deputy Interior Minister: Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine, more than 1,600 people allegedly involved in sabotage activities have been detained, and about a hundred DRGs have been exposed.
● Enin noted that spotters and henchmen of saboteurs agree to cooperate with the Russians for 5-10 thousand hryvnias. For this money, they provide information about the location of the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, checkpoints, and inform about the places where missiles arrive.
14:46 Tagesspiegel - President’s Office: Moscow wants to freeze the war for six months to pull more troops and weapons to the front during this period.
14:11: The National Bank of Ukraine resumes operations with government securities.
● The NBU notes that this will allow financial institutions to determine their market value and contribute to the recovery of the country's economy.
MORDOR (Russia)
August 8
08:24: The Russian woman with the letter «Z» taped to the car arrived in Kazakhstan and said that the locals met her and her family unfriendly, called them fascists and demanded they leave immediately.
AUGUST 7
18:36 Luhansk Regional Military Administration: "PMC "Wagner" collects prisoners from Russian colonies for the front. For the Russian Army, this is "cannon fodder" that does not need to be counted. The dead from PMCs are not considered, and they do not give "frets" and 10 thousand rubles (about $165) for them ... I hope that at least they give out balloons”.
16:56: FSB (Russian Intelligence - ed.) Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Nikolai Gorban, who previously fought in Syria, has been eliminated in Ukraine. This was announced by the Ukrainian blogger, officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Anatolii Shtefan (Stirlitz).
16:44 Roskomsvoboda: Access to paid subscriptions to Patreon and the Grammarly online platform, which simplifies writing texts in English, have been blocked in the Russian Federation.
● A page with a statement from Grammarly that the service was ending its work in the Russian Federation and Belarus appeared before the blocking was activated.
● Grammarly was founded by 3 Ukrainians, and is the first Ukrainian “Unicorn,” with a valuation of over $1 billion.
13:26 Oleksii Venediktov, ex-editor-in-chief of" Ekho Moscow": The costs of the “special operation” are much worse than the expansion of NATO
● According to him, the discussion about NATO expansion and resistance to this from the Russian side have been going on for a long time, but after February 24 it no longer matters.
● "Each NATO country now has an increase in the military budget to 2% of GDP. I'm not talking about Finland - back in September, 20-25% of its inhabitants were in favor of joining NATO, now it's 75% or more," -Venediktov stressed.
12:13 In the Russian Federation, they showed photos of the 64th separate motorized rifle brigade from Khabarovsk post its destruction in Ukraine.
● This brigade took part in the torture of Ukrainians in Bucha, Kyiv region. Judging by the footage, the personnel of the brigade that committed war crimes in the Kyiv region was almost completely destroyed.
KHARKIV
August 8
10:41 Kharkiv Mayor: Pavlov Pole was shelled in the morning. A few minutes ago, there was an explosion. There is certainly no military infrastructure in this peaceful and densely populated area»
● 10:48 The information about one killed man is confirmed. Civilian. Just left the house and got shot. My sincere condolences to the family.
10:23 Regional Military Administration: confirmed the information about the explosions in Kharkiv.
● 10:30 reports that there is preliminary information about the victim in the Shevchenko district of Kharkiv.
09:40 National Guard Ukrainian reconnaissance and artillery crews destroyed the Russian special forces soldiers and ammunition depot in the north of the Kharkiv region
August 7
23:33 : There are hits on the infrastructure of the city as a result of the shelling of Kharkiv, there is no information about the victims, – Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
23:02: Natalia Popova, adviser to the head of the Kharkiv Regional Council, declares a large number of missile arrivals in the city.
18:26: Since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 1,000 civilians have been killed on the territory of Kharkiv and the region, and twice as many have been injured, – the prosecutor of the Kharkiv region Oleksandr Filchakov says at the meeting with Markus Faber, deputy of the Bundestag of the Federal Republic of Germany from the Free Democratic Party.
17:28 Izium city council: The Ukrainian military are making progress in the fight against Russian soldiers and is moving in the direction of Izium, the Kharkiv region.
● “The military are in high spirits. They are exhausted, but they still have the strength to beat the enemy and move to Izyum. There are successes, I can’t talk about them, but our military will stick in the direction of Izium”, – he says.
LUHANSK
August 7
15:07: Movement of partisans in the temporarily occupied village of Bilokurakino, Luhansk region. Photo from social networks.
12:41 Regional Military Administration: Residents of the Luhansk region who want to leave no longer have the possibility of official evacuation, but there are three ways to get to Ukrainian territory.
● The first way is a pedestrian crossing to the Kharkiv region. The second - through the Zaporizhzhia region by car, but there, according to Haidai, "huge queues." The third way is along the "great circle", through Russia and the Baltic countries.
DONETSK
August 8
11:50 Mayor: There will be no heating season in Sloviansk. The evacuation of the city continues, and the management companies are mothballing heating systems so that they can be used in the future.
11:24 Regional Military Administration: On August 7, the Russians killed five civilians of the Donbas: two in Soledar, one in Bakhmut, one in Marinka and one in Selydove. Another 17 people were injured.
August 7
23:40: More footage from Bakhmut, the Donetsk region, where a Russian missile hit a residential building. A video.
23:21: Locals reported in social networks that a Russian missile had hit a residential building in Bakhmut, the Donetsk region.
21:51: Warehouses of Russian ammunition are on fire in the temporarily occupied Donetsk, – local residents report on social networks. Waiting for information from officials.
19:09: Explosions are now heard in the Kyivskyi district of Donetsk. Waiting for information from officials.
17:38 Deputy mayor of Bakhmut: The situation is deteriorating in Bakhmut due to the constant shelling of the Russian army, but Bakhmut stands.
● "The situation is deteriorating. There is more and more shelling. Over the past day, three civilians were killed. Four houses were burned down. In the morning shelling again. There is water supply. But because of the shelling, repair teams eliminate network breaks every day", – Marchenko says.
16:33 Mariupol City Council: The Russians, together with collaborators, are destroying public transport in the temporarily occupied Mariupol in order to prevent local residents from evacuating.
12:55 National Police: The Russians shelled 16 settlements in the Donetsk region in a day. About 30 strikes were made
● "The troops of the Russian Federation used all types of weapons against the civilian population - from tanks to NURS aircraft missiles. 22 civilian facilities were destroyed and damaged - 13 residential buildings, a school, a pedestrian bridge, a metal structure shop, a seed warehouse, a coke plant, etc.",- law enforcers report .
● The police are reporting deaths and injuries as a result of Russian attacks, but the exact number is still unknown.
12:22 Mayor's adviser: In the occupied Mariupol, the Satellit plant continues to burn, set on fire by partisans.
● "150 tons of water were used by the invaders to extinguish the "Satellit" specializing in the processing of sunflowers. However, at the next meeting, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations admitted that they could extinguish the fire and the appropriation of sunflower and oil located at the plant was impossible."
ZAPORIZHYA
August 8
11:20 Mayor of Enerhodar: Four residents were injured due to the deliberate murderous actions of the occupiers in Enerhodar. One of them is in serious condition. The doctors are fighting for his life
● “After yesterday’s events in Enerhodar, it becomes obvious that the occupiers not only increase the number of provocations but also increase the level of their aggression. So I appeal to all residents of Enerhodar: minimize your time in the street. Now the safest place for you is your own apartments,” says Dmytro Orlov.
11:06 Energoatom: Zaporizhzhia NPP operates with the risk of violating radiation and fire safety standards due to shelling.
● The N-oxygen plant and the joint auxiliary hull were severely damaged by the shelling. The risks of hydrogen leakage and radioactive spraying remain, and the fire danger remains high.
● Three radiation monitoring sensors around the dry cask storage site were also damaged.
09:17 National Police: Over the past 24 hours, the Russians shelled civilian infrastructure in the area of Stepnohirsk.
07:25 Mayor: According to preliminary estimates, a significant amount of military equipment and more than 100 Russian soldiers were destroyed in Melitopol.
● He also said that last week, the Russians moved a significant part of the air defence from Melitopol to Kherson.
● «The weakening of the air defense system creates the necessary prerequisites for a successful counteroffensive in the Melitopol direction,» says the mayor.
07:16: The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reports that last night high-precision HIMARS missiles were fired at the points of temporary deployment of Russian troops in different parts of the city.
00:50: Explosions are heard in temporarily occupied Berdiansk. Waiting for information from officials.
00:36: Explosions are heard in the temporarily occupied Melitopol. Waiting for information from officials.
August 7
19:00 Mayor: In Melitopol, the Russians are demanding that the population pay for electricity to the accounts of a fake enterprise.
● "The scale of fraud is more than 50 million hryvnias (about $1.35 million) per month".
15:45: Explosions are heard again in the temporarily occupied Energodar, subscribers report. We are waiting for information from officials.
13:53 Regional Military Administration: There is no radiation threat at the ZNPP captured by the Russians. However, the situation may worsen if the Russians continue shelling.
● "I want to reassure everyone for the time being that measurements are still being carried out both on the site itself and within the city limits of Energodar. Now it is 8-12 microroentgen. But this does not mean that the occupiers cannot do something,"- he said.
● According to him, after the shelling, the rescuers quickly localized the damage. Now only the 5th and 6th power units are operating at the nuclear power plant.
12:48 Energoatom: Last night, the Russians again fired at the site of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and the city of Energodar.
● "They hit the site of the ZNPP directly next to the station's dry storage facility for spent nuclear fuel (SHSF)",- the report says.
● As noted in Energoatom, the Russians were aiming precisely at the containers of spent nuclear fuel, which are stored in the open near the shelling sites - 174 containers, each of them contains 24 assemblies of spent nuclear fuel.
DNIPRO
August 8
08:22 Regional Military Administration: The Russian army was attacking two districts - Nikopol and Kryvyi Rih
● Nikopol district was attacked three times. The fire hit 4 villages.
● Russians fired from «Grads» at Marhanets territorial community and launched 20 rockets. No casualties.
● Russians fired two X-59 missiles at Krasnohorivska territorial community.
● The explosions destroyed two premises of an agricultural company and damaged four of its warehouses, equipment, and transport in the Kamianske village. Nine houses were destroyed. Previously, people were not injured.
● In the Kryvyi Rih district, Russians shelled the Zelenodolsk territorial community with barrel artillery. No casualties.
04:03: Nikopol district military administration reported the shelling of the Marganets territorial community in Dnipro region.
00:36 Local district military administration: The Russians have launched a new information-psychological operation (IPSO) against the inhabitants of the Nikopol district and the Dnipropetrovsk region as a whole.
● Messages are distributed by Russian bots in social networks. According to him, the Russians are trying to convince that the residents of Nikopol allegedly do not care about the residents of Kamianka, Vodiane, Enerhodar, and vice versa.
● The goal is to destroy communication between us and block the receipt of information from the occupied territories"", – Yevtushenko writes.
August 7
20:07: Explosions are heard in the Dnipropetrovsk region, – subscribers report. We are waiting for information from officials.
19:36 Regional Military Administration: The second shelling of the Nikopol district in a day
● The Chervonohryhorivka community fell under the fire of Russian "Grads". 20 Russian shells flew there. The pumping station was damaged by shelling.
18:03: Explosions are heard in Nikopol, the Dnipropetrovsk region, – subscribers report. We are waiting for information from officials.
14:33: A protest rally dedicated to the terrorist attack in Olenivka is taking place in Dnipro.
● Video from social networks. People demand to return the prisoners of war home and intervene in the process of international organizations, which so far are just "concerned".
KHERSON
August 8
10:56 Regional council: Russians have surrounded Antonovskyi Bridge from both sides, residents are not allowed to get close, and Russians' behaviour toward people is inadequate. According to preliminary data, the bridge suffered serious damage.
August 7
23:35: The sounds of explosions in the temporarily occupied Nova Kakhovka. A video from social networks.
23:34: Several explosions were also heard in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region - they were heard in Skadovsk, Chornobaivka, Oleshky and the Kakhovska hydroelectric power station, – subscribers report. Waiting for official information.
21:02 Regional Council: Abductions of people who are engaged in the circulation of the hryvnia have begun in the occupied part of the Kherson region.
● Khlan says that the Russian military continues to fight against the circulation of the hryvnia in the occupied territory of the Kherson region. The stores are seizing terminals, and people who are involved in the circulation of the hryvnia began to be kidnapped.
19:14 Regional police department: More and more institutions are being opened on the territory of the Kherson region, in which everyone is promised 10,000 rubles (about $165) for participating in a pseudo-referendum.
● The head of the Regional Military Administration also says that the Russian military are actively looking for premises for holding a pseudo-referendum and are forming their own media representatives for propaganda.
17:43 Regional Military Administration: The Russians are planning to issue their own car numbers to local residents. They, together with collaborators, came up with the so-called "region code" for the occupied territory of the Kherson region - 184.
● Also, there are constant cases of car theft by Russians.
16:09 Kherson Regional State Administration: In the Hornostaivka territorial community of the Kherson region, the Russians broke the Ukrainian national symbol - the trident - and hung a black bag instead. And on the building of the village council they hung the flag of the Russian Federation.
● "Also, the military of the Russian Federation went around the market and took away bank terminals", – the report says.
● The Kherson region is on the verge of a medical crisis. Residents do not have enough medicine for chronic diseases, people are dying from the fact that they cannot take the necessary medicines.
● The Russian troops blocked entry to the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region for representatives of international organizations. According to him, medicines are delivered only thanks to volunteers. On the way back, volunteers take out people who cannot pay for leaving the occupied territories.
15:18 Kherson Regional Council: In the temporarily occupied territories of the Kherson region, the Russians promise a reward in rubles for parents who will take their children to Russian schools. And those who refuse are threatened with persecution until they are arrested.
● "Universities are generally invited to study for free without exams. Soon they will grab hands on the streets and hand out diplomas, just take a good picture. Because so far nothing has been successful, "- he said.
14:32 Center for Counteracting Disinformation: The occupation authorities of the Kherson region are preparing for a pseudo-referendum. To do this, they are looking for premises and form their media representatives for advocacy.
MYKOLAIV
August 8
08:45 Regional Military Administration:
● Yesterday, August 7, the Korabelnyi district of Mykolaiv was shelled with heavy barrel artillery. No casualties.
● Today, at 4.30 a.m., the Russians shelled the outskirts of the city. No casualties.
● Eight houses were destroyed because of the shelling of the Balovne village. No casualties. Russians shelled the Halytsynove village. One person was killed.
● Due to the Russian shelling, a fire broke out in a residential building and an economic facility in the village of Pervomaiske. No casualties.
● Yesterday, the missiles were launched at the villages of Novoivanivka and Novopavlivka. There were no injuries and destruction.
● Russians were shooting Shyroke village. They hit the agricultural construction of households. Also, the garage in the household burned due to the shelling.
● There was shelling outside the villages of the Chervona Dolyna, Poliana, and Shyroke. No casualties.
● This morning, the Russians shelled the village of Bereznehuvate and damaged civilian infrastructure. Details of destruction and casualties are being clarified.
August 7
23:31: Explosions are heard in Mykolaiv, – subscribers report. We are waiting for information from officials.
17:53 Mayor: Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the Russians have caused damage to Mykolaiv by almost 790 million hryvnias (about $21.28 million).
13:53 State Emergency Service: During the morning shelling of Mykolaiv, a Russian shell hit the roof of a building at one of the facilities in the Ingulskyi district. The fire has been extinguished.
ODESA
August 8
09:48 Regional military Administration: In the past week, the Russian Armed Forces lost 21 ammunition depots, 17 bases, 2 command points, 1 headquarters and 1 fuel base
09:11 Regional Military Administration: Two ships with the grain will leave the Ukrainian ports on August 8
● The passage of MV Sacura and Mv Arizona ships along the grain corridor was agreed upon by the Joint Coordination Centre.
● «The Joint Coordination Center has allowed two ships to leave the maritime humanitarian corridor today, which will carry more than 59 thousand tons of food», - says in a statement.
● The ship MV Sacura will leave the port «Pivdennyi», it will take 11 thousand tons of soybean to Italy. The ship Mv Arizona will deliver from Chornomorsk to Türkiye 48.4 tons of corn.
OTHER REGIONS
August 8
11:49: The head of the Cherkasy RMA said that air defense had worked in Uman. As a result of the fall of the remnants of the downed missile, a civilian infrastructure facility was damaged. Two people were injured and were rushed to the hospital.
10:40 Social Media: The air defense in Uman is reported to have worked.
August 7
23:03: The Russians fired several missiles at military facilities in the Vinnytsia region. There are victims, – the command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
23:01: The Russians shelled the Belopolska, Burynska, Esmanska, Novoslobidska and Seredyna-Budska communities in the Sumy region today, in the latter the shelling continues, – the head of the Sumy Regional Military Administration Dmytro Zhyvytskyi says.
21:20: Something was shot down in the Sumy region, – subscribers report. We are waiting for information from officials.
20:43: Sounds similar to explosions were heard in the Vinnytsia region, – Vinnytsia Mayor Serhii Morhunov. No emergencies have been recorded on the territory of the Vinnytsia city territorial community.
20:20: The mayor of Kremenchuk, Vitalii Maletskyi, confirmed that a sound similar to an explosion was heard in the city. However, he noted that no emergencies were recorded in the city.
20:05: Another explosion was heard in Vinnytsia, – subscribers report. We are waiting for information from officials.
Comparing Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to Russian invasion of Ukraine using Wikipedia and Ukraine Ministry of Defense Daily Bulletins. Soviet and Russian military losses not including captured equipment.
● SOURCES
● https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/
● https://euromaidanpress.com/
● https://invite.viber.com/?g2=AQBD3wxTrZ6XUU7IdXeHUfjVCydekezQCCGuwYnT6qPd1r7n1aVbFIewa6ng6Lis