Wednesday, August 17. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Wednesday, August 17. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Aug 17, 2022, 05:58pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Kharkiv, Ukraine. Wednesday, August 17.

A missile attack by Russian forces on Saltivka, a . . .

[+] residential area in Kharkiv, killing seven people, injuring 16. Photo: Ukraine’s President Administration. Curtesy of Ukraine’s President Administration Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation. Wednesday, August 17.

Day 175. By Dmytro Aksyonov Odesa. A Russian rocket strike on the settlement of Zatoka in the Odesa region injured four civilians, all of whom have been hospitalized and are in stable condition.

The attack also damaged seven resort facilities and at least 15 private buildings, according to the SES of Ukraine. Russian forces conducted multiple rocket strikes on a railway bridge in Zatoka earlier in the war, which was used as a supply route by the Ukrainian armed forces. Kharkiv.

A missile attack on Kharkiv killed seven, including an 11-year old child, and wounded sixteen people , according to Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv. An attack happened at night, targeting residential area, and damaging a dormitory building in Saltivka. Dnipro.

Russian forces shelled the region’s Nikopolskyi and Kryvorizkyi districts overnight on Aug. 17. Several homes, a gas pipeline, and a local business were damaged, reports Dnipropetrovsk region Governor Valentyn Reznichenko.

The German Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution said that it expects Russia to step up its propaganda and espionage activities in the coming months , potentially using the topics of inflation and the potential of gas shortages to attempt to destabilize German society. MORE FOR YOU Pfizer Tests Pill That Could Prevent Covid Infection Liz Cheney Needles Trump For Bashing Bush: ‘I Like Republican Presidents Who Win Re-Election’ Covid Pandemic Slashes Life Expectancy — Here’s Where It Fell The Most “Russian propaganda is likely to increase in the extremist milieu and fuel conspiracy narratives with the aim of driving a wedge into our society,” the statement concluded. It is also to be expected that the Russian state “will continue to intensify and adapt its political and military reconnaissance attempts.

” Speaking to the state-owned American radio broadcaster Voice of America, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said that while the Ukrainian government does not see any potential for the war to transition into a frozen conflict, it expects to see a drop in intensity of military activity in the coming months as winter approaches and both sides exhaust their available resources. Reznikov added that according to his sources, Russian forces could have had their offensive potential reduced by as much as a third of their total capacity as a result of the war. The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority said in a statement that Ukraine expects five ships to arrive at its Chornomorsk Black Sea port on Wednesday to loading more than 70,000 tons of agricultural products— the largest convoy so far under a U.

N. -led grain export deal . The state-owned infrastructure company added that 24 ships carrying food had left Ukrainian ports so far during the 17 days of the grain corridor operation under the Initiative for the Safe Transportation of Grain and Foodstuffs.

The Ukrainian government said it hopes to increase the monthly volume of sea exports to 3 million tonnes in the near future in order to clear a backlog of 18 million tons of grains left over from last year’s harvest as the country turns to its agricultural exports as a way to finance its war effort. A representative of the German government denied a media report on Tuesday that it had decided to postpone the closure of its last three nuclear power plants, saying it would make its final decision once it received the results of ongoing stress tests. The plants, which produce around 6% of the country’s total electricity, are due to be shut down by the end of the year under legislation introduced by the government of former Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2011, but some German officials have said they are considering keeping them operational for longer as the country is preparing for an energy-related crisis in the winter due to possible disruptions in supply of Russian hydrocarbons.

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