Sunday, August 21. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Sunday, August 21. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Aug 21, 2022, 08:04pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022.

People wait in line to get drinking water in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, . . .

[+] where they didn’t have running water for months. A local homeowner with a private well allows residents to get water at his home, for two hours each day. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

All rights reserved. Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s attack on 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. Sunday, August 21. Day 179.

By Dmytro Aksyonov Dnipro. A 59-year old woman was killed and six more civilians, including a 9-year old boy, were injured as the result of the Russian shelling of towns in the Dnipropetrovsk Region, reports Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentyn Reznichenko. One of the injured is reportedly in critical condition.

The shelling also damaged multiple private houses and a school building. Odesa. According to local authorities, Russian forces launched five rockets, two of which were shot down by Ukrainian air defenses, at objects in the Odesa region.

Ukrainian sources report that the remaining rockets damaged a grain storage facility, but did not end up leading to a fire, while Russian sources claim a storage facility housing western weaponry was destroyed. The seaport in the city of Odesa is one of the key ports being used for grain exports as part of the U. N.

-led grain exports deal involving Ukraine and Russia. Over the past few days, a series of explosions rocked Russian-held areas , including at an ammo storage facility in the city of Belgorod close to the Ukrainian border, and at the headquarters of the Russia Black Sea fleet in the city of Sevastopol in the Crimean peninsula. While Ukrainian officials have not taken credit for the incidents, several sources report that sabotage is behind the explosions.

Additionally, local sources report an increase of outgoing civilian traffic in the affected areas. Employees of government offices located in Kyiv’s Government Quarter have been advised to work from home during the week of August 22 through 26 , following a suggestion by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that Russia could be gearing up to conduct “particularly violent” attacks on Ukraine next week, as August 24 marks Ukraine’s Independence Day, a highly symbolic date for the country and the main state holiday. 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 Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Olha Stefanishyna, said the country has completed 70% of its obligations under the Association Agreement with the European Union, and that it is hoping to receive “political clarity” from European leaders regarding the next steps on its path to EU membership.

Stefanishyna added that the government of the country, which was granted EU candidate status on June 23, understands that its path to membership will be difficult, but that it has the “energy and goodwill” to implement the necessary reforms. Speaking to the German newspaper Welt , German Chancellor Olaf Sholz has shed light on the conversations he held with Russian President Vladimir Putin prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine . Sholz said that he assured Putin that NATO was not a threat to Russia and that Ukraine would not become part of the alliance at least within the next 30 years, and that he does not believe the Russian President’s justification for the war.

The German Chancellor claims that Putin has “completely absurd” ideas and told him that Belarus and Ukraine should not exist as separate states. Oleksandr Usyk — a 35 year-old heavyweight boxing champion from Ukraine — defeated Anthony Joshua, Britain, in a rematch to retain heavyweight titles. Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk celebrates after beating Britain’s Anthony Joshua to retain his world .

. . [+] heavyweight title at King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Aug.

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