Friday, August 19. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Friday, August 19. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Aug 19, 2022, 09:00pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Russian rockets launch against Ukraine from Russia’s Belgorod region are seen at dawn in Kharkiv, . .

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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. Friday, August 19.

Day 177. By Dmytro Aksyonov Donetsk. At least 5 civilians were killed and 10 more injured during Russian shelling and rocket strikes on cities and settlements in the Donetsk region, reports Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko.

Kyrylenko says that according to data available to the Ukrainian government, at least 744 civilians have been killed and 1,928 injured in the region since the start of the war. He added that Ukrainian authorities are unable to confirm the total number of casualties in the cities of Mariupol and Volnovakha due to their falling into Russian occupation. Kharkiv.

Russian forces shelled a university in the city of Kharkiv, leading to the death of one civilian, a 52-year old woman who worked as a security guard in the facility, and caused injuries to another individual, reports Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov. Additionally, the death toll from yesterday’s large-scale rocket strike on the city of Kharkiv and Kharkiv region has risen to 21. U.

S. President Joe Biden authorized the latest security assistance package for Ukraine, which totals $775 million , and includes 15 Scan Eagle surveillance drones, 40 MaxxPro mine resistant ambush protected vehicles, additional ammunition, 16 105mm Howitzer systems and about 1,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, Reuters reported Friday, citing a senior U. S.

defense official. The package would bring the total U. S.

military aid sent to Ukraine since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion to $10. 6 billion.

U. N. Secretary General António Guterres visited the Ukrainian port city of Odesa as he aims to further the cooperation between Ukraine and Russia established through the U.

N. -led grain exports deal that seeks to alleviate the global food crisis. Speaking to journalists, Guterres emphasized the importance of ensuring access to both Ukrainian and Russian products.

“We all have to ensure access to Ukrainian and Russian products. It is not easy, but no initiative is easy. No one expected an easy sale.

This is an agreement between two sides that are locked in war. It is unprecedented, but there is still a long way to go for many fronts. Getting more food and fertilizers from Ukraine and Russia is important for commodity markets and prices,” he noted.

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Gazprom said the cause of the three-day shutdown is that the pipeline’s only remaining gas compressor requires maintenance, and that after it is complete, and “in the absence of technical malfunctions,” flows of 33 million cubic meters a day would resume. That supply is in line with current volumes, which only account for a fifth of the pipeline’s total capacity, yet the move will likely bring further disruption, particularly for Germany, which depends largely on deliveries from Moscow to power its industry. Cyprus and Greece have rallied behind Germany in opposing a block on visas for Russian tourists wanting to visit the EU , rejecting a call for such a ban by Ukraine and the Baltic states.

Cyprus is home to a large Russian-speaking expatriate community, with the majority of Cyprus’s Russian speakers, some 50,000, living in Limassol, a city of 237,000 on the southern coast. Russians accounted for 25 percent of total tourist arrivals in the island before the war. “We shouldn’t prevent these communities from coming into contact with families and friends,” Kornelios Korneliou, the general secretary of Cyprus’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Politico .

“The main weapon is European unity and our partners should respect the sensitivities of others on this issue. ” Katya Soldak Forbes Ukraine Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.