Sunday, August 28. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Sunday, August 28. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Aug 28, 2022, 09:42pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A view of a crater from a night Russian rocket attack, near to damaged buildings in downtown . .

. [+] Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022.

(AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) 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 28.

Day 186. By Dmytro Aksyonov Orihiv. The city of Orihiv, in the Zaporizhzhya region, has come under massive shelling by Russian forces, with reports of non-stop artillery attacks lasting for 14 hours.

As a result of the shelling, three civilians were injured, and Zaporizhzhia Governor Oleksandr Starukh reports that in the last six hours, over 200 missiles have hit the city. According to Starukh, the center of the city has been significantly damaged and a fire has ignited. Nikopol.

As a result of shelling by Russian forces in Nikopol, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a woman was killed and two more people were injured , according to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional council, Mykola Lukashuk. In addition, in the Nikopol district, the towns Myriv and Marganets came under attack during the day. Several residential buildings, farm buildings, and an electricity supply line were damaged.

Kharkiv. Russian forces launched two missile attacks on Kharkiv city center, the mayor said. The attack destroyed an administrative building.

On August 27, another attack on downtown Kharkiv left a large crater in the middle of one of the central squares. The U. S.

State Department said on Sunday that Russia did not want to acknowledge the grave radiological risk at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant , adding that was the reason it blocked a nuclear non-proliferation treaty deal’s final draft. The Treaty, which is reviewed by its 191 signatories in the U. N.

every five years, aims to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Russia was opposed to a section of the text expressing “grave concern” over military activities around Ukrainian power plants. Russia’s representative, Igor Vishnevetsky, said the draft final text lacked “balance.

” 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 A spokesperson for the Ukrainian intelligence Directorate, Vadym Skibitskyi, said that Russia is actively increasing its mobilization of reserve forces and plans to mobilize about 90,000 additional military personnel . Skibitskyi says that Russia is using different approaches, employing “volunteer battalions,” reserve battalions, and battalions of the newly created “Combat Army Reserve of the Country,” as it aims to intensify its offensive in Ukraine and replenish the losses the Russian forces have taken since the start of the invasion. The government of Russia’s Central Asian neighbor Kazakhstan has decided to stop the export of military products for a year , amid suggestions by Western officials Russia could be preparing to turn to other countries as it aims to replenish its supplies of weaponry expended in Ukraine.

While Kazakhstan has traditionally enjoyed close relations with Russia, the country has stayed decidedly neutral in the conflict, refusing to recognize the separatist DPR and LPR within Ukraine’s borders, complying with Western sanctions on Russia and seeking to establish closer economic ties with the EU. Due to a decision by the Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers, merchant sailors will be allowed to leave Ukraine if they receive approval from their local military administrative body , Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on Saturday, in a move that could ease the process of shipping grain from the country’s ports. Although Ukrainian men aged 18 through 60 have largely been barred from leaving Ukraine under a state of martial law imposed due to the Russian invasion, the decision to allow sailors to travel as normal aims to boost the country’s economy, which is struggling to adapt to the realities of war.

Ukraine has one of the largest fleets of merchant sailors in the world, with most recent reports claiming over 100,000 Ukrainians work as merchant marines. Katya Soldak Forbes Ukraine Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.