by Lorenzo Cremonesi, Marta Serafini, Paolo Foschi and Online Editorial
The news of Saturday 20 August live. The voltage in the area of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant remains very high
• The war in Ukraine has reached its 178th day.
• At night, air raid sirens sound in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, explosions in Kharkiv. Also in action for the armed forces of Kyiv: bombing of the occupied city of Melitopol, attacks on Russian positions in the south of the country as well.
• Washington announces $775 million in new aid.
• UN, Guterres worried about Zaporizhia. Contacts in progress for Aiea agency visit to nuclear power plant.
• The Mistakes of Russian Intelligence, The Washington Post on the Kremlin’s Mistakes in Estimating: Underestimation and Misleading Claims.
• Nardella meets Zelensky in Kyiv: pact for urban reconstruction.
• Former Russian paratrooper Pavel Filatyev wrote 142 pages denouncing the barbarism endured by the Kremlin units sent in disarray to Ukraine.
05:43 – Explosions also in Mykolaiv
Several explosions occurred in Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine during the night. The city’s mayor, Oleksandr Sienkevych, reported on Telegram. Violent explosions could be heard in the city, he wrote at 3 a.m. local time. Air raid warnings have long been heard across the region.
05:42 – No mercy for the Ukrainians: Assault on a Russian diplomat
No mercy for the Ukrainian people. what Mykhail Ulyanov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to international organizations in Vienna, wrote on Twitter, reacting to a post by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in which he thanked the new military aid package from the United States. Ulyanov deleted his post after a few minutes, but he was heavily criticized online. I have to apologize. I’ve forgotten who I’m dealing with. Of course, I meant the United States with its arms deliveries and the President of Ukraine, who said just yesterday that he was opposed to any peace talks. In fact, no mercy on their part for the Ukrainian people. This is what I said the diplomat wrote in a later post.
05:41 – Kyiv: 11 airstrikes on Russian positions in the last 24 hours
In the last 24 hours, the Ukrainian Air Force has carried out 11 strikes on Russian troop posts in the south of the country, specifically in the Oleksandrivka, Blagodatny, Velikopillya, Novopetrivka, Kostromka, Biloghirka and Bruskinsky areas. This was reported by UNIAN, citing the military command “South of the Kiev Armed Forces”.
05:40 – Melitopol. strong explosions at night
During the night, a series of violent explosions occurred in Melitopol, a city occupied by Russian forces in the Zaporizhia region of southern Ukraine. This was reported by the UNIAN agency, stating that a video of the explosions recorded by eyewitnesses was published online on social networks. More explosions are reported in the night in Kharkiv in northern Ukraine: the local Telegram channels – adds UNIAN – report the launch of numerous rockets from the Russian city of Belgorod. Russian air defense systems in the Melitopol region shot down two missiles fired by militants from the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the city’s civilian infrastructure and residential areas. as stated in the telegram Vladimir Rogov, member of the Main Council of the Civil Administration of the Zaporizhia Region. The same official later claimed that, according to preliminary information, Ukrainian forces bombarded the city with several Himars rocket launchers.
05:39 – Kharkiv, 15 bodies were recovered from under the ruins of a residential building
In Kharkiv, rescuers from the state rescue service recovered the bodies of 15 people from the rubble of a residential building destroyed by Russian bombing. The news reported from the local media.
05:37 – Blinking: $775 million in military aid to Ukraine
Today $775 million worth of US military arms and equipment was committed to Ukraine’s defense. The United States remains standing by Ukraine and its brave defenders, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Twitter.
Today I ordered a withdrawal of $775 million in weapons and equipment from US military stockpiles for the defense of Ukraine. The United States continues to stand by Ukraine and her brave defenders. #UnitedWithUkraine
– Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) August 19, 2022
05:36 – Anti-aircraft sirens sound in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities
The warning sirens for the Kyiv airstrike have returned. The alarm went off at 1:48 a.m. local time. Residents are asked to go to the emergency shelters. The same happened in many other Ukrainian cities, including Odessa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Sumy, Chernihiv, Lviv, Zaporizhia and Dnepropetrovsk.
05:34 – Handed over to the Russians information about the Ukrainian military, sentenced to 5 years
Five years in prison for disseminating information about the deployment of the Ukrainian armed forces. The sentence was handed down to a man who lives in the Odessa region, according to reports from Ukrinform. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, last May he sent an acquaintance living in Russia data on the state of the bridge in the Belgorod-Dniester district and information on the position of the Kiev armed forces in the region, which had not been published. . In addition, cartridges were found in the convict’s apartment and confiscated.
05:33 – Viktor Sokolov new commander of the Russian fleet in the Black Sea
Vice-Admiral Viktor Sokolov has been appointed interim commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, which he himself announced at a meeting with officers, Tass reports. In recent weeks, there have been constant attacks on Russian military bases throughout occupied Crimea, with significant losses of materiel and equipment.
Aug 20, 2022 (Modified Aug 20, 2022 | 05:45)
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