Rada recognizes Russia as “terrorist state,” calls on world to follow suit
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has recognized Russia as a terrorist state and is now calling on other nations to make the same step.
19 August 2022
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has recognized Russia as a terrorist state and is now calling on other nations to make the same step.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will participate in a Crimea Platform summit, due to be held online this year on August 23.
There is currently no exact information about the origin and consequences of the explosions in the temporarily occupied Crimea – in Sevastopol, around Belbek Airbase, and in Kerch – which were reported on the evening of August 18, but the Institute for the Study of War outlined possible reasons.
18 August 2022
To weaken the Western countries' support for Ukraine and shift the narrative away from its war crimes, Russia tries to frame strikes on Crimea as acts of terrorism.
17 August 2022
Only absolute transparency and controlled situation at and around ZNPP can guarantee a return to normal nuclear safety.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received credentials from Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic Idris Kadyrkulov, Ambassador of Romania Alexander Victor Mikula, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium Peter Van de Velde and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain Ricardo López-Aranda Jagu, who are starting a diplomatic mission in Ukraine.
The situation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP captured by the Russian military is worsening. Instead of demilitarizing the facility, it is heavily militarized.
Dozens of countries and international organizations have already confirmed their participation in the online summit of the International Crimea Platform.
Such infrastructural objects as the Crimean Bridge connecting the occupied Crimea and mainland Russia are illegally erected structures that should be destroyed.
August has a symbolic, perhaps even sacred meaning for Ukraine – Ukraine is celebrating its 31st Independence Day and passing the six-month mark of Putin's bloody war
Ukrainian strikes on Russian targets in the temporarily occupied Crimea are likely part of a coherent Ukrainian counteroffensive to regain control of the west bank of the Dnipro River.
16 August 2022
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that to expel the occupiers, Ukrainians must do everything to make it more difficult for Russia to wage a war.
Explosions at a Russian military depot in the Dzhankoy district in Crimea caused significant destruction.
During online meetings with colleagues from Guatemala and Belize, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar renewed the invitation to participate in the 2nd Crimea Platform summit which will be held on August 23 in an online format.
Belize, Guatemala invited to participate in Crimea Platform
The number of helicopters used by the Russian Federation against Ukraine has significantly increased to over 360 now.
Several explosions were heard at a Russian military air base in the village of Gvardiyske, Simferopol district, in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Ukraine has the right to use weapons it receives from Western partners, in particular, from Germany and Sweden, to protect its territorial integrity.
The daily traffic record was set on August 15 on the bridge connecting the occupied Crimea peninsula with mainland Russia on August 15. A total of 38,297 cars passed across the bridge within that day.
Operation "demilitarization" by the Armed Forces of Ukraine will continue until the complete deoccupation of Ukrainian territories.
Today's explosions near the town of Dzhankoi in Russian-occupied Crimea are the demilitarization of the peninsula.
Television broadcasts have stopped in the city of Melitopol, Zaporizhzhia region, captured by the Russian army, after two explosions were recorded outside a substation.
In Russian-occupied Crimea, a military unit is burning and a Russian ammunition depot is exploding outside the town of Dzhankoi.
15 August 2022
The Russian troops must immediately leave the territory of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and neighboring areas without any conditions.
Russian troops have once again shelled the Saltivsky district of Kharkiv, where five people were injured.
For the second day, Russian invaders have been unable to restore a damaged railway bridge over which military trains were coming from Crimea.
14 August 2022
In Kherson Region, Russian occupiers have intensified the use of aviation, continued unlawful late night searches and detentions, and increased pressure on health workers and teachers.
Everyone in the free world must do everything in their power and everything possible, so that Russia and those who support the war pay an ever greater price for Russian state terror.
In Crimea, Russian occupation authorities abducted Appaz Kurtamet, 20, a resident of Kherson region’s Novooleksiiivka village. His whereabouts have been unknown for the past three weeks.
In occupied Crimea, invaders abduct 20-year-old Crimean Tatar man