Military actions in the Donetsk region, enemy shelling, the 2024 Olympic Games. How the 895th day of the full-scale war will be remembered.
In an evening video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, that one person was killed. Another 12 were injured.
“Rescue work is still ongoing in Kharkov after the Russian strike. There are people under the rubble, everything is being done to help them. As of now, it is known that 12 people were injured. One person, unfortunately, died. My condolences to the family and friends.” , – said the head of state.
As of 18:45, the Kharkov regional prosecutor's office reported that two more women, aged 39 and 55 years old, who were injured as a result of a missile strike, sought medical help.
According to preliminary data, the enemy hit with an Iskander missile.”
“As a result of the shelling, eight civilians were injured: six women, a man, an eight-month-old child,” the message says.
Rescuers called on residents of the Pokrovsky district of the Donetsk region to evacuate, the press service of the State Emergency Service reports.
The department notes that the incessant enemy attacks and round-the-clock shelling have turned the Pokrovsky district into an arena of fierce battles. The explosions do not subside, and the enemy continues to destroy houses and take the lives of civilians. Those who remain live in constant fear, hiding from the danger that is getting worse every day.
Over the past 24 hours, rescuers evacuated 17 residents of the Grodovskaya and Novogrodovskaya communities from the danger zone, including 7 children and 3 people with limited mobility. They were taken to safer settlements in the region.
“It is dangerous to stay in the Pokrovsky district. Think about your loved ones and children. The only way to save lives is to evacuate. Do not delay, you need to act now,” the State Emergency Service urges.
According to the Deep State project, Russia has recently advanced near Zhelanny, New York, Zhelezny and Severny. According to the Ukrainian president, the capture of Pokrovsk has become Russia's main goal after the plan to capture Kharkov failed.
US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is running for the post of leader of the United States, has decided on the candidacy of her vice president if she wins the election. Harris' choice was Minnesota Governor Tim Volz.
Madame Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova commented to European Pravda on the election of Minnesota Governor Tim Volz as a candidate for vice-presidential candidate from the Democratic Party.
< p class="MsoNormal">Oksana Markarova noted that among the American governors who actively support Ukraine, “Governor Walz is certainly one of the leaders of such support and a reliable friend of our country.”In addition, Markarova added, Minnesota is one of those states where the active support of the governor helps Ukraine conduct an advocacy campaign.
Walz also became one of the first governors who in 2022 ordered the termination of all contracts between state-owned companies and Russia.
In Russia today, August 6, information was disseminated about a border breakthrough in the Kursk region. The governor claimed that the attempt to break through was apparently unsuccessful. However, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrey Kovalenko, reported that the enemy's statements about control over the border in that region are fake.
Kovalenko said on his channel that “Russian war correspondents are lying about the controllability of the situation in the Kursk region. There are no other comments from Ukraine regarding the situation in the Kursk region.
Later, in two districts of the Kursk region, the Russian Federation declared a missile threat.
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