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Exactly fifteen years ago, on Aug. 8, 2008, Russia launched an invasion into Georgia.

The number of casualties as a result of a Russian attack on the village of Kruhliakivka in Kharkiv Oblast on Aug. 7 has increased, the regional Prosecutor's Office reported on Aug. 8.

Police and emergency services have posted footage of the rescue operation at the site of the Russian missile attack on Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast. Source: National Police of Ukraine, State Emergency Service of Ukraine Details: The police inform that bomb disposal experts, investigators, criminologists, operatives, and paramedics are currently working at the spot of the tragedy.

In an interview with NV Radio on Aug. 2, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov spoke about the explosions that have occurred over the past few days in Crimea, why the Kerch bridge is not operating, and whether there was an attack on Russian ships in the Black Sea.

Ukrainian troops continued offensive operations on the Melitopol and Berdiansk fronts, reaching the first line of defence of the Russian forces. Source: Serhii Kuzmin, Deputy Commander for Strategic Communications of the Tavriia Operational and Strategic Group of Forces, on the air of the national 24/7 newscast Quote: "Ukrainian troops continue offensive operations near the village of Robotyne.

Since the beginning of the all-out war, 78 Ukrainian first responders were killed in Russian attacks while doing their job, the State Emergency Service's spokesman Oleksandr Khorunzhyi said on Aug. 8.

Ukraine may be looking to take advantage of the redeployment of seasoned Russian troops from Kherson to Zaporizhzhia and the Donbas.

Seven people were killed by Monday’s missile strikes on a residential area and most of the 81 injured were rescue workers.

U.S.-supplied cluster munitions are destroying Russian positions in areas where Ukrainian troops had struggled to advance, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Aug. 8.

Another Russian warship listing in the water is probably not the image Vladimir Putin had in mind for his beloved Black Sea fleet - but it does demonstrate the increasing effectiveness of Ukraine's sea drones. The last few days have seen two attacks on Russian ships, both reportedly carried out by Ukrainian unmanned vessels. In a war where Kyiv does not have the warships to challenge Moscow's control of the Black Sea directly, the proliferation of sea drones appears to be giving Ukra...