Shipments from Ukraine. Day 911.
Front line. On Aug. 22, Russian forces dropped two guided bombs on the village of Esman in the Sumy region of northern Ukraine, the Sumy regional prosecutor’s office said. The midday attack killed two men, ages 74 and 67. The spouse of one of the deceased was also injured and hospitalized. Ukrainian prosecutors, in collaboration with law enforcement, are investigating the shelling, which is considered a war crime.
Kozacha Lopan, a village in northeastern Kharkiv province, less than 8 kilometers from the Russian border, was hit by Russian artillery fire on Aug. 21, Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said. The attack reduced a portion of the village council’s construction to rubble, trapping several more people in the basement. A woman in her fifties was indeed rescued. Emergency operations continue.
A Russian strike in the village of Malokaterynivka, in the southeast of Zaporizhzhia oblast, killed a 14-year-old boy and seriously wounded seven other children, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said on Aug. 20. The attack hit a children’s café, Lavender, and also injured two people. adults. The 14-year-old died from his injuries at the hospital. “The terrorist [Russia] is maiming civilians and will not prevent it, even if it attacks children. We will have to prevent it,” Fedorov insisted.
National.
President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the northern border region of Sumy and met with military commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi and the military governor of Sumy on August 22. Syrskyi briefed the president on the operational scenario in all active combat zones, focusing on hotspots. on the front line and in the Kursk region, Russia region, where Ukraine recently captured another town and more Russian army troops. Sumy’s military governor, Volodymyr Artyukh, reported a reduction in artillery fire and civilian casualties in his region since the start. of the Kursk operation. ” Our operation in the Kursk region, our fighting cadres continue,” Zelensky said. “I thank all our men, all units, for the reconstitution of the exchange fund,” he added, referring to the captured Russian troops. for an imaginable exchange of prisoners of war for free Ukrainian troops held in Russia.
Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed vital legislation this week, adding foreign fighter coverage for Ukraine and adopting the founding statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). On August 20, the Rada granted temporary residence, the right to immigration. and citizenship for foreigners and other stateless people fighting for Ukraine. The law allows these other people and their families to obtain legal standing in Ukraine even with an expired passport or documents.
On 21 August, the Rada ratified the Rome Statute of the ICC. The move will enhance Ukraine’s ability to prosecute Russian war crimes and bring it closer to the formal ICC club, a condition for the EU club.
Parliament also passed a law on the same day banning devout organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, which supports the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Known as the “Moscow Church ban,” the law is specifically aimed at the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). a satellite of the Russian Orthodox Church. Although the UOC has stated that it is independent of Russian influence, there is great distrust of it. Each parish will have nine months to sever ties with the Russian Orthodox Church.
World.
The Netherlands has purchased 51 specialized cellular radar equipment to detect drones on behalf of Ukraine, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced on August 21. The ministry ordered that equipment from Robin Radar Systems, a technology company based in The Hague. These complex radars are designed to detect small drones and have the ability to distinguish them from other flying objects, such as birds. A key feature of such systems is their ability to operate on the move, making them more difficult for adversaries to locate and neutralize. They will arrive in Ukraine in 3 deliveries in the last quarter of 2024, where they will be deployed to counter Russian drone attacks.
A €20 million ($22 million) program, funded by Germany, will provide grants to internally displaced people, returning Ukrainians and mistreated communities in Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv provinces. This assistance is part of the project “Resilience: Economic Integration of IDPs”. and People Affected by Conflict”, a collaboration between the Ministry of Economy of Ukraine and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), funded through the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). According to Tatiana Berezhna, Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine, the mission will provide 150 grants of up to $7,800 for microenterprises, 90 grants of up to $22,000 for small enterprises, and forty-five grants of up to $17,000 for microenterprises startups in the regions of Sumy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv. It also includes scholarships and vocational education for individuals. “We thank our components for their help and willingness to expand our functions to other people in war-affected areas, merchants who continue to work there or repair their businesses,” Berezhna said.
By Daria Dzysiuk and Karina L. Tahiliani
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