War in Ukraine. Latest information on August 5 [15:33]

Live text broadcast – short and concise about the most important in the Russian-Ukrainian war on August 5. Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the invasion of the aggressor for the sixth month.

15:33. The prices of food products in the world decreased sharply in July, which is partly explained by the agreement between Ukraine and Russia, which will allow grain to be exported from Ukrainian ports, reports the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

13.49. The actions of the Russian army threaten the safety of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (NPP), according to a British Ministry of Defense report compiled on the basis of information from British intelligence services.

13.23. Six of the Top10 Russian oligarchs are not yet subject to US sanctions, five are not subject to European Union sanctions, and two are not subject to British ones, according to the Trap Aggressor analyst group, which monitors sanctions against Russia. We are talking about Vladimir Lisin, Vladimir Potanin, Pavel Durov, Leonid Mikhelson, Andrey Melnichenko and Vagit Alekperov.

12.22. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya and her husband Artur Ocheretny receive millions of rubles from the Moscow City Hall, as well as Gazprombank and other companies, and they also own apartments and a villa in France, Switzerland and Spain, the Anti-Corruption Foundation founded by oppositionist Alexei Navalny has found (FBK) in the investigation.

11.45. The loss of Russian troops in Ukraine has reached approximately 41,650 soldiers by Friday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army. Since the start of the re-invasion on February 24, Russia has lost 1,792 tanks, 4,032 armored personnel carriers, 950 cannons, 260 multiple-barreled rocket launchers, 123 anti-aircraft artillery systems, 223 aircraft, 191 helicopters, 742 drones, 182 cruise missiles, 2,964 vehicles and 15 tankers. and 83 units of specialized equipment.

11.24. The losses of Russian troops in Ukraine reached about 41,650 soldiers by Thursday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army.

Since the start of the re-invasion on February 24, Russia has lost 1,792 tanks, 4,032 armored personnel carriers, 950 cannons, 260 multiple-barreled rocket launchers, 123 anti-aircraft artillery systems, 223 aircraft, 191 helicopters, 742 drones, 182 cruise missiles, 2,964 vehicles and 15 tankers. and 83 units of specialized equipment.

10.47. Russian forces are deploying all the weapons at their disposal in the Luhansk region in order to dislodge the Ukrainian armed forces from their positions, according to the head of the military administration of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Hayday. “[Krievijas spēki] are shelling towns and villages, as well as the fortifications of our troops, trying to advance towards Bakhmut.”

09.41. In accordance with the international agreement on the resumption of grain exports from Ukrainian ports, three more ships with corn left on Friday, announced the Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Oleksandr Kubrakov.

The ship “Navistar” left the port of Odesa, and the ships “Rojen” and “Polarnet” – from the port of Chornomorsk, Kubrakov announced on the social network “Facebook”. A total of 57 tons of corn are on board these ships, which are being transported to Turkey, Great Britain and Ireland.

09.00. This year, around 120,000 Ukrainians have crossed the eastern border of Latvia, with their number reaching up to 1,300 people on some days, the head of the State Border Guard, Guntis Pujāts, said in an interview with TV3.

08.06. North Macedonia has presented four Soviet-made Su-25 attack aircraft to Ukraine, the North Macedonian media reports. North Macedonia bought these planes from Ukraine for four million euros in 2001, but now they have been returned to Ukraine free of charge.

07.33. Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu, during his visit to Ukraine, visited the Hostomel airfield and the Chornobyl nuclear power plant on Thursday, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced. Reinsalu said that he saw with his own eyes the devastation caused by Russia with its invasion of Ukraine.

“Our duty is to continue supporting Ukraine until Russia loses its genocidal war,” emphasized Reinsalu, who also had a conversation with Ukrainian soldiers.

07.08. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, speaking at the US Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, Texas on Thursday, said that there will be no peace in Ukraine without talks between Russia and the US.

“In my opinion, the strategy of the globalist leaders leads to escalation, the continuation of the war and a decrease in the chances of peace. Without negotiations between the United States and Russia, there will never be peace in Ukraine. More and more people will die and suffer, but our economy will appear on the verge of collapse,” said Orban.

01.00. The international human rights protection organization “Amnesty International”, asserting in its report that Ukraine is endangering civilians in its efforts to repel the Russian attack, shifts the responsibility from the aggressor (Russia) to the victim (Ukraine), President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday evening.

He also emphasized that Thursday’s shelling by Russian troops with artillery in the town of Toretska, Donetsk region, killing eight and injuring four people at a public transport stop, is another cynical and calculated act of Russian terrorism.

00.10. The Russian army shelled Kharkiv, there were casualties.

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