⚡️The first letters from prisoners of war have arrived in Ukraine, – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Reintegration Iryna Vereshchuk says.
According to her, the National Information Bureau of the Ministry of Reintegration deals with the organization of correspondence between Ukrainian prisoners of war and their families. The first batch of letters was received with its help.
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⚡️Daily summary of British intelligence on the situation in Ukraine. Today - on the increase in the number of military personnel in Russia.
On August 25, 2022, the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation issued a decree on increasing the number of the Armed Forces of Russia to 1,150,628 people, that is, by almost 140,000. The Government is instructed to allocate funding for this purpose.
⚡️“It remains unclear whether Russia is trying to fill vacant positions with the help of volunteer contractors, or whether it plans to increase the annual plan for deadlines,” the intelligence report emphasized.
⚡️Explosions were heard in Zaporizhzhia, Kramatorsk, Dnipropetrovsk regions, also, in the temporarily occupied Melitopol. We are waiting for official information.
⚡️Two ships of the US Navy have begun passage through the Taiwan Strait, Reuters reports. Such maneuvers are being conducted for the first time since the visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.
⚡️ Since the spring, the Pentagon began to supply more weapons to Ukraine by sea, the Washington Post writes. The US can further increase the sea transportation of weapons to Ukraine, which will allow the Armed Forces to create a larger arsenal for future military campaigns.
⚡️Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine: Operational information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces:
⚡️In the Slovyansk direction, the Russians tried to conduct assaults in the direction of the settlements of Dovgenke and Bogorodychne, but they did not succeed and were forced to retreat.
⚡️In the Kramatorsk direction, Russian troops tried to launch an offensive in the directions of Vershyn, Kodem, Semyhirya, and Zaytsevo. Ukrainian defenders stopped and pushed them back.
However, the volunteer elements of the Third Army Corps are unlikely to be able to create an effective fighting force. The best equipment will not necessarily make a force effective if the personnel are not sufficiently trained or disciplined.
⚡️ISW: The Russian military leadership is likely moving into a new phase of mobilization in the central part of Russia, having exhausted the reserves of potential recruits on the periphery.
⚡️The head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Council Mykola Lukashuk regarding the security situation in the region:
Two surface-to-air missiles were fired at Nikopol today. The administrative building, two high-rise buildings were affected. In addition, there was a fire in the open area. There were no casualties as a result of the shelling.
The Russian Federation also struck the Marganets community with barrel artillery. People were not injured. Two dozen buildings and power lines were damaged.
⚡️Another element of torture is constant threats to "throw into a reactor," "to have a radioactive shower," "to make bald and toothless forever", – the Eastern Human Rights Group reports.
Human rights activists assume that the Russian troops will not allow the IAEA mission to reach all premises at the Zaporizhzhia NPP.
"We believe that the IAEA commission should conduct monitoring of the entire ZNPP and also take with it representatives of the ICRC