The five hundred and twenty-sixth day (526) of the large-scale armed aggression by the russian against our continues.

The five hundred and twenty-sixth day (526) of the large-scale armed aggression by the russian against our continues.

Northern oblasts

Kyiv

Air defense forces on the approach to Kyiv destroyed almost 15 air targets during a massive attack by Shahed drones. There were no casualties or damage.

Five employees of the State Emergency Service are charged with violating flight safety rules, which caused the plane crash that killed Interior Ministry officials, including the Minister of Internal Affairs, Denys Monastyrskyi, on January 18, 2023. Despite the warning, certain officials decided to use a helicopter that was on duty to respond to potential emergencies in Kyiv and the oblast to transport the delegation. At present, the issue of selecting preventive measures for them is being considered.

Law enforcement officers of the Kyiv Oblast exposed a pseudo-volunteer. A 44-year-old resident of the of Bila Tserkva Raion smuggled cars into Ukraine under the guise of humanitarian aid for the defense forces, which he later resold to the military. He faces up to 7 years in prison.

Ukrzaliznytsia railroad company provides additional trains from Kyiv to Lviv.

The Play Hub in Ukraine, a play and educational space for children, was opened in Darnytsia, Kyiv. It will also provide social support to families with children. All services are free of charge for the center's clients.

Kyiv Oblast

For the second night in a row, the enemy massively attacked the Kyiv Oblast: russians again used attack drones. The air raid alert lasted over 3 hours. No hits were recorded, and there were no casualties.

Yesterday, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov visited Irpin and Hostomel, where a project to rebuild apartment buildings is being implemented. The repairs are being funded with money raised on the UNITED24 platform. Currently, 13 facilities are being restored in Irpin, Hostomel, Borodianka, and the village of Myla. During the first phase of the project, 18 houses, where 4,500 people will live, are to be rebuilt.

The parish of the Church of the Holy Martyr Volodymyr in Irpin is in the process of transition to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine. This decision was made by the parish assembly, and the new parish charter was submitted for registration.

Zhytomyr Oblast

In the Zhytomyr Oblast, the SBU served a notice of suspicion of high treason to a 45-year-old resident of Berdychiv for voluntarily siding with russia during the armed conflict. He faces up to 15 years in prison with confiscation of property.

In the Narodychi community of the Zhytomyr Oblast, lightning struck a mined area, causing detonation and destruction of the road.

Chernihiv Oblast

On August 3, russians fired mortars at the Snovsk community. Border guards recorded 15 explosions in the direction of the village of Kliusy, probably caused by a 120-mm mortar. There were no reports of damage to civilian infrastructure or casualties among the local population.

In July, on the border between the Chernihiv and Sumy oblasts, the military recorded four attempts by russian subversive and reconnaissance groups to penetrate into the territory of Ukraine.

In Chernihiv, 25 million hryvnias were allocated for the creation of a memorial complex to the fallen defenders of Ukraine in Yalivshchyna.

Sumy Oblast

Over the past day, russian troops shelled 35 settlements in 8 communities of the Sumy Oblast. In total, 184 explosions were recorded. Residential buildings were damaged in the Krasnopillia community.

At night and in the morning, the russian army shelled two communities in the Sumy Oblast - Krasnopillia and Yunakivka. 15 explosions were recorded. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties or damage to civilian infrastructure.

Eastern oblasts

Kharkiv Oblast

The russian army carried out air strikes near Kozacha Lopan, Petropavlivka, Kyslivka and Ivanivka in the Kharkiv Oblast. Also, at least 12 settlements in the oblast came under mortar and artillery fire.

In the temporarily occupied Crimea, a 15-year-old native of the Kharkiv Oblast was detained for resisting the occupation in Feodosia: the girl was scattering leaflets with pro-Ukrainian inscriptions and placing patriotic stickers on administrative buildings.

Power engineers are completing the restoration of electricity supply in Zamulivka of the Vovchansk community. About 90% of the lines there were damaged there – some poles were destroyed and wires were broken.

Donetsk Oblast

Over the past day, the russian army shelled 11 towns and villages of the Donetsk Oblast and attacked civilians 20 times.

On August 2, one person was killed in the Donetsk Oblast in the shelling by the russian army. Five more people were wounded.

Since February 24, 2022, the russians have killed 1,640 civilians of the Donetsk Oblast, and wounded another 3,927. The number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha is currently unknown.

The russian occupiers received the task to "mobilize" 1,000 prisoners and suspects of crimes in the temporarily occupied territory of the Donetsk Oblast. In case they are wounded, they will not have their criminal records expunged and will not be demobilized, but will be returned to the front. Collaborationist police officers who have defected to the russian federation are also being forcibly mobilized into the army.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by the russian federation, 78 cultural sites have been destroyed or damaged in the Donetsk Oblast, including churches, historical buildings, museums, libraries, etc. UNESCO has published a list of these sites.

Kramatorsk and Kramatorsk Raion

In the Lysychansk sector, a house in Siversk was damaged, and 12 shelling attacks on the Lyman community were recorded.

Pokrovsk and Pokrovsk Raion

In the Donetsk sector, one person was wounded in Avdiivka. In Kurakhove community, Kurakhove, Kurakhivka, and Hostre were shelled, as a result of which the roof of a medical facility was damaged. A house in Halytsynivka of the Novohrodivka community was also damaged, and a house in Lastochkyne of the Ocheretyne community was destroyed.

During the day, 116 residents of the Donetsk Oblast, including 24 children, left Pokrovsk for Berdychiv and Lviv by evacuation trains.

Bakhmut and Bakhmut Raion

In the Horlivka sector, 3 houses in Toretsk and 4 in Zalizne were damaged in the Toretsk community, and the enemy also dropped an aerial bomb on the settlement of New York, causing no casualties or damage.

In the Chasiv Yar community, 3 private houses and a non-residential building were damaged.

Volnovakha and Volnovakha Raion

In the Volnovakha direction, the russians shelled Vugledar 26 times with artillery. There are no casualties.

Mariupol

Wounded russian soldiers began to be taken to the regional intensive care hospital in the temporarily occupied Mariupol. Our own sources report that the number of buses with injured people is approaching 10.

Two officials from the occupation administration of Mariupol are wanted. Law enforcement officers suspect the men of voluntary cooperation with the occupiers.

Luhansk Oblast

The enemy has concentrated large forces in the Luhansk Oblast. It uses a lot of aviation and artillery. It tries to put pressure on all directions of the Ukrainian section of the front.

Children from the occupied territories are "brainwashed" in summer camps in the russian federation. Upon their return, they are invited to "individual conversations" where their phones are checked. If the invaders don't like something, they start putting pressure on the parents.

Southern oblasts

Mykolaiv Oblast

On August 2, russian troops carried out artillery strikes on the coast of Ochakiv and on the water area of ​​the Ochakiv community. There are no injured or dead.

In the Mykolaiv Oblast, as of August 3, divers-sappers of the State Emergency Service examined almost 20 hectares of water and recovered 79 munitions. The territories, which have already been checked, are potentially dangerous again after the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP.

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Over the past day, August 2, russian troops attacked populated areas of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast 80 times. Various types of weapons were used. They are S-300 missiles, corrected air bombs (KAB), MLRS, artillery and drones. In total, 21 settlements of the Zaporizhzhia Oblast were shelled. A 58-year-old woman died as a result of the artillery shelling of Preobrazhenka.

Today, sappers discovered two russian anti-personnel mines on the way to the Zaporizhzhia NPP. The IAEA mission follows this path to the station.

Odessa Oblast

Today, 17 russian ships are on combat duty, two of which are missile carriers.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained in Odesa a legal adviser of the Sharii party, who worked for russian military intelligence.

In Odesa, the UN plans to implement a project that will enable the city's utility companies to meet their needs by installing gas turbines, compressors, gas generators, etc.

In Odesa, 29 people will receive compensation for their homes destroyed by russian attacks through "eRecovery". The total amount of compensation is 1 million 800 thousand hryvnias. These are funds that Odessa citizens will receive for the purchase of building materials or construction services.

Kherson Oblast

Yesterday, the russian army shelled the Kherson region 55 times, fired 264 shells in the oblast, 72 in Kherson. They targeted the residential quarters of the settlements, the premises of two banks and the consulate, the territory of the pre-trial detention center. Two people were injured.

In the morning, the russian military dropped three aerial bombs on the village of Kozatske of the Kherson Oblast. Information about victims and destruction is being clarified.

The enemy attacked Kherson with artillery in the morning and hit by public transport. Previously, three people were injured.

The russian army shelled a church in the center of Kherson. Three people who were going by trolleybus past the cathedral were injured. During the extinguishing of the fire in the cathedral, the russian army attacked it again. Four rescuers were injured, special equipment was damaged.

Central oblasts

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

During the night, the enemy twice aimed at the Chervonohryhorivka community. It used heavy artillery and fired more than one and a half dozen shells. Four private houses were damaged. The networks of one of the transport companies and power lines were also affected. And one of the schools. It had broken windows and mutilated walls.

The invaders attacked Nikopol. In the city, ruscists damaged two private houses, power lines, and the building of one of the institutions.

The enemy directed artillery at the Marganets community of the oblast. Here, as a result of the attacks, a private house and an outbuilding were mutilated.

The aggressor attacked an educational institution in the Pokrovsk community of the Synelnykove Raion. It is partially destroyed.

Construction of a new 3-kilometer pipeline was completed in the Kryvyi Rih Raion. Thanks to this, 20 settlements and almost 40 thousand people will have water. Water supply should appear in people's homes within a few days. They are without water due to russians undermining the Kakhovka HPP 2 months ago.

In Dnipro, a young architect, Antonina Obraztsova, made souvenirs for a charity auction from shell casings.

In Petrykivka, one of the fire stations was turned into an art object. The walls of the institution were painted with traditional patterns to thank the rescuers for their work.

Kirovohrad Oblast

A brigade of communal workers from the Sokolivske community of the Kropyvnytskyi Raion restored two houses of the residents of Mala Oleksandrivka in the Kherson Oblast, which were damaged as a result of the russian occupation. Sokolivske workers brought construction materials with them. Almost ten more windows, the manufacture of which was ordered and paid for by the Sokolivske Village Council, will be installed in the near future.

In nine schools of Kropyvnytskyi, shelters are being repaired and equipped. The repair will be completed by September 1. 

Russian books are being collected for the third time in the village of Dmytrivka of the Kropyvnytskyi Raion. They are handed over to waste paper to buy medicine for the Ukrainian military.

Poltava Oblast

On the President's website, signatures are being collected for awarding the posthumous title "Hero of Ukraine" to shooter Volodymyr Lytvyn. The warrior comes from the village of Zahrebellia in the Poltava Oblast. He served in the 147th battalion. He died in the Donetsk region, rescuing his comrades from the battlefield.

In Chkalove, the Poltava team completed repairs in 11 households in the Kherson Oblast. Crews of workers replaced windows and doors, and renewed roofs. The reconstruction process continues in another 14 houses.

The team of medics from the Poltava Oblast working in the Kherson Oblast was supplemented by an emergency team. They will improve their practical skills in tactical medicine, patient transportation and evacuation with the staff of the Kherson medical facility.

Cherkasy Oblast

In Cherkasy, at school, teachers sew first aid kits for the military. The Army Assistance Center appealed to them with such an initiative. In addition to first-aid kits, educators also make camouflage nets. The first-aid kits are designed according to the "NATO" model. Both parents and children participate in the creation of first-aid kits and nets.

A polar explorer from Lysianka, the Cherkasy Oblast, took a photo in Antarctica with the flag of the 43rd separate artillery brigade named after Hetman Taras Triasylo. A man from Cherkasy works as a polar meteorologist at the "Akademik Vernadskyi" station. In this way, he sent greetings to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the South Pole.

Vinnytsia Oblast

24 candidates for the position of veteran's assistant were interviewed in Vinnytsia within the framework of the pilot project of the Ministry of Veterans. The project involves helping combatants adapt to peaceful life. The project will operate in 6 communities of the oblast. It is planned to recruit 100 assistants of veterans.

In one and a half years, over 2,000 devices were produced and handed over to the Armed Forcesof Ukraine for free by the masters of the online association "Payalo UA". The center was founded by Vladyslav Honcharuk, who hails from Bershad, the Vinnytsia Oblast. He is an engineer by education and currently works at one of the critical infrastructure facilities of the Mykolaiv Oblast.

Western Oblasts

Lviv Oblast

A 38-year-old militant of the so-called "DNR" was convicted in Lviv. After the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he voluntarily joined the ranks of the so-called "people's militia". In 2022, the man was captured near Krasnohorivka of the Donetsk Oblast.

The painting exhibition "Native Colors 4.5.0" by the Kramatorsk artist Artur Novikov, who defended the country from the first days of the invasion of the russian federation, opened in the Lviv Palace of Culture named after Hnat Hotkevich. It was presented by military serviceman Nataliya Koretska.

Khmelnytsky Oblast

Multi-apartment houses for displaced people are planned to be built in Khmelnytskyi. Deputies approved the staff of the tender committee and the procurement plan for project implementation. As part of the EU Support Program, Khmelnytskyi received a grant from the Northern Environmental Finance Corporation in the amount of more than 8 million euros. The constructed houses will remain in communal ownership.

A chatbot for finding the nearest shelter was presented in Khmelnytskyi. The point of this development is to provide information about the nearest shelter and to establish joint public control, to ensure the most prompt response to under-processing on the part of balance holders.

In the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, State Labor launched an information campaign "Come out into the light!". Citizens are urged to declare their work and pay taxes. This is another step towards the formation of society's understanding of the importance of formalizing labor relations.

The Khmelnytskyi Oblast government, in cooperation with Polish philanthropists and partners, organized a holiday in Poland for children of defenders. Excursions, health and entertainment programs have been planned for them. The main goal is to distract young residents of the oblast from the war.

Kamianets-Podilskyi

A working group has been created in Kamianets-Podilskyi, which goes out to check the availability and condition of shelters during air raid signals. At present, a number of violations have been detected. The culprits will be brought to justice.

The coordinators of "Active Community" in Kamianets-Podilskyi held an art therapy event for the children of Kolibaivka village of the Kamianets-Podilskyi community. The goal is to help the younger generation to emotionally discharge and relax.

Chernivtsi Oblast

Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the "For the Defense of Ukraine" award to Viktor Bodnariuk, a resident of Bukovyna in the Sokyriany community. And military Mykola Kotyk, a fighter of the 10th mountain assault brigade "Edelweiss' ' received two medals for wounding and saving the life of another person.

Residents of the Vanchykivtsi community collected money and purchased a modern drone for the military. In addition, volunteers recently visited the Donetsk Oblast, brought food, medicine, warm clothes and other equipment necessary for soldiers.

The Poltava and Chernivtsi oblast councils signed a Memorandum of Partnership. The parties will develop cooperation in the fields of ecology, education, science, culture and health care, social protection of military personnel, investments, including the involvement of international technical assistance, etc.

Ber the Belgian shepherd has been volunteering at the headquarters of the "Volunteer Movement of Bukovyna" for more than a year. Together with the owner Serhii Morozov, he moved to Chernivtsi from Kharkiv. It helps volunteers to carry humanitarian aid. Recently, the dog became the face of the volunteer staff. They created stickers and postcards with his image. This is how they want to encourage people to help more. 

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

The creation of medical clusters will additionally attract almost UAH 350 million from the state budget to the Ivano-Frankivsk community.

The "Caritas Ivano-Frankivsk" charity fund plans to give UAH 1,000 certificates for the purchase of school supplies to more than two thousand children from Prykarpattia.

Zakarpattia Oblast

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Zakarpattia on August 2. He held a meeting with the heads of foreign diplomatic institutions of Ukraine. Zakarpattia was also visited by Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba and First Lady Olena Zelenska. Photo https://t.me/suspilne_uzhhorod/16212 photos 

Workers from Zakarpattia, as part of the "Side by Side" project, are restoring houses mutilated by russian shelling in the Velyka Oleksandrivka community in the Kherson Oblast. Repair work has already been completed in 168 homes of local residents, and work continues in 209.

Members of the executive committee at a meeting of the Uzhhorod City Council agreed on the Program for the Development of the Housing Fund of Social Purpose and Residential Objects used to Support the Activities of Family-Type Children's Homes in Uzhhorod for 2024-2026. The goal is to develop a social housing stock and provide housing for vulnerable sections of the population of Uzhhorod.