According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), millions of people are resorting to desperate measures, including sacrificing their own meals so their children can eat and going into debt to purchase food supplies
The Russians also launched three Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from temporarily occupied Crimea
Emergency workers have retrieved the body of the deceased from under the rubble
According to Filashkin, Russians killed a 55-year-old man and injured a 63-year-old man. The wounded man was taken to hospital
Sybiha published a remark on the fall of Assad's rule, stating that "the events in Syria demonstrate the weakness of the Putin regime, which is unable to fight on two fronts and abandons its closest allies in order to continue the aggression against Ukraine."
He reported that a drone strike damaged a vehicle in Kotlyne. In Pokrovsk, Russians destroyed eight multi-storey buildings and two cars, killing one person. Later, Filashkin revealed that Russian artillery shelling in Kostiantynivka killed a 52-year-old man and left three others moderately injured
Ukrainian authorities fear that attacks like those this morning could mark the beginning of another concerted Russian attack to knock out key elements of the power grid as winter arrives
Russian oil exports have hit their highest level since early July, as reported by Bloomberg, due to seasonal maintenance limiting domestic refining. The report notes that India and Saudi Arabia emerged as the top buyers of Russian fuel oil and gasoil in October 2024. India seeks to increase its rupee-based trade with Russia, following a five-fold growth in bilateral commerce over three years
Ukrainian officials confirmed that the attack killed a 19-year-old worker and a 21-year-old civilian. Medical personnel hospitalized a 37-year-old man with a blast injury
The attacks damaged multiple residential buildings and outbuildings in both settlements
The Prosecutor General's Office is verifying the posted material. Prosecutor General Andrii Kostin described this as the largest known execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war on the battlefield
Russian forces killed one person in Siversk and damaged two houses. In Toretsk, they killed two people, wounded two more, and damaged a house. One person died and three sustained injuries in Chasiv Yar, where attacks also damaged 11 houses, a multi-storey building, and a non-residential building
Russian forces damaged residential buildings and cars
The bomb struck a residential area, destroying a house
All three victims are journalists, citizens of Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom
Around 13:30 Kyiv time, Russian forces attacked a private residential neighbourhood in the village of Hrodivka in the Pokrovsk district, injuring two civilians, a man and a woman
Russian forces also targeted the City of Myrnohrad in the Donetsk Oblast with artillery on the morning of August 18, claiming the life of one woman and injuring another one
Vadym Filashkin reported that around noon, the Russians shelled the town and damaged two five-storey residential buildings
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