The Russians shell Kharkiv every day.

 Around 10 o'clock in the morning, the Russian army shelled the residential quarters of the center of Kharkiv. 4 people died, 11 more were injured.

 As a result of the rocket attack on Sarny, about 30 civilian objects were damaged, including the building of the central district hospital. The high-voltage transmission line was damaged, too. In addition, about a hectare of forest caught fire. The fire has been extinguished.

          A woman with Russian citizenship was arrested in Sarny, who was passing on information about the military to the Russians. She lived in the Rivne region for many years. On the street in Sarny, she photographed the movement of military equipment and the military. After that, she sent these photos via WhatsApp with comments about the direction of the troops.

 The Russians fired missiles at the Rivne and Volyn regions from the territories of Belarus. Two arrivals in Sarny are reported.

 The Russians shell Kharkiv with missiles almost every day. Today they bombed the city center, where there are absolutely no military facilities. The Russians fire S-300 surface-to-air missiles converted to surface-to-surface. There is absolutely no accuracy in such missiles, but the Russians have a lot of ones. After the rupture, a large curb stone flew into the office space on the third floor of the building. There is a lot of damage in the central part of the city.

 The first letters from prisoners of war arrived in Ukraine. The National Information Bureau organizes correspondence between our prisoners of war and their families. A few days ago, a batch of letters arrived in Ukraine.

 Today is Independence Day of Ukraine. Air alarms in almost all regions of the country. A Russian missile hit a private house in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Two children were under the rubble. They were evacuated, the children are alive. Elsewhere, an 11-year-old child died.

        *** There were six air alarms in Dubno during the day.

   *** In the evening, the Russian military launched a missile attack on the Chapline railway station in the Dnipropetrovsk region. 25 people died, 31 were injured.

 At night, the Russians shelled the Dnipropetrovsk region four times. A woman died, two people were injured.

         *** Today, Kharkiv celebrates City Day - it turned 368 years old. The Russians shelled Kyivsky district of the city. They hit a private house.

        **** Ukraine will decide to restore the football championship during the war. The competition will have a number of restrictions, and players will be forced to run into a bomb shelter during air raids. Ukrainian football suffered greatly during the war. Destroyed infrastructure, such as stadiums in Chernihiv and Mykolaiv. The outflow of foreign players and even the abduction of football referees by the Russian military.

 At night, the Russians shelled Nikopol three times from the Grad volley fire systems. 42 shells landed in residential quarters. Four elderly people were injured. 50 houses were damaged. Two houses were completely destroyed.

     **** Russian troops shelled a school in the city of Konstantinov. The building was seriously damaged. There are no casualties.

       *** In the city of Energodar, shelling took place near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. The Russians accused the armed forces of shelling, but the photos they released show that the car was fired at close range from small arms. One person died. The city of Energodar is under occupation and Ukrainian soldiers cannot shoot there with a machine gun.

 At night, the Russians struck Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions.

 The Russians are waging an offensive battle in the Mykolaiv direction. They shelled Mykolaiv, Ukrainka, Oleksandrivka and another 15 settlements with tanks and artillery.

     ****** According to Ukrainian intelligence, Belarusian mechanics are repairing Russian planes at the aircraft repair plant in Kubinka near Moscow.

    ***** The Russian army shelled the city of Voskresensk, Mykolaiv region. They hit a five-story building and private houses. 12 people were injured, including 4 children, two of whom are in serious condition. One girl's eye was torn out by a splinter.

        **** After shelling the Russian military base in Melitopol, the Russian army fired a rocket at residential buildings in the city. Russian mass media accused the Ukrainian military of shelling residential areas of the city.

     **** The headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol was attacked by a drone.

 The Russians said they shot down Ukrainian drones at Bilbek Airport near Sevastopol, as well as in Kerch and Yevpatoria.

 At night, the Russians shelled Kharkiv. As a result of a rocket hitting the dormitory, 17 people died, including a 13-year-old boy.

        The Russians also shelled the city of Krasnograd, Kharkiv region. A couple died there, in their own home. Their 12-year-old daughter was thrown out of the house and into the yard by an explosive wave - the girl received significant injuries.

 At night, the Russians attacked the Odesa region with TU-22M strategic aircraft, launching X-22 missiles from ones. As a result of hitting two rockets, fires broke out at one of the recreation centers and several private houses. 4 people were injured.

        *** The Armed Forces destroyed the base of Russian troops in Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region. Subsequently, the State Border Guard Service clarified that it was previously known about the death of 12 Russian soldiers from shelling.

 An air alarm was declared - there was a missile attack near the city of Zhytomyr. Two missiles were fired from the territory of Belarus.

     **** Russian artillery shelled the city of Nikopol with the Grad rocket salvo system. Residential buildings were damaged, four people were injured.

    **** A woman was killed and six people were injured during the mass shelling of the city of Orykhiv in the Zaporizhzhia region. Dozens of private houses were destroyed.

      ****There were explosions in the annexed Crimea. The Russians announced sabotage at the ammunition depot near Dzhankoy. Explosions were also heard at the air base near Simferopol.

 *** Russians shelled villages near Novgorod-Siverskyi.

*** Russian soldiers are evacuating their families from Melitopol and Kherson.

***In the morning, the Russians shelled Kharkiv again. There are wounded in the Sativka district. There are no military facilities there.

**** Mykolaiv was shelled at night. An educational institution and a hotel on the outskirts of the city were damaged.

**** The Ukrainian military fired on and destroyed the headquarters of the "Wagner" PMC in Popasnaya, Luhansk region. The shelling was carried out from the HIMARS installation.

At night, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked the Antoniv bridge over the Dnipro near Kherson.

 The bridge across the Dnipro river on the dam of the Kakhovka power plant has been disabled, the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

        **** Ukrainian intelligence said that the Russians are shelling the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant from the village of Vodyane, and are preparing provocations under the Ukrainian flag.

        * The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced the capture of the village of Pisky near Donetsk.

 At night, the Russians launched rocket attacks on Kharkiv. 4 rockets were launched from Russian Belgorod.

      In Kramatorsk, 11 rockets hit the city.

      Another batch of MLRS from Great Britain has arrived in Ukraine. The MLRS system is an analogue of the American HIMARS. It can use missiles with a range of 32, 45 and 70 km, as well as up to 300 km.

     ****** The representative of Russia at the UN, V. Nebezia, did not support the proposal to create a demilitarized zone around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

       The IAEA, the Ukrainian government, and the US State Department are calling on the established demilitarized zone around the station to and also introduce a peacekeeping contingent to its territory.

 At night, the Russians shelled four districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region from the "Grady". Nikopol district was the most affected, where there were 120 projectiles fall down. In Nikopol, 2 people died, 7 were injured, a 13-year-old girl was among the injured. 40 high-rise buildings, three schools, several shops, garages and cars were damaged. Interrupted power line.

    The Russians also shelled Kharkiv at night.

    *********** The Sejm of Latvia declared Russia "as a state sponsors of  terrorism".

 At night, the Russian army shelled the Nikopol city of the Dnipropetrovsk region twice. 80 rockets were fired at residential areas. 10 people died, 11 were injured. In the city, 20 high-rise buildings, a palace of culture, a dormitory, two schools, the building of the city council and several other administrative premises were damaged.

     ***** The Russians do not blame Ukraine for the strikes on the military airfield in Crimea, because that would prove the ineffectiveness of the Russian air defense system. The spokesman of the Air Force Command of Ukraine assumes that the weapons depot and about a dozen planes were probably destroyed at the airfield in Novofedorivka, near the city of Saki.

 At night, the Russians intensively shelled the Nikopol and Synelnikov districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Damaged residential buildings. Shops, workshops, administrative premises, and cars were destroyed at three enterprises.

     **** Analysts of the Institute for the Study of War write that Russia can use units consisting of prison inmates, to control the population in the occupied parts of Ukraine. These units are more cruel to the population of the captured territories than professional Russian soldiers.

       ***** At night, the Russians launched rocket attacks on Kharkiv. The hotel and restaurant complex and elements of the transport infrastructure were damaged.

      **** During the day, Ukrainian troops stopped 10 attempts by Russians to storm towns and villages in Luhansk and Donetsk regions. In the Donetsk region, Maryanka was shelled - 3 dead, 19 wounded. Mandatory evacuation continues in the region.

        **** On the morning of August 8 near Uman, Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian missile. Its debris fell on a civil enterprise, a fire broke out. Two people were injured. One of the victims died in hospital.

     ***** In Crimea, at the Russian airbase near the city of Saka, a series of powerful explosions. The Russians said they had been detonated ammunition. One dead and 5 wounded are reported. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense stated that they do not know the cause of the explosions. The distance of the airbase from the Ukrainian positions is approximately 200 km.

         ***** Russia began disconnecting the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian power system, and began the process of connecting it to its own system.

 In the morning, the Russians shelled the densely populated area of Kharkiv, Pavlové Pole, where there is no military infrastructure. A bystander who was just leaving her house and accidentally got hit died.

        ***** On Sunday, August 7, the Russians used hypersonic missiles  "Kynzhal" against military facilities in the Vinnytsia region.

 According to Yevgeny Yenin, the first deputy minister of internal affairs, 30-40 Russian shelling is recorded every day. The frontline regions of Ukraine suffer the most.

       The most affected by Russian shelling are the Donetsk region, which has been shelled more than 3,000 times, Luhansk - 4,000 times, and Mykolayivska 700 times. The only region in Ukraine that was not shelled is the Chernivtsi region.

           ****** In the morning, around 4 o'clock, the Russians shelled the industrial enterprises of Mykolaiv. The city is under a protracted curfew.

        ***** Also, at 4 o'clock in the morning, the Russians shelled Kharkiv. The missiles were launched from Belgorod, Russia. In the region, the Russians attacked Bohdukhov district, Izyum district. Chuguyevsky and Kharkiv districts.

      *** At night, the Russians shelled Nikopol and Kryvy-Rig districts of Dnipropetrovsk region four times. Bombardment was carried out by "Grad" systems.

         **** Russian troops mined communications in Kherson before a possible offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Gas supply, electricity supply, and water supply are mine-layied. The Kherson region has been without communication from Ukrainian mobile operators for more than two months, and the Internet only works through Russian providers. The occupying power promises material aid in the amount of 10,000 rubles so that local residents will participate in the referendum on joining Russia.

 Night shelling of Mykolaiv. Seven neighborhoods of the city were hit by rockets. Damaged residential buildings. In one five-story building, part of the rocket broke through the ceiling and flew into the apartment. Two people were seriously injured.

 At night, the Russian army shelled two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region - Nikopol and Kryvorizky. In Nikopol, 10 private houses were damaged, a bus and several cars were destroyed.

        **** The suburbs of Zaporozhye were also shelled.

      **** Three people were wounded after the night shelling of Kharkiv. Residential buildings, a shop, a market, educational institutions and a children's playground were damaged.

      *** During the night, the Russians shelled Mykolaiv three times. The Korabelny district of the city was mainly shelled. From Friday evening until 5 a.m., a curfew is introduced in Mykoiv to identify collaborators in the city.

       In the afternoon, shelling of Mykolaiv resumed. There are dead and more than 22 wounded. The number of victims is being specified. Among the injured is a 14-year-old teenager.

          ************** The prosecutor's office reported suspicion of treason to Major General, former deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. According to the investigation, he was recruited in 2014 and acted in the interests of the Russian special services. In February 2022, during a search of the suspect's workplace, he tried to shoot an employee of the Security Service of Ukraine. And is this in the 6th month of the war?

 There was shelling in Mykolaiv in the morning. Residential buildings were damaged. One of the rockets hit the roadway, the other hit the sidewalk. Both missiles did not explode.

          *** The Russian news agency reports that for the first time within 8 years of the conflict, the center of Donetsk has been shelled in the area of the Opera and Ballet Theater and the Donbas Hotel. Earlier, the same agency reported that Donetsk was constantly and daily bombed for eight years. "DPR" stated that 2 people died and 5 were injured. The Ukrainian authorities claim that they are not involved in the shelling.

       **** As a result of shelling of the city of Toretsk in the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Donetsk region, 8 people were killed and four were injured, including three children.

      ****Nikopol was shelled twice at night. One house was completely destroyed, 50 were damaged. 30 farm buildings were also damaged. Two power lines were cut. More than 3,000 citizens were left without electricity.

 Around 4 o'clock in the morning, Russian troops struck Kharkov twice. Rockets were fired from Belgorod. During the past day, the Russians shelled the Bogoduhivskyi, Chuguyivskyi and Izyumskyi districts of the region. Residential buildings were damaged. Fighting continues on the front line.

     **** For the war in Ukraine Russia is forming volunteer battalions in four regions of Russia - in Novosibirsk, Saratov, Ulyanovsk and Kurgan regions.

      **** At night, the Russians shelled Mykolaiv again. A supermarket, a pharmacy, and high-rise buildings were affected.

 Mass shelling of Kharkiv and Mykolaiv does not stop. There are many damaged residential buildings in these cities.

         ***** As a result of a Russian missile strike, an explosion occurred in the territory of the Chervonograd district of the Lviv region.

        ***** Over Vinnytsia region, the anti-aircraft missile defense system shot down two Russian missiles.

    **** In the news was reported that 8 missiles were launched from the waters of the Caspian Sea by Russian TU-95 and TU-160 bombers at different regions of Ukraine. Seven missiles were shot down by air defense, one missile hit the anti-aircraft missile complex in the Lviv region.

 Gasoline and diesel fuel are now freely sold at gas stations. Today I decided to fill up the tank of my car. A little more than 14 liters went in. The price of gasoline is UAH 51/liter. This is approximately $1.3US