Aug 21 (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Ukrainians to be alert ahead of Independence Day on Wednesday, which also marks six months since Russia’s invasion, as fresh explosions hit Crimea and a missile injured 12 civilians near a nuclear power plant in the south. Read more
FIGHT
* Russia fired five missiles from the Black Sea overnight, and two of them were shot down by air defenses over the Odesa region, the regional administration said. The other three hit an agricultural facility but there were no casualties.
* Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentyn Reznichenko wrote on Telegram that the city of Nikopol, which is across the Dnipro River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, was bombed on five separate occasions overnight. He said 25 artillery shells hit the city, causing a huge fire in an industrial building and cutting power to 3,000 residents.
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* The southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv was hit by multiple S-300 missiles early Sunday, regional governor Vitaliy Kim said on Telegram.
* Reuters could not independently confirm reports from the battlefield.
* The daughter of an ultranationalist Russian ideologue who advocates for Russia to absorb Ukraine was killed Saturday evening in a suspected car bomb attack outside Moscow, Russian state investigators said Sunday. Read more
DIPLOMACY, ECONOMY
* US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo warned that Russian entities and individuals were trying to use Turkey to avoid Western sanctions, during a call on Saturday with Turkey’s Deputy Finance Minister Yunus Elitas. Read more
* The Albanian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that two of its soldiers were wounded while trying to stop two Russians and a Ukrainian trying to enter a military plant in central Albania, the ministry said in a statement. Read more
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