MAP. War in Ukraine: Russian casualties, explosions in Crimea… The point on day 167

This Tuesday, August 9, 2022 was the 167th day of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Here is the memory of that day, marked in particular by the interruption of certain Russian oil supplies, new offensives in the East, and the departure of ships loaded with grain.

Ukrainian resistance in the east

Ukrainian forces announced on Tuesday that they would resist Russian attacks in Donbass. Heavy fighting has been reported from the front lines near the city of Donetsk, where Russian forces are launching waves of artillery-backed air and ground attacks.

The situation in Ukraine on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. | INFOGRAPHIC WEST FRANCE

Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of Donetsk province, which together with Luhansk forms the Donbass industrial region, reported constant shelling along the front line and several Russian airstrikes. “The enemy hits unsuccessfully. Donetsk region holds on”, he told Ukrainian television.

The Ukrainian army said it repelled ground attacks on the towns of Bakhmut and Avdiivka and neutralized Russian reconnaissance units.

According to British intelligence, the Russians have further strengthened their positions in the south in preparation for a possible Ukrainian counterattack.

Evacuations in Donbass

More than 3,000 civilians have been evacuated from the battle-torn Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine since authorities made such evacuations mandatory in late July, Kyiv announced on Tuesday.

In total, more than 1.3 million people have been evacuated from the region since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February, according to Ukrainian authorities. According to Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the presidential administration, it remains “today a population of 350,000 people, including 50,000 children, on the territory of the region”.

80,000 Russian soldiers killed or wounded, according to the Americans

Almost 80,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the invasion of Ukraine began, Pentagon number three Colin Kahl said Monday night, stressing that the goals announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin have not yet been achieved.

Russian forces also lost “3000 or 4000” armored vehicles, and precision-guided missiles, including air-to-surface and sea-to-surface missiles, may be missing, he added.

Russian oil supplies through Ukraine halted

Shipments of Russian oil to Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, routed through Ukraine, have been halted after a bank transaction related to sanctions against Moscow was rejected, Transneft also said hydrocarbons responsible.

In a press release, Transneft states that its payment for August’s transit right through Ukraine, made on July 22, was denied on July 28 due to the entry into force of certain sanctions against Moscow.

As a result, the Ukrainian company UkrTransNafta “since August 4, stopped providing services for the transportation of oil through the territory of Ukraine”said Transneft.

Two new ships loaded with grain left Ukraine

Two new ships loaded with 70,000 tons of grain left Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Chornomorsk on Tuesday as part of the Kiev agreement on the resumption of exports, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry said. Several ships have already left Ukraine in the past few days.

Deadly explosions near Crimea airfield

Explosions on Tuesday also left one dead and injured at an ammunition depot at a military airfield on Russia’s annexed Crimea peninsula.
“Several ammunition intended for aviation exploded in a depot on the territory of the Saki airbase near the town of Novofiodorovka”, the Russian military said in a statement. The latter assured that these explosions were not triggered by gunfire or bombing.

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