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Thursday, August 18 is the 176th day of the full-scale war of Russia against Ukr...

The 176th day of the war is the main thing. Meeting Erdogan and Zelensky in Lviv, mass firing of Kharkiv and satellite for the Armed Forces from Pritula

Thursday, August 18 is the 176th day of the full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine. HB has gathered the main news for today. Meeting of Erdogan and Zelensky in Lviv on August 18, meetings of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, UN Secretary General Antonu Guterish and Turkish President Recep Taiip Erdogan. Video of the Day Guterrish came to Lviv the day before, Erdogan arrived in the city today with a one -day visit.

This is the first visit of Turkish President to Ukraine from the beginning of a full -scale invasion of Russia. The Turkish side reported that one of the topics of negotiations will be the prospects of diplomatic settlement of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. On the evening of August 17, on the eve of these negotiations, Volodymyr Zelenskyy excluded the possibility of negotiations with Russia even through intermediaries - until the Russian Federation intends to continue the war.

Erdogan and Zelensky were planned to hold a bilateral meeting, during which "all aspects of the relations" of Ukraine and Turkey will be discussed, and then a summit will be held in an extended format with the participation of UN Secretary General Anthony Gutherrish. Massive shelling of Kharkiv due to massive rocket strokes in three districts of Kharkiv late on the evening of August 17 and in the morning of August 18, 17 people (all civilians) were killed, more than 40 were injured.

Last night has become one of the most tragic from the beginning of the war. At about 9:30 pm, the Russian rocket got into a three -storey residential building in the Saltovsky district. At least seven people, including an 11-year-old child, were killed under the rubble. At about 4:30 in the morning, Russian invaders launched eight more missiles from Belgorod in the direction of Kharkiv region. “Missiles have been hit in Kholodnogorsk and Saltov districts of Kharkiv.

Damaged houses, infrastructure facilities, fires broke out, ”said Ova President. In the Slobid district, one of the missiles hit a four -storey dormitory. The building is partially destroyed. At least two people were killed in this house, 18 were injured, including two children. The Satellite for the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces on August 18, Sergei Pritula Charitable Foundation bought a satellite for the money collected under the project.

The Facebook page reports that an agreement with Iceye has been signed, which will provide the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine with full access to all the capabilities of one of its satellites, which is already in orbit in the region. Iceye gives access to its constellation SAR satellites so that the Armed Forces can receive satellite images of high frequency critical areas.

This will provide the Ukrainian military capacity of satellite surveillance with the help of radar with synthesized equipment (SAR) from Iceye. Ukrainian presenter, public figure and volunteer Sergey Pritula, together with Ukrainian blogger Igor Lachenko, raised 600 million hryvnias for Baracar drones in three days. At the same time, the purpose of the campaign was to collect three barkers in a week, and the money was enough for four.

The drone manufacturing company reported on Twitter that it will not accept payment for TV2 and will send three barkrators to the Ukrainian front free of charge. EU heads will discuss the ban on issuing visas to the Russians their informal meeting planned in the Czech capital of Prague on August 30-31. As reported by the European Commission on Internal Affairs, Migration and Internal Security, Anitt Hipper, the European Commission is in favor of the EU level.

Earlier it was reported that the Czech Republic, which is currently presiding on the EU Council, was the initiator of this meeting. According to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, a visa ban for Russian citizens could become one of the most effective measures against the aggressor country. The Foreign Minister of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba offered those Russians who oppose the visa ban, to send their complaints to the Kremlin.

The Russian Federation concentrates the C-300 missiles at the Ukrainian borders in connection with this in the Department of Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that the threat of mass shelling of the territory of Ukraine on Independence Day is obvious. In early August, Ulan-Ude came out with an ammunition echelon as part of 28 wagons with S-300 SPRs in the amount of 32 zur. The border with Ukraine will be approximately arrived in the 20's.

By mid-August, more than 120 containers with missiles to the C-30 missile were removed from the arsenal of integrated missiles, ammunition and explosive materials. In the Dzhankoy area, the invaders were laid about 440 SCCs in the S-300 SPR. However, after the recently incident, it was difficult to say that these TPCs were completely destroyed, partially or not at all.

In addition, the Armed Forces notes that the concentration of missiles for the C-300 occurs in the gill (Belarus) 22 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. There, the total number of SCC exceeds 60 units. News with one line of exclusive NB "Years for Recovery". What difficulties will have to fight eco -activists after the war - the head of the NGO Ukraine without garbage "enjoy this game".

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