Timeline: day 178 of Ukraine's defense against russia's aggression
Today is August 20. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 178 days. We're reporting on the current news. The article will be updated.
What about today?
Key points
Explosions rang out in Crimea again last night and this morning. The Armed Forces "groped" the enemy's anti-aircraft defense in Sevastopol, Yevpatoria, near Bakhchisaray and Saki. It was also loud in Nova Kakhovka.
The Ministry of Defense trolled the Russian invaders: "We. See. You. Ukrainians raised $20 million to watch the Russian occupiers smoke carelessly on the illegal Kerch bridge. As you know, smoking in public places is prohibited in Ukraine." The Ukrainian satellite opens the season of new "cotton"!
Explosions were also reported on the Ukrainian side – the enemy was attacking Mykolaiv, Kryvorizky and Nikopol districts. In Kharkiv — flights to critical infrastructure facilities in the Nemyshlyan district and the suburbs. Previously, there were no victims or victims.
Nuclear objects
The IAEA is negotiating with Ukraine and Russia on the rapid dispatch of a mission to the Zaporizhzhya NPP (ZANP). This is stated in the statement of the organization. The document emphasizes that the director general of the agency, Rafael Grossi, will head this mission himself. Also, the head of the agency again called for restraint in the vicinity of this nuclear facility.
NATO members may go to war if Russia strikes at the ZANP. Any radiation leak will affect Article 5 of the alliance's charter, so the member states will consider the attack as an attack. This was announced by a member of the British Parliament, Tobias Ellwood. "Any intentional damage to the Ukrainian nuclear reactor with a possible radiation leak would be a violation of Article 5 of NATO," he wrote.
The USA also declared that Russia's radiation provocation at the Zaporizhia NPP would be considered an attack on NATO. "It's really not even up for discussion. Any leak will kill people in NATO countries, it's an automatic Article 5," wrote US House of Representatives member Adam Kinzinger.
