Timeline: day 179 of Ukraine’s defense against russia’s aggression

Today is August 21. russia's military attack on Ukraine has been going on for 179 days. We're reporting on the current news. The article will be updated.

What about today?

Key points

The head of the Ukrainian Center for Security and Cooperation, Serhiy Kuzan, notes that Ukrainian air defense forces have reached a high level of interceptions. In some directions, it was possible to achieve about 70% interception of enemy missiles. Despite the fact that today no system in the world gives 100% interceptions. Yesterday, four out of four Kalibr missiles were shot down over the Dnipro, and two out of five missiles were shot down over Odessa today. Su-27 and MiG-29 fighters can also intercept enemy missiles.

Russia's failure to stop attacks on military infrastructure in occupied Crimea may cause discontent in Russian society, says a report by the American Institute for the Study of War. According to analysts, the desire of the occupiers to strengthen security on the peninsula can pull Russian forces away from the fronts.

On August 23-25, law enforcement officers call on Ukrainians to strictly observe the conditions of the air alert and to take shelter. This was said by the first deputy chief of the Patrol Police Department, Oleksiy Biloshitsky, on the broadcast of the telethon. We will remind, the adviser to the head of the Office of the President Mykhailo Podolyak predicts the intensification of Russian missile strikes on August 23-24. Including in Kyiv.

Nuclear objects

The occupiers extended the "weekend" for Ukrainian personnel at the ZNPP. The duration of the "weekend" is not specified. Instead, some of the representatives of "Rosatom" were returned to the station. Also, a contingent of occupation forces and a large number of weapons and ammunition remain at the ZNPP. These measures may indicate the intention of the occupiers to disconnect the station from Ukrainian power grids and power supply — the so-called "zeroing".

As of 8:00 a.m. on August 21, 2022, the Zaporizhzhia NPP operates with the risk of violating radiation and fire safety standards, Energoatom writes. Periodic shelling of the ZNPP by Russian troops with anti-aircraft missiles caused a serious risk to the safe operation of the plant.