Damaged bridge in Melitopol, shelling of Sumy Oblast, death of pilot Anton Lystopad: last night's highlights
The mayor of Melitopol has said that the partisans damaged the bridge that the Russians used to transfer echelons from Crimea, and the Russian troops once again shelled Sumy Oblast. Anton Lystopad, one of the best pilots of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has died in the war.
The mayor of Melitopol has said that the partisans damaged the bridge that the Russians used to transfer echelons from Crimea, and the Russian troops once again shelled Sumy Oblast. Anton Lystopad, one of the best pilots of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has died in the war. Here is what you may have missed from the previous night.
The death of Anton Lystopad
Anton Lystopad from Ivano-Frankivsk, one of the best pilots of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has died in the Russo-Ukrainian war. In 2019, Anton was recognized as the best pilot of the Ukrainian Air Force. A few days before his death, the president awarded him the Order for Courage (III class).
Damage to the bridge in Melitopol
The Mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, has said that the partisans recently damaged the railway bridge in the southwest of the city. According to him, this closes the way for Russian military echelons from Crimea.
According to the mayor, as a result of the actions of the resistance forces, the occupiers have been unable to restore the bridge for the second day.
The situation in Kherson
Most of the military leadership of the Russian occupying forces left the temporarily occupied Kherson, announced the first deputy chairman of the Kherson Oblast Council Yuriy Sobolevskyi.
Commenting on the situation in the region, Sobolevskyi confirmed that Ukrainian artillery destroyed all bridge crossings across the Dnipro.
"Indeed, today the ogres do not have a single logistical route that is safe and that would satisfy their military needs specifically for the provision of the military grouping, which is located near Kherson," he said.
Shelling of Sumy Oblast
On August 14, the occupying forces shelled the border communities of Sumy Oblast eleven times: a total of 110 hits were recorded there. As a result of shelling, there is destruction.
Zelenskyy's address
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine is working on new sanctions against Russia and on "stimulating" the citizens of the terrorist state to feel their share of responsibility for what is happening.