Explosions
The German government has approved a reform allowing the BND to conduct offensive cyber operations and sabotage. This is a response to daily hybrid attacks, including espionage, by foreign states.
On the evening of August 12, Russian forces attacked two men with a drone in Kherson's Korabelnyi District. Both died from their fatal injuries.
As a result of the Russian strike on August 12, around 5,000 subscribers in the Kushuhumska community of Zaporizhzhia region were left without electricity. Restoration work will begin when security conditions allow.
Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Wildberries warehouses caused losses of 480 billion rubles, exceeding the annual budget of the Irkutsk region. The marketplace lost a third of its warehouse capacity, while the Russian government does not plan direct payments to sellers.
In Brovary district, rescuers have brought a fire at one location under control; work continues at the others. Firefighting is suspended during air-raid alerts, and additional forces have been deployed.
In the settlement of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district, an educational institution was damaged as a result of an attack by a Russian UAV. Rescuers extinguished the fire on a 1,200-square-meter roof; there were no casualties.
As a result of a drone attack in Kyiv’s Desnianskyi District, the entrance to a municipal medical facility was damaged. There were no casualties, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.
A state of emergency was declared in Novorossiysk following a massive attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces UAVs. The attack caused two water mains to burst, so the water supply to the city was suspended.
On the morning of August 12, the water level in the Danube was 182 cm, below the 185 cm required for the nuclear power plant to operate. The controlled shutdown of Unit 2 will begin on Thursday at 7:00.
The Chornomorets Stadium in Odesa, damaged by Russian shelling, has resumed operations of its hotel, office, and halls. The replacement of glass\r\nand windows is still ahead.
In Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, a non-residential building was damaged as a result of falling debris from an enemy UAV. Information about casualties is being established; there is no fire.
Powerful storms in the U. S. Midwest claimed the lives of three people, including a child. More than 800,000 customers were left without electricity.
On Wednesday, Russian drones attacked Kyiv; air defense is operating in the city. Klychko urged residents to stay in shelters.
Russian forces shelled the residential sector of Balakliia with missiles twice; preliminary reports indicate that 3 people were injured. The strikes caused fires and damaged apartment buildings and private homes.
Russia's two largest grain terminals at the port of Novorossiysk suspended operations after overnight drone strikes.
At night, Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kherson with 15 Shahed drones. Two people were killed and two others injured as a result of the strikes, residential buildings and a unit of the State Emergency Service were damaged.
In the morning, the enemy attacked the Kyiv region with drones, and a fire broke out in warehouse buildings in Brovary district. A 65-year-old man suffered shrapnel injuries and was hospitalized.
The SBU counterintelligence service exposed an FSB agent network that coordinated air attacks. Four informants were detained in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovohrad regions.
The ZapSibNeftekhim plant in Tobolsk suspended operations due to a drone attack. The governor confirmed the fire, but the company Sibur has not commented.
During the enemy attack on Kyiv region, Brovary Mayor Ihor Sapozhko urged people to remain calm. He noted that no reports of damage in the community had been received.
Following a nighttime attack, fires have been reported at an oil terminal and in the military harbor in Novorossiysk. Russian authorities said that "several hundred" drones were flying toward Krasnodar Krai.
An enemy drone struck a bus belonging to one of the Zaporizhzhia enterprises on a road near the village of Ukrainka. A 53-year-old man was injured and is receiving medical assistance.
Russian shelling caused a fire at an industrial enterprise in Myrhorod district. Rescuers extinguished the fire; there were no deaths or injuries.
On the night of August 12, Russian forces launched a massive drone attack on Kherson. Two civilians were killed and two injured; homes and equipment were damaged.
On the night of August 12, Russian forces attacked Odesa. Infrastructure and a residential building were damaged; there were no casualties.
New explosions were heard overnight in occupied Crimea. In Balaklava, a building caught fire after the operation of Russian air defense, while another explosion was heard in the area of the thermal power plant.
Four crew members of an Egyptian vessel were killed in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. The Vela Nova container ship was hit by a missile off the coast of Pakistan.
In Novorossiysk, drone debris damaged six residential buildings, a commercial building, and a construction site. The city’s mayor reported casualties, who are receiving medical assistance.
On the night of August 12, Russian forces attacked Zaporizhzhia, damaging a shopping center and a private house. The fires were extinguished; there were no casualties.
On the night of August 12, in occupied Crimea, a series of explosions and a drone attack caused power supply disruptions in a number of cities. In particular, Yevpatoria, Saky, and Simferopol experienced complete power outages.