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On August 15, Russian forces attacked the Kherson region with artillery and drones, striking civilian vehicles near the village of Sahaidachne. Five people were injured, and the prosecutor's office launched an investigation.
In the village of Morochne, a 16-year-old VAZ driver is suspected of hitting a 26-year-old pregnant woman who was walking along the roadside. The victim died in hospital; the child could not be saved; a Dräger test showed that the driver was drunk.
On August 15, a farewell was held in Kyiv for 3-year-old Dmytro and his grandmother and grandfather, who were killed as a result of a Russian drone attack on Pukhivka. The boy's father spoke about the circumstances of the family's death.
A forest fire in Croatia has engulfed the coast, claiming one life and injuring around 40 people. More than 1,200 people have been evacuated, and 10 are in intensive care.
Court sentences Russian serviceman to 12 years for the systematic rape of a 57-year-old woman in a village in Pokrovskyi district. The crime continued for about two months, and the serviceman threatened to kill the victim.
The remains of Yevhen Konovalets, the founder of the OUN, were returned to Ukraine after being exhumed in Rotterdam. They will be temporarily reburied at the National Military Memorial Cemetery and, in the future, transferred to the Pantheon of Heroes.
German authorities evacuated around 1,800 people from the village of Geich because of a forest fire that approached the border with Belgium. The fire engulfed 25 hectares, and the B399 road was closed.
A traffic accident occurred at the 35th kilometer of the M-06 Kyiv–Chop highway near the village of Buzova. Traffic toward Zhytomyr is partially hampered; the far-left lane and the shoulder are clear.
Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced that it had established control over Shcherbakivka in the Kharkiv region. The village was removed from the register back in 1997 due to depopulation.
In the village of Varkovychi, increased concentrations of pollutants were recorded after a fire at an enterprise; the levels are not critical. In other settlements, no exceedances of the maximum permissible levels were detected.
The body of a 12-year-old girl was found in the yard of a former lawmaker; according to the investigation, she inhaled gas from a canister. The man was remanded in custody for two months.
On the night of August 11, following explosions, a fire broke out at the Wildberries logistics complex in the village of Aleksandrovka. ASTRA's OSINT analysis confirmed the blaze; the company evacuated its employees.
Agricultural enterprises in the temporarily occupied territories are facing problems selling and transporting their harvest. Carriers refuse to travel because of the danger of shelling, so the grain is accumulating in warehouses.
The 54-year-old man opened fire on police during a search, wounding two officers. After 11 days of searching, he was detained in the forest.
In the village of Fedorivka in the Kyiv region, according to the State Emergency Service, the "Sirius" animal shelter caught fire. The blaze destroyed 20 enclosures and utility buildings; the cause is being determined.
As a result of the overnight attack on Kyiv and the region, 3 people were killed, including a child born in 2022, and 7 more were injured. In Pukhivka, a house and vehicles were destroyed, and a warehouse building was damaged.
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Ukrainian rescuers are working in French villages affected by large-scale forest fires. They compare the destroyed houses to the aftermath of Russian shelling in Ukraine.
Russian forces struck the village of Yuliivka with guided aerial bombs, destroying a residential building. An 84-year-old man is likely under the rubble; rescuers continue their work.
Ukrainian emergency responders rescued a roe deer while extinguishing a forest fire in France. The animal was given water, calmed down, and taken to volunteers.
According to the GUR, Russia plans to deploy a North Korean missile unit with 120 missiles and six launchers. This is an expansion of military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.
On August 5, the world marks International Traffic Light Day, first installed in 1914 in Cleveland. Ukraine, meanwhile, commemorates the Pochayiv Icon of the Mother of God according to the old style and prepares for the Transfiguration according to the new style.
Guatemala has declared an orange alert level due to the eruption of the Fuego volcano, which is spewing lava and ash. Authorities have begun evacuating residents from villages near the volcano.
In the village of Sukhovolya, a 68-year-old driver of a Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, found to be intoxicated upon examination, hit a 38-year-old serviceman who died at the scene. The tragedy was witnessed by the victim's 17-year-old son.
In the village of Le Porge in southern France, a forest fire revealed a cache of 400 old shells and ammunition from World War II. Local authorities closed some areas to visitors.
Israeli troops ransacked the village of Tal in the West Bank, wounding one Palestinian and detaining three. More than 100 Israeli settlers entered the village, carrying property out of buildings.
In the Lublin Voivodeship of Poland, a crater was discovered after a rocket flew over during Russia's attack on Ukraine. Local residents heard a loud explosion at night.
Greek firefighters continue to fight forest fires on Crete. Due to strong winds, three rescuers have died, and two others have been injured.
In the village of Putrivka, two girls danced to Russian music against the backdrop of photos of the fallen. Law enforcement officers are establishing the circumstances of the incident and all participants.
In the village of Bohdanivka near Kyiv, a 13-year-old girl jumped into an artificial pond after a ball and drowned because she could not swim. The police have launched an investigation into the accident.