What to remember on Thursday, August 17

The first cargo ship to depart from Ukraine after the completion of the grain deal arrived in Istanbul on the evening of Thursday, August 17.There is also a Türkiye “Warning” Russia after firing warning shots at another cargo ship on Sunday. We take a look at what to remember from this day on the side of the war in Ukraine.

Cargo arrived safely from Ukraine

The Hong Kong-flagged container ship “Joseph Schulte” departed Ukraine’s Odesa port on Wednesday and arrived in Turkey on Thursday evening. It’s a challenge to Russia, which has threatened to attack such ships since Ukraine ended its grain export deal in July.

Container Ship Borrowing “A New Humanitarian Corridor” Kiev established, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, that Russia fired warning shots at a cargo ship bound for the Danube port of Ismail in southern Ukraine late last week.

The Chief of Staff of the Slovak Army visited the front

Ukrainian forces announced that the NATO member state’s military representative had advanced into southern Ukraine. According to the general staff of the troops of Ukraine, they were met by General Daniel Smeko “Dauria Functional-Strategic Grouping”, which is currently fighting in the southern part of Zaporizhia and south of the eastern part of Donetsk. On this occasion, “The The Ukrainian side expressed gratitude for the material and technical assistance provided by Slovakia” In Kiev, he added.

Ukraine received new German anti-aircraft systems to protect its skies

Kiev has announced that it has acquired new German Iris-T anti-aircraft systems to protect its skies at a time when its southern regions, but also in the east, are increasingly targeted by Russian long-range strikes. “A big thank you to our partners”, tweeted Andriï Iermak, head of the Presidential Administration of Ukraine. “Our skies will still be protected“With these short-range air defense systems, he argued. According to data updated on Thursday on the German government website, Berlin delivered “two Iris-D SLS launchers” to Kiev.

Five Ukrainian soldiers were sentenced to 22 years in prison by pro-Russian separatists

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine met with severe punishment. between 12 and 24 years imprisonment, Five Ukrainian soldiers accused of “murder” and “brutal treatment of civilians” have been jailed, the Russian Investigative Committee has announced.

Vladimir Pafitzevich and Evkuny Vaknenko were found guilty of “cruelty to civilians”, “use of prohibited methods during armed conflict” and “premeditated mass murder”, the body responsible for major investigations in Russia noted. They were each sentenced to 22 years in prison after being caught during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Russian attack kills one in Northeast

Russian shelling has killed one person and wounded another in northeastern Ukraine, local officials said. “At around 10am (8am French time), the occupiers shelled Jasquilia”on the eastern outskirts of the city of Kupyansk, Karkiv regional governor Oleg Synegoubov said in a telegram.

“Unfortunately, a girl born in 1962 has passed away.”he lamented, and another woman, “Born in 1963”, was injured “Through Decay” Another apartment building was damaged. The Russians have advanced near Kubiansk, which is now a few kilometers from the front line.