Day 178 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Putin senses “Catastrophe” at the Nuclear Plant after Conversation with Macron

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

A drone was shot down over the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea

A drone was shot down over the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean peninsula on Saturday, AFP reported.

"The drone was shot down while it was flying above the headquarters of the navy" in Sevastopol, the governor of the city, Mikhail Razvozhaev, reported in Telegram. He blamed Ukrainian forces for the drone.

"He fell on the roof and started a fire," Razvozhaev pointed out, adding that there was no major damage or casualties.

This is the second attempted attack on the naval headquarters in less than a month

On July 31, a drone attack in the headquarters yard injured 5 people, leading to the cancellation of a celebration planned for Navy Day.

What happened was another attempt to attack Russian military facilities in Crimea, which Russia captured and annexed in 2014.

On Saturday, air defense was activated in Yevpatoria, Western Crimea.

On Thursday, Russian forces shot down a drone near the air base in Sevastopol.

On Tuesday, explosions rocked a military base and ammunition depot in Crimea.

And earlier in August, an explosion at the Saki Air Force base killed one person and injured several others.

Russia is strengthening security measures in the occupied part of the Kherson region and Crimea

There is no change in the situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, although Russia expected a provocation from Ukraine in connection with the visit of the UN Secretary-General to the country. This is what the Washington-based Institute...