Horlivka

Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of the attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sochi agreed that part of the payment for Russian gas should be in rubles.
Ukrainian officials announce that Russian forces from Kherson shelled Nikolaev.

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

Casualties rise on both sides

About 10,000 Ukrainian servicemen have died since the beginning of the Russian invasion, but Russian losses are many times greater, said presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych, quoted by UNIAN.

Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine and government security forces today announced new casualties as a result of hostilities.

Putin Recognizes the Donetsk and Luhansk Republics as Independent States

Seven people were reportedly killed in the latest clashes, which occurred in the coastal city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine overnight.

The fighting, which included an intense artillery duel, took place along the front line between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists.

A top commander of the pro-Russia insurgency in eastern Ukraine said August 9 that Ukrainian forces have seized a key town, leaving the rebel region’s largest city of Donetsk surrounded.

Pro-Russian fractions have stormed a police station in the Ukrainian city Horlivka, Donetsk region on Monday night.