Southern Ukraine offensive

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Aug. 6 accused Russia of using the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "for terror" after the operator of the facility reported major damage at the site.

Fighting in Ukraine continues. Ukrainian officials claim that Russian forces shelled Zaporozhye, and that strong explosions were heard in Mykolaiv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on China to use its influence on Russia to end the conflict.

Russian forces continue their offensive on Donetsk.
Explosions in Kharkiv and other regions.
The Russian army has opened humanitarian corridors in the Black and Azov seas.

Ukrainian forces have counterattacked in the country's south, claiming to have pushed back Russian troops near three villages in the Kherson region, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made his first visit to the embattled east since the start of the war.

The United States has exchanged intelligence with Ukraine on the location of the Russian missile cruiser "Moskva" (Moscow) before the strike that sank the warship, the Associated Press reported.

A US official said yesterday that Ukraine itself had decided to shoot and sink the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet using its own anti-ship missiles.

Bulgarian Consul Sergei Zhelev has not been abducted but is safe in his home. This was announced by the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Earlier today the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorov announced that the Russian military had kidnapped the honorary consul of Bulgaria Sergei Zhelev in the city.

As it was announced, he died after the Ukrainian missile "Neptune" hit that Russian flagship.
Just to recall, the Russian missile warship "Moscow" sank due to the Ukrainian attack.
It is the largest warship sunk in the last 40 years.