BiWeekly Update on UA – Midterm
All Ukrainian cities continue to live under regular shellings of russian missiles. Statistically, every single Ukrainian military object attack precedes by 13 attacks of civil objects.
The cities of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhya, Mykolaiv, Bakhmut and neighboring to them towns are being constantly attacked literally with everything russian army has: artillery, missiles, drones, tanks etc.
CHRONOLOGY OF RUSSIAN ATTACKS:
August 15:
Kharkiv – attack to the housing estate in Saltivka – 5 people were injured, and 2 are in critical condition.
A combine exploded while working in the field in Sumy oblast. The combine operator survived, but was injured during the explosion.
August 16:
Kharkiv attacked twice – university, civil blocks, tram depo, garage coop. Fortunately, no one was injured.
City of Nikopol (Dnipropetrovsk oblast) four people were injured in chaotic shellings from ZAES.
Zhytomyr military airfield was attacked. Equipment and runway were damaged. Personnel was in the shelter.
August 17:
Zatoka town (Odesa oblast), destruction of the resort and several private buildings. 4 people were injured.
Mykolaiv city university shelling. Fortunately, no one was injured.
August 18:
The most terrible shelling of Kharkiv city – an attack to the cultural center, a hostel, and a tram depot resulted in the death of 21 people, including a 13-year-old child. 42 were injured.
Mykolaiv city attack, one person died and two more were injured.
OBJECTS LIQUIDATED BY UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES:
- Armed Forces of Ukraine are effectively using the Western artillery actively destroying the enemy’s weapons warehouses and airbases.
- It is officially stated that none of the 20 HIMARS and its analogue units has been terminated yet.
- Foreign media admitted that Ukrainian Armed Forces are using Western weapons more effectively than anyone expected.
- Ammunition warehouse near Dzhankoy town in Crimea which hosted anti-aircraft missile complexes. A railway and a power station were also reported damaged there.
- The military air base in the Crimean village of Gvardiyske. According to the head of Bellingcat, Hristo Grozev, it was hosting the 37th mixed aviation regiment of the russian space forces, consisting of two squadrons (24 aircraft – 12 Su- 24M and 12 Su-25SM). It was estimated that russians Black Sea Air Fleet has lost half of its aircrafts there.
- Explosions at the Belbek military airfield near Sevastopol, Crimea – the largest airbase on the peninsula.
- Explosions in the city of Kerch, Crimea, which launched an air alert on the territory of Crimea.
- Explosions in the ammunition depot of the 237th tank regiment of the russian army.
- The base of the russian invaders in the occupied Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson oblast (Aug. 17). At least 12 occupants were destroyed along with the equipment.
- Next day a series of explosions in the city again. The Ukrainian military struck the Kakhovska HPP bridge once more, which is one of the crossings over the Dnipro to the Kherson oblast.
- The headquarters of russian mercenaries from the private military company “Wagner” was hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the town of Popasna, Luhansk oblast. As a result, at least 100 “Wagnerians” could have been liquidated.
- Ukrainian partisans damaged the railway bridge near the occupied Melitopol. It was used to transport military equipment and weapons from Crimea.
- An explosion in the center of Melitopol, where one of the occupiers’ command posts was located.
GRAIN EXPORT
- 24 vessels have already departed from Ukrainian ports as part of the implementation of the Initiative on the safe transportation of agricultural products.
- They have more than 600,000 tons of food on board.
- In the first half of August – the first two weeks of the Grain Initiative in action – Ukraine increased exports of agricultural products by 65% (Ukrainian Agribusiness Club).
- Managed to export 2 million tons of agro-industrial products within 15 days of August 2022.
The structure of the export of agricultural products in the first half of August 2022 was as follows:
Grain Crops
1.1 million tons (corn – 62%, wheat – 29%, barley – 9%). Growth compared to the previous month: +60%
Oil Crops
459.1 thousand tons (rape seeds – 60%, sunflower seeds – 21%, soybeans – 19%). Growth: +68%
Vegetable Oils
197.9 thousand tons (sunflower oil – 93%, soybean oil – 7%). Growth: +64%
Cake/Meal after extraction of vegetable oils
204.4 thousand tons (sunflower – 90%, soybean – 10%). Growth: +278%.
- During the specified period, the export of oilseeds increased significantly.
- In this category, there are significant changes in the export structure, namely a decrease in the share of sunflower seeds and an increase in the share of rapeseed.
- This is due to the harvesting of rapeseed, which is almost over in Ukraine, and the export orientation of this crop.
- The main achievement of the first half of August 2022 is the start of operation of the seaports of the Odesa oblast.
- The restoration of this channel from August 1, 2022, partially allowed for an increase in export volumes. However, it should be noted that so far the volumes of shipments through these ports are insignificant compared to their maximum capabilities. However, there is every reason to hope that the volume of exports through this channel will be increased.
- Railroad transportation is overloaded with trains standing at the borders totaling 8,5 th of railroad cars with ag commodities. It is 15% less than last month. The success is reached first of all due to the optimization of transportation through Moldova.
HARVEST OF WINTER CROPS
As of August 18, 25.7 million tons of grain and oil crops of the new crop were harvested in Ukraine, including:
- 4.3 million ha of wheat were threshed (91% of the forecast), with an average yield of 40 tons/ha, 17.4 million tons were threshed;
- 1.5 million ha of barley were threshed (96% of the forecast), with an average yield of 34.5 tons/ha, and 5.3 million tons were threshed.
- 3 million tons of rapeseed (98% of the area) were harvested with an average yield of 28.4 tons/ha.
WORLD TO REBUILD RURAL UKRAINE
We have received the donation of 11 windows and milking equipment by the owner of the Prydniprovske Private Farm in Cherkasy oblast – Petro Andrushchenko.
Another donation of three refrigerators for milk and dairy products were donated by the owner of Brusylivski Kovbasy LLC – Mykhailo Kompanets.
The items have been collected and will be delivered to Alla and Iryna next week.
INTERESTING TO KNOW!!!
- Ukrainian charity foundation of Serhiy Prytula raised 20 mln USD for purchasing three military drones Bayraktar, but the Turkish factory provided them for free.
- Thus, the money was spent for renting a satellite from finish company ICEYE. It is using the SAR technology which combines multiple spectrums of observation live and can provide information at any conditions.
