A horrific video of the mutilation and murder of a Ukrainian soldier was posted online by the Russians because “most likely, they wanted to brag,” Christo Grozev, lead investigator at the open-source investigations team Bellingcat, said on Radio NV on Aug 9.

This newsletter was compiled by Romeo Kokriatski, Managing Editor of the  New Voice of Ukraine, August 9, 2022.

Russian citizens can no longer visit Vincennes Castle near Paris, which houses the archives of the Ministry of the Armed Forces of France, French newspaper 20minutes reported on Aug. 8.

Compared to early June, daily losses of Ukraine’s Armed Forces have declined by two thirds, Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said in a BBC interview on Aug. 9.

Ukrainian popular singer Monatik will give a big charity concert called ART Oborona (Defense) in the capital city of Kyiv on Aug. 23, the day before Ukraine’s Independence Day.

Russia is not sincere in its calls for negotiations with Ukraine, and is instead looking for a badly-needed lull in hostilities in order to refine its military strategy, Ukrainian presidential aide Mykhailo Podolyak said in a BBC interview on Aug. 9.

An employee of the coordination headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service in Kharkiv Oblast has been found to be working for Russia’s FSB security service, SBU spokesperson Artem Dekhtiarenko said on Aug. 9.

This newsletter was compiled by Romeo Kokriatski, Managing Editor of the  New Voice of Ukraine, August 8, 2022.

Moscow has again used modern air-launched Kindzhal hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, attacking several military targets in Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukrainian Air Force said in a Telegram post on Aug. 8.

Ukraine should deal not with internal political disputes, but with the confiscation of assets of Russian oligarchs, political scientist Mykola Davydiuk told Radio NV on Aug. 7.

A petition published on the president’s official website on May 23 with a proposal to consider banning Russian citizens from entering Ukraine for 50 years has gained the required 25,000 signatures.

After Ukrainian air defenses shot down a Russian cruise missile over Uman, Cherkasy Oblast, but its falling debris injured two people, regional governor Ihor Taburets said in a Telegram post on Aug. 8.

The Central Securities Depository or CSD of the National Bank of Ukraine is resuming trading in state-backed securities, Ukraine’s central bank said in a message on its website on Aug. 7.  

A video of a night attack by the Ukrainian military on the positions of Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied town of Melitopol in Zaporizhzhya Oblast appeared on social networks on Aug. 8.

Ukrainian forces have eliminated another Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine, along with 24 enemy soldiers and several armored vehicles, the Ukrainian military’s South Operational Command said in a Facebook post on Aug. 8.

The Kremlin is looking to take a a six-month pause in its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in order to build up fresh reserves and replenish its units, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said in an interview with German newspaper Tagesspiegel on Aug. 7.

The Ukrainian army has managed to eliminate at least 10 Russian generals over the course of the war, the UK’s Military Intelligence said in their daily Twitter update on Aug. 7.

A convoy of four grain cargo ships have departed Ukraine, setting sail from two ports in Odesa Oblast and bound for Italy, Turkey, and China, Ukraine’s Infrastructure Ministry said in a Facebook post on Aug. 7.

Over 2,000 people were evacuated from Donbas during the first week of a mandatory evacuation order in Donetsk Oblast, including women, children, elderly and people with limited mobility, Ukraine’s Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories stated via Telegram messenger on Aug. 6. 

Russia’s false flag attack on a POW camp in the occupied town of Olenivka, which killed more than 40 captive defenders of Mariupol, was meant to discredit Ukraine and reduce Western military aid to the country, Andriy Yusov, a member of Ukraine’s coordination headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, said on national TV on Aug. 6.