Highlights of main world events for August 2022

Record ID: 1700878

  • Title: Highlights of main world events for August 2022
  • Date: 11th November 2022
  • Summary: ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 5, 2022) (REUTERS) DAMAGED ROOF COLLAPSING ON TOP OF GRAIN, CRANE TRYING TO HOLD UP ROOF PILE OF SEEDS INSIDE DAMAGED STORAGE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE NEAR BLAST CRATER Three local witnesses told Reuters they had heard several loud explosions and seen black smoke rising from the direction of a Russian military airbase at Novofedorivka in western Crimea. Russia's defence ministry said an explosion the airbase had been caused by a detonation of aviation ammunition. NEAR NOVOFEDORIVKA, CRIMEA (FILE - AUGUST 9, 2022) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) SMOKE RISING, EXPLOSIONS SEEN AND HEARD OVER SEASHORE NEAR NOVOFEDORIVKA, CRIMEA (FILE - AUGUST 9, 2022) (REUTERS) SMOKE RISING OVER RESIDENTIAL AREA SMOKE RISING OVER FIELD BROKEN GLASS ON PAVEMENT DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BLOCK SMOKE RISING OVER PETROL STATION Northeast of Crimea, dozens of homes were damaged in a Russian rocket attack in the Kushuhum settlement on the outskirts of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region. Locals sifted through the site, inspecting damage to their homes as authorities pulled worked to reconnect electric cables damaged in the attack. Moscow said it does not deliberately target civilians in what it calls its "special military operation" in Ukraine. KUSHUHUM, UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 10, 2022) (REUTERS) MAN INSIDE CRATER CREATED BY THE STRIKE COORDINATING WORKERS WORKERS RE-ATTACHING ELECTRIC CABLES INTERIORS OF A DAMAGED HOME / WORKERS CLEANING DEBRIS OUTSIDE SEEN THROUGH WINDOW WORKERS CLEANING DEBRIS OUTSIDE SEEN THROUGH WINDOW VARIOUS OF MAN SHOWING INTERIORS OF HIS DAMAGED HOUSE EXTERIOR OF DAMAGED HOUSE Russian rockets hit Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region, leaving three people dead and 11 wounded, according to local police. The strike damaged 62 buildings, leaving many residents bereft. Almost 200 kilometres to the northeast, two Russian rockets hit Kharkiv, leaving no casualties, but damaging buildings, cars and buses, according to the region's military administration. KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 13, 2022) (REUTERS) 75-YEAR-OLD WOUNDED LOCAL RESIDENT, VALENTYNA, STROKING DOG AND SAYING (Ukrainian): “Don’t cry, don’t cry” DOG LYING IN BUSHES / VALENTYNA SAYING OFF-CAMERA (Ukrainian): “It is wounded” (SOUNBITE) (Ukrainian) 75-YEAR-OLD WOUNDED RESIDENT, VALENTYNA, SAYING: “I am deafened. It happened yesterday. One eye got closed, but now it is open. I haven’t seen with this eye. I have to go for bandaging now.” Russia blamed saboteurs for orchestrating a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Russian-annexed Crimea, a rare admission that armed groups loyal to Ukraine are damaging military logistics and supply lines on territory it controls. DZHANKOI REGION, CRIMEA (FILE - AUGUST 16, 2022) (ORIGINALLY SHOT IN PORTRAIT) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) FIRE AND SMOKE SEEN AT TRANSFORMER SUBSTATION Russian missile fire in a residential area of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, killed seven people and injured 16, the Ukrainian Emergencies Service said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy deplored the attack on Telegram, calling it a “devious and cynical strike on civilians with no justification.” Russia continued to deny it targeted residential areas. KHARKIV, UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 17, 2022) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS WORKING ON SITE OF DAMAGED BUILDING BODYBAGS ON FLOOR Ukrainian authorities in Zaporizhzhia held disaster response drills after repeated shelling incidents near Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The power station sits on the Russian-controlled south bank of a huge reservoir in Enerhodar. ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 17, 2022) (REUTERS) WORKERS IN CBRN (CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR DEFENCE) SUITS USING GEIGER COUNTER TO MEASURE RADIATION LEVELS OF MAN POSING AS INJURED WORKERS IN CBRN SUITS MOVING MAN POSING AS INJURED ON STRETCHER MAN ON STRETCHER EMERGENCY SERVICE WORKERS COVERING MAN ON STRETCHER EMERGENCY SERVICE WORKERS TRANSFERRING MAN TO AMBULANCE VARIOUS OF MEN IN CBRN SUITS DECONTAMINATING AND CHECKING RADIATION LEVELS
  • Embargoed: 25th November 2022 00:20
  • Keywords: Darya Dugina Deputy President William Ruto First Lady Olena Zelenska Former U.S. President Donald Trump Gaza strip IAEA chief Rafael Grossi Kisumu Mar-A-Lago estate raid Mikhail Gorbachev Pakistan monsoon rains Pinabete mine Razoni Russian military airbase at Novofedorivka in western Crimea Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Salman Rushdie Tayyip Erdogan U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner Ukraine crisis Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant daughter of Alexander Dugin wildfires
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  • Topics: Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA004962403102022RP1
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