Over the past week, 31 people have become victims of Russian aggression in Ukraine, and another 208 were injured. The worst in terms of casualties was Monday, August 7, on which day the Russian army shelled the center of the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. The attack killed ten people and over 80 were injured.

In the occupied village of Urzuf near Mariupol, seven civilians were killed as a result of a shootout between Russian occupiers, the Mariupol City Council reports. According to information from the adviser to the mayor of the city, Pyotr Andryushchenko, two teenage girls, four men and a woman were killed , and three more civilians were injured. According to the Mariupol Rada, a shootout took place between Kadyrov’s men and the Russian military commandant’s office.

In South Africa, they are protesting against an unfair system of financial assistance to pay for tuition and rent. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas against one group of demonstrators in Pretoria. Several people were detained at another protest. In Pinetown, students burned tires at a protest. South African university students took to the streets after some of them were denied financial aid.

Russia shelled Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Dnepropetrovsk , Kharkov , Nikolaev regions of Ukraine. As a result of the shelling of Orekhiv, Zaporozhye region, 12 people were injured and one policeman was killed, the National Police of Ukraine reported . Consequences of the shelling of the Zaporozhye region Yuri Malashko In the Donetsk region, one person was injured from Russian shelling, reports the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko.

On August 1, the 2nd Western District Military Court ordered forced treatment for Mikhail Davydov, a resident of the Oryol region, for throwing two Molotov cocktails at the regional government building. Davydov is accused of committing a “terrorist attack” , he was also declared “insane” and prescribed compulsory treatment. On August 24, 2022, an unknown cyclist threw Molotov cocktails at the doors of the government building of the Oryol region.

After the arrest, Kazakh police forced journalist Sandugash Duisenova to strip naked and recorded it on video. Journalist Ongar Kabden stated this, citing Duisenova’s words. The publication was noticed in Mediazona. Central Asia". “On August 11, at the police station [I] was filmed completely naked. <…> When I asked why they did this, they answered: [then] to break my will,” said Sandugash Duisenova.