On August 6, Russian troops struck the communities of Sumy region, northern Ukraine, with artillery, mortars, and grenade launchers. About 200 strikes were recorded.
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi condemned the shelling of the Zaporizhzhia NPP and confirmed his readiness to arrive at the plant leading the agency's expert mission.
Ukrainian paramedic Yulia Paievska (call sign “Tayra”), who had spent three months in Russian captivity, said that she received a phone call from Prince Harry after her release.
Turkey’s dry cargo ship FULMAR S is approaching the port of Chornomorsk to load grain, being the first such ship set to export agricultural produce from Ukraine since February 24, the day Russia invaded.
NAEC Energoatom calls on the UN, IAEA, and the international community to take all possible measures to send a security mission to the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant to ensure its further demilitarization and withdrawal of Russian troops from the facility and surrounding area.
Ukraine’s Armed Forces have stood their ground against the enemy offensive toward Sloviansk and Bakhmut, while in the Avdiivka area the Russians were forced to retreat, having suffered significant losses.
Pope Francis has met with Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Vatican, Andrii Yurash, having discussed the pontiff’s possible visit to Ukraine before the scheduled trip to Kazakhstan.
Vitaliy Gura, one of the "leaders" of the occupied town of Nova Kakhovka in southern Ukraine, appointed by Russian invasion forces, has not survived an assassination attempt.
In Zaporizhzhia Region, law enforcement officers have documented the damage caused to the infrastructure of a local joint-stock company and wheat plantations by the enemy shelling.
Russian invaders continue to open fire on Mykolaiv Region. One civilian was reported killed and five injured in the urban-type settlement of Bereznehuvate.