Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 535
Al JazeeraHere is the situation on Saturday, August 12, 2023. Russia’s defence ministry said its forces hit a location where “foreign mercenaries” were quartered in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region. Ukraine does not intend to use cruise missiles requested from Germany and US against targets inside Russian territory, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. “That is the course we will continue on, in close consultation with our international partners.” The EU has delivered 223,800 artillery shells and 2,300 missiles to Ukraine under the first part of a plan to provide a million artillery rounds to aid Kyiv’s fight against Russia, a spokesman said. Ukraine is considering cancelling its visa-free programme with Israel and will request the country be excluded from the so-called Ramstein meetings due to its “unfriendly actions towards Ukraine and pro-Russian position on the international arena”, the Kyiv Post reported, citing sources in Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council.