{"id":200405,"date":"2022-08-17T01:54:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=200405"},"modified":"2022-08-17T12:30:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T09:30:59","slug":"day-174","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/day-174","title":{"rendered":"Day 174: more detonations in Crimea, blast in occupied Lysychansk, visa limits for Russians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><strong>More detonations in Crimea<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, August 16, explosions rocked occupied Crimea again. On the morning, there was an explosion at an ammunition depot near Azovske of Dzhankoy district. In Dzhankoy, an electrical substation caught fire. Explosions rocked an airbase in Simferopol district.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis Refat Chubarov was the first to report and confirm the explosions in Azovske (a village named Qalay until 1944). He said they were caused by a \u201cprecision strike on a Russian military base.\u201d At the base, Russia stored munitions, and massed air defense systems and multiple launch rocket systems to be used in the war against Ukraine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Russian social media, there were reports of a fire on an electrical substation in the town of Dzhankoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry said the explosions in the Dzhankoy district were caused by \u201ca fire that broke out at a fenced site for temporary storage of ammunition of one of the military units.\u201d It later blamed the blasts on an \u201cact of sabotage\u201d. The blasts were caused by a failure to take \u201csmoking safety precautions\u201d, the Strategic Communications Department of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said, and \u201cfire safety precautions\u201d, the Ukrainian Air Force added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 16, explosions also rocked a Russian airbase in Gvardiyske outside Simferopol where, according to Bellingcat, 24 Russian aircraft based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a second round of incidents in Crimea in the past eight days. On August 9, the occupied peninsula was taken by panic after a series of explosions rocked the airbase in Saky near resort village Novofedorivka. The occupation authorities of Crimea blamed the explosions on accidental detonation of munitions, cautious to admit a Ukrainian strike.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?19\" data-telegram-post=\"crimeainform\/37659\" data-width=\"100%\" data-single=\"\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Blast kills up to 100 Russian troops in occupied Lysychansk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Up to 100 Russian troops were killed in a blast in occupied Lysychansk, head of the Luhansk regional military administration Serhiy Hayday told the Ukrainian Service of RFE\/RL.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose were not mercenaries of the Wagner group, but regular Russian troops,\u201d he said. They served in the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> army corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?19\" data-telegram-post=\"AFUStratCom\/5311\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Russia strikes air base in Zhytomyr region<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, the Russian forces carried out a missile strike on a Ukrainian air base in Zhytomyr region. \u201cRussian aircraft took off from Belarus attempting to disguise the fact as training. The aircraft, possibly Su-34 bombers carried out a missile strike with two guided X-59 air-to-surface missiles,\u201d the Ukrainian Air Command \u201cCenter\u201d said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The strike damaged the runway and a few vehicles. The military personnel took shelter, and there were no casualties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>EU countries limit visas to Russians<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Finland\u2019s government announced Tuesday it would reduce Russian visas by 90 per cent due to Moscow\u2019s ongoing war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said that starting from September, Finland would accept only 10 percent of visa applications by Russian tourists. This means Finland will accept only around 100 visa applications daily, compared with around 1,000 successful applications per day presently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exceptions could be made for some groups like journalists, dissidents or activists, via a potential national humanitarian visa. Haavisto said his ministry would consult with the interior ministry over the scheme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, the Latvian government agreed to amend eligibility criteria for renewal of the temporary residence permits issued to Russian citizens in Latvia. The coalition agreed on Tuesday that they would only be renewed on select occasions, Latvian Prime Minister Kri\u0161j\u0101nis Kari\u0146\u0161 said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Governmental decisions will follow in the coming weeks, he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russian nationals are not issued Latvian visas or residence permits, but there are exceptions, Kari\u0146\u0161 said. Latvian President Egils Levits earlier called for amending the policy of issuing residence permits to Russian citizens. The Russian nationals will not have renewable residence permits unless these are exceptional cases, the Latvian leadership said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Zanda Kalni\u0146a-Lukashevicha said that a marriage with a citizen of Latvia is an exceptional case. A citizen of Russia or Belarus married to a Latvian citizen is eligible for renewal of the permit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>Russia destroys Ukraine&#8217;s educational institutions: Volnovakha case, Ukraine in Flames #159<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-counter-1\" class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper \" style=\"width:662px;\" data-g1-fluid-width=\"662\" data-g1-fluid-height=\"372\">\n\t       <div class=\"g1-fluid-wrapper-inner\" style=\"padding-bottom:56.19335347432%;\">\n\t       <div class=\"mace-youtube\" data-mace-video=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QHgh5VOrWxg?showinfo=0&#038;rel=1&#038;ytp-pause-overlay=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;enablejsapi=1\" data-mace-video-thumb=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/QHgh5VOrWxg\/hqdefault.jpg\"><div class=\"mace-play-button\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n\t       <\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia systematically targets Ukrainian educational institutions with missiles, but the damage to education is not limited to just physical destruction: the occupation authorities force children to study according to the Russian curriculum, and threaten teachers with retaliation if they refuse to collaborate. Such is the case in Volnovakha, Donetsk region, occupied by the Russian army since March 11. Watch Ukraine In Flames #159 to learn about he most challenging educational issues in the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speakers:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Svitlana, teacher from Volnovakha (name changed to protect her identity)<\/li><li>Ksenia Minina, guitar teacher at Volnovakha music school<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3><strong>How Russia kills Ukrainian sport. 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