Russia-Ukraine war updates: Moscow port attack ‘successful’, says Kyiv

This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, August 4.

This blog is now closed, thanks for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, August 4.

• Ukrainian security sources have told news agencies that an attack on the Moscow port of Novorossiysk was “successful” after hitting a Russian naval ship.
• Ukraine’s SBU security service accuses Russia of preparing a “false flag” attack at the Mozyr Oil Refinery in Belarus in an effort to draw Minsk into the war.
• Lithuania declares more than 1,000 citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national security after a survey on their thoughts on the war in Ukraine.
• At least 13 Ukrainian drones were downed over the Crimean Peninsula, Russia said.