Business Thursday, August 30. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Aug 30, 2022, 03:23pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Blood on the ground where a person was killed in Russian attack, Kharkiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 30, . . . [+] 2022. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s attack on Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical. Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation. Tuesday, August 30. Day 188. By Dmytro Aksyonov Kharkiv. Russian forces have shelled the central districts of the city of Kharkiv, recreational areas, and residential buildings; using artillery, killing at least four people and injuring 11 injured, according to reports from the Kharkiv regional prosecutor’s office. The shelling is reported to have damaged a number of residential buildings and cars, a kindergarten and a park. Mykolaiv. As a result of recent shelling on the city of Mykolaiv, one person was killed and another wounded , reports Mykolaiv mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych. As the Ukrainian army is currently engaged in an offensive operation in southern Ukraine, including in the Mykolaiv region, the area is expected to continue to see military activity. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission headed to the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant , including the the organization's general director, Rafael Grossi, as the Agency stopped in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv en route to the plant, currently occupied by Russian forces who have reportedly held the plant staff against their will. Zelenskyy said that while speaking to Grossi, he emphasized the need for "urgent demilitarization of the station, the withdrawal of any Russian military, any weapons, the creation of a demilitarized zone, and the transfer of the station under the control of Ukraine. " Zelenskyy's proposal is unlikely to be agreed upon due to previous comments by Russian officials dismissing the idea of demilitarizing the station. The European Union will provide Ukraine with 5. 5 million tablets of potassium iodide to protect Ukrainians from potential radiation exposures , after it received a request from the Ukrainian government on August 26 for the tablets as a preventive security measure against a possible radiation leak from the Zaporizhzhya NPP, says a statement published by the European Commission. MORE FOR YOU Pfizer Tests Pill That Could Prevent Covid Infection Liz Cheney Needles Trump For Bashing Bush: ‘I Like Republican Presidents Who Win Re-Election’ Covid Pandemic Slashes Life Expectancy — Here’s Where It Fell The Most German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock said that she expects a compromise on the issue of a visa ban for Russian citizens to be reached at an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Prague. While the move is backed by many countries on the bloc’s eastern flank, such as Poland, Estonia and the Baltic states, other members have publicly opposed it, which makes the suspension of the 2007 visa facilitation agreement between the EU and Russia the most likely solution to the issue. Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said that a grant in the amount of $3 billion, recently provided to Ukraine by the United States through the World Bank, has increased the total amount of foreign aid received by the country in August to $4. 6 billion— a record monthly volume since the beginning of the war. "We expect to receive $1. 5 billion in grant aid from the US in September— this is the last tranche," said Marchenko, " and we also expect to receive macro-financial aid from the EU in September and early October. " Out of the €9 billion which Ukraine's bloc of European allies have pledged, the country has so far only received €1 billion. Katya Soldak Forbes Ukraine Editorial Standards Print Reprints & Permissions.