The 170th day of the war opens in Ukraine, with Russian forces last night bombing two districts of the Dnepropetrovsk region - Nikopol and Krivoy Rog , not far from Zaporizhzhia , causing at least three injuries , according to the president of the regional military administration, Valentin Reznichenko, according to UNIAN reports.
According to Reznichenko, the Nikopol district was hit 10 times with Grad rocket launchers and artillery fire. In addition, up to 40 rockets were fired in the direction of Marganets and three people were injured , including a 12-year-old boy. Shooting also in Zelenodolsk, in the Krivoy Rog district, as confirmation arrives that over six tons of ammonia have leaked from a tank of the cooling system of a brewery in the Donetsk region of Ukraine damaged yesterday by a bombing by Ukrainian forces.
In the meantime, two other cargo ships loaded with cereals will leave Ukraine today for Iran and Turkey: the ship bound for Iran is the Star Laura, with 60,150 tons of corn, while the one bound for Turkey - the Sormovskiy - will carry 3,050 tons of grain.
In Italy, in Ravenna, the Rojen, the first ship with cereals from Ukraine, has landed : the cargo is made up of 15 thousand tons of corn seeds. She left Chornomorsk, near Odessa, on 5 August. "A very important day", commented the mayor of Ravenna Michele De Pascale, because it represents "a small step towards a return to normality" in commercial exchanges, although at the moment the possibility is limited to agri-food traffics. Sacura, with 11 thousand tons of soybeans destined for animal feed. It is already on its way and its arrival is scheduled for August 16. Another ship from Ukraine, the Mv Mustafa, should arrive in Italy by the same date. Necati, with a cargo of 6 thousand tons of crude sunflower oil, bound for the Apulian port of Monopoli At the moment this cargo is stopped in Turkey, in Istanbul.
On the issue of nuclear power , Russia is once again attacking: "Ukraine's criminal acts against the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant are pushing the world to the brink of a nuclear disaster comparable to Chernobyl," said the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia. , during the meeting of the Security Council. "We have repeatedly warned our Western colleagues that if they fail to bring the Kiev government to reason, it will resort to more heinous and senseless acts that will reverberate far beyond Ukraine's borders. Unfortunately, this is exactly what is happening now." , he added. Moscow then declared itself in favor of the visit of the Aiea experts .
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The day by the hour:
Kiev, Moscow launched five missiles against Zaporizhzhia
Russian forces attacked the city of Zaporizhzhia, hitting a gas station and infrastructure in the Shevchenkivskyi district. This was reported on Telegram by Anatoliy Kurtiev, interim mayor of Zaporizhzhia, quoted by the news agency Ukrinform. There are also reports of explosions on the outskirts of the city being verified. Earlier, Oleksandr Starukh, head of the Zaporizhzhia regional military administration, wrote on Telegram that five missiles had been fired at Zaporizhzhia. A fire would have broken out and, according to preliminary information, a woman would have been injured, but these news are to be verified.
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Zelensky, "I heard the Pope, I talked to him about Russian crimes"
"I spoke to the Pope. I updated him on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, its horrific crimes. I am grateful to the pontiff for his prayers for Ukraine. Our people need the support of world spiritual leaders. that should convey to the world the truth about the acts of horror committed by the aggressor in Ukraine ". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter.
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Medvedev attacks Zelensky, "in his future court or show"
Former Russian president and current number two of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, attacked Volodymyr Zelensky saying that, according to him, in the future of the Ukrainian president there are "either a court or again secondary roles in comedy shows". This was reported by the Russian state news agency Tass citing an interview with Medvedev by Nadan Fridrikhson published on the Telegram channel of Vladimir Putin's ally. Russian troops invaded Ukraine in February causing a bloody war in the heart of Europe. In recent months, Medvedev has published on social media statements that are often very harsh and full of rhetoric and propaganda against the West and against Ukraine and therefore much criticized.
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Moscow opens up to parallel imports: the big brands are “back”
Russia opens its doors to "parallel imports" after the exodus of the big western brands due to the war in Ukraine to maintain - according to some observers - a "sense of normality in everyday life" of citizens.
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1.30 pm - 98% of Ukrainian citizens believe in Kiev's victory
98% of Ukrainians believe in Ukraine's victory over Russia and 91% approve of the work of President Volodymyr Zelensky: this is what emerges from a survey carried out on June 27-28 by the Sociological Evaluation Group on behalf of the Center for in-depth research on the polls of the Republican International Institute. Ukrainska Pravda reports it.
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Bomb dropped 10 meters from the Zaporizhzhia depot
An artillery shell fired by Ukrainian forces struck just ten meters from a depleted nuclear fuel at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia power plant in southern Ukraine. This was stated by Vladimir Rogov, a member of the civil-military authority of the part of the region occupied by the forces of Moscow. According to Rogov, who was speaking on Rossiya-24 television, filmed by Tass, the incident took place yesterday.
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Kiev, additional multiple rocket launchers arrived from London
The promised additional M270 Mlrs multiple rocket launchers arrived in Ukraine from the United Kingdom: Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced it on Twitter.
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Ukraine: 706 children injured since the beginning of the invasion
The number of children injured in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion has increased to at least 706 in the last 24 hours, while the death toll has remained unchanged at 361: the prosecutor's office announced today on Telegram. general of Kiev, according to Ukrinform.
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Moscow, the Zaporizhzhia power plant cannot be returned to Kiev
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant cannot be returned to Ukraine because Kiev is unable to guarantee its safety: the vice president of the Russian Senate, Konstantin Kosachyov, told the Interfax agency today. "The only way to ensure the safety of the nuclear power plant is 100% control of its activity. Given the special military operation, the Ukrainian authorities are unable to provide this type of control by definition," Kosachyov said.
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Moscow: "If there is a nuclear catastrophe, Biden and Zelensky will be responsible"
The responsibility for the potential tragic consequences of the attacks on the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia will lie with the president of the United States, Joe Biden, and with the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky: the speaker of the Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, says on Telegram, according to reports from Tass. "The actions of Washington and the Kiev regime risk a nuclear catastrophe", writes the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament.
(Unioneonline)