At least 40 people were injured and hundreds more are still under the rubble following yesterday's bombing by Kiev forces of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Novaya Kakhovka in the Kherson region (south).

This was stated by the head of the military-civil administration of the Kakhovka district, Vladimir Leontyev, according to reports from Tass.

"We already know of 40 injured", Leontyev said, stressing that the number is destined to rise "because we cannot even imagine now how many were injured by splinters and broken glass. I speak only of those who have asked for medical assistance".

On the other hand, the number of victims of the bombing of a five-storey residential building in the city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region rose to 33. The body of a child is also among the rubble.

Meanwhile, the EU economy and finance ministers meeting in Ecofin in Brussels have approved a 1 billion euro loan to Ukraine as part of the macro-financial assistance package . "The EU is stepping up its financial support to Ukraine: ministers have just approved a 1 billion euro loan," said European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. "It is part of the new exceptional macro-financial assistance package - he recalled -. Ukraine is an economy at war. It desperately needs short-term financing. The EU is there to help".

According to the daily British intelligence bulletin, Russian forces continue to make little progress on the ground in Ukraine's Donetsk region (east) with the occupation of the village of Hryhorivka, as well as continuing their assault along the main road linking the cities. of Donetsk and Kharkiv.

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20.19 - Esa announces end of cooperation with Russian space agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) has put an end to the cooperation, suspended in recent months, on the ExoMars program with the Russian state space agency Roscosmos. The general manager of Esa Josef Aschbacher made it known on social media. "The Council has instructed me to officially end the currently suspended cooperation with Roscosmos on the ExoMars Rover and Surface Platform mission," Aschbacher wrote acknowledging that "the circumstances that led to the suspension of cooperation with Roscosmos - the war in Ukraine and the consequent sanctions - continue to prevail ".

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19.33 - Ukraine: Dpr people's militia, 4 soldiers killed and 9 wounded

"We are sorry to inform that four soldiers of the Donetsk People's Republic were killed and nine others were injured while fighting for independence" against the Ukrainian forces: Eduard Basurin, deputy head of the People's Militia of the Dpr, quoted by the Tass news agency. Fifteen settlements were bombed.

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18.51 - Lego leaves Russia

Lego will cease its activities in Russia until a date to be defined. This was announced by the company, which has 81 stores in the country.

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18.30 - Kiev: "Security key element of the meeting in Istanbul"

Security issues will remain a key element of Ukraine's position at the meeting of the delegations of Ukraine, UN, Turkey and Russia on July 13: Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko told Ukrinform, confirming the talks.

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5.40 pm - Iran: "No recent agreement on sending drones to Russia"

"The history of cooperation between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation in the field of some new technologies goes back to before the war in Ukraine and recently there have been no special developments in this relationship." This was announced by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanani, as reported by Mehr, responding to statements by the White House that Tehran is about to supply Russia with hundreds of drones to be used in the war in Ukraine.

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16.20 - USA: "1.7 billion in new humanitarian aid in Kiev"

The US has announced 1.7 billion in new humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The new funds come from the US Agency for International Development, the Treasury Department and the World Bank. The aim of the new aid package is "to alleviate the effects of the large budget deficit caused by the brutal war of Russian President Vladimir Putin".

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15.20 - Kiev: "Russian military base in Melitopol on fire"

Russian military base in the village of Myrne, near the Russian-occupied city of southeastern Ukraine, Melitopol, is ablaze. Exiled Mayor Ivan Fedorov said residents of Myrne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast heard about 25 explosions and saw thick black smoke. The Kiyv Independent reports it.

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2.45 pm - Bolsonaro-Zelensky meeting next week

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced that next week he will speak by phone with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The right-wing leader said he had talked about the Russia-Ukraine issue with Hungarian President Katalin Novak, whom he received yesterday in Brasilia, to whom he revealed his intention to call Zelensky "next 18" July.

13.30 - Moscow: "On the verge of an open clash between nuclear powers"

"After provoking an escalation of the Ukrainian crisis and unleashing a violent hybrid confrontation with Russia, Washington and its allies are perilously teetering on the brink of an open military confrontation with our country, which means a direct armed conflict between nuclear powers. . Clearly, such a clash would risk provoking a nuclear escalation. " This was underlined by the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, according to reports from Tass.

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11.40 am - Putin-Erdogan-Raisi meeting on Syria and Ukraine on 19 July

The presidents of Russia, Turkey and Iran will meet next week in Tehran for a summit on Syria and for bilateral talks in the context of the conflict in Ukraine. This was announced by the Kremlin. "The journey of President Vladimir Putin to Iran on July 19 is being prepared," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding that there will be a meeting on Syria with his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi and with the Turkish one Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as at a bilateral meeting with the latter.

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11 am - 13.8 billion worth of assets to the Russian oligarchs frozen

In the EU, "for the moment we have frozen assets from oligarchs and other entities for 13.8 billion euros so it's quite huge" in terms of a figure, but "most of it, more than 12 billion, comes from five member states. So we have to persuade others to do the same ". This was stated by the EU Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders upon arrival at the Council on Justice in Prague, noting that he had sent a new letter "to explain best practices", saying he was convinced that in the coming weeks there will be an increase in confiscations.

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9.45 am - At least 348 children killed since the beginning of the war

The death toll of children killed in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion has risen to 348, the country's attorney general's office said. At least 650 minors are injured. This was reported by Ukrinform.

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9 am - The death toll of Chasiv Yar rises to 34

The death toll of the bombing by Russian forces last weekend of the city of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region, where a five-storey residential building was hit, has risen to 34: it was reported on Telegram on head of the regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko. So far, nine have been injured. Ukrinform reports it.

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7.40 am - Flurry of attacks against the city of Mykolaiv (south)

Russian forces have launched several missile attacks in the early hours of today against the city of Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine: the mayor, Oleksandr Sienkevych, has made it known on Telegram, according to Ukrinform. Eyewitnesses reported that the explosions were heard in all neighborhoods of the city and Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense units were activated. The attacks were launched from the area of the occupied city of Kherson. For the moment there is no news of victims or injured.

(Unioneonline)

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