More than 20 people were killed in Odessa following a Russian army bombing that hit an apartment building. Children are also among the victims . The missile, explains the spokesman for the military administration of the Ukrainian city, Sergei Bratchuk, "was launched from a plane coming from the Black Sea". "It is not a casual attack, it is a terrorist attack ", thunders Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Zelensky himself expressed his praise to the military for their role in the withdrawal of Moscow's troops from Snake Island . The leader is "grateful to our gunners, the aviation pilots, the army and the air forces." And he stressed that the islet "is a strategic point", therefore the Russian withdrawal "significantly changes the situation in the Black Sea". All this, however, "does not guarantee safety, does not guarantee that the enemy will not return, but already limits the actions of the occupiers considerably. Step by step we will push them out of our sea, our land, our sky".

Just today, however, Moscow dropped phosphorus bombs on the same island from which its troops had recently withdrawn.

Meanwhile, Russia closes the gas taps to Europe for 10 days, from 11 to 21 July: the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline stops, for "maintenance work" is the official reason. But there is some fear, in light of Moscow's recent threats to hostile countries.

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"Phosphorus bombs on Snake Island"

Russian Su-30 fighter jets dropped prohibited phosphorus bombs on Snake Island this afternoon, from which Moscow forces had withdrawn in the past few hours. This was reported by the commander of the Ukrainian armed forces Valery Zaluzhny, quoted by UNIAN.

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Zelensky: "The Odessa raid is terrorism"

"This is not a random attack as the Russian media try to present it", but "a targeted missile attack, an act of terrorism committed by Russia". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this about today's bombing on the Odessa region, which resulted in at least 21 deaths. The BB reports "This is not a casual attack as the Russian media are trying to present it", but "a targeted missile attack, an act of terrorism committed by Russia". Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this about today's bombing on the Odessa region, which resulted in at least 21 deaths. The BBC reports it.

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The Odessa bombs show that Putin does not want peace

With the bombs in Odessa "Putin is demonstrating only one thing: that he does not want peace. He continues to push away the peace table by carrying out this war in Ukraine more and more intensively. We will not stop as a government in our diplomatic action in seeking peace, but it takes two to want it ". Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio said so.

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Russian crimes, Kiev submits dossier to the International Court of Justice

"Today, Ukraine has submitted an important dossier to the International Court of Justice. We have provided evidence that Russia has violated the Genocide Convention by justifying its aggression on a false pretext of a 'genocide' that never took place. A crucial step to ensure that Russia is held accountable and make Russia pay for the damage it has inflicted ". Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba wrote on his Twitter profile.

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The toll of the raid in Odessa worsens

The toll from the Russian missile attack on the village of Sergiyivka, in the southern Ukrainian region of Odessa, is still worsening. The number of confirmed victims has risen to 21, including a 12-year-old child. This was reported by Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesman for the regional governor, quoted by Ukrinform. At least 38 were injured, including 6 children.

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Erdogan: "I will speak with Putin and Zelensky to unlock wheat"

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that he will talk again about "exporting agricultural products" from Ukraine with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and the Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky. Anadolu reports it. The Turkish leader also made it known that Turkey is willing to export the grain that will leave Ukraine's ports. "We can export these products to countries that need them, we have about 20 ships available in the region and they are ready to leave," said Erdogan, adding that this role of Turkey will depend on a positive response from Putin and Zelensky.

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Putin told Macron: "Zelensky wants the atomic bomb"

In a phone call between Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin, 4 days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the head of the Kremlin stated, among other things, that Ukraine aims to gain access to the "nuclear weapon". All this while Macron's diplomatic adviser, Emmanuel Bonne, is heard commenting: "But no, but what does he say ..." The phone call was broadcast last night on TV but was anticipated by the French press a week ago. In an exchange, Putin tells Macron: "See for yourself what happens. You and Chancellor Scholz have told me that Zelensky is ready to make a gesture, that he has prepared a bill to implement the Minsk agreements ... in fact, our dear colleague, Mr. Zelensky, doesn't do anything. He lies to you. I don't know if you heard his statement yesterday in which he says that Ukraine must have access to nuclear weapons ".

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Nord Stream closes the taps from 11 to 21 July

The lines of the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be closed from 11 to 21 July: the operator Nord Stream Ag reports, taken over by the Russian agencies Tass and Interfax, stating that the interruption is due to "maintenance works".

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Russian attack in Odessa region rises to 20 dead

The number of people killed as a result of a Russian missile attack in the village of Sergiyivka in the Odessa region has risen to 20. This was stated by the state emergency service of Ukraine as reported by Ukrinform. "At 13:30, 20 people were killed, 38 were injured", reads the message. According to the state emergency service, the injured were hospitalized. Eight people were saved, three of them children.

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Kiev: "Victory in the Borshch war is ours"

"The victory in the Borshch war is ours", wrote on social media the Minister of Culture of Kiev Oleksandr Tkatchenko saying he was satisfied with UNESCO's decision to include the traditional Ukrainian dish in the intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Ukraine "will win the Borscht war and this war too," he wrote on his Telegram account, referring to the conflict with Russia. Ukraine will share the recipe for this beetroot soup with all civilized countries, "and also with uncivilized ones, so that they have at least something light, tasty and Ukrainian".

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Kiev: "Continuous Russian fire on the Kharkiv region"

In the past 24 hours, Russian attacks on the eastern city of Kharkiv and in the region have killed 4 people and injured 5 more, says the head of the Ukrainian regional military administration Oleg Sinegubov. The Slobid district was bombed relentlessly. In Izyum, private homes, commercial buildings and several plants were destroyed by missiles. According to the local administration, Russian troops looted the settlements in the districts of Izyum, Kharkiv, Bogodukhiv and Chuguyiv.

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Odessa: the number of victims of the Russian attack rises to 19

The number of victims of the Russian attack on a residential building and recreation centers in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky district in the southern Odessa region has risen to 19. 38 wounded have been recovered so far, including six children and between these two in serious condition. This was reported by the press service of the Odessa Regional Prosecutor, quoted by UNIAN.

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Zelensky: "If the ports are not unlocked, it will be a tsunami of migrants"

"If this threat of hunger is not removed, if the Black Sea is not unblocked immediately, the result of the food crisis will be a migratory tsunami that will reach you too, even if Austria is far from the sea." Thus Volodymyr Zelensky, in connection with the festival of technologies and digital media "4Gamechangers" in Vienna, warned of the urgent need to find a solution on the unblocking of Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea. This was reported by Ukrinform.

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Kiev: We will respond soon to the Russian attack on Odessa

Oleksiy Arestovich, adviser to Ukrainian President Zelensky, announces that Russia will not have to wait long for the "response" of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after the missile attacks in the Odessa region. Unian reports it. "Three X-22s (the same type of missile that hit the Kremenchuk shopping center, ed.) Hit residential buildings and leisure centers in the Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi district in the Odessa region," assured Arestovych.

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Ten missiles hit Mykolaiv this morning

This morning ten missiles were fired by Russian troops within 25 minutes on Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine. Mayor Oleksandr Sienkovych announced this, reporting that local Telegram channels speak of a large cloud of smoke that rose over the city after the explosions. At the moment there is no information on the consequences of the bombing, reports UNIAN.

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Kiev, Russians try to encircle Lysychansk from the South and West

The Russian army is trying to encircle Ukrainian troops from the south and west outside the city of Lysychansk, in the Lugansk region: the Kiev Armed Forces General Staff said in the morning report reported by Ukrinform.

In the Lysychansk area, Ukrainian units were subjected to artillery fire outside the settlements of Siversk, Bilohorivka, and Vovchoyarivka. The Russians are attempting to take control of a section of the Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway.

(Unioneonline)

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