The Russian army has bombed the Ukrainian north-eastern Sumy Oblast 60 times in the last 24 hours : Governor Dmytro Zhyvytsky said, explaining that the rural communities of Znob-Novhorodske, Shalyhine, Bilopillia and Krasnopillia have been hit.
The eastern city of Bakhmut , in the Donetsk region, was also targeted overnight, according to the morning report of the Ukrainian General Staff quoted by UNIAN.
"In the direction of Bakhmut, the Russians bombed the districts of Berestovo, Bilogorivka, Soledar, Pokrovsky, Bakhmut, Opytny, Veselaya Dolyna, Vershina, Travnevo, Kodem, Toretsk and Shumy. They launched missiles and air strikes on Toretsk and Raisky and Berestovo ", the report states.
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7.40 pm - First Russian soldier died in Ukraine
Anastasia Savitskaya, corporal of the city of Volgograd, in southwestern Russia, is the first Russian female soldier to be killed in the war in Ukraine. Local media reports. News website v1.ru quoted Volgograd veterans council chairman Alexander Strukov as saying the corporal died during Putin's so-called "special military operation". Savitskaya "is the first military woman to die," Strukov said, without elaborating on the circumstances of her death. The Daily Mail reports that Savitskaya, 35, married and mother of two, has been called a "true hero", and her funeral took place today in her native Volgograd.
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Kiev, the Russian offensive near Kharkiv and Bakhmut rejected
Ukraine rejects the Russian offensive near Kharkiv and Bakhmut. According to the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, Kiev repulsed Russian offensives near the village of Dementiivka, just north of Kharkiv, and the villages of Vesela Dolyna, Yakovlivka and Vershyna east of Bakhmut in Donetsk oblast. The Kyiv Independent reports it.
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The dead of the Russian attack on Chasiv Yar rise to 48
The toll of the attack in the Ukrainian city of Chasiv Yar in the night between Saturday and Sunday has risen to 48 dead. This was announced by the Ukrainian emergency service, specifying that another body was found under the rubble of a house in the city located in the Donetsk region. Ukrainska Pravda reports it.
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Moscow, allied forces entered Seversk in Donetsk oblast
"Allied forces cross the borders of the city of Seversk", in the Donetsk oblast. This was announced by the militia of the self-proclaimed People's Republic of Lugansk (LPR). This was reported by the Russian agency Tass.
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Filorussi: "Foreign mercenaries will be shot"
The pro-Russian Donbass are ready to shoot foreign mercenaries if they are found guilty. The threat comes from the head of the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk (DPR) Denis Pushilin who said that if the Supreme Court of the DPR confirms their death sentences, they will be executed by a firing squad. The inmates in question on whom the eyes are focused are in particular the two British Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin and the Moroccan Saadoun Brahim, who appealed against the verdict.
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Moscow-Kiev-Ankara-UN meeting on wheat concluded
The meeting in Istanbul between military delegations from Kiev, Moscow, Ankara and UN representatives regarding the corridors in the Black Sea to allow the export of grain from Ukrainian ports ended. This was announced by the Turkish Ministry of Defense.
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Gazprom: "We cannot guarantee the functioning of Nord Stream"
Gazprom cannot guarantee the proper functioning of the Nord Stream gas pipeline: the Russian company announced this in a statement. "Gazprom is not in possession of any document indicating that Siemens is able to take the gas turbine for the Portovaya compressor station out of Canada, where it is being repaired. In these circumstances, safe operation of the station cannot be guaranteed. of Portovaya, which is a key facility for the Nord Stream pipeline, "says the note, cited by Tass.
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Zelensky: "Two million Ukrainians deported to Russia"
"Two million Ukrainians were taken to Russia, they were intimidated and their documents stolen." Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced this, addressing the participants in the "Asian Leadership" conference, which takes place in Seoul, according to UNIAN reports. Zelensky noted that among the deportees there are "several hundred thousand children", pointing out that it is difficult to give the exact number. According to the Ukrainian leader, Russia has created filtering fields through which it forces people to pass into the occupied territories.
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USA: "Russia will immediately stop the deportations of Ukrainians"
Between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainians, including 260,000 children, were deported to Russia by Vladimir Putin's forces. The American secretary of state, Antony Blinken, denounces this in a statement. The United States asks Russia to "immediately stop forced deportations to Russian-controlled areas of Ukraine", the statement said in which "the illegal transfer and expulsion of persons constitutes a serious violation of the Geneva Convention. and a war crime ".
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Two Russian missiles hit Zaporizhzhia
The Russian invaders fired two missiles on the city of Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine. This was announced by the regional military administration, reports Ukrinform. "Two enemy missiles were registered in Zaporizhzhia. One of the companies in the city was hit," the statement read.
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Kiev: "No to a ceasefire involving land cession"
Ukraine's foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has ruled out the cession of territory to Russia as part of any ceasefire agreement and said there are no ongoing peace talks between Moscow and Kiev. "Ukraine's goal in this war ... is to liberate our territories, restore our territorial integrity and full sovereignty in the east and south of Ukraine. This is the final point of our negotiating position", he said.
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EU: "Energy crisis like in 1973, stop fossil illusion"
"We must stop living under the illusion that fossil fuels can save us. We see a situation similar to 1973, when we had the Yom Kippur and oil crisis." This was stated by the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius on the sidelines of the informal Environment Council, confirming that on 20 July Brussels will present its emergency plan. "In our report" on RePowerEu "we stated that in 2024 we will stop buying gas from Russia. But that Russia waits until 2024 I don't think that's realistic. So we have to do our homework first."
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Kiev: "One step away from the wheat agreement"
Ukraine and Russia are "one step away" from reaching an agreement on the issue of grain exports, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba told the Spanish newspaper El Pais, reported by TASS. "Ukraine is ready to export its wheat to the international market," he said, "we are at the final stage and now everything depends on Russia." And he added: "If they really want it, the export of wheat will start soon."
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47 victims of the Russian attack on Chasiv Yar
Overnight the body of another victim was recovered by rescuers from the rubble in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk, where a Russian attack hit a 5-story residential building on the night of July 9-10, killing 46 people. It was reported by Espreso Tv.
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349 children were killed, 652 injured
349 Ukrainian children were killed in the war, according to data provided by the Kiev Prosecutor General. Ukrinform reports it. "To date, more than a thousand children in Ukraine have been affected by the armed aggression of Russia. In particular, 349 children have been killed and more than 652 have been injured," wrote the press service of the Prosecutor's Office. The highest number of victims was recorded in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kiev regions.
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Heavy bombing in the night in Bakhmut
The Russian army heavily bombed the eastern city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region overnight, according to the morning report of the Ukrainian General Staff quoted by UNIAN. "In the direction of Bakhmut, the Russians bombed the districts of Berestovo, Bilogorivka, Soledar, Pokrovsky, Bakhmut, Opytny, Veselaya Dolyna, Vershina, Travnevo, Kodem, Toretsk and Shumy. They launched missiles and air strikes on Toretsk and Raisky and Berestovo ", the report states.
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