A dozen explosions were warned this night in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv , mayor Oleksandr Sienkevych confirms this on Telegram. Last night, President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke of the Russian attacks saying that Moscow "has already used more than three thousand cruise missiles" against his country. "It is - he added - impossible to count the number of artillery pieces and other bullets but it is certainly possible to bring all Russian war criminals to justice".

The Kiev leader also wanted to explain the reasons why he removed Ivan Bakanov from the functions of head of the Sbu and Iryna Venediktova from the position of attorney general. According to reports from the Ukrainian agency UNIAN, the former head of the main security department (Sbu) was arrested in Crimea: "This person was fired by me at the beginning of the large-scale invasion and, as you can see , such a decision was absolutely justified, ”Zelensky said. “Sufficient evidence has been gathered to notify this person of suspected treason . All his criminal actions are documented. Everything he has done in recent months and even before will receive an adequate legal evaluation ”.

While the foreign minister of the Kremlin, Serghei Lavrov , defined the status of EU candidate for Ukraine as a "geopolitical move against Russia", arguing further that "the foreign policy of the West leads to the search for more and more theaters of war" and that German Chancellor Scholz "wastes time demanding a new sovereignty agreement after the Minsk agreements were killed by Paris and Berlin".

In these hours, the arrest of Marina Ovsiannikova , the Russian reporter who became famous after appearing, on live TV, with a sign criticizing the Moscow offensive in Ukraine, is in the news. A few days ago she had demonstrated alone near the Kremlin. The release took place after a few hours of detention: "Everything is fine - he wrote on Facebook - By now I have understood that it is better to leave the house with my passport and a bag." The arrest, for his lawyer, was due to suspicion that he was discrediting the Russian armed forces.

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Russians appoint the new head of the Zaporizhia Region

The "Russians appointed Anton Koltsov, who held the post of first deputy governor of the Vologda region of the Russian Federation, as head of the 'government' of the Zaporizhia region", occupied by the forces of Moscow. Ukrainska Pravda reports it. "In addition - it continues -, the occupiers have appointed Anton Tytskyi, who held the position of chief adviser of Rosmolodi, as 'minister' of Youth Policies of the Zaporizhia Region".

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Kiev: "Inflicted losses on Russians in Donetsk"

The Ukrainian military today inflicted losses on Russia, forcing the Moscow military to withdraw near Sloviansk and Avdiivka, in Donetsk oblast in the east of the country. This was reported by the general staff of the armed forces, reports the Kiev Independent.

According to the same sources, another Russian attack in the direction of Bakhmut, also in the eastern part of the country, was also repulsed.

Tomorrow the first Putin-Erdogan meeting since the beginning of the war

Tomorrow the first Putin-Erdogan face to face after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The meeting in Tehran between the Turkish president and the Russian head of state comes after months full of phone calls between the two and when it seems that an agreement on the corridors in the Black Sea to export grain from Ukrainian ports is within reach.

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Borrell (EU): "Go ahead with the sanctions, Putin focuses on our tiredness"

"Putin is counting on democratic weariness, I am sure of it. He thinks that democracies are weak and that the news is no longer so interesting. European societies, states and governments cannot afford this weariness. They must continue to defend the decisions taken. They have decided to impose restrictive measures on the Russian economy. These decisions must be respected "to continue" to exert pressure on the Russian economy ". The high representative for EU foreign policy Josep Borrell said at a press conference after the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.

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Born: Erdogan threatens the blockade of the accession of Sweden and Finland

"I would like to reiterate that if these countries do not take the necessary steps to meet the conditions we have set, we will freeze the process" of Swedish and Finnish accession to NATO. This was stated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as reported by Anadolu, in relation to the agreement found at the summit of the Atlantic Alliance in Madrid with which Ankara supported the candidacy of Helsinki and Stockholm in exchange for a distancing of the Scandinavian countries by groups considered terrorists by Turkey and the extradition of some militants.

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Gazprom: "Partial stop of gas in the EU due to force majeure"

The Russian giant Gazprom has declared "causes of force majeure" on the stop of gas supplies to Europe to at least one important customer starting from July 14, according to a document viewed today exclusively by Reuters. In the letter Gazprom states that it cannot fulfill its supply obligations due to "extraordinary" circumstances beyond its control. Sources quoted by Reuters reported that the letter concerns supplies through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which leads to Germany and from there to other European countries.

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Putin: "We will overcome the big technological problems from the sanctions"

Vladimir Putin has promised that Russia will overcome the "colossal" technological problems caused by the sanctions. "This is a great challenge for our country," he said at a meeting of the Strategic Development Council. "Realizing the colossal amount of difficulties we are facing, we will look for new solutions in an energetic way."

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Another 500 million from the EU to the Ukrainian army

Agreement at the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on a new tranche - 500 million euros - of aid to the Ukrainian army under the European Peace Facility fund "Europe continues to commit itself to peace and the defense of our values. I welcome the political agreement on the fifth tranche in favor of Ukraine in the context of the European Peace Facility is welcomed. EU support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces now amounts to 2.5 billion euros. Europe is at the side of the Ukraine ", writes the president of the EU Council, Charles Michel in a tweet.

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Six died in Toretsk in a Russian bombing

Russian bombings killed at least six people in Toretsk, a city in Donbass, in eastern Ukraine. The government of Kiev denounces it.

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Kiev, "2 civilians killed and 10 wounded in Donetsk by the Russians"

Two civilians were killed and at least another 10 injured in the past 24 hours in Donetsk, Donbass, as a result of the Russian attacks, according to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform. "The Russians killed two civilians in the Donetsk region and ten others were injured," said the head of the Donetsk Regional (Ukrainian) Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko. Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, 625 civilians have been killed in Donetsk and another 1,608 injured, according to Ukrinform data.

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The clothing chain H&M is also leaving Russia

The clothing chain H&M has announced that it will exit the market in Russia, under sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine. This was announced by the Swedish multinational Hennes & Mauritz.

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