Russian military and separatist troops of the self -proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) claimed to have entered the city of Siversk , in Ukraine's southeastern Donetsk oblast. "The city is under our operational control and sweeping operations are underway: Siversk will soon be completely liberated from Ukrainian troops," said a source of LPR troops taken over by the Russian agency Tass.

British intelligence reported yesterday that " Russia will probably be able to take several small towns in the Donbass over the course of the week, including Siversk and Dolyna".

Meanwhile, from 5 this morning, powerful explosions were heard in Mykolaiv and air alarms rang out throughout the night. “I ask everyone to stay in the shelters and not to post photos and videos from the places where they are,” Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich wrote on social media.

The European Union, on the other hand, is preparing for the gas emergency : in the draft plan to deal with it, the Commission calls for "lowering the thermostat by one degree" in homes. The energy crisis together with the uncertain outcome of the war in Ukraine sinks the Eurozone economic forecasts for 2022-2023, which will be presented today by Commissioner Gentiloni .

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Zelensky: "The Russians have kidnapped about 200 thousand Ukrainian children"

The Russian Federation has kidnapped around 200,000 children and taken out of Ukraine. This was stated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his speech at the international conference in The Hague. Ukrinform reports it. "It is still being established how many children the Russian forces have kidnapped and taken out of Ukraine. The preliminary figure is terrible: about two hundred thousand children," he said. Zelensky then stressed that as a result of the Russian aggression, "tens of thousands of Ukrainians have been killed, tortured and maimed and millions of people have been deported to Russia".

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Moscow: "Israel be wise if the US asks for weapons for Ukraine"

Russia expects Israel to "act wisely and fairly" if the US asks it to send weapons to Ukraine. This was stated by Moscow Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, President Vladimir Putin's special representative for the Middle East. The Tass agency reports.

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Zelensky: "Special tribunal on war crimes at the Hague"

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking at the Hague Conference on Ukraine, called for the creation of a "special court" to judge Russian war crimes.

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Biden: "Putin must fail, the US side by side with Ukraine"

"Putin's war must be a failure, the United States will continue to support Ukraine and its people." Joe Biden said it at a press conference with Yair Lapid.

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London allocates 2.5 million for investigations into "Russian crimes"

Boris Johnson's outgoing UK government has announced an additional £ 2.5 million grant and additional pledges on behalf of the UK as part of efforts by Western Allies to arrive at an international investigation into the imputed war crimes from Kiev to the Moscow military forces deployed by Vladimir Putin in Ukraine. The announcement was made by Lord Tariq Ahmad, one of the deputy foreign ministers of the Tory team, during today's meeting of the Ukraine Accountability Conference, hosted in The Hague by the UN International Criminal Court, the Dutch Foreign Ministry and the European Commission.

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Israel sends aid to Ukrainian civilian relief forces

The Israeli defense ministry announced today that it has sent new material aid to the Ukrainian relief forces and various civilian organizations operating in that country. This aid, a statement said, was sent by air to Europe and will be forwarded later to Ukraine. Addressed to Kiev 1,500 helmets, 1,500 protective vests, hundreds of protective suits for those who have to defuse mines, 1,000 gas masks and dozens of CBRN filters against toxic substances.

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Zelensky: "Dead and wounded in Vinnytsia, among the victims also a small child"

"In Vinnytsia missile attacks in the city center. There are wounded and dead, including a small child. Every day Russia destroys the civilian population, kills Ukrainian children, directs rockets at civilian targets. What is this, if not a An open act of terrorism? It is a murderous country. A terrorist country ": Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on social media, quoted by local media. A video released by Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko shows that a missile landed near the new maternity hospital.

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China: "The US plan on Russian crude oil is very complicated"

China believes that the US proposal to set a ceiling on Russian oil prices "is a very complicated issue". This was stated by the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce Shu Jueting, on the plan put forward on July 5 by the US Treasury Secretary Janer Yellen in the video call he had with Deputy Prime Minister Liu He. In the weekly briefing, Shu noted that "high international oil prices have become one of the main factors driving global inflation and the international community has paid close attention to this." The solution is to ease the tension and encourage Russia-Ukraine talks.

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Osce, brutal Moscow with Ukrainian civilians in filtering camps

The OSCE, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, says it is "gravely concerned" by Moscow's treatment of Ukrainian civilians in the "filter camps" designed to identify those suspected of links with the Kiev authorities. according to a report to be released today. According to witnesses, this procedure "involves brutal interrogations and humiliating body searches," write the document's authors.

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12 attacks on populated areas between Lugansk and Donetsk

"The Russian army has launched 12 air and missile attacks on populated areas on the border between the Lugansk region and the Donetsk region. Massive artillery and mortar attacks continue and skeet shooting systems are used. Through small settlements, the Russians are trying to break through in Siversk and open the way to Bakhmut, which is why they are destroying everything in front of them. Now they are on the offensive in the direction of Verkhnokamyansky, hostilities continue ". The Ukrainian governor of Lugansk, Serhgiy Gaidai, wrote it on Telegram, reported by the Guardian.

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Kiev, a new attempt by the Russians to attack the island of the Snakes

New attempt by the Russian army in the night to attack the strategic island of the Serpents in the Black Sea, but the bombs fell into the sea. This was reported by an update of the Southern operational command of Ukraine, quoted by the Guardian. Ukrainian presidential adviser Anton Herashchenko added: "A couple of Su-27 fighters tried to bomb Snake Island, the bombs fell into the sea near the island."

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