Expectations are rising that grain exports from Ukraine may resume once negotiations begin.
This aerial photograph, taken on July 7, 2022, shows farmers harvesting wheat near Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. ((((
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The Ukrainian Foreign Minister is optimistic that the arrangements to secure grain exports from Ukraine are helping to raise global food prices as meetings are underway to break the export impasse. ing.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said, “We are two steps away from the agreement with Russia. We are in the final stages and everything depends on Russia,” prior to the four-party talks with Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and UN officials. Said. It started in Istanbul.
Reuters estimates that more than 20 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain have been trapped in silos at Odesa’s Black Sea port, and many cargo ships have been stranded due to the Russian blockade.
Russia has now accused Ukraine of suspending exports and that Kyiv has mined the Black Sea. Russia and Ukraine are both major wheat exporters and are also other important products such as fertilizers and sunflower oil, respectively.
— Holly Eliyat
Deaths after apartment block missile strike rise to 47
As Russia invades Ukraine, rescue operations are underway after a missile attack at a location called Chasif Ya in Ukraine.
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A Russian missile strike killed 47 people in an apartment in the town of Chasibjar in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
Kyrylo Tymoshenko, Deputy Director of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said in a telegram Position Earlier today, another woman’s body was recovered from the rubble of an apartment struck on Saturday.
“Since the rescue operation began, the bodies of 47 dead, including children, have been found and removed from the scene. Nine have been rescued from the rubble. Rescue operations are underway,” said Timoshenko. ..
Firefighters and rescue team members cleared the scene on July 10, 2022 in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, after the building was partially destroyed after the bombardment.
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Russian troops attacked Chasiv Yar’s five-story apartment. Ukraine says the destruction was caused by the Russian Ulagan rocket. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting private citizens, despite numerous cases of targeting private infrastructure, causing normal Ukrainian deaths and more evacuation. increase.
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Ukraine states that it has repelled the attack near Russia’s main target, Slovyansk.
Ukraine states that it has successfully repelled Russia’s attacks on the Donetsk and Dorina settlements near the city of Slovyansk, the main target of Russian troops seeking to move forward in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian staff said on Wednesday that Russian troops were bombarding Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, and the surrounding settlements, and also reported non-stop bombardment in the area around Slovyansk, further south of Donetsk.
A car destroyed by Russian bombardment at the entrance to the village of Dorina in Donbus. Dorina is near the front line between Russian and Ukrainian troops.
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“Ukrainian defenders have successfully repelled attacks in the direction of Dobenke and Dorina. To create favorable conditions for the enemy to improve their tactical position and attack Izyum-Slovyansk. Continuing the offensive operation is not ruled out. “Oleksandr Shtupun Said in the latest update of Facebook’s army.
According to Ukraine, widespread bombardment was also carried out around the nearby cities of Kramatorsk and Bakumut.
Prior to the meeting in Istanbul on lifting the block on grain exports from Ukraine between Ukraine, Russia, the United Nations and Turkey, the military was in both the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and the Russian Navy was “mainly blocking civilian transport. We are concentrating our efforts. ” Warships armed with Calibble cruise missiles are ready for missile attacks. “
Ukrainian troops said, “The morale and psychological state of the occupier’s staff is still low, and systematic consumption and escape of alcoholic beverages have been pointed out. The occupiers complained about the invalidity of the attack on the Ukrainian position. I’m doing it. “
CNBC was unable to confirm the information in the report.
— Holly Eliyat
Britain says Russia is moving forward to continue this week amid rising anti-Russian sentiment
The British Ministry of Defense said Wednesday that Russian troops are likely to focus on occupying some small towns in Donbus next week. Siversk and Dolyna could become targets of the Russian army as they approach the larger targets of occupation of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk.
A house attacked by a missile in Slovyansk, Ukraine, on July 3, 2022.
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“Russia continues to undermine the legitimacy of Ukraine and continue to strengthen its governance and administrative control over the occupied territories of Ukraine,” the ministry said on Twitter.
“Recently, this includes an initiative to twint Russian and Ukrainian cities and territories to develop a post-conflict government, and legislation to make it easier for Ukrainians to acquire Russian citizenship. . “
However, Ukraine has a backlash, and anti-Russian sentiment in the occupied territories is targeting Russian and pro-Russian officials, the ministry said. The Russian-appointed government of Velykyy Burluk admitted that one of its mayors was killed by a car bomb on July 11.
“Official targets could escalate, exacerbating the already significant challenges facing Russian occupiers and increasing pressure on already diminishing troops and security forces.” Britain said.
— — Holly Eliyat
“There’s a really difficult road ahead,” says Zelensky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his country has a “really difficult road” as Russian troops continue to move forward in eastern Ukraine.
In a telegram post on Tuesday evening, Zelensky said, “It’s a very difficult road. Everyone understands it. But it’s also clear that what’s ahead is the success of our state. “.
“When millions of people work in good faith for this-each at their own level-the results will be inevitable,” he added.
Russian soldiers patrol the destroyed residential area of the occupied Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk on July 12, 2022.
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Zelenskyy’s comment comes from the slow but steady progress of Russian troops in occupying the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russian troops have already occupied the Luhansk region of Donbus and are now advancing into the neighboring Donetsk.
Images released on Tuesday show Russian soldiers patrolling the region of Severodonetsk, the main city of Luhansk and one of the last places Ukraine has fallen to Russia in the past few weeks.
— — Holly Eliyat
“There’s a really difficult road ahead,” says Zelensky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that his country has a “really difficult road” as Russian troops continue to move forward in eastern Ukraine.
In a telegram post on Tuesday evening, Zelensky said, “It’s a very difficult road. Everyone understands it. But it’s also clear that what’s ahead is the success of our state. “.
“When millions of people work in good faith for this-each at their own level-the results will be inevitable,” he added.
Russian soldiers patrol the destroyed residential area of the occupied Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk on July 12, 2022.
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Zelenskyy’s comment comes from the slow but steady progress of Russian troops in occupying the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. Russian troops have already occupied the Luhansk region of Donbus and are now advancing into the neighboring Donetsk.
Images released on Tuesday show Russian soldiers patrolling the region of Severodonetsk, the main city of Luhansk and one of the last places Ukraine has fallen to Russia in the past few weeks.
— — Holly Eliyat
Ukrainian ministries say the ship is passing through the mouth of the newly opened Donau River
Shipyard workers are watching barley grain being mechanically poured into a 40,000-ton ship at the shipping terminal of a Ukrainian agricultural exporter in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev.
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In a statement, the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure said 16 vessels had passed through the newly reopened Bystre mouth of the Donau River in the last four days, and the opening of Bystre is an important step in accelerating grain exports. rice field.
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Ukraine, United Nations, Russia and Turkey discuss sea corridor for grain exports
As the Russia-Ukraine War continues in Odesa, Ukraine on July 4, 2022, farm tools harvest grain in the fields.
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The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it would attend a four-party meeting with the United Nations, Turkey and Russia on efforts to resume Ukraine’s grain exports.
The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday in Istanbul.
Andrey Jermac, the office of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, said in his telegram channel that the two parties would discuss security issues as well as the sea corridor for grain exports.
For months, Russian warships have blocked Ukrainian ports in the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
— Amanda Mathias
Russian attack on apartment block kills 41 people
Firefighters and rescue team members cleared the scene on July 10, 2022 in Chasiv Yar, eastern Ukraine, after the building was partially destroyed after the bombardment.
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A Russian rocket attack on a five-story apartment in the town of Chasibjar in the eastern part of Ukraine in Donetsk killed 41 people. According to Ukrainian ambulance crew..
After a house was struck by a Russian rocket over the weekend, search and rescue teams were competing to reach survivors trapped in rubble.
According to the service, nine people were rescued from the rubble as of Monday night.
“Work in progress” said Ukrainian paramedics In a Facebook post As the search and rescue team continued to search for survivors.
— Amanda Mathias
Ukraine claims missile attack on Russian ammunition depot near occupied Kherson
Ukrainian troops say they conducted a missile strike at an ammunition depot near the Russian-occupied port city of Kherson in southern Ukraine.
The strike struck a Russian-owned warehouse in Novakakhovka, about 35 miles east of Kherson. Ukrainian officials have previously talked about launching a counterattack to recapture the land they had occupied since the Russian invasion began in late February.
Moscow denied that the Ukrainians had attacked the ammunition depot, saying it was a fertilizer storage facility that was hit and blown up. Russia also said the strike damaged homes, hospitals and markets and killed them. The information has not been independently validated.
AP communications reported the serious damage caused by the blast seen in satellite imagery, and in its analysis suggests that the accuracy of the strike was taken with the U.S.-supplied High Mobile Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS). Stated.
— Natasha Turak
