Kharkiv and Nikolaev became targets of Russian strikes
Kharkiv, the second largest city in the north-east of the country, was targeted by rocket attacks at night, the governor of the region, Oleg Sinegubov, said.As a result of two rocket strikes, one of the floors of a five-story industrial building caught fire in Kyiv district (Kharkov) around three o’clock in the morning. A 59-year-old woman was injured and hospitalized“, he said.
Vitaly Kim, head of the Nikolaev region (south) near the Black Sea, on Sunday condemned several strikes that were carried out the previous day in the south of the region and on the city itself in the morning. “Around 03:05, Nikolaev was subjected to heavy shelling. At the moment, it is known about the fire that broke out in two industrial enterprises“, he said.
He added that the villages of Shevchenkove, Zoria and Novoruske were also bombed yesterday. “Three people died and three were injured in ShevchenkoveHe said, adding that a woman was killed in Saturday’s bombing of Shirokiv, where “a residential building was destroyed“.
Donetsk region (east) was also targeted “the Russians (who) continue to bomb civilian infrastructure, especially educational institutionssaid the governor of the region, Pavlo Kirillen.
“Three rockets hit the community of Torecki: one hit a residential area, two in Zalizne, where a school and a kindergarten were damaged. Russians shelled the medical faculty in Kostantinovka. There are no reports of casualties at this time.“, he added.
The new sanctions were discussed on Monday
It is in this context that EU ministers are due to discuss on Monday, among other things, the European Commission’s proposal to ban gold purchases from Russia in order to bring EU sanctions into line with G7 partners. The goal of another proposal is to include new Russian persons in the “black list” of the EU.
“Moscow must continue to pay a high price for its aggression“, said the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, after handing over the new funds to the twenty-seven. According to a high-ranking European official, no decision is expected during the initial discussion in Brussels regarding these new sanctions. The largest buyer of Russian gold is the United Kingdom, with 290 tons worth $16.9 billion in 2020, according to Russian customs.
The cost of the war launched by Russia on February 24 is being felt by the rest of the world, Western countries argued at the G20 in Bali, which ended without a joint press release on Saturday due to a lack of consensus on the issue. point. It was Russia’s participationabsurd“and”was like inviting an arsonist to a firemen’s meeting“, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland condemned.
Russian missiles were installed in Zaporozhye.
Accusations are similar in Ukraine, where the national nuclear energy operator has accused the Russian military of installing missile launchers on the site of a nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia (in the south), an area under its control. control from March.
“The situation is extremely tense, the tension is increasing day by day. The occupiers are bringing there (…), including missile systems that they have already hit from the other side“From the Dnieper River”and in the territory of Nikopol“80 kilometers southwest of Zaporizhia, Petro Kotin, president of Energoatom, said on Telegram. According to him, there are about 500 Russian soldiers at the site of this Ukrainian power plant, which is the largest in Europe.
Since the beginning of the war, 15-20 thousand Russian soldiers have been killed
In Donbass, separatist forces and the Russian military said they were continuing to advance and were in full control of the town of Siversk, which came under attack earlier this month after capturing Lysichansk further east. Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday that Minister Sergei Shoigu had visited soldiers involved in the attack in Ukraine, without specifying the date of the visit, the second since the first in June, or whether it took place in Ukraine. Russia. He has “have given necessary instructions for further increaseMilitary pressure, the ministry added.
On July 24, the war in Ukraine will enter its 6th month, and so far there is no total civilian death toll from the conflict. The UN has counted nearly 5,000 confirmed deaths, including more than 300 children, but recognizes that the true number is undoubtedly much higher. For the city of Mariupol (southeast), which fell in May after a horrific siege, Ukrainian authorities put the death toll at around 20,000.
At the military level, Western security sources are now talking about the killing of 15,000-20,000 Russian soldiers. Kiev has reported at least 10,000 casualties among its troops. No independent statistics.
Source: Le Figaro
