At least four civilians were killed and 10 others wounded in 24 hours, with nine Ukrainian regions under fire, the office said in its daily update. The separatist-held eastern city of Donetsk also came under shelling, with Russian-backed local authorities saying five civilians were killed and six others wounded. Kyiv said two districts of Mykolaiv, which have been frequently targeted in recent weeks, were shelled. According to information, Russian forces fired 60 rockets at Nikopoli, in the central Dnipropetrovsk region. About 50 residential buildings were damaged in the city of 107,000, and some projectiles hit power lines, leaving residents without power, according to Ukrainian authorities. Nikopol is located across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which was captured by Russian troops early in the war. Experts at the US-based Institute for the Study of War believe that Russia is bombing the region deliberately, “putting Ukraine in a difficult position”. “Either Ukraine fires back, risking international condemnation and a nuclear incident [which Ukrainian forces are unlikely to do]or Ukrainian forces allow Russian forces to continue shelling Ukrainian positions from an effective “safe zone,” the Institute’s latest report said. The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, Raphael Grossi, earlier this week expressed concern about the situation at the Zaporizhia plant. “Every principle of nuclear safety has been violated” at the plant, Grossi told The Associated Press. “What is at stake is extremely serious and extremely serious and dangerous.”
Competing Liability Claims
In northern Ukraine, the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv, was bombed by Russia, the presidential office said. Many industrial facilities were hit in the city, which was also a frequent target. In the nearby town of Chuhuiv, a rocket hit a five-story residential building. In the eastern Donetsk region, where fighting has been concentrated in recent weeks, residential buildings were bombed in all major cities and a school was destroyed in the village of Ocheretyne. The region is struggling without natural gas supplies and, in part, without electricity and water supplies. its inhabitants are evacuated. Ruslana Panchenko puts a handful of soil on the coffin of her father Oleh during his funeral in Pekrovsk, Donetsk region, on Thursday. Oleh Panchenko, 48, was killed while fighting for Ukraine in a battle with Russian forces on July 27 in the Donetsk region. (David Goldman/The Associated Press) In the city of Donetsk, Russian-backed separatists blamed Ukrainian forces for Thursday’s shelling of the central part of the city. The area hit was near a theater where a farewell ceremony was being held for a prominent separatist officer who was killed a few days ago. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, denied Ukrainian involvement. He claimed, without offering evidence, that Russian or separatist forces were responsible for the bombing. Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly accused each other of shelling territory under their own control. WATCH: Canadian and German ministers criticize Putin’s energy war:
German and Canadian Foreign Ministers on Russia, Energy Partnerships, Ottawa Embassy in Ukraine
“It’s not just about short-term LNG. The long-term perspective we have between the EU, Germany and Canada is hydrogen.” In an exclusive TV interview, Germany’s foreign minister says green hydrogen is the answer to energy dominance and fighting the climate crisis. Meanwhile, US intelligence officials have expressed concern that Russia is trying to plant false evidence to make it appear that Ukrainian forces were responsible for the July 29 attack on Olenivka prison that left 53 dead and dozens injured. a US official familiar with the intelligence findings. he told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Russia claimed that Ukraine’s military used US-supplied rocket launchers to hit the prison in Olenivka, a settlement controlled by the Moscow-backed Donetsk People’s Republic. The Ukrainian military has denied launching any rocket or artillery attack on Olenivka. The intelligence arm of Ukraine’s defense ministry claimed in a statement on Wednesday that it has evidence that local Kremlin-backed separatists colluded with Russia’s FSB, the KGB’s main successor agency, and the Wagner mercenary group to mine the barracks before “using a flammable substance, which led to the rapid spread of fire in the room.” The official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said classified information indicated that Russian officials may deploy munitions from medium-range artillery missile systems, or HIMARS, as evidence that the systems provided by the US in Ukraine were used in the attack.
US lawmakers overwhelmingly support NATO nominations
Calling the war in Ukraine the most dangerous moment for Europe since World War II, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that to prevent Moscow from succeeding, the alliance may need to continue supporting Ukraine with weapons and other help for a long time. to come. “It is in our interest that this kind of aggressive policy does not succeed,” Stoltenberg, Norway’s former prime minister, said in a speech in his home country. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: I applaud the Senate’s bipartisan vote today to approve the —@SecDef The war has led former non-aligned Finland and Sweden to seek NATO membership, with the request so far endorsed by 23 of the 30 member states, including the United States in a near-unanimous Senate vote on Wednesday. US President Joe Biden, who has been a major player in rallying global financial and material support for Ukraine, has sought quick entry for the two previously civilian-aligned northern European nations. “I look forward to signing the accession protocols and welcoming Sweden and Finland, two strong democracies with highly capable militaries, to the largest defense alliance in history,” Biden said in a statement after the Senate vote.
