According to information from Kyiv, Russia has also fired on civilians and non-military infrastructure in new rocket and artillery attacks in Ukraine. In the Donetsk region, 7 civilians were killed and another 13 injured within 24 hours, the General Staff in Kyiv said on Saturday. “The area has no gas, partly no water and no electricity. The evacuation of the population continues.”
In many places, the Russian attacks were successfully repelled, it said. The Ukrainian air force also attacked enemy positions. The information could not initially be verified by an independent party.
In the city of Oleksandrivka nine people were injured in a five-storey house by Russian shelling on Saturday, including children, said the governor of the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv Vitaly Kim. The General Staff also reported that the Mykolaiv region had been heavily shelled with rockets. The situation also remained difficult in the southern Ukrainian region of Cherson, which is almost entirely controlled by Russian troops.
In its situation report, Russia confirmed that the attacks against Ukraine would continue. In the Kharkov region, more than 100 fighters were “destroyed” in attacks against Ukrainian nationalist units, ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in Moscow. Up to 20 US citizens were also killed. This information could not be verified by an independent party.
Kyiv had founded an international legion for foreign soldiers. Overall, Konashenkov spoke of more than 800 Ukrainian militants killed within 24 hours in various regions, including Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Accordingly, bases, military technology, fuel and ammunition stores were again destroyed.
Moscow also claimed that Russian soldiers deployed in the Zaporizhia region at the end of July were taken to a hospital with symptoms of poisoning. Accordingly, they are said to have been poisoned with a chemical substance. In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, people on the Khreshchatyk boulevard in the center on Saturday were able to view captured Russian tanks and military technology as well as other war trophies, as the Internet portal Ukrajinska Pravda showed. (dpa)
During a visit to Istanbul, UN Secretary-General António Guterres praised the work involved in opening the secure corridor for grain from Ukraine attacked by Russia. “What an impressive and inspiring operation,” Guterres said during a speech at the control center set up specifically for the grain deal on Friday.
But exporting Ukrainian grain is only part of the solution. According to Guterres, Russian food and fertilizers must also be given unhindered access to global markets. “Without fertilizer in 2022, there may not be enough food in 2023.” (dpa)
I think of our people who need fortitude to face the times ahead, to withstand uncertainty, sometimes comfort and adversity, and to collectively accept paying the price for our freedom and values.
Russia only needs these pipelines to create problems in Europe, not to help with gas.
