Ukrainian forces said Thursday they repulsed Russian attacks in the southern region of Kherson, while Kremlin forces shelled Kharkiv in northern Ukraine. The announced nearly half a year of war went on without ceasing fighting, leaving seven dead.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in the western Ukraine city of Lviv on Thursday.
They discussed finding a political solution to the conflict with Russia, the threat to the world's food Coping with disaster risk.
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The war has forced millions to flee, killed thousands, and deepened the geopolitical rift between the West and Russia. The aim of the operation is to demilitarize the neighboring country and protect the Russian-speaking community.
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"Since last month, the Russian military has achieved minimal progress and in some cases advanced ” said Oleksiy Arrestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian president. on video. ``We are seeing a 'strategic stalemate. was injured, said the Ukrainian Emergency Service.
"This is a devious and sarcastic attack on civilians that has no justification," Zelensky said on Telegram on his messaging app.
in the south , Ukrainian forces routed an advance attempt by Russian troops near the town of Bilohirka, northeast of Kherson, said Ukrainian military analyst Ole Zdanov.
The Southern District of the Ukrainian Army Operations Command said Ukrainian forces killed 29 of his "occupiers" and destroyed artillery, armored vehicles and military depots.
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Reuters was unable to independently verify battlefield reports.
Russian Black Sea Fleet chief replaced
The United States, Albania, France, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on 24 August to discuss the effects of the war in Ukraine, diplomats said. said. Six months anniversary of the Russian invasion.
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A series of bombings at military bases and ammunition depots in Crimea, an annexed Black Sea Peninsula to Russia in 2014, , Ukraine appears to be able to strike deep into Russian-occupied territories, signaling a shift in the conflict.
Moscow has condemned attacks by saboteurs, while Ukraine has not officially taken responsibility, but has hinted at it.
Ukrainian military intelligence said in a statement that after the recent explosions in Crimea, the Russian military urgently moved some of its planes and helicopters deep into the peninsula and sent them to airfields inside Russia. said it was moved. Reuters was unable to independently verify the information.
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Wednesday, His RIA news agency in Russia cited a source. The commander of the Black Sea Fleet, Igor Osipov, states that he has been replaced by the new chieftain, Viktor Sokolov.
If confirmed, the move would make him one of the most significant dismissals of military personnel ever in a war in which Russia suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment. right.
The Black Sea Fleet, which has a history of being revered in Russia, has suffered several humiliations since President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
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In April, Ukraine attacked Russia's flagship, the giant cruiser Moskva, with Neptune missiles. For 40 years, she became the largest warship sunk in combat.
More grain ships leave
Crimea provides a major supply route to Russian forces in southern Ukraine, which Kyiv plans to counterattack in the coming weeks .
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The Black Sea Fleet has blocked Ukrainian ports and blocked important grain exports since the start of the war, but now Just getting started Once again, world food prices are soaring.
A further three export vessels left Ukraine's Black Sea ports on Wednesday, bringing the number of vessels leaving Ukraine under a UN-brokered grain export deal to her 24, according to the
Observatory Group. became a ship.
The Kyiv government will increase its monthly sea export volume to 3 million tons in the near future to clear the backlog of 18 million tons of grain left over from last year's harvest and to start selling new crops.
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