![]() ![]() Russia carried out 58 air strikes over the past day - higher than the recent average, the general staff said. Near Melitopol: The general staff of the Ukrainian military said that offensive operations continued in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, and units were consolidating their positions. Valerii Shershen, a spokesperson for Ukrainian forces in the south, acknowledged that progress was slow, saying that “strike units had partial success and advanced into enemy territory from 350 meters up to 1.4 kms.” He said that Russian forces were bringing in new units of "highly qualified military" who are using the cover of darkness and carefully designed corridors through the minefields to attack Ukrainian positions. In the south: Oleksandr Kurbatov, with the Dnipro city territorial defense, said Monday that Ukrainian units were working hard to move forward in an area known as the Vremivskyi Ledge. Ukrainian military officials said Russian minefields and electronic warfare capabilities are impeding progress. Ukrainian forces say they are making modest progress in the east and south, as well as restraining Russian efforts to move forward in the Donetsk region, but overall there appears to have been little change on the front lines. The attacks also destroyed other historic buildings, Ukraine’s culture ministry said.Ī Ukrainian service member prepares to fire a mortar near the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on July 13, 2023. ![]() The Odesa strikes killed at least one person and injured several others, Ukrainian officials said, the latest in a wave of attacks on the port city. Latest on Odesa attacks: Authorities in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa say that part of the city’s historic cathedral is structurally unsound after the building was hit Sunday by a Russian missile.Wheat prices rose sharply on international markets following the strike by a Russian drone against a Ukrainian port on the Danube River. Markets are concerned about a tightening supply situation following the collapse of the Black Sea grain initiative last week and a sequence of Russian drone attacks against Ukrainian port infrastructure. Food prices: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is arguing for a lifting of European restrictions on exports via land.The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement calling on international organizations to condemn the attack and recent Ukrainian strikes on Crimea. The Kremlin said that all the drones targeting the Russian capital had been neutralized, in what Russian authorities described as a "thwarted" attack. Moscow drone attack: Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, an arm of the Ministry of Defense, says it carried out a drone attack on Moscow early Monday morning, a Defense Intelligence official told CNN.The situation on the southern front in Ukraine has been slowed largely due to intricate minefields laid by Russian forces who were given time to build up defenses. He listed a few reasons why the counteroffensive may be slower than anticipated, including ammunition, artillery shells and artillery systems. Other local officials said Russia's electronic warfare capabilities are jamming Ukrainian drones. Ukraine counteroffensive: Kyiv's counteroffensive is behind schedule, according to Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleskii Reznikov.Grossi called having explosives on the site “inconsistent with the IAEA safety standards and nuclear security guidance.” “IAEA team saw some mines located in a buffer zone between the site’s internal and external perimeter barriers,” Grossi said, noting that the mines were “situated in a restricted area that operating plant personnel cannot access and were facing away from the site.” Grossi added that the IAEA team has been aware of the previous placement of mines outside and inside of the plant and they have been told that it was “a military decision, and in an area controlled by military.” Zaporizhzhia NPP is currently occupied by Russian forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called on world leaders to put pressure on Russia to hand the station over to the IAEA and for Russian fighters to leave the territory of the station. “IAEA experts have observed directional anti-personnel mines on the periphery of the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia NPP,” Grossi said in a statement, adding that the mines were spotted during a walkdown on Sunday. ![]()
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