‘JDN News’ presents the events of the past two days, the 142nd and 143rd days of the Russia-Ukraine war – as it happened minute by minute.
Friday
01:26 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zlansky referred to the Russian attack in the city of Vinnytsia, in which at least 23 people were killed and more than a hundred more were injured, saying that “no other country in the world poses a terrorist threat like Russia.” According to him, Russia has revealed the way it treats international, European law and the entire civilized world. “After this attack, no one can have any doubt about the need for an international investigation of the Russian attacks against Ukraine.”
09:41 A report by the British Intelligence Service published that Russian forces in Ukraine were advancing towards Sibersk in the western Donetsk Oblast. According to the British, the city of Artemovsk will be the next destination of the Russians.
11:13 Russia’s ambassador to London: “The war will be prolonged if Britain continues to supply arms to Ukraine.”
12:33 British citizen Paul Uri captured by pro-Russian separatists has died in Donetsk’s captivity allegedly as a result of an illness. Uri fought alongside the Ukrainian army in the war and was captured.
15:15 Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Yuri Borisov, a former deputy defense minister, as head of the space agency.
16:26 Iranian Foreign Minister: Tehran is ready to develop comprehensive relations with Kyiv, including in the fields of economy and agriculture.
18:13 A Russian court has sentenced opposition leader Andrei Fibrovov to four years in prison for illegal political activity. Fibrovov previously ran the opposition organization Open Russia, which was funded by an oligarch and one of Putin’s critics, Mikhail Khodorovsky.
The attack in Vinnitsa. Photo: State Emergency Services in Ukraine
Saturday
00:27 At least three people have been killed and 15 injured in a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, the region’s governor Valentin Resnichenko said. He also added that “the rockets hit an industrial plant and a busy street next to it.”
10:35 Three people were killed, including a 70-year-old woman, and three others were injured in a Russian missile attack on the town of Chuhoyb in the northern Ukrainian district of Kharkiv. This was stated by the district governor Ola Singovov. He said residential houses, a school and a shop were damaged during the attack.
10:58 The US believes that Russian officials have recently visited Iran’s airport to test UAVs capable of carrying out attacks in Ukraine. This was stated by the US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. According to him, Tehran also intends to train the Russian forces to use them.
11:41 Ukrainian emergency services reported that two people were killed in a Russian shelling of the southern town of Nikopol.
12:21 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen met in Indonesia with officials from Saudi Arabia, Australia, South Africa and Singapore, and condemned the Russian war in Ukraine, which she said “broke out without any provocation on the part of Kyiv,” the finance ministry said. Has caused global damage to food, energy and other commodities, “and encouraged countries to support Russia’s restriction of payments for oil, in order to minimize the flow of revenues to the Moscow army.
17:58 – In the Ukrainian media reported many attacks across the country, which focused on city centers. The death toll in the last three days has reached 34 people.
The Iranian UAVs presented to the Russian delegation on a visit in June