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The Red Cross did not receive permission to visit Olenivka prison
“At this time, we have not received official confirmation giving us access to visit the site or the POW victims of the attack, and to date our offer of material assistance has not been accepted. “, underlined the ICRC in this press release released this Sunday around 3 p.m. GMT. The Russian prison of Olenivka, where the defenders of Azovstal are detained, was the target of a deadly bombardment on Saturday.
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13:39
A first ship loaded with cereals could leave on Monday, according to Ankara
Turkish presidential spokesman says there is ‘high probability’ a first ship carrying Ukrainian grain could leave the port of Odessa, Ukraine on Monday morning, under the terms of the agreement reached on July 22 with Russia. “Preparations have reached a point that would allow the departure of ships from the port of Odessa. The ships have been loaded, they are ready to go, but there needs to be good logistical coordination,” he added.
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Well-known grain couple killed in Mykolaiv
They are Oleksiï Vadatoursky, 74, owner of the main Ukrainian cereal logistics company Niboulon, and his wife Raïssa Vadatourska, who were at home at the time of the strikes, according to the Ukrainian authorities. A millionaire, the entrepreneur was the 24th richest Ukrainian on Forbes magazine’s list in 2021. Before the war, his company exported grain to 70 countries.
13:01
Russia wants to strengthen its positions in the Arctic
Russia wants to strengthen its positions in the Arctic, economically and militarily, according to a new Russian naval doctrine, signed this Sunday by Vladimir Putin on the occasion of Russian Fleet Day. The Arctic is in the process of “transforming into a region of international competition”, states this doctrine. Russia will strengthen “its leading positions in the exploration and conquest of the Arctic” and its mineral deposits and ensure its “strategic stability” in the area by strengthening the military potential of the Russian Northern and Pacific Fleets, specifies the document.
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Violent bombardment of Mykolaiv, in the South
The city of Mykolaiv, in southern Ukraine, was the target of massive Russian bombardments, probably “the strongest” since the start of the war in February, which left two dead, authorities announced on Sunday.
“Mykolaiv came under heavy shelling today. Probably the loudest so far,” city mayor Oleksandr Senkevych wrote on Telegram, noting that “powerful explosions” were heard twice overnight from Saturday to Sunday.
The governor of the region, Vitali Kim, reported two deaths, a couple of civilians, in these strikes. Other strikes hit the regions of Kharkiv (east) and Sumy (north-east).
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The Russian Fleet will acquire a new hypersonic missile, Putin announces
The Russian Fleet will acquire “in the coming months” a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile which “knows no obstacles”, President Vladimir Putin announced on Sunday. The Russian Fleet “is capable of inflicting a lightning response to all those who decide to undermine our sovereignty and freedom”, he assured during a naval parade in Saint Petersburg (north-west), in emphasizing “their delivery to the Russian armed forces will begin in the coming months”.
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Ukraine denies attacking Russian fleet in Crimea
Ukraine denied on Sunday having attacked the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Crimea with a drone, a strike which injured six according to Moscow, calling the Russian accusations a “deliberate provocation”.
Russian accusations of “a so-called Ukrainian attack on the Russian Fleet Headquarters in Sevastopol” are “a deliberate provocation”, Odessa regional government spokesman Sergii Brachuk said in a statement. video on Telegram. “The liberation of Ukrainian-occupied Crimea will happen in another, much more efficient way,” he added.
09:45
In Cyprus, a summer without Russian tourists
In Ayia Napa, a popular seaside resort in Cyprus, the party has resumed, but without the flow of Russian tourists, once the second largest contingent of visitors after the British, a void difficult to fill. “This year, we expected 800,000 Russian tourists” (as in 2019), Haris Loizides, head of the Cyprus Hotel Association, told AFP. A threshold now impossible to reach because in the first six months of the year, only 17,000 Russian tourists came to the Mediterranean island, according to official statistics.
The Russian market “was wiped out overnight” following EU sanctions after Moscow invaded Ukraine, says Christos Angelidis, president of the Pancyprian Association of Hotel Managers.
Nicosia and Moscow have close political and cultural ties, but when Russia sent troops to Ukraine, the Cypriot parliament unanimously passed a resolution condemning the invasion.
08:56
Festivities canceled in Crimea
All festivities related to Russian Fleet Day “have been canceled for security reasons”, announced the governor of Sevastopol M. Razvojayev, after the attack of a drone. Extensive celebrations are planned for this holiday across Russia, including a naval parade in Saint Petersburg (northwest), which is to be overseen by President Vladimir Putin.
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In Crimea, drone attack against the staff of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, five injured
A drone attack on Sunday targeted the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol, injuring five, said the governor of this city of the annexed peninsula of Crimea, Mikhail Razvojayev. “This morning, Ukrainian nationalists decided to spoil Russian Fleet Day for us” celebrated in Russia this Sunday, wrote Mr. Razvojayev on Telegram. He specified that a drone had landed in the courtyard of the staff of the Fleet and reported five injured among the employees of the staff.
07:02
Zelensky calls for evacuation of Donetsk region
The Ukrainian president on Saturday evening called on the population to evacuate the Donetsk region in the east of the country, whose cities are the target of bombardments by Russian forces, in a video address. “A government decision has been taken on the mandatory evacuation of the Donetsk region (…) Please evacuate,” he added. “At this stage of the war, terror is Russia’s main weapon. »
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Grain theft, the other war between Ukraine and Russia
07:01
France condemns the treatment of Ukrainian prisoners
“France expresses its horror at the reports of assassinations and acts of torture against Ukrainian prisoners of war in the detention center of Olenivka (Ukrainian town located in the Donbass, editor’s note), under the protection of the Federation of Russia,” the Quai d’Orsay said in a statement on Saturday. It would be the prison in which the fighters of the Azov regiment, defenders of Mariupol, are detained.
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