Text live broadcast – short and concise about the most important in the Ukrainian war on August 2. Ukraine has been heroically defending its land against the aggressor’s invasion for more than a year.
22:10. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Russia rejected the appeal of the well-known investigative journalist Ivan Safronov against his 22-year prison sentence for treason.
The 33-year-old Safronov worked for the independent newspapers “Kommersant” and “Vedomosti”. He wrote on both politics and military issues and Russia’s space programs.
Safronov was detained in July 2020. At that time, he had already retired from journalism and held the position of advisor to the head of the Russian space company “Roskosmos”.
Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) accused Safronov of collecting classified information about the Russian military, defense industry and security and passing it on to the Czech secret service.
20:35. Polish President Andrzej Duda signed the controversial Russian Influence Prevention Act on Wednesday, the president’s office confirmed, after the amendments were approved by parliament.
The previously adopted version of the law was sharply criticized by both the opposition, the European Union (EU) and the United States, claiming that its real purpose was to target opposition politicians before the autumn elections.
The law was proposed in May by the ruling national conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party, and critics say its main target is former prime minister Donald Tusk, who represents the opposition liberal-conservative Civic Platform (PO) party.
19:00. Pope Francis on Wednesday, starting a five-day visit to Portugal, called on Europe to become a “bridge and peacemaker” to end the war in Ukraine. In his first speech during his visit to Portugal, Francis told officials and diplomats that Europe should ask itself where it is going if it “does not show the world ways of peace, creative ways to end the war in Ukraine.” “Because the world needs Europe, the real Europe. It needs Europe as a bridge and a peacemaker,” he added
18:10. When Russian troops attacked Ukraine’s Danube ports with drones on Wednesday night, fires started there and almost 40,000 tons of grain were damaged, Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov announced.
Citing a source, the news agency “Reuters” reported that a Russian drone attack caused serious damage in Izmail on the Danube. The operational command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “South” reported that significant damage was caused to multi-storey administrative buildings.
17:02. The European Union’s (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph Borrell, has expressed the opinion that Russia is trying to use military regimes in Africa as pawns in the global chess game. Under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin, Russia has fueled the recent military uprisings in Africa with false propaganda, benefiting from the establishment of military regimes. with his private fighters, Borrell said in a blog post on Tuesday evening.
15:02 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on Putin’s visit to Turkey in a telephone conversation on Wednesday, Erdogan’s press service announced.
“Declaring that no steps should be taken during the Russia-Ukraine war that could escalate tensions, President Erdogan emphasized the importance of the Black Sea Initiative, which he considers a ‘bridge of peace,'” the press service said in a statement.
Erdogan also said during the phone call that grain prices, which fell by 23% while the “grain deal” was in place, have risen by 15% in the past two weeks.
It has already been reported that on July 17, Russia withdrew from the international “grain deal”, which guaranteed a safe passage in the Black Sea for ships with cargoes of Ukrainian grain. Since the withdrawal, Russia has repeatedly shelled Ukrainian Black Sea coastal cities and port infrastructure.
Ukraine has exported about 33 million tons of grain and food products since last summer, when an agreement was reached through Turkey on the safe export of grain.
14.26. At least 81 Russian oligarchs, included in the list of the 200 richest Russians created by the magazine “Forbes”, have openly participated in providing supplies to the Russian army, according to a study conducted by the publication “Projekt”.
“Projekt” data show that 80 of these oligarchs are currently subject to Western sanctions. However, only 14 of them are on the sanctions lists of all Ukraine’s allied countries, while 34 persons are subject to the sanctions applied only by Ukraine.
13.38 On Wednesday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the start of naval maneuvers in the Baltic Sea.
12.43. Ukrainian troops have knocked out the enemy from positions south of Andrijivka in the Bakhmut district, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army announced on Wednesday. “In the direction of Bahmut, our troops continue to carry out offensive operations south of Bahmut,” the statement said.
11.32. Citing a source, the news agency “Reuters” reports that the Russian drone strike in Izmail, near the Danube, caused serious damage.
The media previously reported that damage was done to the marine station and Danube shipping in Izmail.
10.32. On the night of Wednesday, Russia attacked Ukraine with “Shahed” drones, and 23 of them managed to shoot down Ukrainian soldiers, the Ukrainian Air Force said. “‘Shahedis were fired from three directions – Kursk, Primorskoakhtarsk (Russia), Chaud (Crimea).”
“Most shaheds were destroyed in Kyiv and Odesa regions,” the statement said.
10.21. A Russian nuclear attack on Ukraine will be seen as an attack on NATO, influential US Senator Lindsey Graham has warned.
The senator’s warning came after former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would have to use nuclear weapons if Ukrainian troops threatened Russian territory.
09.56. The losses of Russian troops in Ukraine reached 247,230 soldiers by Wednesday morning, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army. According to the data of the general staff, 540 invaders were destroyed during the day.
Since the beginning of the repeated invasion on February 24 of last year, Russia has lost 4,217 tanks, 8,213 armored personnel carriers, 4,866 cannons, 700 multi-charge rocket systems, 463 anti-aircraft artillery systems, 315 airplanes, 311 helicopters, 4,042 drones, 1,347 cruise missiles, 734 9 cars and tankers, 18 ships and speedboats, as well as 718 units of specialized equipment.
09.12. Attempts to set fire to the military commissariats in Nakhodka, Sestroretsk, Stavropol, Maykop and Ishimbay took place again on Tuesday, the “Baza” news channel of “Telegram” reports.
An 18-year-old saleswoman of the “Children’s World” store was detained in the city of Ishimbay in Bashkortostan. She poured combustible mixture on the door of the military commissariat, set it on fire and tried to hide. Similar attempts have taken place in Maikop and Sestrorecka. There, too, women tried to set fire to the military commissariats.
08.13. In the course of the Russian aggression, the number of Ukrainians who have lost one or more limbs has reached 20,000 to 50,000, and these numbers can be compared to the scale of the First World War, reports the American newspaper “Wall Street Journal”.
07.10. The airline “Turkmenistan” has stopped flights from Ashgabat to Moscow and back as of August 1, the company said.
The airline explains the decision with “the situation in the air in the Moscow airspace, as well as taking into account the risk assessment for the sake of guaranteeing the safety of flights,” the Turkmen company said in a statement.
06.40. When Russian troops attacked Ukraine’s Danube ports with drones on Wednesday night, fires broke out and an elevator was damaged, Oleh Kiper, the head of the Odesa region administration, said.
“According to the situation at 5:30 a.m., there is no news about the victims,” the head of the district announced on the Telegram platform.
05.40. Ukraine’s air defense shot down more than 10 Russian Shahed attack drones in Kyiv on Wednesday night, and as a result, all the drones that were launched against the Ukrainian capital were shot down, said Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv City War Administration.
01.51. The Polish ambassador was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine on Tuesday in connection with the statements of an official of the Polish president’s office, accusing Kyiv of ingratitude.
The head of the foreign policy office of the Polish President’s Chancellery, Marcins Pshidach, criticized Ukraine on Monday for its negative reaction to Poland’s call to the European Union (EU) to extend the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain into Poland and four other countries of the bloc.
00.10. The 14th column of Wagnerians has already arrived in Belarus, reports pravda.com.ua.
00.05. An explosion occurred in Moscow at a factory where equipment for the Russian army is manufactured and repaired. A fire broke out in the factory, UNIAN reports.
2023-08-02 19:08:52
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