the United States urges Russia to implement the agreement reached between Kyiv and Moscow on the export of blocked Ukrainian grain

• A new Russian bombardment on Thursday killed three people and injured twenty-three, including four seriously, in Kharkiv, announced the regional governor, Oleh Synehoubov. The day before, three people had already been killed there, including a teenager near a bus stop.
• A Kramatorsk, in the Donbass, a school was destroyed, according to the Ukrainian authorities, who claimed that it was used to store food aid; one person was killed and two remained under the rubble.
• The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrovsaid on Wednesday that Moscow’s objectives were no longer limited to eastern Ukraine, but also concerned“other territories” and could expand.
• Russia restarted the gas pipeline Nord Stream 1, which directly connects the Siberian gas fields to northern Germany, after a ten-day shutdown for maintenance work, according to Moscow. However, it only operates at 40% of its capacity, as before the maintenance, lamented the German network operator, Gascade.
• Ukraine, whose economy has collapsed since the start of Russia’s invasion of the country, announced on the same day the 25% devaluation of its national currencythe hryvnia, against the dollar. “Such a measure will strengthen the competitiveness of Ukrainian producers” et “will support the stability of the economy under wartime conditions”the central bank said in a statement.
• Environ 15,000 Russian servicemen died since the beginning of the war, estimate the American and British intelligence agencies. The Ukrainian government puts forward much higher estimates, saying earlier in July that 36,200 Russian soldiers had been killed. Moscow, for its part, only gave figures twice – the last point, dated March 25, mentioned 1,351 dead among its troops.

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