The Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine continues. And French journalist was killed after a car was hit near Severodonetsk. This was announced by the regional governor of Lugansk, Serhiy Gaidai, as reported by the Guardian. “Today our armored evacuation vehicle – said Gaidai – was going to collect 10 people from the area and ended up under enemy fire. Shrapnel from the grenades pierced the armor of the car, a fatal wound in the neck was received by an accredited French journalist who was making a report on the evacuation, a policeman on patrol was saved by a helmet “. According to a tweet from Ukrainska Pravda, it would be Frédéric Leclerc Imhoff, journalist of the French channel Bfm-tv. The photo of his press accreditation issued by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense was published by several social media users, but there are currently no official confirmations. Today the French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna is in Kiev. Russian forces advanced towards the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk: “The Russians are advancing towards the center of the city. The fighting continues, the situation is very difficult”. This was announced on Telegram by Sergei Gaidai, head of the Lugansk region. Gaidai adds that the “killed Russian soldiers are not taken away, the smell of decay has filled the area.” “Our top priority is the liberation of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, which are now recognized by the Russian Federation as independent states. Our goal is obviously to push the Ukrainian army and battalions out of these regions,” said the Foreign Minister. Russian Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the French broadcaster Tfi, quoted by CNN. Asked whether Russia intends to annex the Donbass territories, Lavrov replied: “This is not annexation. This is a military operation requested by the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics.”
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The direct from the cities (ANSA)
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Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian post “where the nationalists had positioned artillery (howitzer) sent from Italy“The Russian agencies report, citing the Moscow Defense Ministry. The military has published a video showing a hidden post in the trees.” The Russian Defense Ministry has published a video showing the destruction of a post. of Italian-made howitzers supplied to Ukraine, “said the Ministry in a comment on the images, as reported by Tass. The Ukrainian firing position was discovered by the artillery reconnaissance systems and further reconnaissance was conducted by an unmanned aerial vehicle. The drone’s data recorder confirmed that the artillery strike killed “a platoon of Ukrainian nationalist artillerymen along with Italian howitzers,” the ministry said.
THE WHEAT QUESTION
Russia has stolen almost half a million tons of wheat from Ukraine and illegally exported it on its own account. This was announced by the Deputy Minister for Agricultural Policies and Food Taras Vysotskyi, as reported by a correspondent for Ukrinform. “There is evidence from all temporarily occupied regions: Cherson, Zaporizhia, Luhansk, Donetsk and Kharkiv. The cargo is brought to Russia, mainly from Kharkiv, Donetsk, Lugansk or via Crimea,” Vysotskyi said. The invaders initially tried to sell stolen grain to Egypt and Lebanon, but they refused to buy.
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The Kherson region has begun exporting the grain from the latest harvest to Russia, Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the military-civil administration of the Ukrainian region currently administered by Russia, told Tass. (HANDLE)
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More than 1.55 million refugees have arrived on the territory of the Federation from the (self-proclaimed) republics of Donetsk and Lungansk e from Ukraine. This was declared today by a law enforcement source to the Russian agency Tass. “According to the latest reports, over 1 million 550 thousand people have arrived in Russia from Ukraine and the republics of Donbass, including more than 254,000 children,” the source said, adding that most of the people came from the republics. Popular areas of Donetsk and Lugansk.
THE DIPLOMATIC FRONT
Erdogan announced that he intends to call Putin and Zelensky today to invite them to “use all channels of dialogue and diplomacy” to stop the war. Russia does not believe that the doors to resume dialogue with the West are closed, Lavrov says. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian president visits the troops at the front in Kharkiv and admits that “conditions in the Donbass are indescribably difficult”. The ambassadors of the EU countries will meet this morning for a last attempt to find an agreement on the embargo on Russian oil, before the start of the extraordinary European Council in the afternoon. Yesterday new black smoke for Orban’s no, despite the exemption for the pipeline that brings crude oil to Hungary. European unity “has begun to crumble”, comments Germany. “An irreparable blow to Italy”: to threaten him for today are the pro-Russian hackers of the Killnet collective, after the attacks of the last few weeks on which the Rome Prosecutor’s Office is investigating. The response team of the National Cybersecurity Agency issues an alert for “possible imminent attacks on national public or private entities that provide a public utility service”.
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