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☆ Russia warns ships in Black Sea, Ukraine to create temporary grains export route
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Ukraine said on Wednesday it was establishing a temporary shipping route via Romania, one of the neighbouring Black Sea countries. Russia's Defence Ministry said flag states of ships travelling to Ukrainian ports would be considered parties to the conflict on the Ukrainian side from midnight Moscow time (2100 GMT on Wednesday). U.S. officials have information indicating Russia laid additional sea mines in the approaches to Ukrainian ports, said White House National Security Council spokesperson Adam Hodge. "We believe that this is a coordinated effort to justify any attacks against civilian ships in the Black Sea and lay blame on Ukraine for these attacks," he said. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Western countries of "perverting" the U.N.-backed deal formally called the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Persons: West, Vasyl Shkurakov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Adam Hodge, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Valery Shershen, Grant McCool, Stephen Coates Organizations: Ukrainian Coast Guard, Operational Command, Putin, International Shipping Organization, United, Sunday, Russia's Defence Ministry, White, National Security, Monetary Fund, Russian, Reuters, Pentagon, Ukraine, European Union, Thomson Locations: Izmail, Odesa, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Romania, United Nations, Turkey, Ukrainian, Russian, Africa, Asia, China, Azov, Crimea, Washington, Brussels, European

☆ Russia carries out air strikes for second night on Ukraine's Odesa port -governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Summary All of eastern Ukraine under air raid alertsRussian strikes on ports follow grain export deal withdrawalJuly 19 (Reuters) - Ukrainian air defence systems were engaged in the early hours of Wednesday in repelling a Russian air attack on the southern port of Odesa for a second consecutive night, the region's governor said. "Do not approach the windows, do not shoot or show the work of air defence forces," Odesa governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app. But Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said the initiative in the area had switched to Ukrainian forces. She said Ukrainian forces made new gains near Bakhmut in the east, a town that was captured by Russian forces in May after months of battles. "We have made advances through the streets," Shershen told the Espreso TV online outlet but said Ukrainian forces did not have complete control of the village.

Persons: Oleh Kiper, Hanna Maliar, Valery Shershen, Shershen, U.N, Stephane Dujarric, Russia's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Moscow, Dmitry Peskov, Grant McCool, Lincoln Organizations: Kyiv, Russian Defence Ministry, Russian, Reuters, United Nations, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Odesa, Russia, Ukrainian, Africa, Asia, Moscow, Kharkiv, Bakhmut, Staromayorske, Turkey

☆ Ukraine receives cluster munitions, pledges limited use
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"They will not be used on Russian territory...They will be used only in areas where Russian military forces are concentrated in order to break through enemy defences." Cluster munitions typically release large numbers of smaller bomblets that can kill indiscriminately over a wide area. Human Rights Watch says both Moscow and Kyiv have used cluster munitions. Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. have not signed up to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which bans production, stockpiling, use and transfer of the weapons. "I think cluster munitions will expand the capabilities of our troops."

Persons: Igor Ovcharruck, Read, Valeryi, Sergei Shoigu, Shershen, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Oleskander Musiyenko, Musiyenko, Hanna Maliar, Anna Pruchnicka, Timothy Heritage, Ron Popeski, Michael Perry Organizations: REUTERS, Pentagon, Defence, Russian, U.S, Radio Liberty, NATO, Human Rights Watch, Cluster Munitions, Democratic, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Thomson Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine, KYIV, United States, States, Moscow, Russia, Bakhmut, Russian, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Spain, Canada, Britain, redeploy, Donetsk

☆ Ukraine reports 'particularly fruitful' few days in counteroffensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Dan Peleschuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"The last few days have been particularly fruitful," he said, without providing any details from the battlefield. On Monday, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said fighting had surged around the eastern city of Bakhmut, captured by Russian forces in May. She said the Ukrainian military had taken back 37.4 square kilometres (14.4 square miles) of territory overall in heavy fighting in the past week. He said the Ukrainian military was managing to hold back an attempted advance by Russian forces in the Lyman, Avdiivka and Marinka directions in eastern Ukraine. Russian shelling on Tuesday morning killed a man and a woman in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the local prosecutor's office said.

Persons: Read, Oleksiy Danilov, Ukraine's, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Valeriy Shershen, Hanna Maliar, Andriy Kovalev, Avdiivka, Aleksandar Vasovic, Timothy Organizations: SIRKO TEAM, 225TH, Russian, National Security, Defence Council, Russia, Ukraine's Defense Forces, Ukraine's National Security, Defence, Twitter, Ukraine, Lyman, Reuters, Timothy Heritage, Thomson Locations: Russian, Northwest Bakhmut, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, KYIV, Ukrainian, Moscow, Bakhmut, Russia, Kherson

☆ Russian forces fired a banned choking gas at Ukrainian troops, but then the wind blew it back towards them, Ukraine says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Ukrainian official said Russia used "chemical aerosol munition with suffocating effect" on troops. Shershen said the chemical used was a banned one, but he did not give further details. Shershen did not identify the gas, nor say if any Ukrainian or Russian troops were affected. Marinka, which is around 80 miles from Bakhmut, has been the scene of intense fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, and photos published in March show it has largely been reduced to a wasteland. But in his comments, Shershen said that Ukrainian forces are still fighting there, as the country tries to push back against Russia with its long-awaited counteroffensive.

Persons: Valeriy Shershen, Shershen, —, Suspilne Organizations: Service, Russian, Joint Press Center, Tavria Defense Force, Kyiv Post, The New, Pravda, Suspilne, Politico, Russia Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Marinka, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Bakhmut

☆ Ukraine says it retakes village in 'first results' of counterattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Tom Balmforth | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"We're seeing the first results of the counter-offensive actions, localized results," Valeryi Shershen, spokesperson for Ukraine's "Tavria" military sector, said on television. He said the village lay on the edge of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzia regions a few kilometres south of the Kyiv-controlled village of Velyka Novosilka. The video from Blahodatne showed Ukrainian troops inside a heavily damaged building as the sound of artillery rumbled in the distance. Ukraine is going to win, Ukraine above everything," an unidentified soldier said in the video on Facebook. Russia has built vast fortifications across occupied territory to prepare for a Ukrainian counterattack using thousands of troops trained and equipped by the West.

Persons: Ukraine's, Shershen, Velyka Novosilka, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Putin, Tom Balmforth, Pavel Polityuk, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: Soldiers, Ukraine's 68th Jaeger Brigade, Saturday, Facebook, West, Thomson Locations: Russia, KYIV, Ukraine's, Donetsk, Kyiv, Velyka, Russian, Ukrainian, Blahodatne, Ukraine, Crimea, Mariupol, Azov

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