July 16, 2023 7:14 p.m
Putin: “We will investigate the Western weapons stolen from Kiev”
Russian specialists will examine western weapons stolen from the Kiev armed forces. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with Rossiya-1 TV, as reported by the Russian news agency Tass. “If there is an opportunity to look inside and see if there is something that can be applied to us, then why not?” Putin replied to an interviewer’s question on the matter.
July 16, 2023 7:11 p.m
Sullivan: “We said a counteroffensive would be difficult”
“We said before this counteroffensive began that it was going to be difficult, and it is difficult, that’s the nature of war, but the Ukrainians are going on,” said Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser, but denied it that the counteroffensive had stalled. “We continue to provide them with the necessary weapons and capabilities, and they will continue to try to retake the territory that Russia has illegally occupied,” he added in an interview with Abcnews, referring to what he said was “progress both in East as well as in the East” calls the South”.
July 16, 2023 7:10 p.m
Putin: “If the US demands it, the European leaders are ready to hang themselves”
If the United States asked for it, European leaders would be willing to hang themselves. In an interview with Russian public television, Vladimir Putin denounced Europe’s total dependence on the United States. “If they were told tomorrow, ‘We have decided to hang you all,’ they would only ask one question and drop their eyes in surprise at their audacity: ‘Can we do this with domestically made rope?'” the Russian said President Tass reports that he will be attracting the attention of European leaders. “I think it would be a fiasco for them, because the Americans are unlikely to give up such a large order for their textile industry,” Putin concluded wryly.
July 16, 2023 7:09 p.m
Moscow takes control of Russian shares in Danone and Carlsberg
Moscow has taken control of the assets of France’s Danone and Denmark’s Carlsberg in Russia, which announced their intention to withdraw from the Russian market after invading Ukraine. This is in a presidential decree dated April 25, published today in the Russian Official Gazette. 98.56% of the shares of the Russian brewery Baltika, which belong to Carlsberg, and tens of thousands of shares of Danone will be “temporarily” placed under the control of the Federal Agency for the Management of State Property, according to the Russian authorities.
July 16, 2023 7:06 p.m
USA: “Kiev will soon use cluster bombs”
“If it hasn’t already, Ukraine will be using cluster bombs in the next few hours and days.” US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in an interview with CNN, confirming that Kiev forces received the American cluster bombs and ready to use them.
July 16, 2023 2:56 p.m
Kiev: “The situation in the east has deteriorated, the enemy has advanced”
Difficulties on the eastern front in the region Kharkov and make progress Bachmut. This is the situation on the ground described by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the Deputy Defense Minister said Hannah Malar. “The situation has slightly deteriorated in the east. The enemy has been actively advancing towards for two days in a row Kupyansk In the area of Kharkov. We’re on the defensive. There are fierce fights, positions change several times a day,” he explains. Instead, “we advance gradually in Bakhmut’s direction.” Around the south flank Bachmut there is a daily advance”.
Jul 16, 2023 1:58 p.m
New York Times: “20% of Ukrainian weapons destroyed since counteroffensive began”
The New York Times reports on it 20% of Ukrainian weapons and vehicles The vehicles sent to the front were damaged or destroyed in the first weeks of the counter-offensive that began in early June. The damage sustained forced Kiev to reconsider its strategy and slow its advance attempts, leading to a drop in casualties in the weeks that followed.
At the start of the counteroffensive, Ukraine lost up to 20 percent of its weapons and armor. The rate dropped as the campaign slowed and commanders changed tactics. https://t.co/Yx2T7LtWjh
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) July 15, 2023
Jul 16, 2023 1:18 p.m
Putin: “Ukrainian counteroffensive unsuccessful”
The Russian President Wladimir Putin reiterated that the Ukrainian counter-offensive was “unsuccessful”, instead assessing the coursespecial military operation Russian in Ukraine, where the army of Fly “He acts heroically.” The tax office reports it. Second putin, There counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine does not bring any results. “All attempts by the enemy to breach our defenses, including the deployment of strategic reserves, were unsuccessful throughout the offensive. “The enemy is unsuccessful,” he said, giving a “positive” assessment of Russian operations at the front. “Our troops are doing heroic work. “Unexpectedly for the enemy, they go on the offensive in some areas and take the most advantageous positions,” the Russian president said in an interview for Rossiya-1 channel.
July 16, 2023 1:10 p.m
The last ship of the grain agreement left Odessa
The newest Ship which was granted safe passage by the Grains Agreement Black Sea left the port of Odesa. Sky News reported on this, reminding that the deadline for extending the agreement is fast approaching: Ukraine and Russia have until tomorrow to renew the agreement, after which the OK is expected Fly. The Russian President Wladimir Putin He has repeatedly threatened to pull out of the deal, which is seen as crucial to averting a global food crisis and tackling hunger in developing countries.
Jul 16, 2023 1:08 p.m
Kiev: “Reinforce Russian missile carriers in the Black Sea”
This morning, the Russia increased the number of missile carriers caliber on duty in Black Sea. This was announced by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine – quoted by UNIAN – according to which the number of warships in the basin increased from 9 to 11 units. Among them are two missile carriers, the total salvo is 12 calibres. “The operational situation has changed. There are already 11 ships in use Black Sea. And there is a cruise missile carrier caliber In the Mediterranean Sea” said the spokesman for the Naval Forces of Ukraine.