Every day, Midi Libre takes stock of the situation in Ukraine. This Saturday, July 22, 2023, discover the latest news related to this conflict.
A Russian journalist has been killed in the south of the country, the Ukrainian counter-offensive is intensifying, the situation in Crimea… diplomatic tensions and armed conflicts continue after more than a year of war in Ukraine
Russian journalist killed
It’s during evacuation Russian authorities announced on Saturday that Ria Novosti journalist Rotislav Jouravlev had died of his injuries.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, three other journalists were injured in the tragedy. The victims are said to be part of a “group of journalists from the Ria Novosti news agency and the Izvestia news agency”. It happened during the full evacuation of the area bombing raidthat Rotislav Jouravlev would have succumbed to his injuries before he could reach the more distant medical facilities.
On Telegram, reports the Voice of the North, the region’s governor, Evguéni Balitsky, confirmed the information and conveyed “his deepest condolences to family and friends.” Rostislav Jouravlev’s employer, who runs the news agency he works for, stated that a bomb attack did indeed take place near the village of Pyatikhatky in the region Zaporizhia.
situation in Crimea
This Saturday, July 22, the head of the pro-Russian local authorities of the peninsula annexed by Moscow since 2014, according to information from BFMTV, confirmed that Ukraine had tried to attack infrastructure in the center of the territory with drones.
“The enemy tried to launch a drone attack on infrastructure in the Krasnogvardeysky district of the Republic of Crimea,” Sergei Aksionov said. This allegation was made five days after an attack on the bridge Connecting the Crimean Peninsula to mainland Russia killed two people.
Ukrainian counteroffensive
Ukraine reported that their army destroyed one oil terminal and a Russian army warehouse in the “temporarily occupied” Oktiabrske district of central Crimea.
An explosion occurred at a depot in Krasnogvardeisky, killing residents evacuated within a 5km radius, said the governor, who reported no damage or casualties. He blamed Ukraine for the attack. In a video posted on social media and shared by state media, thick black smoke could be seen billowing from the site.
The authorities manage the Crimean bridge Traffic was briefly disrupted on this key supply route for Russian forces in Ukraine, which was damaged by explosions on Monday that killed two people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the bridge a legitimate target on Friday because it is a target military supply route for Russia. “This is the route that ammunition is delivered to for war, and it happens every day,” he said.
Oleg Krioutchkov, adviser to the governor, urged residents not to post images of critical infrastructure on the Internet and to report those who disseminate them to the Interior Ministry or the Federal Security Service (FSB).