Published on: 21.07.2022 – 06:42 Modified on: 21.07.2022 – 08:00
Since Berlin fears a delivery stop after maintenance work on Nord Stream 1, Russian gas is flowing again between Russia and Germany. At the same time, President Zelenskyy called on the European Union to go further with sanctions and to equip him with more heavy weapons. According to the CIA, the Russians may have lost 15,000 men since the conflict began. Follow the latest developments in the war in Ukraine on France 24.
6:54 a.m.: Nord Stream gas pipeline returned to service after maintenance work
The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, which connects Russia with Germany, has been put back into service after 10 days of maintenance, the eponymous company that manages the equipment told AFP news agency.
“It works,” a Nord Stream spokesman told AFP, without specifying how much gas was delivered. The federal government feared that Moscow would finally turn off the tap after this work.
According to Gazprom to German grid operator Gascade, the pipeline is expected to deliver 530 GWh during the day, or about 30% of its capacity.
Actual dates will be known later in the day.
4.20 a.m .: Russian gas deliveries to Germany via Nord Stream are to be resumed on Thursday
Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted that the pipeline could be back online as of Thursday morning, but that it would only be at 20% capacity if Russia didn’t get a missing turbine.
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“A pretext,” Germany responded immediately. German operator Gascade has assured that deliveries of Russian gas through the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline will resume on Thursday at the “pre-maintenance” level, ie 40% of capacity. At the beginning of the evening, the President of the German Network Agency, Klaus Müller, estimated that delivery on Thursday could only be “around 30 percent” of Nord Stream 1’s capacity.
The pipeline, which accounts for more than a third of Russia’s natural gas exports to the European Union, has undergone annual maintenance since July 11.
03:43: Iran risks “dependency” on Russia, according to Washington
The United States has warned Iran that it risks a form of “dependence” on an isolated Russia after Tehran hosted Vladimir Putin at a tripartite summit this week. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has called for strengthening “long-term cooperation” with Russia.
“Iran has now joined its fate with a small number of countries that donned the veil of neutrality to finally support President Putin in his war against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people,” the US State Department spokesman said. Ned price. According to him, such a decision could put the country in “a position of relative dependence on a country like Russia.”
1:03 am: CIA estimates 15,000 dead in Ukraine
US intelligence estimates Russian casualties in Ukraine at 15,000 dead and around 45,000 wounded, CIA Director William Burns said, referring to “a fairly large number of casualties.”
He adds that “the Ukrainians also suffered, probably a little less”.
12:12 a.m .: European sanctions, “not sufficient” for Zelenskyy
The European Union has approved an embargo on gold exports from Russia and will freeze the assets of Russian bank Sberbank. For President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “that is not enough”. “Russia has to pay a higher price for the war that would force it to seek peace,” he said in a video, calling for new sanctions. He calls on the European Union to supply heavy weapons to Ukraine.
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With R and AFP