Nine rockets were fired at the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine at 5 a.m. on Thursday, July 28, 2022, the Kyiv Independent reports. The Ukrainian armed forces confirmed these shots carried out by the Russian army: the rockets fell into the surrounding forest. A priori, these missiles would not have caused injuries.
Explosions were also felt in the Kyiv region around 5 a.m. this morning. Smoke could be seen on the horizon as the sun rose.
Also that night, Ukrainian forces reportedly launched a localized counterattack southwest of Izyum, while Russian forces attacked east of Siversk and northeast and southeast of Bakhmut.
The mayor of the city of Derhachi, Viacheslav Zadorenko, said last night that a 12-year-old boy and two men were injured in a Russian attack on the village of Prudianka in Kharkiv Oblast.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have mourned the death of one of “Ukrainian’s best pilots”, Oleksandr Kukurba, who was killed in action during his 100th mission, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed last night.
Grain export started
Ukraine’s three designated ports for grain exports have resumed operations as the Ukrainian military partially destroyed a strategically important bridge in the Russian-held southern Kherson region and Kyiv forces are attempting to recapture it.
The Ukrainian government expects that the first deliveries can expire “from this week” the Black Sea ports, where they have been blocked since the Russian invasion began on February 24, amid rising food prices around the world.
Again in application of the four-month agreements signed on July 22 in Istanbul, the Joint Coordination Center (CCC), responsible for controlling the transport of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, was officially inaugurated on the same day in this Turkish metropolis.
Ukraine will help Europe ‘resist Russian energy pressures’
Ukraine is preparing to increase its electricity exports to the European Union to help Europe “Resisting the Energy Pressure” from Moscow, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday.
“We will increase our electricity exports to consumers in the European Union”, said Mr. Zelensky in his daily video address. The statements come a day after an agreement by European Union member countries to cut their gas consumption in a coordinated manner to help Germany after a sharp drop in Russian supplies.
Kyiv and the Europeans accuse Moscow of using gas as an economic and political weapon. “Despite the war, we ensured the integration of the Ukrainian networks into the European system in record time”underlined the Ukrainian President.
“Our exports allow us not only to increase our foreign exchange earnings, but also to help our partners withstand Russian energy pressures. We will gradually turn Ukraine into a country that guarantees Europe’s energy security.”he continued.
He also commented on the partial destruction of the Antonivsky Bridge in the Russian-held southern Kherson region, which the Kiev army is trying to recapture. “All bridges will of course be rebuilt, but by us”he said, explaining that this strategic bridge was aimed at supplying the Russian army “Break Projects” of the enemy.
Macron raises his voice against Putin
Five months after the start of the war in Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron continues to speak out against Vladimir Putin’s policies and claims so “when we say things and try to put them into perspective”, “We give each other the means” influencing events.
Since his arrival in Africa, on Tuesday in Cameroon and on Wednesday in Benin, he has thus multiplied criticism of Moscow, while at the same time the head of Russian diplomacy Sergei Lavrov was also on a trip to Africa to reaffirm his ties to the continent . .
“Russia is one of the last imperial colonial powers” decide “to invade a neighboring country to defend its interests there”, said Emmanuel Macron during a press conference with his Beninese counterpart Patrice Talon in Cotonou.
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