The day of the war at a glance
Kremlin troops are advancing on Lysychansk – G7 countries are boycotting Russian gold
6/26/2022, 9:54 p.m
After conquering Sievjerodonetsk, the Russian troops are supposed to try to enter Lysychansk directly. In Kyiv and other regions there are deaths and injuries from rocket fire. The first G7 countries believe in a turning point in the war and are boycotting Russian gold.
After conquering Sievjerodonetsk, the Russian troops are said to try to penetrate the neighboring city of Lysychansk directly. In Kyiv and other regions there are deaths and injuries from Russian rocket fire. The city of Cherkassy is bombed for the first time since the beginning of the war. The first G7 states believe in a turning point in the war and warn against making concessions to Vladimir Putin. In addition, gold, another Russian export hit, is being boycotted by some Western countries. The 122nd day of the war at a glance
Russian troops advance to Lysychansk
According to British intelligence, the capture of Sievjerodonetsk is a “significant success” for Russian troops. The city is an important industrial center and is strategically located on the river Siverskyi Donets. But the Russian troops don’t just want to secure the city, they also want to advance directly to the sister city of Lyssychansk on the other side of the river. Pro-Russian separatists reportedly told the Interfax news agency that they were already moving into the city. The information cannot be independently confirmed.
Separatists rescue civilians at chemical plant
In addition, the pro-Russian separatists say they rescued 250 people from the air-raid shelters at the Azot chemical plant. Together with Ukrainian soldiers, they had fled to safety from Russian troops for a long time. As early as Saturday, 200 civilians were taken out of the plant, he writes in the Telegram news channel. But it is unclear where they were taken to. The Ukrainian military governor of the Luhansk region had given the number of civilians in the chemical plant’s protective cellars as 568 before the Ukrainian troops withdrew.
Residential building hit in Kyiv
Russia is also continuing its shelling in other regions of Ukraine. So in the morning a multi-storey apartment building in Kyiv was hit. The Ukrainian capital has not been under fire for a long time, but is now being targeted by Russian missiles again. A man is killed in the shelling and the ensuing fire, and several people are injured, including his seven-year-old girl. Firefighters have been struggling to get the fire under control for a long time.
City of Cherkasy bombed for the first time
There are also said to have been rocket attacks in the Chernihiv, Zhytomir, Lviv and Cherkasy regions. According to Russian information, several training centers of the Ukrainian army were hit. In the city of Cherkasy there were two dead and several injured. The city on the Dnipro with almost 300,000 inhabitants had so far been spared from Russian shelling.
Shoigu visits Russian troops in Ukraine
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu is said to have visited Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. The Defense Ministry in Moscow released a video showing Shoigu in dark green military gear getting out of a helicopter and then conferring with military officials. The minister inspected the situation and “listened to reports from the commanders on the current situation and actions of the Russian armed forces in the main theaters of operations,” according to an attached statement. He also awarded medals to individual soldiers for their work in the “special military operation,” as the war against Ukraine is officially called in Russia. It was not disclosed when and where Shoigu was in Ukraine.
Macron and Johnson see a chance of a turnaround in the war
Even though Ukraine was not yet a central topic at the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau in Bavaria, summit participants have already commented on the conflict with Russia. French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson see a chance of a turnaround in the course of the war in Ukraine. The war is in a “critical phase” in which there is an opportunity to “turn the tide,” the British government said after a bilateral meeting between Johnson and Macron on the sidelines of the G7 summit at Schloss Elmau. At the meeting with Macron, Johnson expressly warned against already striving for a negotiated solution to the war with too many concessions to the aggressor Russia: “Any attempt to settle the conflict now would create lasting instability and put President Putin in the position of sovereign to manipulate states and international markets on a permanent basis,” the British statement said.
First G7 countries boycott Russian gold
In addition, Canada, the USA, Japan and Great Britain imposed an import ban on Russian gold. At the meeting of major industrial powers, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to urge other countries to take the step to “further isolate Russia from the international financial system”. After energy exports, gold is Russia’s second major export hit. On Monday, the Russian invasion of Ukraine will then be the focus of the deliberations. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is then connected via video.
Will the EU stay away from the G20 summit?
Even if the G7 summit is not over yet, the G20 summit is already being looked at. The question arises as to whether the European Union would have to boycott it if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to attend. “The first reaction from all of us is the thought that it will of course be difficult to sit at the same table with him,” said EU Council President Charles Michel on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Elmau. On the other hand, the international cooperation approach is supported and the question arises as to whether the important Group of 20 (G20) should be “killed”. He hopes there will be a common approach to dealing with the issue, Michel adds, indicating that he is not in favor of a boycott.
Egypt receives far too little wheat from India
Egypt is currently struggling with very specific concerns about the Ukraine war: grain stocks are running out. Egypt therefore also obtain wheat from India and also increase the yield during milling. However, at 180,000 tons, the delivery from India that has now been promised is significantly lower than the quantity of 500,000 tons agreed in May, says Supply Minister Ali Mosselhi. India has restricted exports due to poor harvest.
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