Cover image: An administrative building was destroyed in the center of Odessa (Ukraine) after a missile strike on July 20, 2023. OLEKSANDR GIMANOV / AFP
- Russia will consider all ships traveling to Ukrainian Black Sea ports as “potential military boats”from Thursday. “As a result, the flag countries of these ships will be considered to be involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the kyiv regime”the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
- According to a White House adviser, Moscow “could broaden its targeting (…) to include attacks on civilian boats” after that “blaming Ukraine for these attacks”. These accusations are based on elements of the intelligence that have just been declassified, he said.
- Ukrainefor its part, now calls for the establishment of “military patrols” naval forces under UN mandate and with the participation of Turkey in particular. kyiv rules out any negotiations with Moscow, and demands from its Western allies hundreds of additional armored vehicles and American F-16 fighter planes to regain their territory.
- Vladimir Putin decided not to come to the BRICS summit in South Africa so as not to ” to compromise “ this event, according to a South African diplomat. As a member of the ICC, South Africa is theoretically supposed to arrest Mr Putin if he enters its territory.
- Twenty years in prison have been requested against the Russian opponent already imprisoned Alexeï Navalnytried for a month behind closed doors in a new trial for extremism, illustrating the climate of repression in Russia in the midst of the conflict in Ukraine.
- France can grant refugee status to deserters from the Russian army,because “a Russian national called up as part of this mobilization is likely to commit, directly or indirectly, war crimes”, considered the National Court of Asylum.
- The United States announced on Wednesday 1.16 billion euros in additional aid to security for Ukraine. The package includes air defense capabilities, munitions, and vehicles.
- European Union member states begin discussion to fund aid to Ukraine term, Thursday, at the Council of Foreign Ministers.
- According to the Ministry responsible for the reconstruction of Ukraine, “grain terminals and port infrastructure” ports of Odessa and Chornomorsk were attacked Wednesday, and “the silos and quays of the port of Odessa” were particularly damaged.
- Paris has accused Moscow of imposing “an irresponsible risk to global food security” and Berlin pointed out that the Russian bombardments indirectly “hit the poorest in the world”.
- Vladimir Putin assured on Wednesday that Russia was ready to return to the agreement if its demands were realized “in their entirety”and accused Westerners of using this issue as a tool for “political blackmail”.
- Wheat closed at 253.75 euros per tonne on the European market, up more than 8%.
- A fire broke out on Wednesday at military ground in eastern Ukraine’s annexed Crimea peninsula, reported the Russian local governor. More than 2,000 people have been evacuated, authorities said.
- On the front, the fighting is concentrated in eastern Ukraine where the two armies face each other. Near Koupyansk, in the Northeast, Russia assured to have advanced by one kilometer.
- The Wagner Group mercenaries will no longer fight in Ukraine and will go to Africa, says Yevgeny Prigozhin in a video published Wednesday by the Wagner Group on Telegram.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend BRICS summit scheduled for the end of August in Johannesburg, the South African presidency announced on Wednesday, ending several months of speculation on the subject.
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