- The Southern Ukrainian Military Command described the situation on the ground as “tense” and claimed that Moscow had “started to gather forces to attack in the direction of Kryvyi Rih”. This steel town, where Volodymyr Zelensky grew up, is about 50 kilometers from the front line in the south of the country.
- The United Nations (UN) has launched an investigation into the explosions at Olenivka prison which, on July 29, had caused several dozen deaths. Both Ukraine and Russia have called for this investigation.
- the US Senate approved, on Wednesday, a resolution ratifying the protocols for the accession of Finland and Sweden to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), after the historic decision of these two countries to give up their neutrality because of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Of the 30 members of the Alliance, 23 have already approved this decision.
- The return to Russia of a Siemens turbine essential to the operation of the Nord Stream gas pipeline is ” impossible “ due to penalties, says Gazprom. For their part, the Europeans accuse Moscow of seeking a pretext to delay the return of this turbine and further reduce its gas deliveries.
- The Swisswhich has many refineries to recycle and smelt gold bars, in turn banned “to purchase, import or transport gold and gold products from Russia”.
- Turkish, Russian and Ukrainian experts inspected, on Wednesday, near Istanbul, the ship carrying the first grain shipment exported by Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. The freighter then continued on its way to Lebanon, entering the northern entrance to the Bosphorus in the early afternoon.
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