Russia-Ukraine war, live broadcast – Moscow: “Finland and Sweden in NATO? There will be a political backlash.” Power outage in Helsinki
11:05
Zelenski: The Russians are breathing their helplessness out of civilization
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk, the Russians “are trying to unleash their impotence: they cannot defeat Ukraine, but at the moment they can still burn children’s sights in Gorky Park in Kharkov, destroy a bridge, a grain warehouse or a house. Zelensky, who published a series of photographs in the Telegram about the damage caused by Russia’s attacks, says: “The more such attacks there are, the further away Russia is from civilization.”
11:01
Kharkiv Governor: “People are going home”
The governor of the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, Oleh Sinihopov, said the armed forces repelled the Russians and people began to return home. The BBC wrote and pointed out that Sinihopov also warned that the situation was still dangerous and that people should think about their safety before returning. According to the governor, Russian troops severely weakened the area and did not attack the city, but targeted other rallies in the area. “This suggests it’s too early to relax,” he said. I urge everyone to respond appropriately to warnings and not to drive in vain.
10:56
Moscow: “There is no hostility against Sweden and Finland”
The Russian side has no hostile intentions towards Sweden and Finland, so there is no “real” reason for these two countries to join NATO. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the state news agency, according to the RIA Guardian newspaper.
Grushko said Russia would act if NATO deployed troops and nuclear infrastructure close to the border. The Russian Interfax Office, which was re-launched by the BBC, said Grushko warned against NATO’s “militarization” in the region and warned that Moscow would react if nuclear weapons were deployed on its borders. He said NATO “wants to militarize everything within its reach.” At the RIA, Grushko also said that NATO’s enlargement to Finland and Sweden would provoke a “political reaction” from Moscow.
10:49
Schulz: “The world is paying a heavy price for Putin’s crazy idea to expand the Russian Empire”
German Chancellor Olaf Schulz said he did not notice a change in the status of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with whom he spoke for more than an hour yesterday. In an interview with news portal t-Online, Schulze stressed that Putin had not achieved any goal with his “crazy” attack on Ukraine, one of the aims of which was to use Ukraine as a buffer against NATO. He said the Kremlin leader should “understand that the only way out is an agreement with Ukraine,” but not on terms dictated by Moscow.
He emphasized that NATO “not only withdrew, but strengthened on the east side and the alliance would be strengthened with the accession of Finland and Sweden”. Schulz then noted that Russia had already suffered greater military losses in Ukraine than the ten-year war in Afghanistan. “Because of Putin’s crazy idea of expanding the Russian Empire, both Russia and the world are paying a heavy price,” Schultz stressed, noting the consequences of the conflict in the grain market, especially in developing countries. “There’s a real hunger problem here, not where sunflower oil is scarce in supermarkets,” he pointed out. Finally, the Chancellor confirmed that Germany will continue to impose sanctions on Russia and support arms supplies to Kiev.
10:42
Moscow is cutting off electricity from Finland
Russia cut off electricity supplies to Finland. The Finnish operator will report the matter.
10:41
Kiev reconnaissance: “War will end in a year ‘
The war in Ukraine will end in a year. This is what Kirillo Budanov, head of the Kiev military intelligence agency, said in an interview with the BBC. The crucial moment is the “second half of August”. Budanov said he was convinced that Ukraine would regain all areas under Russian control, “including the Donbass and Crimea.” As for Vladimir Putin’s state of health, the Kiev army says the Kremlin leader is “very ill.”
10:37
“Russians attacked 14 settlements in Donetsk”
Tonight, the Russians shot 14 settlements in the Donetsk region. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry reported in a telegram, adding that the attacks destroyed “61 civilian buildings: residential buildings, industrial and agricultural enterprises, and the railway.” The settlements affected in the last 24 hours are Mariupol, Avdiivka, Zalzin, Lyman, Slovjansk, Sviatogorsk, Seversk, Voglidar, Marinka, Ilinka, Novologanski, Jarov, Bakhmut, Bogorodishin. The ministry added that “the enemy shot the civilian population with planes, tanks, heavy artillery and several hurricane rocket launchers”, stressing that “Russia’s war crimes have been documented” and that “police launched a preliminary investigation into human rights abuses.”
10:29
Kiev: 27,000 Russian soldiers have died since the start of the war
The Ukrainian Armed Forces headquarters said that since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the Ukrainian army had killed “about 27,200 Russian soldiers and the enemy also lost 1,218 tanks and 2,934 armored combat vehicles.” According to Kiev, “551 artillery systems, 195 multi-missile systems, 88 anti-aircraft systems, 200 aircraft, 163 helicopters, 2,059 vehicles and transport vessels, 13 vessels / boats, 411 UAVs, 42 units of special units and 95 cruise missiles.” Ukrinform writes it. According to the Ukrainians, the biggest losses for the Russians were in the direction of Sloviansk and Bahmut.
10:25
007 GB: “Russians visit Kherson in referendum”
“If Russia holds a sham referendum in the ‘temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine’, such as Kherson, it will almost certainly manipulate the results, but residents of the Kherson region will continue to oppose Russian occupation.” This was stated by the British Ministry of Defense in the latest Ukrainian intelligence service posted on Twitter. According to the ministry, “Russia’s military-civilian regime in Kherson announced that it intends to ask Russia to annex the Kherson region to the Russian Federation.”
10:14
Moscow: “Finland and Svenzia in NATO? There will be a political reaction”
“Russia has no hostile intentions towards Finland and Sweden,” the countries plan to join NATO. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said the Interfax office said the move “will not be left without a political reaction.” “It is premature to talk about the deployment of Russian nuclear forces in the Baltic region if Finland and Sweden join NATO,” he added.