Live updates: Russia’s war in Ukraine
It is early in the morning in Kyiv and a Ukrainian military base not far from the Polish border was the subject of a Russian missile attack.
If you just read, here’s what you need to know about the latest actions of the war in Ukraine.
Ukrainian military base target: A Ukrainian military base about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the border with Poland was the target of a Russian missile attack early on Tuesday morning, according to Maksym Kozytsky, head of Lviv’s regional military administration. Kozytsky gave no further details in a late post in Telegram and only said that further information would be released during the morning.
Battle missions fulfilled: Ukrainian forces said they have fulfilled their “battle mission” in the besieged city of Mariupol, in a new statement. “The Mariupol garrison has fulfilled its combat mission,” the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in the statement. “The Supreme Military Command ordered the commanders of the units stationed at Azovstal to save the lives of their personnel,” the statement said.
The latest about Azovstal steelworks“More than 260 people have been rescued from the besieged Azovstal facility – including 53 seriously injured,” said Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar. She said that “53 seriously injured people were evacuated from Azovstal to a medical facility in Novoazovsk [in territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic] for medical care. “” Another 211 people were taken to Olenivka through the humanitarian corridor. An exchange procedure will be carried out to bring them back home. “
Sweden and Finland announce attempts to join NATO: The Swedish government said on its website that it has decided to apply for membership in NATO. Earlier on Monday, Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said that Sweden should join NATO together with neighboring Finland to “ensure the security of the Swedish people”. At the same time, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that he would not approve Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership if they sanctioned Turkey. And Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Finland’s and Sweden’s entry into NATO would not pose a threat to Russia, but “the expansion of military infrastructure into this territory will certainly cause our response.” U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, said Monday that there is “strong bipartisan support” in the United States to help Finland join NATO and that he believes the U.S. Congress will vote “as soon as possible. “- probably before the House’s August break – to support Finland’s application to join the alliance.
Russian oil bans and sanctions“European Union leaders failed to reach a consensus on banning Russian oil during a meeting with the bloc’s foreign ministers,” Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, said on Monday. Borrell said “unfortunately” that it was not possible to reach an agreement on a sixth sanctions package against Russia, and told reporters that “we have the same difficulties when it comes to unanimity on the oil ban.” The EU has proposed banning all oil imports from Russia by the end of this year and removing the country’s largest bank, Sberbank, from SWIFT’s international payment network.
The EU cuts growth forecasts and raises inflation prospects as the effects of the Ukraine war continue: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will cause European growth to slow and inflation to rise faster than expected, according to the European Commission’s latest economic forecasts. It says that the war has caused commodity prices to rise, disrupted supply chains and increased uncertainty. The EU predicts that the euro area’s GDP will increase by 2.7% this year and 2.3% in 2023. This compares with previous forecasts of 4% and 2.8%. The European Commission also says that inflation in the euro area is expected to increase to 6.1% in 2022. It then predicts that interest rates will fall sharply to 2.7% in 2023. In its winter forecasts, the EU predicted inflation of 3.5% in 2022 and 1, 7% 2023.