2023-07-23 08:50:46
11:16 a.m .: Putin says Ukrainian counter-offensive “has failed”
Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko that the ongoing Ukrainian counter-offensive to push Russian forces out of Ukraine had “failed”, according to Russian news agencies.
“There is no counter-offensive,” said Alexander Lukashenko first, according to the TASS news agency, before being interrupted by Vladimir Putin who launched: “There is one but it failed”.
11:02 a.m .: first Putin-Lukashenko meeting since the Wagner rebellion (Minsk)
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Belarusian counterpart Alexandre Loukachenko for the first time since this close ally of Moscow helped broker an end to the Wagner militia rebellion last month, according to footage released by Minsk.
A video posted by the Belarusian president’s press service shows the two men arriving together at a palace in St. Petersburg, in northwestern Russia, where they are due to hold bilateral talks.
10:49 a.m .: Russia claims to have struck places in Odessa where “terrorist acts” were being prepared
Russia claimed to have destroyed all the targets it had aimed at in the Ukrainian port of Odessa, ensuring that the places hit were used to prepare “terrorist acts” against it.
“Last night, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out an attack…on facilities where terrorist acts against Russia using naval drones were being prepared,” the Russian military said.
10:26 a.m .: two dead and a “destroyed” cathedral after the Russian attack on Odessa, according to Ukraine
A new attack by Russian forces against the Ukrainian port ofOdessa left two dead and caused the “destruction” of an Orthodox cathedral classified by Unesco, announced theUkrainewhich evokes a “war crime”.
The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has given a new toll of two dead and 22 wounded, including four children, in the firing of Russian missiles during the night on this Black Sea city.
“The Transfiguration Cathedral, located in the historic center of Odessa, protected by Unesco, was destroyed. A war crime that will never be forgotten and forgiven,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Twitter.
9:08 a.m .: Ukraine promises “reprisals” after the firing of “19 Russian missiles” on Odessa
Ukraine has promised “reprisals” after Russian forces fired “19 missiles” overnight at the historic port of Odessa, which left one dead and around 15 injured.
“Missiles against peaceful towns, against apartment buildings, a cathedral (…)”, declared the president Volodymyr Zelensky. “There will definitely be reprisals against Russian terrorists for Odessa,” he added.
2:52 a.m .: Russian night attack on Odessa, one dead
Russia carried out an attack against the port city of Odessa in the night from Saturday to Sunday, announced the governor of the region, reporting the death of a civilian and more than fifteen wounded, including children.
“Unfortunately, we have a civilian killed as a result of the Russian terrorist night attack on Odessa,” Governor Oleg Kiper wrote on Telegram.
A little earlier, he had reported a “Russian attack at 3 a.m.” (00 a.m. GMT). “In Odessa, 18 victims including four children. Fourteen people were transferred to hospitals in the city, three were children,” he said, adding that help was on the spot.
Oleg Kiper first mentioned “damage to civil infrastructure, residential buildings and a religious institution”.
“More defense missile systems” and tactical missiles for Ukraine, claimed the head of the presidential administration, Andriy Yermak.
July 22 Essentials
Russia holds the West ‘responsible’ and promises ‘response’ on Saturday after a Russian journalist was killed in a Ukrainian bombing in the Zaporizhia region of southernUkraine.
In Crimeaa Ukrainian drone attack caused the explosion of an ammunition depot, according to the governor of this peninsula annexed by Moscow.
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