- A new Russian bombardment on Thursday killed three people and injured 23, including four seriously, in Kharkiv, announced the regional governor Oleh Synehoubov. The day before, three people had already been killed there, including a teenager near a bus stop.
- A Kramatorsk, in the Donbass, a school was destroyed, according to the Ukrainian authorities, who argued that it was used to store food aid. One person was killed and two remained under the rubble.
- The head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrovaffirmed on Wednesday that Moscow’s objectives were no longer limited only to eastern Ukraine but also concerned“other territories” and could still expand.
- Russia restarted the gas pipeline Nord Stream 1, which directly connects the Siberian gas fields to northern Germany, after a ten-day shutdown for maintenance work, according to Moscow. However, it only operates at 40% of its capacity, as before the maintenance, lamented the German network operator, Gascade.
- Ukraine, whose economy has collapsed since the beginning of the Russian invasion, announced on the same day the 25% devaluation of its national currencyto the hryvnia, make a dollar. “Such a measure will strengthen the competitiveness of Ukrainian producers” et “will support the stability of the economy under wartime conditions”the central bank said in a statement.
- Environ 15,000 Russian servicemen died since the beginning of the war, estimate the American and British intelligence agencies. The Ukrainian government, for its part, puts forward much higher estimates, and had declared, earlier in July, that 36,200 Russian soldiers had been killed. Moscow, for its part, has given figures only twice, the last point dated March 25 evoking 1,351 dead among its troops.
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