Saturday, July 9. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Saturday, July 9. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Jul 9, 2022, 08:48pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A woman stands on a street as smoke rises from a house caught on fire, after cluster rockets hit a . .

. [+] residential area, in Konstantinovka, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty) Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

All rights reserved. Dispatches from Ukraine, provided by Forbes Ukraine’s editorial team. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues and the war rages on, reliable sources of information are critical.

Forbes Ukraine’s reporters gather information and provide updates on the situation. Saturday, July 9. Day 136.

Donetsk. According to Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, at least three civilians have been killed and at least 23 have been injured in Russian shelling on cities throughout the Donetsk region. Kryvyi Rih.

Dnipropetrovsk governor Valentyn Reznichenko reports that as a result of Russian rocket strikes on the city of Kryvyi Rih, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, two civilians have died and at least three have sustained injuries. Mykolaiv. Mykolaiv Mayor Oleskandr Senkevich reports that Russian forces have launched six rockets at the city of Mykolaiv.

According to Senkevich, infrastructure in the city has been damaged but no casualties have been reported. Yuriy Sobolevsky, First Deputy Chairman of the Kherson Regional Council, has urged all civilians remaining in the region to leave if they are able to or, in the event they are unable to leave safely, ensure they have sufficient food and water for the coming weeks, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine are said to be preparing to start a counteroffensive in the region with the intent of taking back control over the Southern Ukrainian province. MORE FOR YOU Pfizer Tests Pill That Could Prevent Covid Infection Liz Cheney Needles Trump For Bashing Bush: ‘I Like Republican Presidents Who Win Re-Election’ Covid Pandemic Slashes Life Expectancy — Here’s Where It Fell The Most U.

S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has announced that the U. S.

intends to provide Ukraine with an additional $360 million in humanitarian aid. Speaking at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, Blinken revealed that the aid package aims to ensure access to basic necessities such as food, water, and urgent medical aid. A representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has dismissed allegations made against the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andrii Yermak, by the Ukraine-born U.

S. congresswoman Victoria Spartz (R-Ind. ) in a letter penned to U.

S. President Joe Biden, in which she accuses Yermak of having ties to Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked several ambassadors in a decree issued on Saturday.

The most notable diplomat among the dismissed is Ukraine’s Ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk. Having served as ambassador since 2014, Melnyk has become famous in recent months for being outspoken with his criticism of the German government’s handling of arms transfers to Ukraine and making controversial statements that at times conflicted with the Ukrainian government’s official position. In an interview with the Canadian news outlet La Presse, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, denied a previous report stating that the Canadian government has decided to hand over a turbine that Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom says is necessary to repair the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, stating that Canada is “.

. . discussing this with the Ukrainian government and the German government and it is not a simple question,” and that regardless of its decision, some partners could be offended.

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