Sunday, July 31. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Sunday, July 31. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Jul 31, 2022, 06:01pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin LVIV, UKRAINE – 2022/07/31: A rally to save the Ukrainian prisoners of war kept in Olenivka prison, . .

. [+] Eastern Ukraine, currently occupied by Russia. Protesters appealed to the human rights organizations (Photo by Mykola Tys/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images 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. Sunday, July 31.

Day 158. By Dmytro Aksyonov Mykolaiv. Russian forces targeted several private houses in their shelling on the city of Mykolaiv.

An exact number of casualties is yet to be announced, however it is confirmed that Oleksiy Vadatursky, a Ukrainian grain tycoon and one of the richest businessmen in Ukraine—worth $430 million, according to Forbes Ukraine’s estimates in 2021—was killed along with his wife, according to Mykolaiv mayor Oleskandr Senkyevych. Ukrainian officials allege that Vadatursky’s house was deliberately targeted by Russian forces as the businessman has been an outspoken proponent of pro-Ukrainian policies. Kharkiv.

A Russian attack reported to consist of three S-300 missiles struck a technical college in Kharkiv , destroying one of the facility’s buildings and starting a fire. In Kharkiv, Russia’s shelling also destroyed a publishing house and its printing facility in the city, where an estimated 80% of Ukrainian books are published. Russia cancelled all festivities for its annual Navy Day in Sevastopol, in the Russia-occupied Crimean peninsula, after an alleged drone attack by Ukraine on Russia’s Crimea Naval headquarters.

Five casualties have been reported by Russian media sources. Ukrainian officials deny launching the attack and call the allegation a ‘provocation. ‘ Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new doctrine for the Russian Navy, which recognizes the United States as the main threat to Russia’s position in the world’s oceans and calls for increased cooperation with neutral countries.

The doctrine, which does not mention Ukraine, claims that Russia is free to use military force should all soft power options be exhausted, adding to the ever-increasing tensions between the West and Russia following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 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 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Russia is sending some forces currently located in the eastern parts of Ukraine to the country’s southern Kherson and Zaporizhzhya regions, adding that the move shows Russia fears a possible counterattack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It’s likely that the first ship carrying grain from Ukrainian ports will embark on Monday, said Ibrahim Kalin , a spokesperson for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, on Sunday.

Speaking in an interview with the Turkish broadcaster Kanal 7, Kalin said the joint coordination center in Istanbul will probably complete the final work on the exporting routes very soon. “If all (details) are completed by tomorrow, it seems like there is a high possibility that the first ship will leave the port tomorrow. .

. We will see ships leaving the ports the next day at the latest,” he said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Ukraine will likely to be able to harvest less than half of last year’s crop yield , as the war is making it difficult to conduct agricultural work.

While the grain deal signed between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and the U. N. is bound to help ease the global food crisis somewhat, it is likely to remain a problem in the future as Ukraine and Russia, both major food exporters, have had their usual export routes disrupted due to Russia’s invasion of.

The International Committee of the Red Cross has stated that the organization has not yet received permission to visit the site of Friday’s attack that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war. “It is imperative that the ICRC be granted immediate access to the Olenivka facility, and other places where the wounded and dead might have been transferred in order to carry out its humanitarian mission,” it said, pointing out that warring parties were obliged to let it visit POWs wherever they may be. “However, it is not the role or mandate of the ICRC to carry out public investigations into alleged war crimes.

” The statement directly contradicts an earlier statement by the Russian Defense Ministry, which claimed that it has allowed delegations of the ICRC and the U. N. to visit the currently Russian-controlled Olenivka.

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