Wednesday, August 3. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Wednesday, August 3. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Aug 3, 2022, 06:27pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A woman holds a dog in the aftermath of the Russian shelling in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. .

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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. Wednesday, August 3.

Day 161. By Dmytro Aksyonov Chuhuiv. Russian shelling of the frontline town of Chuhuiv, in the Kharkiv region, struck a five-story residential building, killing one civilian and injuring two more, reports the Kharkiv regional council.

Attacks on frontline towns in the region have intensified as Russian forces seem to be preparing to mount an offensive on the city of Kharkiv. Mykolaiv . Russian forces continued to strike on the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, shelling it twice over the past 24 hours, Mykolaiv regional governor Vitaliy Kim reported.

The attacks damaged a pier, an industrial enterprise, residential buildings, a garage cooperative, a supermarket and a pharmacy, Kim said. The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain has been inspected by the representatives of Ukraine, Russia, Turkey, and the U. N.

, and has been allowed to pass through the Bosphorus strait , heading to Lebanon. Some Turkish officials have claimed that if the procedure for ship inspection does is not disrupted, up to three ships may be able to leave Ukrainian ports a day, which would go a long way to helping solve the global food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. U.

S. presidential spokesman John Kirby has addressed speculation that there is “mistrust” between the White House and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , fueled by many anonymous claims, by responding that U. S.

President Joe Biden has “privately and publicly expressed respect for President Zelenskyy and for the challenges that he and his fellow citizens are facing. ” 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 The UN Refugee Agency reported on Tuesday that the number of total border crossings registered from Ukraine has surpassed 10 million , totaling 10,107,957. While the statistic does not provide insight into how many of the people who left Ukraine since February 24 have since returned, these numbers make it clear that the war in Ukraine has led to the single largest refugee crisis in European history since World War II.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday said Russia has no reason to hold up the return of a gas turbine for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that has been stranded in Germany ever since being returned from Canada amid an escalating energy standoff. On its end, Russian state-owned Gazprom has claimed that sanctions enacted by Germany, Canada and the U. K.

make it “impossible” for the turbine to be accepted, deepening fears that Russia could use sanctions as a pretext for entirely cutting off Europe from gas. U. K.

Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi has thrown his weight behind a new £3 billion export finance package aimed at bolstering the Ukrainian military’s defense against Russia, and the country’s future reconstruction, according to a report by Sky News . The package would supply up to £2. 3bn for the financing of military contracts identified by the Ukrainian government, with the remaining £700m earmarked for reconstruction projects.

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