Friday, July 1. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Friday, July 1. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Jul 1, 2022, 08:58pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin A damaged residential building is seen in Odesa, Ukraine, early Friday, July 1, 2022, following . .

. [+] Russian missile attacks. Ukrainian authorities said Russian missile attacks on residential buildings in the port city of Odesa have killed more than a dozen people.

(Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP) ASSOCIATED PRESS 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.

Friday, July 1. Day 128. Odessa.

According to the Security Service of Ukraine, a Russian rocket strike on Odessa region has resulted in the destruction of a residential building and a resort facility, leading to 19 deaths and 38 injuries. Lysychansk. According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian forces are shelling the city of Lysychansk with artillery, as well as continuing their assault on the city’s outskirts.

Russian forces continue their attempts to take over the strategically important Lysychansk-Bakhmut highway. Mykolaiv. The Governor of Mykolaiv region, Vitaliy Kim, reports that 12 rockets have been launched at the city of Mykolaiv by the Russian forces.

No casualties have been reported. OSC SC E Chairman-in-Office—Foreign Minister of Poland, Zbigniew Rau—and OSCE Secretary General, Helga Maria Schmid, have announced that the office of the OSCE Project co-ordinator in Ukraine will be closed following a veto by the Russian Federation on the extension of the co-ordinator’s mandate. This comes after Russia repeatedly accused OSCE of having a pro-Ukrainian bias.

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 According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine has filed an accusation with the International Court of Justice accusing Russia of breaking the Genocide Convention. Kuleba accused Russia of “justifying its aggression with a false pretext of a ‘genocide’ that never was,” as well as calling the filing a “Critical step to hold Russia accountable and make Russia pay for the harm it has inflicted. ” The Ukrainian government has requested Turkey detain a ship flying a Russian flag that could be carrying stolen grain.

The cargo ship, Zhibek Zholy, has left the port of the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk with 4,500 tons of grain on board, leading to a claim by the Ukrainian government that the grain was illegally taken. The Ukrainian prosecutor general’s office asked Turkey to “conduct an inspection of this sea vessel, seize samples of grain for forensic examination and demand information on the location of such grain,” adding that Ukraine was ready to conduct a joint investigation with Turkish authorities. The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine has announced that it received a grant of €1 billion from the German government.

According to the Ministry, the funds will be used to finance priority budget expenditures. IEA Executive Director Faith Birol reports that June 2022 has been the first month in the bloc’s history in which the EU has imported more gas via LN LN G from the US than via pipeline from Russia. This announcement follows steep cuts in supply by the government-owned Russian energy corporation Gazprom, which it justified by claiming that sanctions have made it difficult to conduct maintenance on the pipelines.

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