Saturday, July 30. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Saturday, July 30. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Jul 30, 2022, 07:31pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Photojournalist Evgeniy Maloletka runs from the fire in a burning wheat field during his assignment . .

. [+] after Russian shelling, a few kilometres from Ukrainian-Russian border in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov) 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 30. Day 157. By Dmytro Aksyonov Kharkiv.

A Russian rocket strike on the city of Kharkiv has led to a large-scale fire erupting at a school facility, destroying the building , reports Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov. No casualties have been reported. Following the Ukrainian government’s request to the Red Cross and U.

N. after yesterday’s explosion at a prison holding Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka, Donetsk region, representatives of both the Red Cross and the U. N.

have said they are willing to ensure evacuation for the wounded and, if need be, hold an independent investigation into the source of the explosion, assuming both Ukraine and Russia agree. A representative of the Russian side is yet to comment on the request. The Ukrainian government has announced that it is starting a mandatory evacuation campaign for civilians still remaining in the Donetsk region.

The heating season is rapidly approaching and they will be unable to guarantee gas supplies to households, as infrastructure in the region has been devastated as a result of Russia’s months-long shelling and bombing campaign. Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, who has been placed in charge of managing evacuation campaigns, said that while residents will not be forced to leave their homes if they do not wish to do so, they will be required to sign a mandatory waiver confirming they understand all the risks of staying in the region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has renewed his calls for Russia to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism by Western countries, in particular the U.

S. , following an exposion at a Russian prison housing Ukrainian prisoners of war in Olenivka. While Ukrainian officials have been calling for Russia to be designated a state sponsor of terrorism since the start of the war, they have intensified this rhetoric in the last few weeks, adding that such a move would complicate many of Russia’s existing political and economic relations.

While several countries have officially recognized Russia’s invasion as a genocide of Ukrainians, Russia is not currently officially recognized as a state sponsor of terrorism by any country. 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 Russian gas producer Gazprom announced on Saturday that it had stopped supplying gas to Latvia after accusing the country of violating supply conditions. Russia has already cut off gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, Netherlands and Denmark, which refused to pay for gas in line with an order by President Vladimir Putin requiring rouble accounts to be set up in a Russian bank.

Edijs Saicans, deputy state secretary on energy policy at the Latvian Economy Ministry, said the move would have little effect given that Latvia has already decided to ban Russian gas imports from Jan. 1, 2023. Adding to tensions over energy supply to Europe, a senior manager at the Russian state-owned energy corporation Gazprom said on Friday that the delivery of a Nord Stream 1 gas turbine to Germany from Canada after maintenance was not in line with the contract, Reuters reports.

Vitaly Markelov, Gazprom’s deputy chief executive, also said that “Siemens fixed no more than a quarter of the identified bugs”. The European Union disputes Russia’s and Gazprom’s argument that turbine problems are to blame for the sharp drop in supply through the pipeline that links Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, and has accused Russia of using the EU’s dependency on Russian hydrocarbons as blackmail. The shortfall has raised the risk of shortages and gas rationing in Europe this winter.

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