Thursday, July 28. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine

Business Thursday, July 28. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Katya Soldak Forbes Staff Forbes Ukraine Forbes Staff Jul 28, 2022, 05:29pm EDT | Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Barricades laid out to prevent Russian troops from invading the city sit along a street as . .

. [+] pedestrians walk by in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/David Goldman) 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. Thursday, July 28. Day 155.

By Dmytro Aksyonov Kyiv. A Russian rocket strike on a military base in the Kyiv region has injured 15 people , a ccording to Kyiv region Governor Oleskiy Kuleba, It is the first instance of an attack on an object in the Kyiv region in nearly a month. July 28 is the date of the first-ever Day of Ukrainian Statehood, a holiday established by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to commemorate the christianization of the Kyivan Rus, a slavic proto-state both Ukraine and Russia claim to be the sole successors of.

Kropyvnytsky. At least five people have died and 25 have sustained injuries as a result of a Russian attack on the city of Kropynytsky, Kirovograd region, according to Kirovograd Governor Andriy Raykovych. He said that of the injured, 12 are military personnel and the other 13 civilians.

Bakhmut. Russian shelling of Bakhmut resulted in three deaths and three injuries, while damaging 12 residential buildings, a ccording to Donetsk Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. The U.

S. Senate has unanimously approved a non-binding resolution which calls for Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism for its actions in Chechnya, Georgia, Syria and Ukraine which resulted “in the deaths of countless innocent men, women and children.

” While a similar motion is expected to pass in the House of Representatives without issue, it is by no means a guarantee that the State Department will go through with the suggestion, as State Department spokesman Ned Price has previously poured cold water on the idea of designating Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, claiming such a move would have a negative impact on any potential peace talks. 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 Ukraine is expected to more than double its exports of electricity to the EU from July 30 on , as announced by a representative of the state energy corporation Ukrenergo. According to the representative, Ukrenergo is working closely with the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), and believes that further collaboration in the energy sector will make both Ukraine and the EU less dependent on Russian hydrocarbons.

Germany is set to impose a levy on all gas consumers starting Oct. 1 aimed at helping suppliers struggling with soaring gas import prices, according to a draft law revealed on Thursday. German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said the levy would amount to between 1.

5 euro cents and 5 euro cents per kilowatt hour (Kwh), with the proceeds available to all companies that need to replace Russian gas. This means that a four-person household could face additional costs of up to 1,000 euros ($1,014) per year. While the measure is likely to be unpopular, it is likely an attempt by the German government to encourage people to decrease their dependence on gas where possible, as well as a way to deal with gas price increases due to what European countries have described as “energy blackmail” by Russia, which has recently decreased gas flow through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to just 20% of maximum capacity.

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