It’s day 511 of the war in Ukraine. Follow developments in Ukraine and Russia here in this live blog.
USA: the Ukrainian counter-offensive is certainly not a failure
The Ukrainian counteroffensive to oust the Russian occupier is far from a failure, says senior US general Mark Milley. Ukraine is even making some progress here and there. But Milley expects a long and bloody battle.
Milley cited mines as the reason for the slow advance. He said Ukrainian troops must fight their way through minefields, which currently pose a particularly serious threat. “Losses suffered by the Ukrainians in this offensive are not so much due to the strength of the Russian aviation, but to minefields.”
This was the state of things on Wednesday 19 July
It Ministry of Defense of Russia yesterday it said it carried out night attacks on two Ukrainian ports in what it called a “massive revenge attack” the day after an attack on the Crimean bridge.
Russia and Ukraine yesterday he presented very different accounts of the fighting in northeastern Ukraine.
Both sides have made “marginal progress” in several areas over the past week, he said the British Ministry of Defence in its latest update on the conflict.
The United Nations yesterday he said “a number of ideas were discussed” to bring Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizers to world markets after Moscow abandoned a deal that would allow the safe export of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrovhe discussed with his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Fidan, ways to export Russian grain through routes “not susceptible to sabotage by Kiev and the West”.
THE South African President Cyril Ramaphosa asked the ICC for permission not to arrest Vladimir Putin from Russia as this would amount to a declaration of war,
An investigation has identified military units under Russian command that were killed last year human rights during the occupation of the Ukrainian city of Izjum.
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Source: BNR
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