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The fact of the day
Ukrainian forces attacked the strategic Crimean bridge with naval drones overnight from Sunday to Monday, killing two civilians according to Moscow. The Ukrainian attack caused significant damage to the road section of the bridge, the only one that connects Russia to the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea annexed by Moscow in 2014, and serves as a rear base for the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.
The attack was carried out by Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed on Telegram. Two civilians, a man and a woman who were driving, were killed there, and their daughter injured, the Russian Investigative Committee said in a statement.
sentence of the day
Over the past week, as a result of improved operational positioning and alignment of the front line towards Bakhmout, [un] territory of 7 km2 was liberated. »
Ukraine claimed on Monday to have taken back 18 km2 from Russian forces across the whole of Ukrainian territory in a week, including 7 km2 around the devastated city of Bakhmout, which fell under Russian control in May after months of deadly clashes.
The number of the day
522. It is in millions of euros the amount of the Swedish plan to help Ukraine to rebuild itself. The Swedish government presented on Monday a multi-year aid and reconstruction plan with a view to eventual membership of the European Union. Between July 1, 2023 and December 31, 2027, six billion crowns will be granted to Ukraine as part of a “historic strategy”, said Johan Forssell, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Aid.
The trend of the day
It is a firm no, to the chagrin of the international community. This Monday, Moscow refused to renew the agreement on the export of Ukrainian cereals, crucial for world food. The agreement “de facto ended today”, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that “as soon as the part concerning Russia is satisfied, Russia will immediately return to the agreement on the cereals “. This announcement comes a few hours before the agreement expires at midnight (11 p.m. French time) in Istanbul.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres reacted to the Russian decision, stressing that “hundreds of millions of people are facing hunger” and that they will “pay the price”. US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield accused Moscow of “taking humanity hostage”, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, joined by London, Paris and Berlin in particular, condemned a decision “cynical”.
kyiv has shown its willingness to continue exporting its cereals via the Black Sea, with or without Moscow’s agreement on ship safety. “We are not afraid,” declared President Volodymyr Zelensky, who had received strong support from Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a visit to Istanbul earlier this month.