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The fact of the day
The Ukrainian army admitted on Thursday that it was experiencing a “difficult” situation in the Kupyansk sector, in the northeast of the country. A Russian offensive forced the authorities to evacuate the civilian population in the city. “The Russians are trying to impose themselves and break through our defence”, indicated on Telegram Serguiï Tcherevaty, spokesman for the army for the eastern sector of the front, while specifying that the situation, although “difficult”, remains ” under control “.
sentence of the day
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is barbaric and I categorically oppose it
These are the words of Arkadi Voloj, co-founder of Yandex, jewel of Russian tech. A rare position among Russian businessmen. “I am horrified by the fate of the people of Ukraine, many of whom are friends and relatives, and whose homes are bombed every day,” said Arkadi Voloj, who has lived in Israel since the 2010s.
Before him, billionaire Oleg Tinkov was the only major Russian businessman to speak out against the conflict in Ukraine.
The number of the day
1. This is the death toll after a Russian strike in Zaporijjia, in the south of the country. Nine people were also injured. According to the head of the city’s military administration, Anatoly Kourtiev, the strike also damaged at least four buildings. On Wednesday, a Russian strike had already killed two people and injured seven in Zaporijjia, a town located a few dozen kilometers from the front.
The trend of the day
Kiev announces that it has opened “temporary” corridors on the Black Sea overnight to allow the movement of ships carrying its cereals, despite threats from Russia warning these ships that they could be targeted by its army.
“The corridors have been open since midnight,” a navy spokesman, Oleg Tchalyk, told AFP, without specifying how long this would be the case. It was not immediately clear whether any ships had already left the Ukrainian coast or not.
In mid-July, Russia had terminated the agreement which had allowed Ukrainian cereals, since last summer, to leave the ports in the south of the country despite the blockade put in place by Russia. A few days later, on July 19, Moscow warned that any ship heading to or leaving Ukrainian ports would be considered a potential target.