Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian governors claim Kursk and Belgorod underneath cross-border hearth

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A woman has been wounded in the attacks on Belgorod, Reuters reports.

“The attack on the town of Valuyiki lasted for more than an hour,” Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on the Telegram messaging app. A woman suffered shrapnel wounds to her chest.

Gladkov said that Russian defence forces shot down three air objects, including one drone. Ukraine forces also fired 12 times from the Grad rocket launchers, he added. At least eight private houses were damaged in the attacks.

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Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions came under fire from Ukrainian forces across the border in the early hours of Wednesday, the regions’ governors said, adding that no casualties were reported.

“The town of Valuyki is under fire from Ukraine‘s armed forces,” Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on the Telegram messaging app at 07:36am local time (0436 GMT).

He did not specify whether it was rocket fire, artillery shelling or some other form of attack.

“Air defence system worked, but there is destruction on the ground,” Gladkov said.

Separately, Roman Starovoyt, the governor of the Kursk region, north of Belgorod and also bordering Ukraine, said that a school and a private house were damaged when the village of Tyotkino came fire, again without specifying the form of attack.

Neither the Guardian nor Reuters have independently verified the reports.

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Zelenskiy has again warned Russia may be planning to “simulate an attack” the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, claiming that Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on the roofs of buildings at the site.

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Citing Ukrainian intelligence, Zelenskiy said the objects had been positioned on the roof of several power units of the power plant that is currently held by Russia.

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Earlier on Tuesday, Zelenskiy briefed the French president, Emmanuel Macron, on Russia’s “dangerous provocations” at the plant in south-eastern Ukraine. He said he and Macron had “agreed keep the situation under maximum control together with the IAEA”, the UN’s nuclear watchdog.

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Zelenskiy’s warnings echo comments he made last week at a joint news conference in Kyiv with the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez. “There is a serious threat because Russia is technically ready to provoke a local explosion at the station, which could lead to a [radiation] release,” Zelenskiy said at the time.

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A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces has been “particularly fruitful” in the past few days and Ukraine’s troops are fulfilling their main tasks, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine‘s National Security and Defence Council said on Tuesday.

Moscow has not acknowledged Ukraine’s gains.

Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, Hanna Maliar, also reported gains around the shattered city of Bakhmut despite fierce Russian resistance, Reuters reports. Russian forces had captured it in May after 10 months of battles.

“At this stage of active hostilities, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are fulfilling the number one task: the maximum destruction of manpower, equipment, fuel depots, military vehicles, command posts, artillery and air defense forces of the Russian army,” Danilov, head of Ukraine‘s National Security and Defence Council, wrote on Twitter.

“The last few days have been particularly fruitful,” he said, without providing any details from the battlefield.

Valeriy Shershen, spokesperson for the Tavria, or southern, military command, said Ukrainian troops had advanced by up to 2 km (1.2 miles) in the Berdiansk direction of southern Ukraine, despite fierce Russian resistance.

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Welcome back to our continuing live coverage of the war in Ukraine. This is Helen Sullivan with the latest.

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A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces has been “particularly fruitful“ in the past few days and Ukraine’s troops are fulfilling their main tasks, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, said on Tuesday.

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More on this shortly. Other key recent developments:

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• Ukrainian officials said at least 43 people, including 12 children, were wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer said targeted a military funeral in the north-eastern Kharkiv region. The strike hit a parking lot outside a residential building in the town of around 28,000 people.

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• The Ukraine government accused Russia on Tuesday of planning a “provocation” at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, while Russia claimed that Kyiv was planning to “attack” the facility. Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that “objects resembling explosives” had been placed on the roof of several power units “perhaps to simulate an attack”.

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• Russia sees no basis for renewing the Black Sea grain deal, the Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday, less than two weeks before the expiration of the agreement, which has allowed grain to be shipped out of Black Sea ports despite the war in Ukraine. The ministry said in a statement Russia was doing everything so that all ships covered by the deal could leave the Black Sea before it expires on 17 July, Reuters reported.

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• Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Tuesday that Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Russian capital and its region, temporarily disrupting flight operations at the Vnukovo airport. “At this moment, the attacks have been repelled by air defence forces,” Sobyanin said on Telegram. “All detected drones have been eliminated”. There were no casualties or injured reported.

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• Vladimir Putin has said that Russia remains “united as never before” in the wake of the failed mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group and claimed the country continued to flourish in the face of heavy western sanctions over his invasion of Ukraine.

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• A funeral service has taken place in Kyiv for the celebrated writer Victoria Amelina. A Ukrainian novelist, poet and public intellectual, she died from injuries sustained when a Russian missile attack struck a pizza restaurant in the eastern town of Kramatorsk, killing 12 people in total, including children.

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• Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that 185,000 new recruits had joined the Russian army as professional contract soldiers since the start of the year. In a video posted on Telegram, Medvedev, who was earlier this year appointed to a role overseeing Russia’s domestic military production, said that almost 10,000 new recruits had joined up in the last week.

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• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has said it was lending €25m (£21.4m) to the Ukrainian city of Dnipro to help it cope with an influx of people fleeing fighting. It said the loan would help ensure the continuous provision of vital municipal services in the south-eastern city after the arrival of people forced to flee other locations because of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Reuters reported.

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• US president, Joe Biden, on Tuesday welcomed Nato’s decision to extend secretary general Jens Stoltenberg’s term by a further year. “With his steady leadership, experience, and judgment, secretary general Stoltenberg has brought our alliance through the most significant challenges in European security since the second world war,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House.

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• The Kremlin has said there were “certain contacts” with the United States over the case of detained Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, but that it did not want to make them public. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov made the comments in a regular briefing.

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• Oleksiy Danilov has described recent days of battle as “fruitful” for Ukraine in terms of destroying the resources of the Russian forces. In a post to social media, the secretary of Ukraine’s national security and defence council described Ukraine as acting “calmly” and “wisely’ in its counteroffensive.

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• Switzerland plans to take part in a Europe-wide air defence project initiated in response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The country is the second neutral nation after Austria to signal its intention to join the European Sky Shield Initiative launched by Germany last year, Reuters reported.

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Up coming week’s Nato summit should supply “real security guarantees” to Ukraine, the Italian prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, said nowadays.

Talking in Warsaw along with the Polish prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, Meloni reported Italy and Poland had been “in best agreement” on the issue, Reuters documented.

Nato leaders are assembly in Vilnius on 11-12 July.

• Russia stated Wednesday that a person man or woman was killed and one more 41 hurt, including two small children, by Ukrainian hearth in the east Ukraine town of Makiivka, which is occupied by Russian forces.

• Right away household buildings and a health care facility ended up damaged by a Russian rocket attack on Druzhkivka in the Donetsk location.

• Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod locations came underneath fireplace from Ukrainian forces throughout the border in the early several hours of Wednesday, the regions’ governors said, introducing that no casualties ended up claimed.

• Ukrainian officers said at the very least 43 persons, like twelve small children, ended up wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer explained specific a army funeral in the north-japanese Kharkiv region. The strike hit a parking whole lot outside the house a household developing in the city of about 28,000 men and women.

• Russian state-owned information company Tass claimed Wednesday that the site and cell app of the Russian railways community has been subjected to “a large hacker attack”.

• Yelena Milashina, the prominent journalist for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, who was brutally crushed in Chechnya yesterday, has been moved to a hospital in Moscow.

• The Ukraine governing administration accused Russia on Tuesday of organizing a “provocation” at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear electricity plant, whilst Russia claimed that Kyiv was preparing to “attack” the facility. Fears more than the protection pitfalls for the nuclear plant, Europe’s premier, have been frequent during Russia’s invasion, but greater in early June right after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, the source of cooling water for its reactors. Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned on Wednesday that “objects resembling explosives” had been placed on the roof of a number of power models “perhaps to simulate an attack”. He additional: “The earth sees – just can’t but see – that the only source of hazard to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear electricity plant is Russia and no a person else.”

Russia claimed on Wednesday that one man or woman was killed and yet another 41 injured, which includes two young children, by Ukrainian hearth in the east Ukraine town of Makiivka, which is occupied by Russian forces.

“Forty-one individuals have been wounded because of to the shelling, which include two young children. 1 human being has died from their wounds,” Vladislav Klyucharov, the Russian-appointed head of the city’s administration claimed on Russia’s point out-operate broadcaster Rossiya-24, according to AFP.

Earlier the Russian-put in chief of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, reported Ukrainian forces had released “fierce attacks” on residential regions and a clinic sophisticated in the town.

Russian condition-owned news company Tass is reporting that the website and cellular application of the Russian railways network has been subjected to “a enormous hacker attack”.

Illustrations or photos have b een released from Russia that assert to exhibit the destruction in the Belgorod area hit by cross-border strikes from Ukraine.

Air alerts have been declared throughout most southern and japanese locations of Ukraine.

Ukraine’s air force has warned of a missile threat in the south of Ukraine, alerting on “probable launches of Kalibr cruise missiles”, according to Suspilne.

Far more details before long …

Yelena Milashina, the well known journalist for the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, who was brutally beaten in Chechnya yesterday, has been moved to a healthcare facility in Moscow, Reuters reviews.

Milashina had her head shaved, fingers broken and green dye thrown above her though on her way to Grozny.

Alexei Venediktov, the previous head of the closed Ekho Moskvy radio station, mentioned in a concept on Telegram that Milashina and the attorney Alexander Nemov – who was also attacked – ended up now in a Moscow clinic.

Suspilne, Ukraine’s condition broadcaster, stories that overnight household buildings and a medical facility have been broken by a rocket attack on Druzhkivka in the Donetsk location.

The claims have not been independently confirmed.

An air notify has been declared in Kherson area. This is not an unusual occasion, as the line of contact in the location operates along the Dnipro River, with Ukraine holding the northern portion of the oblast on the correct bank, and Russian forces occupying the southern part of Kherson on the left lender. Kherson is just one of the areas of Ukraine the Russian Federation has claimed to annex irrespective of not entirely managing the territory.

The Uk ambassador to Ukraine has explained “things really do not really feel calm” in Kyiv irrespective of the money of Ukraine likely devoid of attacks for a number of days.

In a article to social media, Melinda Simmons claimed: “In spite of Russia directing their murderous missiles at scaled-down Ukrainian towns with considerably less air defence leaving Kyiv by itself for now, things really don’t really feel quiet.”

Accompanied by a photograph of the cathedral as a result of trees, she added: “I walked above to peek at Andriivsky Cathedral via the trees. Never fails to deliver harmony.”

Volodymyr Litvinov, head of the Beryslav district administration in Kherson area, has reported that, in the final 24 several hours, four settlements in the district arrived below fireplace, leading to damage to houses and farm buildings. No injuries or casualties were being reported.

• This is Martin Belam using about the live site in London. You can call me at [email protected].

Zelenskiy has yet again warned Russia could be scheduling to “simulate an attack” the Zaporizhzhia nuclear ability plant, claiming that Russian troops have placed “objects resembling explosives” on the roofs of structures at the web-site.

Citing Ukrainian intelligence, Zelenskiy stated the objects had been positioned on the roof of a number of power models of the electrical power plant that is currently held by Russia.

Before on Tuesday, Zelenskiy briefed the French president, Emmanuel Macron, on Russia’s “dangerous provocations” at the plant in south-japanese Ukraine. He claimed he and Macron had “agreed maintain the problem underneath optimum handle collectively with the IAEA”, the UN’s nuclear watchdog.

Zelenskiy’s warnings echo remarks he produced very last 7 days at a joint news convention in Kyiv with the Spanish key minister, Pedro Sánchez. “There is a major threat due to the fact Russia is technically completely ready to provoke a local explosion at the station, which could guide to a [radiation] release,” Zelenskiy said at the time.

Ukraine’s armed forces mentioned it had ruined a Russian “formation” in Russian-managed Makiivka in the frontline Donetsk region, wherever Moscow-mounted officers and media mentioned just one civilian was killed and dozens wounded in attacks by Kyiv.

“As a consequence of the efficient fire influence of the models of the defence forces, yet another development of Russian terrorists in the quickly occupied Makiivka ceased to exist,” Ukraine‘s armed forces reported in a statement late Tuesday.

A video accompanying the post showed a big explosion lighting up the night time sky and the silhouette of at minimum 1 developing.

It did not give additional particulars.

The Russian-installed head of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, said Ukrainian forces had launched “fierce attacks” on household places and a hospital intricate in Makiivka, AFP reviews.

Welcome back to our continuing are living protection of the war in Ukraine. This is Helen Sullivan with the most current.

A Ukrainian counteroffensive from Russian forces has been “particularly fruitful“ in the previous few times and Ukraine’s troops are fulfilling their most important jobs, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s Countrywide Security and Defence Council, reported on Tuesday.

Additional on this soon. Other important latest developments:

• Ukrainian officials stated at the very least forty three men and women, which includes 12 little ones, had been wounded in a Russian missile strike on Tuesday which an officer reported targeted a navy funeral in the north-jap Kharkiv region. The strike hit a parking good deal outside a household building in the town of all over 28,000 individuals.

• The Ukraine federal government accused Russia on Tuesday of setting up a “provocation” at the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, although Russia claimed that Kyiv was arranging to “attack” the facility. Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported on Wednesday that “objects resembling explosives” had been positioned on the roof of quite a few electric power units “perhaps to simulate an attack”.

• Russia sees no foundation for renewing the Black Sea grain offer, the Russian foreign ministry mentioned on Tuesday, considerably less than two months just before the expiration of the settlement, which has allowed grain to be delivered out of Black Sea ports irrespective of the war in Ukraine. The ministry claimed in a assertion Russia was performing every thing so that all ships included by the offer could depart the Black Sea just before it expires on seventeen July, Reuters reported.

• Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin explained on Tuesday that Ukraine launched a drone assault on the Russian cash and its area, temporarily disrupting flight functions at the Vnukovo airport. “At this instant, the attacks have been repelled by air defence forces,” Sobyanin reported on Telegram. “All detected drones have been eliminated”. There had been no casualties or hurt reported.

• Vladimir Putin has mentioned that Russia continues to be “united as never before” in the wake of the unsuccessful mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group and claimed the state continued to flourish in the face of weighty western sanctions above his invasion of Ukraine.

• A funeral service has taken location in Kyiv for the celebrated author Victoria Amelina. A Ukrainian novelist, poet and community mental, she died from accidents sustained when a Russian missile attack struck a pizza restaurant in the eastern town of Kramatorsk, killing 12 folks in total, such as kids.

• Previous Russian president Dmitry Medvedev claimed on Tuesday that 185,000 new recruits experienced joined the Russian military as specialist deal soldiers due to the fact the get started of the calendar year. In a video clip posted on Telegram, Medvedev, who was before this yr appointed to a purpose overseeing Russia’s domestic military services output, mentioned that just about 10,000 new recruits experienced joined up in the last week.

• The European Bank for Reconstruction and Progress has explained it was lending €25m (£21.4m) to the Ukrainian town of Dnipro to support it cope with an inflow of people fleeing battling. It explained the personal loan would assist ensure the steady provision of essential municipal solutions in the south-japanese town following the arrival of people today forced to flee other areas due to the fact of Russia’s war on Ukraine, Reuters described.

• US president, Joe Biden, on Tuesday welcomed Nato’s selection to prolong secretary basic Jens Stoltenberg’s expression by a further more yr. “With his continual leadership, expertise, and judgment, secretary typical Stoltenberg has introduced our alliance by way of the most important difficulties in European security considering that the 2nd globe war,” Biden stated in a assertion introduced by the White Property.

• The Kremlin has stated there were “certain contacts” with the United States over the situation of detained Wall Avenue Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, but that it did not want to make them general public. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov designed the reviews in a standard briefing.

• Oleksiy Danilov has described the latest times of battle as “fruitful” for Ukraine in terms of destroying the methods of the Russian forces. In a submit to social media, the secretary of Ukraine’s countrywide safety and defence council explained Ukraine as performing “calmly” and “wisely’ in its counteroffensive.

• Switzerland ideas to get portion in a Europe-wide air defence job initiated in reaction to Russia’s assault on Ukraine. The region is the 2nd neutral nation after Austria to sign its intention to join the European Sky Shield Initiative released by Germany previous year, Reuters documented.