The Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday that its forces had destroyed ammunition depots in the Odessa region in southern Ukraine, and that the depots were used to store weapons supplied to Kyiv from the US and Europe, but the ministry did not name the number of depots destroyed. or the types of weapons they were in.
In another event, Russia’s National Security Council stated: “We will achieve all our goals in Ukraine, and the world will be on our terms.”
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev stressed that his country would win in Ukraine and determine the terms of a future peace deal with Kyiv. Medvedev, deputy head of the Russian Security Council, added in a Telegram message: “Russia will achieve all its goals. There will be peace – on our terms.”
Russian forces in eastern Ukraine continue to put pressure on Ukrainian forces that are trying to hold a line running along the northern border of the Donetsk region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian army had inflicted heavy logistical losses on the Russian army and that the Ukrainian flag would soon fly over Ukrainian cities and villages, while his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin stressed the impossibility of isolating his country.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry accused Russia of illegally treating Ukrainian prisoners of war and using them for political purposes, and also demanded humane treatment of foreign prisoners fighting on the side of Ukraine.
This comes amid a British report released yesterday that indicated Russian forces are having difficulty continuing their effective offensives in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. Meanwhile, the head of the military administration in the Ukrainian city of Avdiivka said his forces had repulsed several Russian attacks over the past three days. The city is located on the road leading from Donetsk to Konstantinovka and then stretches to Kramatorsk and Slavyansk, the two main cities in the area that are still under Ukrainian control.
“(The enemy’s claims) that the Avdiivka-Konstantinovka highway … is under their control are incorrect,” Barabash told Ukrainian television. He added that Ukrainian forces fought back against the Russians after they had been attacking for several days. “The losses of the enemy are much greater than ours,” he added. About 40 people were killed, and Ukrainian forces lost four soldiers in the fighting.
British military intelligence said yesterday that Russia has found it difficult to maintain an effective offensive fighting force since the start of its invasion of Ukraine, and the problem is likely to get worse.
“In addition to an acute shortage of personnel, Russian planners face a dilemma: deploying reserve forces in the Donbass or defending in the light of Ukrainian counterattacks in the southwestern Kherson direction,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The ministry added that while Russia may continue to make further progress, the pace of its operations and the rate of progress is likely to be very slow. European tanker owners ramp up Russian oil transportation
The Wall Street Journal reported that oil tanker owners in Europe are working to increase the volume of Russian oil transported before the delayed European embargo takes effect.
According to the publication, in May and June tankers of Greek companies called at Russian ports 151 times against 89 in the same period of 2021.
The newspaper pointed out that the unprecedented demand for oil led to an increase in customs duties on transportation.
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Reporters Without Borders calls on Eutelsat to stop broadcasting Russian channels
Reporters Without Borders on Monday called on European satellite operator Eutelsat to stop broadcasting two Russian TV channels, claiming they were the spearhead of Russian propaganda.
Eutelsat responded to a request from an organization specializing in protecting the rights of journalists, stating that the issue was not within its competence, but was in the hands of broadcast regulators.