The column of smoke in the distance rises Novofedorovkain the district Sakskyin Crimea where to climb Russian military base. The images posted online by some people are on the beaches of Black Sea Show the consequences of a Kyiv attack claimed with several explosions heard in the area conquered by the Russians during the first invasionUkrainein 2014, just a day after the announcement of Joe Biden on further deliveries of weapons to soldiers from Volodymyr Zelenskyy For a total of 1 billion dollars. A senior Ukrainian military official told the New York Times that it was Kiev forces that hit and caused the Russian base as well a victim As reported by pro-Russians in the area, “It was an airbase from which vehicles regularly flew out to attack our forces in the southern theater of war,” he said. On Twitter the spokesman for the President Mykhailo Podolyak wrote: “The future of Crimea will be a pearl of the Black Sea, a national park with unique nature and a world tourist destination. No military base for terrorists. That’s just the beginning”. And just off Washington Confirmation has arrived that among the sent weapons there are also anti-radar missiles to attack Russian radar systems. The Russian Defense Ministry had announced that this was precisely the point ammunition explosions were not due to a raid and had not caused any deaths.
However, the Russian offensive in eastern Ukraine has not abated, the disputed area was again subjected to heavy bombardment by the Moscow military overnight, as reported by Kyiv. In particular, the Kherson regional administration reported to the Russian Armed Forces they mercilessly bomb villages that are in the region Kherson“, In the south of Ukraine. “The situation is particularly difficult in the settlements near the first line,” they add, “people are forced to live in basements or leave their homes. In addition, the occupiers are unsuccessfully trying to recapture their lost positions and are mercilessly bombarding the already liberated villages”.
On the diplomatic front, however, Ukraine has shown renewed openness to a meeting between Zelenskyy and Russia Wladimir Putin. The reason, they say, could be the still doubtful presence of the leader United Russia at the next summit G20 in Indonesia. On this occasion, the Ukrainian President could also announce his intention to reach a bilateral agreement with his Russian counterpart. A hypothesis that, however, had already met with opposition in the morning Kremlinwith the speaker Dmitry Peskov who dismissed the idea “There are no prerequisites”.
There has also been movement in relation to Russian gas supplies to Europe following yesterday’s news of the decision to do so Gazprom to burn off excess reserves because of the slump in exports. Actually the natural gas flow from Russia to Latvia, a week after he was cut short by energy giant Gazprom, who accused the country of violating delivery terms. Other climate is instead breathed nearby Estoniawhere the prime minister Kaya Kallas urged EU countries “Stop issuing tourist visas” to Russian citizens, stressing that “visiting Europe is a privilege and not a human right”: “Suspend the issuance of visas. Air transfers from Russia are blocked, which means that if Schengen Area countries issue visas, countries that share a border with Russia will suffer. It’s time to end tourism from Russia.”
If Moscow loosens its grip on Europe on the one hand, the same cannot be said of the USA petroleum. In fact, deliveries to some European countries have been interrupted by theDruzhba oil pipeline Transit through Ukraine. He made it known transneft, the Russian state-owned company responsible for transporting hydrocarbons. The stop associated with a bank transaction that was unsuccessful due to sanctions“It started on August 4” affecting deliveries to “Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic‘ the Russian company said.
Meanwhile, assurances are coming from the EU about the situation in the nuclear power plant Zaporizhia, subject to bombing raids in recent days. After the Energy Commissioner condemned the incident in the strongest terms, Cadre Simonshe said that according to “the information from EU radioactivity monitoring systems and from international sources There is no increase in radioactivity in Ukraine or the EU, still an imminent threat of radiation “.