Russian strike hits Ukraine’s largest dam – latest update

A Russian strike this morning hit Ukraine’s largest dam, the DniproHES in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s state hydropower firm stated.

It added there was no danger of a breach, whereas energy infrastructure in different areas was additionally hit.

“There may be presently a hearth on the station. Emergency companies and power staff are engaged on the spot, coping with the implications of quite a few airstrikes,” stated Ukrhydroenerho, which runs Ukraine’s community of dams.

Ukraine’s power minister, Herman Halushchenko, stated it was the most important assault on Ukraine’s power infrastructure within the latest previous.

“The objective isn’t just to wreck, however to strive once more, like final 12 months, to trigger a large-scale failure of the nation’s power system,” he wrote on Fb.

The ballistic and cruise missiles, the primary fired on the Ukrainian capital in 44 days, had been knocked out of the sky, however no less than 17 folks had been injured in Kyiv and the encompassing space by falling particles. Faculties, residential buildings and industrial amenities had been additionally broken, Ukrainian officers stated.

One individual was killed by Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s Belgorod area this morning, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated.

The Russian defence ministry in a press release claimed it shot down eight Vampire rockets launched by Ukraine in direction of Belgorod.

Russian and Belarusian athletes won’t be allowed to participate within the conventional parade on the opening ceremony on the Paris Olympics, the IOC stated Tuesday.

The opening ceremony on July 26 will see hundreds of athletes journey on boats down the River Seine for a number of miles (kilometers) towards the Eiffel Tower, as a substitute of the traditional parade of groups inside a stadium.

The Russian-controlled administration of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant, the most important in Europe, stated this morning that one of many two high-voltage traces, supplying it with electrical energy, was down.

There are not any security threats, it added.

Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky stated the sanctions imposed on Russia had been “not but ample” because the missiles utilized by Vladimir Putin’s forces towards Kyiv contained no less than 1,500 parts of international origin.

A toddler was amongst greater than a dozen individuals who sustained accidents yesterday because the Ukraine air defence foiled one of many largest Russian air assaults on Kyiv in weeks.

The Ukraine air power stated Russia launched 31 missiles, together with two ballistic missiles, and 29 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles.

“Each Russian missile utilized by these savages to assault our nation accommodates parts manufactured by corporations from different international locations – not from Russia,” Mr Zelensky stated in his night tackle.

“A big a part of them are manufactured by corporations within the free world and imported to Russia via varied ‘grey’ schemes,” the president added.

Vladimir Putin has appointed a brand new commander of the Russian navy as he appears to struggle again towards Ukraine’s sweeping assaults on his prized naval fleet in occupied Crimea.

Admiral Aleksandr Moiseev, who commanded the Crimean Black Sea fleet (BSF) for a 12 months again in 2018, was appointed to what some analysts say is Russia’s most tough army position throughout a ceremony in Putin’s hometown of St Petersburg.

Russia and Ukraine imagine that their disaster will likely be solved via talks, whilst each are adamant on their positions and have big variations in terms of peace talks, China’s particular envoy for Eurasian affairs stated on Friday.

Li Hui stated Russia appreciates China’s efforts in its newest spherical of shuttle diplomacy to Europe, whereas Ukraine seen his latest go to as necessary.

Regardless of variations of their views of peace talks between the fighters, Mr Li stated “nonetheless all of them imagine that in the end this disaster will likely be resolved” by these means.“

All agree that the warfare will in the end be carried out via negotiations, not weapons,” he informed reporters.

He stated China needs for a world peace convention recognised by each Russia and Ukraine, with each taking part equally.

Switzerland plans to host a peace convention this 12 months, which Moscow stated is doomed to fail with out its participation.