Ukraine declares full management of Lyman
Ukraine is in full management of the japanese logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv’s most vital battlefield acquire in weeks, which a senior official stated may present a staging put up for additional positive aspects to the east, Reuters experiences.
“As of 1230 (0930 GMT), Lyman is totally cleared,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in a brief video clip on his Telegram channel.
There was no remark from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the standing of the town. The Russian defence ministry stated on Saturday it was pulling troops out of the realm “in reference to the creation of a risk of encirclement”.
The most recent stinging setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin got here after he proclaimed the annexation of 4 areas masking practically a fifth of Ukraine on Friday, an space that features Lyman.
Kyiv and the West have condemned the proclamation as an illegitimate farce.
Russian forces captured Lyman from Ukraine in Might and had used it as a logistics and transport hub for its operations within the north of the Donetsk area.
Shedding it’s Russia’s largest battlefield loss since Ukraine’s lightning counteroffensive within the northeastern Kharkiv area final month.
Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Luhansk area that neighbours Donetsk, stated management over Lyman may assist Ukraine reclaim misplaced territory in his area, whose full seize Moscow introduced in early July after weeks of grinding advances.
“The liberation of this metropolis within the Donetsk area is likely one of the key elements for the additional de-occupation of the Luhansk area,” Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.
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It appears to be like just like the gasoline leaks on the broken Nord Stream 1 pipeline have now been stopped. This follows Saturday’s announcement that gasoline was not flowing out of Nord Stream 2.
Reuters experiences:
Denmark’s power company stated on Sunday it had been knowledgeable by Nord Stream AG that steady strain had been achieved within the broken Nord Stream 1 pipeline and that this means the outflow of pure gasoline from the final leaks had now halted.
A complete of 4 leaks have been found on the Nord Stream 1 and a pair of pipelines within the Baltic Sea close to Denmark and Sweden final week.
Whereas neither pipeline was in use on the time of the suspected blasts, they have been full of gasoline that has been spewing out and effervescent to the floor of the Baltic Sea since Monday.
Denmark has signed a letter of intent with Slovakia, Norway and Germany, to help Slovakian manufacturing of Zuzana-2 artillery methods gifted to Ukraine, the Danish authorities has introduced.
The nation is donating 230m krone (30.1m euros) to the hassle, which is value 9.2m euros.
Central and japanese European heads condemn Russian annexations in Ukraine
The presidents of 9 Nato nations in central and japanese Europe declared on Sunday they’d by no means recognise the annexation by Russia of Ukrainian territory, AFP experiences.
Their response comes two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties to annex 4 Moscow-occupied areas of Ukraine – Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk and Zaporizhzhia – following “referendums” the West has dismissed as “sham”.
The presidents issued a joint assertion saying they might not “keep silent within the face of the blatant violation of worldwide legislation by the Russian Federation”.
“We reiterate our help for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” they stated.
“We don’t recognise and can by no means recognise Russian makes an attempt to annex any Ukrainian territory.”
The assertion was issued by the presidents of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.
4 of the signatories – Poland, and the three Baltic states – are on Nato’s japanese flank with Russia.
Two others – Romania and Slovakia – have borders with Ukraine.
Hungary, which additionally borders Ukraine, was notably absent from the listing. Its nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orban, has sought shut ties with Putin lately and railed towards European Union sanctions on the Kremlin.
Additionally absent have been Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia.
The assertion, revealed on the web site of the Polish president’s workplace, stated the leaders of the signatory nations had “visited Kyiv in the course of the warfare and witnessed with their very own eyes the consequences of Russian aggression”.
“We help Ukraine in its defence towards Russia’s invasion, demand Russia to right away withdraw from all of the occupied territories and encourage all (Nato) Allies to considerably improve their navy assist to Ukraine,” it stated.
“All those that commit crimes of aggression have to be held accountable and dropped at justice.”
The presidents stated they stood by a choice Nato made 14 years in the past, supporting Ukraine’s want to be a part of the transatlantic navy alliance at a future date.
They didn’t touch upon Russia’s annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula in 2014, or on Ukraine’s request final Friday for fast-track Nato membership following Russia’s annexation manoeuvre.
Nato members have hesitated at accepting a rustic at warfare – which, by treaty, would oblige the alliance to return to its defence.
Nato’s Article 5 says an assault on one member is tantamount to assault on all.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak stated on Sunday that it was technically doable to revive ruptured offshore infrastructure of Nord Streams pipelines, TASS information company reported.
Novak stated:
There have by no means been such incidents. After all, there are technical potentialities to revive the infrastructure, it takes time and applicable funds. I’m positive that applicable potentialities will probably be discovered.
Russia’s Defence Ministry has stated its forces had destroyed seven artillery and missile depots within the Ukrainian areas of Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv and Donetsk.
It stated the steerage radar for a S-300 air defence missile system had additionally been destroyed close to Nova Kaluha within the Kherson area of southern Ukraine, Reuters is reporting.
Extra element right here on the Pope’s speech right now, from AFP.
Pope Francis on Sunday deplored Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territory and known as on the Russian chief to cease the warfare and on Ukraine’s president to be open to talks.
“I deeply deplore the grave scenario that has arisen in current days, with additional actions opposite to the ideas of worldwide legislation. It will increase the danger of nuclear escalation, giving rise to fears of uncontrollable and catastrophic penalties worldwide,” he stated in the course of the Sunday Angelus prayer.
He implored Russian President Vladimir Putin “to cease this spiral of violence and loss of life” and on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “to be open to critical proposals for peace”.
He additionally urged the worldwide group “to do all the things doable to deliver an finish to the warfare, with out permitting themselves to be drawn into harmful escalations”, and to help any efforts to resolve the battle via dialogue.
It’s the first time that the Argentine pope has straight addressed the Russian chief in a speech because the begin of Moscow’s invasion on February 24.
Francis has been attempting because the begin of the invasion to open a path of dialogue with Moscow, whereas condemning a “merciless and mindless warfare”.
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It’s 2pm in Kyiv, right here’s a rundown of the most recent information
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Ukraine is in full management of the japanese logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv’s most vital battlefield acquire in weeks, which a senior official stated may present a staging put up for additional positive aspects to the east, Reuters experiences.
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The Pope has stated it’s “absurd” that the world is dealing with a nuclear risk over Ukraine. Calling for a ceasefire “within the title of God”, he appealed to the Russian and Ukrainian presidents to discover a means out of the disaster.
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The US defence secretary Lloyd Austin has welcomed the seize by Ukrainian forces of Lyman, a key Russian stronghold in japanese Ukraine. Austin stated he was “very inspired” by the Ukrainian victory on Saturday, which is a humiliation for Vladimir Putin, who declared on Friday that the town – within the Donetsk area – was Russia’s “for ever”.
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Germany’s defence minister, Christine Lambrecht, made a shock go to to Ukraine – her first since Russia’s invasion in February – as Kyiv urged Berlin to ship it battle tanks. Lambrecht visited the southern port metropolis of Odesa on Saturday and met her Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksii Reznikov, the German defence ministry stated.
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Russia has now restricted entry to the music-streaming app SoundCloud, Reuters experiences. SoundCloud was accused of distributing “false data” in regards to the warfare by communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor (RKN). It follows current bans on Fb and Instagram.
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The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is not leaking beneath the Baltic Sea as a result of an equilibrium has been reached between the gasoline and water strain, pipeline spokesman Ulrich Lissek instructed AFP. The British prime minster, Liz Truss, has stated the collection of explosions that severely broken Russia’s gasoline pipelines have been an act of sabotage.
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Belarus is getting ready to obtain Russian troopers and gear, the Kyiv Impartial experiences. There are about 1,000 Russian troopers within the nation.
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Russia didn’t win sufficient votes for re-election to the ICAO’s governing council. The French consultant instructed the meeting after Saturday’s poll: “When we now have votes in our nations, if we don’t just like the outcome, we don’t ask for one more vote.” Russia had a spot on the UN aviation company’s 36-member council as one of many “states of chief significance in air transport”.
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The pinnacle of Russia’s area of Chechnya stated Moscow ought to think about using a low-yield nuclear weapon in Ukraine after its battlefield defeat in Lyman. Ramzan Kadyrov stated in a message on Telegram addressing Russia’s lack of its stronghold: “In my private opinion, extra drastic measures must be taken, proper as much as the declaration of martial legislation within the border areas and using low-yield nuclear weapons.”
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Russian authorities knowledgeable the Worldwide Atomic Power Company that the top of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear energy plant was “briefly detained” for questioning. Ihor Murashov was detained on his means from the Russian-occupied plant – Europe’s largest – to the city of Enerhodar at about 4pm on Friday. Russia is attempting to switch the Zaporizhzhia plant to the Russian power agency Rosatom, the top of Ukraine’s atomic power firm, Petro Kotin, has instructed the BBC.
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Turkey, which has been on the centre of mediation between the west and Russia, rejected Russia’s annexations in Ukraine, calling the Kremlin’s transfer on 4 areas a “grave violation” of worldwide legislation.
Ukraine declares full management of Lyman
Ukraine is in full management of the japanese logistics hub of Lyman, Kyiv’s most vital battlefield acquire in weeks, which a senior official stated may present a staging put up for additional positive aspects to the east, Reuters experiences.
“As of 1230 (0930 GMT), Lyman is totally cleared,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in a brief video clip on his Telegram channel.
There was no remark from the Russian armed forces on Sunday on the standing of the town. The Russian defence ministry stated on Saturday it was pulling troops out of the realm “in reference to the creation of a risk of encirclement”.
The most recent stinging setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin got here after he proclaimed the annexation of 4 areas masking practically a fifth of Ukraine on Friday, an space that features Lyman.
Kyiv and the West have condemned the proclamation as an illegitimate farce.
Russian forces captured Lyman from Ukraine in Might and had used it as a logistics and transport hub for its operations within the north of the Donetsk area.
Shedding it’s Russia’s largest battlefield loss since Ukraine’s lightning counteroffensive within the northeastern Kharkiv area final month.
Serhiy Gaidai, governor of the Luhansk area that neighbours Donetsk, stated management over Lyman may assist Ukraine reclaim misplaced territory in his area, whose full seize Moscow introduced in early July after weeks of grinding advances.
“The liberation of this metropolis within the Donetsk area is likely one of the key elements for the additional de-occupation of the Luhansk area,” Gaidai wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday.
Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins’s pro-Western centrist social gathering has received elections in Latvia whereas events supported by the Baltic state’s massive Russian-speaking minority have suffered main setbacks, AFP experiences.
With nearly all ballots from Saturday’s vote counted, Karins’s New Unity social gathering was in first place with 18.94 p.c whereas the Concord social gathering, historically backed by Russian audio system, might not have received sufficient votes to enter parliament.
Concord got here first within the final election in 2018.
The outcomes confirmed different centrist events coming second and third and only one social gathering related to Russian-speakers, Stability!, scraping previous the brink to enter parliament with 6.75 p.c.
The Russian-speaking minority in Latvia makes up round 30 p.c of the inhabitants.
AFP has an fascinating report on Germany’s rush to seek out home-grown power and escape reliance on Moscow. Right here’s a style of it:
Germany’s most strategically necessary constructing web site is on the finish of a windswept pier on the North Coastline, the place employees are assembling the nation’s first terminal for the import of liquefied pure gasoline (LNG).
Beginning this winter, the rig, near the port of Wilhelmshaven, will have the ability to provide the equal of 20 p.c of the gasoline that was till not too long ago imported from Russia.
Since its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has throttled gasoline provides to Germany, whereas the Nord Stream pipelines which carried large volumes beneath the Baltic Sea to Europe have been broken final week in what a Danish-Swedish report known as “a deliberate act.”
Within the seek for various sources, the German authorities has splashed billions on 5 initiatives just like the one in Wilhelmshaven.
Altogether the brand new fleet ought to have the ability to deal with round 25 billion cubic metres of gasoline per 12 months, roughly equal to half the capability of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.
Lyman is now “totally cleared” of Russian forces, Zelenskiy has declared in a brief video on his Telegram channel.
The Pope has stated it’s “absurd” that the world is dealing with a nuclear risk over Ukraine, Reuters experiences.
Calling for a ceasefire “within the title of God”, he appealed to the Russian and Ukrainian presidents to discover a means out of the disaster.
That is Robyn Vinter, taking on the Ukraine weblog for some time.
Russian shelling of the Kharkiv area is constant alongside pressing makes an attempt to demine the realm, its governor says.
Governor Oleg Sinegubov stated on Telegram that shelling had been significantly heavy within the metropolis of Kupyansk and its surrounding space in addition to Vovchansk and the village of Gatishche in Chuguyiv district.
A 71-year-old girl was hospitalised with an harm in the course of the day in Kupyan district, he stated the regional centre of emergency medical help had reported.
He additionally stated that 704 explosive gadgets had already been neutralised within the final day.
Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has stated Ukraine wants extra drones to combat off the Russian invasion and in contrast Moscow to the darkish aspect of the Pressure within the movie collection.
Hamill, who performed Luke Skywalker within the movies, was made an envoy to the United24 undertaking – which Ukraine set as much as elicit donations of drones to the Ukrainian military – by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
He instructed the BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg that he had mentioned parallels with the cult movies and the present warfare in Ukraine with Zelenskiy.
“[Zelenskiy] did reference the flicks and it’s not exhausting to grasp why,” Hamill stated, “I imply, Star Wars was all the time a fairy story for kids and fairy tales are morality tales of excellent versus evil, the place good is clearly outlined, evil is clearly outlined and it’s not exhausting to extrapolate an evil empire with Russia invading a sovereign nation.”
Requested whether or not the platform could be used to provide deadly know-how, he answered: “Ukraine wants drones. They’ve some drones, however not practically as many because the Russians.”
Hamill additionally paid tribute to President Zelenskiy, saying: “I used to be actually fascinated with this man… as a result of he’s been completely heroic. And the Ukrainian folks have been inspirational. He’s an incredible man.”
Hamill stated collaborating within the undertaking was “an opportunity to make use of [the popularity of the films’] for good and I really feel an ideal accountability to try to do all the things I can to additional the Ukrainian trigger.”
Luke Harding reporting in Kyiv has contrasted Ukraine’s success in Lyman with the propaganda in regards to the state of the warfare on the streets of Moscow. He writes in The Observer right now:
The banner hanging close to Pink Sq. was triumphant. It learn: “Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Russia! Collectively for ever!” On Friday Vladimir Putin formally introduced the annexation of those Ukrainian territories and celebrated with a victory live performance in Moscow. Russia’s president addressed a cheering crowd waving white blue and pink tricolours. “Welcome dwelling,” he stated. “Russia! Russia!” they replied.
For ever turned out to imply lower than 24 hours. As workmen dismantled the stage, put up on the cobbled sq. outdoors the Kremlin, Ukrainian troops marched into the japanese metropolis of Lyman, from the place Putin’s military had simply made an inglorious retreat. At one level Lyman’s liberators even carried out a victory dance, hopping cheerfully back and forth alongside a sandy forest path.
They have been, in accordance with the Kremlin’s model of actuality, encroaching on Russia’s sovereign territory. In his offended west-bashing speech on Friday, delivered earlier than Russia’s supine authorities, Putin had declared that Donetsk province which incorporates Lyman could be formally included into the Russian federation. It was, he prompt, a restoration of historic Russian lands.
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In its continued data warfare, Russia has now restricted entry to the music-streaming app SoundCloud, Reuters experiences.
SoundCloud was accused of distributing “false data” about what Moscow calls a “particular navy operation” in Ukraine by communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor (RKN). It follows current bans on Fb and Instagram.
“Roskomnadzor restricted entry to the SoundCloud service in reference to placement of supplies containing false data relating to the character of the particular navy operation on the territory of Ukraine,” the Interfax information company reported on Sunday, citing RKN.
It stated the Russian Prosecutor Common’s Workplace had ordered the blocking of service. The ban-worthy data apparently associated to warfare strategies, together with “assaults on civilians, strikes on civilian infrastructure, about quite a few civilian casualties by the hands of Russian troopers”.