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Two killed by Ukrainian cross-border shelling of Belgorod region – Russian governor
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Friday that two people had been killed and two others injured when Ukrainian forces shelled a road in the town of Maslova Pristan near the Ukrainian border.
“Fragments of the shells hit passing cars. Two women were travelling in one of them. They died from their injuries on the spot,” Reuters reports governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The claims have not been independently verified.
Key events
Summary of the day so far …
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Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, has ordered shelters to be operational in the capital on a 24 hour basis, after allegations that yesterday three people who were killed by falling debris from a Russian missile attack were stuck outside of a “locked” air raid shelter. Three people including a child were killed and at least 11 people were injured in Thursday’s early morning missile attack. Residents of Kyiv have been leaving flowers, toys and sweets at a makeshift memorial at the location where Olha Ivashko, 33, and her daughter Vika, nine, were killed yesterday.
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Russia again attacked Kyiv overnight, with Ukrainian forces claiming air defence shot down all 15 cruise missiles and 21 attack drones. Overnight the governor of Dnipropetrovsk region, Serhiy Lysak, said that the city of Nikopol had been struck by shelling.
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The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Friday that two people had been killed and two others injured when Ukrainian forces shelled a road in the town of Maslova Pristan near the Ukrainian border. “Fragments of the shells hit passing cars. Two women were travelling in one of them. They died from their injuries on the spot,” governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
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The governor of Russia’s Bryansk region said on Friday that four houses were damaged after Ukrainian forces shelled a town near the border. There have also been reports of explosions in occupied Berdiansk, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, one of the areas of the country which the Russian Federation has claimed to annex.
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Two long-range drones attacked fuel and energy infrastructure in Russia’s western Smolensk region overnight on Friday, but no injuries or fires were reported, the region’s acting governor said.
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Mariupol’s mayoral aide Petro Andryushchenko has claimed that three people have been killed by the detonation of a landmine on the Mariupol-Donetsk H20 highway. He said the incident happened near Olenivka, the location of a prison massacre earlier in the war.
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China’s special envoy for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, said on Friday that the Russian side appreciated China’s desire and efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis. “The risk of escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war is still high,” Li said at a news briefing about his visit to Europe. “All sides must ensure the safety of nuclear facilities and take concrete measures to cool down the temperature,” he said.
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US secretary of state Antony Blinken said on Friday the country was working with Ukraine and other allies to build consensus around the core elements of a “just and lasting peace” to end the war with Russia. Washington would also encourage initiatives by other countries to bring about an end to the conflict, as long as they uphold the UN Charter and Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence.
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Two close allies of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Thursday publicly criticised Russia’s most prominent mercenary, casting Yevgeny Prigozhin as a blogger who “screams” all the time about his problems.
The governor of Russia’s Bryansk region said on Friday that four houses were damaged after Ukrainian forces shelled a town near the border.
No injuries were reported, Reuters reports governor Alexander Bogomaz wrote on Telegram.
There have also been reports of explosions in occupied Berdiansk, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, one of the areas of the country which the Russian Federation has claimed to annex.
On Telegram, Suspilne stated “explosions rang out in the temporarily occupied Berdiansk. Ukrainian defenders hit the positions of the Russians”, citing Viktoria Galitsyna, who is the Ukrainian-appointed head of the city administration, but not in Berdiansk.
The claims have not been independently verified.
The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said on Friday the US was working with Ukraine and other allies to build consensus around the core elements of a “just and lasting peace” to end the war with Russia.
Washington would also encourage initiatives by other countries to bring about an end to the conflict, as long as they uphold the UN charter and Ukraine’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence.
“We will support efforts – whether by Brazil, China, or any other nation – if they help find a way to a just and lasting peace,” Reuters reports Blinken said in a speech.
Here are some images that have been released of Ukrainian service personnel training in Kharkiv region.
Pjotr Sauer
Two close allies of the Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Thursday publicly criticised Russia’s most prominent mercenary, casting Yevgeny Prigozhin as a blogger who “screams” all the time about his problems.
Kadyrov’s right-hand man, Adam Delimkhano, in a video message using the diminutive of “Zhenya” and the familiar Russian form of you (“ty”) told Prigozhin:
“You have become a blogger who screams and shouts off to the whole world about all the problems,” Delimkhanov said. “Stop shouting, yelling and screaming.”
Magomed Daudov, the chairman of the Chechen parliament, similarly tore into Prigozhin in a video shared on telegram:
“I need to tell you, for such words, almost every day, you would have immediately been put up against the wall during World War II,” he said, accusing Prigozhin of creating a “panicked mood among the population”.
In response, Dmitry Utkin, a former Rusisan special forces officer who is believed to be Wagner’s most senior commander, said his group was ready to meet the Chechens “man to man”.
“Where did such familiarity come from: who gave you the right to use the address ‘ty’ and ‘Zhenya’?” Utkin said in a message which Prigozhin reposted on Telegram. “Certain citizens should be put against a wall for the SHAME that we have.”
Utkin, a veteran of Russia’s wars in Chechnya, added that he was acquainted with the Chechens from his time fightings against them in the Caucasus.
Both Prigozhin and Kadyrov are yet to comment on the public spat. The two men were previously believed to be allies and have bonded over their shared hatred of the Russian military leadership.
Two killed by Ukrainian cross-border shelling of Belgorod region – Russian governor
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said on Friday that two people had been killed and two others injured when Ukrainian forces shelled a road in the town of Maslova Pristan near the Ukrainian border.
“Fragments of the shells hit passing cars. Two women were travelling in one of them. They died from their injuries on the spot,” Reuters reports governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The claims have not been independently verified.
Residents of Kyiv have been leaving flowers, toys and sweets at a makeshift memorial at the location where Olha Ivashko, 33, and her daughter Vika, nine, were killed yesterday.
Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, has faced criticism after allegations this week that a “locked” shelter was responsible for people in the capital being stuck outside and struck by falling debris which killed them.
He has just posted two lengthy messages about the situation on Telegram. In the first he told residents:
1.2bn hryvnias (£26m GBP) from the city budget were allocated to the districts for the arrangement of shelters. These funds, I emphasise, were and are being managed by the city’s regional government. Heads of districts are responsible.
Today, the implementation and use of funds is extremely unsatisfactory. At the end of June, we will sum up the use of funds for arranging shelters. And appeals to the president for suspension or dismissal can also be made for other heads of districts.
Klitschko said that it was up to the president to dismiss heads of district and that the mayor cannot “even reprimand him”. Klitschko said “this is about joint and fair responsibility” and he warned district heads “you can’t walk around in white gloves and neglect your duties”.
In a second message he said that shelters would be guaranteed to be open.
Round-the-clock access to shelters is mandatory for all institutions and establishments.
The public will also be involved in access control. Anyone interested can join and become public control inspectors. You need to contact the Department of Municipal Security.
The patrol police, and we are grateful for this, will help check the availability of shelters during the curfew air alert.
He continued “I want to address the residents of the capital. The enemy is now shelling the capital with ballistic missiles when the alarm can sound in a matter of minutes. If you understand that you will not reach the shelter so quickly, follow the rule of two walls in the house. The city authorities are strengthening their control over the work of shelters. Yes, there are questions. And we will work on them.”
The “rule of two walls in the house” states that the safest part of the building is considered to be a space in which there are at least two walls without windows between a person and the street.
China’s special envoy for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, said on Friday that the Russian side appreciated China’s desire and efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis.
“The risk of escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war is still high,” Reuters reports Li saying at a news briefing about his visit to Europe.
“All sides must ensure the safety of nuclear facilities and take concrete measures to cool down the temperature,” he said.
Here are some of the latest images to be sent to us from Ukraine over the news wires.
Mariupol’s mayoral aide Petro Andryushchenko has claimed that three people have been killed by the detonation of a landmine on the Mariupol-Donetsk H20 highway. He said the incident happened near Olenivka, the location of a prison massacre earlier in the war.
The claims have not been independently verified.
Suspilne, Ukraine’s state broadcaster, offers this round up of overnight news:
In the city of Kyiv, there is no information on any injured people or destruction, while in Kyiv region, an 11-year-old boy and a 68-year-old man were injured due to falling debris. Private houses and cars were damaged.
Over the past day, two people were killed and another 12 were injured due to shelling in Donetsk region. In the Zaporizhzhia region, one person was killed and two were injured during the day, and 16 were injured in the Kherson region.
The general staff reported that the Russian military has set a deadline for residents of the temporarily occupied Kherson region to receive a Russian passport – 1 September 2023. For refusal, they threaten to stop supplying electricity, confiscate property, forcefully evict them from their homes or deport them.
The claims have not been independently verified.
An air alert has been declared in eastern Ukraine.
Two long-range drones attacked fuel and energy infrastructure in Russia’s western Smolensk region overnight on Friday, but no injuries or fires were reported, the region’s acting governor said.
Reuters reports he said the attacks hit the towns of Divasy and Peresna near the region’s capital Smolensk, about 270 km (168 miles) from the Ukrainian border, but did not say who was responsible. Smolensk region is to the north of Bryansk in Russia, and borders Belarus.
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