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Friday, July 22. Day 149. By Dmytro Aksyonov
Opposing Russian movements and villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region left one civilian dead in the town of Nikopol and at least nine injured, according to the Ukrainian SES. The local government also reported damage to civilian infrastructure, personal dwellings and grain storage facilities.
Following the Russian bombing of the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region, the bodies of 3 civilians were discovered in the ruins of a collapsed school building, reports the Donetsk regional branch of Ukraine’s SES.
After months of diplomatic back-and-forth, NATO members Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations on Friday signed a landmark agreement to unlock Ukrainian grain and fertilizer exports from Black Sea ports to help ease a developing food crisis exacerbated by the war. begin without delay to identify inspection groups and a Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul supervised through members of the 4 parties to the agreement.
The agreement, valid for 120 days, promises passage to and from Odessa and two other Ukrainian ports as part of what the official called a “de facto ceasefire” for covered shipments and facilities. Although Ukraine has mined nearby waters as part of its war. Defenses, the agreement does not come with demining measures. Instead, Ukrainian pilots will send consultants along the canals in their territorial waters, with a minesweeper on hand if necessary, but without a military escort.
The U. S. will send Ukraine another $270 million in military assistance, bringing total U. S. security assistance to Ukraine to $8200 million.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine’s main goal in the war is to liberate the newly occupied territories to prevent them from becoming a frozen conflict, as this would only prolong the war. He called on Ukraine’s Western allies not to succumb to war fatigue and increase aid to Ukraine to allow the besieged country to defeat Russia and temporarily end the war.
The Council of the European Union has approved further military aid to Ukraine totalling €500 million, of which €490 million is earmarked for the acquisition of more armaments and €10 million for the maintenance and supply of ammunition.
According to a six-month report published by the World Steel Association, Ukraine, for the first time since becoming an independent country, abandoned the world’s 20 smartest metal manufacturers, with a production reduction of 58. 19%, showing the drastic effect on Russia’s invasion in most of the country’s most developed industries.