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(Bloomberg) — Bombings through Russian forces have reportedly killed civilians in the eastern Donetsk region as the Kremlin continues its campaign, while a group of U. S. experts have been killed in the eastern Donetsk region. The U. S. military said Moscow owns a Ukrainian nuclear plant to ease Western fears of an atomic catastrophe.
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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday that situations at the Zaporizhzhia plant in southeastern Ukraine were “out of control. “Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggested to China’s Xi Jinping that he accept direct talks and said Beijing had responded to such demands from Russia. invaded Ukraine in February.
A shipment heads to the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk to load grain for export, the first shipment since the beginning of the Russian invasion.
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Russian troops bombed Toretsk, a small Ukrainian town in Donetsk, on Thursday morning, killing 8 other people and wounding four, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Telegram. The Russians fired on a bus stop, a church and some buildings, he wrote. The Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the southern port of Mykolaiv and Nikopol in the Dnipropetrovsk region were bombed overnight, the local government said. Russian forces carried out a limited attack northwest of Sloviansk and continued their efforts to advance on Bakhmut from the northeast, east and southeast. Russian forces form an attack organization to save you from Ukrainian counteroffensives in the northern component of the Kherson region.
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Russian Court Sentences WNBA Star to Nine Years for Drug Trafficking (5:25 p. m. )
A Moscow court convicted WNBA player Brittney Griner of drug trafficking and sentenced her to nine years in prison, raising the stakes in talks at the Russia-U. S. impasse over an imaginable prisoner exchange involving the basketball star.
“The court found the defendant guilty,” Judge Anna Sotnikov said, according to the Interfax news service. Prosecutors have asked for a nine-and-a-half-year arrest warrant, close to the maximum.
War to further expand existing account balances, says IMF (3 p. m. )
The Russian invasion of Ukraine and the lingering effects of the pandemic will expand existing account balances for the third year in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund.
Current accounts, the broadest measure of a country’s goods and services industry, expressed as deficit or surplus, shrank for several years until Covid-19 disappointed demand and industry patterns. prices, a trend that is exacerbated this year by the effect of the war for power and food prices.
Germany rejects accusations that it is blocking the EU (12. 54 p. m. )
Germany has refuted accusations that it is blocking progress on an EU aid package to Ukraine valued at about 8 billion euros ($8. 2 billion). euros in grants to ensure the liquidity of Ukraine’s state budget and more in the future.
Germany has called for the emergency programme component to take the form of grants rather than loans. EU allies said Berlin’s demands delayed the package.
Ukraine says first grain ship heads to chornomorsk port (12:51 p. m. )
A Turkish shipment is heading to the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk on the Black Sea to load grain and would be the first to arrive since the Russian invasion in February, said Serhiy Brachuk, spokesman for the head of the Odessa Regional Military Administration.
The Osprey S sails under the Liberian flag and left a Turkish port on July 31, it said in a video call. “The ports are working and are in a position to paint with maximum intensity,” he said.
Putin and Erdogan to talk about industry and power in Sochi (11:18 a. m. )
President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will meet Friday in the Russian port city of Sochi, a rare incursion outside Moscow for the Russian leader since the start of the war in Ukraine.
The two men plan to talk about the expansion of industry and joint economic relations and strategic power projects, as well as “views on foreign affairs,” the Kremlin said in an emailed statement.
The Kremlin earlier said talks at the Black Sea hotel would be “a smart opportunity to synchronize clocks on the effectiveness” of the Turkish-brokered transit agreement for the export of Ukrainian grains.
Lebanon authorizes departure of bulk carrier after resolution of consultation (11. 12 a. m. )
Lebanon said it had allowed a ship accused of carrying stolen grain to leave its tripoli port after concluding an investigation. The Laodicea, registered in Syria, “is outside Lebanese territorial waters,” Lebanese Transport Minister Ali Hamie wrote on Twitter, posting a symbol of the shipment’s movements.
The shipment seized last week after the Ukrainian embassy said the shipment came from Russian-occupied spaces in southeastern Ukraine and was loaded into Feodosia on the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula. Ukraine says Russia is stealing grain, but the Kremlin denies it.
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Belarus will participate in training in the Russian Far East: Tass (10:12 a. m. )
Belarusian troops will participate in army training in the Russian Far East from Aug. 30 to Sept. 30. 5, the Belarusian Defense Ministry said, according to Tass. About 250 workers from Russia’s best friend are expected to participate.
Vostok’s trainings will bring together the Russian Airborne Force, military and long-range transport aircraft and military contingents from other countries, Tass reported. It is known which countries will participate besides Belarus.
Russia continuously introduced missiles from Belarusian territory in its invasion of Ukraine, but Belarusian forces have so far not been involved in floor operations.
Russia relies on its position in Zaporizhzhia, says tank (7:30 a. m. )
Russian forces are employing the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Enerhodar to play on Western fears of a nuclear disaster in Ukraine, most likely with the aim of degrading Western readiness to a Ukrainian counteroffensive, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
IAEA leader Rafael Grossi said Wednesday that the plant, occupied by Russian forces since the start of Moscow’s invasion, is “completely out of control” and that “all principles of nuclear protection have been violated. “
Russian forces around the plant have attacked Ukrainian positions in recent weeks, putting Ukraine at an impasse, the U. S. think tank said. By retaliating, Ukraine would threaten foreign condemnation and a nuclear accident. If it does not, Kremlin forces can continue to target Ukrainian positions from an effective “safe zone. “
Russian fuel flows are expected to be solid on Thursday (7:22 a. m. )
Russian herbal fuel materials to Europe, the key Nord Stream pipeline, are expected to remain close to 20% of the link’s capacity on Thursday. Flows from Ukraine are also expected to be stable, according to network data.
Zelenskiy’s Direct Talks with China’s Xi (5:27 a. m. )
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy suggested to Chinese leader Xi Jinping that he hold direct talks, as Beijing has responded to such demands since Russia invaded his country in February.
The last time the couple spoke a year ago, Zelenskiy told the South China Morning Post in an interview published Thursday. Since Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24, he said the Ukrainian side had “officially asked for a conversation” with Xi but had not won. one answer. Such dialogue, he added, “would be useful. “
“China, as a big, tough country, can come and put the Russian Federation in a safe place,” Zelenskiy told the Post.
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Wheat reversed 2022 earnings (06:50 hours)
Chicago wheat fell for a fourth direct trade consultation on Wednesday, giving up its 2022 gains as relief considerations, adding the even timid recovery of Ukraine’s exports, cut costs.
Optimism about global industry flows and rainfall forecasts in major U. S. generating regions. U. S. dollars weighed on futures. Benchmark wheat is more than 40% below the record point reached in March after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Razoni shipment arrived in Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait on Tuesday, the first merchant shipment to use a corridor in the Black Sea to ship grain from Ukraine. Other shipments are in a position to depart, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Twitter.
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The U. S. Senate U. S. ratifies the candidacies of Finland and Sweden to NATO (06:40 hours)
The U. S. Senate ratified the incorporation of Sweden and Finland into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a move aimed at military alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The vote was 95 to 1, far exceeding the two-thirds majority required for treaty approval. If the promotion wins the approval of all members of the existing alliance, Finland will join Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland as NATO countries sharing a land border with Russia.
Russia launches new wave of propaganda, says Zelenskiy (00:25)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Russia of generating a new wave of propaganda as it begins to learn the legal consequences of its invasion. He ignored comments by former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder that the Kremlin is open to talks to end the war.
“If Russia needs to end the war, it would not withdraw its reserves in southern Ukraine and would produce mass graves of innocents killed on Ukrainian territory,” Zelenskiy said in a speech Late Wednesday.
“It’s disgusting when former leaders of hard European states with European values work for Russia, which fights against one’s values,” Zelenskiy said.
U. S. Official Expects Russia to Falsify in Olenivka (4 a. m. )
The United States expects Russian officials to falsify evidence of last month’s fatal attack in Olenivka before hounds and investigators visit the site, a U. S. official said.
Moscow would go so far as to give the impression that Ukraine had targeted the Western-provided HIMARS facility, the official said, without saying how the assessment was conducted.
More than 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war, in addition to some from the Azov battalion, were killed in the attack on the occupied Donetsk prison. Moscow said the fatal attack on the correctional facility was carried out through Kyiv with weapons provided through the United States. Ukrainian army intelligence said the Wagner Group, a private company of Russian mercenaries, intentionally set fire to the compound.
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