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Monday, July 18. Day 145. By Dmytro Aksyonov
Russian shelling in the city of Toretsk in the Donetsk region led to the collapse of a two-story residential building, resulting in the deaths of six civilians and two hospitalizations, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
Russian forces launched a rocket attack on the city of Odessa and the Dnistrovsky Lyman Bridge, prompting the start of a large-scale fire on an army object. So far no casualties have been reported, reports the Odessa City Council.
Russian forces also introduced a missile attack on the city of Chuhuiv in the Kharkiv region, damaging two skyscrapers on July 18.
Ukraine’s first lady Olena Zelenska met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday, July 18, as she began a series of high-profile appearances in Washington, including a consultation with Jill Biden.
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation announced that the former head of the Crimean branch of ukraine’s Security Service, Oleh Kulynych, was arrested for treason and collaboration with Russian security services. The government has carried out against officials suspected of involvement with Russia.
Didier Reynders, the European Justice Commissioner, who in the past said the European Commission was reading the option to confiscate Russian assets and assist Ukraine in its post-war reconstruction, said such a procedure would likely not be implemented due to the lack of precedent for asset seizures across EU states. He said that instead, the Commission was looking at the option of implementing an election procedure, which would require Russia to actively participate in Ukraine’s recovery in order for recently frozen assets to be unfrozen.
According to Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar, Turkey expects a momentary circular of talks between Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN to take place this week in Istanbul on the factor of Ukraine’s grain exports. factors”, such as export security and the creation of an operational means for coordination between the relevant parties.
Reuters reports that Russia’s state-owned fuel company, Gazprom, told some European consumers in a letter that it may simply not guarantee the fuel source due to “extraordinary” circumstances, pointing to force majeure on the July 14 materials. Germany’s largest importer of Russian fuel, Uniper, among the companies that won the letter, raising fears once again that Russia would decide not to restart the Nord Stream 1 pipeline after the 10-day planned maintenance era that began on July 11.