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Zelensky acknowledges 'vital' role played by Western weaponry
"In the past week, the Ukrainian army had achieved powerful results in destroying the logistics of the Russian army," Zelensky said in his Saturday night video address, dpa news agency reported. "Every strike on the enemy's ammunition depots, on their command posts, on accumulations of Russian equipment saves the lives of all of us, the lives of Ukrainian military and civilians," Zelensky added.
World food prices decline amid relief after Ukraine grain exports resume: FAO
A deal to allow grain shipments from Ukraine and adjustments to the global supply chain helped relieve some price pressure, Xinhua news agency quoted the FAO as saying. The monthly index of food commodity prices fell 8.6 per cent in July, its largest one-month fall since 2008, according to data released by the UN agency. The decline represented the third consecutive month the index fell, though it's the first time in that period the decline was significant.
Russia using nuclear plant as cover to launch rocket attacks
Russia controls the Zaporizhzhia plant and surrounding areas, close to Ukrainian-held territory. Western officials have sounded the alarm about Russia's tactics there, BBC reported. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant lies in the south-east of Ukraine along the eastern bank of the Dnipro river. It is currently still being operated by Ukrainian employees under Russian supervision. It consists of six pressurised water reactors and stores radioactive waste.
Ukraine intel claims Putin using body double, points to his changing ears
Putin's (69) health has been the topic of fierce discussion among commentators, Daily Mail reported. His close ally Nikolai Patrushev is said to have stood in for the president during his medical appointments, the report said. This week, Ukraine's Major General Kyrylo Budanov appeared on TV to claim to viewers that Putin's height and ears have changed in recent appearances, The Sun reported.
'Russian action jeopardising Ukrainian nuclear power plant'
"Following five months of occupation, Russia's intentions regarding the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant remain unclear," dpa news agency quoted the Ministry as saying. "However, the actions they have undertaken at the facility have likely undermined the security and safety of the plant's normal operations." Russian forces had used artillery units based in areas near the power station to target Ukrainian territory on the west bank of the Dnipro river, the report said.
Ukraine President's comments likely to intensify fears of worldwide grain shortage
"Ukrainian harvest this year is under the threat to be twice less," the Ukrainian leader wrote on Twitter in English, The Guardian reported. His country's main goal, Zelensky said, was to prevent a global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion. His comments came as it emerged that the owner of one of Ukraine's largest agricultural companies had been killed in the shelling of the strategically important southern city of Mykolaiv, near the Black Sea.
Putin preparing to flee Russia should he be defeated in Ukraine, claims report
With his Donbas offensive stalling, Ukriane preparing to re-capture Kherson and his economy crumbling, the Russian leader is "aware of the possibility of a sharp change of mood in the country", the Daily Mail reported. Last week, the General SVR channel reported that the 69-year-old had suffered from "severe nausea" overnight, with doctors at his bedside for around three hours.
German cities impose cold showers, turn off lights amid Russian gas crisis
Hanover became the first large city to announce energy-saving measures, including turning off hot water in the showers and bathrooms of city-run buildings and leisure centres, The Guardian reported. Municipal buildings in the Lower Saxony state capital will only be heated from October 1, 2022 to March 21, 2021, at no more than 20 degrees Celsius room temperature, and ban the use of mobile air conditioning units and fan heaters.
Moldova's PM 'very worried' Russia will invade her country next
Natalia Gavrilita's warning came after Moscow's forces made gains in Ukraine's south and east, near to the Moldova-Ukraine border, in recent months, Daily Mail reported. Analysts believe that Kremlin is trying to create a land bridge between Russian-occupied territory in eastern Ukraine and Transnistria - an unrecognised breakaway region supported by Russia - in order to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea, the report said.
Zelensky accuses Russia of 'barbarism' over Odesa port attack
Under Friday's deal signed in Istanbul, Russia agreed not to target Ukrainian ports while grain shipments were in transit, the BBC reported. But just hours after the agreement was signed, two Kalibr missiles hit the Odesa port, according to the Ukrainian military's southern command centre.
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