Several Ukrainian military and civilian infrastructures have been the target of Russian strikes in several regions of the country. At least five people were killed and 25 others injured, including 12 soldiers, in a strike on two hangars in Kropyvnytskyi. Franceinfo takes stock of what to remember from the latest developments in the war in ukraineThursday, July 28.
Russian strikes kill at least eight
Russian forces struck military and civilian infrastructure in many Ukrainian regions on Thursday, including near the capital kyiv, killing at least eight people and injuring around 30 people. Lid Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a true “missile terror”.
On a large part of the Ukrainian territory, the shelling of the Russian army did not weaken Thursday. Thus, at least five people were killed and 25 others injured, including 12 soldiers, in a strike on two hangars in Kropyvnytskyï, in the center, announced the governor of the Kirovograd region, Andriï Raikovitch.
The Russians had targeted railway infrastructure and a military airfield in the same city on Saturday, about 300 kilometers south of kyiv, causing the death of two civilians. A soldier also lost his life, while nine others were injured.
Paris accuses Russia of wanting a “curtain of blood” between it and Europe
France hardens the tone with Russia. With the war in Ukraine, the country of Vladimir Putin wants to create a “blood curtain” with its European neighbours, denounced the French Secretary of State for Europe, Laurence Boone.
She welcomed the granting of EU candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, “vital” for these countries. Ukraine, theater of “unspeakable crimes” Russian forces, is caught in “a war she must win because her future and ours are at stake”she said during a debate on the French presidency of the EU which ended in late June.
EU rules out ‘sudden’ disruption of Russian gas supply
Europeans remain worried after Russia has sharply reduced its gas deliveries to them in recent weeks, in particular via the Nord Stream gas pipeline, which was operating at only 20% of its capacity on Wednesday.
“If Russia wants to cut off our gas, it will not wait until autumn or winter to do so, it will not allow us to fill our stocks during the summer”said Thursday the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell, nevertheless judging an interruption unlikely “brutal” of these supplies. “She will do it as soon as possible to avoid that in winter, we have reserves that allow us to hold on”he added.
Journalist Marina Ovsiannikova fined
Journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, famous for interrupting the newspaper of a Russian state channel with a poster against the offensive in Ukraine, was fined 50,000 rubles (800 euros) for “discrediting” the armed forces Russians.
He was criticized for saying that the operation in Ukraine was a “crime” speaking to journalists, on July 13, during a hearing concerning an imprisoned opponent, Ilia Iachine. Four days later, the 44-year-old journalist was briefly arrested in the Moscow region.
The distribution of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper threatened
The policeman of the Russian media has requested the cancellation of the authorizations to broadcast the website and the print edition of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He had already suspended his work in Russia at the end of March, in the midst of a crackdown on critics of the war in Ukraine.
On his Telegram account, the editorial staff of the newspaper announced (in Russian) that Constable Roskomnadzor had filed a motion in court to have the site’s broadcasting license revoked www.novayagazeta.ruwhich will theoretically prohibit the publication of journalistic content there.