Russian forces continue using chemical weapons in Ukraine, violating international conventions, said Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander for the Tavria military sector
According to Tarnavskyi, Russia fired 2 artillery barrages containing a chemical substance, presumably #chloropicrin, on Aug. 6
Chloropicrin, widely used in WW I, is no longer legal for military use
🇷🇴 🇺🇦 #Romania is working to find more ways to help transport #Ukrainian grain, the country’s foreign minister said Monday, describing the security situation in the Black Sea region as “quite serious.”
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Russia attacked Ukraine's grain ports in the early hours of Wednesday, including an inland port across the #Danube River from #Romania, sending global food prices soaring as Moscow ramps up its use of force to reimpose a blockade of #Ukrainian exports.
Russian forces launched an attack against a medical facility in Kherson, killing a doctor and injuring a nurse, head of the Kherson City Military Administration Roman Mrochko reported on Aug. 1.
"Today at 11:10 a.m., the enemy carried out another attack against peaceful residents of our community!" https://kyivindependent.com/russian-forces-strike-at-medical-facility-kill-doctor-in-kherson-oblast/ source : Martin Fornusek #Ukraine
What Moscow doing? Early in the morning, Ukraine managed to hit the same Moscow IQ-quarter building that hosts several departments of Russian ministries with a UAV. The damage this time looks minor.
The Russian ministry of defense claims several UAVs were shot down.
♲ @mlansbury@despora.de:> ## Rename the street of the Russian embassy in your country to 'Ukraine Street'
Living away from Ukraine, it is sometimes hard to know how to support the people under attack. However, there is one way you can support Ukraine in spirit:
You can rename Russian embassies’ and consulates’ addresses to Ukraine streets. This would be a simple but significant act of symbolic support for the courageous Ukrainian people who defend the values of freedom and democracy from one of the strongest military powers in the world.
"International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts have observed directional anti-personnel #mines on the periphery of the site of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya #Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said today.
During a walkdown on 23 July, the #IAEA team saw some mines located in a buffer zone between the site’s internal and external perimeter barriers."
♲ @mlansbury@despora.de:> ## Aid center in Donetsk Oblast hit by Russian cluster munitions
Russian forces hit a humanitarian aid distribution point in Chasiv Yar near Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast overnight on July 23. (Photo: Pavlo Kyrylenko/Telegram).
Russian forces hit the front-line town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast overnight with cluster munitions, Governor Pavlo Kyryenko reported on July 23.
A double-tap attack occurred when emergency services were trying to extinguish the fire in the culture center turned humanitarian aid distribution point, the governor said.
@hanse_mina #happymonday#bavovna in Dzankhoy 😉
SPOT the difference 🔍🕵️♂️
Ukraine:
🇺🇦 attacking military logistics targets like ammunition depots etc.
Da muscovy:
🧌 sending rockets, killer drones and artillery to attack civilians and their infrastructure ⛪️again. Committed to non-stop #RussianWarCrimes since day 1 of the 516 days that passed in the 3 day operation to conquer🇺🇦
Therefor #UkraineWillWin and #StandWithUkraine
Russian military forces hit #Ukrainian grain facilities for a fifth day this week. Our main character today is Katrya, who saved her sourdough starter from her hometown while on the run from Russian forces.
🇷🇺 Several pro-war #Russian military bloggers have publicly questioned the decision to arrest Igor #Girkin, a war criminal and a former official in the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic who had also covered the war online.
Ukraine criticises Poland over "unfriendly and populist" grain ban
Ukraine’s prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, has accused Warsaw of “unfriendly and populist” actions after Poland and four other eastern member states called on the European Union to extend their ban on Ukrainian grain imports.
UN chief condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine ports
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned on Thursday Russian attacks on Ukraine's Black Sea ports and warned the "destruction of civilian infrastructure may constitute a violation of international humanitarian law."
There's a long tradition of Moscow using starvation as a weapon. Putin seems like he's dedicating himself to preserving it.
The destruction of Ukrainian grain, and the infrastructure to export grain, will cause hardship and hunger all over the world. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/19/7412037/