Minister: Pizzeria in Kramatorsk hit by attack
According to official sources, a Russian missile attack on the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine left several people dead and dozens injured. One child was among the dead, President Volodymyr Zelenskyj said in his evening video address on Tuesday. “Such terror proves to us and the whole world time and time again that Russia deserves only one thing for all its actions: defeat and a tribunal.” Selenskyj’s statements could not be independently verified.
Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the Russian army fired on Kramatorsk twice on Tuesday night, hitting a restaurant, among other things. Rescuers searched under the rubble for possible victims. At least three people were killed and more than 40 injured.
The current developments in the live ticker:
Zelenskyy fires the head of the state-owned company Ukroboronprom
The presidential office in Kiev has published a decree dismissing the head of the defense company Ukroboronprom, Yuriy Hussev. He has held the position since December 2020. According to reports, Herman Smetanin, the 31-year-old boss of the tank factory in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, will be his successor. There was initially no official confirmation.
All defense companies of Ukraine are concentrated in the Ukroboronprom holding company. According to the internet newspaper Ukrajinska Pravda, Zelenskyi had expected Hussev to increase production of the Sapsan (Peregrine Falcon) short-range missile.
US announces millions in additional military aid to Ukraine
The US government is offering Ukraine further military aid to avert Russian offensive war. The Department of Defense in Washington announced a new package of military equipment worth $ 500 million (about 456 million euros). According to the Pentagon, this includes ammunition for Patriot air defense systems, Bradley armored cars, Stinger air defense systems, mine clearance equipment, thermal imaging systems and night vision goggles.
Navalny on mercenary uprising: no one supported Putin
Imprisoned Kremlin opponent Alexey Navalny testified to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s lack of popular support for the mercenary uprising a few days ago. “At the time when military columns drove to occupy Moscow, no one stood up to defend Putin,” Navalny said through his team on social networks on Tuesday. “There was no national unity around him.” The Kremlin boss is apparently even more unpopular among the populace than the rebellious leader of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Navalny said.
Prigozhin, whose mercenaries had been fighting alongside the regular Russian army in Ukraine for months, escalated a long-simmering power struggle within the Russian military leadership on Saturday. The Wagner fighters first occupied the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and then marched on towards Moscow. Their virtually unopposed advance stopped just over 200 kilometers from the Russian capital. Later, in a televised address, Putin claimed that Russian society had shown unity in opposing the uprising.
NATO Secretary General warns against underestimating Russia
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg warned to take the threat from Russia after the mercenary uprising less seriously. It is clear that Kremlin chief Putin’s illegal war against Ukraine has deepened rifts in Russia and created new tensions, the Norwegian said in The Hague on the sidelines of preparatory talks for the NATO summit in July. At the same time, one should not underestimate Russia. It is now important to continue to support Ukraine. He expects a clear signal in that direction from the NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius.
What will be important on Wednesday
In eastern and southern Ukraine, the Ukrainian army continues its counter-offensive and tries to liberate other occupied places. (con/sda/dpa)
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