The toll of the Russian strike, Friday, July 29, was increased to nine wounded, including two children, in this city in central eastern Ukraine. “Russian missiles have sown terror again,” commented President Volodymyr Zelensky, promising to make Russia “accountable” and “punished”. For its part, the army of kyiv has taken over several villages, particularly in the south-east of the Donetsk region, and is trying to progress despite the immense Russian minefields.
Russian missile hits building in Dnipro
At least nine people were injured in a Russian strike on the city of Dnipro in east-central Ukraine on Friday, which hit an apartment building and a security service building, authorities said. “Currently, we are aware of nine injuries, including two children,” said Sergiy Kruk, of the Ukrainian emergency services, revising upwards a previous toll of five injuries given by the Minister of the Interior.
Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Bakoumov pointed out on Telegram that this city of one million inhabitants before the war had been the target of a Russian “missile attack”. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky added that the Ukrainian security service building in Dnipro was also hit by the Russian strike. “Russian missiles have once again sown terror,” he commented on Telegram, promising to make Russia “accountable” and “punished.”
The United States believes that Russia is seeking to supply arms to North Korea
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday July 29 that the United States believed that the Russian Minister of Defense was in North Korea to secure deliveries of weapons, necessary for the invasion of the bogged down Ukraine. Following a rare visit to Pyongyang by Sergei Shoigu, Russian Minister of Defense, Antony Blinken said that Russia was going around its allies to stock up on weapons. “I highly doubt he’s on vacation there,” Antony Blinken told the Australian press.
“We see Russia desperately looking for support, weapons, wherever they can find them, to continue their aggression against Ukraine,” he added. “We see it in North Korea, we also see it with Iran, which has provided many drones to Russia, which they use to destroy civilian infrastructure and kill civilians in Ukraine,” he said. for follow-up. During his stay in North Korea, Sergei Shoigu met the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, during “a ‘friendly’ talk, according to Pyongyang state media.
Tennis: a Russian player banned from entering Czech territory
A Russian tennis player has been turned away at the airport in the Czech capital, where the Prague Open, WTA 250 tournament is to take place from Monday, the Czech Interior Ministry announced on Friday. The identity of the player has not been released.
“During the check of a Russian citizen at the airport, the national police justified the termination of her temporary residence permit. She has already left the Czech Republic,” according to a message on Twitter from the Interior Ministry. Czech officials said at the same time that other Russian and Belarusian players would not travel to this country “according to available information”.
The Women’s Tennis Players Association (WTA), which “categorically condemns the war in Ukraine and the reprehensible actions of the Russian government”, noted in a statement on Friday evening that “despite their neutrality, some WTA players are being refused by the Czech authorities, the possibility of participating in the WTA 250 event scheduled for Prague next week”.
Russia says it intercepted two Ukrainian missiles on its territory
Russia announced on Friday that it had shot down two Ukrainian missiles over the south-west of its territory, the debris of the first having injured at least 16 in their fall on a town near the border with Ukraine. “The Kyiv regime carried out a terrorist attack against residential infrastructure in the city of Taganrog using an S-200 air defense missile converted to a strike version,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
“Russian air defense systems detected the Ukrainian missile and intercepted it in flight,” the ministry added, adding that the debris “fell on the territory of Taganrog.” According to the emergency services quoted by the Russian news agencies TASS and Ria Novosti, 16 people were injured, including 10 hospitalized, one of them being in serious condition. The Russian army then said it shot down a second missile near Azov, about 40 kilometers east of Taganrog, without causing any casualties. “The wreckage of the downed Ukrainian missile fell in a deserted area,” she said on Telegram.
Moscow and African countries pledge to promote a “multipolar order” without “neocolonialism”
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday, on the last day of the Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg, that Moscow and the countries of the continent were committed to promoting a “multipolar world order” and to fighting against “neocolonialism”. “The commitment of all our States to the formation of a just and democratic multipolar world order […] has been reaffirmed,” said Vladimir Putin during a closing speech, referring to a “common determination to fight against neocolonialism” and “illegitimate” sanctions.
Isolated on the international scene since the launch of its military offensive in Ukraine in 2022, Moscow organized its second Russia-Africa summit on Thursday and Friday, bringing together this year delegations from 49 African countries, including 17 heads of state. A joint declaration was adopted at the end of this meeting, providing for increased cooperation in the areas of food supply, energy and development aid.