Shipments from Ukraine. Day 859.
Russia attacked Kharkiv on June 30 with a guided bomb, the Nova Poshta postal depot. The attack killed one user and injured nine, authorities said. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on his Telegram channel that the bomb fell near the city center, causing a fire that destroyed buildings and vehicles.
Kyiv. kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, attacked on June 30; Missile fragments fell on an apartment building, causing a fire and damaging apartments in a 14-story residential building.
Dnieper. At least one user was killed in a Russian airstrike in the city of Dnipro, about 300 miles southeast of the capital kyiv, on June 28, regional governor Serhiy Lysak said. The four most important floors of a nine-story building were destroyed by the explosion. In addition to the 76-year-old woman who died, 12 other civilians were injured in the bombing, as well as a 7-month-old baby. Three of the injured, two women and a young man in his twenties, are hospitalized in critical condition. Reacting to the Dnipro attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine is seeking a “reliable air shield” and suggested the country’s foreign components step up deliveries of air defense systems. “Only strong global determination can put an end to Russian terrorism,” he said.
Civilian spaces in Donetsk Oblast or the southeastern region remain under heavy Russian fire, regional army governor Vadym Filashkin said in his Telegram post on social media on June 29. On that day alone, three other people were killed when Russian forces shelled the village. Further south, in the village of Niu York, two civilians were wounded in one of the countless missile strikes. “The entire Donetsk region is life-threatening territory,” Filashkin said, calling on the remaining citizens to evacuate as temporarily as possible.
Zaporozhye region. Seven civilians were killed in a Kremlin attack within hours of daylight in the southeastern city of Vilniansk, the head of the Zaporizhzhian regional army administration, Ivan Fedorov, said June 29. “Russia is killing our people and destroying our cities. The enemy will have to be found guilty of all the horrors he has committed,” he continued. Almost twenty other people were also injured, in addition to four adults and a child, who are in serious condition. Russian missiles hit the city center, damaging critical infrastructure, department stores and residential areas.
Ukraine has been given the green light to receive a tranche of $2. 2 billion in long-term financing from the International Monetary Fund, the organization announced on June 28. The budget was released under an Extended Financing Facility (EFS) following a fourth review by the IMF. The Executive Board confirms Ukraine’s progress on conditional financing criteria, such as improving corporate governance and fighting corruption. This is the first time Ukraine has passed a fourth round of IMF review; Previous reviews on this point resulted in the suspension of the investment due to kyiv’s failure to meet established obligations. This investment will allow kyiv to timely cover its critical budget expenses, such as social benefits and government salaries. The IMF noted that Ukraine’s economy has been more resilient than expected, demonstrating a strong ability to adapt to war situations and continued disinflation. “Deliberate reforms of anti-corruption and governance frameworks, in addition to ensuring the effectiveness of anti-corruption institutions, remain essential to address fiscal risks, ensure donor confidence, expansion and help on the path to EU accession “IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva hopes that this year IMF budget aid to Ukraine will exceed $5. 4 billion.
Kyiv has repatriated another 10 captive Ukrainians to Russia, President Zelensky showed on June 28. The criminals were greeted by their families and the media upon arrival at Kiev’s main airport. Among those released was Nariman Dzhelyal, deputy head of the Majlis. (representative council) of the Crimean Tatars and sentenced to 17 years’ criminal imprisonment by the court of occupied Crimea controlled by Russia for his alleged involvement in the sabotage of an oil pipeline. Standing in front of the flickering cameras draped in a Ukrainian flag, Djelyal said that, as criminals, they “enjoyed watching the mix of blue and yellow colors on TV” because it reminded them of their homeland. The Vatican-mediated release also returned civilians Olena Pekh and Valerii Matyshenko, who had been detained for more than six years. in Russian criminals. Five other criminals, including Pavlo Krupienko and Nataliia Zakharenko, were arrested in Belarus under the pretext of espionage. ” Actually, we will release all our people!”President Zelensky wrote.
Oleh Sentsov’s immersive war documentary “Real,” filmed with his helmet-mounted camera about trench warfare in southern Ukraine, had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the Czech Republic on the 30th. of June. Never-before-seen edit with a Go-Pro camera amid last year’s counteroffensive in southern Ukraine. It conveys the brutality of trench warfare by allowing combat to assault the viewer’s senses through the soldier’s point of view. The biggest cinematic delight of this 90-minute film is probably the sound: the entire film is an endless episode of explosions, gasping infantrymen, and walkie-talkie whistles. Sentsov was able to attend the premiere while temporarily out of military service. The audience received the film and the filmmaker with applause. Before the premiere, Sentsov, dressed in a black vyshyvanka (a classic Ukrainian embroidered shirt), and his wife met with Czech President Petr Pavel, who expressed his country’s support for Ukraine’s war against Russia. In an Instagram post, Sentsov noted that “it is very important that the verbal exchange about Ukraine continues, because it is the basis of our help, but also to understand. . . the inhumane situations in which we fight the enemy. “
By Daria Dzysiuk and Karina Tahiliani
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