He lives. Russian forces advance in eastern Ukraine: ‘heavy fighting everywhere’ | Ukraine and Russia war

Gennady Gatilov, dThe Russian envoy to the United Nations in Geneva said there was no reason to maintain the “status quo” of the Black Sea grain agreement, which expires on July 18. This was reported by the Reuters news agency based on an interview with Gatilov Russian news center “Izvestia”.

“Russia has repeatedly extended the agreement in the hope of positive changes,” Gatilov told Izvestia. “However, what we are seeing now gives us no reason to agree to maintain the status quo.”

According to Gatilov, the Russian conditions for extending the agreement are being implemented – including the reconnection of the Agricultural Bank of Russia to the SWIFT banking payment system. Delayed.

The Black Sea Agreement, negotiated in July 2022 between Russia and Ukraine with mediation by the United Nations and Turkey, aims to prevent a global food crisis by allowing the export of Ukrainian grain trapped in Ukraine by the Russian invasion, safely from Black Sea ports.

Last week, the United Nations expressed concern that no new ships had been registered under the Black Sea Agreement since June 26, despite applications from 29 ships.

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense publishes a special video on its official social media channels. To the tunes of Madonna’s “Holiday”, you can see fragments of films with happy people, dancing and surfing. But neglect turns into a nightmare.

Russian forces are advancing in four front-line areas in eastern Ukraine. This says the deputy defense minister of Ukraine Hanna Malgar. The Russians will advance in Avdijivka, Marijinka, Lyman and Svatove regions. “The fighting is fierce everywhere,” Malgar wrote on social media. “The situation is very complicated.”

At the same time, according to Malgar, Ukrainian forces are advancing elsewhere in the east with “partial success”. This applies, among others, to the southern wing of Bashmuyt. In the south of the country, near Berdyansk and Melitopol, Ukrainian forces are said to be advancing “incrementally”. This is despite the enemy’s “fierce resistance,” according to the deputy minister.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the port city of Odessa on Sunday. He encouraged the wounded soldiers in a hospital there and assured in a video message that “the Ukrainian coasts will not tolerate these occupiers.”

Poland is deploying additional police officers to its border with Belarus to increase security in response to plans by the Russian mercenary army, Wagner, to set up a base there. This was stated by Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski on Sunday.

An additional 500 police officers, including members of the anti-terrorism unit, will support the 500 border guards and 2,000 soldiers stationed on the border with Poland’s eastern neighbours.

Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslav Kaczynski, who is in charge of security issues, recently announced that more troops would be deployed and that the borders would be strengthened.

According to Kaczynski, Poland learned that up to 8,000 Wagner fighters could be stationed in Belarus. Poland shares a 418km border with ally Russia.

After last weekend’s failed rebellion, Wagner President Yevgeny Prigozhin announced he would set up camp in Belarus after Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered him and his mercenary army safe haven.