Genya Savilov | AFP | Getty Images The World Health Organization has issued an urgent appeal for access to sick and wounded people involved in the war in Ukraine. The UN health agency said hundreds of landmine victims, premature babies, pregnant women, the elderly and patients with terminal illnesses have been left behind. “People who were unable to receive early diagnosis and treatment for cancer now have much more advanced tumors and more critical illnesses,” Dr Dorit Nijan, WHO crisis manager for Ukraine, told reporters at the United Nations. “People who couldn’t get their high blood pressure medication and now have heart failure or had strokes. People with diabetes who couldn’t get treatment and whose disease is now severe,” he added. Senior UN officials have long called for the creation of humanitarian corridors to enable the safe delivery of aid to vulnerable populations in Ukraine. — Amanda Macias
New pipeline from Greece to Bulgaria compensates for reduction in Russian gas
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (L) and his Bulgarian counterpart Kiril Petkov attend the inauguration ceremony of the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB) natural gas pipeline in Komotini, northern Greece, on July 8. – | Afp | Getty Images The leaders of Greece and Bulgaria inaugurated a new pipeline that will bring natural gas from Azerbaijan to Bulgaria, whose vital Russian gas supply was cut off in April amid fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis stressed the importance of the new connection as an alternative supply line for Bulgaria, as neighboring Greece wants to become a regional energy transmission hub. “It is not just a natural gas pipeline, but a critical South-North energy bridge,” Mitsotakis said during a ceremony in northeastern Greece. He added that Europe must coordinate its response to “Moscow’s conscious choice to turn natural resources into a lever of political pressure, into raw blackmail.” “It is something that our Bulgarian neighbors already know very well,” Mitsotakis said. — Associated Press
Ukrainian official says Russia burned grain fields
A Ukrainian official said Russian forces set fire to grain fields in the country’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. “Remember this image every time the Russians say they care about global food security,” wrote Oleg Nikolenko, a spokesman for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Millions of people around the world will face starvation – because Russia has launched a brutal war against Ukraine,” he added. The Kremlin has previously denied that Russian troops are arming Ukraine’s food supply. — Amanda Macias
US Treasury Secretary Yellen to support Russian oil price cap during Asia trip
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled, “The Financial Stability Oversight Board’s Annual Report to Congress,” in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, 10 May 2022. Tom Williams | Swimming pool | Reuters Janet Yellen plans to back a price cap on Russian oil during her first trip to the Indo-Pacific as US Treasury secretary, in what amounts to an effort to limit revenue flowing to the Kremlin as it wages war against Ukraine. The Treasury Department said Yellen’s trip to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea would focus on “opportunities to further strengthen the historic sanctions” imposed on Russia. He added that the goal of a potential price cap on Russian oil would be “to limit revenue for the Russian military while at the same time mitigating the impact of the war on gas and energy prices in America and globally.” Russia is one of the world’s biggest oil exporters, and its war with its neighbor has cut supply due to disrupted trade routes and sanctions imposed by the US and NATO allies. President Joe Biden and other world leaders are trying to balance support for Ukraine with domestic anger and a budget crunch caused by food and energy inflation. About 67 percent of Americans said gas prices were causing them financial hardship, according to a Gallup poll conducted in June, when U.S. gas prices hit an all-time high. The last time two-thirds of Americans said gas prices were causing financial hardship was 2011. The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline fell to $4,721 on Friday, from a record high of $5,016 set on June 14. — Thomas Frank
Celebrity chef and humanitarian Jose Andres shares video of volunteers packing food donations in Ukraine
Spanish celebrity chef and restaurateur Jose Andres shared a video on Twitter of volunteers in Ukraine preparing meals for the war-weary country. “Over 40,000 bags are made every day! 20 meals per bag = 800,000 meals plus hundreds of thousands of hot meals,” wrote Andres, who founded World Central Kitchen, a humanitarian organization dedicated to feeding vulnerable communities. The two-star Michelin chef brought World Central Kitchen to Ukraine to tackle the growing food crisis caused by Russia’s war. — Amanda Macias
Russian ambassador reportedly says troops unlikely to leave southern Ukraine
Russia’s ambassador to London, Andrei Kelin, says Kremlin forces will defeat Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donbas region and Moscow is unlikely to withdraw from a large swath of land on Ukraine’s southern coast, Reuters reported. “We will liberate all of Donbas,” Kelin told Reuters in an interview. “Of course it is difficult to predict the withdrawal of our forces from the southern part of Ukraine because we already have experience that after the withdrawal the provocations start and all the people are shot and all that.” — Sam Meredith
Zelenskyy says Snake Island recapture shows Ukraine ‘unbreakable’
Moscow said Russian troops withdrew from Snake Island (pictured here in an image released by the military governor of Odessa) last week as a “gesture of goodwill.” Ukraine, however, said Russian forces were hastily evacuated after a successful military operation. Military Governor of Odessa | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the recapture of Snake Island, a strategically important Black Sea island, sends a strong message to Russian forces. “And now let every Russian captain—whether ship or aircraft—see the Ukrainian flag at Zmiinyi [Snake Island] and know that our state cannot be broken,” Zelensky said. Moscow said Russian troops withdrew from Snake Island last week as a “gesture of goodwill”. Ukraine, however, said Russian forces were hastily evacuated after a successful military operation. — Sam Meredith
Russia’s Lavrov accuses West of ‘rabid Russophobia’ at G-20 meeting
Russia’s Lavrov meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi at the G-20 Ministerial Summit in Bali, Indonesia on July 8, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Western officials at the G-20 ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia, of criticizing Moscow instead of focusing on how to deal with global economic issues. G-20 host Indonesia pressed ministers to find a way to help end Russia’s aggression in Ukraine. Speaking on his arrival at the conference, Lavrov said: “Despite all this and useful discussions that will allow us to ask our Western colleagues some very blunt questions, they don’t have answers to these questions.” He added, “There is only rabid Russophobia, which they are turning to instead of finding the much-needed common ground on key issues for the global economy and finance, for which the G-20 was created.” — Sam Meredith
Russian forces appear to be preparing for new attacks in Donetsk, UK says
Russian troops are preparing for new attacks in eastern Ukraine, according to Britain’s Ministry of Defence. Russian forces “are likely to stop replenishment before undertaking new offensive operations in the Donetsk region,” the ministry said on Twitter. It added that Ukrainian forces continued to make “gradual advances” in the southwestern region of Kherson. “There is a realistic possibility that Russia’s immediate tactical target will be Siversk as its forces attempt to advance towards the most likely operational objective of the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk urban area.”
The US is demanding that militants held in Ukraine be recognized as “combatants”, media reports
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is quoted as saying that the US has demanded that US fighters held in Ukraine be considered “combatants”, according to Russian news agency Interfax. The U.S. Embassy in London was not immediately available for comment when contacted by CNBC on Friday.
Putin tells Ukraine that Russia has just started its military action
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Caspian Sea Summit in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on June 29, 2022. Grigory Sysoyev Sputnik | Reuters With Russia’s military action in Ukraine now in its fifth month, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Kyiv that it must quickly accept Moscow’s terms or prepare for the worst, adding ominously that Russia has only just begun its action. Speaking at a meeting with leaders of the Kremlin-controlled parliament, Putin accused Western allies of fueling the hostilities, charging that “the West wants to fight us to the last Ukrainian.” “It’s a tragedy for the Ukrainian people, but it seems to be heading in that direction,” he added. “Everyone should know that to a large extent, we have not even started anything seriously,” Putin said in a threatening note. He said Russia remains ready to sit down for talks to end the fighting, adding that “those who refuse to do so should know that the longer it goes on the harder it will be for them to make a deal with us.” — Associated Press
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Russian forces are also continuing their offensive along the main E-40 supply route to the cities of Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, the ministry said in its latest intelligence update on Twitter. Russian forces are using tanks, cannons and artillery to pound several settlements in eastern Ukraine, the country’s armed forces said on Tuesday, with the UK adding that “Russian forces are likely to maintain military pressure on Ukrainian forces while they regroup and are regrouping for further attacks in the near future.” A pro-Russian militia soldier nestles in a military convoy of armed forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic (LNR) on a street in Luhansk region, Ukraine, February 27, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko Reuters The UK also noted that staff shortages in the Russian Armed Forces may force its Ministry of Defense to turn to non-traditional recruitment. This includes recruiting personnel from Russian prisons for the private military company Wagner, a Russian state-linked paramilitary organization. “If true, this move likely indicates difficulties in replacing the significant number of Russian casualties,” the UK said. — Holly Elliott
Ukrainian forces are trying to push back Russian tanks, cannons and artillery
Ukrainian forces are facing renewed attacks in the area around Kharkiv, as well as a barrage of attacks by Russian tanks, artillery and rocket artillery on several settlements in the Donetsk region, an area now on the front lines as Russia advances. Russian forces are using artillery and multiple rocket systems near the city of Kharkiv — Ukraine’s second-largest city in the country’s northeast — and surrounding settlements, Alexander Shtupun, a spokesman for the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces, said on Facebook. Tuesday morning. A Ukrainian army officer walks next to a residential building destroyed by a rocket attack by Russian forces in central Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 11, 2022. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images In the area around Sloviansk in the Donetsk region, a key target as Russian forces try to seize the rest of Donbas, Ukraine said Russian forces are continuing offensive operations to improve their tactical position north of Sloviansk. To the south of the city, towards Bakhmut, Ukraine said Russian forces were using tanks, cannons and rocket launchers to shell various settlements as they tried to improve their position, Ukraine said. CNBC could not immediately verify the information in the business report. — Holly Elliott
The death toll from the Russian attack on an apartment building stands at 33
The death toll from a Russian rocket attack on a five-story apartment building in the Donetsk city of Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine has risen to 33, with a child among the civilians killed in the attack, according to the latest information on Monday. Night. Search and rescue teams were scrambling to reach survivors trapped in the rubble after the residential building was attacked by Russian missiles at the weekend. Rescuers clear the scene after a five-story residential building was hit in Chasiv Yar, Bakhmut region, eastern Ukraine, on July 10, 2022. Miguel Medina | Afp | Getty Images So far, nine people have been rescued from the rubble. “Work in progress,” Ukraine’s emergency services said in a Facebook post last night, as search and rescue teams continued to search for victims and survivors. — Holly Elliott
US says Iran is going to supply Russia with drones
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Iran is preparing to supply Russia with hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles. He said there are indications that Iran plans to train Russian forces to use these drones, which could begin as early as this month. Sullivan said the intelligence shows the kind of cost Russia has suffered on the battlefield and how Moscow could turn to countries like Iran for support. The US will continue to work with Ukraine on a strategy that “achieves its objectives both on the battlefield and at the negotiating table,” he said. Sullivan made his comments ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East, where he is expected to discuss a range of security issues, including regional policy toward Iran. Relations with Iran have been strained as the two sides struggle to make progress on a new nuclear deal. — Natalie Tam
Zelensky says Europe must prepare for Russia to cut off all gas supplies
Russia says it is ready to supply gas to Europe, describing concerns over the ongoing unrest as a “man-made crisis” created by Europe. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Europe must prepare for the possibility of Russia cutting off gas supplies. “Russia has never played by the rules in energy and will not play now unless it sees force,” Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app, according to a translation by NBC News. “Now there is no doubt that Russia will try not only to limit as much as possible, but also to completely stop the supply of natural gas to Europe,” Zelensky said, adding, “this is what we must prepare for now.” Earlier, Russia suspended gas deliveries to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for annual summer maintenance. Scheduled maintenance on the pipeline has sparked fears that Russia could prolong the work and further delay gas supplies to Germany. — Amanda Macias
Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all of Ukraine
A local resident walks past a Ukrainian rescue worker working outside a partially destroyed building after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on July 11, 2022, amid Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine. Sergey Bobok | AFP | Getty Images As Russian missiles hit a key Ukrainian city, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending a fast-track process to grant Russian citizenship to all Ukrainians, another attempt to expand Moscow’s influence in war-torn Ukraine . Until recently, only residents of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk regions, as well as residents of the southern Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, large parts of which are now under Russian control, were eligible for the simplified passport process. Ukrainian officials have yet to react to Putin’s announcement. The decree also applies to any stateless persons currently residing in Ukraine. Since 2019, when the process was first introduced for residents of Donetsk and Luhansk, and this year, more than 720,000 people living in rebel-held areas in the two regions – about 18% of the population – have received Russian passports. — Associated Press
UN official says there is growing evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
A war crimes prosecutor (C) and a rescuer (R) and a civilian look at a damaged building after a rocket attack in the Ukrainian town of Serhiivka, near Odessa, killed at least 18 people and injured 30, on July 1, 2022. Oleksandr Gimanov | AFP | Getty Images UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said her office has mounting evidence that Russian forces have carried out unlawful killings and summary executions in Ukraine. Bachelet said UN investigators have verified the recovery of more than 1,200 civilian bodies from Kyiv. She added that her office is working to confirm more than 300 allegations of killings by Russian armed forces in situations not linked to active combat. The Kremlin has previously denied that its forces have committed crimes against civilians in Ukraine. — Amanda Macias
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“Russia continues to face accusations of forcibly deporting Ukrainians; in many cases Ukrainians have reportedly been mistreated in infiltration camps set up by Russia,” the ministry tweeted. In recent years, Moscow has issued Russian passports to tens of thousands of people in eastern Ukraine. While some people have gone to Russia willingly, there are accounts of forced movements of Ukrainians, including children, who have described brutal conditions in Russia’s “infiltration camps.” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the US suspects between 900,000 and 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens, including 260,000 children, have been detained and deported from their homes in Russia. The Geneva Conventions of 1949 set international legal standards and protections for humanitarian treatment during wartime and expressly prohibit mass forced transfers of civilians. – Natasha Turak and Amanda Macias
45 countries sign declaration to punish Russian war crimes
The US, European Union states, Canada, Australia, Mexico and more are among 45 nations that signed a political declaration to cooperate in prosecuting Russian war crimes in Ukraine. There are around 23,000 war crimes investigations already underway and countries need to coordinate to ensure sufficient evidence is provided, organized and cases are avoided. Different countries conduct different investigations, and together the team will train Ukrainian prosecutors and increase the number of medical examiners in Ukraine. The signatories also pledged 20 million euros ($20 million) to support the International Criminal Court and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. Ant Palmer | News Getty Images | Getty Images “The simple truth is that as we speak, children, women and men, young and old, are living in terror,” said ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan. Khan stressed “the need for coordination, coherence” and the need for a “general strategy” among participating countries. “Substantial justice can only be achieved if we work together. Today we pledge to set a new standard of cooperation by strengthening our accountability efforts worldwide,” Khan said during the Ukraine Accountability Conference in The Hague. – Natasha Turak
The number of dead is 23, more than 110 injured in Vinica
LUHANSK, UKRAINE – JULY 09: A view of damaged sites from the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk which Russian forces now control, in the Luhansk region of Ukraine on July 9, 2022. (Photo by Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Stringer | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The death toll from an attack in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia has risen to 23, including three children, according to Ukraine’s emergency service. The agency added that 117 people needed medical attention. Thirty-four of these people are in serious condition and 5 people are in critical condition. Search and rescue crews are still searching for at least 39 people in the rubble. Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the cruise missile attack on community facilities and the medical center an “act of Russian terrorism”. — Amanda Macias
US Defense Secretary Austin thanks his Italian counterpart for supporting Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin welcomes Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini to the Pentagon in Washington, DC on July 14, 2022. Saul Loeb Afp | Getty Images Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin thanked his Italian counterpart at the Pentagon for strengthening NATO’s eastern flank along with the country’s “extensive contribution to international security.” Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini and Austin agreed to maintain close cooperation “especially in these difficult times that have demonstrated the importance of the transatlantic relationship,” according to a Pentagon statement at the meeting. The two also discussed “how the United States and Italy could increase defense cooperation activities in Africa.” — Amanda Macias
