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What has happened in the last hours
On the 157th day of the war initiated by Russia against Ukraine, these are the key data at 12:00 noon this Saturday, July 30:
At least one dead after several Russian attacks in southern and eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities have denounced this Saturday several attacks in the south and in the east of the country, which have caused at least one death. One civilian died and six others were injured after a bombardment during the early morning in a residential area of Mikolaiv, in the south, explained the regional governor, Vitali Kim, in a message on the Telegram network. In Kharkov, in the east, three missiles also hit an educational center that caught fire at dawn, reports the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov. Local authorities have also reported attacks in the Donetsk region and in Nikopol and Chervonogrigorivka, in the Dnipro region (central west). The Ukrainian army has claimed to have killed “dozens” of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition depots in the fighting in the Kherson region in the south of the country.
Russia announces the suspension of gas supplies to Latvia. The Russian giant Gazprom announced this Saturday the suspension of gas supplies to Latvia “for violating delivery conditions.” The statement does not specify the unfulfilled conditions, but the decision comes a day after the Latvian operator Latvijas Gaze assured that it is paying for Russian gas in euros instead of rubles, as required by the Kremlin. It is the sixth country to which Moscow – one of the world’s largest gas producers – cuts off the tap, after Poland, Bulgaria, Finland, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Russia is preparing referendums for the annexation of the newly occupied areas of Ukraine, according to the UK. Russia is preparing referendums for the annexation of newly occupied areas of Ukraine, according to the latest report from the UK Ministry of Defense, issued on Saturday. “Local authorities are likely to coerce the population into disclosing their personal details in order to compose voting records,” adds British intelligence.
Lebanon seizes a Syrian-flagged ship on suspicion of transporting stolen Ukrainian grain. The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Lebanese Court of Cassation has ordered the seizure of the ship in port Laodiceaunder the Syrian flag, on suspicion of transporting grain stolen from Ukraine.
The US is considering declaring Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre announced this Friday that the United States is studying the declaration of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism as a sanction measure for the invasion of Ukraine.
In the image, from the Ukrainian emergency services, several firefighters try to put out the flames after a Russian attack in Bakhmut, in the Donetsk province, in the east of the country, this Saturday.
