What has happened in the last hours
On the 158th day of the war initiated by Russia against Ukraine, these are the key data at 12:00 on this Sunday, July 31:
Mikolaiv suffers one of the “heaviest” bombardments since the beginning of the conflict, according to kyiv. The Ukrainian authorities have denounced this Sunday that the main cereal businessman in the country, Oleksiy Vadaturskyi, has died along with his wife in a Russian bombardment on the town of Mikolaiv, in the south of the country, according to the head of the administration of the city, Vitaly Kim. According to the Ukrainian authorities, it was the “most intense” attack on the city since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24.
Zelensky warns that this year’s harvest may be halved due to the conflict. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky estimates that this year’s harvest could be half the usual due to the conflict. “The Ukrainian harvest faces the danger of being twice less this year,” the president wrote on his Twitter profile. “Our main goal is to avoid a global food crisis caused by the Russian invasion,” he adds.
Turkey estimates that the first ship with Ukrainian grain could set sail on Monday. The first ship loaded with Ukrainian cereals could set sail tomorrow, Monday, a spokesman for the Turkish presidency, Ibrahim Kalin, estimated in an interview on the Kanal 7 radio station on Sunday.
Five injured in Crimea in an attack on the Russian fleet, according to Moscow. Five people have been injured in a drone attack on the headquarters of the Russian Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozjiev, governor of this city on the Crimean peninsula, reported this Sunday in a message on the Telegram network, which Russia was annexed in 2014.
Putin says that the Russian navy will receive hypersonic missiles in the coming months. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the Russian navy will receive new Zircon hypersonic missiles “in the coming months.” His employment, the president has added since the Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg, will depend on Russian interests, without directly mentioning the offensive in Ukraine.
In the picture, of Maxim Shemetov For Reuters, Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Navy Day celebrations this Sunday in St. Petersburg.