Up to date August 16, 2023 at 5:20 a.m. EDT|Printed August 16, 2023 at 2:11 a.m. EDT
Polish troopers participate in a navy parade Tuesday in Warsaw, Poland. (Wojtek Radwanski/AFP/Getty Photographs)
Russian forces carried out a number of “waves” of drone assaults in southern Ukraine in a single day, destroying warehouses and granaries at a Danube River port that’s a part of the nation’s grain infrastructure, the regional governor mentioned Wednesday. No person was injured, he mentioned. The assaults have been launched with Iranian-made Shahed drones, Ukraine’s navy mentioned.
NATO member Poland touted its state-of-the-art fighter jets and different weaponry at its largest navy parade because the Chilly Struggle — a show of power as preventing continues subsequent door between Russia and Ukraine. “The protection of our japanese border, the border of the European Union and of NATO is at present a key component of Poland’s state curiosity,” Polish President Andrzej Duda mentioned on the occasion.
Right here’s the most recent on the conflict and its influence throughout the globe.
The principle goal of the in a single day strikes was “port and grain infrastructure,” mentioned Odessa’s regional governor, Oleh Kiper. The assaults occurred south of the Ukrainian port metropolis of Odessa. In the meantime, Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure mentioned Wednesday {that a} container ship crusing underneath the Hong Kong flag that’s carrying meals, amongst different objects, efficiently left the Odessa port utilizing what he described as a brand new “short-term” delivery hall within the Black Sea.
Duda introduced a file protection price range and mentioned Poland “won’t be provoked” throughout his navy parade speech Tuesday, because the nation brandished foreign-made conflict planes and tanks earlier than a crowd of 1000’s. The Polish navy has elevated by about 78,000 troops over the previous eight years, he mentioned. The parade was meant to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the Battle of Warsaw, when Polish troops beat Bolshevik forces that have been making an attempt to advance on Europe.
A former high-ranking FBI official accused of secretly engaged on behalf of a Russian oligarch pleaded responsible in federal court docket Tuesday. The previous official, Charles McGonigal, is accused of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions and of laundering cash whereas working to the advantage of Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska, whom he was tasked with investigating.
The US, Sweden and Germany pledged further help to Ukraine this week. Throughout a go to to Kyiv, Germany’s finance minister mentioned that his nation plans to pledge about $5.4 billion in navy help every year till 2027. Sweden supplied a assist package deal value $314 million, and the Biden administration pledged a further $200 million in help.
North Korean chief Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen bonds with Moscow in a letter he wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin, in accordance with the state-run media outlet Korean Central Information Company. Within the letter, Kim mentioned the 2 nations may proceed to “smash the imperialists’ arbitrary practices and hegemony,” KCNA reported.
The US mentioned Russia can be violating U.N. resolutions if it reaches an arms cope with North Korea, after the 2 nations’ leaders known as for higher cooperation. State Division spokesperson Vedant Patel advised reporters: “Any type of safety cooperation or arms deal between North Korea and Russia will surely violate a sequence of U.N. Safety Council resolutions.”
The Killers apologized after lead singer Brandon Flowers invited a Russian fan onto the stage as a drummer throughout a live performance in Georgia and known as the viewers “brothers and sisters,” prompting some viewers members to boo and stroll out of the present. Many within the crowd have been livid at Flowers’ implication that Russians are brothers to Georgia, a nation Moscow invaded in 2008. The Killers’s apology, which mentioned it was “by no means our intention to offend anybody,” additionally prompted criticism over its failure to say the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The live performance venue in Shekvetili, a city on the Black Coastline, additionally apologized in a Fb submit and mentioned it didn’t share the band’s place, calling Russia “the occupier.”
Ukraine will spend about $32 million strengthening protection traces in its northeast, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal mentioned Tuesday. Most of that cash will probably be directed to the Kharkiv area, however a few of it’ll additionally go to the area of Chernihiv, he mentioned. Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk mentioned on Telegram the nation’s highway to victory will probably be “lengthy and tough,” and added, “we put together for a marathon, not a dash.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited front-line groups in Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday, filming his nightly handle from a transferring prepare. He visited Donetsk, in japanese Ukraine, the day earlier than.
Russian assaults on the northwestern Ukrainian metropolis of Lutsk killed at the very least three individuals this week, the area’s mayor mentioned, whereas a barrage of cruise missiles that broken dozens of houses within the Lviv area left 19 injured, together with a 10-year-old youngster.
Ugly and frequent mine accidents are haunting medical doctors in Ukraine: Confronted with our bodies ripped to items and limbs mangled past recognition, Ukrainian medical doctors working within the Zaporizhzhia area are left with no alternative however to dwell by the psychological anguish of amputation after amputation, Eve Sampson stories.
Closely mined Russian defenses have slowed Ukraine’s assault to a bloody, painstaking crawl, and hard-won positive factors come at the price of mine blast accidents. “The mines are simply in all places,” Ukrainian navy surgeon Dmytro Mialkovskyi advised The Washington Submit from a hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
Robyn Dixon contributed to this report.