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The death toll in Chasiv Yar rises to 47
Firefighters remove a body from a building amid search and rescue operations in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk, Ukraine, on July 11.
(Photo: Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
The death toll rose to 47 after a Russian missile hit a residential building in Chasiv Yar over the weekend, Pavlo Kyrylenko, deputy head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said on Wednesday.
The rescue operation in the eastern city is ongoing, he said.
The building was attacked on Saturday night, at a time when Russia has once again intensified its assault on cities and towns in eastern Ukraine in an attempt to gain control of the entire Donbas area.
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Turkey to host Russia-Ukraine talks on grain shipments
By Isil Sariyuce
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives for a ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, on May 16.
(Photo: Burhan Ozbilici/AP)
Turkey will host talks with Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations on Wednesday on the export of grain cargoes at Ukrainian ports, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Tuesday.
"Tomorrow (for this Wednesday), in Istanbul, the military delegations of the defense ministries of Turkey, the Russian Federation and Ukraine, as well as the United Nations delegation, will hold talks for the safe shipment of the cereals that they expect in Ukrainian ports to international markets by sea," he said.
This comes after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held separate calls with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts on grain exports on Monday.
Ukrainian authorities claim that more than 20 million tons of grain remain stuck in Ukraine due to Moscow's blockade of Black Sea ports.
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Ukraine wants to speed up grain exports through the reopened Danube River routes
By Kostan Nechyporenko, Vasco Cotovio
A warehouse in Bakhmut containing grain was hit by an airstrike on the morning of Thursday 9 June.
Ukraine hopes to speed up grain exports through the recently reopened Danube River Bystre Canal amid a Russian blockade of its key Black Sea ports.
"In the last four days, 16 ships have already passed through the Bystre mouth. We plan to maintain this pace," said Yurii Vaskov, Ukraine's deputy infrastructure minister, on Tuesday.
Access to the Danube and its small inland river ports became possible after Ukrainian forces recaptured Snake Island from Russian forces in June.
Vaskov added that Kyiv was negotiating with Romania and the European Commission to increase the number of ships crossing the canal and hoped that the congestion on the route would "be eliminated" within a week, clearing the way for Ukraine to increase its exports. monthly grain in 500,000 metric tons.
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More than 90 ships are waiting to enter Ukrainian ports through the Sulina channel of the Danube, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure.
Before the Russian invasion in February, about 80% of Ukraine's grain was exported from its Black Sea ports, according to the ministry.
Now, exports leave the country exclusively through Danube ports and road and rail checkpoints.
The capacity of the new routes is "currently insufficient to fully replace seaports," the ministry said.
In June, Ukraine exported some 2.5 million tons of goods, a far cry from the 8 million tons it expected to export, the ministry added.
Turkey will host talks with Russia, Ukraine and the United Nations on Wednesday on the export of grain shipments found in Ukrainian ports, according to the Turkish defense minister.
Ukrainian authorities claim that more than 20 million tons of grain remain stuck in Ukraine due to Moscow's blockade of Black Sea ports.
15 mins ago
Zelensky Boasts 'Modern Artillery' After Forces Attack Another Russian Ammo Depot
By Vasco Cotovio, Kostan Nechyporenko
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during his evening video message on Tuesday.
(Office of the President of Ukraine)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the successes of "modern artillery" donated by the West after his country's forces attacked another Russian ammunition depot on Tuesday.
"The occupiers have already felt very well what modern artillery is, and they will not have a safe rear in any part of our land, which they occupied," Zelensky said in his evening speech.
"They felt that the operations of our scouts to protect their Homeland are orders of magnitude stronger than any of their "special operations".
"Russian soldiers - and we know this from interceptions of their conversations - are frankly scared of our Armed Forces."
Zelensky's statements come after explosions rocked the city of Nova Kakhovka in the Ukrainian region of Kherson on Monday night.
A video posted on social media showed loud explosions and a huge fireball lighting up the night sky.
"In Nova Kakhovka minus a Russian ammunition depot. They brought, brought, stored, stored and now they have fireworks at night," Serhiy Khlan, a Ukrainian official who is a member of the Kherson regional council, said in a Facebook post.
Ukraine has in recent weeks been using US-donated HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems and other Western-made weaponry to attack Russian ammunition depots deep inside Moscow-controlled territory.
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