Ukraine war briefing: ‘Occupiers’ ship severely damaged’ in Kavkas across from Crimea
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Zelenskiys and Kamala Harriss aides hold phone talks Spanish pensioner jailed over antiUkraine letter bombs.
What we know on day 882See all our Ukraine war coverageUkraine said its drones attacked a Russian ship used for military cargo moored at Kavkaz in Russias Krasnodar region, across the Kerch Strait from illegally occupied Crimea.
Ukraines armed forces said the occupiers ship is severely damaged in the Kavkaz port and posted a picture of black smoke rising from a vessel on fire.
Russia used this ship to transport railway carriages, vehicles and containers for military purposes, Ukraine said.
Russian authorities said the attack on what it called a cargo ship killed one person and wounded four.
Slavyanin is a Russianflagged rail and vehicle carrier that departed from a port in Bulgaria in May, according to global tracking service MarineTraffic.Ukraine has once again asked the Pentagon to lift restrictions on firing US weapons at military targets on Russian soil.
The Ukrainian defence minister, Rustem Umerov, and his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, on Tuesday held their first talks since Joe Bidens announcement that he was ending his presidential reelection bid.
During the call, the secretary reaffirmed the unwavering support of the United States for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression, said the Pentagons press secretary, Maj Gen Pat Ryder.
A statement from Umerov said I once again highlighted the importance and urgency of lifting the bans on longrange fires.Volodymyr Zelenskiys chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, has spoken by phone with Phil Gordon, national security adviser to Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic nominee for US president.
The Ukrainian presidents office said they discussed the situation at the front and Russias campaign of aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure.
Zelenskiy highlighted in his nightly video address that Harris had represented the US at the June peace summit in Switzerland.Zelenskiy has praised Vatican efforts in seeking peace and securing the release of prisoners of war after the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, visited four cities in Ukraine.
Zelenskiy said talks with the popes second in charge focused on what can be done this year to bring closer a just peace for Ukraine.Ukraines foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said after arriving in Beijing that it was important for Ukraine and China an ally of Russia to have direct dialogue and an exchange of positions about plans to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
Ahead are extensive, detailed, substantive talks with my Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on ways to a just peace, Kuleba said.A Spanish court has sentenced a pensioner to 18 years in prison over letter bombs sent to Spains prime minister, the US and Ukrainian embassies and an arms maker in 2022.
Pompeyo Gonzalez Pascual who opposed western support for Ukraine following Russias February 2022 invasion was found guilty of terrorism and manufacturing explosives in Spains top criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional.A court in Moscow said it had found Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar guilty in absentia of knowingly distributing false information and sentenced him to eightandahalf years in prison.
Zygar had written about war crimes committed by Russian forces in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, near Kyiv.Hungary has said it is blocking European Peace Facility funding for Ukraine until the government in Kyiv allows Russian oil to resume flowing through its territory.
Slovakia and Hungary said this month that they had stopped receiving oil from Lukoil through the Druzhba pipeline after Ukraine imposed a ban.
Russian deputy prime minister Alexander Novak said only that Moscow was working to ensure Russian oil supplies via Ukraine continued but would not comment on supply interruptions.Estonias incoming prime minister, Kirsten Michal, has pledged continued support for Ukraine until victory against Russia.
Michal, 49, has replaced Kaja Kallas, who resigned to become the EUs foreign policy chief.
Michal said Estonia would also increase its own defence expenditure The message to our enemies is that Estonia is well defended.
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