War in Ukraine, live: new Russian bombardments on the cities of Dnipro and Kharkiv, the warning sirens sound in kyiv – Le Monde

https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie/derniere-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png https://assets-decodeurs.lemonde.fr/redacweb/ukraine-cartes-infographie /last-maj-ukraine-avancee-russe.png 30 The situation on the map Agrandir The context Live hosted by Clémence Apetogbor and Simon Auffret Cover image: In the city of Nikopol, in the Dnipropetrovsk region, July 16, 2022. – / AFP Russian missiles struck the city of Dnipro in central Ukraine late Friday, killing three people and injuring fifteen, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Valentyn Reznichenko, announced on social networks. A strike on Kramatorsk’s central square did not cause any casualties as it took place after curfew, according to an air defense official from Ukraine’s 81st brigade. Previously, at least three strikes had hit southern Kramatorsk, as well as Sloviansk, a city in Donetsk oblast also coveted by the Russians. Separatist authorities in Donetsk reported on Friday morning four people killed and sixteen injured in twenty-four hours by Ukrainian bombardments in the area under their control. The separatist forces also claimed to continue to progress and to be in the process of taking complete control of the city of Siversk. last report was Friday evening of twenty-three dead, including three children, four missing and more than two hundred injured, including four in critical condition. kyiv announced that it received, on Friday, from the United Kingdom, its first delivery of M270 multiple rocket launchers with a range of 80 kilometers, adding to a long-range artillery arsenal provided by the West.Briton Paul Urey, captured in April by Russian or pro-Russian forces, died in detention on July 10, separatist authorities announced on Friday, qualifying him as a mercenary. The British NGO Presidium Network announced in late April that two aid workers, including Mr Urey, had been captured in southern Ukraine as they sought to evacuate a woman and two children. Russian defense said on Friday that a “final document” would be ready soon to allow the export of grain from Ukraine, after negotiations involving Moscow, kyiv, Ankara and the United Nations (UN) The European Union (EU) will target Russian gold exports in its next set of sanctions, as decided by the G7 countries at the end of June, the European Commissioner announced to Agence France-Presse. Maros Sefcovic, Friday. Moscow’s best ally in Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, called on EU leaders to reverse their sanctions policy, which he called a “mistake”. civilian victims of the conflict. The UN has counted nearly five thousand confirmed deaths, including more than three hundred children, but recognizes that the true number is undoubtedly much higher. On the military level, Western security sources now evoke between fifteen thousand and twenty thousand Russian soldiers killed. Ukrainian forces are losing around 100 soldiers every day, according to kyiv. No independent statistics are available. Find our live from yesterday here. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Reportage. From kyiv to Boutcha, the war diaries of Jonathan Littell Tribune. Christian Stoffaës, economist: “The Euro-Arab gas pipeline project makes it possible to bypass Russia and avoid the long journey of LNG carriers from Qatar” Factual. Maksym Boutkevych, Ukrainian human rights activist, captured by Russian forces Interview. Wopke Hoekstra, Dutch Foreign Minister: “The danger is greatest for our continent” Chronicle. Volodymyr Zelensky’s khaki t-shirt, a reflection of very controlled Podcast communication. Putin versus the West: who will win the long war of nerves? The map of the war in Ukraine, day by day