War in Ukraine live: Volodymyr Zelensky dismisses senior leaders following suspicions of treason, bombings in Mykolaiv – 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 Enlarge The context Cover image: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit to the Dnipropetrovsk region, July 8, 2022. AP Bombings in southern Ukraine, overnight from Sunday to Monday. Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich wrote on Telegram: “Another massive shelling of Mykolaiv. Loud explosions are heard. About 10 have been heard so far. “Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued decrees on Sunday evening July 17 dismissing the head of Ukraine’s powerful internal security agency, the SBU, as well as the prosecutor general. In a message posted on Telegram, Mr. Zelensky explains that he dismissed senior officials because of the collaboration with Russia of many members of their agencies. “Such a range of crimes against the foundations of the national security of the state (…) raises very serious questions for the leaders concerned”, declared the Ukrainian president. In Donbass, in eastern Ukraine, the Russian forces are “probably coming out of the operational pause” they declared eight days ago to regenerate, says the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Moscow troops carried out “a series of ground assaults”, “still small-scale” and “largely unsuccessful” in Donetsk Oblast, northwest of Sloviansk, southeast of Bakhmut, and south -west of the city of Donetsk, he lists. Russian offensives in the Donbass remain “reduced”, confirms the British Ministry of Defense, with the fighting concentrating on Siversk and Bakhmout. Since abandoning Lysychansk in early July, Ukrainian troops have “shortened” their line of defence, allowing them to “concentrate” their forces “against reduced Russian attacks and have helped reduce the momentum of Russia”, notes the British Ministry of Defence. The Russian army has deployed missile launchers on the site of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, in the south of the country, the largest in Europe with its six reactors, which it has controlled since the beginning of March, denounced Friday evening the boss of Energoatom, the Ukrainian operator, according to which 500 Russian soldiers are present on the site. Valentyn Reznitchenko, the governor of the Dnipro region, in the center of Ukraine, denounced on Saturday “a deluge of fire in the morning” on the territory of Nikopol, which left two dead. A 24th person died from missile strikes on the center of Vinnytsia, hundreds of kilometers away. western Donbass, the govt. eror of the oblast, Serhi Borzov, specifying that 68 people continued to receive care, including four children. Moscow, which does not recognize any blunders or crimes by its forces in Ukraine, claims to have struck the “officers’ house” in Vinnytsia. A senior US official on condition of anonymity said he had “no indication of the presence of a military target nearby”. There is no overall assessment of civilian victims of the conflict. The UN has tallied nearly 5,000 confirmed dead, including more than 300 children, but acknowledges that the true number is likely much higher. For the only city of Mariupol, in the South-East, fallen in May at the end of a terrible siege, the Ukrainian authorities evoked some 20,000 dead. On the military level, Western security sources now suggest between 15,000 and 20,000 Russian soldiers killed. kyiv reported at least 10,000 dead in its troops. No independent statistics are available. More than six million Ukrainians are internally displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) . They join the approximately 5.5 million Ukrainians registered as refugees in other European states since the start of the invasion. Find our live from yesterday here. Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine Factual. North Korea recognizes independence of pro-Russian territories in eastern Ukraine Tribune. “The urban heritage of Ukraine is seriously endangered by the return of total war” Report. In the town of Hostomel, in the footsteps of the Chechen “wolves” Tribune. Robert Bell, professor of management: “The EU could produce enough biomethane to replace Russian gas” Decryption. The chief rabbi of Moscow sounds the alarm Reportage. At the Couthures Journalism Festival: war, too serious a subject for journalists alone? Podcast. Putin versus the West: who will win the long war of nerves? The map of the war in Ukraine, day by day