The northern metropolis of Chernihiv is in mourning after a daytime strike on a theater there killed at the least seven folks, together with a 6-year-old youngster, and injured 144, in keeping with Ukrainian authorities.
The assault on town — about 80 miles north of the capital, Kyiv, and much from the entrance strains of the battle — turned “an peculiar Saturday … right into a day of ache and loss,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned. He vowed in his night deal with that Ukrainian troopers would “reply tangibly” to the assault. Right here’s the most recent on the battle and its ripple results throughout the globe.
The Chernihiv strike “in all probability” concerned a ballistic missile, the regional governor mentioned. The United Nations humanitarian coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, condemned the assault, saying in a assertion that it “is heinous to assault the principle sq. of a giant metropolis, within the morning, whereas individuals are out strolling, some going to the church to have a good time a spiritual day for a lot of Ukrainians.”
Movies verified by The Washington Submit confirmed an explosion on the roof of the theater earlier than a fiery projectile slammed right into a constructing about 320 ft away. Appearing mayor Oleksandr Lomako mentioned some properties have been broken by the blasts. Among the many injured have been 15 kids and 15 cops, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned.
Kyiv has an settlement with Stockholm to supply armored autos often called CV-90s inside Ukraine, Zelensky mentioned in his nightly deal with. He didn’t specify what number of, or what the settlement entailed. On his go to to Sweden this weekend, Zelensky and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson additionally mentioned Ukraine’s need for Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets, which Stockholm earlier this summer time agreed to permit Ukrainian pilots to check.
5 folks have been injured after a drone assault on a practice station in Russia not removed from the Ukrainian border. The regional governor mentioned in a Telegram submit early Sunday {that a} Ukrainian drone strike on the station precipitated a hearth on the roof, and the folks have been “barely injured” by falling glass.
Russia stopped an tried Ukrainian drone assault on Moscow early Sunday, the Russian protection ministry mentioned. The ministry mentioned it used digital means to disable the drone.
It’s “untimely to make assessments in regards to the total success” of Kyiv’s counteroffensive, the Institute for the Examine of Conflict mentioned in an evaluation, following a report by The Submit by which folks acquainted with a categorized forecast from the U.S. intelligence group mentioned Ukraine would fail in its goal of severing Russia’s land bridge to Crimea on this yr’s push. The D.C.-based suppose tank mentioned it maintains that “the general degradation of the Russian defensive position creates alternatives for any Ukrainian breakthrough to be probably operationally vital.”
Many of the entrance line in Ukraine “has remained static” over the previous week, the British Protection Ministry mentioned in an intelligence replace revealed Saturday. Each Russian and Ukrainian forces try to defeat one another’s “well-entrenched forces,” and every has restricted numbers of “uncommitted forces to open new assaults,” the ministry wrote.
The US is anticipated to quickly double its prewar month-to-month manufacturing of the usual NATO artillery spherical, The Submit studies, growing its output from 14,000 models a month earlier than Russia’s invasion to ultimately 28,000 models a month. However business consultants warn of challenges in sustaining the elevated manufacturing ranges, not simply to assist Ukraine battle efforts but additionally to make sure U.S. safety in potential conflicts with China or Russia.
Ukraine working out of choices to retake vital territory: Greater than two months into the extremely anticipated counteroffensive that officers touted as Ukraine’s essential alternative to retake territory from Russian forces, it seems that the hassle is stalling and Ukraine is working out of choices, The Submit’s Susannah George studies.
The slogging effort has stoked fears in Washington and Europe that the battle could possibly be reaching a stalemate and worldwide assist may erode. Franz-Stefan Gady, a senior fellow with the Worldwide Institute for Strategic Research and the Heart for New American Safety, mentioned “the query right here is which of the 2 sides goes to be worn out sooner.”