Continuous tracking | Russian troops are preparing to attack Zelensky’s hometown, and the first grain carrier in Ukraine arrives in the soil.
The battlefield between Russia and Ukraine continued. On August 3, local time, the Ukrainian side said that Russia had begun to form a military strike force against Zelensky’s hometown. At the same time, although the Ukrainian side has dismantled a Russian ammunition railway connecting Hellson and Crimea, effectively blocking some Russian military supplies, the refugee problem in that country has shown signs of deterioration since the outbreak of the conflict.
Outside the battlefield, the tension between Russia and Europe has not eased. Switzerland, a "neutral country", announced the adoption of the seventh round of sanctions against Russia, including strict restrictions on gold trading. The Russian side used the maintenance and formalities of the "Beixi -1" turbine to reduce the supply of natural gas to Europe, while Germany claimed that it had not created any transportation obstacles and accused Russia of deliberately delaying gas transmission.
In addition, the Ukrainian grain carrier, which set sail on August 1, local time, has arrived in Istanbul, Turkey and passed the inspection, ready to go to Lebanon.
Russian troops from the eastern line to the southern line, ready to attack Zelensky’s hometown.
On August 3rd, local time, the Ukrainian side said that Russia had begun to form a military strike force against Zelensky’s hometown.
The Ukrainian military said that Russia’s move was aimed at occupying Zelensky’s hometown of Krivorog, and warned that Russia might be preparing to launch a new offensive in southern Ukraine. In the regular updates on the war dynamics, the Ukrainian Southern Military Command said that the current situation is tense, and that Russia launched an attack on the southern front line on August 2, local time. It is very likely that Russian troops are preparing a counterattack and then plan to enter Hellson. According to Reuters, Ukraine has said that its troops have recaptured 53 villages in Russian-occupied Hellson.
Krivorog is located in central Ukraine, the eighth largest city in Ukraine, about 48 kilometers away from the southern front. Before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, the population of the city was estimated to exceed 600,000.
Ukraine has dismantled a railway used by Russia to transport ammunition in the south.
The British Ministry of Defence said in its daily briefing on August 3rd that the Ukrainian army had dismantled a Russian ammunition railway connecting Hellson and Crimea, and further blocked the Russian supply line.
The briefing said that the Russian army may be able to repair this logistics line connecting the southern Russian army, but pointed out that the line "is still a loophole." The paralyzed railway will also put pressure on Russian transport nodes and routes, which may lead to the Russian side slowing down its actions.
On August 2, 2022, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, on the evacuation train, a little girl held her dog and waved goodbye to her grandparents. The government issued an order asking residents to leave the Donetsk region because they are preparing for autumn and winter, and they are worried that many people there may not have heating, electricity or even clean water. People’s visual map
The British Ministry of Defence also said that as the situation continues to be tense and the food shortage worsens, the number of Ukrainian civilians trying to flee Hellson and its surrounding areas may increase. According to data collected by UNHCR, 6,180,345 refugees from Ukraine have been registered. The largest number of refugees went to neighboring countries of Ukraine, with 1.25 million Ukrainian refugees in Poland alone. According to the United Nations, since the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out on February 24 this year, the number of people entering and leaving Ukraine has exceeded 10 million.
The fighting in Kharkov in northeastern Ukraine is still going on.
According to Al Jazeera’s report on August 3rd, Oleg Sneger Wooper, governor of Kharkov, Ukraine, said that Russian troops attacked several locations in the northeast of the state at night. He said on the social platform Telegram: "Residential and commercial buildings have been damaged, and no victims have been found in this attack." He added that Russian soldiers tried to advance in Dementi and Kochubeivka, which border Russia, but they were repelled by Ukrainian troops.
According to Reuters, Russia has carried out fatal attacks on Ukraine in the eastern part of Kharkov and nikolayev, but the report said that it is not yet possible to verify the battlefield situation.
The first Ukrainian grain carrier arrived in the soil and passed the inspection since the conflict.
According to an agreement brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, the first ship "Lazzoni" carrying Ukrainian grain left Odessa, Ukraine, for Tripoli, Lebanon at around 9: 15 local time on August 1st. The agreement aims to transport millions of tons of trapped agricultural products to the world market and alleviate the growing global food crisis.
On August 3, 2022, in Istanbul, Turkey, the grain carrier "Lazzoni" sailed along the Bosphorus Strait to Tripoli. Vision china diagram
On August 3, local time, the first Ukrainian grain carrier moored at the mouth of Bosphorus Strait was inspected by 20 representatives from Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations from the Joint Coordination Center. The security check lasted about an hour and a half. Later, the Turkish Ministry of Defence said that the joint coordination center had passed the safety inspection of the first Ukrainian grain carrier, which was about to sail into the Bosphorus Strait and headed for Lebanon.
Ukraine and Russia are the main producing areas of wheat, barley, corn and sunflower oil in the world, and the fertile Black Sea region has long been called the granary of Europe. The detention of food transportation caused by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has aggravated the rise of global food prices and threatened hunger and political instability in third world countries. According to the previous agreement, ships entering and leaving Ukrainian ports will be inspected to ensure that the ships entering the port are not carrying weapons, and the ships leaving the port only carry grain, fertilizer or related foods, not any other commodities.
Switzerland passed the seventh round of sanctions against Russia, including the gold embargo.
On August 3, Switzerland adopted the seventh round of sanctions against Russia, which included a ban on the import of gold and gold products.
Swiss federal council said that according to the latest EU sanctions policy on Russian gold and gold products, Switzerland will also impose further sanctions on Russia. The Swiss government also said that in order to avoid any interruption of payment channels, they have provided two exception policies for transactions related to agricultural products and oil supply between Russia and third countries.
Shortly after the adoption of sanctions, the Swiss People’s Party issued a statement saying that sanctions against Russia violated the Swiss Constitution. Andrea Sommer, spokesman for the Swiss People’s Party, the largest party in the Swiss Federal Parliament, told Sputnik news agency & radio that the imposition of sanctions violated Switzerland’s neutrality and therefore its Constitution. The Constitution emphasizes that Switzerland is neutral and "we oppose sanctions".
Germany is eager to return the "Beixi -1" turbine, while Russia claims that the procedures are not complete.
On August 3rd, German Chancellor Angela Scholz said at a news conference that the "Beixi -1" turbine was shipped to Germany after its maintenance in Canada, and the German side did not create any obstacles. Peskov, a spokesman for the Kremlin of the Russian Presidential Palace, responded that Russia needs documents to prove that the turbine is not subject to Western sanctions. Wolfgang Buechner, deputy spokesman of the German government, later refuted peskov’s statement, saying that the transportation of turbines did not need such "sanctions exemption" documents.
On August 3, 2022, in Milheim, Germany, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (right) and Siemens Energy CEO Christian bruch stood in front of the turbine to be used in the Russian Nord Stream-1 natural gas pipeline in Siemens Energy Company. People’s visual map
Gazprom recently said that the natural gas supplied to Germany through the "Beixi -1" pipeline will be reduced to 20% of the gas transmission capacity from July 27, which further reduced the natural gas supply to Europe. As soon as the news was announced on the 26th, the price of natural gas in Europe jumped to five times that of a year ago. According to the company, the transportation delay of the "Beixi -1" turbine is one of the reasons for the reduction of natural gas supply.