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17 July 2023
2 events recorded (1 confirmed), and 2 statements counted apart.
July 2023 in brief
A missile strike on an apartment building in Lviv killed 10 people, the mayor said, and two missiles killed six people, including a child, in Kryvyi Rih, according to the regional governor. [1][2] WHO recorded attacks affecting health facilities in Kryvyi Rih and Dnipro. [1][2] Russia ended its participation in the Black Sea Grain Initiative, saying its part of the deal had not been implemented, and UN Secretary-General Guterres said the deal had moved over 32 million tonnes of food from Ukrainian ports. [1] An attack on the Crimean Bridge killed two civilians, which Russian officials said was carried out by Ukrainian sea drones, and Russian strikes on Odesa and Chornomorsk that followed destroyed 60,000 tonnes of grain, Ukraine's agriculture minister said; Kremlin spokesman Peskov linked them to the bridge attack. [1][2] A missile strike on central Odesa killed one person and damaged the Transfiguration Cathedral, and a drone attack on the Danube port of Reni destroyed grain warehouses. [1][2] Russia and Ukraine each declared that ships bound for the other's Black Sea ports would be treated as carrying military cargo. [1] The United States decided to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, and NATO leaders in Vilnius said Ukraine's future was in NATO but set no timeline, which Zelensky called unprecedented and absurd. [1][2]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he deeply regretted Russia's decision, that the Black Sea Initiative had moved over 32 million tonnes of food from Ukrainian ports and helped cut food prices by over 23 percent since March 2022, and that he had sent President Putin a new proposal that went unheeded.
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Government of Russia: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Black Sea agreements had ceased to be in force because the part concerning Russia had not been implemented, that Russia would return immediately once its conditions were met, and that the decision was not linked to the Crimean Bridge attack.
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he deeply regretted Russia's decision, that the Black Sea Initiative had moved over 32 million tonnes of food from Ukrainian ports and helped cut food prices by over 23 percent since March 2022, and that he had sent President Putin a new proposal that went unheeded.