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Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the overnight missile strikes on Odesa as retaliation for the 17 July attack on the Crimean Bridge.
Government of Russia
18 Jul · to a mixed audience
Reported by Kyiv Independent
18 July 2023
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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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Government of Russia: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the overnight missile strikes on Odesa as retaliation for the 17 July attack on the Crimean Bridge.