On Sunday, shells fell on a city near Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and Russian missiles struck near the Black Sea port of Odesa, as Ukraine warned of the possibility of more serious attacks from Russia as the war nears its six-month anniversary.

A Ukrainian soldier in the trenches during Russian shellingPhoto: Twitter / Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine

Highlights of Monday, the 180th day of the Ukrainian war, LIVETEXT:

08:38 In the occupied Melitopol, Ukrainian partisans on Sunday night cut the throat of a Russian soldier who tried to sexually assault a little girl, says the Ukrainian mayor of the city, Ivan Fedorov:

08:17Russian troops have a really fundamental problem / Why they will not be able to conquer territories in Ukraine in the next period (estimation of the Institute for the Study of War)

07:50 Zelenskyi said that negotiations will be impossible if Russia tries the Ukrainian military in Mariupol, Kyiv Independent reports.

In a video message, the Kyiv leader said that if the “absurd and disgusting trial” of the Ukrainian military takes place in Mariupol, the possibility of negotiations with Russia will be eliminated.

“Russia will leave the negotiating table. There will be no discussion. Our country said it wants,” Zelensky said.

07:39Germany has a good chance of surviving next winter without taking drastic measures, but is nevertheless going through a difficult time and should prepare for further gas cuts by Russia, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Monday, as quoted by Reuters.

“We still have a very hard winter ahead of us. We should expect that Putin will further cut gas supplies,” Habeck told German broadcaster ARD in Canada, where he is on a three-day trip with Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

A quick summary of recent developments regarding the Russian invasion:

  • Russia claimed that its Kalibr missiles destroyed an ammunition depot for US HIMARS missiles in southeastern Ukraine’s Odesa region, while Kyiv said a grain depot was hit.
  • Dnipropetrovsk governor Valentin Reznichenko wrote in Telegram that on the night from Saturday to Sunday, the city of Nikopol, which is located across the Dnipro from the Zaporizhzhya NPP, was bombed five times. According to him, 25 artillery shells hit the city, causing a large-scale fire at an industrial plant and cutting off electricity for 3,000 residents.
  • On Sunday morning, the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv was hit by several S-300 missiles (usually an anti-aircraft weapon), regional governor Vitaly Kim reported on Telegram.
  • Russia deployed Kinzhal hypersonic missiles three times during a “special operation” in Ukraine, Defense Minister Serhiy Shoigu said.
  • Daria Dugin, the daughter of a Russian ultra-nationalist ideologue (Olexandr Dugin) who advocates a takeover of Ukraine by Russia, was killed in a car bomb explosion outside Moscow on Saturday night, Russian state investigators said.
  • The leaders of Great Britain, the United States, France and Germany during a joint conversation emphasized the importance of ensuring the safety of nuclear facilities in Ukraine, the office of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson reported.
  • Four more ships with food left Ukrainian ports, the Ministry of Defense of Turkey reported, thus the total number of ships that left Ukrainian Black Sea ports under the UN grain export agreement reached 31.
  • Albania said it was investigating why two Russians and a Ukrainian tried to enter the weapons factory.

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  • Sunday’s events were broadcast live on HotNews.ro