On Tuesday, Russia announced the destruction of two Ukrainian military boats in the Black Sea. The Ministry of Defense of Moscow said that one of its planes destroyed a Ukrainian “reconnaissance boat” near Russian gas production facilities. Later, it was also confirmed the destruction of an American-made speedboat that was transporting Ukrainian troops east of Zmiiny Island, without providing additional details.

Synthesis of the last 24 hours of the war:

• Ukraine said its troops had entered Robotyn, a strategically important village in the southeast, in a major advance in its counteroffensive against Russia.

• A Russian journalist said on Tuesday that General Serhiy Surovikin was dismissed from the post of the head of the Russian Supreme Soviet.

• Three people were killed and two were injured as a result of Russian shelling of several villages in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, the Prosecutor General’s Office reported. According to the prosecutor’s office, all three people, two women and a man, were killed in the village of Torske on Tuesday evening.

• Russia announced on Tuesday that it had destroyed two Ukrainian military boats in the Black Sea. The Ministry of Defense of Moscow said that one of its planes destroyed a Ukrainian “reconnaissance boat” near Russian gas production facilities. Later, it was also confirmed the fact of the destruction of an American-made motor boat that was transporting Ukrainian troops to the east of Zmiiny Island, without providing additional details. Claims not confirmed.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia would remain a “responsible supplier” of food and grain to African countries and could take Ukraine’s place as an international grain supplier, in recorded comments at the BRICS summit in South Africa. He also said the use of U.S. dollars in trade between BRIC countries is declining as countries move toward an “irreversible process of de-dollarization.”

• The International Court of Justice of the United Nations will consider Russia’s objections to the court’s jurisdiction in the genocide case filed by Ukraine. The hearing will take place in September, the International Court of Justice announced on Tuesday. Ukraine filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice shortly after the Russian invasion began on February 24, 2022.

• Denmark has begun training eight Ukrainian F-16 fighter pilots as part of its commitment to provide the fighter jets, Denmark’s armed forces said on Tuesday.

• The President of Poland said that Russia is transferring short-range nuclear weapons to neighboring Belarus. Andrzej Duda said that this step will change the security architecture of the region, the Associated Press writes.

Basic information about the war in Ukraine, day 546, LIVETEXT:

06:30A drone crashed into a building under construction in the center of Moscow on Wednesday morning, the city’s mayor Serhiy Sobyanin said. The Russian army shot down two more drones in the western part of the Moscow region, he said in his Telegram channel, writes The Guardian.

06:20Russian air defenses shot down two drones in Moscow and the region, which were under fire for the sixth day in a row, the capital’s mayor said on Wednesday morning

01:10 Dmitry Medvedev said that Russia can annex the separatist regions of Georgia

00:56 Two soldiers of the “Azov” regiment talk about Russian captivity: “They did everything to destroy us”

23:59 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi told Ukrainians in his daily speech, which appeared to have been recorded on a train, that he was returning home from a European tour that began on Saturday with new political support and new deals that will make Ukraine stronger.