Without providing any evidence, Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov said that the cathedral in Odesa was hit by a Ukrainian projectile. Peskov stated: “Our Armed Forces will never attack social infrastructure objects, not to mention temples, churches and other similar objects.” Russia reserves the right to take “harsh measures in response”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said

SUMMARY OF THE LAST 24 HOURS OF THE WAR

• Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleskyi Reznikov acknowledged that Kyiv’s counteroffensive is behind schedule, but insisted he was “not concerned” because it was on track, adding that it was “a misconception that any counteroffensive should be quick.”

• The governor of Ukraine’s Odesa region says Russia is trying to “starve the world” by blocking grain exports to world markets after the latest in a series of Russian airstrikes on grain infrastructure on the Danube River. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Russia to return to an agreement that allows safe exports of Ukrainian grain to the Black Sea, in line with an offer he made to Vladimir Putin after Russia pulled out of the deal a week ago.

• A UN official said on Monday that he had discovered anti-personnel mines in the area of ​​the Russian-owned Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant and complained that for the second month in a row security procedures were being violated.

• U.S. officials say the Biden administration is sending up to $400 million in additional military aid to Ukraine, including ammunition for advanced air defense systems and a number of small surveillance drones.

• Nearly 30 ships anchored off Ukraine’s main port terminal of Izmail after Russia attacked grain warehouses on the Danube River on Monday.

• Without providing any evidence, Kremlin spokesman Dmytro Peskov said that the cathedral in Odesa was hit by a Ukrainian projectile. Peskov stated: “Our Armed Forces will never attack social infrastructure objects, not to mention temples, churches and other similar objects.” Russia reserves the right to take “tough retaliatory measures”, the Foreign Ministry said after Ukraine accused it of drone attacks on Moscow and the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia.

• As a result of the Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka, a child was killed and six people were injured, the governor of the region reported. Pavlo Kyrilenko,

• The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Belarus is completing the arming and military training of its personnel in order to be ready to provide assistance to the ministries of defense and internal affairs in the event of an armed conflict, the head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Vadym Sinyavskyi said on Monday.

• An Agence France-Presse journalist was injured in a Russian drone attack while reporting from the battle-torn city of Bakhmut, AFP journalists who witnessed the attack said. 35-year-old Dylan Collins suffered multiple injuries and was taken to the nearest hospital. Doctors say that his condition is not life-threatening.

• The Kremlin on Monday accused Kyiv of carrying out a “deliberate attack on journalists” in Zaporizhzhia region in southeastern Ukraine after the killing of a correspondent of the Russian news agency RIA. Military correspondent Rostyslav Zhuravlyov died of injuries received during the Ukrainian attack.

• The Russian embassy in Chisinau has twice as many antennas as the Russian diplomatic mission in Brussels. As evidenced by a large-scale media investigation

• Russia says it produces more ammunition in one month than in all of 2022

• Volodymyr Zelenskyi considers the continuation of restrictions on the export of Ukrainian grain to the EU “unacceptable in any form”.

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 517, LIVETEXT:

06:14 This year, Moscow imported drones from China worth 100 million dollars – 30 times more than Ukraine, reports Ukrinform.

05:30 “Tonight, the enemy attacked Kyiv with drones, this is already the sixth drone attack on the capital this month. Air defense forces on the approach to Kyiv timely identified and destroyed all air targets, the Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine announced on Tuesday.

05:00 An air alert was announced in the capital of Ukraine around two o’clock in the morning, which lasted for more than 3 hours. Also, an air alert was announced in several regions in the east, north, south, and center of Ukraine, and in the morning also in regions in the west of the country.

01:30Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his nightly video message: “Russia must lose every day. We are preparing a powerful response to the attacks of Russian terrorists”

President Volodymyr Zelenskyi told compatriots on Monday night that the priority task of Ukrainian forces is to destroy as many resources as possible of the Russian occupiers, their equipment, supplies, warehouses and headquarters, saying, clearly hinting at attacks on Russian soil, that it is “fair” for Russia to lose every day.

01:01 Ukrainian official: Russia is at the beginning of a “transitional moment” after Prigozhin’s uprising

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said he believes Moscow is at the beginning of a “moment of transition” to power after last month’s failed uprising by the Wagner group, CNN reported.