Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Russian troops to flee an offensive launched by his forces near the southern city of Kherson, saying the Ukrainian military was retaking territory, although Russia said the assault had failed. The Ukrainian army claims to have breached Russia’s first line of defense in the south of Kherson region, while Moscow claims that Ukrainian forces have suffered “significant losses”. Kherson was the first large city in Ukraine captured by the Russians in the first days of the war started by Russia on February 24.

Highlights of Tuesday, the 188th day of the Ukrainian war, LIVETEXT:

09:33The Logitech company announced the cessation of operations in Russia from September 1, after suspending supplies in March, reports The Kyiv Independent.

09:09The armed forces of Ukraine are increasing artillery fire in the south of the country. How the Russians react is the assessment of the British

08:45 A team of experts assembled by the UN Ministry of Nuclear Supervision will inspect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine from Wednesday.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said that the group arrived in Kyiv at night. (Guardian)

08:41 Iran is delivering the first batch of drones to Russia, according to US officials quoted by The New York Times, this is the first in a series of deliveries that will add hundreds of drones to Moscow’s arsenal, The Kyiv Independent reports.

08:30 More than six months after the start of its invasion of Ukraine, Russia is having trouble recruiting, turning to volunteers it seeks even in prisons, and most of the recruits are “old and poorly trained,” a senior Pentagon official said Monday, AFP reported, citing news .ro.

08:12Russia has experienced “numerous failures” with Iranian-made drones it purchased from Tehran this month for use in the war in Ukraine, according to a senior US administration official quoted by Reuters.

07:50Bulgaria has started negotiations with the Russian state company Gazprom to return to the contract to solve the problem of gas shortages, dpa and Agerpres report.

07:43The Russian army said on Monday that it repelled Ukrainian “offensive attempts” in the Kherson and Mykolaiv areas in southern Ukraine and inflicted “heavy casualties” on Kyiv’s forces, AFP and Agerpres reported.

“This new attempt of offensive actions by the enemy failed miserably,” the Russian agency assured.

According to him, “units of the Ukrainian army suffered heavy losses as a result of the active defense of the Russian troops.”

The message says that the Russian army destroyed 26 tanks, 32 armored vehicles and two Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian army. “The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 560 fighters,” the Russian agency claims.

07:35Russia is suffering significant losses in the south of Ukraine, according to the operational command “South”, which announced 82 Russian soldiers killed and 30 pieces of equipment destroyed, including two T-72 tanks, 11 Msta-B howitzers, three anti-aircraft guns, a S- 300, a flamethrower complex, a self-propelled howitzer “Hyacinth-S”, an anti-tank guided missile, a self-propelled mortar complex “NONA”, a 120-mm mortar complex, two self-propelled howitzers and six armored vehicles. . The Ukrainian army also destroyed three ammunition depots and a makeshift bridge in the region. (The Kyiv Independent)

00:55 FT: Olaf Scholz outlines new EU vision, proposing European air defense system

00:38Two decisive factors that supported the Russian economy in the first six months of sanctions

So far, the new sanctions regime has had mixed results. On the one hand, Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) fell 4 percent in the second quarter compared to the same period last year, a decline that is expected to accelerate to 7 percent in the third quarter.

00:26Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukrainian defenders will repel the Russian invaders at the border and warned the military that “if they want to survive, it’s time to run away,” writes “Ukrainian Pravda”.

23:58Videos have appeared on social media showing heavy shelling of the city of Nova Kakhovka, Kherson region, where the Ukrainians launched a counteroffensive to retake the territories seized by the Russians.

11:50 in the eveningAccording to new satellite images by Maxar Technologies, four holes appeared in the roof of the Zaporizhzhya NPP building, near at least three Russian armored personnel carriers, reports CNN.

11:30 in the eveningThe White House: Ukraine’s counteroffensive forces the Russians to draw sources from the east, Kyiv Independent reports.

White House Press Secretary John Kirby told CNN that Russia is “suffering from personnel difficulties that are not being alleviated” by the counteroffensive.

23:25Lithuania is completing the construction of a fence on the border with Belarus

Lithuania announced on Monday that it has completed the construction of a fence on the border with Belarus to fight illegal immigration, writes AFP.

A brief summary of the most important news of the past day:

• Ukrainian troops have launched a long-awaited counteroffensive in the south of the Kherson region, the military said. According to them, Ukraine’s recent strikes on Russia’s southern logistics routes “undoubtedly weakened the enemy.” “If they want to survive, it’s time for the Russian military to flee. The occupiers should know: we will drive them to the border. To our border, the line of which has not changed,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said on Monday evening.
• Ukrainian troops, who launched a counteroffensive, broke through Russian defenses in several areas of the front near Kherson, reported the senior adviser of the President Volodymyr Zelenskyi.
• Russian shelling hit residential quarters in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, killing two people and destroying houses, the city authorities said.
• An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team is heading to Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant as Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of bombing near it, sparking fears of a disaster.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said Russian forces had shot down a Ukrainian drone that was trying to attack the Zaporizhia reactor complex, while other officials said a Ukrainian missile hit a fuel depot at the station.
• Thousands of people fleeing Russian-occupied areas in southern Ukraine are arriving in a town near the Zaporizhzhia power plant, despite fears of a radiation leak. For many, explosions in their hometowns are an imminent danger.
• Ukrainian troops recaptured four villages near the city of Kherson, which is temporarily occupied by the Russians, a Ukrainian military source told CNN. Their main “target” is Kherson, the source added.
• Ukraine summoned the Turkish ambassador after Russia managed to pass the S-300 system through the Bosphorus, Kyiv Independent reports.
• According to images on social networks and Unian.net, at least 8 explosions were reported in the Russian-occupied Kherson.
• PHOTO Satellite images confirm that Russia sent a battery of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles from Syria to a Russian port near Crimea
• The Kremlin does not want the demilitarization of the Zaporizhia NPP and asks the West to put pressure on Ukraine