Russian army attacks Odesa and Kyiv with drones, ammunition depot catches fire in Crimea

Furthermore, TV channel TSN reported that sounds of explosions were heard in the Dnipro region and the city of Kharkiv.

The head of the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine Vitali Bunechko said that his region was attacked by Shahed drones, which damaged an infrastructure facility and several private households.

Ammunition depot catches fire in Crimea

A fire erupted at a military campground in Crimea, as per the “head” of the Russia-annexed region Sergey Aksyonov.

Aksyonov said that over 2,000 residents of nearby settlements would be temporarily evacuated following the fire.

Telegram channels previously posted the video of the fire. Telegram channel Crimean Wind reports that the depot on fire is located on the campground near the town of Staryi Krym in the east of the peninsula. Allegedly, the depot was “hit” three times. According to Telegram channel Mash, the depot in question stores ammunition.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry: UN has 90 days to normalise Russian agriculture exports

Following Russia withdrawing from the grain deal, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that the UN Secretariat had 90 days to continue its work on normalisation of Russian agriculture exports.

“According to paragraph 6 of the Memorandum, the agreement ‘will be valid for three years’, but in case one of the sides (Russia or the UN) has the intention to terminate its use, it has to notify [the other side] three months in advance. Thus, the UN Secretariat has 90 whole days to continue its work on normalisation of Russian agriculture exports.

Yesterday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that he proposed a “special payment mechanism for the Russian Agricultural Bank through JPMorgan outside of SWIFT” to Vladimir Putin in order to extend the grain deal. The bank could have used this mechanism through its subsidiary.

“There are no alternatives to reconnecting the Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT,” the ministry said in response.

Detained Russian activist stops hunger strike after 40 days

In the Russian city of Tver, 26-year-old anti-war activist Ivan Kudryashov, convicted over charges of preparing to set a draft office on fire and currently held in a detention facility, has ended his hunger strike, as reported by the project Solidarity Zone.

The man’s strike lasted 40 days.

“Vanya is not looking well at all, it’s scary looking at him,” his lawyer said.

He decided to stop the hunger strike after a visit from a prosecutor’s office employee, who verbally promised to comply with all of Kudryashov’s demands — ensure he gets vegan food and the vitamins that his friends send him.