Zelensky informs Putin about the peace negotiations PHOTO: Hepta
After 1,581 days of Moscow’s war, the Russian president has not achieved his goals, but he remains steadfast in his offensive. Ukraine announces the Little that he makes a major compromise on the front line: a complete and unconditional ceasefire. But Kiev’s offer may expire because “our patience is not unlimited.”
Andrii Melnyk, Ukraine’s envoy to UNstated that Ukraine could revise its cease-fire offer vis-à-vis Russia if the UN Security Council fails to pass a resolution calling for a complete and unconditional cessation of hostilities, according to the Guardian.
Ukraine has changed the dynamics of the war with recent attacks, Andrii Melnyk said, adding that about 40 percent of Russia’s oil refineries have been damaged, reducing Moscow’s processing capacity.
Melnyk told a session of the Security Council in New York, USthat Ukraine is ready for direct negotiations with Russiabut “our patience is not endless.” “If the Security Council were to continue to choose a ‘wait and see’ approach, I cannot rule out Ukraine recalibrating and modifying its offer. Slowing fire along the de facto front line is already an excellent compromise.”
The envoy’s statement reflects growing confidence that Ukraine’s war effort is at a standstill, with Russian cities starved of fuel and a campaign of “intermediate attacks” seriously disrupting supply lines to Moscow’s occupation forces.
The success of the campaign determined Crimeacontrolled by Russia, to stop civilian sales of gasoline, writes Pjotr Sauer. All summer camps in illegally annexed Crimea on Monday stopped accepting children and new bookings until September 1 for security reasons, said Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed governor of the illegally occupied peninsula. Aeronautical authorities temporarily closed the four airports in Moscowwhile the air defense was fighting a wave of Ukrainian drones.
The Dubna satellite communications center in the Moscow region was hit
Ukraine’s military said it struck a missile electronics factory in the Voronezh region on the Russian border on Monday, and the Russian region’s governor said five people were killed and dozens wounded in the attack. Ukraine’s General Staff said air-launched precision cruise missiles hit the facility, which it described as a “critical component” in Russia’s defense production, making parts for missiles including the Iskander.
The Dubna satellite communications center in the Moscow region was also hit, the Ukrainian General Staff said. Russian state news agency Tass reported “a massive drone attack by the Ukrainian armed forces.” A major Ukrainian drone maker, General Cherry, meanwhile said one of its factories had been hit – a rare disclosure.
In the early hours of Tuesday, Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, was placed on air raid alert, with authorities telling people to seek shelter. Two people sought medical help after Russian forces struck the southeastern region of Zaporizhia, Governor Ivan Fedorov said. Three other people were injured in Sumy, in the north, on Monday evening, emergency services said. A drone attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, injured a woman, the mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said.
Earlier, a Russian drone strike on the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine killed three members of a family, including a 13-year-old boy. “Their house was destroyed,” he declared Volodymyr Zelenskythe president of Ukraine. “An ordinary house – not a military target.” The attack also wounded two other people, regional military chief Oleh Hryhorov said on Monday.
An overnight attack by Russian drones also killed a woman and wounded three people, including an 11-year-old boy, in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, regional chief Ivan Fedorov said on Monday. Russia has continuously targeted Ukrainian civilian areas with drones and missiles, and the UN reports more than 16,000 civilian deaths in the war.
Recent attacks have increased the number of civilian casualties, with May recording the highest monthly total since April 2022: at least 274 civilians killed and 1,763 injured. A Russian drone strike hit a ship in the Black Sea, starting a fire and killing the Egyptian chef, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said. Eight other sailors, including citizens of Turkey and Indiaabandoned the ship on a life raft while the craft “suffered significant damage and lost airworthiness,” Kuleba said.
