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Turkey halts Russian ship, investigates Ukrainian claims -senior official

Turkey has halted a Russian-flagged cargo ship off its Black Sea coast and is investigating a Ukrainian claim that it was carrying stolen grain, a senior Turkish official said on Monday.

Reuters

Ukraine flag raised again on Snake Island, military says

The Ukrainian flag has been raised again on Snake Island in the Black Sea, a Ukrainian military spokesperson said on Monday, after Russian troops withdrew from the strategic outpost last week.

Reuters

Russian Wheat Prices Down as New Crop Arrives, Export Tax Falls

Russian wheat export prices fell last week due to pressure from the new crop, which farmers have just started harvesting, a reduced export tax and a decline in Chicago prices, analysts said on Monday. Sanctions-hit Russia reduced its grain exports taxes sharply last week to support shipments in the July-June…

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Ukraine's farmers face Russia's blockade and explosives on their lands this harvest

Farmers in Ukraine begin to harvest this year's wheat, barley and rapeseed crops as diplomats try to negotiate an end to Russia's Black Sea blockade of exports.

WEKU

Russia accused of dropping phosphorus bombs on Snake Island after claiming retreat

Moscow’s stockpiles of more accurate weapons might be dwindling, UK Ministry of Defence claims

The Independent UK

Ukraine Leader Accuses Russia of 'Terror' in Missile Strike that Killed 21

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Russia of engaging in state "terror" as he blamed Moscow for missile strikes on a southern resort town that left 21 dead and dozens wounded. Missiles slammed into an apartment building and a recreation center in the town of Sergiyvka about 80 kilometers…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Belarus claims to have shot down missiles fired from Ukraine

Heavy fighting rages in Lysychansk, a major city in eastern Ukraine at the heart of the battle for control of Donbas, while Belarus claims to have shot down missiles fired at its territory from Ukraine. Read our live blog below to see how the day's events unfolded. All times are…

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Fighting intensifies for Ukraine's last bastion in eastern Luhansk province

Fighting intensified on Saturday for Lysychansk, Ukraine's last bastion in the strategic eastern province of Luhansk, while blasts shook a southern city after the civilian toll from Russian strikes climbed in towns well behind the front lines.

Reuters

Snake Island was one of the first battlegrounds of Russia's Ukraine invasion. Now Kyiv has scored a key strategic victory

Months after Russia seized an island that became emblematic of Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression, the country scores an important victory in the Black Sea that could hold the key to reopening grain exports.

ABC News

Vladimir Putin's evil plan exposed as Russia loses 'floating missile base' Snake Island

Russia's Defence Ministry has claimed its troops abandoned Snake Island - a strategic outpost in the Black Sea - as a display of goodwill to the world, but Ukraine says they drove the Kremlin's soldiers into the sea after a trouncing military operation

Daily Mirror

Bulgaria destroys naval mine off its Black Sea coast

Bulgaria's military late on Thursday carried out a controlled explosion of a Soviet-era naval mine that had drifted close to the country's Black Sea coast, the defence ministry said on Friday.

Reuters

Shredded trees, dead dolphins and wildfires — how Russia's invasion is hurting nature

The environmental impacts from Russia's invasion of Ukraine could be felt far longer than the war itself.

WEKU

Russian missile strike kills at least 19 near Odesa, Ukraine says

The attack comes one day after Russian forces withdrew from the strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea.

Axios

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment building, killing at least 21 people

Russian missiles have struck an apartment building and two holiday camps near Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens, Ukrainian authorities say.

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Al Jazeera

Russian missile attacks kill 19 in Odesa: Ukrainian officials

Officials say raids hit a residential building and a resort near the Black Sea port, amid uptick in similar attacks.

The Guardian - UK

Zelenskiy appeals to Latin American leaders – as it happened

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Ukraine accuses Russia of using phosphorus bombs in fresh strikes on Snake Island

Ukraine's army accused Russia of carrying out strikes using incendiary phosphorus munitions on Snake Island on Friday, just a day after Moscow withdrew its forces from the outcrop in the Black Sea. Russian missile strikes hit an apartment building and a resort near the city of Odesa early Friday morning,…

Reuters

Russian missile strikes near Ukraine's Odesa kill 21

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The Guardian - UK

Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 128 of the invasion

At least 19 dead after Russian missile strikes multi-story apartment building in Odesa; Russian forces withdraw from Snake Island in Black Sea

Reuters

Russian missile strike kills 10 in Ukraine's Odesa, official says

A Russian missile struck a multi-story apartment building in Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa early on Friday, killing at least 10 people, a local official said.

Daily Mirror

Ukraine 'knocked out' Russian troops from strategic Snake Island, official says

Despite Russian claims their retreat from Snake Island was an 'act of good will', Ukraine confirmed Moscow’s troops fled quickly after being picked up by high-speed boats

Axios

Russian forces withdraw from strategic Snake Island in the Black Sea

"KABOOM! No Russian troops on the Snake Island anymore," a Ukrainian official tweeted.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia Abandons Snake Island in Strategic Victory for Ukraine

Russian forces abandoned the strategic Black Sea outpost of Snake Island on Thursday, in a major victory for Ukraine that could loosen a Russian grain export blockade threatening to worsen global hunger. Russia's defense ministry said it had decided to withdraw from the outcrop as a "gesture of goodwill" that…

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: The struggle for Snake Island

Russian forces abandon the strategic Black Sea islet – a major victory for Ukraine that could also enable grain exports.

Al Jazeera

Russia withdraws from Ukraine’s Snake Island in Black Sea

Moscow says the withdrawal is a ‘goodwill gesture’ that proves its commitment to UN-led efforts to resume grain exports.

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