Ukrainian soldier prepares to reload a piece of artillery for firing in the direction of Bakhmut as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 13 August. Russia launched a large-scale air attack on Ukraine’s western region of Lviv and the north-western region of Volyn overnight, damaging a number of buildings and leaving several injured.
Three killed in strikes on Lutsk amid wave of attacks in western regions
More detail now, via Reuters: Russia launched a large-scale air attack on Ukraine’s western region of Lviv and the north-western region of Volyn, killing at least three people and wounding scores of others, officials said.
Three people were killed and several hospitalised in Lutsk after a business enterprise was hit, Yuriy Pohulyaiko, governor the Volyn region of which Lutsk is the administrative centre
Russia’s armed forces on Tuesday prevented an attempt by a group of Ukrainian so-called saboteurs to cross the border into Russia’s Bryansk region, Reuters reports the region’s governor, Alexander Bogomaz, saying in a post on Telegram.
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Russia on Tuesday released video footage showing an armed naval inspection unit boarding a cargo ship in the south-western Black Sea on Sunday and questioning the captain about why the ship had not stopped when demanded to by a Russian warship.
Russia said that it fired warning shots with automatic weapons at the Palau-flagged Sukru Okan vessel after it failed to respond to a demand for it to halt, though it was unclear why the ship was boarded so close to Turkey, Reuters reports.
In a video released by the Russian defence ministry, crew members can be seen kneeling on deck with their hands on their head as a Russian Ka-29 helicopter approaches.
What appears to be bodycam footage from the naval unit, shows Russian servicemen with automatic weapons checking the ship and entering the bridge.
“Stop machine, stop machine,” one of the armed Russians says as crew members put their hands on their heads and kneel before the Russian weapons.
The defence ministry said:
During the inspection activities carried out, the work of the inspection team was carried out professionally in accordance with the requirements of international documents.
After the completion of the work of the inspection team on board the Sukru Okan, a verification protocol was drawn up, the ship continued to move to the port of Izmail.