Six people were killed and 16 injured in Russian shelling of a residential district in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, regional governor Oleg Sinehubov said, as reported by Reuters.
"Unfortunately, the number of dead and wounded in the shelling of Saltivka district has increased to six dead and 16 injured," Sinehubov said on Telegram.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack.
"This is an insidious and cynical attack on civilians without justification, which shows the powerlessness of the aggressor. We cannot forgive. We will take revenge," Zelenski said on Telegram.
The Black Sea State University Petar Mogila in Mikolajiv (Nikolayev) was destroyed in this morning's shelling.
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Canada has disbursed 450 million Canadian dollars (348,1 million US dollars) to Ukraine as a loan to support the purchase of essential heating fuel ahead of winter, Finance Minister Christia Freeland said, according to Reuters.
The amount is part of a 1,95 billion Canadian dollar loan that Canada has earmarked for Ukraine to support Kiev during the Russian invasion.
"With today's loan disbursement of C$450 million, we have now paid off all loans to Ukraine that have been committed to date," Freeland said.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet, based in the annexed Crimea, has appointed Viktor Sokolov as its new commander, the RIA news agency reported, Reuters reports.
The appointment follows explosions at Russian military bases in Crimea last Sunday and on Tuesday.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claims that Russia has lost around 44.100 soldiers since the beginning of the conflict.
In a post on Facebook, the Ukrainian General Staff states that Russia lost 1.886 tanks, 4.162 armored fighting vehicles, 993 artillery systems, 136 air defense systems, 233 planes, 196 helicopters, 190 cruise missiles and 15 ships, reports Interfax Ukraine.
According to the General Staff of Ukraine, Russia's losses are greatest in the direction of Kharkiv and Donetsk.
Ukraine expects five ships to arrive at a Black Sea port on Wednesday to load more than 70.000 tons of agricultural products, the largest convoy to date under the United Nations (UN)-brokered grain export deal.
The Ukrainian Seaports Authority said in a statement that the new cargoes will include wheat, corn and seed oil.
Thanks to a framework agreement brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, Ukraine was able to resume exports from its Black Sea ports in early August, which had been halted for five months due to Russia's February 24 invasion.
Direct contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin are very important, said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
"However difficult it may be, direct contact is important, especially in times of crisis. I want our messages to reach Putin directly," Soltz said in an interview with the Swedish newspaper "Dagens Niheter", reports N1.
He said that in this way he wanted to present to the Russian president the position of the West regarding the operation of the Russian army in Ukraine.
Soltz also assessed that the normalization of bilateral relations with Moscow is not possible in the near future.
Sputnik reminds that previously, at a big summer press conference, Soltz talked about the possibility of Putin's visit to Germany, for which the condition would be the end of the operation in Ukraine and a peace agreement between Kiev and Moscow.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Wednesday that Russian forces destroyed the German-supplied Gepard anti-aircraft system in the Mykolaiv region, Reuters reports.
The Ministry of Defense also said it shot down three Ukrainian warplanes in the Mykolaiv region, as well as seven HIMARS missiles in the neighboring Kherson region.
Reuters was unable to independently verify the reports.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on Ukrainians to stay away from Russian military bases and ammunition depots, following a series of explosions that Russia said were "sabotages".
Zelenski said that the causes of the explosions could be various, including incompetence, reports Al Jazeera Balkans.
"But they all mean the same thing, destroying the logistics of the occupiers - their ammunition, military and other equipment, and command centers - saves our people."
Russian forces carried out a heavy shelling of Mykolayiv last night, Mayor Aleksandar Senkevich announced, reports Al Jazeera Balkans.
He stated that strong explosions resounded in different parts of the city and called on citizens to stay in shelters, reports Ukrinform.
Senkevich specified that civilian objects were affected and residential buildings were damaged.
Russia blamed saboteurs for the blasts at one of its military bases in Crimea, while Ukraine hinted it was responsible as its officials said their strategy was to destroy supply lines supporting the Russian invasion, Reuters reports.
Explosions on Tuesday ripped through an ammunition depot at a military base in the northern Crimean peninsula, disrupting trains and forcing the evacuation of 2.000 people from a village, Russian officials and news agencies said.
Clouds of smoke were later seen at another Russian military base in central Crimea, reports Russian newspaper Kommersant. The explosions and smoke followed last week's blasts at a Russian military airbase in western Crimea that destroyed eight warplanes.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the explosions at the ammunition depot were "the result of sabotage." The Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014, is a major supply route for its forces in southern Ukraine and a base for its Black Sea fleet.
Ukraine has neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the blasts.
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