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WORLD NEWS Saturday 23 July 2022
Airstrikes kill more Ukrainians despite grain export deal

By SUSIE BLANN era systems in the Russian
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Emer- and Ukrainian inventory, to
gency workers recovered strike Russian munitions de-
three bodies from a school pots and other key targets.
hit by a Russian strike in In the Dnipro region of cen-
eastern Ukraine, officials tral Ukraine, three schools
said Friday, one of a string were destroyed in the latest
of attacks on the nation. Russian strikes, Ukrainian au-
The casualties in the city thorities said. Seven Russian
of Kramatorsk followed missiles hit the small town of
a barrage Thursday on a Apostolove, wounding 18
densely populated area residents.
of Ukraine's second-largest The regional governor, Va-
city, Kharkiv, that killed at lentyn Reznichenko, de-
least three people and cried the "senseless" attack.
wounded 23. "There are no military goals
In the most significant behind it, and this shelling
agreement involving the could only be explained by
warring parties so far, Rus- their desire to keep people
sian and Ukrainian officials on edge and sow panic
signed deals with the U.N. and fear," Reznichenko
and Turkey to avert a glob- A woman looks at a trolleybus damaged by Russian shelling at Barabashovo market in Kharkiv, said.
al food crisis by clearing Ukraine, Thursday, July 21, 2022. In other developments Fri-
the way for the shipment Associated Press day:
of millions of tons of Ukrai- — The British Defense Minis-
nian grain and some Rus- The Ukrainian president's of- more than 300 Ukrainian was likely to "get lucky" and try said it believes that Rus-
sian exports of grain and fice said that in one Donbas troops using Kramatorsk's do so at some point. sia is experiencing "critical
fertilizer. Ukrainian President city, Kramatorsk, Russian School No. 23 as their base. The U.S. announced Fri- shortages" of dedicated
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said shelling destroyed a school He said another strike de- day that as part of a new ground-attack missiles and
in his nightly video address and damaged 85 residen- stroyed a munitions de- $270 million security assis- therefore has increased its
the deals offer "a chance tial buildings. Ukraine's state pot in the southern city of tance package, it will de- use of air-defense missiles
to prevent a global ca- emergencies agency said Mykolaiv. liver four more HIMARS to "in secondary ground at-
tastrophe – a famine that rescuers found three bod- Konashenkov also said Rus- Ukraine. The package will tack mode." The ministry
could lead to political cha- ies in the ruins of the school, sian forces destroyed four allow Kyiv to acquire up to said Russia has "almost cer-
os in many countries of the which was hit Thursday. U.S.-supplied High Mobil- 580 Phoenix Ghost drones, tainly" deployed S-300 and
world, in particular in the "Russian strikes on schools ity Artillery Rocket Systems about 36,000 rounds of artil- S-400 strategic air defense
countries that help us." and hospitals are very pain- between July 5-20. The U.S. lery ammunition and more systems designed to shoot
Yet the war that has ful and reflect its true goal said it has supplied 12 of guided rockets known as down aircraft and missiles
blocked those grain ship- of reducing peaceful cit- the multiple-rocket launch- GMLRS. at long range, and that
ments for almost five ies to ruins," Donetsk Gov. ers to Ukraine. The claims Ukrainian forces have used there is a "high chance" of
months did not abate. Pavlo Kyrylenko said in tele- could not be independent- U.S.-made rocket launchers them missing their intended
Russia this week reiterated vised remarks, repeating his ly verified. and tactical drones to hold targets and causing civilian
its plans to seize territories call for residents to evacu- A senior U.S. defense offi- at bay Russia's larger and casualties.
beyond eastern Ukraine, ate. cial, who briefed reporters more heavily equipped — The senior U.S. defense
where the Russian military Russia gave a different ac- on condition of anonym- forces. The Ukrainian mili- official said the fight for
has been trying to conquer count of the attack. De- ity in line with department tary has used HIMARS, Donetsk is "likely to last
the Donbas region, com- fense Ministry spokesman rules, said Thursday that which have a higher range through the summer," with
prising the Donetsk and Lu- Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov Russia had not yet taken and better precision com- Russia achieving slow gains
hansk provinces. said Thursday's strike killed out a single HIMARS but pared with similar Soviet- at high cost. q

Terror threat cancels Iranian opposition's summit in Albania

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Ira- and other former person- was "aware of a potential
nian dissidents in Albania alities from Western coun- threat targeting the Free
on Friday said they had tries to "call on the Biden Iran World Summit" calling
canceled a summit follow- administration to adopt a on its citizens "to avoid this
ing warnings from local au- decisive policy against the event." Shahin Gobadi, the
thorities of a possible terror- Tehran regime." Iranians' spokesman based
ist threat. A statement from the camp in Paris, also mentioned "the
Some 3,000 Iranian dis- said the summit was "post- plot to bomb the grand
sidents from the Mujahe- poned until further notice gathering of Free Iran on
deen-e-Khalq, best known upon recommendations June 30, 2018, in Paris by
as MEK, live at Ashraf 3 by the Albanian govern- one of its active diplomats,
camp in Manez, 30 kilome- ment, for security reasons, Assadollah Assadi."
ters (19 miles) west of Alba- and due to terrorist threats Last year Assadi was con-
nia's capital, Tirana. and conspiracies." victed to 20 years in prison
They had planned to hold Albanian authorities did in Belgium of mastermind-
at their camp the Free Iran not respond to questions ing a thwarted bomb at- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama pauses before speaking as he
addresses a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels,
World Summit July 23-24 on the threat. tack against the MEK exiled Tuesday, July 19, 2022.
with the participation of U.S. The U.S. Embassy in Tirana Iranian opposition group in Associated Press
senators and congressmen warned its citizens that it France.q