They have felt that the operations of our intelligence officers for defending their homeland are of an order of magnitude greater than any of their special operations.. Grain shipments via the River Danube have increased, with a canal being reopened. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited Kyiv, with Australia vowing to send over $100 million in new aid to Ukraine. They have more weapons. Putin and other officials have said Russia sent troops into Ukraine as effectively a protective measure against the encroaching West. Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russian shelling over the past 24 hours killed at least 16 civilians and wounded 48 more, Ukraines presidential office said in its Tuesday morning update. Videos captured on the eastern outskirts of the city of Donetsk showed smoke and flames engulfing a set of badly-damaged buildings as the sun came up Monday, with multiple blasts caught on camera. The attack comes as the latest blow to Russian president Vladimir Putin, who is currently said to be hiding away at a top secret nuclear bunker east of Moscow. Ukrainian forces hit another Russian ammunition depot on Monday, producing another massive explosion. Looks like ammo dump detonation. or Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said: "Morning near Dzhankoi began with explosions. But the Russians have fired so many hundreds of their best missiles that theyre now running low. They have been named as Dylan Healy, a chef who had been volunteering as an aid worker, and Andrew Hill, who was shown by Russia in military uniform. Possibly railroad terminals filled with Russian military ammunition, etc. We contacted the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for further comment, as well as the Russian Ministry of Defense, but havent received a reply at the time of writing. Ukraine indicated in recent days that it might launch a counteroffensive to reclaim territory in the south as Russia bombards the eastern Donbas region. He also said that the outcome of the war was certain, thanks to the unity of his people and the strength of Ukraines military forces. Those strikes have mainly focused on the south, in areas around the city of Kherson and across occupied Crimea. Russia has said that it has captured the eastern Ukrainian city of Lysychansk, in the Sievierodonetsk Raion of the Luhansk Oblast region. Russian state media has claimed that two more Britons captured by Russian troops in Ukraine have been charged with mercenary activities. pic.twitter.com/9WmMQ1VaA7, Enormous area detonated deep in occupied Crimea. A huge explosion sent a fireball and smoke into the skyline after another Russian ammo dump went up in flames. LONDON (Reuters) -Russia on Tuesday blamed saboteurs for orchestrating a series of explosions at an ammunition depot in Russian-annexed Crimea, a rare admission that armed groups loyal to Ukraine. Last week, the governor of the Donetsk oblast Pavlo Kyrylenko urged the province's more than 350,000 remaining residents to flee to safer towns further West, saying that evacuating the region was necessary to save lives and allow the Ukrainian army to better defend towns against a Russian advance. Germany and the Czech Republic have signed a joint declaration, vowing to overcome their dependency on Russian fossil fuels and to speed up the transition to low-carbon energy. Deputy defence minister Alexander Fomin claims the decision to withdraw troops from the are Kyiv area comes in the interest of pursuing more peace talks between the countries. The strike took place in the Russian-occupied town of Nova Kakhovka, in Ukraines southern Kherson region. The Russian peacekeepers are only part of the peacekeeping force, my impression is representing something like 40% of the total # of 1100 or 1200. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []};