Moscow
\nRussia said it had the \u201cright to take tough retaliatory measures\u201d after claiming it thwarted two drone attacks in Moscow on Monday, which shattered windows on the 17th and 18th floors of a skyscraper but left no casualties.
\nUkrainian authorities continue to warn citizens of strikes in Odessa, a southern port city that has sustained Russian attacks for several days in a row, killing at least one person and injuring many more, including children.
\nHere\u2019s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
\nKey developments
\nAs a result of Russian airstrikes on Odessa, 146 residential buildings were damaged, according to the Ukrainian armed forces. At least 28 historical buildings were also damaged in Odessa\u2019s center, an area that has been deemed a UNESCO World Heritage site.
\nUkraine\u2019s defense minister said the country will continue to launch attacks on Crimea and the Crimean Bridge, also known as the Kerch Bridge, which connects the peninsula to Russia. \u201cAll these targets are official targets because it will reduce their capacity to fight against us [and] will help to save the lives of Ukrainians,\u201d Oleksii Reznikov told CNN. Moscow seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.
\nExperts found land mines on the periphery of Ukraine\u2019s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant during a walk-through this week, International Atomic Energy Agency Director Rafael Mariano Grossi said. The mines were spotted in a buffer zone between the site\u2019s internal and external perimeter barriers, but their presence is nevertheless \u201cinconsistent with the IAEA safety standards and nuclear security guidance,\u201d he said.
\nBattleground updates
\nRussia is more likely to target civilian infrastructure in Odessa now that it has pulled out of the grain deal, Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defense said Tuesday. The agreement allowed the export of grain from Ukrainian Black Sea ports. The Kremlin now \u201clikely feels less politically constrained,\u201d and in that last week has carried out a \u201cgreat number\u201d of assaults on the area, the U.K. ministry said.
\nTalks on resuming the Black Sea grain initiative are not happening, Russia\u2019s deputy foreign minister Sergei Vershinin said Tuesday, according to Reuters. Russia\u2019s move to renew its naval blockade on Ukrainian ports triggered fresh concerns over wheat prices and global hunger. The Kremlin said returning to the grain deal is currently \u201cimpossible\u201d but that Putin would revive it if Moscow\u2019s interests are met.
\nA child was killed, and six others were injured after Russian forces fired cluster munitions at a reservoir in the Donetsk region, Ukrainian state media said. Photos posted by Ukrinform showed a bloodied patch of grass at the edge of a reservoir beach, where it said locals had been gathering on Monday.
\nGlobal impact
\nPutin has signed legislation that bans people from gender-affirming procedures. The bill was approved unanimously by both houses of parliament and also prevents transgender people from becoming foster or adoptive parents. The move is the country\u2019s latest attempt to crackdown on the LGBTQ+ community, advocates say.
\nZelensky and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke on the phone Tuesday. The pair discussed Russia\u2019s attacks on Odessa and Ukraine\u2019s desire to strengthen its air defense, Zelensky said, adding, \u201cWe must defend Odessa.\u201d
\nEuropean Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned Russia strikes on Ukrainian grain storage and export infrastructure, posting that Europe would continue to support Ukraine amid Russia\u2019s \u201cruthless\u201d war and the E.U. paid Ukraine a further \u20ac1.5 billion (about $1.6 billion). Last week, the U.S. and European countries announced billions of dollars in new recovery assistance to Kyiv.
\nLithuania approved a military aid plan for Ukraine that pledges about $221 million over three years. It will cover lethal and nonlethal aid, military training and the repair of military equipment in Lithuania.
\nAn American video journalist for Agence France-Presse, Dylan Collins, 35, was wounded in a drone attack near Bakhmut on Monday. He is being treated at a hospital and is conscious and speaking to colleagues, the French international news outlet said in a tweet. In May, AFP journalist and video coordinator Arman Soldin was killed by a rocket attack in Ukraine\u2019s east.
\nRussia will take part in discussions on grain and fertilizer exports at the Russia-Africa summit this week, the state media outlet RIA Novosti reported, after the country fueled food insecurity concerns by pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative this month.
\nFrom our correspondents
\nUkraine remains defiant as Russia pounds Odessa and its grain facilities: The southern port city was under nightly missile attacks for at least six days after Russia\u2019s president canceled a deal that allowed Ukraine to export its grain. The assaults caused significant damage to Odessa\u2019s historic Transfiguration Cathedral, John Hudson and Anastacia Galouchka write, but its chief priest has made his message clear: If the cathedral survived Joseph Stalin, it can survive Vladimir Putin, too.
\n\u201cYou can damage a church, you can kill a man, but you can\u2019t destroy the faith,\u201d said Myroslav Vdodovych, the cathedral\u2019s chief priest.
\nUkraine has responded to the attacks with defiance \u2014 launching drone attacks on buildings in Moscow and on an ammunition depot in Crimea \u2014 while cleanup crews and parishioners cleared debris from the cathedral\u2019s littered floors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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