A shell crater in seen after a Russian missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Dnipro, Ukraine July 16, 2022.A shell crater in seen after a Russian missile strike, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Dnipro, Ukraine July 16, 2022.
* Ukraine’s western creditor governments urged bondholders on Wednesday to accept Kyiv’s request for a two-year delay on its debt payments and said they would suspend payments owed to them.* Ukrainian forces fighting in the south and east of the country said they had killed 111 Russian soldiers and destroyed17 vehicles in 24 hours and that they saw no signs the Russians were creating special strike groups.
* The governor of the neighbouring Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, urged people to evacuate, saying Russian forces had destroyed schools in Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka and shelled the industrial part of Kramatorsk and central Bakhmut.