Russians "blocked"?; Ukrainians fight back fiercely; Kadyrov also spoke up

Russian forces continue their offensive on Donetsk.
Explosions in Kharkiv and other regions.
The Russian army has opened humanitarian corridors in the Black and Azov seas.
Claims by Ukrainian officials that a Russian-flagged cargo ship was detained in the Turkish port of Karasu on suspicion of transporting stolen Ukrainian wheat was denied by the Kremlin. As well as claims that the Russian army is shelling its own cities - to accuse Kyiv.

Images of war The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the attack on Snake Island

Russian Ministry of Defense announced today that a Russian warplane attacked Ukraine's Snake Island in the Black Sea during the night.
On the other hand, the chief of staff of the Ukrainian president, Andriy Yermak, posted on Telegram a video of three soldiers raising a large Ukrainian flag on the island, from which Russian forces withdrew on June 30, reports Reuters. At a regular press conference, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that part of the Ukrainian detachment on the island was "destroyed." Previously, the spokesman of the Odessa military administration, Serhiy Bratchuk, announced that Russian forces fired rockets at Snake Island and the nearby city of Odessa this morning.
He stated on the Telegram channel that two rockets caused "significant damage" to the pier on the island, the Guardian reported.

Thousands of victims

The Ukrainian army near Soledarsk has already lost 2.500 people in Russian aviation attacks, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced on Thursday.
"The adversary is suffering considerable losses in all directions. In the attack by the high-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces on the combat positions of the...