At least three people were killed and 15 injured in a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro Friday night.
According to a Facebook post by regional governor Valentyn Rezynchenko, “the rockets hit an industrial plant and a busy street next to it. We are determining the extent of the destruction.”
Russian forces fired six missiles at the city and region, of which the Ukrainian army managed to shoot down four, Reznychenko added. The missiles were thought to be X-101 missiles fired from Tupolev-95MS strategic aircraft flying over the Caspian Sea.
Dnipro is Ukraine’s fourth-largest city and was home to some 1 million residents before the start of the war.
Explosions were also reported last night in the central city of Kremenchuk, and air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine as Russia stepped up its bombardment campaign.
Today marks day 143 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Source: Radio Poland
The European Commission on Friday proposed an import ban on Russian gold as part of a new package of European Union sanctions on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
“We are proposing today to tighten our hard-hitting EU sanctions against the Kremlin, enforce them more effectively and extend them until January 2023,” explained EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The Commission’s plan includes reinforcing controls on dual-use and advanced technology exports and strengthening “reporting requirements to tighten EU asset freezes,” according to the Commission’s official website.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell also said he would present proposals to expand the list of sanctioned individuals and entities to freeze their assets and curtail their ability to travel. As von der Leyen explained, “Moscow must continue to pay a high price for its aggression.”
The EU executive’s proposals will need to be approved by all 27 member states before they can take effect.
Source: Radio Poland, Radio Gdańsk, http://ec.europa.eu
Polish hammer thrower Paweł Fajdek won a gold medal yesterday at the World Athletics Championships in the US state of Oregon.
Fajdek claimed victory thanks to a commanding throw of 81.98m in round three. Fellow Pole and Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki in came second with 81.03m, while Norway’s Eivind Henriksen scooped the bronze with 80.87m.
These three athletes also shared a podium, though in a different order, at last year’s Tokyo Olympics.
The win marks 33-year-old Fajdek’s fifth consecutive world hammer title, having also won in Moscow (2013), Beijing (2015), London (2017), and Doha (2019).
Only the pole vault great Sergey Bubka has won more world championships in a single discipline.
The World Athletics Championships launched on Friday, July 15, and will continue until Sunday, July 24th.
Source: Radio Poland, https://worldathletics.org/
World-famous Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński visited Radio Gdańsk recently to discuss his latest project – an anthology of Polish songs.
Orliński described the project as “controversial” in that it transposes music from eras when countertenors did not exist, “so nobody sang songs that way.” According to Orliński, he and accompanist Michał Biel “decided to make a bold move to release an exclusively Polish album” featuring “Polish music that is beautiful and engaging.”
Earlier this year, Orliński won a prestigious 2022 International Classical Music Award for his latest CD, “Anima Aeterna.”
The ICMA jury called the album “a must-have for all those who love baroque music” and praised Orliński as “one of the greatest countertenors of our time” who “shows not only excellent vocal abilities but also a rare musical intelligence.”
The full interview (in Polish) is available >>>HERE<<<.
Source: Radio Gdańsk
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Today will be partly cloudy and warm, with very little chance of rain and a strong breeze coming in from the west. Temperatures will peak around a high of 20°C, or 68°F, dropping to an overnight low of 13°C or 55°F. Warmer weather and a chance for rain is expected tomorrow, with a chance for hot weather and sunny skies later in the week.
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