Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 160 of the invasion – The Guardian

The US announced on Monday a new tranche of weapons for Ukraines forces fighting Russia, including ammunition for increasingly important rocket launchers and artillery guns. The $550m package will include more ammunition for the high mobility advanced rocket systems otherwise known as Himars, as well as ammunition for artillery, national security council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.

Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu has said that Russia had destroyed six US-made Himars missile systems since the beginning of the latest Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Three people have reportedly been killed by Russian shelling while evacuating in a minibus near Kherson, Ukraines military is reporting. Ukraines Operational Command South reported that three people died from the attack on the bus near Dovhove.

Turkeys representative at the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC) in Istanbul has said that the first ship carrying Ukrainian grain to world markets was expected to anchor at Istanbul on Tuesday night. At a briefing held at the JCC, general zcan Altunbulak said the course of the ship was going as planned. Another official said The plan is for a ship to leave every day. If nothing goes wrong, exports will be made via one ship a day for a while.

Ukraines state security service says it is investigating 752 cases of treason and collaboration. According to the agency, the greatest amount of cases have been documented in the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson.

The United Nations secretary general, Antnio Guterres, has warned that a misunderstanding could spark nuclear destruction, as the US, Britain and France urged Russia to stop its dangerous nuclear rhetoric and behaviour.

Sabina Higgins, the wife of Irelands president, Michael D Higgins, has triggered a political row in Ireland by urging Russia and Ukraine to call a ceasefire and enter negotiations. Critics said the intervention amounted to Kremlin propaganda because it appeared to equate Moscows aggression with Kyivs fight for survival.

The US has accused Russia of using Ukraines largest nuclear power plant as a nuclear shield. US secretary of state Antony Blinken said Washington was deeply concerned that Moscow was now using the plant as a military base and firing on Ukrainian forces from around it and called Russias actions around the plant the height of irresponsibility.

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