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Reuters: Nord Stream 1 to resume operations at 30% capacity on July 21

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According to Federal Network Agency chief Klaus Mueller, Russia’s Gazprom renominated gas flows at around 530 gigawatts hour per day following the pipeline’s maintenance period. “It’s better than nothing but of course not what is contractually agreed,” Mueller reportedly said in an interview. Last month, Gazprom cut the pipeline’s capacity to 40%, blaming Canadian sanctions. According to Reuters, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin said on July 20 that the pipeline’s capacity could be limited further due to slow progress in equipment servicing.

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Along the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine, the front line has remained largely static, but fighting continues every day. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell and Olena Zashko embedded with Ukraine’s forces in Kherson Oblast, following FPV drone and night bomber teams tasked with defending river islands.

Earlier on Jan. 1, Volodymyr Saldo, a Ukrainian politician turned top Russian proxy head of Russian-occupied parts of Kherson Oblast, accused Kyiv of launching three drones at a hotel and a cafe on the Black Sea coast. Saldo claimed that the alleged New Year drone strike on the village of Khorly killed 24 people, including a child, and wounded more than 50.

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