Latest Developments in Ukraine: July 27

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The latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All times EDT.

3:45 a.m.: Reuters reported that requests for Russian natural gas flows through Nord Stream 1 into Germany nearly halved from 8 a.m. CET on July 27, data from the pipeline operator showed on Wednesday.

Nominations were at 14,423,764 kilowatt hours an hour (kWh/h) for 0800-0900 CET (0600-0700 GMT) onwards, down from levels above 27,000,000 kWh/h previously.

Russian energy giant Gazprom said on Monday it was halting one more turbine at the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline for maintenance which would result in a reduction of gas flows from Wednesday.

3 a.m.: Adviser to the head of the office of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, warned Russians to leave the city of Kherson and said the strikes on the key bridge have been intercepted by Ukrainian missiles.

2:30 a.m.: The British ministry of defense said Wednesday that Russian private military firm Wagner has likely made tactical advances in UkrainesDonbas conflict in its intelligence update.

1:35 a.m.: Simon Ostrovsky, a special correspondent for PBS NewsHour, traveled to the city of Mykolaiv after a Russian missile strike on July 17 claimed dozens of lives. Ostrovsky reported this story showing the toll Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken on the country.

12:15 a.m.: The Kyiv Independent shares via Telegram that Russian troops attacked an industrial area of Kharkiv with S-300 long-range missile systems early on July 27, according to the city’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov. Rescuers are on the scene. No word yet on casualties.

Some information in this report came from The Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse.