Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,210

This is however things basal connected Wednesday, June 18:

Fighting

• The decease toll from dozens of Russian drone and rocket strikes connected Kyiv aboriginal connected Tuesday roseate to 16, according to Ukrainian authorities. Two radical were besides killed successful attacks connected the Black Sea larboard of Odesa, according to officials.
• North Korea volition nonstop thousands of subject operation workers and deminers to enactment reconstruction efforts successful Russia’s Kursk region, Russian quality agencies reported citing the caput of the Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, who made the comments arsenic helium met with North Korean person Kim Jong Un successful Pyongyang.

Diplomacy

• Canada scrapped plans for the G7 to contented a beardown connection connected the warfare aft absorption from the United States, a Canadian authoritative told reporters connected the sidelines of the summit, the Reuters quality bureau reported.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium told the G7 leaders that diplomacy was present “in crisis” and they needed to propulsion US President Donald Trump to usage his “real influence” to bring an extremity to the war. “Even if the American President is not putting capable unit connected Russia close now, the information is that America inactive has the broadest planetary interests and the largest fig of allies,” Zelenskyy said connected Telegram.
• Ukraine called for an exigency gathering of the United Nations Security Council aft Russia’s deadly onslaught connected Kyiv and different cities, Andrii Melnyk, Ukraine’s UN ambassador, was quoted telling Ukraine’s nationalist quality agency, Ukrinform.
• The Trump administration’s Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, is acceptable to conscionable Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko successful the coming days, the Reuters quality bureau reported, citing 4 radical acquainted with the plans. Kellogg has successful backstage formed the travel arsenic a measurement towards reviving talks aimed astatine ending Russia’s warfare successful Ukraine, according to Reuters.

Sanctions

• The United Kingdom announced sanctions connected radical and entities accused of being tied to Russia’s finance, vigor and subject operations. The sanctioned individuals see 2 UK residents accused of sending electronics to Moscow.
• Australia announced sanctions connected 60 vessels linked to Russia’s alleged “shadow fleet” of lipid tankers, pursuing the pb of respective of its Western partners, including Canada and the European Union. “Russia uses these vessels to circumvent planetary sanctions and prolong its amerciable and immoral warfare against Ukraine,” Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said successful a connection connected Wednesday.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies