Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,229

Here is however things basal connected Monday, July 7:

Fighting

• Russian forces launched rocket and drone attacks connected the eastbound Ukrainian state of Donetsk, sidesplitting 4 radical successful the municipality of Kostiantynivka and different successful adjacent Druzhkivka, according to officials.
• Donetsk Governor Vadim Filashkin urged residents of the front-line towns to evacuate, saying: “It is unsafe to enactment here! Evacuate to safer regions of Ukraine!”
• Elsewhere successful Ukraine, large-scale Russian drone attacks wounded 3 civilians successful Kyiv, 2 successful Kharkiv, and damaged larboard infrastructure successful the cardinal portion of Mykolaiv, according to the governor.
• A pistillate who was wounded successful a Russian onslaught connected the metropolis of Poltava successful cardinal Ukraine connected July 3 died successful hospital, taking the decease toll from that onslaught to three, section officials said.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence said that Russian forces seized the colony of Piddubne successful the Donetsk portion and the colony of Sobolivka, adjacent the municipality of Kupiansk, successful the Kharkiv region.
• Ukraine, too, launched drone attacks connected Russia, injuring 2 civilians successful Belgorod adjacent the borderline and disrupting flights astatine airports successful the capital, Moscow.
• Russia’s aviation agency, Rosaviatsia, said that the Ukrainian attacks forced astatine slightest 3 airports successful Moscow, St Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod to crushed immoderate 287 flights connected Sunday.
• Russia’s Defence Ministry said its aerial defences changeable down 120 Ukrainian drones during nighttime attacks, and 39 much earlier 2pm Moscow clip (11:00 GMT) connected Sunday.
• Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin aboriginal said that Russian aerial defence units downed six Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow.

Sanctions

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a caller sanctions package, “targeting galore Russian fiscal schemes, peculiarly cryptocurrency-related ones”.

Politics and diplomacy

• Russian President Vladimir Putin is not attending the BRICS summit successful Brazil this week, since he is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his relation successful the 2022 full-scale penetration of Ukraine. Brazil is simply a signatory to the Rome Statute, and would beryllium required to enforce the apprehension warrant.
• Putin, speaking via a videolink, told the BRICS leaders that the epoch of wide globalisation is obsolete and that the aboriginal belongs to swiftly increasing emerging markets, which should heighten the usage of their nationalist currencies for trade.

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies