Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,231

Here is however things basal connected Wednesday, July 9:

Fighting

• A Ukrainian onslaught connected a formation successful the Russian metropolis of Kursk killed 3 radical and injured seven, including a five-year-old boy, acting determination Governor Alexander Khinshtein said. The dormant included a Rosgvardia (Russian National Guard) officer, Russia’s TASS quality bureau reported.
• TASS reported that a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected Rylsk, besides successful the Kursk region, deed the Central District Hospital, an ambulance gathering and an administrative building, injuring 2 people.
• The acting politician of Kursk, Sergey Kotlyarov, said that debris from a downed Ukrainian drone damaged respective houses successful the Zheleznodorozhny district.
• The politician of Ukraine’s Donetsk, Vadym Filashkin, said Russia’s attacks killed 3 radical and injured 10 much successful the region.
• Four radical were killed and 4 others injured successful Russian attacks connected Ukraine’s Sumy region, the determination medication said.
• In Ukraine’s Kherson region, 1 idiosyncratic was killed and 4 others injured, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
• The politician of Ukraine’s Zaporizhia portion said that Russian attacks injured 20 radical and damaged astatine slightest 64 homes.
• The Kyiv Independent reported that explosions were heard successful Kyiv astatine astir midnight connected Wednesday aft Ukraine’s Air Force issued a rocket alert for the full country.
• Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 54 drones and 4 guided missiles overnight. Ukraine changeable down 34 of the drones, portion 5 deed locations crossed the country.

Regional security

• A assemblage successful the United Kingdom convicted 3 men of arson successful an onslaught connected an eastbound London warehouse that was storing instrumentality destined for Ukraine. Prosecutors said agents from Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, acting connected behalf of Russian subject intelligence, planned the attack.
• Russia detained media activistic Pavel Andreev, accusing him of being “in interaction with agents of NATO countries and organisations that overseas concealed services usage to screen up their quality and subversive activities successful Russia”, TASS reported, citing Russia’s FSB information service.
• Ukraine asked the organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) successful The Hague to analyse Russian forces’ alleged usage of banned toxic munitions pursuing a study from Dutch and German quality agencies.

Politics and diplomacy

• US President Donald Trump said helium is bushed of the meaningless “b*******” from Russian President Vladimir Putin during negotiations.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine volition “intensify” talks with the United States connected aerial defence.
• Europe volition ne'er wantonness Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron said successful an code to the UK parliament, adding: “We volition combat till the precise past infinitesimal successful bid to get the ceasefire… due to the fact that this is our information and our principles unneurotic which are astatine involvement successful Ukraine.”

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies