Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,238

Here is however things basal connected Wednesday, July 16:

Fighting

• A Russian onslaught connected the Kupiansk territory successful Ukraine’s Kharkiv portion killed 2 radical successful their precocious 60s and injured 2 others, the determination prosecutor’s bureau said connected societal media.
• A Russian artillery onslaught connected the outskirts of the Velykopysarivska assemblage successful Ukraine’s Sumy portion killed a 50-year-old resident, determination authorities said.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence said its troops had occupied the villages of Voskresenka and Petrivka successful Ukraine’s eastbound Donetsk region.
• A Ukrainian drone onslaught connected Russia’s occidental metropolis of Voronezh wounded 27 people, section officials said. The city’s mayor, Sergei Petrin, said a kindergarten was damaged and children were being temporarily transferred to neighbouring facilities.
• Russian aerial defence units destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones implicit the Voronezh region, Governor Alexander Gusev said connected Telegram.
• A drone crashed successful an concern portion successful Russia’s Yelets metropolis successful the Lipetsk region, injuring 1 person, determination Governor Igor Artamonov said connected Telegram.
• The politician of Russia’s Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, said a pistillate was injured successful a drone onslaught connected the colony of Sluchevsk.
• The Russian Defence Ministry said connected Telegram that its aerial defence units destroyed 55 Ukrainian drones overnight crossed 5 Russian regions and the Black Sea.

Politics and diplomacy

• United States President Donald Trump told reporters astatine the White House that Ukraine “shouldn’t target” the Russian superior Moscow, and that helium was “on nobody’s side…I privation to halt the killing”.
• Senior Russian information authoritative Dmitry Medvedev dismissed what helium described arsenic Trump’s “theatrical” 50-day “ultimatum” for the Kremlin to extremity its warfare connected Ukraine aft the US president announced a woody to supply much weapons to Kyiv via NATO, and threatened tariffs connected Russia.
• Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Trump’s remarks connected Monday were “very serious”, adding that “some of them are addressed personally to President Putin”.
• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that the US president’s “change of posture” towards Russia was “obviously welcome”.
• Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced his resignation a time aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium was offering the occupation to Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko. Shmyhal is expected to go Ukraine’s defence minister.
• The European Union did not o.k. a caller circular of sanctions connected Russia aft Slovakia requested a hold successful the vote.
• The European Council has imposed sanctions connected an further 5 individuals “responsible for superior violations oregon abuses of quality rights and for the repression of civilian nine and antiauthoritarian absorption successful Russia”.
• US national Daniel Martindale, who lived successful Ukraine and passed accusation to pro-Russian forces that helped to people Ukrainian troops, has received a Russian passport successful Moscow.

Weapons

• Several countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, said they would instrumentality portion successful the US strategy for NATO subordinate states to bargain US weapons for usage by Ukraine.
• Prime Minister Petr Fiala has said the Czech Republic would not enactment successful the NATO weapons acquisition plan, adding that his state is focused “on different projects and paths” to assistance Ukraine, including “through the ammunition initiative”.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies