Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,241

How things basal connected Saturday, July 19:

Fighting

• Russian drones and glide bombs killed respective people successful Ukraine connected Friday, officials said, including a 52-year-old bid operator successful the Dnipropetrovsk region, a 66-year-old pistillate killed successful her location successful Kostiantynivka, and a 64-year-old antheral killed successful a glide weaponry onslaught connected a gathering tract successful the Zaporizhia region.
• Russian forces person staged a mass drone attack connected the Ukrainian Black Sea larboard of Odesa, mounting occurrence to astatine slightest 1 multistorey flat building, the city’s mayor, Gennadiy Trukhanov, said aboriginal connected Saturday. At slightest 20 drones converged connected the metropolis successful the aboriginal hours of this morning.
• Russian aerial defences intercepted oregon destroyed 10 Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow overnight connected Friday, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said.
• Ukraine’s apical subject commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, said his forces are lasting steadfast successful defending the metropolis of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub successful the eastbound Donetsk portion that has weathered months of Russian attacks, and the Novopavlivka colony successful the Zaporizhia region.
• Praising the troops defending Pokrovsk, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian forces “trying to beforehand and participate Ukrainian cities and villages” volition not person “a accidental of survival”.
• Authorities successful Russian-controlled Crimea person introduced an accusation blackout designed to antagonistic Ukrainian drone, rocket and sabotage attacks. Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed caput of Crimea, said helium signed a decree banning media outlets and societal media users from publishing photos, video oregon different contented that revealed the determination of Russian forces oregon details of Ukrainian attacks connected the Black Sea peninsula.

Military aid

• Australia’s authorities said it delivered M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine arsenic portion of a 245 cardinal Australian dollar ($160m) bundle to assistance the state support itself against Russia successful their ongoing war.
• The United States has moved Germany up of Switzerland to person the adjacent Patriot aerial defence systems to travel disconnected accumulation lines successful the US. The expedited transportation to Germany volition let Berlin to nonstop 2 Patriot batteries it already has to Ukraine, according to a US media report.
• Leaders successful Ukraine and Washington are successful elaborate talks connected a woody involving US concern successful Kyiv’s home drone production, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said. She added the woody would besides pb to the US purchasing “a ample batch of Ukrainian drones”.
• President Zelenskyy said helium discussed rocket supplies and backing for interceptor drones to counteract Russian attacks successful a telephone with French President Emmanuel Macron. “I would particularly similar to item our statement connected aviator grooming for Mirage jets – France is acceptable to bid further pilots utilizing further aircraft,” Zelenskyy said connected X.

Sanctions

• The European Union approved its 18th bundle of sanctions against Russia implicit its warfare successful Ukraine, aimed astatine dealing further blows to Russia’s lipid and vigor industry.
• Eighteen officers moving for Russian subject intelligence, known arsenic the GRU, on with 3 units, person been deed with sanctions by the United Kingdom implicit their relation successful a 2022 weaponry onslaught connected a theatre successful confederate Ukraine that killed hundreds of civilians. The officers were besides accused of targeting the household of a erstwhile Russian spy who was aboriginal poisoned successful the UK with a nervus agent.
• President Zelenskyy thanked the European Union for the latest sanctions targeting Russia and called for further punitive measures against Moscow. “This determination is indispensable and timely, particularly now, arsenic a effect to the information that Russia has intensified the brutality of the strikes connected our cities and villages,” helium said.
• Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said the Russian system would withstand the EU sanctions bundle and said Moscow would intensify its strikes against Ukraine. India has said it does not enactment “unilateral sanctions” by the EU, aft Brussels imposed penalties connected Russia that included a Rosneft lipid refinery successful the occidental Indian authorities of Gujarat.
• Greek tanker operators progressive successful shipping approved Russian lipid exports are expected to proceed doing truthful contempt the caller question of tougher sanctions by the EU that volition further tighten restrictions, shipping sources told the Reuters quality agency.
• WhatsApp should hole to permission the Russian market, a lawmaker successful Moscow who regulates the IT assemblage said connected Friday, informing that the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms is precise apt to beryllium enactment connected a database of restricted bundle successful Russia.

Politics and diplomacy

• The Kremlin said that it did not judge the tougher stance that Donald Trump has adopted towards Russia implicit its warfare successful Ukraine means the extremity of US-Russia talks aimed astatine reviving their battered ties.
• The Kremlin besides said that it agreed with a connection by Zelenskyy that determination needed to beryllium much momentum astir bid talks betwixt the warring sides.
• Zelenskyy appointed erstwhile Defence Minister Rustem Umerov arsenic the caput of the country’s National Security and Defence Council, according to a decree published connected Friday connected the president’s website. Umerov’s assignment follows a reshuffle of the Ukrainian authorities and the assignment of a caller premier minister.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Ukraine during a telephone telephone with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan connected Friday, the Kremlin property work said. Putin said Russia was “committed to a governmental and diplomatic colony of the struggle successful Ukraine” and thanked Erdogan for facilitating Russia-Ukraine bilateral talks.
• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has formed uncertainty connected the anticipation of Ukraine joining the EU by 2034, saying accession was improbable to travel astatine a constituent affecting the bloc’s medium-term concern plans, which tally to 2034. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had said Kyiv could articulation the EU earlier 2030 if the state continues its reforms.
• Russian courts sentenced 135 radical to lengthy situation sentences successful transportation with a wide anti-Israel protestation successful October 2023 astatine an airdrome successful the predominantly Muslim Dagestan region, the country’s Investigative Committee said connected Friday. Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters stormed an airdrome successful the metropolis of Makhachkala, wherever a level from Tel Aviv had conscionable arrived, implicit Israel’s warfare connected Gaza.

Regional security

• Russia views caller comments by a apical US wide astir NATO’s quality to swiftly seizure the Russian Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad arsenic hostile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said. General Christopher Donahue, the US Army Europe and Africa commander, said NATO could prehend Kaliningrad “from the crushed successful a timeframe that is unheard of and faster than we’ve ever been capable to do”, according to a report.
• Almost a 3rd of Italians judge the state volition beryllium straight progressive successful a warfare wrong 5 years, but lone 16 percent of those of warring property would beryllium consenting to instrumentality up arms, a caller survey shows.
• The survey by the Centre for Social Investment Studies showed 39 percent of Italians aged betwixt 18 and 45 would state themselves arsenic pacifist conscientious objectors, 19 percent would effort to evade conscription different way, and 26 percent would similar Italy to prosecute overseas mercenaries.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies