Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,240

Here is however things basal connected Friday, July 18:

Fighting

• The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that its forces person captured 3 Ukrainian settlements: Kamianske successful the southeastern Zaporizhia region, Dehtiarne successful the northeastern Kharkiv region, and Popiv Yar successful the Donetsk region.

• Russian aerial defences destroyed a Ukrainian drone headed for Moscow, the city’s mayor, Sergei Sobyanin, said.

• Russia’s Defence Ministry said 46 Ukrainian drones were destroyed implicit a play of 4 hours connected Thursday evening, including a azygous drone implicit the Moscow region. Most were downed successful areas adjacent the Ukraine border, including 31 implicit Russia’s Bryansk portion and 10 implicit the Russian-annexed Crimea peninsula.

• Russia and Ukraine person exchanged much bodies of their warfare dead, a Kremlin adjutant said, portion of an statement struck astatine the 2nd circular of bid talks successful Istanbul successful June. A full of 1,000 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers were turned implicit successful speech for 19 bodies of Russian soldiers.

Military aid

• Preparations are nether mode to rapidly transportation further Patriot aerial defence systems to Ukraine, NATO’s apical subject commander, Alexus Grynkewich, said.
• Czech-coordinated shipments of artillery ammunition for Ukraine are rising this year, according to Ales Vytecka, manager of the Czech Defence Ministry’s AMOS planetary practice agency. So acold this year, shipments person totalled 850,000 shells, including 320,000 NATO 155mm calibre projectiles.
• Ukraine volition fto overseas arms companies trial retired their latest weapons connected the beforehand enactment of its warfare against Russia, Kyiv’s state-backed arms concern and procurement radical Brave1 said.

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the US work The New York Post that helium and United States President Donald Trump are considering a woody that involves Washington buying battlefield-tested Ukrainian drones successful speech for Kyiv purchasing weapons from the US.

• Zelenskyy told the country’s parliament that helium expects his caller authorities to summation the magnitude of domestically-produced weapons connected Ukraine’s battlefield from 40 percent to 50 percent wrong the adjacent six months.

• The US has informed Switzerland of delays to the transportation of Patriot aerial defence systems, the Swiss Defence Ministry said, adding that Washington wants to prioritise transportation of the systems to Ukraine.

• German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said clarity is needed connected however the US could regenerate immoderate weapons that Europe plans to nonstop to Ukraine. He issued the connection during a sojourn to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Politics and diplomacy

• President Trump’s determination to ramp up arms shipments to Ukraine is simply a awesome to Kyiv to wantonness bid efforts, Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

• Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia had nary plans to onslaught NATO oregon Europe but floated the thought of preemptive strikes if it believed the West was escalating what helium formed arsenic its full-scale warfare against Russia.

• Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico said his state volition halt blocking the support of the 18th bundle of European Union sanctions against Russia, which could beryllium approved connected Friday.

• Ukraine’s parliament appointed Yulia Svyrydenko, 39, arsenic the country’s archetypal caller premier curate successful 5 years, portion of a large furniture overhaul aimed astatine revitalising wartime absorption of the state arsenic prospects for bid with Russia turn dim. Ukraine’s erstwhile Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has been named defence minister.

• Ukraine’s parliament besides voted to support Andrii Sybiha arsenic overseas minister, portion appointing Olha Stefanishyna, a lawman premier curate liable for Euro-Atlantic integration, arsenic the country’s caller ambassador to the US.
• Russian lawmakers person precocious a measure that would outlaw opening oregon searching for contented online judged to beryllium “extremist” successful nature, specified arsenic songs glorifying Ukraine and worldly by the feminist stone band, Pussy Riot.

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies