The main information
- Moscow said it targeted a meeting of the Ukrainian Air Force in the central Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia on Thursday.
- These Russian strikes, fired from submarines in the Black Sea, killed at least 23 people.
- kyiv had indicated that three missiles “hit the parking lot and this commercial building in the center of the city, housing offices and small businesses.
- The European Union will target Russian gold exports in its next set of sanctions, as decided by the G7 countries at the end of June.
- Briton Paul Urey, captured in April by pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine during a humanitarian mission according to relatives, died in custody on July 10.
1:29 p.m .: Grain exports from Ukraine: a “final document” soon to be ready, according to Moscow
The Russian Ministry of Defense indicated on Friday that a “final document” will be ready shortly to allow the export of grain from Ukraine, after negotiations involving Moscow, kyiv, Ankara and the UN this week.
“Russia’s proposals were broadly supported by participants in the consultations. And very soon, the work of drafting the final document, “The Black Sea Initiative”, will be completed, “said the spokesman of the ministry, Igor Konashenkov, in a video released by his services.
1:28 p.m .: Downing Street considers information on the death of volunteer Paul Urey “alarming”
Downing Street deemed “alarming” the announcement by the separatist authorities of the death in custody of Briton Paul Urey, captured in April in Ukraine by Russian or pro-Russian forces during a humanitarian mission according to relatives.
“This is alarming information and our thoughts are obviously with his family and friends,” a Downing Street spokesman said.
12:24 p.m .: Russia says it hit a command meeting of Ukrainian forces in Vinnytsia
The Russian army claimed to have struck a meeting of the Ukrainian air force in the center of Vinnytsia, a Ukrainian city far from the front lines, a deadly bombardment denounced by the international community.
The Russian Ministry of Defense explains in a press release that Kalibr missiles fired from the sea hit the “officers’ house” of this city where a meeting of the “command of the Ukrainian air forces was held with representatives of foreign suppliers of armaments “.
11:33 am: Briton Paul Urey captured by separatists dies in custody
Briton Paul Urey, captured in April by pro-Russian forces in eastern Ukraine during a humanitarian mission according to relatives, died in custody on July 10, separatist authorities announced on Friday.
“Despite the seriousness of (his) crimes, Paul Urey received adequate medical assistance. Despite this, in view of his diagnosis and the stress, he died on July 10, “said on Telegram the responsible for the rights of the separatists of the Donetsk region, Daria Morozova, assuring that it was a mercenary. not a humanitarian worker.
10:15 am: The EU will target Russian gold in its next sanctions against Moscow
The European Union will target Russian gold exports in its next set of sanctions, as decided by the G7 countries at the end of June, European Commissioner Maros Sefcovic announced on Friday during a meeting of foreign ministers. Europeans in Prague.
It will also seek “to close the loopholes” for those who circumvent the previous series of sanctions taken against Russia because of its offensive against Ukraine, specified the commissioner. The EU has already adopted six sanctions packages, including an embargo on most Russian oil by the end of the year.
9:25 am: Sharp increase in the number of burials in areas controlled by the Russians
Analysis of satellite and social media photographs reveals a sharp increase in the number of burials in Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, including Mariupol, according to a report published on Friday by the Center for the Resilience of Information (CIR), a non-governmental organization that fights disinformation. She analyzed six areas that were or still are in Russian hands in Ukraine.
At the Starokrymske cemetery in Mariupol (southeast), for example, the authors of the report estimate that around 1,000 new graves are observable over a five-month period, between October 21, 2021 and March 28, 2022 – a month after the start of the war. The pace of burials then increased sharply with 1,141 new graves visible in satellite images between March 28 and May 12 and more than 1,700 more between May 12 and June 29, according to the report’s authors.
9:20 a.m.: Russia may ban entry of EU trucks from October 1
A ban on heavy goods vehicles from the European Union entering Russia could come into force on October 1, sources familiar with the matter told Interfax. The Ministry of Transport will submit the draft presidential decree and a number of other regulatory acts to the government by August 1. The Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry and Trade are currently preparing a list of goods that will be exempt from the restrictions.
8:10 a.m .: Nearly 38,000 Russian soldiers have fallen since the start of the fighting according to kyiv
Nearly 38,000 Russian soldiers have fallen since the fighting began, according to a count made by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
7:35 a.m .: G20 big moneymakers open war-dominated meeting in Ukraine
The big moneymakers of the G20 began a meeting in Indonesia on Friday that is expected to be dominated by the repercussions of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the global economy, at a time when inflation is accelerating and growth prospects darken.
“The world is watching us,” said Sri Mulyani Indrawati, finance minister of host country Indonesia, opening the meeting. “The actions we take will have a very significant effect on all the nations of the world.”
The two-day meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors was originally supposed to focus on how best to encourage a return to growth after the coronavirus pandemic but that is the impact of the war in Ukraine, with the crises food and energy, which is now the top priority.
7 a.m.: New deadly Russian strikes on civilians, UN chief “appalled”
The UN secretary general said he was “appalled” and the EU denounced new “atrocities” on Thursday after Russian strikes on a city in central Ukraine, Vinnytsia, which left at least 23 dead. An “openly terrorist act” for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
According to the Ukrainian army, “three missiles” hit a parking lot and a commercial building in the center of the city, housing offices and small businesses. They were fired from submarines in the Black Sea, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuri Ignat said.
Emmanuel Macron prepares the French for a difficult autumn
Thursday, Emmanuel Macron tried to prepare the French for a difficult return to school and winter due to the war in Ukraine. “We all have to be prepared for (the war) to last. The summer and the beginning of autumn will undoubtedly be very hard, ”launched the president, referring to the situation of” war economy “which the country is facing, during his interview on July 14. “Russia uses energy, as it uses food, as a weapon of war,” asserted the Head of State. “We must now prepare for a scenario where we have to do without Russian gas entirely,” he warned.
>> Find the essence of the interview of the president in our article.
6:50 a.m .: Ukrainian president calls for “special court” on Russian crimes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for the establishment of a “special tribunal” to investigate the Russian invasion, addressing an international conference on war crimes in Ukraine held in The Hague. “Current judicial institutions cannot bring all the culprits to justice. Accordingly, a special tribunal is needed to try the crimes of Russian aggression against Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video shown at the conference.
What to remember from Thursday
- At least 23 people were killed Thursday in Russian strikes that hit Vinnytsia, a city in central Ukraine until then relatively spared from the fighting.
- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday that “the biggest challenge” to the global economy came from the war in Ukraine.
- The war in Ukraine, and its ever-increasing impact on energy and food prices, has prompted Brussels to further reduce its euro zone growth forecasts for this year and next.
6:45 am: Hello everyone, welcome to this live where we will follow the situation around the conflict in Ukraine, on the 142nd day of the Russian invasion.