Russia’s War of Ukraine: List of the main events, today 1,238 | Russia-Ukraine, news war

Here are the main events of the day 1,238 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Wednesday, 16 July:

Fighting

• The regional public prosecutor’s office on social media said that a Russian attack on the Kupiansk area in the Kharkiv region in Ukraine killed two people in the late 1960s and two others were wounded.
• The regional authorities said that the Russian artillery attack on the outskirts of the Velicobsaraevska community in the Sumi area of Ukraine killed a 50 -year -old.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces occupied the villages of Foskrissinska and Berifka in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
• Local officials said that a Ukrainian drone attack on the city of Foreonz, Voroniz, was hit 27 people. The mayor of the city, Sergei Peterin, said that the kindergarten was damaged and that children are temporarily transferred to the neighboring facilities.
• The governor of Alexander Joseph said in a telegram that the Russian air defense units destroyed 12 Ukrainian drones on the Foreonz region.
• Regional ruler Igor Artamonov at Telegram said that a drone crashed into an industrial area in the city of Yeliz in Russia in the Lebtsksk region, which resulted in one person.
• Alexander Bogomaz, the ruler of the Russian region of Bianank, said a woman was injured in a drone attack on the village of Slotchevsk.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense said in a telegram that the air defense units destroyed 55 Ukrainian drones overnight through five Russian regions and the Black Sea.

Politics and diplomacy

• US President Donald Trump told the White House correspondents that Ukraine “should not target” the Russian capital, Moscow, and that “alongside anyone … I want to stop killing.”
• The great Russian security official, Dmitry Medvedev, rejected what he described as a 50 -day “warning” for the “final” of Karmlin to end his war on Ukraine after the American president announced a deal Provide more weapons To Kyiv via NATO, threatened definitions on Russia.
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov He told reporters Trump’s comments on Monday were “very dangerous”, adding that “some personally addressed to President Putin.”
• Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said that “changing the position” of the US president towards Russia was “clearly welcome.”
• Ukrainian Prime Minister Dennis Shmeisal announced his resignation a day after Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski said he was presenting the position to Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sferidko. It is expected that Shamalel will become the Minister of Defense in Ukraine.
• The European Union did not agree to a new round of sanctions against Russia after Slovakia requested a delay in voting.
• The European Council imposed sanctions on five additional individuals “responsible for serious violations or human rights violations, suppressing civil society and democratic opposition in Russia.”
• American citizen Daniel Martinel, who lived in Ukraine and issued information to the forces loyal to Russia, which helped target the Ukrainian forces, received a Russian passport in Moscow.

arms

• Many countries, including Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden, have said that they will participate in the American plan for NATO member states to buy American weapons for use by Ukraine.
• Prime Minister Peter Viela said that the Czech Republic will not participate in the NATO weapons purchase plan, adding that his country focuses “on other projects and paths” to help Ukraine, including “through the ammunition initiative.”