Russia ‘destroys’ four US-supplied Himars rocket systems

Russia's defence ministry has claimed its forces have destroyed 4 US-supplied Himars rocket techniques in July alone.

“4 launchers and one transport-loading automobile for the US-made a number of launch rocket techniques (Himars) have been destroyed,” it mentioned in a every day briefing.

The claims couldn't be independently verified.

Kyiv has hailed the arrival of eight Himars, which price $5.6 million every, as a potential gamechanger for the course of the battle. The superior weapons are extra exact and provide an extended vary than different artillery techniques, permitting Kyiv to strike Russian targets and weapons depots additional behind the entrance strains.

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06:39 PM

Zelenskiy says cease-fire with Russia with out reclaiming land would lengthen battle

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned a cease-fire with Russia with out reclaiming the misplaced lands would solely lengthen the battle.

He instructed the the Wall Avenue Journal {that a} cease-fire that permits Russia to maintain Ukrainian territories seized for the reason that invasion in February would solely encourage a good wider battle, giving Moscow a badly-needed alternative to replenish and rearm for the following spherical.

“Freezing the battle with the Russian Federation means a pause that provides the Russian Federation a break for relaxation,” he mentioned.

06:37 PM

US accuses China of stockpiling grain throughout international meals disaster

The US has referred to as out China for stockpiling grain that could possibly be used for international humanitarian wants, as Russia and Ukraine signed a grains  deal  to unlock Black Sea grain supply routes.

The World Meals Programme says the Russian invasion of Ukraine – each main wheat producers – has pushed some 47 million individuals into “acute starvation” after sending meals costs hovering.

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James O'Brien, head of the US State Division's Workplace of Sanctions Coordination, mentioned: “China has been a really lively purchaser of grain and it's stockpiling grain… at a time when tons of of thousands and thousands of persons are getting into the catastrophic part of meals insecurity.”

He mentioned he some 40 % of the primary grain shipments out of Ukraine in April went to China, including: “It might have been significantly better to see that grain going to Egypt, within the Horn of Africa and different locations.”

06:31 PM

Russian oil giants allowed to ship to 3rd nations as EU reverses cost ban

Russian state-owned firms Rosneft and Gazprom will have the ability to ship oil to 3rd nations underneath tweaks to EU sanctions.

Main buying and selling homes and oil firms similar to Shell and Complete have cited the sanctions as causes for stopping buying and selling Russian oil for third events.

Purchases of Russian seaborne crude oil by EU firms and its export to 3rd nations is allowed however funds for such ships has been banned – till the tweaks got here into power on Friday.

“With a view to keep away from any potential detrimental penalties for meals and power safety all over the world, the EU determined to increase the exemption from the prohibition to have interaction in transactions with sure state-owned entities as regards transactions for agricultural merchandise and the transport of oil to 3rd nations,” the EU mentioned.

Buying and selling home sources had mentioned EU restrictions would have led to China and India shopping for oil through smaller personal merchants and Russian oil commerce migrating into gray areas with weak insurance coverage in opposition to accidents and being dealt with by older ships.

06:15 PM

Ukraine grain disaster needs to be ‘get up name' for Africa to be self-reliant, SA president says

The Ukraine grain disaster ought to act as a “wake-up name” for Africa to turn out to be self-reliant in producing cereals and fertilisers, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned on Friday.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February has prevented thousands and thousands of tonnes of Ukrainian wheat and different grain from leaving the nation's ports, sparking fears of world shortages.

“Will we need to proceed for years to return to rely, for our grains, for our fertilisers, on that a part of the world?” the president mentioned at a press convention in Pretoria as Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara visited.

“Or ought to we are saying this battle is a wake-up name like Covid grew to become a wake-up name to many people on the African continent to begin producing our personal vaccines?”

05:59 PM

Canadian PM has little confidence in Russia retaining its finish of the cut price

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned he has little confidence in Russia fulfilling its facet of a discount reached with Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations on resuming grain shipments from Ukraine.

He added he was nonetheless he's “optimistic” the grain will discover its approach “to locations all over the world the place it's wanted.”

“Canada's confidence in Russia's reliability is just about nil,” mentioned Trudeau.

“They've demonstrated nothing however poor religion,” he mentioned. “They've precipitated a world power disaster (and) a world meals disaster with their invasion of Ukraine, and the remainder of us have been working very, very exhausting to attempt to mitigate these points all over the world.”

05:57 PM

Boris Johnson says UK ‘won't waver' in its assist of Ukraine

Boris Johnson mentioned in a name to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the UK “won't waver” in its assist of Ukraine when he is not Prime Minister.

“He pressured the UK's ongoing dedication to assist the Ukrainian individuals and mentioned that resolve won't waver, irrespective of who turns into the following UK Prime Minister,” a Downing Avenue spokeswoman mentioned in a abstract of their dialog.

“President Zelensky thanked the PM for his staunch assist for Ukraine, and for his form phrases in his final deal with to parliament.”

05:55 PM

Kyiv made a take care of the UN, not Russia, says Ukraine's international minister

Ukraine's Overseas Minister has mentioned Kyiv trusts the United Nations, not Russia, to uphold a deal struck in Istanbul to unblock grain exports disrupted by Moscow's invasion.

“Ukraine would not belief Russia. I do not suppose anybody has causes to belief Russia. We make investments our belief within the United Nations because the driving power of this settlement,” Dmytro Kuleba instructed an internet press briefing on Friday.

05:38 PM

Russian international minister to start African tour in Egypt

Russian international minister Sergei Lavrov will start an African tour in Egypt on Sunday, because the Kremlin launches a  attraction offensive on nations with strained relationships with the West.

Lavrov will meet Arab League members making an attempt to sq. deep hyperlinks to Russia with their shut relationship to the US.

He'll then journey to Ethiopia, Uganda, and the Congo Republic.

Egypt has important strategic and financial ties with Russia, which has been a key supply in recent times of wheat, weaponry and – till the battle sophisticated journey – vacationers.

05:32 PM

Zelensky says he and Johnson talked about ‘intensifying' Ukrainian navy coaching

05:28 PM

Roman Abramovich attends grains export deal signing ceremony in Istanbul

05:11 PM

Johnson and Zelensky discuss UK prisoners held by Russians

Boris Johnson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke concerning the therapy of UK prisoners being held by Russian-backed forces throughout a name following the grains exports settlement this afternoon.

A Downing Avenue spokeswoman mentioned: “The leaders mentioned their ongoing concern concerning the therapy of prisoners being held by Russian-backed forces in Ukraine, together with these of British nationality.

“The prime minister thanked president Zelensky for his authorities’s efforts up to now to safe detainees’ freedom.

“The prime minister paid tribute to the position president Zelensky has performed and should proceed to play in upholding a good and correct judicial system in Ukraine.”

05:03 PM

Russia and Ukraine signed ‘separate however equivalent' agreements with UN and Turkey

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu mentioned he and Ukrainian Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov every signed separate however equivalent agreements with UN and Turkish officers on reopening blocked Black Sea supply routes.

The grain deal may ease a world meals disaster wherein thousands and thousands face starvation.

04:59 PM

Boris Johnson and Zelenskiy converse after grains export deal reached

Boris Johnson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have spoken over the cellphone after the grains exports deal was reached this afternoon.

They pressured the necessity for the complete implementation of a Russia-Ukraine deal to reopen Ukrainian ports for grain exports, a spokeswoman for the PM mentioned.

04:44 PM

US Treasury chief to debate ramping up sanctions in opposition to Russia in Europe subsequent week

The US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo will journey to Paris and Brussels subsequent week to debate together with his counterparts stepping up sanctions in opposition to Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.

He may even meet with monetary providers executives and a gaggle of students and economists in Paris and focus on additional monetary support to Ukraine, the US Treasury mentioned in an announcement on Friday.

04:39 PM

Russia able to unlock Black Sea grains in ‘subsequent few days'

Russia might be able to unlock grain exports from Ukraine within the “subsequent few days”, its Defence Minister mentioned.

“At this time we've all of the conditions and all of the options for this course of to start within the subsequent few days,” Sergei Shoigu mentioned in televised remarks.

“We're speaking not solely concerning the starting of the export of agricultural merchandise from Ukrainian ports, but additionally, in fact, work on agricultural merchandise, fertiliser from Russian ports,” he mentioned , including that Russia formally pledged to not benefit from de-mined Ukrainian ports.

04:26 PM

Liz Truss tells Putin ‘we might be watching' after grains deal reached

Overseas Secretary and PM hopeful Liz Truss has congratulated the UN and Turkey for brokering the grains exports deal, including: “Putin's barbaric invasion of Ukraine has meant among the poorest and most susceptible individuals on the earth are susceptible to having nothing to eat.

“Now this settlement have to be applied, and we might be watching to make sure Russia's actions match its phrases.”

04:22 PM

Ukrainian grain merchants have been pressured to promote at a loss

Ukraine grain merchants have been promoting their produce at a loss since Russia invaded their nation and blockaded its Black Sea ports 5 months in the past.

Welcoming this afternoon's export deal “with optimism”, Serhii Ivashchenko, director of the Ukrainian grain merchants' union, instructed CNN that “the price of logistics is so excessive that it eats up not solely the earnings of farmers, but additionally the price of manufacturing.

“The price of transporting grain via Constanta in Romania was two-thirds of the promoting worth. Now Ukrainian farmers have been pressured to promote grain at a loss. And unblocking the ports will cut back the price of logistics fairly considerably.

“The price of transporting grain via the Black Sea ports can be about one-tenth of the supply of grain to European ports.”

He added: “Now a brand new harvest has began and we count on that the wheat harvest might be about 21 million tonnes. With such a harvest, we may export 13-15 million tonnes of wheat. Plus the harvest that we nonetheless had left (from 2021-22).”

04:09 PM

Questions over crew security stay, says Worldwide Chamber of Delivery

The landmark grains deal will not get off the bottom till crew security is ensured and questions round navigating closely mined waters are answered, the secretary common of the Worldwide Chamber of Delivery mentioned.

Man Platten mentioned: “This can be a long-needed breakthrough for the thousands and thousands of people that depend on the secure passage of grain to outlive. However though this is a vital step, numerous work stays to be completed.

“Making certain crew security might be essential if we're to get this settlement shifting rapidly. Questions stay over how ships will navigate closely mined waters, and the way we are able to successfully crew the ships within the area to fulfill the steered deadline.”

04:07 PM

Moscow will not ‘take benefit' of opening of Ukrainian ports – Sergei Shoigu says

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has mentioned Moscow won't “take benefit” of the de-mining and opening of Ukrainian ports as a part of a UN-brokered deal to restart important grain exports.

“Russia has taken on the obligations which can be clearly spelled out on this doc. We won't benefit from the truth that the ports might be cleared and opened. Now we have made this dedication,” Shoigu mentioned on the Rossiya-24 state TV channel after the signing ceremony in Istanbul this afternoon.

04:01 PM

Grains deal will get cautious welcome by EU

“At this time's Istanbul settlement is a step in the suitable course. We name for its swift implementation,” tweeted the EU's international coverage chief Josep Borrell.

04:01 PM

Deal hailed as ‘nothing in need of life-saving' by Purple Cross chief

The grains export deal is “nothing in need of life-saving” for households dealing with hunger, mentioned the director common of the Worldwide Purple Cross.

Robert Mardini added: “Nowhere are the implications felt tougher than in communities already impacted by armed battle and local weather shocks.

“For instance, our market monitoring, over the previous six months has seen the value of meals staples rise by 187% in Sudan; 86% in Syria; 60% in Yemen; 54% in Ethiopia; as in comparison with the identical time interval final 12 months. So efforts should proceed.”

03:58 PM

Ukrainian grain exports will take two weeks to start, professional says

Ukrainian grain exports will take two weeks to begin, founding father of the Institute for World Meals Safety Professor Chris Elliot has instructed Sky Information.

He hailed the deal reached in Istanbul this afternoon  to renew exports million of tons of grain from Ukraine's Black Sea ports as “a really, very optimistic transfer” as a lot of it should go into “feeding many, many thousands and thousands of individuals, notably in sub-Saharan Africa, who're already operating very, very in need of meals for the time being”.

He added: “The size of the operation is big. 20m tonnes of cereal that's produced in Ukraine – they need to export 5m tonnes of it.

“Getting all the ships in place that may carry that materials. So most likely two weeks is an affordable period of time for the motion to begin.

“However actually, to get it into full operation, into full tilt, will most likely take at the least a month from now. And it could possibly be a few months, actually, earlier than these meals chains which were disadvantaged of the cereals are replenished.”

03:44 PM

Grains deal to be absolutely operational in a number of weeks, say UN officers

Senior UN officers have mentioned the landmark grains export deal is anticipated to be absolutely operational in a number of weeks.

Protected passage into and out of the ports can be assured in what one official referred to as a “de facto ceasefire” for the ships and services coated, they mentioned, though the phrase “ceasefire” was not within the settlement textual content.

03:43 PM

US will maintain Russia accountable for sticking to grains export deal

America will work to carry Russia accountable for implementing the landmark grains export deal, mentioned US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield.

James O'Brien, head of the US State Division's Workplace of Sanctions Coordination added it additionally needs China to cease stockpiling grain and provide extra to fulfill international humanitarian support wants.

03:31 PM

G7 ‘might be watching very intently' to make sure grains deal doesn't endanger Ukraine

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has mentioned the G7 might be watching very intently to make sure the grains export deal won't put Ukraine at additional danger.

03:29 PM

Landmark grains deal will final for 120 days and goals to avert international famine – UN officers

The landmark deal is legitimate for 120 days and goals to avert famine by injecting extra wheat, sunflower oil, fertiliser and different merchandise into the world market, mentioned senior UN officers.

It has been 5 months for the reason that battle halted their shipments from Ukrainian Black Sea port, inflicting costs to rocket.

The deal ensures secure passage out and in of Odesa and two different Ukrainian ports in what the official referred to as a “de facto ceasefire” for the ships and services coated.

The Joint Coordination Centre in Istanbul, which straddles the Bosphorus, will characterize “the heartbeat of the operation”, monitoring all ship actions and inspections, and decides whether or not for instance a vessel detracts from agreed channels within the Black Sea.

All returning ships might be inspected at a Turkish port by a cross-party group to allay Russian issues they might convey again weapons to Ukraine.

The UN may even spend greater than two months negotiating with ship insurers to make sure the plan was commercially viable and won't result in punitive premiums.

03:23 PM

Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and UN signal landmark grain exports deal

Russia, Ukraine, NATO member Turkey and the United Nations signed a landmark deal on Friday to unlock Ukrainian grain and fertiliser exports from Black Sea ports, to assist relieve a rising meals disaster worsened by the battle, Reuters experiences.

03:22 PM

Erdogan requires an finish to the battle as events start signing grains export deal

Turkey's chief Recep Erdogan mentioned he hoped Russia and Ukraine's grains export deal might be a turning level as he referred to as for an finish to the battle.

He mentioned the invasion's impacts have been being seen the world over and mentioned the preventing will solely finish on the negotiating desk.

He spoke as Ukrainian, Russian, UN and Turkish events started signing the deal in Istanbul to renew the export of some 20 million tons from Ukrainian's Black Sea ports.

03:14 PM

Grains deal will stop billions from dealing with famine, says Turkish chief

Turkey's chief Recep Erdogan mentioned the exports deal unlocking thousands and thousands of tons of grain from Ukraine's ports will stop billions of individuals from dealing with famine, and ease international meals worth inflation.

03:12 PM

Grains export deal assertion from UN Basic Secretary

“At this time there's a beacon on the Black Sea. The beacon of hope. The beacon of chance. The beacon of reduction in a world that wants it greater than ever,” mentioned the UN's Basic Secretary Antonio Guterres.

“Thanks very a lot to the representatives of the Russian Federation and Ukraine. You've overcome obstacles, and put apart variations, to pave the way in which for an initiative that may serve the widespread pursuits of all.

“Selling the welfare of humanity has been the driving power of those talks. The query has not been what is nice for one facet or the opposite. The main target has been on what issues most for the individuals of our world.

“And let there be little question – that is an settlement for the world. It's going to convey reduction for creating nations on the sting of chapter, and probably the most susceptible individuals on the sting of famine, and to assist stabilise international meals costs.”

03:10 PM

Grains export deal reached, says UN Basic Secretary

The UN's Basic Secretary Antonio Guterres has mentioned a deal has been reached to open up grain exports from Ukraine, saying it should profit creating nations “on the sting of chapter and probably the most susceptible individuals on the sting of famine”.

02:46 PM

Pregnant anti-war Russian councillor arrested for ‘spreading false info'

A pregnant councillor who has spoken up in opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been arrested for allegedly spreading false details about the military.

Russia's Investigative Committee mentioned it launched prison proceedings in opposition to Helga Pirogova, 33, who was detained briefly on Thursday.

The  unbiased member of town council in Novosibirsk, Siberia, is among the final allies of jailed opposition chief Alexei Navalny nonetheless within the nation.

Her supporters say Pirogova is in her fourth month of being pregnant. She faces as much as three years in jail if convicted.

02:31 PM

Russia won't provide oil to nations that placed on a worth cap

Russia won't provide oil to nations that resolve to impose a worth cap on its oil, Russian Central Financial institution Governor Elvira Nabiullina instructed a briefing on Friday.

Nabiullina added that the proposal by G7 nations, aimed toward stripping Russia of power revenues in a bid to restrict Moscow's choices for financing its navy marketing campaign in Ukraine, would additionally spur on international oil costs.

02:31 PM

Russia strikes mix harvesters from Crimea to occupied areas in Ukraine

Russia has despatched mix harvesters from Crimea to 2 areas of Ukraine it occupies to cowl a scarcity of kit wanted to usher in the crop, a consultant of a Russian-installed native administration mentioned.

Ukraine has accused Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, of stealing grain from territories that Russia's military has seized since Moscow despatched troops to Ukraine.

“A scarcity in agricultural equipment was revealed in the course of the harvesting marketing campaign within the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson areas,” a consultant of the Russian-installed administration of Zaporizhzhia area instructed reporters within the village of Lobanove in northern Crimea.

01:51 PM

Ukraine sailors coaching in UK meet deputy defence minister

Ukraine's deputy defence minister has met sailors being skilled off the coast of Scotland and troopers coaching in England as a part of UK assist for his nation in its battle in opposition to Russia.

Volodymyr Havrylov met with UK armed forces minister James Heappey and visited parliamentarians to debate what additional assist is required to fulfill the wants of Ukraine's armed forces.

Each ministers travelled to Scotland on Thursday, the place Ukrainian sailors are being skilled by the Royal Navy to function Sandown Class Minehunter vessels, though the situation isn't being revealed for safety causes.

01:45 PM

Russia and Ukraine signal grains export deal

Russia and Ukraine have signed a serious exports deal to renew exports of some 20 million of tons of grain via the Black Sea, the Guardian experiences.

Turkey and the UN brokered the settlement in Istanbul after Russia's blockade of Ukraine's ports despatched international meals costs hovering.

Fierce preventing continues in Ukraine, the world's fifth greatest exporter of wheat, with three our bodies recovered from a college bombed by Russians within the east of the nation right now.

01:18 PM

Ukraine's minister of infrastructure and UN Secretary-Basic meet in Istanbul

With Ukraine and Russia poised to signal a grains exports deal at 1.30pm, Oleksandr Kubrakov, Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine and UN Secretary-Basic Antonio Guterres are right now pictured attending a gathering in Istanbul.

01:04 PM

Erdogan guarantees the world ‘excellent news' over grains exports deal in Istanbul

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has promised the world “excellent news” as Ukrainian and Russian delegations are set to signal a deal to renew Kyiv's grain exports in Istanbul later right now.

Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the UN are to signal the settlement at 1.30pm GMT.

“Shortly, signatures might be put down with the participation of Russia, Ukraine and the UN Secretary Basic, overcoming issues on the grain problem, and we'll give the world excellent news then,” Erdogan instructed an occasion in Istanbul.

12:53 PM

Russia dropping 100s of troops a day in battle, senior US official says

America believes that Russia's navy is sustaining tons of of casualties a day in its battle in Ukraine, a senior US protection official has mentioned.

America additionally believed that Ukraine had destroyed greater than 100 “high-value” Russian targets inside Ukraine, together with command posts, ammunition depots and air-defense websites, the unnamed official instructed Reuters.

12:39 PM

Three Ukrainian ports named amid Kyiv and Moscow exports negotiations

Ukrainian grain will initially be exported from the ports of Odesa, Pivdenny and Chornomorsk,  Ukrainian parliamentarian Rustem Umerov has mentioned.

Kyiv and Moscow are set to signal a serious settlement to finish Russia's Black Sea blockade of grain in Istanbul right now.

“The exports will happen via three ports: Odesa, Pivdenny, (Yuzhiy) and Chornomorsk,” Umerov, who's a member of the Ukrainian delegation within the negotiations, instructed Ukrainian media.

“Sooner or later, we hope, we are able to additionally develop the listing. All suggestions of the maritime forces, the armed forces have to be revered. There are secure corridors, routes that we've developed along with the navy, and all civilian ships will undergo these routes. We'll promote grain to everyone. And all vessels that comply with these tips can come to us.”

Full particulars of the ports and secure channels for service provider delivery might be introduced later right now.

12:28 PM

Ukraine threatens navy response because it says grain deal is with UN not Russia

12:24 PM

Ukrainian delegation is in Istanbul as Kyiv and Moscow close to main grains deal

A delegation from Ukraine is in Istanbul right now as Kyiv and Moscow have been anticipated to signal a deal that might unblock grain exports disrupted by Russia's invasion, Ukraine's infrastructure ministry mentioned.

“The nation's delegation led by Ukraine's Infrastructure Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov arrived in Istanbul for negotiations on the decision of the grain problem,” the ministry mentioned on Telegram, including that delegates had held a gathering with UN chief Antonio Guterres.

12:23 PM

Russian defence minister seen arriving in Istanbul forward of grains deal

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has been seen on stay TV arriving in Istanbul, the place Russia and Ukraine will later signal a deal to facilitate grain exports.

Shoigu may even maintain a bilateral assembly together with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar, the RIA Novosti information company reported, citing Russia's defence ministry.

12:21 PM

Lights exit in rich German metropolis as power costs soar

An prosperous historic Bavarian metropolis is popping off road lighting because it faces spiraling power prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The streets of Augsburg have gone go eerily quiet after it rolled out a raft of power financial savings measures which have seen the facades of its medieval buildings not illuminated, road lights dimmed and many of the fountains not working.

The town has additionally lowered the temperature in its public swimming pools and is checking which visitors lights it may flip off.

The financial system ministry additionally launched a marketing campaign final month urging residents to take shorter showers, improve their fridge's temperature by 1 diploma and higher insulate their residence.

Augsburg mayor Eva Weber instructed Reuters that town's power payments this 12 months have been anticipated to be nearly double from final 12 months's prices of round 15.9 million euros.

11:35 AM

Grains exports deal is ‘crucial', says Kremlin

The Kremlin has mentioned it was “crucial” to unblock grain exports as Kyiv and Moscow have been set to signal a deal to assist relieve a world meals disaster right now.

“It is extremely vital to unblock provides of fertilisers, foodstuffs and grain to the world markets,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov instructed reporters.

“It's a comparatively small quantity of Ukrainian grain, however nonetheless it is rather vital that this grain will get to world markets.”

11:34 AM

Kremlin denies turbine for Nord Stream 1 gasoline pipeline is caught in transit

The Kremlin has denied experiences that a turbine for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline taking gasoline from Russia to Germany was caught in transit.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov branded a Reuters report that cited two sources who mentioned Russia had not but given the go-ahead to move the turbine again to Russia as “nonsense”.

“The accusations are groundless. The sources are unsuitable,” he mentioned.

Russia lower the movement via Nord Stream 1 to 40 % of its capability in June, citing the delayed return of the turbine from routine upkeep in Canada.

11:30 AM

Transdniestria not postpone changing into a part of Russia by battle, minister says

The international minister of Transdniestria mentioned the Moscow-backed breakaway area of Moldova nonetheless needs to turn out to be a part of Russia.

Vitaly Ignatiev instructed RIA information company that Moscow's “particular navy operation” in Ukraine had not affected his area's purpose.

Transdniestria is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova that lies on a skinny strip of land alongside Ukraine's southwest border and voted to affix Russia in a 2006 referendum.

A 1992 ceasefire deal ended the preventing over the way forward for the area following the collapse of the Soviet Union.

11:19 AM

5 European nations added to Russia's listing of ‘unfriendly international states'

The Kremlin has added Greece, Denmark, Slovenia, Croatia and Slovakia to its listing of “unfriendly international states”, a decree signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and printed on the official web site mentioned.

It limits the nations' skills to rent staff in Russia for embassies, consulates and consultant workplaces of state our bodies.

Greece has a restrict of hiring 34 individuals, Denmark of 20, and Slovakia of 16, the decree added. Slovenia and Croatia will be unable to rent workers for his or her diplomatic missions and consular workplaces.

11:12 AM

Three our bodies recovered from faculty hit by Russian missiles in east Ukraine

Ukrainian emergency staff recovered three our bodies from a college hit by a Russian strike as missile rained on a densely populated space within the jap a part of the nation, officers have mentioned.

The Ukrainian president's workplace mentioned Russian shelling destroyed a college and broken 85 residential buildings in Kramatorsk, in Donetsk province.

The reported casualties comply with a barrage in Ukraine's second largest metropolis Kharkiv that killed at the least three individuals and wounded 23 others on Thursday.

11:05 AM

Ukraine and Russia to signal grains deal on Friday, Erdogan's spokesman claims

Kyiv and Moscow will signal a deal to unlock grain exports and relieve a world meals disaster on Friday in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has claimed.

The announcement got here as Russian forces battered Ukraine's southern coast and left a number of useless within the industrial Donbas.

The primary main accord between the warring sides can be brokered with the UN and Turkey.

11:00 AM

Ukraine's ports to reopen as grain deal ‘agreed'

Moscow and Kyiv will right now signal a deal to reopen Ukraine's Black Sea ports for grain exports, Turkey mentioned, elevating hopes that a world meals disaster brought on by Russia's invasion could possibly be eased.

Ukraine and Russia, each among the many world's greatest exporters of meals, didn't instantly verify Thursday's announcement by the workplace of the Turkish presidency. However in a late evening video deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hinted his nation's Black Sea ports may quickly be unblocked.

The blockade by Russia's Black Sea fleet has lowered provides to markets all over the world and despatched grain costs hovering since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into neighbouring Ukraine on Feb. 24.

The settlement is because of be signed this lunch time, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's workplace mentioned.

The United Nations and Turkey have been working for 2 months to dealer what Guterres referred to as a “package deal” deal – to renew Ukraine's Black Sea grain exports and facilitate Russian grain and fertiliser shipments.

10:41 AM

Russian, Ukrainian ministers to attend grains deal occasion in Istanbul

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is en path to Turkey to attend a ceremony to signal deal permitting the resumption of Ukraine's maritime grain exports

Ukraine's infrastructure minister may even attend the ceremony that might mark a primary step to ease a world meals disaster introduced on by Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.

10:30 AM

Belarus appoints new envoy to Moscow

Belarus has appointed a brand new ambassador to Russia, state information businesses report, as Moscow and Minsk proceed to forge nearer ties amid their mounting isolation from the West.

Moscow is Belarus' key backer and the 2 sides – formally a part of a borderless “Union State” – have accelerated integration talks in recent times after each have been hit with Western sanctions.

In a cellphone name with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexander Lukashenko mentioned the 2 leaders had agreed to nominate Dmitry Krutoi as Minsk's new envoy to Moscow, the Belta state information company reported.

Mr Krutoi was deputy head of Belarus' presidential administration and was beforehand concerned in integration initiatives with Russia – a broad listing of coverage areas the 2 nations have agreed to maneuver nearer collectively on.

10:17 AM

Russia ‘destroyed 4 HIMARS' launchers since July 5

Russia's defence ministry has claimed its forces had destroyed 4 US-supplied HIMARS rocket techniques between July 5-20.

“4 launchers and one transport-loading automobile for the US-made a number of launch rocket techniques (HIMARS) have been destroyed,” it mentioned in a every day briefing.

The claims couldn't be independently verified.

Kyiv has hailed the arrival of eight HIMARS in Ukraine as a potential gamechanger for the course of the battle. The superior weapons are extra exact and provide an extended vary than different artillery techniques, permitting Kyiv to strike Russian targets and weapons depots additional behind the entrance strains.

09:55 AM

Separatist areas block Google

The professional-Russian authorities of jap Ukraine's separatist republics say they've blocked Google, accusing the US big of selling “violence in opposition to Russians.”

“We took the choice to dam Google on the territory of the Donetsk Folks's Republic,” insurgent chief Denis Pushilin mentioned on Telegram, accusing it of selling “violence in opposition to Russians, particularly the individuals of the Donbas.”

The neighbouring Luhansk Folks's Republic blocked Google yesterday.

Pushilin accused Google of working “brazenly on the orders of its curators within the American authorities”.

He claimed the West and Ukraine have been “creating unprecedented strain on the bodily and psychological security” of the republic, aimed toward “breaking” its individuals.

“We can not tolerate this anymore,” he mentioned.”That is the way you take care of criminals in any society: they're remoted from individuals.”

09:32 AM

Breakaway Transdniestria nonetheless needs to affix Russia

The objective of Moldova's breakaway area of Transdniestria to turn out to be part of Russia stays unaffected by the battle in neighbouring Ukraine, the area's international minister instructed RIA Novosti information company.

Transdniestria, which is internationally recognised as a part of Moldova, lies on a skinny strip of land alongside Ukraine's southwest border. Its standing dates to the collapse of the Soviet Union, when a navy battle broke out between pro-Moldovan and pro-Russian factions over the way forward for the area.

A 1992 ceasefire deal ended the preventing however froze the area's political standing, and it now exists as a breakaway state inside Moldova that depends on assist from Moscow.

Transdniestria's Overseas Minister Vitaly Ignatiev instructed RIA information company that Moscow's “particular navy operation” in Ukraine had not affected his area's purpose to formally be a part of Russia, according to its 2006 referendum.

“The vector of Transdniestria has remained unchanged all through the republic's existence – mirrored within the outcomes of the referendum on September 17, 2006, the place it's clearly acknowledged: independence with free accession to the Russian Federation,” RIA Novosti quoted Mr Ignatiev as saying.

09:00 AM

The battle, in photos

08:33 AM

Russia ‘stealing' UK-bound metal, Ukraine claims

Russia is looting metal certain for the UK and the European Union, the top of Ukraine's largest metal firm has mentioned.

Uncooked and completed metal value $600m (£501 million) left behind within the Azovstal mill and close by port within the brutalised metropolis of Mariupol was certain for UK prospects, however is now being transported to Russia and partly bought on to Asia and Africa, based on Metinvest chief govt Yuriy Ryzhenkov.

He instructed the BBC: “What they're doing with this metal is principally looting. They're stealing our merchandise, not solely our merchandise, but additionally a few of these merchandise already belong to European prospects.”

“So we're documenting as a lot as potential. We're making ready the case and we might be going after them with every little thing we've.”

Azovstal steelworks, which grew to become the final holdout of Ukrainian fighters and civilians in the course of the battle for Mariupol, and its sister plant accounted for 40 per cent of all Ukraine metal manufacturing.

Hundreds of tonnes of metal had already been bought by prospects in Europe, together with some in Britain.

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Moscow in ‘severe violation of worldwide regulation'

Japan annual defence white paper describes Moscow's assault on Ukraine as a “severe violation of worldwide regulation” and raises issues that Russia's use of power to resolve a dispute established a precedent that threatens the safety of neighbouring Taiwan, which Beijing views as its personal territory.

Chinese language navy planes are more and more probing Taiwan's air defences.

The defence white paper accepted by Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's authorities identifies China, Russia and North Korea as its essential safety issues.

Kishida's defence minister, Nobuo Kishi, has described Japan as being on a entrance line surrounded by nuclear-armed actors.

05:33 AM

Japan warns of safety threats

Japan warned on Friday of escalating nationwide safety threats, together with repercussions from Russia's battle with Ukraine, Chinese language intimidation of Taiwan, and susceptible know-how provide chains, in its annual defence white paper.

The report units out the Authorities's safety issues because it prepares the defence ministry finances request due subsequent month, aiming to construct public assist for an unprecedented hike in navy funding that the ruling social gathering goals to double over the following decade.

It additionally units the stage for a year-end nationwide safety evaluate anticipated to name for the acquisition of longer-range strike missiles, strengthened house and cyber capabilities, and tighter controls over entry to know-how.

“The political, financial and navy rivalries between nations is evident, and the problem posed to the worldwide order is a world problem,” the white paper mentioned.

02:54 AM

Lethal assaults strengthen Kyiv's ‘want to defeat invaders'

Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned three individuals have been killed when Russians shelled the jap metropolis of Kharkiv on Thursday.

“Each certainly one of these Russian assaults is an argument for Ukraine to obtain extra Himars and different fashionable and efficient weapons,” the Ukrainian President mentioned.

“Each certainly one of these assaults solely strengthens our want to defeat the invaders and that may actually occur.”

02:52 AM

Ukraine may inflict main harm on Russian forces

Ukraine's navy has the potential to make good points on the battlefield and inflict main losses on Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned on Thursday after assembly senior commanders.

Mr Zelensky, talking in a late-night video deal with, mentioned they mentioned the provision of recent weapons, including the that depth of assaults on the Russians needed to be stepped up.

“(We) agreed that our forces have the robust potential to advance on the battlefield and inflict important new losses on the occupiers,” he mentioned.

Kyiv hopes that Western weapons, particularly longer-range missiles similar to American Himars that Ukraine has deployed in current weeks, will enable it to launch a counterattack and recapture territory.

02:49 AM

Zelensky urges speedier arms supply

Western powers have stepped up arms provides to Ukraine however President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested for extra and speedier deliveries.

Britain grew to become the newest nation on Thursday to announce it's re-upping navy provides with artillery, “tons of of drones and tons of extra anti-tank weapons” for Ukraine in coming weeks.

Russia has warned about arms provides and mentioned they imply Moscow will not be centered solely on wresting management of the east Ukraine areas of Lugansk and Donetsk, which have been partially managed by pro-Moscow rebels for years.

02:24 AM

At this time's high tales

• Russia’s military is sort of exhausted and Ukraine may have a chance to counter assault within the coming weeks, Britain’s spy chief has mentioned

• The scorched stays of condo blocks destroyed by Russian shelling solid a shadow over the close by parks the place youngsters play within the Kyiv suburb of Borodyanka. The native council needs to maintain it as a memorial to honour those that misplaced their lives, however residents who survived at the moment are preventing for the suitable to have their properties rebuilt on the land they as soon as peacefully lived on

• Russia, Ukraine and the West should conform to halt the Ukraine battle to keep away from the “abyss of nuclear battle”, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has mentioned

• Excessive-powered Western fighter jets could possibly be despatched to Ukraine to bolster its forces within the battle in opposition to the Russian invasion, the top of the US Air Power has mentioned

• Vladimir Putin is “too wholesome”, the CIA has mentioned, dismissing media hypothesis that the Russian president is affected by in poor health well being

• Russia is closing in on Ukraine’s second greatest energy plant, British navy intelligence has warned

• The top of Ukraine's largest international volunteer unit has a blunt message for any Britons nonetheless wanting to affix the combat in opposition to Russia

• Russia expects North Korean labourers to be concerned in rebuilding two self-proclaimed republics in jap Ukraine, with Pyongyang more likely to be paid in much-needed industrial gear and wheat from areas of Ukraine that at the moment are underneath the management of the Russian navy