Because the warfare enters its 881st day, these are the principle developments.
That is the place the warfare stands on Thursday, July 25, 2024:
Combating
- Russia launched a sequence of assaults on the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv and the encircling area, killing three individuals, wounding at the very least six and damaging the workplace of a Swiss mine-clearing NGO, native officers mentioned.
- The assault on Kharkiv got here as Russia additionally launched a barrage of drones on southern Ukraine from Russian territory and the occupied Crimean peninsula. The assault wounded three individuals and broken port infrastructure in addition to business and residential buildings within the metropolis of Izmail on the River Danube, native officers mentioned.
- The Ukrainian air drive mentioned it shot down 17 of the 23 drones, most of them over the southern Odesa area.
- Ukraine’s navy, in the meantime, mentioned Russia had pulled all its vessels out of the Sea of Azov, a physique of water related to the Black Sea.
- Within the Russian capital, Moscow, a automotive bomb exploded injuring an officer from Russia’s army intelligence company and one other particular person, in response to native media. Turkey later introduced {that a} Russian citizen suspected of involvement within the assault had been arrested within the metropolis of Bodrum, having arrived there from Moscow by airplane.
- Russia’s Defence Ministry additionally mentioned it scrambled a Su-27 fighter jet to escort two British Storm fighter jets and an RC-135 reconnaissance airplane over the Black Sea.
Politics and diplomacy
- Ukraine’s International Minister Dmytro Kuleba met his Chinese language counterpart, Wang Yi, within the metropolis of Guangzhou and instructed him that Kyiv is open to talks with Russia, offered that Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity have been absolutely revered.
- Kuleba, nevertheless, mentioned Ukraine doesn’t see a readiness from Russia to barter in “good religion”.
- The Kremlin instructed reporters that Kuleba’s remarks on a willingness to carry talks appeared to tally with Russia’s place, however extra particulars have been wanted.
- Russia banned 13 Japanese enterprise leaders from getting into the nation in retaliation for Tokyo’s sanctions over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Japan lodged a protest over the entry ban.
- The European Fee mentioned it’s searching for extra info on Hungary and Slovakia’s request for mediation with Ukraine after Kyiv positioned Russian producer Lukoil on a sanctions listing, stopping provides to the 2 nations through a pipeline that crosses Ukrainian territory.
- The US warned India’s banks that monetary establishments that do enterprise with Russia’s military-industrial base danger dropping entry to the nation’s monetary system, the Reuters information company reported, citing a letter from the US Treasury Division.
- Latvia has appealed a choice by the European Union Court docket of Justice that annulled sanctions imposed on Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman and his enterprise companion Petr Aven. The pair have been sanctioned in 2022-23 on allegations of supporting the Kremlin’s actions or insurance policies in opposition to Ukraine.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lauded the truth that Ukraine was taking part within the Olympic Video games in wartime and added that the athletes’ presence in Paris would assist individuals again dwelling preserve “regular lives”.
Financial system
- Fitch downgraded Ukraine’s credit standing additional into default territory at “C” from “CC”, citing a not too long ago concluded in-principle settlement with a gaggle of collectors to restructure $20bn of worldwide bonds.
