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Ukraine VS Russia-Ukraine has received its first M270 multiple rocket launch systems
2022.07.16 09:21
Budrigannews.com – Air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv as Russia stepped up long-range bombardment of Ukrainian cities that has killed at least 34 people in the last three days and wounded scores.
FIGHTING
- Vinnytsia in central Ukraine, far from the frontline, mourned at least 23 people, after a missile strike that Ukraine called a war crime. Russia said it had hit a military target.
- At least three people were killed and 15 injured after a missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.* Ukrainian rocket strikes have destroyed more than 30 Russian military logistics centres in recent weeks and significantly reduced Russia’s attacking potential, Ukraine’s defence ministry said.
- Ukraine has received its first M270 multiple rocket launch systems, the defence minister said, without specifying the country that provided them.
- Ukraine is using Western-supplied long-range weapons and 155mm “smart” shells to hit Russian ammo dumps and supply lines, forcing Moscow to rethink how it supplies fuel and ammunition to the frontline, a Ukrainian general said.
ECONOMY/DIPLOMACY
- The war continues to divide the G20. Finance ministers from the group were unlikely to issue a final communique at a meeting in Indonesia, sources said, even as the G20 seeks to focus on issues like food security and the global recovery that are heavily affected by the war.
- Agreements on the export of Ukrainian grain would not lead to resumed Russia-Ukraine negotiations, said Leonid Slutsky, a Russian lawmaker who has taken part in peace talks with Kyiv.
- Russia will block the sale of foreign banks’ Russian subsidiaries while Russian banks abroad cannot function normally, said Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Moiseev.
- The EU’s executive proposed new sanctions on Russia, including an import ban on Russian gold. EU governments must still sign off on the measures, expected as early as next week.
