Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 151

Because the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its 151st day, we check out the primary developments.

Firefighters work to place out a fireplace attributable to a missile assault on the port in Odesa, Ukraine [File: State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]

Listed here are the important thing occasions to date on Sunday, July 24.

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Preventing

• Ukraine’s army reported Russian shelling in quite a few places within the north, south and east, and once more referred to Russian operations paving the way in which for an assault on Bakhmut within the Donbas area.
• Ukraine’s air drive command mentioned it had shot down three Kalibr cruise missiles launched by the Russian forces from the Black Sea and aimed on the western Khmelnytskyi area.
• Ukrainian forces are steadily transferring into the southern Kherson area, which was taken over by Russia firstly of the conflict, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned late on Saturday.

Diplomacy

• President Zelenskyy mentioned Russian missile strikes on Odesa on Saturday have been blatant “barbarism” that confirmed Moscow couldn't be trusted to implement the grain deal.
• The United Nations, European Union, United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Italy all condemned the strikes.
• Russia mentioned on Sunday that its cruise missiles had struck army infrastructure on the Odesa port.
• Turkey’s defence minister mentioned on Saturday that Russian officers had instructed Ankara, which mediated the grain deal together with the US, that Moscow had “nothing to do” with the Odesa strikes.
• A senior US Congressional delegation, together with Consultant Adam Smith, chair of the Home Armed Providers Committee, met Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday and promised to strive to make sure continued assist within the conflict.

Economic system

• Ukraine pressed forward with efforts to restart grain exports from Odesa and different Black Sea ports after the missile assault.
• Ukraine may export 60 million tonnes of grain in eight to 9 months if its ports weren't blockaded, however Russia’s strike on the port of Odesa confirmed it's going to positively not be that straightforward, an financial adviser to the Ukrainian president mentioned.
• The EU is in search of extra gasoline provides from Nigeria because the bloc prepares for potential Russian provide cuts, a European Fee power official mentioned.