- A woman died and another was injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Sochi, in southern Russia, the Russian authorities said on Thursday.
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A dead man in Sochi
One woman was killed and another was injured in a Ukrainian drone attack in Sochi, in southern Russia, Russian authorities on Telegram said on Thursday, the day after a new session of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations in Istanbul. “These are two women who were on the street at the time of the fall of fragments,” said authorities in the Krasnodar region.
In total, 42 Ukrainian drones were intercepted and destroyed by Russian anti -aircraft forces on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, including seven in the same region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. One of the drones touched an oil base in Sirius, near Sochi, said a local official, Dmitri Plichkin, on Telegram.
EU call to China
On the move to Beijing on the occasion of a China-EU summit, the president of the European Council Antonio Costa urged China on Thursday to “use its influence on Russia” to end the war in Ukraine. “As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, we call on China to use its influence on Russia (…) to put an end (…) (to) war of aggression against Ukraine,” he said.
Discussions in Türkiye
A new peace negotiation session was held in Istanbul on Wednesday evening. Ukraine and Russia have reached an agreement on a new exchange of prisoners. Proposals from Trier and a meeting between the two heads of state were also mentioned. We take stock.
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Hello everyone and welcome to this direct dedicated to war in Ukraine. The United States announced on Wednesday that it has approved a sale of arms to Ukraine notably aimed at strengthening its anti-aircraft defense for an amount of $ 322 million. New talks between kyiv and Moscow have allowed the two camps to agree solely on a new exchange of prisoners.
Russians and Ukrainians led, on Wednesday, July 23, in the evening, a third session of direct negotiations in Istanbul. The two parties have agreed on a new exchange of prisoners concerning 1,200 people on each side, and Moscow proposed to kyiv to give him the bodies of 3,000 new soldiers, announced the Russian negotiator. He added that he had proposed to kyiv truces of “24 to 48 hours”
On the front so that the two armies can recover their killed and injured. In addition, the head of the Ukrainian delegation said that he had proposed in Moscow a meeting between the presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin “Before the end of August”
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For its part, the United States has announced that they have approved a sale of arms to Ukraine aimed in particular to strengthen its anti-aircraft defense for an amount of $ 322 million, according to a statement.
On the ground, military operations continue. During the night, 71 Russian drones targeted Ukraine, according to the Air Force. Three people were killed in the Kherson region (South), according to local authorities who also reported nine injured.
For its part, the Russian army claimed to have neutralized during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday 33 Ukrainian drones launched against Russia. On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to conquer a new village, Varatchyné, in the Ukrainian region of Soumy (Northeast) where, during the night, Russian drone strikes resulted in electricity cuts with more than 220,000 customers, according to Mr. Zelensky.