Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,231

On Wednesday, July 9, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

• According to acting regional governor Alexander Khinshtein, three people were killed and seven were hurt in a Ukrainian attack on a beach in Kursk, including a 5-year-old boy. A Rosgvardia (Russian National Guard) officer was among the dead, according to Russia’s TASS news agency.
• Two people were hurt when a Ukrainian drone attacked Rylsk, which is also in the Kursk region, hitting the Central District Hospital, an ambulance building, and an administrative building, according to TASS.
• Sergey Kotlyarov, the acting mayor of Kursk, claimed that several homes in the Zheleznodorozhny district were harmed by debris from a downed Ukrainian drone.
• Vadym Filashkin, the governor of Donetsk, Ukraine, claimed that 10 more people were hurt and killed by Russia’s attacks in the area.
• According to the regional administration, Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Sumy region resulted in four fatalities and four injuries.
• According to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin, one person was killed and four others were hurt in the Kherson region of Ukraine.
• According to the Zaporizhia region governor of Ukraine, at least 64 homes were harmed by Russian attrition, injuring 20 people and causing at least 64 property damage.
• After Ukraine’s Air Force issued a missile alert for the entire nation, explosions were reportedly audible in Kyiv on Wednesday around midnight.
• Overnight, Russia reported that the Ukrainian Air Force had launched 54 drones and four guided missiles. 34 of the drones were shot down by Ukraine, and five more were hit by other countries.

Regional security

• In an attack on a warehouse in east London where equipment was being stored for the Ukraine, a British jury found three men guilty of arson. According to the prosecution, Wagner mercenary group agents from Russia’s military intelligence organized the attack.
• According to TASS, Russia detained media activist Pavel Andreev, who was allegedly in contact with Russian agents and organizations that the FSB security service uses to cover up their intelligence and subversive activities in Russia.
• Following a report from Dutch and German intelligence agencies, Ukraine requested that the organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in The Hague investigate Russian forces’ alleged use of banned toxic munitions.

diplomacy and politics

• Donald Trump, the president of the US, expressed his frustration with Vladimir Putin’s meaningless “b*******” during negotiations.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, stated that the talks with the US on air defense will “intensify.”
• In a speech to the UK parliament, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that Europe would never leave Ukraine, noting that “we will fight until the very last minute to achieve the ceasefire… because this is our security and our principles that are in conflict with each other in Ukraine.”