Russia-Ukraine War: list of important events, day 1.253 | Russia-Ukraine War news

Here are the most important events on day 1,253 of the Russian war in Ukraine.

Here is how things are on Thursday 31 July:

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• A Russian drone attack in the Ukrainian capital Kiev killed at least four people, the ground troops of the armed forces of Ukraine said on telegram. The rubble of knocked down Russian drones fell near a garage cooperative, which led to the inflammation of a gas pipe in a three-storey residential building.
• A Russian rocket attack on a Ukrainian military training unit on Tuesday killed three soldiers and injured 18, the ground troops of Ukraine also announced on Telegram.
• Russian armed forces have Ukrainian emergency services who had just put a fire in the city of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhia region in southern Ukraine, the state, the emergency service of Ukraine, said in a message on Facebook. There were no injuries.
• The Domestic Security Agency of Ukraine has held an Air Force Officer who has the rank of Major on accusation of spying Russia by leaking the location and suggesting strike tactics on valued, Western donated F-16 and Mirage 2000 Jets.

International relations

• The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy said he approved important principles for large -scale weapons with the United States. “These are large -scale similarities that I discussed with President [Donald] Trump, and I very much hope that we can implement them all, “said Zenskyyy in his evening video address to the nation, without providing further details.
• The Italian government said it had called for the Russian ambassador to protest against Italian President Sergio Mattarella who was included in a list composed by Moscow of Western leaders accused of anti-Russian sentiment.

• Moscow said it continues to follow President Trump’s last threat to impose on sanction The country if it does not end its war against Ukraine within a few days, but that Russia had given immunity to such economic measures thanks to long experience.

Economy

• A massive invasion of locust is threatening sunflower and other crops in the southern regions of Ukraine, largely caused by the war against the invasion of Russia, making it impossible to use traditional methods for pest control near the front line, say civil servants and producers.