Russia-Ukraine War News LIVE Updates: Russian missiles hit grain facility at Odessa port
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Russia-Ukraine War News LIVE Updates: Russian missiles hit grain facility at Odessa port

Russia and Ukraine signed a deal on Friday to reopen grains exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports in an agreement that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said would help ease a global food crisis. Stay with TOI for the latest updates
20:12 (IST) Jul 22
Russia and Ukraine signed a deal on Friday to reopen grains exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports in an agreement that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan said would help ease a global food crisis.
19:24 (IST) Jul 22
Russia will not supply oil to countries that impose price cap, c.bank says
Russia will not supply oil to countries that decide to impose a price cap on its oil, Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina told a briefing on Friday.Nabiullina added that the proposal by G7 nations, aimed at stripping Russia of energy revenues in a bid to limit Moscow's options for financing its military campaign in Ukraine, would also spur on global oil prices."As far as I understand, we won't be supplying oil to those countries which would impose such a cap and our oil, oil products will be redirected to the countries which are ready to cooperate with us," Nabiullina said.
18:04 (IST) Jul 22
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan planned to take part in a signing ceremony in Istanbul.
18:04 (IST) Jul 22
Ukrainian and Russian military delegations reached a tentative agreement last week on a UN plan that would enable Ukraine to export 22 million tons of desperately needed grain and other agricultural products that have been stuck in Black Sea ports due to the war.
16:37 (IST) Jul 22
Russian defence minister Shoigu arrives in Istanbul for grain deal
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu was seen on live TV arriving on Friday in Istanbul, where Russia and Ukraine will later sign a deal to facilitate grain exports.Shoigu will also hold a bilateral meeting with his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing Russia's defence ministry.
15:56 (IST) Jul 22
In a rare sign of light, the signing was expected Friday of an accord that would allow Ukraine to resume its shipments of grain across the Black Sea and Russia to export grain and fertilizers.
15:49 (IST) Jul 22
School in east Ukraine hit by Russian strike, bodies found
Ukrainian emergency workers recovered three bodies from a school hit by a Russian strike in the east of the country, officials said Friday, as attacks continued in several parts of the nation.The reported casualties follow a barrage Thursday on a densely populated area of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, that killed at least three people and wounded 23 others.
14:53 (IST) Jul 22
Moscow has accused the West of dragging out the conflict by supplying Kyiv with more arms, and said the supply of longer-range weapons justifies Russia's attempts to exert control over a swathe of Ukrainian territory in the south of the country, beyond the eastern Donbas region, for its own protection.
14:46 (IST) Jul 22
Kyiv has hailed the arrival of eight Himars in Ukraine as a possible gamechanger for the course of the war. The advanced weapons are more precise and offer a longer range than other artillery systems, allowing Kyiv to strike Russian targets and weapons depots further behind the front lines.
14:23 (IST) Jul 22
Russia's defence ministry said on Friday its forces had destroyed four US-supplied Himars rocket systems between July 5-20. (Reuters)
13:05 (IST) Jul 22
Fatigue, despair and anger are prevalent in eastern Ukraine after five months of what volunteer humanitarian aid worker Oleksiy Yukov calls "a war without mercy that has gone crazy". There has been fighting in the vast industrial area of Donbas -- made up of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions -- ever since 2014 when Russia-backed separatists took over part of the area. But Moscow's invasion on February 24 took the suffering to another level in a working-class area where there can be as much resentment against Ukrainian troops as against Russian ones.
12:36 (IST) Jul 22
The package also extends the list of controlled items, which may contribute to Russia's military and technological enhancement or the development of its defence and security sector, thereby reinforcing export controls on dual-use and advanced technology.
12:30 (IST) Jul 22
According to the council of EU, today's "maintenance and alignment" package introduces a new prohibition to purchase, import, or transfer, directly or indirectly, gold, if it originates in Russia and it has been exported from Russia into the EU or to any third country after. This prohibition also covers jewellery.
12:11 (IST) Jul 22
"Today, we are taking another important step to curtail Russia's capacity to continue and finance its war of aggression against Ukraine. We are effectively banning Russia's most significant export after energy - Russian gold. We are also extending the exemption of transactions for agricultural products and transfer of oil to third countries," Josep Borrell, high representative for foreign affairs and security policy.
12:06 (IST) Jul 22
In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, the EU Council has adopted new measures intended to tighten existing economic sanctions targeting Russia, perfect their implementation and strengthen their effectiveness. (ANI)
11:55 (IST) Jul 22
Top US, Pakistani officials discuss 'devastating effects' of Ukraine war on Pakistan's food security
United States deputy secretary of state Wendy R Sherman met with special assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan (SAPM), ambassador Tariq Fatemi on Friday where they discussed the devastating effects of war in Ukraine on the food security in Pakistan. "The deputy secretary and special assistant to the prime minister also discussed coordination on Afghanistan, regional stability, and the devastating effects of Putin's invasion of Ukraine on food security in Pakistan and worldwide," the state department said in its press release. (ANI)
09:10 (IST) Jul 22
Japan has backed sanctions led by the United States and the European Union against Moscow, and has seen increased Russian military activity around its territory.
08:40 (IST) Jul 22
It also warns Moscow may increasingly lean on its nuclear capacity as a deterrent, which could in turn mean an uptick in activity around Japan, where Russian nuclear submarines are routinely active.
08:25 (IST) Jul 22
The paper surveys the global security landscape and specific threats to Japan, and says there was concern Russia could "further enhance and deepen relationships with China".