Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 240

Because the Russia-Ukraine conflict enters its 240th day, we check out the principle developments.

Right here is the state of affairs because it stands on Friday, October 21.

Combating

• The US stated Iranian navy trainers have been in Crimea serving to Russian forces function Iranian-made drones to assault targets in Ukraine.
• A collection of blasts rocked Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv early on Friday morning, in line with native officers.
• 4 folks have been killed when a Ukrainian rocket artillery struck a ferry crossing within the Russian-controlled Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson late on Thursday, the Moscow-appointed deputy regional governor stated.
• It was not attainable to independently confirm all sides’s declare.

Diplomacy

• Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian overseas minister, stated he had mentioned intimately Kyiv’s request for air and missile defence programs and know-how with Yair Lapid, Israel’s prime minister.
• United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has “spoken up very clearly” about Russia’s conflict in Ukraine and has not stopped communication with Moscow, a UN spokesman stated after Russia signalled cooperation with UN officers may very well be in danger.
• A Russian fighter jet launched a missile close to an unarmed British spy aircraft patrolling in worldwide airspace over the Black Sea on September 29, UK defence minister Ben Wallace stated, in an obvious accident and never a deliberate escalation of tensions.
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated Russian President Vladimir Putin was utilizing power and starvation as weapons however has failed to interrupt the West’s unity and won’t obtain his conflict goals.

Energy vegetation

• Russia is attacking Ukrainian energy vegetation as a result of it desires to power folks to depart their properties and transfer westwards to European Union nations, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.
• Ukrainians on Thursday turned off home home equipment, wrapped themselves in blankets to maintain heat and remained defiant as they confronted the primary nationwide electrical energy outages of the conflict.
• “From 7am to 11pm, it’s essential to minimise the usage of electrical energy … if this isn’t carried out, it’s best to put together for short-term blackouts,” Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of Zelenskyy’s workplace, stated in a Telegram put up.

Financial system

• The UK is implementing new sanctions on three Iranian navy figures and a defence producer for supplying Russia with drones to assault civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine.
• A number of nations expressed frustration with Germany’s refusal to cap fuel costs as European Union leaders regarded set to finish one more debate on the bloc’s response to the power crunch aggravated by Russia reducing fuel flows following its invasion of Ukraine.