1. White Home claims Iran showcased its drones to Kremlin officers
The White Home says Russian officers have visited an airfield in central Iran at the very least twice in current weeks to view weapons-capable drones it’s seeking to purchase to be used in its ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The administration launched the intelligence as President Joe Biden will get set to satisfy on Saturday with leaders of six Arab Gulf international locations plus Egypt, Jordan and Iraq for a regional summit.
Iran showcased the drones to Russian officers at Kashan Airfield on 8 June and 15 July, in accordance with the White Home.
The administration additionally launched satellite tv for pc imagery of Shahed-191 and Shahed-129 drones being displayed and in flight on the airfield, whereas a Russian delegation transport aircraft was on the bottom.
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2. Russian rockets hit Ukraine’s north, killing at the very least three civilians
At the least three civilians have been killed and three extra have been injured in a Russian rocket strike on the northern Ukrainian metropolis of Chuhuiv within the early hours on Saturday, a regional police chief mentioned.
Serhiy Bolvinov, the deputy head of Kharkiv’s regional police pressure, mentioned that the rockets have been probably fired from Russian territory. Chuhuiv lies some 120 kilometres from the border.
He mentioned 4 rockets “presumably fired from round (the Russian metropolis of) Belgorod at night time” had hit a residential constructing, college and administrative block.
“The our bodies of three folks have been discovered beneath the rubble,” he added.”Three extra have been injured. The victims are civilians.”
Elsewhere within the city, rockets additionally landed at an elementary college and a constructing supplies retailer. No victims have been reported there.
3. Dnipro in central Ukraine hit by Russian missiles, killing and injuring nearly 20
Late on Friday, Russian missiles hit the central metropolis of Dnipro, killing three folks and wounding 15, regional Governor Valentyn Reznychenko mentioned on Telegram.
Rockets hit an industrial plant and a road subsequent to it, Reznychenko mentioned. Footage on social media confirmed thick black smoke rising from the buildings and burning vehicles.
Ukraine’s air pressure acknowledged the assault was carried out with a number of Kh-101 cruise missiles fired from Tu-95MS strategic bombers over the Caspian Sea. 4 incoming missiles have been intercepted, it mentioned.
One of many lifeless was a bus driver who had simply completed work and was returning to the depot when a missile struck, mentioned Ivan Vasyuchkov, a member of town council.
The emergency service mentioned two autos have been burned up, and 10 others have been broken. The missile strikes additionally set the plant on fireplace and blew out home windows in close by residence buildings.
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4. The Kremlin orders its troops to ‘step up operations’ in Ukraine
Russia has ordered its forces in Ukraine to step up operations, its defence ministry mentioned on Saturday, as rockets and missiles pounded the nation within the newest of a collection of bombardments which have killed dozens of individuals in current days.
Russia’s defence ministry mentioned in an announcement on its web site that Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu had ordered army models to step up their operations to forestall strikes on japanese Ukraine and different territories managed by Moscow, in accordance with Reuters.
It mentioned Shoigu “gave the mandatory directions to additional improve the actions of teams in all operational areas with a purpose to exclude the potential for the Kyiv regime launching huge rocket and artillery strikes on civilian infrastructure and residents of settlements within the Donbas and different areas”.
The ministry mentioned Shoigu had issued his order after listening to studies at a command centre from generals main the “South” and “Centre” command teams of Russian forces working in Ukraine, in addition to different commanders.
5. IMF chief warns of ‘exceptionally unsure’ occasions turning worse at G20 assembly
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Saturday warned officers from the Group of 20 main economies to take pressing motion to fight inflation, warning that the “exceptionally unsure” world financial outlook may flip worse if increased costs persevered.
Georgieva, talking at a G20 finance officers assembly in Indonesia, mentioned Russia’s intensifying conflict in Ukraine had elevated stress on commodity and power costs, and world monetary situations have been tightening greater than anticipated.
On the identical time, pandemic-related disruptions and renewed provide chain bottlenecks continued to weigh on financial exercise.
Strain was mounting on heavily-indebted international locations, and the debt scenario was “deteriorating quick,” she mentioned, in accordance with a textual content of her remarks.
