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

As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its 240th day, we take a look at the main developments.

Al Jazeera

EU weighs Ukraine support as new refugee exodus beckons

European Union leaders are gathering to take stock of their support for Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia is trying to spark a refugee exodus by destroying his country’s energy infrastructure

The Independent UK

Russia poised to largely skirt new G7 oil price cap

Russia can access enough tankers to ship most of its oil beyond the reach of a new G7 price cap, industry players and a U.S. official told Reuters, underscoring the limits of the most ambitious plan yet to curb Moscow's wartime revenue.

Reuters

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General who led Syrian bombing is new face of Russian war

Gen. Sergei Surovikin has become the face of Russia’s new military strategy in Ukraine, which includes unleashing a barrage of strikes against the country's infrastructure

The Independent UK

Philippines gets US military helicopters after Russia deal dumped

Manila will seek to have at least some of the reported $32m Russian helicopter deal down payment ‘refunded’ by Moscow.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine Warns Russia Planning to Destroy Hydro Dam

Kyiv accused Russia of planning to destroy a hydroelectric dam in the eastern Kherson region, where Ukrainian soldiers have been steadily advancing and Moscow-installed authorities have begun evacuations. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces had mined the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant with the intent of blowing it up, in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia says Ukraine killed four people evacuating Kherson

Russia said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had killed at least four people and wounded 13 more in a missile attack on civilians evacuating from the Russian-controlled city of Kherson.

Reuters

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Hungary gets exemption from planned EU gas price cap, PM Orban says

Hungary's prime minister said on Friday that an agreement had been reached at the EU summit in Brussels that any future EU gas price cap will not apply to long-term gas supply deals like the 15-year deal that Hungary has with Russia's Gazprom.

Reuters

Britain Sanctions Iran over Supply of Drones to Russia

Britain on Thursday slapped sanctions on three Iranian military figures and a defense manufacturer for supplying Russia with drones to attack civilian and infrastructure targets in Ukraine. Senior Iranian military officers Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Seyed Hojjatollah Qureishi and Saeed Aghajani will be subject to an asset freeze and travel ban,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Trainers on the Ground Help Russia with Ukraine Drone Attacks, US Says

The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a war that has heightened geopolitical tensions. Ukrainian citizens endured the first day of nationwide scheduled power outages since the war…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine war - latest: Kyiv vows to ‘hit back harder’ if Putin attacks Kakhovka dam

Moscow has resorted to the plot because “nuclear blackmail did not work”, the office of President Zelensky claims

The Independent UK

Cash is king for sanctioned Russian, Venezuelan oligarchs

Politically connected billionaires from Russia and Venezuela are at the center of a 49-page criminal indictment that reads like a how-to guide on circumventing U.S. sanctions

The Independent UK

‘We have a window’: Ukraine’s forces press their momentum on Kherson’s frontline

As they target a makeshift Russian HQ on the west bank of the Dnieper with drones and missiles, a recon unit of the Ukrainian army believe they are closing in on a prize city

The Guardian - UK

EU leaders avoid deep rift on gas price cap at energy summit

European Union leaders are struggling to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with the energy crisis but avoid an open rift between Germany and France

The Independent UK

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France 24

European Union leaders struggle to find solutions at energy crisis summit

European Union leaders struggled to find immediate practical solutions at their summit Thursday called to grapple with the energy crisis fueled by the war in Ukraine and maintain a united front in the face of Russian President Vladimir Putin's coercion.

Wales Online

Putin's 'bid to test nuclear weapon for use in Ukraine has failed twice,' claims insider

Amid fears nuclear weapons could be fired on Ukraine, it is claimed Russia's president has faced some mysterious disruption with his atomic weapon ambitions - with suggestions it could be sabotage

Tribune News Service

Putin’s ally is letting him build up forces near Ukraine again

The president of Belarus insists he won’t join Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine even as thousands of Russian troops are pouring back into his country. It’s a risk Ukraine can’t ignore.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 240 of the invasion

Iranian advisers helping Russia on the ground in Crimea, says US; Moscow-backed officials ‘evacuate’ people from Kherson

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Reuters

Ukraine foreign minister: Spoke to Israel PM about request for defence systems

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and discussed in detail Kyiv's request for air and missile defence systems and technology.

The Guardian - UK

Italy’s far-right coalition in turmoil over Berlusconi Ukraine comments

Former Italian PM accused Ukraine’s president of provoking Russian invasion in leaked recording

Reuters

Zelenskiy calls on West to warn Russia not to blow up dam

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the West to warn Russia not to blow up a dam that would flood a large area of southern Ukraine, as his forces prepared to push Moscow's troops from the occupied city of Kherson.

The Guardian - US

Iran provides ‘technical support’ for Russian drones killing civilians, says US

Iranians brought trainers and technical support to Crimea to help Russians use drones ‘with better lethality’, White House says

The Independent UK

Russia aims new legal action at two prominent dissenters

Russia’s most prominent opposition leader reports new charges against him as the Kremlin presses its campaign against dissenters

Al Jazeera

Mass drone attacks in Ukraine foreshadow the ‘future of warfare’

‘Kamikaze’ drones are relatively cheap and can be deployed by the dozens, raising fear among civilian populations.

Al Jazeera

White House says Iran helping Russia ‘on the ground’ in Crimea

Washington accuses Tehran of training Russian military on Iranian-made drones used in recent deadly attacks in Ukraine.

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