Russia-Ukraine crisis live updates | Ukraine denounces deadly missile strike as war overshadows G20 meeting
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Here are the latest developments from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict on July 15
Russian missiles struck a Ukrainian city far behind the frontlines in an attack Kyiv officials said killed at least 23 people and constituted another war crime against civilians. Ukraine said in Thursday’s strike on Vinnytsia, a city of 3,70,000 people about 200 km southwest of the capital Kyiv, had been carried out with Kalibr cruise missiles launched from a Russian submarine in the Black Sea.
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As Russia pressed its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, the United States and more than 40 other countries agreed on Thursday to coordinate investigations into suspected war crimes. Russia reiterated that it does not target civilians in what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, and said its attack struck a military training facility.
The war in Ukraine has sent prices soaring for grains, cooking oils, fuel and fertiliser, stoking a global food crisis. Negotiators hope a deal will be signed next week. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen condemned Russia’s “brutal and unjust war” at the opening of a G20 meeting in Indonesia on Friday, and said Russian finance officials taking part in talks shared responsibility.
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Here are the latest updates:
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen condemned Russia’s “brutal and unjust war” at the opening of a G20 meeting in Indonesia on Friday, and said Russian finance officials taking part in talks shared responsibility. “By starting this war, Russia is solely responsible for negative spillovers to the global economy, particularly higher commodity prices,” she said.