- Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow and Turkey are “satisfied” by their meeting in Istanbul last week on grain exports and that there is some “movement” towards a deal.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Syria with Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow and Turkey are “satisfied” by their meeting in Istanbul last week on grain exports and that there is some “movement” towards a deal.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will hold talks on Syria with Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran.
- The mayor of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donetsk region said a Russian attack has hit the city’s centre, with casualties reported.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a “personnel audit” of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is under way and the dismissal of 28 more officials is being decided.
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These were the updates on Tuesday, July 19: