Beneath are the key developments because the struggle enters its 912th day.
Right here is the scenario on Sunday, August 25, 2024.
Wrestle
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Russia launched a number of missiles and drones in a single day at components of northern and japanese Ukraine, the Kiev army mentioned Sunday, including that its protection methods destroyed many of the weapons earlier than they may attain their targets. The strikes focused Ukraine’s Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk areas, the Ukrainian Air Pressure mentioned on the messaging app Telegram.
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5 civilians have been killed and 12 others wounded after Ukraine shelled the city of Rakitnoye in Russia’s Belgorod area, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov mentioned on Sunday. He added that the victims included three youngsters.
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Ukraine mentioned Sunday that an in a single day Russian assault on a lodge within the japanese metropolis of Kramatorsk left two journalists wounded and a 3rd lacking. Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk regional authorities, mentioned the journalists have been British, American and Ukrainian residents and {that a} search operation was underway.
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On Saturday, Ukraine reported that 5 folks have been killed in a Russian assault on a residential space within the japanese city of Kostyantynivka, close to the entrance line within the Donetsk area.
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5 drones have been shot down within the Voronezh area in southwestern Russia, bordering Ukraine, and two folks have been injured, regional governor Aleksandr Gusev mentioned. In keeping with native media, Ukraine’s army intelligence directorate additionally claimed to have blown up a warehouse with 5,000 tons of ammunition in the identical area.
Diplomacy
- Russia and Ukraine exchanged 115 prisoners of struggle on Saturday, each nations confirmed, with the United Arab Emirates appearing as middleman between them.
Arms
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Saturday {that a} newly developed Ukrainian “unmanned missile” referred to as Palianytsia would convey struggle again to Russia, whereas calling Russia’s Vladimir Putin an “previous sick man of Purple Sq..” Zelenskyy spoke in a video deal with for Independence Day, through which he additionally mentioned Russia needed to “destroy” Ukraine, however struggle has “returned dwelling.”
- Ukraine needs permission from its Western allies to make use of long-range Storm Shadow missiles to destroy targets inside Russia, believing this might drive Moscow to finish the preventing, The Guardian reported.
