Because the warfare enters its 884th day, listed below are the highest developments.
That is the state of the warfare on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
Battle
- A 14-year-old boy was killed and 12 individuals have been injured, six of them kids, in a Russian airstrike within the centre of the town of Glukhiv within the Sumy area of Ukraine.
- One particular person was killed in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv area, whereas 5 have been wounded in japanese Donetsk, officers stated.
- In Ukraine’s southern Kherson area, a 37-year-old girl was killed and a 67-year-old man was significantly injured in Antonivka because of Russian shelling of the city of Bilozerka, just a few kilometres from the Dnipro River, the navy administration stated.
- One civilian has been killed in Ukrainian assaults within the Russian border area of Belgorod, which is beneath virtually day by day assault by Kiev forces, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated on Telegram.
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Ukrainian assault drones shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber at a navy airfield within the Russian city of Olenya, Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing a navy intelligence supply. The airfield is 1,800 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
- A minimum of 5 individuals have been injured, together with an 11-year-old boy who was within the courtyard of a personal home, following an airstrike by Russian forces in town of Myrnograd within the Donetsk area.
- Russia stated its military captured the village of Lozuvatske in Donetsk amid heavy preventing, as its forces superior in the direction of the city of Pokrovsk.
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The Russian Protection Ministry stated that Russian air protection methods destroyed seven drones launched from Ukraine in a single day. 5 drones have been destroyed over the Belgorod area and two over the Kursk area, the ministry added.
- Ukraine’s Defence Ministry stated its forces stopped 37 Russian assaults within the Pokrovsk space, with the heaviest preventing reported within the village of Novooleksandrivka, 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) from Lozuvatske.
- A supply in Ukraine’s defence ministry additionally advised AFP information company that three Russian navy helicopters have been focused in “acts of sabotage”, one in Samara and two within the Moscow area.
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Three oil storage tanks in Russia’s Kursk area caught fireplace because of a drone assault launched by Ukraine, appearing regional governor Alexei Smirnov stated. There have been no accidents within the assault and the fireplace in one of many tanks was rapidly extinguished with the assistance of 82 firefighters and 32 items of apparatus.
Politics and diplomacy
- Chinese language International Minister Wang Yi advised his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken that Beijing denies accusations it’s serving to Russia wage warfare in Ukraine. At their assembly within the Laotian capital, Wang additionally stated China would take “robust measures” to defend its pursuits.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has stated that the Russian management is “hyperrational” and that Ukraine won’t ever have the ability to fulfil its hopes of turning into a member of the European Union or NATO. He additionally predicted that within the coming years Asia “would be the dominant centre of the world.”
- In line with Indian media, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is prone to go to Ukraine subsequent month. It’s his first journey to the nation for the reason that warfare with Russia started and simply weeks after assembly Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. India has kept away from immediately blaming Russia however has urged the 2 nations to resolve their battle via dialogue and diplomacy.
Weapons
- A Russian Su-34 bomber has crashed whereas on a scheduled coaching flight, state information company RIA reported, citing the Russian Protection Ministry. The crew ejected and the airplane crashed in a abandoned space. The flight was carried out with out ammunition.
