Because the conflict enters its 884th day, these are the primary developments.
That is the place the conflict stands on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
Combating
- A 14-year-old boy was killed and 12 folks wounded, six of them kids, in Russian shelling within the centre of Glukhiv metropolis within the Sumy area of Ukraine.
- One particular person was killed within the northeast Kharkiv area of Ukraine, whereas 5 had been injured in Donetsk within the east, authorities stated.
- Within the southern Kherson region of Ukraine, a 37-year-old girl in Antonivka was killed and a 67-year-old man was significantly wounded by Russian shelling of the city of Bilozerka just a few kilometres from the Dnipro river, the navy administration stated.
- A civilian was killed in Ukrainian strikes in Russia’s border area of Belgorod, which is focused nearly each day by Kyiv’s forces, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated on Telegram.
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Ukrainian assault drones hit a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber at a navy airfield in Russia’s Olenya, Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported quoting a navy intelligence supply. The airfield is 1,800 km (1,100 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
- At the least 5 folks had been wounded, together with an 11-year-old who was within the yard of a non-public home, following an aerial bombing by Russian forces concentrating on the Donetsk area’s city of Myrnograd.
- Russia claimed that its navy captured the village of Lozuvatske in Donetsk amid heavy combating, as its forces superior in direction of the town of Pokrovsk.
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Russia’s air defence programs destroyed seven drones launched by Ukraine in a single day, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated. 5 drones had been destroyed over the Belgorod area and two over the Kursk area, the ministry added.
- The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence stated its forces halted 37 Russian assaults within the Pokrovsk space, with the toughest combating reported within the village of Novooleksandrivka, 2km (1.2 miles) from Lozuvatske.
- A supply from Ukraine’s Defence Ministry additionally advised the AFP information company that three Russian navy helicopters had been focused by “acts of sabotage”, one in Samara and two within the Moscow area.
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Three tanks at an oil storage depot in Russia’s Kursk region caught fireplace on account of a Ukraine-launched drone assault, appearing regional governor, Alexei Smirnov, stated. Nobody was injured within the assault, and a fireplace at one of many tanks was rapidly extinguished with the assistance of 82 firefighters and 32 items of apparatus.
Politics and diplomacy
- China’s Overseas Minister Wang Yi advised his US counterpart Antony Blinken that Beijing denies expenses that it’s serving to Russia’s conflict effort in Ukraine. Of their assembly within the capital of Laos, Wang additionally stated China would take “forceful measures” to defend Chinese language pursuits.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated Russia’s management was “hyperrational” and that Ukraine would by no means 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”.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is more likely to go to Ukraine subsequent month, based on Indian media experiences, his first journey to the nation since its conflict with Russia started, and simply weeks after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. India has shunned immediately blaming Russia whereas urging the 2 nations to resolve their battle by way of dialogue and diplomacy.
Weapons
- A Russian Su-34 bomber crashed whereas performing a scheduled coaching flight, state-run RIA information company reported citing the Russian Defence Ministry. The crew ejected and the airplane crashed in a abandoned space. The flight was carried out with out ammunition.