Because the battle enters its 884th day, these are the primary developments.
That is the place the battle stands on Sunday, July 28, 2024:
Preventing
A 14-year-old boy was killed and 12 folks wounded, six of them youngsters, in Russian shelling within the centre of Glukhiv metropolis within the Sumy area of Ukraine.
One individual was killed within the northeast Kharkiv area of Ukraine, whereas 5 have been injured in Donetsk within the east, authorities stated.
Within the southern Kherson area of Ukraine, a 37-year-old lady in Antonivka was killed and a 67-year-old man was significantly wounded by Russian shelling of the city of Bilozerka a couple of 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 day by day by Kyiv’s forces, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated on Telegram.
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 have been wounded, together with an 11-year-old who was within the yard of a personal home, following an aerial bombing by Russian forces focusing 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.
Russia’s air defence programs destroyed seven drones launched by Ukraine in a single day, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated. 5 drones have 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 informed the AFP information company that three Russian navy helicopters have been focused by “acts of sabotage”, one in Samara and two within the Moscow area.
Three tanks at an oil storage depot in Russia’s Kursk area caught fireplace because of a Ukraine-launched drone assault, performing regional governor, Alexei Smirnov, stated. Nobody was injured within the assault, and a hearth at one of many tanks was rapidly extinguished with the assistance of 82 firefighters and 32 models of apparatus.
Politics and diplomacy
China’s Overseas Minister Wang Yi informed his US counterpart Antony Blinken that Beijing denies prices that it’s serving to Russia’s battle effort in Ukraine. Of their assembly within the capital of Laos, Wang additionally stated China would take “forceful measures” to defend Chinese language pursuits.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated Russia’s management was “hyperrational” and that Ukraine would by no means be capable to fulfil its hopes of changing 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 prone to go to Ukraine subsequent month, in line with Indian media reviews, his first journey to the nation since its battle with Russia started, and simply weeks after he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. India has avoided straight 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.
