Listed below are the primary developments because the struggle enters its 912th day.
Right here is the scenario on Sunday, August 25, 2024.
Preventing
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Russia launched a number of missiles and drones in a single day concentrating on components of northern and jap Ukraine, Kyiv’s navy claimed on Sunday, including that their defence techniques destroyed many of the weapons earlier than they may attain their targets. The assaults focused Ukraine’s areas of Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk, the Ukrainian Air Pressure mentioned on the Telegram messaging app.
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5 civilians had been killed and 12 others injured after Ukraine shelled the city of Rakitnoye in Russia’s Belgorod area, Vyacheslav Gladkov, the regional governor, mentioned on Sunday. Three youngsters had been among the many victims, he added.
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Ukraine mentioned on Sunday a night-time Russian assault on a resort within the jap Ukrainian metropolis of Kramatorsk wounded two journalists whereas a 3rd was lacking. Vadym Filashkin, head of the Donetsk regional authorities, mentioned the journalists had been British, American and Ukrainian nationals and {that a} search operation was beneath approach.
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On Saturday, Ukraine mentioned 5 folks had been killed in a Russian assault on a residential space within the jap metropolis of Kostyantynivka, close to the entrance line within the Donetsk area.
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5 drones had been downed over the Voronezh area in Russia’s southwest, bordering Ukraine, wounding two folks, regional Governor Aleksandr Gusev mentioned on Saturday. In accordance with native media, Ukraine’s navy intelligence directorate additionally claimed to explode a warehouse storing 5,000 tonnes of ammunition in the identical area.
Diplomacy
- Russia and Ukraine exchanged 115 prisoners of war from all sides on Saturday, each nations confirmed, with the United Arab Emirates an middleman between them.
Weapons
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned on Saturday {that a} newly developed Ukrainian “drone missile” referred to as Palianytsia would take the struggle again to Russia, as he referred to as Russia’s Vladimir Putin a “sick outdated man from Purple Sq.”. Zelenskyy was talking in an Independence Day video address, whereby he additionally mentioned Russia wished to “destroy” Ukraine however struggle has “returned to its residence”.
- Ukraine needs permission from its Western allies to make use of long-range Storm Shadow missiles to destroy targets deep inside Russia within the perception that this might pressure Moscow to finish the combating, the Guardian reported.
