Russia-Ukraine War: List of main events, day 884 | Russia-Ukraine war news

As the war enters its 884th day, these are the key developments.

This is where the war is on Sunday, July 28, 2024:

Fighting

• A 14-year-old boy was killed and 12 people were injured, six of them children, in a Russian shelling in the center of the city of Glukhiv, in the Sumy region of Ukraine.
• One person was killed in Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region, while five were injured in Donetsk in the east, authorities said.
• In Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, a 37-year-old woman in Antonivka was killed and a 67-year-old man was seriously injured by Russian shelling in the town of Bilozerka, a few kilometers from the Dnipro River, the military administration said. .
• A civilian was killed in Ukrainian attacks in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, which is targeted almost daily by Kiev’s forces, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.

• Ukrainian attack drones struck a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber at a military airfield in Olenya, Russia, Ukrainian media outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported, citing a military intelligence source. The airfield is 1,800 km (1,100 mi) from the Ukrainian border.

• At least five people were injured, including an 11-year-old child who was in the backyard of a private house, after an aerial bombardment by Russian forces against the city of Myrnograd, in the Donetsk region.
• Russia said its military captured the village of Lozuvatske in Donetsk amid heavy fighting, while its forces advanced towards the city of Pokrovsk.

• Russia’s air defense systems destroyed seven drones launched by Ukraine overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Five drones were destroyed in the Belgorod region and two in the Kursk region, the ministry added.

• The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said its forces stopped 37 Russian attacks in the Pokrovsk area, with the heaviest fighting recorded in the village of Novooleksandrivka, 2 km (1.2 miles) from Lozuvatske.

• A source from the Ukrainian Defense Ministry also told the AFP news agency that three Russian military helicopters were the target of “acts of sabotage”, one in Samara and two in the Moscow region.

• Three tanks at an oil depot in Russia’s Kursk region caught fire as a result of a drone attack launched by Ukraine, acting regional governor Alexei Smirnov said. No one was injured in the attack and the fire in one of the tanks was quickly extinguished with the help of 82 firefighters and 32 pieces of equipment.

Politics and diplomacy

• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his US counterpart Antony Blinken that Beijing denies accusations it is helping Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. At the meeting in the Lao capital, Wang also said China would take “strong measures” to defend Chinese interests.

• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Russia’s leadership was “hyperrational” and that Ukraine would never be able to realize its hopes of becoming a member of the European Union or NATO. He also predicted that, in the coming years, Asia “will be the dominant center of the world”.

• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit Ukraine next month, according to Indian media reports, his first trip to the country since the start of the war with Russia, and just weeks after meeting the Russian president , Vladimir Putin, in Moscow. India refrained from directly blaming Russia, while urging the two nations to resolve their conflict through dialogue and diplomacy.

Weapons

• A Russian Su-34 bomber crashed during a scheduled training flight, state news agency RIA reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. The crew ejected and the plane crashed in a deserted area. The flight was carried out without ammunition.