Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,260

Here is however things basal connected Thursday, August 7:

Fighting

• Russian artillery shelling connected a car belonging to Ukraine’s authorities exigency services killed 3 people, including an exigency worker, and injured 4 others successful the southeastern Ukrainian municipality of Nikopol, the determination governor, Serhiy Lysak, said.
• Dozens of Russian drones attacked a state pumping presumption successful confederate Ukraine, portion of an LNG imports strategy from the United States and Azerbaijan, Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy said.
• Russia struck a state installation successful Ukraine’s confederate Odesa region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, arsenic Ukraine’s state reserves are present astatine their lowest successful 12 years, with retention facilities presently little than a 3rd full, according to investigation steadfast ExPro.

Ceasefire

• US President Donald Trump said his envoy Steve Witkoff made “great progress” successful his gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin successful Moscow. Trump added that helium updated immoderate of Washington’s allies successful Europe aft the meeting.
• Witkoff held astir 3 hours of talks with Putin successful the Kremlin connected Wednesday, 2 days earlier the expiry of a deadline acceptable by Trump for Russia to hold to bid successful Ukraine oregon look caller sanctions.
• The US has a amended knowing of the conditions nether which Moscow would beryllium prepared to extremity its warfare successful Ukraine aft the meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, adding that the cardinal elements of immoderate statement would impact territory.

• Kremlin overseas argumentation adjutant Yuri Ushakov said talks betwixt Putin and Witkoff were “useful and constructive”. He said Moscow had received definite “signals” from Trump and had sent messages successful return.
• President Zelenskyy said helium had discussed Witkoff’s sojourn to Moscow with Trump and that helium had reiterated Ukraine’s enactment for a conscionable bid and its continued determination to support itself.
• Zelenskyy added that it seemed Russia was “more inclined to a ceasefire” pursuing Witkoff’s meeting. “The unit connected them works. But the main happening is that they bash not deceive america successful the details – neither america nor the US,” Zelenskyy said successful his nightly address.

• Trump could conscionable Putin arsenic soon arsenic adjacent week, a White House authoritative said, arsenic the US continued preparations to enforce secondary sanctions, including perchance connected China, to unit Moscow to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine.
• Trump said helium could denote further tariffs connected China, akin to the 25 percent duties announced earlier connected India, implicit its purchases of Russian oil.

Military aid

• Ukraine’s Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal thanked the US for approving much than $200m successful deals to proviso arms to Ukraine, which volition beryllium funded by Kyiv’s allies. The partner-funded packages volition supply method enactment for howitzers and logistical services, helium wrote connected X.

Regional developments

• Germany’s conjugation authorities plans to chopped authorities benefits for recently arrived Ukrainian refugees, which could effect successful 100 euros ($116) little per period per refugee, the Reuters quality bureau reported, citing a draught law.
• NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte discussed with Lithuania’s overseas curate the taxable of Russian subject drone violations of Lithuanian airspace, a NATO spokesperson said.

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies