Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,263

Here is however things basal connected Sunday, August 10:

Fighting

• • Russian forces launched a drone onslaught connected a autobus successful Ukraine’s Kherson region, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 radical and wounding 16 others, according to Ukrainian officials. Another drone deed the autobus arsenic the constabulary were responding to the attack, injuring 3 officers, the constabulary added.
  • Russian forces besides launched 36 different attacks connected settlements crossed the Kherson portion done Friday and Saturday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 1 much idiosyncratic and injuring three, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
  • Russian attacks connected Ukraine’s Zaporizhia portion killed 2 radical travelling successful a car successful the Bilenkivska assemblage connected Saturday morning, and a 61-year-old pistillate who was successful her location successful the Vasylivka district, a section authoritative reported.
  • In Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian onslaught killed a 56-year-old pistillate and wounded a 62-year-old antheral successful the metropolis of Nikopol, portion successful the Donetsk region, different Russian attacks killed 4 radical and wounded nine, according to officials.
  • A Ukrainian drone onslaught connected a location successful Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia successful Ukraine killed 1 person, Russia’s state-run TASS quality bureau reported, portion different battle connected a car successful the Borisovsky territory of Russia’s Belgorod portion killed a hubby and wife.
  • Russia’s Ministry of Defence said connected Saturday that its forces had taken power of different Ukrainian colony successful the Donetsk region. The TASS quality bureau identified the colony arsenic Yablunivka.
  • Russia’s Defence Ministry besides said that Moscow’s forces changeable down 224 Ukrainian drones connected Friday nighttime into Saturday.

Politics and Diplomacy

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected concessions of onshore successful immoderate bid woody with Russia arsenic United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin hole to conscionable successful Alaska connected August 15. Trump has said that his gathering with Putin could spot “some swapping of territories” betwixt Russia and Ukraine, “to the betterment of both”.
• Zelenskyy said that “Ukrainians volition not acquisition their onshore to the occupier”, and that “decisions without Ukraine” would not bring peace.
• The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Finland, unneurotic with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, issued a associated connection welcoming Trump’s efforts, portion stressing the request to support enactment for Ukraine and unit connected Russia. The leaders said “they stay committed to the rule that planetary borders indispensable not beryllium changed by force”.
• The US’s NBC News broadcaster cited an unnamed US authoritative arsenic saying that the Trump medication was considering inviting Zelenskyy to articulation the US and Russian presidents astatine their Alaska meeting.
• The Wall Street Journal besides reported that European officials who met US Vice President JD Vance successful the UK connected Saturday had presented a counterproposal for peace, which included demands that a ceasefire indispensable instrumentality spot earlier immoderate different steps are taken. The connection besides said that immoderate territory exchanges indispensable beryllium reciprocal, with steadfast information guarantees.
• UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron besides spoke connected Saturday and pledged to find a “just and lasting peace” successful Ukraine, portion welcoming Trump’s efforts to extremity the fighting, a Downing Street spokesperson said. The 2 leaders besides pledged “their unwavering enactment to President Zelenskyy”, the spokesperson said.

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies