Listed below are the important thing occasions on day 1,255 of Russia’s struggle on Ukraine.
Right here is how issues stand on Saturday, August 2:
Combating
- Ukrainian rescuers recovered greater than a dozen extra our bodies from the rubble of a collapsed house block in Kyiv in a single day, bringing the dying toll from Thursday’s assault by Russia to 31.
- A two-year-old was amongst 5 youngsters discovered useless because of what’s now Russia’s worst air strike of the yr on Ukraine’s capital, which additionally injured 159 individuals, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated as he introduced the tip of a greater than 24-hour-long rescue operation on the web site.
- Russia launched greater than 3,800 drones and almost 260 missiles for its assaults on Ukraine all through July, Zelenskyy stated.
Navy support
- NATO nations, Ukraine and the US are creating a brand new mechanism that can deal with getting US weapons to Ukraine from the Precedence Ukraine Necessities Record, recognized beneath the acronym PURL, the Reuters information company stories, citing three sources conversant in the matter.
- As a part of the PURL mechanism, Ukraine would prioritise the weapons it wants in tranches of roughly $500m, and NATO allies would then negotiate amongst themselves who would donate or pay for gadgets on the record.
- Germany stated it’s going to ship two Patriot missile defence techniques to Ukraine after reaching an settlement with the US that Berlin will probably be first in line to obtain the most recent Patriot techniques to replenish the weapons donated to Kyiv.
- A prime adviser to President Zelenskyy stated Russia is offering North Korea with know-how for Shahed-type assault drones and helping of their manufacturing.
Ceasefire
- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President Zelenskyy welcomed US President Donald Trump’s new deadline for Russia to make progress in direction of ending its greater than three-year-long struggle on Ukraine. Zelenskyy stated he had mentioned with Starmer the potential codecs for a summit of leaders to debate peace in Ukraine.
- Russia’s President Vladimir Putin stated Moscow hoped for extra peace talks with Ukraine however that the momentum of the struggle was in Moscow’s favour, signalling no shift in his stance regardless of a looming sanctions deadline issued by Trump. Putin additionally stated that the primary batch of mass-produced Oreshnik ballistic missile techniques had been delivered to the Russian military.
- In a submit on X responding to Putin’s remarks, Zelenskyy repeated his willingness to sit down down with the Russian chief, saying Ukraine desires to “transfer past” statements and lower-level conferences on the matter.
- “If these are indicators of a real willingness to finish the struggle with dignity and set up a very lasting peace … then Ukraine as soon as once more reaffirms its readiness to fulfill on the degree of leaders at any time,” Zelenskyy stated.
Regional developments
- President Trump stated he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in “the suitable areas” in response to remarks from the previous Russian president and deputy chairman of Russia’s Safety Council, Dmitry Medvedev, concerning the danger of struggle between the 2 nuclear-armed nations.
- Europe should begin seeing Ukraine as a European nation, and the Ukrainian navy as a European military, Ilya Yashin, a outstanding Russian opposition activist, stated in Belgrade.
- “The Ukrainian military shouldn’t be solely defending Ukraine, it’s defending Europe from Russian aggression,” Yashin instructed a whole lot of Russians who now reside in Serbia.
