Listed here are the important thing occasions on day 1,265 of Russia’s battle on Ukraine.
Right here is how issues stand on Tuesday, August 12:
Preventing
- Two ambulance employees had been killed in a Ukrainian drone assault on Horlivka, within the Russian-occupied Donetsk area, Russian-installed administrator Ivan Prikhodko stated in a publish on Telegram. The driving force of the ambulance was additionally in a severe situation, Prikhodko stated.
- Russian forces launched dozens of assaults on Ukraine’s Kherson area, killing 4 individuals and injuring seven, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated in a publish on Telegram. Two residence buildings and 30 homes had been broken, he added.
- Russian forces killed two civilians and injured 11 within the Donetsk area on Sunday, Governor Vadym Filashkin stated in a publish on Telegram.
- A Russian assault killed a person and injured two ladies within the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovy, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv area, Governor Oleh Syniehubov stated in a publish on Telegram.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russian forces “used greater than a thousand aerial bombs and almost 1,400 assault drones towards Ukraine” up to now week. The newest figures present that Russia is continuous its intense bombardment of the nation after finishing up a record 6,297 drone attacks on Ukraine in July.
- Russian forces occupied the village of Zatyshok, in Ukraine’s Donetsk area, Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported.
Ceasefire talks
- Russian Deputy Minister of International Affairs Sergey Ryabkov stated that Moscow hopes the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday will give “impulse to the normalisation of bilateral relations” between the 2 nations, Russia’s state-run TASS information company stories.
- Talking to journalists on Monday concerning the upcoming assembly, Trump once more stated that “there’ll be some swapping, there’ll be some modifications in land” mentioned, however that he may also inform Putin: “You’ve bought to finish this battle.”
- Requested if Zelenskyy could be invited to the talks, Trump stated: “He wasn’t a part of it… I’d say he may go, however he’s gone to a number of conferences. He’s been there for 3 and a half years, and nothing occurred.”
- NATO Secretary-Normal Mark Rutte informed US broadcaster ABC on Sunday that “in the case of this complete problem of territory, in the case of acknowledging, for instance, possibly in a future deal that Russia is controlling de facto, factually, among the territory of Ukraine, it must be effectual recognition, and never a political de jure recognition.”
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that French, United Kingdom and different European leaders, in addition to EU and NATO chiefs, will focus on “additional choices to exert strain on Russia”, and the “preparation of attainable peace negotiations and associated problems with territorial claims and safety”, at digital talks on Wednesday.
Sanctions
- The EU’s prime diplomat, Kaja Kallas, stated that the bloc is engaged on “extra sanctions towards Russia, extra army help for Ukraine and extra help for Ukraine’s budgetary wants and accession course of to affix the EU”, after European overseas ministers held emergency talks on Monday earlier than the Trump-Putin assembly on Friday.
- The European Fee stated it acquired 1.6 billion euros ($1.86bn) “in so-called windfall income” from curiosity on “immobilised property of the Russian Central Financial institution” within the first half of 2025, and that 95 p.c of the funds shall be used to help Ukraine by way of the Ukraine Mortgage Cooperation Mechanism (ULCM).
Politics and diplomacy
- Trump will maintain talks with European leaders and Zelenskyy on Wednesday, the European Fee press workplace informed the Kyiv Impartial media outlet.
- Zelenskyy stated he held calls with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
