Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,252

On Wednesday, July 30th, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

• According to the Ministry of Justice in Ukraine, a Russian attack on a prison close to Zaporizhzhia resulted in the deaths of 17 people and injure 42 more. The Russian Federation’s armed forces have again committed a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, according to a statement released on Telegram.
• The State Emergency Service of Ukraine posted a picture on Facebook of five people who were waiting for humanitarian aid in the village of Novoplatonivka in Kharkiv.
• Ivan Fedorov, the head of the Ukrainian military administration in Zaporizhia, reported that three people were killed by Russian air attacks on a hospital in Kamyanske, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman.
• Three soldiers were killed and 18 were hurt in a Russian missile attack on a Ukrainian military training ground, according to a post on Telegram from Ukraine’s ground forces.
• In separate Russian assaults on Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa, Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Ukrainian military administration, reported two fatalities, including a 75-year-old woman.
• According to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency, Denis Pushilin, the head of the Moscow-installed authorities in Donetsk, claimed a Ukrainian bomb exploded on one of the men killed and one injured another.
• Acting Governor Yury Slyusar, the head of Salsk in the Russian Rostov Region, reported on Telegram that three people were killed and more than 50 apartments had been damaged as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack. According to Slyusar, the drone attack also caused the suspension of train services and left 2,800 residents without power.
• According to TASS, Russian forces seized the settlements of Temyrivka and Novoukrainka in the eastern Donetsk region, citing the Ministry of Defense of Russia.

Politics and diplomacy

Donald Trump, the president of the United States, reiterated his promise on Tuesday that the US would begin imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia “10 days from today” if Moscow failed to meet its goal of a resolution.
• Trump’s deadline, which was shorter than the 50 days he had specified earlier in the month, was being “taken note,” according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
• The Nordic nation’s charge d’affaires was summoned by Russia’s ministry of foreign affairs on Tuesday in protest of restrictive measures put in place by the Nordic nation against Russian fishing vessels.

Regional security

• According to the Polish Internal Security Agency (ABW), a Colombian national who worked for Russian intelligence carried out two arson attacks in Poland last year, before setting fire to a Czech Republic bus depot.