Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,258

On Tuesday, August 5, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

• According to the local military administration’s statement on Telegram, three people were killed in a Russian attack on the Stepnohirsk community in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine. The administration reported on Monday that on Friday, Russia attacked 10 settlements in the area with 405 missiles.
• According to the regional prosecutor’s office, three people were killed by Russian drone strikes in the Kharkiv district of Ukraine. A man was killed when Russian drones started a fire in his Losivka home, as were two other people who were also killed while riding motorcycles. The prosecutor’s office announced that it was looking into a possible war crime related motorcycle attack.
• One person was killed and a gas pipeline was damaged in Russian attacks in the Kherson region of Ukraine, according to Governor Oleksandr Prokudin. According to Prokudin, a man who was hurt by artillery shelling in the town of Beryslav on July 27 also passed away as a result of his injuries.
• Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin reported that one person was killed in a Russian attack in Dobropillya city in the Pokrovsky region and another was killed in Kostiantynivka city in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
• One of the five Russian fighter jets was allegedly destroyed when Ukrainian drones struck them at Saky airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea, according to Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU).
• In the Kharkiv, Vovchansk region of northeast Ukraine, mercenaries from China, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, and other African nations are engaged in combat with Russian forces, according to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine.
• The general staff of Ukraine acknowledged Sunday’s drone attack, which reportedly set a fire at a Sochi airport fuel depot in southern Russia.

military assistance

• The Netherlands will contribute 500 million euros ($578 million) to the purchase of missiles and parts from the Patriot air defense system for Ukraine. The Netherlands will become the first nation to contribute to a new initiative that allows NATO members to provide US weapons to Kyiv.

Sanctions

• According to India’s Ministry of External Affairs, the United States and the European Union “targeted” the country for importing oil from Russia following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which was “unjustified and unreasonable.”
• According to Stephen Miller, the White House’s deputy chief of staff, “It is unacceptable for India to continue funding this war by purchasing the oil from Russia,” he stated earlier on Fox News.
• Trump threatened to “substantially” impose tariffs on India for “massive amounts” of Russian oil, according to Trump, “for big profits” in the “massive amounts” he claimed.

talks on a ceasefire

• Trump stated that Steve Witkoff, his special envoy, would travel to Russia to continue discussions over the country’s war in Ukraine.

diplomacy and politics

• Dmitry Medvedev, the former head of Russia, claimed in a post on X that the abandonment of the moratorium on medium- and short-range nuclear missiles was the result of NATO’s anti-Russian policy.
• The trial has already begun in the 149-person shooting attack that occurred in a Moscow concert hall on March 22, 2024. Kyiv vehemently refutes the claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin was involved in the attack without providing any proof.

Corruption

• The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine announced in a statement that it had arrested six people for “systematically misappropriating] funds used by local authorities for defense needs, including those used to pay for the purchase of drones and jamming equipment for the military.