On Sunday, June 29, 2018, this is how things are going.
Fighting
- According to Ukrainian authorities, a teacher and her husband were killed in an attack by a Russian drone in Odesa, Ukraine, and 14 others were hurt. A child was one of the three victims who were in critical condition.
- According to Governor Vadym Filashkin, at least two others were killed in a separate, broad-based Russian assault on Friday in the eastern Donetsk villages of Kostiantynivka and Ivanopillia.
- According to the official Ukrinform news agency, explosions were audible on Saturday night in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, with Mayor Vitali Klitschko advising residents to leave their homes in case of Russian drones “heading for the city.”
- According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Chervona Zirka in Donetsk has been under Russian control. The area between the Vovcha and Mokri Yaly rivers was later claimed by the ministry as well.
- Top Ukrainian commander Oleksandr Syrskii added on Telegram that the Russian military was “surging towards” the important city of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk, but that it had “nothing to accomplish” despite suffering “multiple losses.”
- A 43-year-old man in the Kursk region was injured by a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia, including a traumatic brain injury, according to a local official citing a local official.
- Three attack helicopters and an anti-aircraft missile system were destroyed, according to Ukraine’s SBU security service, which used special drones to attack the Russian-occupied Crimean military airfield.
- Overnight and into Saturday, the Russian military claimed to have detained 64 Ukrainian drones over western Russia and Crimea.
diplomacy and politics
- Andrzej Duda, the incoming president of Poland, addressed Ukraine to “please be patient” during the transition to Karol Nawrocki, his nationalist successor. After taking office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised to “of course” invite Nawrocki to Ukraine.
- According to Ukrinform, Ruslan Stefanchuk, the speaker and chairperson of the Ukrainian Parliament, a bill is being developed to hold elections following the war.
Source: Aljazeera
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