Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,251

On Tuesday, July 29, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

• Eight people were hurt when a four-year-old girl was reportedly killed by a Russian drone attack on a 25-story residential building in Kyiv, according to Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city’s military administration.
• According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the overnight attack was one of “324 drones, four cruise missiles, and three ballistic missiles” that the country was sending across. According to the Air Force, the attack focused on Starokostiantyniv, a significant air base.
• The Air Force of Ukraine reported that it had shot down 309 drones and two missiles, and that 15 of those drones and two missiles had struck targets in three different locations, without naming a specific location. Local authorities in Kropyvnytskyi, central Ukraine, reported that no injuries had been reported despite the attack starting a fire.
• A Ukrainian air base and a depot with missile and component stockpiles were hit, according to the Russian government’s ministry of defense.
• As Russian missiles reportedly entered western Ukraine, close to the Polish border, Polish and allies’ aircraft were activated on Monday, according to the Polish military’s Operational Command.
• According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops have taken control of the eastern Ukrainian settlements of Boikivka and Belhiika.
• After two pro-Ukraine hacking groups alleged to have carried out a massive cyberattack on the Russian national airline, Aeroflot was forced to cancel more than 50 round-trip flights on Monday, causing delays in travel across the nation.

diplomacy and politics

Russia must reach a peace agreement in its conflict with Ukraine by the end of “10 or 12 days,” according to US President Donald Trump, or it will be subject to severe new sanctions.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, praised Trump for “taking a clear stance” and thanked him for “striving lives and ending this horrible war.”
• Dmitry Medvedev, the ex-President of Russia, claimed on Monday that the US-EU framework trade agreement was “anti-Russian,” referring to it as a de facto ban on buying Russian oil and gas.

Weapons and military assistance

• Andrius Kubilius, the EU’s commissioner for space and defense, informed European news website Euractiv that non-EU nations, including Ukraine, could join the EU’s secure communication satellite network IRIS2. The Ukrainian military relied on Starlink, which Elon Musk had used for telecommunications services during the war, to provide an alternative to the EU system.
• According to the Kyiv Independent media outlet, the Defense Procurement Agency of Ukraine increased its share of domestically produced weapons to more than 71% in the first half of 2025.