Because the warfare enters its 892nd day, listed here are the primary developments.
That is Monday, August 5, 2024.
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- Ukraine introduced the necessary evacuation of youngsters and their guardians from the jap Donetsk area, the place Russia has been claiming progress. Vadym Filashkin, the governor of the Donetsk area, mentioned 744 youngsters and their households would go away for Novohrodivka, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the village of Novoselivka Persha. The ministry mentioned the village had been captured simply hours earlier than the announcement.
- Ukrainian President Zelensky mentioned throughout a go to to a tightly secured air power base situated in a secret location that Ukrainian pilots have begun flying F-16s to carry out home missions. As he spoke, two jets had been parked on the bottom behind him and two different planes flew overhead.
- Ukraine’s navy mentioned it sank a Russian Kilo-class submarine over the weekend and hit an anti-missile system set as much as shield the strategic Kerch Bridge on the Moscow-occupied Crimean peninsula.
Politics and Diplomacy
- Ukraine’s navy intelligence company (GUR) spokesman Andrei Yusov mentioned separatist Tuareg rebels in northern Mali had obtained the “vital” data to launch an assault on Malian troopers and mercenaries final month. Malley mentioned he would instantly sever diplomatic ties with Ukraine.
- Ukrainian Overseas Minister Dmytro Kuleba is on his fourth diplomatic journey to Africa in two years to attempt to drum up help for Kiev’s efforts to push Russian troops out of its territory. Kuleba will keep in Africa till August 8 and can go to Malawi, Zambia and Mauritius.
- Ukraine’s Yaroslava Mahuchikh received her nation’s first particular person excessive soar gold on the Paris Olympics, clearing 2 meters in entrance of an adoring crowd on the Stade de France. Ukraine additionally received a bronze medal within the occasion, with Iryna Gerashchenko sharing the medal with Australia’s Eleanor Patterson.
