Have you missed the latest events related to the war in Ukraine? 20 minutes sums it up for you every evening. This is the essence of this Sunday, July 26, the 1613th day of the conflict.
Fact of the day
On both sides of the border, the conflict is killing people. Six people died this Sunday as a result of Ukrainian strikes in the occupied territories of Ukraine and in a border village, local Russian authorities said. At the same time, four people were killed as a result of Russian attacks in Ukraine, Kyiv reports. The strikes came a day after attacks that killed 20 people in the two countries.
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 133 drones were intercepted overnight in various regions, including Moscow and annexed Crimea. This afternoon, Volodymyr Zelensky condemned a “deeply cynical” drone strike on a regular supermarket in Chernigov in northern Ukraine, which left two dead, “including a child,” and injured 13.
Statement of the day
” It is unacceptable and intolerable that the Russian Federation continues to violate Romanian airspace, which is also NATO and European Union airspace. »
Romania said it would summon the Russian ambassador after its military shot down a drone, the third in three days, to fly over its territory bordering Ukraine. A Romanian F-16 fighter jet shot down a drone over the Black Sea on Sunday, five minutes after it entered the country’s airspace, Defense Minister Radu Meeruta said on Facebook. Since 2022, the country has faced frequent drone incursions, some of which have crashed on its territory.
Day number
30,000 additional soldiers. Vladimir Zelensky said Russia has asked North Korea to provide 30,000 additional troops to help fight Ukraine. “Since June, preparations have been underway in the Voronezh region of Russia to receive them,” the Ukrainian president wrote. The Voronezh region borders on Ukraine.
“North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional ballistic missile launchers to Russia,” Zelensky added, highlighting the implications of such a deployment for the international community. And he added: “This is not just a threat to Ukraine. Russia is helping North Korea learn how to fight a war, improve its weapons and gain real combat experience in using them.”
Today’s trend
Could the conflict become widespread? Iran’s foreign minister warned on Sunday that his country will not allow Ukraine’s deadly attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea to go unpunished. Ukrainian President Vladimir “Zelensky attacked an Iranian merchant ship, killing a sailor,” X Abbas Araghchi wrote this Sunday. “The actions of this Kyiv parasite CANNOT GO UNRESPONDED.”
On Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said an Iranian merchant ship was attacked by Ukraine, leading to an explosion. That same day, Zelensky said on social media that he had achieved “very good results with long-range strikes in the Caspian Sea, targeting in particular ships used to transport military cargo involving Iran, as well as a warship.”