Here are the key events on day 1,256 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.Here is how things stand on Sunday, August 3:Fighting
Kyiv’s military administration warned residents of the Ukrainian capital to take shelter on Saturday night due to the takeoff of a Russian MiG-31K, the carrier of the Russian Kinzhal air-launched ballistic missile, in a post on Telegram.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that its team heard explosions and saw smoke coming from an “auxiliary facility” located 1,200 metres from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.
The Russian-installed administration of the plant said that a civilian was killed by Ukrainian shelling. A fire that broke out near the plant was brought under control, the administrators added in a post on Telegram.
An elderly man was killed inside a house that caught fire due to falling Ukrainian drone debris in Russia’s Samara region, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev posted on Telegram.
A Ukrainian drone attack killed a guard at an industrial facility and caused a fire in Russia’s Rostov region, acting Governor Yury Slyusar said. “The military repelled a massive air attack during the night”, destroying drones over seven districts, Slyusar wrote on Telegram.
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR) said that an explosion killed five soldiers from the Russian-backed Akhmat unit on a minibus near Russian-occupied Melitopol on Saturday.
A Russian drone attack killed a 12-year-old boy and left a 13-year-old hospitalised with shrapnel wo …
