Russia-Ukraine struggle: Listing of key occasions, day 1,257

Right here is how issues stand on Monday, August 4:

Combating

• A Russian assault killed three individuals in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhia area on Sunday, Governor Ivan Fedorov wrote on Telegram.
• A Ukrainian drone assault sparked a significant fireplace at an oil depot in Sochi in southern Russia, the governor of Russia’s Krasnodar area, Veniamin Kondratiev, stated on Sunday. The fireplace was extinguished hours later after 120 firefighters had been deployed, officers stated. Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, briefly halted flights at Sochi’s airport through the fireplace.
• Ukraine’s army says it used drones to focus on a number of websites inside Russia, together with refineries, an airfield and an electronics plant.
• The governor of the Voronezh area in southern Russia stated 4 individuals had been injured in a Ukrainian drone assault that brought on a number of fires,
• A Russian assault injured seven individuals and destroyed dozens of homes and residences within the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych stated on Telegram early on Sunday.
• The Ukrainian air drive stated on Sunday that Russia launched 76 drones and 7 missiles towards Ukraine. It stated 60 drones and one missile had been intercepted, however 16 drones and 6 missiles hit eight completely different places throughout Ukraine.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence stated its air defence items destroyed 93 Ukrainian drones in a single day, together with one over the Krasnodar area and 60 over the waters of the Black Sea. It didn’t specify what number of drones had been fired in complete.

Politics and Diplomacy

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to trade 1,200 prisoners following negotiations in Istanbul, including that “work on the lists [of prisoners to be released] is ongoing”. There was no speedy remark from Russia.
• Zelenskyy introduced he had appointed Anatolii Kryvonozhko as Commander of Ukraine’s air drive, a job Kryvonozhko has been serving in as Appearing Commander for almost a yr.
• Zelenskyy additionally stated that Ukraine has ready three new sanctions packages, together with sanctions towards the captains of Russia’s shadow fleet of oil tankers.
• China and Russia started joint naval drills within the Sea of Japan in waters close to the Russian port of Vladivostok, China’s Ministry of Nationwide Defence stated in an announcement on Sunday. The drills will final for 3 days.
• Talking to a crowd of 1 million younger Catholics on the outskirts of Rome, Pope Leo stated: “We’re with the younger individuals of Gaza; we’re with the younger individuals of Ukraine.”