These are the key events of the 1,246 of the War of Russia in Ukraine.
This is how things are on Thursday, July 24:
Struggle
- A strike of Russian drones in an energy center in the northern region of Ukraine of Sumy caused energy cuts for 220,000 people, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and added that the supply had been restored to most of those affected.
- Russia's air defense systems destroyed 33 Ukrainian drones during the night in six regions, said the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Cease-fire
- Ukraine has brought home a new group of prisoners of War of Russia, said Zelenskyy, adding that liberation means that more than 1,000 captive soldiers have now returned as a result of conversations with Moscow in Turkiye. It is not clear how many Russian soldiers were returned in exchange for Ukrainian prisoners.
- Russia and Ukraine discussed more exchanges of prisoners in a brief session of peace conversations in Istanbul, but the parties remain very separate in the terms of high fire and a possible meeting of their leaders. “We have progress on the humanitarian track, without progress in the cessation of hostilities,” said the main delegate of Ukraine, Rustem Uumev, after 40 minutes conversations.
- Umerov said Ukraine had proposed a meeting before the end of August between Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
- The main delegate of Moscow, Vladimir Medinsky, said that Russia had agreed to conversations with Ukraine to exchange more prisoners of war, including more than 3,000 bodies of dead soldiers.
Military help
- The United States Department of State said it approved $ 322 million in sales of weapons proposed to Ukraine to improve its air defense capabilities and provide armored combat vehicles. Potential sales include $ 150 million for supply, maintenance, repair and review of American armored vehicles in Ukraine and $ 172 million for air missile systems.
- The president of the United States, Donald Trump, promoted a recent agreement between the United States and NATO, for which European allies would buy weapons and send them to Ukraine. “They will pay the United States of America 100 percent of the cost of all military teams, and much will go to Ukraine,” Trump said in Washington, DC.
- Chinese manufacturing engines are sent undercover through front companies to a state drone manufacturer in Russia, labeled as “industrial cooling units” to avoid western sanctions, according to three European security officials and documents reviewed by the Reuters news agency.
- Zelenskyy said he discussed the strengthening of Ukrainian aerial defenses with Israel Gideon Saar Foreign Minister in kyiv on Wednesday.
Policy
- Zelenskyy has been inclined to the pressure of the first street protests of the Ukraine War, which took place for two days in cities throughout the country, demanding the reversal of a law that slows the independence of the anti -corruption agencies.
- In his night speech to the nation, Zelenskyy said he would present a new bill to guarantee the rule of law and retain the independence of anti -corruption agencies.
Regional developments
- The strategic bombers with nuclear capacity of Russian Tu-95ms completed a routine patrol flight on international waters at the Bering Sea, the Russian Interfax news agency reported Wednesday, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.
- Russia also began the main exercises of the Navy that involved more than 150 vessels and 15,000 military personnel in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, and in the Baltic and Caspios seas, said the Ministry of Defense.
- The so -called “Julio Storm” exercise from July 23 to July 27 will prove the preparation of the Russian fleet for non -standard operations, the use of long -range weapons and other advanced technologies, including unmanned systems.
