Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,246

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Here are the cardinal events connected time 1,246 of Russia’s warfare connected Ukraine.

Published On 24 Jul 2025

Here is however things basal connected Thursday, July 24:

Fighting

A Russian drone strike connected an vigor installation successful Ukraine’s bluish portion of Sumy caused powerfulness cuts for 220,000 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, adding that the proviso had been restored to astir of those affected.
Russia’s aerial defence systems destroyed 33 Ukrainian drones overnight successful six regions, the Russian Ministry of Defence said.

Ukraine has brought location a caller radical of prisoners of warfare from Russia, Zelenskyy said, adding that the merchandise means that much than 1,000 captive soldiers person present returned arsenic a effect of talks with Moscow successful Turkiye. It is unclear however galore Russian soldiers were returned successful speech for the Ukrainian prisoners.
Russia and Ukraine discussed further captive swaps astatine a little league of bid talks successful Istanbul, but the sides stay acold isolated connected ceasefire presumption and a imaginable gathering of their leaders. “We person advancement connected the humanitarian track, with nary advancement connected a cessation of hostilities,” Ukraine’s main delegate, Rustem Umerov, said aft the 40-minute talks.
Umerov said Ukraine had projected a gathering earlier the extremity of August betwixt Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Moscow’s main delegate, Vladimir Medinsky, said Russia had agreed astatine the talks with Ukraine to speech much prisoners of war, including much than 3,000 bodies of dormant soldiers.

The US Department of State said it approved $322m successful projected weapons income to Ukraine to heighten its aerial defence capabilities and supply armoured combat vehicles. The imaginable income see $150m for the supply, maintenance, repair and overhaul of US armoured vehicles successful Ukraine, and $172m for surface-to-air rocket systems.
US President Donald Trump touted a caller deal betwixt the United States and NATO, whereby European allies would bargain weapons and nonstop them to Ukraine. “They’re going to wage the United States of America 100 percent of the outgo of each subject equipment, and overmuch of it volition spell to Ukraine,” Trump said successful Washington, DC.
Chinese-made engines are being covertly shipped via beforehand companies to a state-owned drone shaper successful Russia, labelled arsenic “industrial refrigeration units” to debar Western sanctions, according to 3 European information officials and documents reviewed by the Reuters quality agency.
Zelenskyy said helium discussed strengthening Ukraine’s aerial defences with Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar successful Kyiv connected Wednesday.

Zelenskyy has bowed to unit from Ukraine’s archetypal wartime thoroughfare protests, which took spot implicit 2 days successful cities crossed the country, demanding the reversal of a instrumentality curbing the independency of anticorruption agencies.
In his evening code to the nation, Zelenskyy said helium would taxable a caller measure to guarantee the regularisation of instrumentality and clasp the independency of the anticorruption agencies.

Russian Tu-95MS nuclear-capable strategical bombers completed a regular patrol formation implicit planetary waters successful the Bering Sea, the Russian Interfax quality bureau reported connected Wednesday, citing the Russian Defence Ministry.
Russia besides began large navy drills involving much than 150 vessels and 15,000 subject unit successful the Pacific and Arctic oceans, and successful the Baltic and Caspian seas, the Defence Ministry said.
The alleged “July Storm” workout from July 23 to July 27 volition trial the readiness of the Russian fleet for non-standard operations, the usage of long-range weapons and different precocious technology, including unmanned systems.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies