These are the major events happening on day 1,263 of Russia’s ongoing conflict with Ukraine.
Here’s the situation as of Sunday, August 10:
Combats
- Russian military forces carried out a drone strike on a bus in Ukraine’s Kherson region, resulting in at least two fatalities and 16 injuries, as per Ukrainian authorities. Another drone struck the bus as police were attending to the earlier attack, causing three police officers to be injured, the police stated.
- Moreover, Russian forces initiated another 36 attacks on settlements all over the Kherson region between Friday and Saturday, causing at least one person’s death and three more injuries, stated Governor Oleksandr Prokudin.
- Russian military measures have also caused fatalities in Zaporizhia region, killing two people riding in a car in the Bilenkivska community and a 61-year-old lady inside her home in the Vasylivka district, according to local sources.
- In Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian assault claimed the life of a 56-year-old woman and injured a 62-year-old man in the city of Nikopol, while in the Donetsk region, such attacks led to four deaths and nine injuries, the officials said.
- In response, a Ukrainian drone attack on a residence in occupied Zaporizhzhia killed a person, stated Russia’s TASS news agency; another assault targeted a car in the Borisovsky district of Russia’s Belgorod region, causing the deaths of a husband and wife.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence announced on Saturday that its troops had gained control of yet another Ukrainian village in the Donetsk region, identified by the TASS news agency as Yablunivka.
- Additionally, Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed that its forces intercepted 224 Ukrainian drones on Friday through Saturday night.
Politics and Diplomacy
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy firmly stated against ceding any territory in a potential peace negotiation with Russia, as US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Alaska on August 15. Trump mentioned that the meeting could discuss “some swapping of territories” between Russia and Ukraine, “for the betterment of both”.
- Zelenskyy said that “Ukrainians will not give away their land to the occupier”, and any decision made without Ukraine won’t lead to peace.
- The heads of state from the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Finland, along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, released a joint statement approving of Trump’s efforts but emphasized maintaining support for Ukraine and exerting pressure on Russia. The leaders affirmed “their dedication to the principle that international borders can’t be altered by force”.
- Sources within the US, unnamed, revealed to NBC News that the Trump administration is contemplating extending an invitation to Zelenskyy to participate in the meeting with the US and Russian Presidents in Alaska.
- According to The Wall Street Journal, European officials who met with US Vice President JD Vance in the UK on Saturday brought forth a counterproposal for peace. The plan calls for a ceasefire before any further actions taken and insists that any territorial exchanges be reciprocal with solid security guarantees.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron held a conversation on Saturday and pledged to find a “just and lasting peace” in Ukraine, while also welcoming Trump’s efforts to stop the conflict, announced a Downing Street spokesperson. Both leaders also reaffirmed “their unwavering commitment to President Zelenskyy”, the spokesperson stated.
