Here are the key events on day 1,148 of Russia’s continued conflict with Ukraine:

Conflict

• A Russian drone strike on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Wednesday night left three people wounded, ignited fires, and damaged homes and public infrastructure. The regional governor, Oleh Kiper, reported on these damages and injuries.
• The Russian Ministry of Defence claims that its forces managed to destroy a total of 26 Ukrainian drones overnight. This includes nine drones intercepted over the southern region of Voronezh, eight over the Belgorod border, and additional ones over the Kursk, Lipetsk, and Moscow areas, as well as the Russian-annexed Crimea.
• The Defense Ministry further announced Russia’s control over Kalynove village in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
• Moscow’s military reported repelling seven Ukrainian drones in the Ivanovo region, the location of a Russian missile unit accused by Kyiv of launching a deadly attack on Sumy that resulted in numerous casualties last weekend.
• Kyiv’s air force has said Russia launched nearly 100 drones in overnight attacks across Ukraine, with 57 being shot down and another 34 failing to hit their targets, likely due to electronic interference.

• Kerson in southern Ukraine witnessed Russian glide bomb and artillery strikes on Wednesday, causing the death of one person and injuring nine others. Officials described this as a “double-tap strike” tactic by Russia to target rescue workers and first responders.
• The southeastern city of Dnipro was affected by a Russian mass drone attack that killed two people and injured sixteen others, according to regional governor Serhiy Lysak. Five of the injured required hospitalization.
• The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the detention of nine individuals, including five minors, suspected of planning sabotage activities on behalf of Russia, with over 30kg of explosives in their possession.

Strikes on Energy Infrastructure

• Despite a 30-day agreed truce on energy sector strikes, Russia’s Defence Ministry accused Ukraine of conducting six attacks on its energy infrastructure.
• Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Heorhii Tykhyi, countered in a news briefing that Russia had carried out over 30 attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since their mutual agreement to halt such attacks in March.
• The Kremlin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, stated that Russia will announce the end of the US-brokered truce on energy infrastructure strikes at an unspecified time.

Politics and Diplomacy

• The Trump administration has revised downward its estimate of US assistance to Ukraine from the start of the invasion, from $300bn to around $100bn, according to sources cited by Bloomberg News.
• Progress has been made in talks between the US and Ukraine on a minerals agreement. A memorandum allowing the US access to Ukraine’s rare earth deposits is expected to be signed soon, as reported by Kyiv’s first deputy prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko.

• Ukraine’s parliament has extended martial law until 6 August. The decision was approved by 357 deputies, with one dissenting vote against the legislation.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, are set to discuss Ukraine among other topics during the Emir’s upcoming visit to Moscow on Thursday, as announced by Kremlin spokesperson Peskov.
• A former governor of Russia’s Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, was detained on Wednesday on fraud allegations, as reported by the Russian state news agency TASS.