Russia-Ukraine War Day 915: Heats up again, air strikes threaten Kiev

TRIBUNNEWS.COM – Here are some of the events that took place during the war: Russia– Ukraine entered its 915th day on Monday (August 26, 2024).

It is threatened by missile and drone attacks Russiaall over Ukraine A new air raid alert has now been issued for Monday morning (26 August 2024).

Troubled by waves of drone attacks Kyiv In the evening.

air force Ukraine It noted the launch of several missiles targeting the country and dozens of drones threatening the entire country. UkraineReport Reuters.

Here is the full text of other events that took place on day 915 of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Russia-Ukraine War Day 915:

1. Ukraine on Sunday (August 25, 2024) demanded that Belarus withdraw the large number of Belarusian troops and equipment stationed on the two countries’ common border.

   Cited from The Guardian Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry warned Belarus not to make a “tragic mistake” under pressure from Moscow.

   The Defense Ministry said there were Belarusian special forces and former Wagner mercenaries among the border troops.

   The statement said their equipment included tanks, artillery, air defense systems and engineering equipment, and that Ukraine “has never and will not take any unfriendly actions against the Belarusian people.”

2. A British man working for a news agency ReutersThe news agency said one was killed in the attack on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.

   Ryan Evans, a security consultant for the news agency, died on Saturday (August 24, 2024) when a missile hit the Sapphire Hotel where he was staying as part of a six-member team.

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   “Two journalists from the news agency were hospitalized; one of them was seriously injured,” he said.

   Evans, a former British soldier, has been working with Reuters since 2022, providing security advice to Reuters journalists around the world, including in Ukraine, Israel and the Paris Olympics.

   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the hotel was hit by a Russian Iskander missile, a ballistic missile that can strike up to 500 kilometers (310 miles).

   “An ordinary city hotel was destroyed by the Russian Iskander,” he said in a speech on Sunday evening.

   He added that the attack was “absolutely deliberate and carefully planned.”

   “My condolences go out to the family and friends,” he said.

   Russia has been bombing hotels in frontline areas for more than a year.

   “Ukrainian troops advanced three kilometers into Russia’s Kursk region and took control of two more settlements there,” he explained.

3. Ukraine’s military and local authorities said Russia launched attacks on northern, eastern and southern Ukraine on Sunday (August 25, 2024).

   The attack left at least four people dead and 37 injured.

   “Night strikes were carried out against the frontline regions of Ukraine: Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Donetsk,” the Ukrainian Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app.

   “Most of the missiles missed their targets,” the Air Force said.

4. Former US President Donald Trump expressed his support for Ukraine during his conversation with Zelensky.

   “Trump said he wants to stop the war with Russia,” the Ukrainian president told Indian journalists in an interview posted on his social media channels on Sunday (August 25, 2024).

(Tribunnews.com, Andari Ulan Nugrahani)