Listed here are the important thing occasions on day 1,265 of Russia’s conflict on Ukraine.
Right here is how issues stand on Tuesday, August 12:
Preventing
- Two ambulance employees had been killed in a Ukrainian drone assault on Horlivka, within the Russian-occupied Donetsk area, Russian-installed administrator Ivan Prikhodko stated in a publish on Telegram. The motive force of the ambulance was additionally in a severe situation, Prikhodko stated.
- Russian forces launched dozens of assaults on Ukraine’s Kherson area, killing 4 individuals and injuring seven, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin stated in a publish on Telegram. Two condominium buildings and 30 homes had been broken, he added.
- Russian forces killed two civilians and injured 11 within the Donetsk area on Sunday, Governor Vadym Filashkin stated in a publish on Telegram.
- A Russian assault killed a person and injured two ladies within the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovy, in Ukraine’s Kharkiv area, Governor Oleh Syniehubov stated in a publish on Telegram.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russian forces “used greater than a thousand aerial bombs and practically 1,400 assault drones towards Ukraine” prior to now week. The most recent figures present that Russia is constant its intense bombardment of the nation after finishing up a record 6,297 drone attacks on Ukraine in July.
- Russian forces occupied the village of Zatyshok, in Ukraine’s Donetsk area, Ukrainian battlefield monitoring group DeepState reported.
Ceasefire talks
- Russian Deputy Minister of Overseas Affairs Sergey Ryabkov stated that Moscow hopes the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday will give “impulse to the normalisation of bilateral relations” between the 2 nations, Russia’s state-run TASS information company studies.
- Chatting with journalists on Monday concerning the upcoming assembly, Trump once more stated that “there’ll be some swapping, there’ll be some adjustments in land” mentioned, however that he may also inform Putin: “You’ve bought to finish this conflict.”
- Requested if Zelenskyy can be invited to the talks, Trump stated: “He wasn’t a part of it… I might say he might go, however he’s gone to a variety of conferences. He’s been there for 3 and a half years, and nothing occurred.”
- NATO Secretary-Basic Mark Rutte instructed US broadcaster ABC on Sunday that “with regards to this entire challenge of territory, with regards to acknowledging, for instance, perhaps in a future deal that Russia is controlling de facto, factually, among the territory of Ukraine, it must be effectual recognition, and never a political de jure recognition.”
- German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated that French, United Kingdom and different European leaders, in addition to EU and NATO chiefs, will talk about “additional choices to exert stress on Russia”, and the “preparation of potential peace negotiations and associated problems with territorial claims and safety”, at digital talks on Wednesday.
Sanctions
- The EU’s high diplomat, Kaja Kallas, stated that the bloc is engaged on “extra sanctions towards Russia, extra army help for Ukraine and extra help for Ukraine’s budgetary wants and accession course of to affix the EU”, after European overseas ministers held emergency talks on Monday earlier than the Trump-Putin assembly on Friday.
- The European Fee stated it obtained 1.6 billion euros ($1.86bn) “in so-called windfall income” from curiosity on “immobilised belongings of the Russian Central Financial institution” within the first half of 2025, and that 95 p.c of the funds might be used to help Ukraine via the Ukraine Mortgage Cooperation Mechanism (ULCM).
Politics and diplomacy
- Trump will maintain talks with European leaders and Zelenskyy on Wednesday, the European Fee press workplace instructed the Kyiv Impartial media outlet.
- Zelenskyy stated he held calls with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
