At least three people were killed on Monday, August 26, in western and southern Ukraine, targets of a massive Russian attack on a large part of the country, Ukrainian officials announced. On Instagram, the heads of the Dnipropetrovsk region, in the southeast of the country, and Zaporizhia, in the south, as well as the mayor of Lutsk, in the northwest, reported one victim in each of their areas. At least seven explosions also rang out on Monday morning, August 26, over the Ukrainian capital kyiv, AFP journalists noted, while a national alert was in effect against Russian air attacks. Follow our live coverage.
Belarus “massing” troops on its border, Ukraine says Belarus “massing a significant number of troops (…) in the Gomel region, near the northern border of Ukraine, under the cover of maneuvers”the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said. kyiv claims to have registered the presence of Wagner militia fighters, some of whom have been sheltered by Belarus since the failure of their leader’s rebellion last year. Ukraine has warned that military exercises in the border area pose a threat to the “global security” due to the proximity of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Reuters worker killed in Russian strike A security adviser working with Reuters journalists was killed in a missile strike on their hotel in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday, the news agency said on Sunday.
“Progress” in the Kursk region, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. In his daily message, the Ukrainian president claimed responsibility on Sunday for “advances” in this Russian region and the capture of two villages, more than two weeks after the launch of an offensive in the sector.