KYIV: Falling particles from destroyed Ukrainian drones disrupted railway energy provide and prepare operations in a part of the Volgograd area, the administration of the area in Russia’s south stated on Sunday. There have been no accidents on account of the assaults, the administration stated on the Telegram messaging app, citing Governor Andrei Bocharov. Russia’s defence ministry stated on Telegram that its air defence models had destroyed 9 Ukrainian drones over the area. In complete Russia downed 99 drones in a single day over 12 Russian areas, the Crimean Peninsula and the Black Sea, the ministry stated.
Russia’s civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia stated on Telegram that it had suspended flights quickly after midnight on the airport within the metropolis of Volgograd, the executive centre of the Volgograd area. The flights had not resumed on Sunday morning. Due to the assault, trains had been delayed in elements of the area, RIA state information company reported.
The extent of the injury inflicted by the Ukrainian drone assault was not clear. The Russian defence ministry studies solely what number of drones its models destroy, not what number of Ukraine launches. There was no remark from Ukraine. Kyiv has usually stated that its assaults are in response to Moscow’s relentless strikes on Ukraine since Moscow attacked in 2022 and are geared toward destroying infrastructure key to Russia’s battle efforts.
Russia prefers political and diplomatic means to resolve battle in Ukraine, however Kyiv and the West rejected that path, Russian information businesses reported on Sunday, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. “Our most well-liked route is thru political and diplomatic means,” Peskov stated, in keeping with TASS state information company. Peskov added, with out offering proof, that Moscow continues its navy operation in Ukraine as a result of “all proposals for dialogue had been rejected, each by Ukraine and by Western nations.”
In the meantime, Russian air defence models downed 291 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones, the Russian Defence Ministry stated. “Air defence programs downed two guided plane bombs, three projectiles of Czech-made Vampire a number of rocket launch programs and 291 fixed-wing drones,” the ministry stated on its Telegram channel. It added that Russian warplanes and drones struck drone manufacturing amenities and management centres inside Ukraine.
Russia’s Defence Ministry stated on Saturday its forces had captured two extra villages in japanese Ukraine, together with one in Dnipropetrovsk area the place Moscow says its troops have begun to make advances. Ukrainian forces made no acknowledgement that the villages had modified palms, however reported heavy combating.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in an evaluation of the scenario alongside the 1,000 km entrance line, stated the logistics hub of Pokrovsk remained the point of interest of battles. He additionally stated Ukrainian forces had recorded “profitable actions” in Sumy area on Ukraine’s northern border, the place Russian forces have established a foothold in current weeks.
The front-line clashes had been reported three days after the 2 sides held their third direct assembly in Turkey geared toward resolving the practically 3 ½ year-old battle. Each side reported progress in swaps of prisoners or the stays of battle useless, however no breakthroughs had been introduced when it comes to a ceasefire or a gathering of the 2 nations’ leaders.
Russia stated on Sunday a significant annual navy parade had been cancelled for “safety causes”, with out specifying the menace or concern. “It has to do with the final scenario. Safety causes are of utmost significance,” stated Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, quoted by Russian information businesses.
The parade was meant to be the spotlight of Russia’s Navy Day, which falls on the final Sunday of July every year and honours the nation’s sailors. However native authorities within the coastal metropolis of Saint Petersburg, the place the warships and submarines had been scheduled to cross, stated on Friday the parade had been cancelled with out giving a motive.
Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared in a video message hailing the “bravery” and “heroism” of Russia’s sailors collaborating within the offensive in Ukraine.
“We’re celebrating the vacation in a working ambiance,” Putin stated in a while Sunday, in a video handle to Russian forces concerned in large-scale naval manoeuvres known as “July Storm”. The drills, launched earlier this week within the Baltic and Caspian seas in addition to within the Arctic and Pacific oceans, concerned greater than 150 ships and over 15,000 troops, Putin stated. “Our principal activity is to make sure Russia’s safety and firmly shield the sovereignty and nationwide pursuits,” Putin stated in Saint Petersburg, the place he was travelling on Sunday, in keeping with the Kremlin. — Companies
