Russia War of Ukraine: List of the main events, today 1,261 | Russia-Ukraine, news war

Here are the main events on the 1261th day of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Friday, August 8:

Fighting

• The Ukrainian army said that its unitary units struck the AFIPSky oil refinery in the Russian Krasnodar area. It was not immediately clear how damaged in the refinery, which, with the Krasnodar refinery, was treated 7.2 million metric tons of crude oil in 2024.
• The local Russian emergency services said it extinguished a fire in the AFIPSky refinery, saying it was caused by the drone. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense systems shot down nine Ukrainian drones in the region all night.
• The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the air defense systems also brought down eight missiles that the British storm launched by the Ukrainian army over the past 24 hours.
• The ministry added that Russia also struck a Ukrainian railway center used to transport weapons and military equipment to the Dniproptrovsk region in Ukraine.
• The Ukrainian gas transport operator said that the gas supplies continued on Thursday through the Orlovka conductor in southern Ukraine, which was attacked by Russian drones on Wednesday.

cease-fire

• The deputy of the United Nations Ambassador, Russia, Dmitry Polleski, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin may meet with US President Donald Trump next week, but he said he was not aware of any planned meeting between Putin and Ukrainian viewer Folodimir Zellinski.
• Trump said that Putin does not have to agree to an interview with Zelinski in order to hold a meeting with him.
• Putin said that the United Arab Emirates is one of the appropriate sites for a meeting with Trump.

• Putin added that he was not “generally” against the Zelenskyy meeting, adding that “certain conditions must be created” for such a meeting. He stressed that the current situation is “far” from preparing for that.
• French President Emmanuel Macron again reaffirmed France’s full support for the ceasefire in Ukraine and the launch of talks aimed at reaching permanent and continuous peace, following a “long discussion” with Zelinsky and other European leaders.
• European Commission President Ursula von der Lin said that she spoke with Zelinski about the developments of recent days and the following steps.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the conflict in Ukraine during a phone call to his Turkish counterpart, Hakan Vian.

Penalties and definitions

• Russia and India confirmed their commitment to a “strategic partnership” in bilateral security talks in Moscow, a day after Trump announced a higher tariff for imports from India because of its purchases of Russian oil.
• The news agency in Russia quoted Indian National Security Adviser Agit Dofal as saying that New Delhi was looking forward to a visit from Putin by the end of the year.

• The Russian Central Bank has amended its bases to non -residents, which allowed foreigners’ funds from type C accounts to move to Russian investors when participating in the exchange of assets, a step that can liberate the banned capital in Russia and abroad.
• When Russia sought to increase the military production of the war in Ukraine, the state -owned explosive company conducted Western sanctions by buying the equipment made by Siemens in Germany from one of the mediators that import China technology from China.

Regional developments

• Zelinski said that he discussed a new financial aid program “now strengthens the Ukrainians now and in the post -war period” based on a call with the administrative director of the International Monetary Fund Crystalina Georgiviva.
• Russia has said it protested Italy this week, as it called “hateful” for anti -Russia data, in a continuous row about canceling a concert by Russian Mosul Valerie Girgiv in Italy.