This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, August 11.
This blog is now closed. Thank you for joining us. These were the updates on the Russia-Ukraine war on Friday, August 11.
- The EU has delivered 223,800 shells to aid Kyiv’s fight against Russia as part of plan to provide a million artillery rounds.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that the heads of all regional military recruitment centres be dismissed over concerns about corruption.
- A Russian missile hits the grounds of a house in the western Ukrainian region of Ivano-Frankivsk, killing an eight-year-old boy, according to local authorities.
- Explosions are reported in Kyiv after authorities declare a nationwide air raid alert.
- Moscow says it “thwarted” a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s capital city.