Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 876
Al Jazeera
As the war enters its 876th day, these are the main developments.
This is where the war stands on Saturday, July 20, 2024:
A Russian missile hit a children’s playground in Ukraine’s southern city of Mykolaiv, killing a child and two adults, and injuring five others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Telegram. Vitaliy Kim, the regional governor, praised residents who rushed to the site to help before medics arrived and said another missile had landed elsewhere in the region.
Russian drones launched in an overnight attack on Ukraine hit energy infrastructure facilities in two regions in the country’s north, the Reuters news agency reported, citing Ukrainian regional officials. One of the Shahed drones hit an energy facility in the Sumy region while another struck a site in the Chernihiv region. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Ukrainian air defence forces shot down 13 of 17 Russian drones over five regions in the east, north, and centre of the country, the air force said.
