Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 888

As the war enters its 888th day, these are the main developments.

Here is the situation on Thursday, August 1, 2024.

Ukraine’s military said it struck a storage facility for weapons and military equipment in the western Russian region of Kursk overnight and it was working to assess the damage. Russia, it said, engaged its air defences to try to counter the attack, but explosions were visible at the target locations. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said earlier it had destroyed one incoming drone and a Ukrainian Neptun guided missile over the Kursk region.

Dmytro Lubinets, Ukraine’s human rights commissioner, demanded an explanation from Russian authorities over the death in captivity of Oleksandr Ishchenko, one of 22 Ukrainian prisoners put on trial in connection with their association with the Azov Brigade. The unit, designated as a “terrorist” group by Russia, played a key role in the three-month defence of the port of Mariupol in 2022.