Ukrainian drones would have struck an aerospace factory in the Oblast of Nijni Novgorod in Russia
The attack was targeting industrial installations in two areas, including the Arzamas instrument manufacturing plant, a defense company that produces optical, electronic and navigation systems for military vehicles, planes and missiles, reports The Kyiv Independent. The factory is the subject of sanctions on the part of the EU and the United States.
Ukrainian drones have attacked the strategic Arzamas Instrument-Building Plant in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region. pic.twitter.com/6b1PLJ2xjN
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“Last night, an enemy attack (Ukrainian drones) was carried out against two industrial zones of the Oblast of Nijni Novgorod. Their target is our industrial companies, “said Gleb Nikitin, the Governor of the Oblast of Nijni Novgorod.
In recent 24 hours, Russian attacks have killed 7 people and at least 47 injured
Russian attacks across Ukraine have killed at least seven civilians and injured at least 47 others in the past 24 hours, regional authorities have reported, the Kyiv Independent notes.
The Russian forces launched 71 Shahed type attacks and lure drones against Ukraine overnight, the air force reported on Telegram.
EU diplomacy chiefs come together before the Trump-Putin summit
The European Union urgently brings together its leaders of diplomacy on Monday, seeking to weigh on the talks scheduled this week between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on the war in Ukraine. These discussions make him fear an agreement at the expense of kyiv.
Europeans are increasing contacts and strives to make a common front behind Ukraine since the announcement on Friday in Alaska of the summit bringing together the American and Russian presidents. There must be a question, according to Donald Trump, of a possible agreement providing for “exchanges of territories” to put an end to the conflict which made tens, even hundreds of thousands of deaths for more than three years in the two countries.
As it stands, the presence of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is not planned, even if it remains “possible” according to the United States ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker.
“President Trump is right to say that Russia must end his war against Ukraine. The United States has the power to compel Russia to seriously negotiate, “insisted in a statement the head of diplomacy in the European Union, Kaja Kallas.
But, she insisted, “any agreement between the United States and Russia must include Ukraine and the EU because it is a question of security for Ukraine and for the whole of Europe”.
She announced an “extraordinary meeting” on Monday in videoconference of foreign ministers in EU countries, in the presence of their Ukrainian counterpart Andriï Sybigua, “in order to discuss the next steps”.
Volodymyr Zelensky could attend the Trump-Putine summit, said the American ambassador to NATO
“Yes, I undoubtedly think that it is possible,” replied the United States ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker, who was questioned by CNN television on a possible arrival of the Ukrainian Head of State in Alaska where Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin must be found on August 15. “There is certainly no agreement if all the parties involved have not subscribed to it. And, obviously, the top priority is to reach the end of the war. ”
The leaders of the European Union and the powers of the Old Continent still insisted that kyiv was involved in American-Russian negotiations, a few days before the planned summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
But in the end, it will be for Donald Trump to decide, warned his ambassador to NATO. “If he believes that inviting Zelensky is the best scenario, then he will do it,” assured Matthew Whitaker.
