The war in Ukraine, day 877. Zelensky and Trump will talk on the phone, reports CNN / The leader from Kiev recalls that “18 months have passed” and the F-16 planes have not yet arrived / Almost 5,000 workers evacuated from the nuclear power plant from Zaporozhye

The war in Ukraine, day 877. Zelensky and Trump will talk on the phone, reports CNN / The leader from Kiev recalls that “18 months have passed” and the F-16 planes have not yet arrived / Almost 5,000 workers evacuated from the nuclear power plant from Zaporozhye

The war in Ukraine, day 877. Zelensky and Trump will talk on the phone, reports CNN / The leader from Kiev recalls that “18 months have passed” and the F-16 planes have not yet arrived / Almost 5,000 workers evacuated from the nuclear power plant from Zaporozhye

  • The President of Ukraine says that he would get along with Donald Trump, if he reaches the White House, but he does not owe the Hungarian Prime Minister.
  • Volodymyr Zelensky and former US President Donald Trump are scheduled to speak on the phone on Friday, CNN reported.
  • Zelenskiy is calling on Britain to allow him to use weapons for attacks deeper inside Russia
  • Almost 5,000 workers evacuated from the nuclear power plant in Zaporozhye.

UPDATE Expert: Poland has the necessary conditions to maintain all Ukrainian F-16 aircraft

Poland has all the necessary conditions for the maintenance of all the F-16 aircraft that Ukraine will receive from its allies, says Jarosław Kraszewski, former commander of the missile and artillery forces of the ground forces of the Polish armed forces, writes Ukrinform.

“Poland’s assistance will consist of certain processes of preparing these aircraft so that they can operate in the Ukrainian theater of operations. They will fly to Poland, where they will be thoroughly overhauled and refueled. Ukrainian pilots will also arrive in Poland, one or two days will be allocated for familiarization and test flights, and then the F-16s will fly to Ukraine,” said Jarosław Kraszewski.



According to him, Poland has three bases where aircraft can be maintained and, for example, the military aviation enterprise in the city of Bydgoszcz WZL Bydgoszcz is designed exclusively for the maintenance of F-16 aircraft.

UPDATE Almost 5,000 workers evacuated from the nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia

About 5,000 workers have been rescued from the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, occupied by the Russians since the first days of the invasion, Energy Minister Herman Haluschenko said on July 19 during a press conference, Kyiv Independent writes.

The Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, has been under Russian occupation since March 2022. Its position near the front line has led to increased nuclear security risks throughout Russia’s full-scale war.

All the evacuated employees were workers of the Ukrainian nuclear energy agency, Energoatom, according to Halushchenko. He also specified that, from February 2024, the Russian forces prohibited access to the plant to the employees who remained in the occupied territory.

UPDATE Zelenskiy is calling on Britain to allow him to use weapons for attacks deeper inside Russia

UPDATE A Russian missile killed three people in a residential area in Nicolaev

A Russian missile hit a residential area in the southern Ukrainian city of Nikolaev on Friday, killing a child and two adults and injuring others, the city’s mayor said.

“It is already known that three have been killed, including a child,” Oleksandr Sienkevych said on the Telegram messaging app.

Moscow denies targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure, although thousands of people have been killed and injured in the attacks.

UPDATE Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet in the Donetsk region

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Su-25 plane in the Pokrovsk sector of the front in the Donetsk region, the Khortytsia forces group reported on Friday.

The plane was shot down by the anti-aircraft guns of the 110th Mechanized Brigade while trying to fire on Ukrainian positions, the statement said.

The Su-25 plane, of Soviet design, is a heavily armored attack plane. It was widely used by both sides in the war.

Ukraine’s General Staff previously stated that Russia lost 361 aircraft during the invasion, not including this Su-25 that was shot down later.

UPDATE Ukraine intends to end the “hot stage” of the war by the end of the year

With the support of its partners, Ukraine could try to end the hot phase of the war with Russia by the end of the year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the BBC.

I believe that if we are united and follow, for example, the format of the summit for peace, we can put an end to the hot stage of the war. We can try to do it by the end of this year,” Zelensky said, according to the Kyiv Independent.

UPDATE “It’s been 18 months” and the F-16s haven’t arrived yet, says Zelenski

Ukraine has not yet received the first promised F-16 fighter jets, although it has been waiting for them for a year and a half, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview with the BBC.

The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway and Belgium have pledged nearly 80 F-16s as part of the fighter jet coalition launched in July 2023, and up to 20 are expected to arrive this year.

Kiev has requested these fourth-generation American planes since the first year of the war to strengthen its air fleet, which, for the rest, consists of Soviet-made aircraft.

Despite promises by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the first Dutch and Danish F-16s are already on their way, no deliveries have been confirmed to date.

“It’s been 18 months, and the planes haven’t reached us,” Zelenskiy said in the interview, stressing at the same time that he was grateful for Western support.

The president added that the fighter jets could help Ukraine repel Russian forces and “unlock the skies”.

Zelensky added that the number of promised planes is not enough, as Ukraine needs at least 128 planes to successfully defend itself against Russian aggression.

UPDATE Zelenski and Trump will talk on the phone, reports CNN

Volodymyr Zelensky and former US President Donald Trump are scheduled to speak by phone on Friday, CNN reported, citing two sources with knowledge of the planned call.

Trump has accepted the Republican Party’s nomination to run for president in the 2024 US election.

The call would be the first conversation between Zelenskiy and Trump after Trump leaves office in 2021.

The sources said plans for a call between Zelenskiy and Trump had been in the works for some time.

Zelensko is currently visiting the United Kingdom and is also expected to address the British cabinet.

UPDATE Kiev claims that Russia has lost 564,620 soldiers in Ukraine since the beginning of the war

Russia has lost 564,620 soldiers in Ukraine since the start of the invasion, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

This number includes 980 casualties suffered by Russian forces in the last day alone.

According to the report, Russia also lost 8,250 tanks, 15,902 armored fighting vehicles, 20,909 vehicles and fuel tanks, 15,520 artillery systems, 1,120 multiple launch missile systems, 894 systems of air defense, 361 planes, 326 helicopters, 12,316 drones, 28 ships and boats and a submarine.

UPDATE Zelenski: If Trump wins, it will be hard work, but we are hardworking

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with the BBC that working with Donald Trump, if he is re-elected president of the United States, will be “hard work, but we are hard workers”. Zelenskiy said he is willing to work with whoever holds power in the United States.

Zelenski does not agree with the peace trumpeted by Viktor Orban. “He wants peace, but on our skin,” says the leader from Kiev.

Source: www.mediafax.ro