Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,248 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Here are the key events on day 1,248 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Saturday, July 26:

Fighting

• Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces were facing fierce fighting around the city of Pokrovsk in the country’s east, a logistics hub near where Russia’s military has been announcing the near-daily capture of Ukrainian villages.
• Ukraine’s top commander, Oleksandr Syrskii, described Pokrovsk and five other sectors as among the most difficult…