Russia Ukraine war live: Russian strike on training camp kills three after Trump’s 10 day ultimatum to Putin – UK Times

A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian training unit killed three servicemen and injured 18 on Tuesday in the latest in a series of similar attacks on training facilities, Ukraine’s Ground Forces said.

“Today, 29 July, the enemy launched a missile strike on the territory of one of the training units of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the Ground Forces said in a statement on Telegram.

The report gave no indication where the attack had taken place. But military bloggers suggested it had occurred near the country’s northern border in Chernihiv region.

“Despite the security measures taken, unfortunately it was not possible to completely avoid losses among the personnel. As of 21.30, it is known that there are three dead and 18 wounded servicemen.”

Injured servicemen were being treated, officials said.

The military statement said a Commission would investigate the incident and if it was established that deaths or injuries “were caused by the actions or inaction of officials, those found guilty will be held accountable”.

A Russian journalist has been convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison on charges of “extremism” over her links to an opposition group, part of an unrelenting crackdown on dissent.

A court in the city of Ufa in Russia’s Bashkortostan region found Olga Komleva, 46, guilty of involvement with an organisation of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny that was officially branded “extremist”.

Following her closed-door trial, the judge also found Komleva guilty on charges of “spreading false information” about the Russian military. She rejected the charges.

Komleva, who has been in custody since her arrest in March last year, had worked as a volunteer at the regional branch of Navalny’s Foundation for Fighting Corruption before it was outlawed in 2021.

She also worked for an independent news outlet and covered protests in the region.

Navalny, who was Vladimir Putin’s fiercest and most prominent foe and relentlessly campaigned against official corruption, died in February last year in an Arctic penal colony while serving a 19-year sentence on a number of charges, including running an extremist group.

A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian training unit has killed three servicemen and injured 18, Ukraine’s ground forces said.

“The enemy launched a missile strike on the territory of one of the training units of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” they said.

“Despite the security measures taken, unfortunately it was not possible to completely avoid losses among the personnel. As of 21.30, it is known that there are three dead and 18 wounded servicemen.”

The death toll from Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles overnight has risen to at least 27, Ukrainian officials say.

As Russia’s relentless strikes on civilian areas continued, four powerful Russian glide bombs hit a prison in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhia region, killing at least 16 inmates and wounding more than 90 others, Ukraine’s Justice Ministry said.

In the Dnipro region of central Ukraine, authorities said missiles partially destroyed a three-storey building and damaged medical facilities, including a maternity hospital and a city hospital ward.

At least three people were killed, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman, and two other people were killed elsewhere in the region, regional authorities said.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that overnight Russian strikes across the country hit 73 cities, towns and villages.

“These were conscious, deliberate strikes — not accidental,” he said on Telegram.

US president Donald Trump says he will start imposing tariffs and other measures on Russia 10 days from today if Moscow does not make progress towards ending the war.

Mr Trump, who first announced on Monday that he was shortening his initial 50-day deadline for action from Moscow, said he had not had a response from Russia.

Mr Trump also said he was not worried about the potential impact of Russian sanctions on the oil market or prices, saying the US would boost domestic oil production to offset any impact.