Vladimir Putin has vowed to “kick the enemy out” after Ukraine launched a surprise cross-border assault into the Kursk region, as thousands more civilians from the neighbouring Belgorod area were evacuated.
“The enemy will undoubtedly receive a worthy response,” Putin said, “and there is no doubt that we will reach our objectives” amid fears that he could launch vicious attacks against the country’s civilian-populated areas.
Russia’s main task is “to squeeze out, drive the enemy out of our territories and, together with the border service, to ensure reliable cover of the state border,” he said.
This comes as Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 sq km (386 square miles) of Kursk region, his first public comments on the gains made in a lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin.
Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi made the statement in a video posted last night to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel. In the video, he briefed the president on the frontline situation.
“The troops are fulfilling their tasks. Fighting continues actually along the entire frontline. The situation is under our control,” Syrskyi said.
Key Points
- Kyiv controls 1,000 sq km of Russia’s Kursk region, says military chief
- Putin vows a ‘worth response’ to Ukraine’s cross-border attacks
- Zelensky releases footage of fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
- Putin must be forced to make peace if he is so set on fighting, says Zelensky
- Ukraine poses threat to another Russian region, governor says
Putin says Ukraine’s attack on Russia aimed at ceasefire negotiations
05:52
Arpan Rai
Ukraine’s biggest attack on Russian territory since the start of the war was aimed at improving Kyiv’s negotiating position ahead of possible peace talks, Vladimir Putin said in his latest comments on the Kursk incursion.
Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border last Tuesday and swept across some western parts of Russia’s Kursk region, a surprise attack that laid bare the weakness of Russian border defences in the area.
Putin, in his most detailed public remarks on the incursion to date, said Ukraine “with the help of its Western masters” was trying to improve its position ahead of possible talks.
He questioned what negotiations there could be with an enemy he accused of firing indiscriminately at Russian civilians and nuclear facilities.
“The main task, of course, is for the defence ministry to squeeze out, to knock out the enemy from our territories,” Putin said, adding that Russian forces were accelerating their advance along the rest of the 1,000 km (620-mile) main front.
North Korean missiles kill two in Ukraine, says Zelensky
05:03
Arpan Rai
Ukraine has identified North Korean missiles fired by Russian forces on Kyiv in an attack which killed two people, Volodymyr Zelensky said.
“One of the North Korean missiles launched by the Russians, unfortunately, killed two people in the Kyiv region—a father and his four-year-old son,” Mr Zelensky said. Three others were injured in the attack and are receiving the necessary care, he said.
“Our experts have clearly identified the type of missile and know exactly from which area in Russian territory it was launched. It will be entirely just for Ukrainians to respond to this terror in the way necessary to stop it – with appropriate long-range strikes on the locations from which missiles are launched in Russia, and by effectively destroying Russian military logistics,” he said.
“Terror must always be defeated—this is a fundamental principle of protecting life,” the Ukrainian president said.
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Tom Watling
Putin must be forced to make peace if he is so set on fighting, says Zelensky
04:44
Arpan Rai
Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address that the war was now coming back to Russia after Moscow had taken fighting to other countries.
He said the major cross-border assault into the western region of Kursk was a matter of security for Ukraine and that Kyiv had captured areas from where Russia launched strikes.
“Russia must be forced to make peace if Putin wants to fight so badly,” Mr Zelensky said.
He added that the northeastern Sumy region, which lies across the border from Kursk, had been attacked almost 2,100 times by Russian cross-border strikes since 1 June.
“Russia brought war to others, now it’s coming home. Ukraine has always wanted only peace, and we will certainly ensure peace,” he said.
UN nuclear body says cause of fire still unclear at Zaporizhzhia power plant
04:25
Arpan Rai
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said its representatives inspected the damaged cooling tower at the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant in Ukraine and found no immediate sign of tyre marks or drone remains.
The team also assessed that it was unlikely that the primary source of the fire began at the base of the cooling tower, the IAEA said in a statement on its website last night.
“The team has not been able to draw definitive conclusions (on the cause of fire) on the basis of the findings and observations so far,” the agency said.
The fire began at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant on Sunday, and Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for starting it. Moscow has claimed a drone attack hit one of the cooling towers, Russian state news agency RIA reported, without providing evidence.
Kyiv controls 1,000 sq km of Russia’s Kursk region, says military chief
04:08
Arpan Rai
Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 sq km (386 square miles) of Russia’s Kursk region. It is the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains made in a lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin.
Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi made the statement in a video posted last night to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s Telegram channel. In the video, he briefed the president on the frontline situation.
“The troops are fulfilling their tasks. Fighting continues actually along the entire front line. The situation is under our control,” Syrskyi said.
Mr Zelensky confirmed for the first time that the Ukrainian military is inside the Kursk region. On Telegram, he praised his country’s soldiers and commanders “for their steadfastness and decisive actions” but he did not elaborate.
The Ukrainian operation is taking place under tight secrecy, and its goals remain unclear. The manoeuvre caught the Kremlin’s forces off guard after months of unrelenting Russian attacks in recent months that have made gains through Ukrainian defences at several points along the frontline in eastern Ukraine.
Russian president Vladimir Putin said the incursion, which has caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee, is an attempt by Kyiv to stop Moscow’s offensive in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region and gain leverage in possible future peace talks.
On Geneva Conventions' 75th anniversary, fighters in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond ignore rulebook of war
04:00
Tom Watling
On Geneva Conventions' 75th anniversary, fighters in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond ignore rulebook of war
Thousands of Ukraine troops ready to defend land captured in daring attack into Russia
03:48
Arpan Rai
This isn’t a short jaunt into Russia as a propaganda exercise,” a colonel connected to the general staff of Ukraine’s army says of Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russian soil. “This operation has been long in the planning and has serious aims and Ukrainian forces will stay for some time in Russia.”
Backing up the colonel’s assessment, an official who has worked for Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration as an adviser and in a variety of other important roles, says the Kursk assault will not be a brief incursion but is likely to broaden its scope with the intention of holding onto captured territory.
He said that thousands more troops – potentially several brigades – are standing by, “including some of the best, most experienced troops and brigades” to fight.
Moscow’s forces are still scrambling to respond to the cross-border assault by Kyiv’s troops after almost a week of fierce fighting in the Kursk region, which borders northeast Ukraine. Acting Kursk governor Alexei Smirnov reported to Russian president Vladimir Putin that Ukrainian forces had pushed at least 7.5 miles (12km) over the border across a 24-mile front and currently control 28 Russian settlements. Ukraine’s army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said around 390 sq m (1,000 sq km) in the Kursk region are under the control of his country’s troops.
Askold Krushelnycky reports:
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03:00
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Oleksandr Khyzhniak, Ukraine's gold medal-winning boxer, returns home and lifts spirits amid war
02:00
Tom Watling
Fire seen at Ukrainian nuclear power plant as 15 injured in Kursk drone strike
01:00
Tom Watling
Watch: Thick dark smoke rises from Russia-occupied nuclear plant during fire
Tuesday 13 August 2024 00:00
Tom Watling
On Geneva Conventions' 75th anniversary, fighters in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond ignore rulebook of war
Monday 12 August 2024 23:00
Tom Watling
On Geneva Conventions' 75th anniversary, fighters in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond ignore rulebook of war
Putin’s greatest fear is coming true – and he’s panicking
Monday 12 August 2024 22:00
Tom Watling
More Russians are urged to flee Ukraine's cross-border attack as the Kremlin scrambles to respond
Monday 12 August 2024 21:00
Tom Watling
People evacuated from Russia’s Kursk region seek aid
Monday 12 August 2024 20:00
Tom Watling
Putin holds meeting with senior officials after Ukrainian Kursk attack
Monday 12 August 2024 19:00
Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin has held a meeting with senior military officials, as well as local governors, to discuss the attack on the Kursk region bordering Ukraine.
Notable officials present at the meeting include the Kursk governor, Alexei Smirnov, military chief Valery Gerasimov and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu, now the security council chief.
Gerasimov has reportedly come under significant fire from Putin for not stopping the surprise Ukrainian attack into Kursk, which began in earnest last Tuesday and has since resulted in the loss of around 100 square miles of Russian land.
Ukraine says Russian guided bomb attacks have decreased sharply in Kharkiv region
Monday 12 August 2024 18:00
Tom Watling
Russian forces have reduced the number of guided bomb attacks on border settlements in Ukraine‘s northeastern Kharkiv region, the local governor said on Monday, while Moscow troops struggle to repel Ukraine‘s cross-border assault in the Kursk region.
Russia has long been pummelling Ukrainian villages lying on the border with artillery and extremely destructive guided bombs. It stepped up attacks on the Kharkiv region in May, when Moscow’s troops opened a new front in the region’s north.
“We have been recording a sharp decrease in guided bomb strikes in recent days. If our border area has seen from 30 to 60 guided bomb strikes per day, now no more than 10,” Oleh Syniehubov, the governor, told national TV.
He added though that Russia continued attacking civilian infrastructure, and for that reason regional authorities planned to tighten curfew rules for some 100 settlements near the border and the front line.
Moscow denies targeting civilians or civilian infrastructure in its invasion of Ukraine. Thousands of people have been killed and injured in its attacks.
At the same time, regional authorities in the neighbouring Sumy region, adjacent to Russia’s Kursk region, reported an unprecedented number of airstrikes following the launch of the biggest border incursion into Russia during more than 29 months old full-scale war.
Ukraine says Russia tries to accuse it of false war crimes in Kursk
Monday 12 August 2024 17:00
Tom Watling
Ukraine‘s State Security Service (SBU) has said that Russia is trying to falsely accuse Kyiv’s military of war crimes amid the cross-border incursion in Russia’s west Kursk region.
SBU said on the Telegram messenger that it had information showing Russia may stage crimes which it would blame Ukraine for.
The Independent was not able to verify these claims, nor those made by Moscow.
Next Ukraine peace summit should include Russia, Swiss minister says
Monday 12 August 2024 16:00
Tom Watling
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said Monday he had signed a joint declaration with his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani expressing “deep concern” over Russian aggression in Ukraine, but said Moscow should be present at the next peace summit.
Switzerland in mid-June hosted dozens of world leaders at a summit aimed at crafting a pathway towards peace in Ukraine, although Russia was not invited.
“We support holding a second peace summit that includes all parties, including Russia,” Cassis said on social media platform X, formerly Twitter.
Putin says Russia will expel Ukrainian forces from border region
Monday 12 August 2024 15:35
Tom Watling
Russian president Vladimir Putin has claimed that the army would eject Ukrainian troops from Russian sovereign territory after Kyiv’s biggest incursion across the border since the start of the war in 2022.
Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border last Tuesday and swept across some western parts of Russia’s Kursk region, a surprise attack that may be aimed at gaining leverage in possible ceasefire talks after the US election in November.
Putin, in his most detailed remarks on the incursion to date, said that Ukraine “with the help of his Western masters” was trying to improve its negotiating position ahead of possible ceasefire talks and to undermine Russian advances.
Putin told security officials and regional governors that the Ukrainian forces were suffering heavy casualties in their incursion.
“The enemy will certainly receive a worthy response, and all the goals facing us will, without a doubt, be achieved.”
Putin said Ukraine was trying to intimidate Russian society and thus undermine stability. He warned senior officials that Ukraine would seek to further destabilise border regions.
We have some more pictures from the frontline in northeast Ukraine
Monday 12 August 2024 15:10
Tom Watling
Russian civilians evacuate after Ukrainian cross-border attack - pictures
Monday 12 August 2024 14:50
Tom Watling
Kursk governor says dozens of settlements lost to Ukraine
Monday 12 August 2024 14:26
Tom Watling
The governor of Russia’s Kursk region has claimed that Ukraine controls 28 settlements in the border province, and that Kyiv’s forces have advanced 7.4 miles into Russian territory during an incursion that began last Tuesday.
The comments were made during a meeting with Vladimir Putin and several other officials.
As the governor, Alexei Smirnov, admitted the situation was “difficult” and proceeded to discuss details of the attack, Putin quickly interjected to order Smirnov to stop.
“The defence ministry will report the depth and width,” Putin said, before ordering Smirnov to talk instead about the “social and economic situation and how people are being helped”.
Putin vows a ‘worth response’ to Ukraine’s cross-border attacks
Monday 12 August 2024 14:02
Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin has vowed to perpetrate a “worthy response” to Ukraine’s cross-border attacks.
In a meeting with officials, he said, without providing evidence: “Losses have been mounting dramatically for the armed forces of Ukraine, particularly among the most capable units which the enemy has been sending to our border.
“The enemy will undoubtedly receive a worthy response, and there is no doubt that we will reach all our objectives.”
Putin tells 76,000 Russians to evacuate in the wake of Ukrainian advance as state of emergency called
Monday 12 August 2024 14:00
Tom Watling
Ukraine emergency workers extinguish fire in grain warehouse in Odesa region
Monday 12 August 2024 13:30
Tom Watling
Firefighters in Ukraine‘s southern region of Odesa have extinguished a sweeping blaze that had threatened a grain warehouse, the state emergency service have said.
No fatalities or injuries were reported as a result of the fire, which spanned around 2,000 meters and charred a portion of the facility in the village of Vizyrka. Authorities did not specify the cause.
“Thanks to the prompt actions of the firefighters, it was possible to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby grain warehouses,” the state emergency service said in a statement.
It did not name the damaged facility near the Black Sea port of Pivdennyi, one of Ukraine‘s largest.
The port is among three involved in a transport corridor through which Ukraine has shipped around 60 million tonnes of mostly agricultural cargoes.
A warehouse with grain caught fire in Odesa - local media
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 12, 2024
It is reported that the fire occurred due to a short circuit. pic.twitter.com/qHGjGxU1p3
More Russians are urged to flee Ukraine's cross-border attack as the Kremlin scrambles to respond
Monday 12 August 2024 13:00
Tom Watling
More than ten thousand Russians have been evacuated from a region bordering Kursk, into which Ukrainian forces launched an incursion last Tuesday.
We have a full report below on what’s happening today.
Putin’s greatest fear is coming true – and he’s panicking
Monday 12 August 2024 12:30
Tom Watling
British MoD releases video update on 900th day of full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Monday 12 August 2024 12:05
Tom Watling
The British Ministry of Defence has issued a video update to mark 900 days since Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
You can watch their video below.
Today marks 900 days since Russia illegally launched their unprovoked full-scale invasion into Ukraine, on 24 February 2022.
— Ministry of Defence (@DefenceHQ) August 12, 2024
Putin said it would take three days, and that Ukraine would welcome Russian occupation.
He was wrong.
#StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/MThtOrUR7A
Ukraine sees no sign of Belarusian military buildup near border
Monday 12 August 2024 11:45
Tom Watling
Ukraine has said it has not seen any sign of a buildup of Belarusian forces near their border, contradicting a statement from Minsk that it had sent more troops to the area.
“In the last few days, we have not recorded any movement or build-up of Belarusian forces, (including) various units, equipment and personnel near our border,” said Andriy Demchenko, spokesman for Ukraine‘s border guard service.
Belarus, a close Kremlin ally that borders Ukraine‘s north, said on Saturday it was sending troops to reinforce its border with Ukraine after accusing Kyiv of violating its airspace with drones.
A Belarusian buildup on the border would mean a potential threat that Ukraine could feel compelled to respond to by diverting its already-stretched troops to reinforce the area at a tense moment along Ukraine‘s northern border with Russia.
Almost two-and-a-half years since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine launched a surprise cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last week. Russia said on Monday there was also heightened Ukrainian military activity near the Russian region of Belgorod.
Demchenko said in televised remarks that Belarus had made the statement about a buildup to “play along with Russia” to contribute to an information campaign to try to apply pressure on Ukraine.
“Most likely, they will be forced to ... move equipment and personnel, perhaps in small numbers, in order to create the impression that this is happening. Most likely, if it will happen or is happening, it will be deeper within the Belarusian territory,” Demchenko added.
Russia evacuates thousands from Belgorod border district, state media claims
Monday 12 August 2024 11:30
Tom Watling
Eleven thousand people have been evacuated from Krasnaya Yaruga district in Russia’s Belgorod region, state news agency Tass has reported.
Earlier, we reported that the Belgorod governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that evacuations had begun due to “enemy activity on the border”.
Belgorod is next to the Kursk region where Ukrainian forces broke across into Russia in a major incursion that started last Tuesday.
We have photos from the Ukraine-Russia border
Monday 12 August 2024 11:15
Tom Watling
Below we have some of the latest photos from the Ukrainian border with Russia’s Kursk region, where Kyiv’s forces have been operating an incursion for nearly a week.
Watch: Thick dark smoke rises from Russia-occupied nuclear plant during fire
Monday 12 August 2024 11:00
Tom Watling
Dark smoke plumes pour into the sky meters above a cooling tower at a Russia-occupied nuclear plant on Sunday 11 August.
A Russian governor claimed the fire began with Ukrainian shelling while Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Vladimir Putin’s forces had caused the fire.
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog said experts “witnessed thick dark smoke” after hearing multiple explosions throughout the evening.
It comes as the Russian defence ministry said Ukrainian troops had advanced as much as 19 miles into Russia’s Kursk region in an audacious cross-border attack that began a week ago.
On Geneva Conventions' 75th anniversary, fighters in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond ignore rulebook of war
Monday 12 August 2024 10:45
Tom Watling
On Geneva Conventions' 75th anniversary, fighters in Gaza, Ukraine and beyond ignore rulebook of war
Russia's Rosatom chief says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cooling tower may need replacing, report says
Monday 12 August 2024 10:20
Tom Watling
The head of Russia’s state nuclear energy company Rosatom said on Monday that the cooling tower at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, which has been Russian-held since March 2022, may need to be replaced, Russian state news agency RIA reported.
Russia threatens to retaliate to Ukraine’s cross-border attacks
Monday 12 August 2024 09:57
Tom Watling
Vladimir Putin and his defence officials have threatened to retaliate fiercely to Ukraine’s cross-border assault launched into the Kursk region last week.
Though such a reaction was anticipated, and Kremlin threats of retaliation are common yet often empty, US and Ukrainian officials have expressed concern that Russia could be planning something significant.
In a Sunday address, Putin accused Kyiv of breaking “all permissible boundaries” by launching an attack on the Kursk region, arguing that the incursion had forced him to “take tough measures in response”.
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) later claimed that the “air force will provide an answer” to these attacks.
Ukrainian civilians, however, contend that Putin and the Russian people have no right to complain about attacks on their homes when such assaults in Ukraine have been viciously waged by Moscow for years.
Ukraine’s foray into Russia’s border region embarrasses Putin. How will it affect the course of war?
Monday 12 August 2024 09:35
Tom Watling
Ukraine’s foray into Russia’s border region embarrasses Putin. How will it affect the course of war?
Ukrainian prosecutors say a deputy energy minister detained
Monday 12 August 2024 09:15
Tom Watling
Ukrainian prosecutors said on Monday that law enforcement authorities had detained one of the country’s four deputy energy ministers and others as they were receiving part of a £392,000 ($500,000) bribe.
An investigation revealed that the suspects organised a scheme to smuggle mining equipment belonging to a state-owned coal mining enterprise out of the combat zone in the Donetsk region, according to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine.
Fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as Ukrainian troops advance into Russia
Monday 12 August 2024 09:00
Tom Watling
Czech Republic to receive Rheinmetall tanks in Ukraine swap deal
Monday 12 August 2024 08:45
Tom Watling
Rheinmetall will supply battle tanks to the Czech Republic as part of a swap mechanism to support Ukraine in its war with Russia, the German defence company has announced.
The Czech army will receive 14 Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks and one armoured recovery vehicle and in turn it will send military equipment to Ukraine, the firm added in a statement.
The total value of the order is in the low three-digit million euro range and delivery will be completed by the beginning of 2026, said Rheinmetall.
Fire seen at Ukrainian nuclear power plant as 15 injured in Kursk drone strike
Monday 12 August 2024 08:30
Tom Watling
Russian forces lit a fire at the site of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Radiation levels were normal, the president said, although the blaze is visible from Ukrainian-held territory.
A local official in the Ukrainian city of Nikopol said that Russian forces were rumoured to have set fire to a large number of tyres in the cooling towers, Reuters reported. Russia claimed the fire was started by nearby shelling.
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) nuclear watchdog, which has a team at the vast six-reactor plant, said its experts had seen strong, dark smoke coming from the northern area of the plant following multiple explosions.
Ukraine boosts grain exports despite intensified Russian attacks
Monday 12 August 2024 08:15
Tom Watling
Ukraine is scrambling to ship as much grain as it can this summer, taking advantage of military gains it has made in the Black Sea area to boost exports even as Russia has attacked its ports.
Ukraine is a major global wheat and corn grower and before Russia’s invasion in 2022 the country exported about 6 million tons of grain alone per month via the Black Sea.
Grain sales are a crucial revenue source and while global prices are weak, Ukraine‘s cash-strapped farmers have little choice but to push ahead with exports because they need to fund the next winter sowing season.
Ukraine doubled food exports in July to over 4.2 million metric tons from the same month last year, according to data from Ukraine‘s UGA traders’ union, despite intensified Russian attacks on Odesa, a key Black Sea export hub, and Izmail, a major port along the Danube River taking grain into Europe.
Ukraine has not yet reported the destinations of its exports in July, but last season it exported most of its wheat to Spain, Egypt and Indonesia, with its corn mostly heading for Spain and China.
With the Kursk incursion, has Ukraine opened a window for peace?
Monday 12 August 2024 07:49
Tom Watling
Ukraine poses threat to another Russian region, governor says
Monday 12 August 2024 07:43
Tom Watling
Russia has evacuated parts of a second region next to Ukraine after Kyiv sharply increased military activity near the border just days after its biggest incursion into sovereign Russian territory since the start of the 2022 war.
Ukrainian forces rammed through the Russian border early last Tuesday and swept across some Western parts of Russia's Kursk region, a surprise attack that may be aimed at gaining leverage in possible ceasefire talks after the US election.
Russian officials say they have stabilised the fight but in the neighbouring Belgorod region to the south, the regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said evacuations had begun from the Krasnaya Yaruga District due to "enemy activity on the border" that was a "threat".
"I am sure that our servicemen will do everything to cope with the threat that has arisen," Gladkov said. "We are starting to move people who live in the Krasnaya Yaruga district to safer places."
Wagner Group fighters pictured in west Africa
Monday 12 August 2024 07:38
Tom Watling
Wagner Group fighters, part of a Russian militia that previously fought in Ukraine, have been pictured in northern Mali weeks after their unit suffered heavy damage in a fight against local forces there.
The photos show the mercenaries posing with weapons in northern Mali, where they have been working with the government to fight Islamic extremist groups. They have reportedly abused that role, allegedly killing civilians in the process and looting the country’s resources.
You can read more about that fatal battle last month here.
Wagner fighters in Africa, including members of the 13th ShO (The unit who lost numerous members in N. Mali recently) in fourth photo. pic.twitter.com/Sxnkjha4KY
— Jack Margolin (@Jack_Mrgln) August 11, 2024
Ukraine ‘advance’ further into Russia’s Kursk region
Monday 12 August 2024 07:32
Tom Watling
Ukrainian forces have “advanced” further into the bordering Russian region of Kursk less than a week after they stormed across the border, analysts have found.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank, reported that they had geolocated and verified footage over the weekend that shows Ukraine has pushed further westward a