Russia evacuates extra folks amid Ukrainian incursion
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Russia is evacuating extra folks from its border areas at the moment, Reuters reported, as Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk area continues.
Alexei Smirnov, Kursk’s performing governor, mentioned that the Glushkov district was being evacuated. The district has a inhabitants of 20,000.
No less than 200,000 folks have up to now been evacuated from the border areas, in keeping with Russian knowledge, Reuters famous.
In the meantime, Russia’s defence ministry mentioned at the moment that its forces had shot down Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod area.
Sukhoi-34 bombers additionally focused Ukrainian positions within the Kursk area, the Russian ministry mentioned.
In different developments:
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Ukraine’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, spoke with US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, in regards to the battlefield scenario and defence wants, his ministry mentioned on Thursday. Umerov additionally thanked Austin for “steady and complete help because the starting of the full-scale invasion of Russia”, in keeping with a press release on social media.
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Ukraine’s airforce mentioned on Thursday that it shot down all 29 Russia-launched drones over eight Ukrainian areas throughout an in a single day assault, which officers mentioned brought about solely minor injury. Russia additionally launched three Kh-59 guided missiles through the assault, the airforce mentioned in a press release.
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On Wednesday, Ukrainian troops mentioned they took greater than 100 Russian troopers prisoner in Kursk. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, mentioned they might ultimately be a part of a prisoner of struggle swap.
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Listed here are extra photos of evacuees in Russia.
Apti Alaudinov, commander of Chechnya’s Akhmat particular forces, informed Russian state tv that Russian forces had taken again management of the settlement of Martynovka within the Kursk area, Reuters reported.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to the Ukrainian president’s workplace, mentioned at the moment that “within the border areas of Russia, together with Kursk area, Ukrainians deal solely with security-related duties.”
He added:
Ukraine just isn’t thinking about occupying these territories. However it’s within the precise destruction of many Russian navy amenities, pushing the remnants of Russian troops past the strains that permit for artillery and ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian territory, forming a safety belt round Ukraine’s borders, and destroying navy logistics and infrastructure (together with storage bases, coaching facilities, and locations the place gear is concentrated).
Within the border areas of #Russia, together with #Kursk area, Ukrainians deal solely with security-related duties. #Ukraine just isn’t thinking about occupying these territories. However it’s within the precise destruction of many Russian navy amenities, pushing the remnants…
— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) August 15, 2024
Russia’s emergency ministry has declared a federal stage emergency within the Belgorod area, Reuters reported.
“The scenario within the area stays advanced and tense. On account of terrorist assaults by Ukrainian armed teams within the Belgorod area, residential homes and infrastructure amenities have been broken, there are useless and injured residents,” the pinnacle of the ministry, Alexander Kurenkov, mentioned at the moment.
Late yesterday, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, mentioned he met with authorities officers “relating to help for our navy actions within the Kursk area.”
“It’s essential that Ukraine fights in keeping with the principles, and that humanitarian wants in that space should be met,” the president mentioned, noting that “at the moment’s report from the pinnacle of the Safety Service of Ukraine was constructive.”
He careworn Kyiv’s want for long-range missiles.
Our Ukrainian drones are working precisely as wanted. Nonetheless, there are issues that drones alone can’t obtain, sadly.
We’d like different weapons—missile programs. We proceed to work with our companions to safe long-range options for Ukraine as a result of these are forward-looking choices important for our victory. This should be accomplished. The bolder our companions’ choices, the much less Putin can do.
Right this moment, I held a gathering with authorities officers—together with the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Inner Affairs, and the Ombudsman of the Verkhovna Rada—relating to help for our navy actions within the Kursk area. It’s essential that Ukraine fights… pic.twitter.com/L2V9P8iHMn
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 14, 2024
Russia evacuates extra folks amid Ukrainian incursion
Good morning and welcome to our weblog on the Russia-Ukraine battle.
Russia is evacuating extra folks from its border areas at the moment, Reuters reported, as Ukraine’s incursion into the Kursk area continues.
Alexei Smirnov, Kursk’s performing governor, mentioned that the Glushkov district was being evacuated. The district has a inhabitants of 20,000.
No less than 200,000 folks have up to now been evacuated from the border areas, in keeping with Russian knowledge, Reuters famous.
In the meantime, Russia’s defence ministry mentioned at the moment that its forces had shot down Ukrainian drones over the Belgorod area.
Sukhoi-34 bombers additionally focused Ukrainian positions within the Kursk area, the Russian ministry mentioned.
In different developments:
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Ukraine’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, spoke with US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, in regards to the battlefield scenario and defence wants, his ministry mentioned on Thursday. Umerov additionally thanked Austin for “steady and complete help because the starting of the full-scale invasion of Russia”, in keeping with a press release on social media.
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Ukraine’s airforce mentioned on Thursday that it shot down all 29 Russia-launched drones over eight Ukrainian areas throughout an in a single day assault, which officers mentioned brought about solely minor injury. Russia additionally launched three Kh-59 guided missiles through the assault, the airforce mentioned in a press release.
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On Wednesday, Ukrainian troops mentioned they took greater than 100 Russian troopers prisoner in Kursk. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, mentioned they might ultimately be a part of a prisoner of struggle swap.
