Ukraine seizes major town in Russia
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Russia Evacuating 180,000 People from Border over Ukraine Invasion
The acting governor of the Russian border city of Kursk, where Ukrainian forces began their incursion last week, told Russian dictator Vladimir Putin on Monday that he planned to evacuate 121,000 people from their homes and move another 59,000 out of danger areas as quickly as possible. Reports began to surface on August 6 that […]
Ukraine aims to ‘destabilise Russia’ with thousands of troops in Kursk incursion | Ukraine
Ukrainian intelligence sources say thousands of troops have been deployed to the Russian advance, which appears to be making gradual progress six days into the offensive, with reports of fighting 15-18 miles inside the border and rare video showing the capture of a border village in a new part of the front line. Ukrainian security […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russia orders faster evacuation of civilians in Kursk | Ukraine
Russia has announced it will evacuate tens of thousands of people from the Kursk region.Kursk Oblast, where Ukrainian forces have invaded, has its acting governor, Alexei Smirnov, who said on the Telegram messaging app on Sunday that he had instructed the head of the Belovsky district, southwest of Kursk, to “speed up the implementation of […]
Biden Approves Lethal Aid Package For Ukraine, Weapon Sales To Saudi Arabia
In this photo distributed by the Press Office of the President of Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Ukrainian Presidential Palace in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 20, 2023. (Photo by Press Office of the President of Ukraine via Getty Images) OAN Staff Jacob MillerSaturday, August 10, 2024 10:28 […]
Russia Launches ‘Counter-Terror’ Operation Against Ukraine Incursion
(AFP) Moscow launched “counter-terrorist operations” in three border regions adjacent to Ukraine on Saturday in a bid to thwart Kiev’s biggest cross-border attack in the two-and-a-half-year conflict. In a shock attack on Tuesday morning, Ukrainian forces crossed the border into Russia’s western Kursk region and advanced several kilometers, independent analysts said. The Russian military has […]
Putin under pressure as Ukraine incursion continues, may give Kyiv bargaining chips in peace talks: experts
Moscow sent troops to the Kursk region in response to Ukrainian forces invading Russian territory, raising big questions for the Kremlin and giving Kiev a major opening. “Given the significant combat power differential in Russia’s favor on the battlefield, it appears likely that Ukrainian forces will switch to, or at least intensify, irregular warfare, taking […]
Ukraine war briefing: Russian missile hits Kostiantynivka shopping centre, killing at least 14 | Ukraine
A Russian missile struck a shopping centre in the frontline town of Kostyantynivka in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 43.Ukrainian authorities said a fire had broken out. Images and videos posted by authorities showed thick black smoke rising from the destroyed building. The interior minister later said […]
Biden admin giving $125 million in military assistance to Ukraine
The Biden administration is sending new military aid to Ukraine as the war with Russia escalates following a major Ukrainian military incursion. The latest package, worth $125 million, includes air defense interceptor missiles, rocket systems, artillery munitions, multi-role radars and anti-tank weapons, the State Department said on Friday. Fighting intensifies on Russian territory after Ukrainian […]
Russia Declares Emergency in Region Invaded by Ukraine as Zelensky Says Russia Needs to ‘Feel’ War
“Russia should know what it has done to our country,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky declared on Thursday, an apparent oblique reference to reports that Ukrainian forces are continuing to invade Russian territory that began this week. The Russian government claimed on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces had entered the Kursk region, which was not previously part […]