Because the battle enters its 909th day, these are the primary developments.
Right here is the scenario on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
Preventing
- Performing Kursk regional governor Alexei Smirnov stated one girl was killed and two folks injured after their automobile was hit by an explosive dropped by a Ukrainian drone simply outdoors Sudzha.
- Ukraine stated it had destroyed a number of Russian pontoon crossings over the Seym River with US-made HIMARS rocket programs to defend its incursion into Russia’s Kursk area. Moscow stated its forces had halted Kyiv’s advance into its territory.
- Alexander Bogomaz, the governor of Russia’s Bryansk area, which borders Kursk and Ukraine, stated Russian forces pushed again a Ukrainian try to enter that area. Bogomaz recognized the Ukrainian forces as a “sabotage and reconnaissance group” however didn’t specify in the event that they had been a part of Ukraine’s navy.
- Ukraine’s Basic Workers stated its forces got here beneath repeated Russian assaults across the frontline city of Pokrovsk within the east. The navy stated there have been 46 Russian assaults on the entrance all through Wednesday and that 44 had been repelled. Two had been persevering with as of 19:00 GMT. The Basic Workers stated 238 Russian troopers had been killed or wounded in the identical space. It didn’t disclose Ukrainian losses.
- Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated its forces had taken management of the village of Zhelanne, which lies some 20km (12 miles) to the southeast of Pokrovsk.
- Ukrainian forces destroyed 50 out of 69 Russian assault drones launched throughout the nation in a single day. It didn’t elaborate on casualties or injury.
- In Russia, the Defence Ministry stated air defence shot down 11 drones over Moscow and its surrounding area. The assault was one of many greatest on Moscow for the reason that begin of the battle in 2022.
Politics and diplomacy
- Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Chinese language Premier Li Qiang to the Kremlin and stated that Russia’s financial and commerce hyperlinks with Beijing had been “yielding outcomes”. Moscow has deepened ties with China amid heavy financial sanctions from many developed nations over its invasion of Ukraine.
- Ukraine’s parliament voted to be a part of the Worldwide Prison Courtroom (ICC). International Minister Dmytro Kuleba stated the transfer would guarantee efforts to safe accountability for “all Russian atrocities” in its invasion could be “much more efficient”.
- A Russian courtroom jailed exiled opposition politician and former member of parliament Dmitry Gudkov to eight years “in absentia” for criticism of Russia’s navy offensive in Ukraine. Gudkov, who left Russia in 2021 and is a vocal Putin critic, stated the sentence was a “badge of honour”.
- 1000’s of Ukrainian refugees face eviction from shelters in Hungary after the federal government barred state subsidies for these from areas of Ukraine not thought of affected by the battle. Budapest presently lists solely 13, or about half of Ukraine’s areas, as affected by Russia’s invasion.
- Ukraine will want $12-15bn extra in overseas help subsequent yr than beforehand anticipated due to Russia’s invasion, Deputy Finance Minister Olha Zykova stated. Ukraine stated beforehand it will want a complete of $22.7bn in overseas help in 2025.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated he would “share views” on the peaceable decision of the battle between Ukraine and Russia throughout his go to to Kyiv on Friday, greater than a month after he travelled to Moscow.
- The navy regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have written to the United Nations Safety Council asking it to “take acceptable actions” in opposition to Ukraine, which they accuse of supporting insurgent teams in northern Mali. Mali and Niger reduce ties with Kyiv after a insurgent assault in northern Mali final month killed dozens of troopers, in addition to Russian Wagner mercenaries. Ukraine has rejected claims it was concerned.
Weapons
- Ukraine’s navy stated it struck an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system primarily based in Russia’s southern Rostov area as a result of such weapons had been getting used to assault civilian infrastructure in Ukraine. Rostov Governor Vasily Golubev stated air defence forces had destroyed a Ukraine-launched missile over his area.
