Russia-Ukraine conflict: List of key events, day 904

Right here is the plot back on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

Combating

• On the least two folks were killed and more injured after Ukrainian shelling hit a browsing centre within the Russian-occupied metropolis of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Russian recount info companies cited local authorities as asserting. Earlier, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed governor, talked about that a assortment of Ukrainian attacks wounded no decrease than seven folks.
• Russia’s Belgorod residing bordering Ukraine will evacuate residents from 5 villages and shut score entry to to them, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov talked about, as the gap comes below heavy assault from invading Ukrainian forces.

• The heaviest combating between Ukrainian and Russian troops was reported within the strategic Ukrainian hub of Pokrovsk. Officers talked about Russian forces were 10km (6.2 miles) from the outskirts of Pokrovsk and about 6km (3.7 miles) from nearby Myrnohrad. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

• Ukrainian navy chief Oleksandr Syrskii talked about that Kyiv’s forces were advancing 1-3km (0.6 and 1.8 miles) in some areas in Russia’s Kursk residing. Kyiv has claimed to possess taken management of 82 settlements over an space of 1,150sq km (444 sq. miles) within the residing since August 6.

• Ukraine’s Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk talked about on Telegram that aviation was an keen segment of the operation in Kursk, focused on Russian supply routes and logistics centres. He posted a video of a strike on a bridge.
• Kursk regional Governor Alexei Smirnov later talked about that Ukraine had destroyed a road bridge over the Seym river within the residing’s Glushkovsky district. The strike is hindering civilian evacuations by land, Russia’s recount-trudge TASS info agency reported, citing local security products and services. An estimated 20,000 folks are reportedly evacuating from the gap.
• Russia’s Ministry of Defence talked about its troops repelled Ukrainian attacks in a lot of areas, including come the villages of Gordeevka, Russkoe Porechnoe and others.
• Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage unit, which was armed with weapons from NATO international locations, within the Kursk residing, Russia’s RIA recount-trudge media agency reported on Friday, citing unidentified security sources.

Politics and diplomacy

• Ukraine has residence up storage facilities in its northern Sumy residing to aid and send humanitarian attend to Russian civilians within the Kyiv-held segment of Russia’s Kursk residing, Ukraine’s Minister of the Interior Ihor Klymenko talked about.

• Nikolai Patrushev, an influential aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, advised the Izvestia newspaper in an interview that the West and the United States-led NATO alliance had helped to plot Ukraine’s shock assault on Russia’s Kursk residing. With out “notify red meat up” from the West, Kyiv haven’t got ventured into Russian territory, he talked about.

• Russia’s Ministry of International Affairs talked about it had summoned Italy’s ambassador in Moscow to beginning “an impressive train” over what it talked about was “unlawful border crossing” by a team of correspondents from the Italian recount broadcaster RAI, who reported from Ukrainian-held plot of Russia’s Kursk residing this week.
• Baza, a Telegram channel conclude to Russian law enforcement, reported that the nation’s Interior Ministry was planning to beginning prison cases towards two RAI journalists for crossing the Russian border.
• The Italian International Ministry advised the Reuters info agency that Italy’s ambassador to Russia, Cecilia Piccioni, had outlined to the Russian authorities that RAI and its info teams “conception their activities in a utterly just and autonomous manner” from the authorities.
• The US is residence to yelp more security support for Ukraine within the approaching days, White Dwelling National Security spokesman John Kirby advised US tv info media on Friday. He didn’t give vital plot.

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