Shipments from Ukraine. Day 901.
Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk.
On Aug. 12, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces informed President Zelensky that Ukraine had taken 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russian territory. In the first public message from Ukraine’s high command since it launched its incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last week, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi said the operation was “under our umbrella. “The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) credits the offensive, at least temporarily, with wresting the confrontation from the Kremlin by opening a new front line and inciting the Russian command to move. defensive. At the same time, the acting governor of the Kursk region said that the Ukrainian armed forces had captured some 28 settlements in the heart of Russia, in northern Ukraine. He also added that more than 130,000 civilians had to be evacuated from combat zones.
Donetsk region. On August 10, Russia shelled a supermarket in the eastern Ukraine city of Kostiantynivka with X-38 guided missiles, killing 14 civilians. Another 43 people were wounded, said Vadym Filashkin, governor of the Donetsk Oblast. The airstrike appeared timed to maximize the number of casualties, during the era of buying food on a Saturday afternoon. Among the victims, the bodies of 3 teenage women were identified. The damage from the bombing extended to a nearby post office, several outlets and several private residences. “Russia will be found guilty of terrorism,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on social media after the attack. “We will do everything we can to make sure that the world continues to support our defenses and save the lives of our populations,” he promised.
Kharkiv region. Settlements in the northeastern Kharkiv region are subject to relentless Russian shelling, the regional prosecutor’s office said. On August 10 alone, two villages were attacked early in the morning. In Ivashky, near the Russian border, a 32-year-old man was injured and several houses were damaged. Around the same time, Russian forces shelled the village of Pershotravneve near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-most populous city, immediately killing a 24-year-old man and an 80-year-old woman. A man in his sixties, rescued from the rubble, later died in hospital.
Recently, six underground schools are being built in and around the city of Zaporizhzhia, near the front lines in southeastern Ukraine. Regional governor Ivan Fedorov explained that allowances are mandatory to allow young people in the region to return to school. full-time and safely. ” We plan to open the first schools at the end of October,” he added. the start of this school year.
According to an updated UN count, at least 219 civilians were killed in Ukraine in July and some 1,018 were injured. This is the highest number of civilian deaths since October 2022. At the same time, the total number of non-combatant casualties in the country has exceeded 35,000, a third of whom are dead. The U. N. report highlighted some of the deadliest attacks carried out in Russia last month. Among them, a large, coordinated missile attack on July 8 claimed the lives of at least 43 civilians, as well as five children, in several Ukrainian cities.
Lithuania announced on August 9 a new wave of military assistance to Ukraine, adding critical air defense systems and 14 armored vehicles. Lithuania’s Defense Ministry said the country would remove the M113 armored personnel carrier from its arsenals, short-range air defense. systems, anti-drone systems and other devices to the war-torn country. Minister of National Defense Laurynas Kasčiūnas, under pressure, Lithuania is unwaveringly pro-Ukraine, noting that “we have helped, are helping and will continue to help Ukraine fight the aggressor. ” .
The United States is sending Ukraine another military aid package, valued at $125 million, from Pentagon reserves, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced on August 9 for the 2021 summer war. The new aid will come with Stringer missiles, ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Fuzed System (HIMARS), 155 mm and 105 mm artillery ammunition, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems and other equipment. In its statement, the Ministry of Defense stated that Washington’s military and 50 other Ukrainian allies “ensure that the brave defenders of Ukraine obtain the critical functions necessary to fight Russian aggression. “
By Daria Dzysiuk and Karina Tahiliani
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