Because the warfare enters its 909th day, these are the principle developments.
Right here is the state of affairs on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
Preventing
Performing Kursk regional governor Alexei Smirnov stated one girl was killed and two folks injured after their automotive was hit by an explosive dropped by a Ukrainian drone simply exterior 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 and enter that area. Bogomaz recognized the Ukrainian forces as a “sabotage and reconnaissance group” however didn’t specify in the event that they have been a part of Ukraine’s army.
Ukraine’s Normal Workers stated its forces got here beneath repeated Russian assaults across the frontline city of Pokrovsk within the east. The army stated there have been 46 Russian assaults on the entrance all through Wednesday and that 44 have been repelled. Two have been persevering with as of 19:00 GMT. The Normal Workers stated 238 Russian troopers have 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 largest on Moscow because the begin of the warfare 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 have 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 affix the Worldwide Prison Court docket (ICC). Overseas 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 army offensive in Ukraine. Gudkov, who left Russia in 2021 and is a vocal Putin critic, stated the sentence was a “badge of honour”.
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees face eviction from shelters in Hungary after the federal government barred state subsidies for these from areas of Ukraine not thought-about affected by the warfare. 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 12 months 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 army 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 minimize 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 army stated it struck an S-300 anti-aircraft missile system primarily based in Russia’s southern Rostov area as a result of such weapons have 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.
