War in Ukraine: a bridge destroyed in the Kursk region, the Ukrainian army reinforces its positions… an update on the situation
kyiv claims to have taken control of 82 localities since launching its offensive on August 6 (illustration). MAXPPP – GEORGE IVANCHENKO
Every day, Midi Libre takes stock of the situation in Ukraine. This Saturday, August 17, 2024, discover the latest news about this conflict.
A bridge destroyed in the Kursk region by US rockets
The Russian Foreign Ministry accuses Ukraine of using Western rocket launchers to destroy a bridge in Russia's Kursk region on Friday. “For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western-made rocket launchers, probably American HIMARS,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram messenger Friday evening. The bridge, located on the Seym River in the Glushkovo district, was "completely destroyed" and "volunteers who helped evacuate the civilian population were killed", she added.
Ukrainian military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said Friday that Ukrainian forces were advancing by one to three kilometers in some areas of the Russian border region, 11 days after they began their incursion. Kyiv says it has taken control of 82 localities since August 6. Russia accuses the West of supporting the Ukrainian offensive into Russian territory, which it calls a'"terrorist invasion".
The United States considers the Ukrainian offensive to be a protective action that justifies the use of weapons supplied by Washington. The Ukrainian Air Force announced on Saturday the destruction of 14 drones fired by Russia during the night on six regions of southern and central Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army strengthens its positions in the Kursk region
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday that Ukrainian forces had strengthened their positions in the Kursk region, 11 days after they began their incursion into Russian territory. kyiv claims to have taken control of 82 localities since launching its offensive on August 6. The Russian Defense Ministry said it had repelled Ukrainian attacks on Saturday. The head of the Ukrainian army, “General Syrskyi reported the strengthening of our forces' positions in the Kursk region and the expansion of the stabilized territory,” Zelensky said in a message on Telegram. According to General Syrskyi, Ukrainian troops have advanced about 35 kilometers into Russian territory
In Moscow, where there is denunciation of a "terrorist invasion"In a statement released by the Russian Defense Ministry, supported and encouraged by the West, the Russian forces had repelled several Ukrainian attacks on the villages of Kauchouk and Alekseyevsky, which lie halfway between the Ukrainian border and the Kursk nuclear power plant. In a separate statement, the ministry accused Ukraine of planning an attack on the nuclear power plant that it would blame on Moscow. kyiv denounced "false allegations".
The Russian Foreign Ministry, for its part, claimed that Ukraine had used Western rocket launchers, "probably American HIMARS", to destroy a bridge, also in the Kursk region. The bridge, located on the Seym River, in the Glushkovo district, was "completely destroyed" and “Volunteers who helped evacuate the civilian population were killed,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Friday night on the Telegram messenger.
On the Donetsk front in eastern Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces had resisted about 50 Russian attacks near Pokrovsk, a major logistics hub, and a dozen near the city of Toretsk over the past 24 hours. The Ukrainian Air Force announced on Saturday the destruction of 14 drones fired by Russia during the night on six regions of southern and central Ukraine.
Russia says it has “repulsed” Ukrainian army near three towns in Kursk region
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that it had "repulsed" the Ukrainian army near three towns in the Kursk region, the scene of an unprecedented cross-border offensive by Kiev's forces into Russian territory since August 6.
Russian soldiers "repulsed" of "attacks" Ukrainian "towards the localities of Korenevo, Russkoye and Cherkasskoye Porechnoye", the Russian ministry said in a statement.
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