📡 We’re back with our live coverage of Ukraine’s offensive into the Kursk region. Follow us throughout the day for updates.https://t.co/CA9N2GqhUJ
— The Moscow Times (@MoscowTimes) August 19, 2024
Day: August 19, 2024
Ukrainian air defenses downed all 11 Shahed-type “kamikaze” drones launched by Moscow overnight from the Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk directions in Russia, the Air Force reported.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 19, 2024
⚡️ Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past day killed at least four people and injured at least 17, including a child, regional authorities reported early on Aug. 19.https://t.co/OU8ToccP3j
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 19, 2024
One for you @POTUS. Ukraine’s invasion of Russia exposes the folly of the West’s escalation fears. Russia’s weak response “should persuade Kyiv’s allies of the need for greater boldness & convince them that the time has come to commit to Ukrainian victory” https://t.co/MDxWle0WoJ
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) August 19, 2024
For more than two years, Russian occupiers have been controlling the largest nuclear power plant in Europe—the Zaporizhzhia NPP. And invariably, the Russian presence poses a fundamental threat to the radiation safety of our country, all of Europe, and the world.
Russia is… pic.twitter.com/dN4Zyl33Xj
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 19, 2024
#Ukraine‘s advance into Russia continues unchecked. Its tactic of blowing the bridges across the Reka Seym river at Glushkovo & Zvannoe is paying off. Ukrainian forces now thought to have taken control of 2 villages close to the river – and will no doubt go on to seize much more. https://t.co/UXpMwsUHIt pic.twitter.com/zBTkHR6aSB
— Glasnost Gone (@GlasnostGone) August 19, 2024
⚡️The Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), founded by Hollywood actor George Clooney, has been declared an “undesirable” organization, Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office said on Aug. 19.https://t.co/gVGDGxiJcP
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 19, 2024
⚡️ Energy equipment fire causes outages in Russian town, railroad section in Siberia.
A fire broke out at a substation near a railroad station in Russia’s Kemerovo Oblast in Siberia, causing outages in the town of Mariinsk, authorities said on Aug. 19.https://t.co/NLIy6XfW6P
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 19, 2024
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of Aug. 19, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/tbCIYd8nGE
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) August 19, 2024
