Headline Roundup • August 9th, 2024
Ukraine Launches Cross-Border Invasion in Russia’s Kursk Region
Summary from the AllSides News Team
This week, Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive into Russia’s Kursk Oblast, causing Russian President Vladimir Putin to declare a state of emergency in the region.
The Details: Early on Tuesday, Ukraine launched one of its biggest attacks on Russian soil yet, leading to a state of emergency late on Wednesday. Russia's most senior general, Valery Gerasimov, reportedly told Putin on Wednesday that the offensive was halted near the border, however, Reuters (Center bias) reported that multiple pro-Russian military bloggers said the battles continued into Thursday.
Conflicting Narratives: Russian state-funded RT (Lean Right bias) highlighted how the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Friday that Ukraine lost up to 945 soldiers and 102 armored vehicles in a 24-hour window. Reuters reported that 1,000 Ukrainian troops “rammed through the Russian border” early on Tuesday.
Key Quotes: Putin described the attack as a “large-scale provocation” and accused Kyiv of conducting “indiscriminate strikes” on civilians, residential buildings, and ambulances. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeared to publicly acknowledge the incursion on Thursday, saying, “Everyone can see that the Ukrainian army knows how to surprise.”
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AP
Ukraine has publicly justified its attack into Russian territory for the first time, amid reports that its forces are advancing towards a village 13 miles (20km) inside the Kursk region on the third day of its incursion.
Mykhailo Podolyak, a senior adviser to the president’s office, said “the root cause of any escalation”, including into Kursk, was “unequivocal aggression” on the part of Russia in believing it could invade Ukraine with impunity.
The statement is the first acknowledgment by any leading Ukrainian official of the ongoing offensive amid silence from the country’s...
Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region, an audacious attack on the world's biggest nuclear power that has forced Moscow to call in reserves.
In one of the biggest Ukrainian attacks on Russia of the two-year war, around 1,000 Ukrainian troops rammed through the Russian border in the early hours of Aug. 6 with tanks and armoured vehicles, covered in the air by swarms of drones and pounding artillery, according to Russian officials.
Ukrainian...
Russian Ministry of Defense; RIA Novosti
Russian forces continue to inflict heavy losses on Ukrainian troops that crossed the border into Kursk Region earlier this week, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Friday, providing an estimate of Kiev’s casualties in the incursion.
According to the ministry, Ukraine has lost up to 945 soldiers as well as 102 armored vehicles, including 12 tanks and 17 armored personnel carriers. The figures include more than 280 troops and 27 armored vehicles destroyed over the past 24 hours in areas bordering Kursk Region, Moscow added.
The report also stated...
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