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Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the scenario in the east, near Toretsk, is “difficult” amid Russian advances in the region.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 14 clashes in the Toretsk region and 34 in the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian General Staff reported.
In our 1:37 p. m. message, we commented that Russia had taken Niu-York, which is less than 10 km from Toretsk, and this morning we also reported the evacuation of nearby Pokrovsk (8:05 a. m. post).
Despite the successes in the invasion of Kursk, Kiev struggled in the east, losing ground to Russian forces.
“The Ukrainians have been under enormous pressure in the south for several months, but now it is becoming unbearable in Toretsk, which is a small town because it is close to Pokrovsk and Chasiv Yar,” said Professor Michael Clarke, an army analyst in News from the sky saying.
The latter, Professor Clarke said, is because it is the upper floor that controls movements towards Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, and Pokrovsk is because it is a shipping hub and controls movements to the north and west.
Professor Clarke added: “In the south, they are suffering because of their control over the region.
“And that’s the problem. . . Kramatorsk and Sloviansk are the vital places. If Russia gets them, it will have the whole of the Donbass. “
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Russia has summoned a senior American diplomat to protest the presence of American journalists in Kursk.
Moscow complained of “provocative actions” through journalists in the region.
On August 6, Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia, taking many by surprise.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had informed U. S. Chargé d’Affaires Stephanie Holmes that journalists had also entered the region illegally.
He added that Russia intends to sue them.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was recently released in a historic criminal reversal, after being framed on alleged espionage charges.
Russia claimed to have taken the city of Niu-York in Donetsk.
Moscow has described the city as a strategic logistics hub in eastern Ukraine.
While Russia calls Niu-York Novgorodskoye (the Russian spelling of the colony’s name dates back to the Soviet era), Ukraine used it again in 2021.
In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry had “liberated” the city.
Earlier in the day, the Ukrainian military reported heavy fighting in the Toretsk sector, adding that in Niu-York.
Sky News has verified Russia’s claims, but if true it would show Moscow is moving closer to the region’s largest population centres.
More than 122,000 Russians have fled border regions following Ukraine’s invasion of Kursk, according to Russian media.
Residents left their homes in large numbers following kyiv’s marvelous counterattack, TASS reported, citing Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Zelenskyy has said in the past that his forces have so far captured 1,250 square kilometers (480 square miles) and 92 settlements in Kursk.
Ukraine has a “broad” opportunity to capture more Russian territory following its invasion of Kursk, but risks Moscow making further gains inside Ukraine, said Professor Michael Clarke, a military analyst.
After a “rather static” period, Professor Clarke said the war in Ukraine had entered a new level of “dynamism” following the invasion of Kursk.
“I think this [attack] on Kursk can grow quickly, because the dominance to the west is almost completely open to the Ukrainians, now that they have destroyed the bridges over the Seim River.
“It wouldn’t be at all if they [Ukraine] moved west. “
But he warned that any action through the Ukrainian counterattack to the west would require a greater commitment of troops and resources.
In doing so, they “run a greater risk,” Professor Clarke said, as Moscow continues to advance in Ukraine.
More recently, Russia took possession of the Niu-York colony.
Professor Clarke warned that cities such as Toretsk were in “grave danger” and could fall in a matter of hours.
Satellite photographs appear to show pontoons being used to upgrade destroyed bridges in the Kursk region.
Amid Ukraine’s lightning incursion into Russia, which began on August 6, Kiev has attacked three bridges in this now disputed region since Friday.
Satellite photographs from Planet Labs, analyzed through the Associated Press, show what appear to be floating bridges at two other positions along the Seim River.
The first bridge appeared on Saturday between the town of Glushkovo and Zvannoe, but in the photographs taken yesterday it does not give the same impression.
On Monday, smoke may be seen emerging along the banks of the nearby river, a sign of a strike.
Another floating bridge is seen about 1. 8 kilometers east of one of the destroyed bridges in the Seim in other photographs taken since Friday.
The pontoons were probably built by Russian troops trying to gather forces to fight the Ukrainian advance south of the river.
Sky News has independently verified the images.
A fire continues to burn at a Russian oil depot for the third day in a row, after being attacked by Ukrainian drones.
The Russian government continues to fight the fire in the southern region of Rostov.
The fire devastated a 10,000 m² (107,639 square feet) plot of land in the city of Proletarsk, according to Russian state news agencies.
Of the 500 firefighters involved in the operation, 41 were injured and taken to hospital, TASS reported citing officials.
Five of the firefighters were placed in emergency care, Governor Vasily Golubev said on the Telegram messaging app.
Around 20 of the 74 garage tanks at the huge diesel depot are on fire, the RIA news agency reported, citing the head of the local management, Valery Gornich.
Ukraine says it is retaliating for Russian attacks on its own energy infrastructure, while Moscow calls such drone attacks on its oil infrastructure acts of terrorism.
Baza, a Telegram channel close to Russian authorities, also said the fire is likely to continue for several days.
The White House says its policy on Ukraine using weapons to further attack Russia has changed.
This policy has a point of contention between Ukraine and its allies in light of kyiv’s soft incursion into Kursk.
Ukraine has publicly called for broader authorization to use weapons to proactively attack Russia, but some Western countries remain reluctant to do so.
“What I will say is that our policy has not changed. I simply have nothing more to add on the matter,” said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, when asked if management had more thoughts on the issue.
US policy allows Ukrainian actions in Russia, where the attacks originated, a more flexible stance than initially taken.
But the Biden leadership continues to restrict the use of its weapons for long-range strikes against Russia. He has publicly explained the term “long-range. “
But the Times reported that the United States was blocking a British request for the use of British Storm Shadow missiles in Russia.
A US official, speaking to Reuters, admitted that the Ukrainian incursion in Kursk “complicates politics as it progresses in Russia. “
If Ukraine begins to take villages and other non-military targets with U. S. weapons and vehicles, it could raise questions about whether it is complying with the limits imposed through Washington, the official added.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said in the past that the Ukrainian offensive on Kursk was the result of allies taking this position out of fear of crossing Vladimir Putin’s “red lines. “
At an assembly of Ukrainian diplomats, the Ukrainian president said: “If our partners were to lift the existing restrictions on the use of weapons on Russian territory, we would not want to physically enter the Kursk region to protect our border communities and the prospects of aggression from Russia. .
“But right now we can’t use all the weapons at our disposal and the Russian terrorists where they are. “
The Czech Republic said it would use interest on Russian assets seized in the EU to pay for munitions for Ukraine.
Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said the move would allow them to buy “hundreds of thousands of much-needed large-caliber ammunition. ”
The Kremlin called the plan a “theft” and said it would take legal action against those interested in the decision.
EU governments agreed in June to use 1. 4 billion euros ($1. 2 billion) in profits generated through Russian assets to buy weapons and Ukraine.
From this money will be used for the mission carried out through the Czech Republic.
Cernochova stated: “It is the European Union that has made this decision. This way we will be able to buy thousands of large-caliber ammunition that are essential for Ukraine.
“This is proof of the allies’ confidence in the Czech Republic and our ammunition initiative.
“This is an exclusive opportunity for Ukraine to use resources that originally belonged to Russia and save the public finances of European countries. “