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Ukraine Invasion
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Ukraine Invasion

• Russia-Ukraine fighting continues for 3rd day in Russia's Kursk region VOA 08 Aug 2024 -- Russian and Ukrainian forces are clashing in Russia's Kursk region for a third consecutive day, Russia's Defense Ministry said Thursday.
• Zelenskiy Says Russia 'Must Feel' War As Moscow Claims To Have Repelled Incursion RFE/RL 08 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 8 said that Russia brought war to his country and "must feel what it has done" after Russia claimed to have repelled a surprise cross-border advance by Ukraine into its Kursk region.
• Kursk attack 'worsens conflict, dashes hopes for peace talks' Global Times 08 Aug 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called the alleged incursion by Ukraine a "large-scale provocation" after Ukrainian forces reportedly launched a "massive attack" in Russia's Kursk region, which has reportedly resulted in at least five civilian deaths and more than 30 injuries.
• Ukraine justifies Kursk attack in first admission of incursion into Russia Press TV 08 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine has admitted that its forces attacked Russia's Kursk region, blaming Moscow for Kiev's incursion into the Russian territory.
• F-16 Fighter Jets Spotted Over Kherson Region - Head of District Administration Sputnik 08 Aug 2024 -- F-16 fighter jets have been spotted over the Kherson Region, Pavel Filipchuk, the head of the administration of the Kakhovka municipal district in the Kherson Region, said on Thursday.
• Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 08 Aug 2024 -- Units of the Sever Group of Forces along with units of the Russian Federal Security Service continue to eliminate armed AFU formations in Sudzha and Korenevo districts of Kursk region immediately adjacent to the border between Russia and Ukraine.
• Ukraine's Forces Shelling Civilians, Ambulances in Russia's Kursk Region - Acting Governor Sputnik 08 Aug 2024 -- Units of the Ukrainian armed forces and the sabotage and reconnaissance group were shelling civilians and ambulances in the Kursk Region of Russia, acting Governor Alexei Smirnov reported at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday.
• Russian Forces Eliminate Hundreds of Ukrainian Soldiers in Kursk Region Sputnik 08 Aug 2024 -- The Sever Battlegroup and Federal Security Services (FSB) continue to destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) units in the Sudzhansky and Korenevsky districts of the Kursk region, which directly border Ukraine, according to the Ministry of Defense.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Meeting with Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov President of Russia 08 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Acting Governor of the Kursk Region Alexei Smirnov.
• Baltic Fleet specialists conduct training with servicemen on countering attack drones Russia MoD 08 Aug 2024 -- Baltic Fleet troops underwent training in Kaliningrad region to hone skills in countering unmanned aerial vehicles.

Foreign Policy

• Telephone conversation with To Lam, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam President of Russia 08 Aug 2024
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's answer to a question from the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency about the remarks by US Assistant Secretary of State James O'Brien Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2024
• Russian prosecutors seek 15-year sentence for US-Russian woman VOA 08 Aug 2024 -- Russian prosecutors on Thursday sought a 15-year prison sentence for Russian-American woman Ksenia Khavana, who pleaded guilty to treason.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the occasion of the 16th anniversary of the August 2008 events in the Caucasus Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 08 Aug 2024
• Abkhazia Condemns Georgia's Refusal to Sign Non-Aggression Pact as 'Unconstructive' Sputnik 08 Aug 2024 -- Georgia's stance on singing a non-aggression with Abkhazia and South Ossetia is "absolutely unconstructive," Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergey Shamba told Sputnik on Thursday.

News Reports

• Navalny's Widow Says He Should Have Been Released In Recent Prisoner Swap RFE/RL 08 Aug 2024 -- Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny, says her late husband should have been among those released from Russian jails and prisons last week in a major prisoner swap between Moscow and the West.