12 August 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
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Combat Operations
- Zelenskiy Confirms Kursk Incursion, Says 'Russia Must Be Forced To Make Peace' RFE/RL 12 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and military commander Oleksandr Syrskiy, have spoken openly for the first time about their forces' shock incursion into Russia's Kursk region, with Zelenskiy saying that Moscow must be "forced to make peace."
- Putin: Ukraine incursion into Russia's Kursk region a diversionary tactic VOA 13 Aug 2024 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region was an attempt to divert attention from Moscow's offensive in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and eventually gain a better negotiating position to end the 2½-year war.
- Fire at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant spurs fear as Russia, Ukraine trade blame Global Times 12 Aug 2024 -- Concerns over a "nuclear catastrophe" grow after Russia and Ukraine accused each other for a fire in Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine and the increasing risk of a Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) attack, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict entered into a new phase with Ukraine recently entering Russian territory for the first time.
- Russia evacuates Belgorod residents amid escalating tensions on Ukrainian border People's Daily 12 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Belgorod region has begun relocating its residents to safer places amid increased military activity near the Ukrainian border, its governor said on Monday.
- 'Nuclear terrorism': Fire erupts at power plant after Ukraine's attack Press TV 12 Aug 2024 -- A fire has broken out at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in what Moscow described as "an act of nuclear terrorism" by Ukraine.
Ukraine
- Strengthening Defense Capabilities and Implementing the Peace Formula: the President Met with the U.S. Congressional Delegation President of Ukraine 12 Aug 2024
- It Is Only Fair to Destroy Russian Terrorists Where They Are - Address by the President President of Ukraine 12 Aug 2024
- Despite the Harsh Circumstances of War, Ukraine Will Not Have a Generation Lost to War - Speech by the President at the Ukrainian Youth Forum President of Ukraine 12 Aug 2024
- Ukraine's Deputy Energy Minister Dismissed Amid Corruption Probe RFE/RL 12 Aug 2024 -- Taras Melnychuk, the Ukrainian government's envoy in the Verkhovna Rada, announced on August 12 that the cabinet had removed Deputy Energy Minister Oleksandr Kheylo. The Security Service said earlier that investigators had revealed "a large-scale corruption scheme" organized by an unnamed deputy energy minister, who was accused of accepting a $500,000 bribe for allowing state-owned coal-producing entities to obtain equipment from coal mines in the country's eastern region of Donetsk, where Ukrainian forces are fighting invading Russian troops. The Ukrayinska Pravda agency identified the alleged perpetrator as Oleksandr Kheylo at the time.
Russia
- Vladimir Putin held a meeting on current issues in Novo-Ogaryovo President of Russia 12 Aug 2024
- Enemy Will Receive Proper Response in Russia's Border Regions - Putin Sputnik 12 Aug 2024 -- The enemy will receive a proper response in the border regions of Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 12 Aug 2024
- Moscow Calls on Int'l Community to Act Against Ukraine Amid Strike on Zaporozhye Nuclear Plant Sputnik 12 Aug 2024 -- The international community must take urgent measures against Ukraine amid the recent attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday.
United States
NATO
United Nations
- Update 243 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 12 Aug 2024 -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) today visited the plant's cooling towers to observe the impact of yesterday's fire.
Foreign Reactions
- U.S. Warns Tehran Again Against Sending Ballistic Missiles To Russia RFE/RL 12 Aug 2024 -- Washington has warned Tehran of "swift and severe" consequences if reports that it is planning to send hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia are confirmed.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson's Remarks on Ukrainian Troops Crossing into Russian Territory PRC MofA 12 Aug 2024
- Iran issues fresh notice on compensations related to downed Ukrainian plane IRNA 12 Aug 2024 -- The Iranian government has issued a fresh notice on how it will compensate the victim families of the Ukrainian plane crash that took place near Tehran in 2020.
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