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• Ukraine Says Second Bridge Hit In Russia's Kursk Region RFE/RL 18 Aug 2024 -- The commander of Ukraine's air force says a second bridge in Russia's Kursk region has been struck as Kyiv tries to weaken Russia's combat operations in the area.

Ukraine

• There Are No Vacations in War; Timely Logistics for the Announced Aid Packages Is Needed - Address by the President President of Ukraine 18 Aug 2024
• Internal Rifts And U.S. Politics In Play As Ukraine Considers Banning Long Russian-Linked Church RFE/RL 18 Aug 2024 -- Things rarely heat up in Ukraine's wartime parliament. But they did on July 23 when deputies from several parties blocked the podium armed with a banner reading "The Moscow church kills" after senior legislators declined to put a bill that would ban the long Russian-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) to a vote.

Russia

• Russian forces capture village in Ukraine's Donetsk region, TASS reports Press TV 18 Aug 2024 -- Russian forces have taken control of a village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region as Ukrainian forces claim striking a bridge on Russian territory.
• Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation (18 August 2024) Russia MoD 18 Aug 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation.
• Russian Troops Liberate Settlement of Sviridonovka in Donetsk People's Republic Sputnik 18 Aug 2024 -- Russian Battlegroup Tsentr troops have liberated Sviridonovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russia's Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
• Ukraine's Kursk Actions Attempt to Push Russia to Asymmetric Response, Even Nuclear - Lukashenko Sputnik 18 Aug 2024 -- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that the escalation from Ukraine is pushing Russia to take asymmetric measures, including the use of nuclear weapons.
• Russian Troops Eliminate Group of 16 Ukrainian Soldiers in Kursk Region Sputnik 18 Aug 2024 -- A group of 16 Ukrainian military personnel of a separate mechanized brigade has been destroyed near the village of Kremyanoe in Russia's Kursk Region, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Defense told Sputnik on Sunday.
• Over 1,700 People Evacuated From Kursk Region's Border Areas in Past Day Sputnik 18 Aug 2024 -- More than 1,700 people were evacuated in past 24 hours from border areas of Kursk region, the acting governor's spokeswoman, Irina Tolmacheva, said on Saturday.

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Foreign Reactions

• Belarusian Leader Says One-Third Of Army Deployed To Ukraine Border RFE/RL 18 Aug 2024 -- Belarus has deployed nearly one-third of its troops to the border with Ukraine, the country's authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka told Russia's state-run Rossia-1 television channel on August 18.

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