22 August 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News |
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Combat Operations
- Ferry Carrying Fuel Tanks Sinks In Russian Port After Ukraine Missile Strike RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian forces sank a Russian ferry carrying fuel tanks in a missile strike on a port in Russia's southern Krasnodar region on August 22, Russian officials said.
- Spinning Ukraine's Kursk Incursion, Kremlin Says Russia Is Conducting A 'Counterterrorism Operation' RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- In the days immediately after Ukraine's audacious August 6 cross-border invasion into Russia's Kursk region, the message dominating the airwaves on state-run TV and sympathetic media was this: Russian President Vladimir Putin is in charge. Russia's military will repel the Ukrainian incursion. The war against Ukraine itself, now in its 30th month, will continue to victory.
Ukraine
- Zelenskyy visits Ukrainian region near where Kyiv's troops invaded Russia VOA 22 Aug 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited his country's northeastern Sumy region on Thursday, his first trip to a location near the border with Russia since Kyiv's troops staged a secretive incursion into Russia's Kursk region in early August.
- International Compensation Mechanism and Special Tribunal: Bundestag Member Visits Presidential Office President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2024
- The Implementation of the Peace Formula Began with "Energy Security" Clause: A Thematic International Conference Was Held Online President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2024
- President Instructs Government to Approve National Veterans Policy Strategy President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2024
- It Is Right and Necessary for the State That Ukraine's Veteran Community Be Fully Integrated Into Public Life - President's Speech at the VII International Veterans Forum President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2024
- Ukraine and Ireland Finalize Bilateral Agreement Text President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2024
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy Visited the Border Area of the Sumy Region and Received the Report by Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi President of Ukraine 22 Aug 2024
Russia
- Meeting on the situation in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions President of Russia 22 Aug 2024 -- Vladimir Putin held a meeting, via videoconference, on the situation in the Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions.
- Russian Defence Ministry report on repelling an invasion attempt of the AFU on the territory of the Russian Federation (22 August 2024) Russia MoD 22 Aug 2024 -- The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation.
- Statement by Russian Defence Ministry Russia MoD 22 Aug 2024 -- Last night, while the Kiev regime was trying to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles on the territory of the Russian Federation, on duty air defence systems shot down and intercepted 28 fixed-wing UAVs.
- Russia's Kuban Operation Center Says Railway Ferry With Fuel Tanks Attacked in Kavkaz Port Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- Ukraine has attacked a railway ferry with fuel tanks in the port of Kavkaz, emergency and special services are working on site, the operational headquarters of Russia's Kuban Region reported on Thursday.
- Putin: Ukraine Attempted Overnight Strike on Kursk Nuclear Power Plant Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- The Kiev regime's forces tried to bombard the Kursk nuclear power plant at night, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting focused on the situation in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk regions.
- Ukraine Loses Over 4,700 Troops During Operation in Kursk Area - MoD Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- The Ukrainian armed forces have lost more than 4,700 servicemen and 68 tanks since the beginning of the operation in the Kursk area, the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday.
- Ukraine Loses Up to 765 Soldiers in Fighting With Russia's Yug Group - Russian Military Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- Russia's Yug group of forces has eliminated up to 765 Ukrainian servicemen over the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
- Sending Proceeds From Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine Illegal - Foreign Ministry Sputnik 22 Aug 2024 -- At the end of July this year, the EU sent the first tranche of military aid to the Ukrainian side in the amount of 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in proceeds from immobilized Russian assets.
- Russia's FSB Opens Criminal Case Against Journalists From CNN, Ukraine Over Reporting From Kursk Region RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- Russia's secret service agency, the FSB, said it has opened a criminal case against CNN journalist Nick Paton Walsh and two Ukrainian correspondents saying they illegally crossed into the country to film reports on Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory.
- Russian troops manage to capture another village in Ukraine's Donetsk region, army says Press TV 22 Aug 2024 -- Russian troops have seized another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, the Russian army says, while Kiev claims that its forces are further advancing in Russia's Kursk region.
United States
NATO
United Nations
- IAEA Informed of Drone at Kursk Nuclear Power Plant, Director General Grossi to Assess Site IAEA 22 Aug 2024 -- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been informed by the Russian Federation today that the remains of a drone were found within the territory of the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant.
- UN Nuclear Agency Confirms Grossi To Visit Russia's Kursk Plant Next Week RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- UN nuclear agency head Rafael Grossi will visit Russia's Kursk nuclear power plant next week, a spokesperson confirmed on August 22, weeks after Ukraine launched a surprise counteroffensive in the region.
Foreign Reactions
- Swedish Government appoints special envoy for Ukraine's reconstruction, business sector and development Government Offices of Sweden 22 Aug 2024 -- Today, the Government has appointed Ulrik Tideström as special envoy for Ukraine's reconstruction, business sector and development.
- In Warsaw Ahead Of Kyiv Visit, Indian PM Modi Urges Path For Russia-Ukraine Peace RFE/RL 22 Aug 2024 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged Russia and Ukraine to find a path to peace "as soon as possible" ahead of his historic visit to Kyiv.
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