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• Russia Diverted 40,000 Troops After Ukraine's Kursk Insursion, Zelenskiy Claims RFE/RL 19 Sep 2024 -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on September 19 that Ukraine's incursion into Russia's southwestern Kursk region had resulted in the Russian military diverting 40,000 troops to the area.
• Satellite Images Show Aftermath Of Devastating Drone Strike In Russia RFE/RL 19 Sep 2024 -- Satellite images have revealed the devastation wrought by a massive Ukrainian drone strike on an important Russian arms depot 400 kilometers west of Moscow.
• Russia targets Ukraine city's energy sector as EU pledges $180M for repairs, shelters VOA 19 Sep 2024 -- Russian forces hit a care center for the elderly in the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Thursday and targeted its energy sector in airstrikes that killed at least one civilian, Ukrainian officials said.

Ukraine

• Restoring Justice: The Third Thematic Conference Was Held as a Follow-Up to the First Peace Summit President of Ukraine 19 Sep 2024
• Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Visit the United States Next Week President of Ukraine 19 Sep 2024
• We Are Preparing Content for Detailed and Substantive Negotiations with Our Partners: This Concerns Both the Donetsk Region and Other Areas - Address by the President President of Ukraine 19 Sep 2024

Russia

• Russian Defence Ministry reports on repelling AFU attempt to invade Russian territory in Kursk region (19 September 2024) Russia MoD 19 Sep 2024 -- The Sever Group of Forces carrying on offensive actions inflicted damage on the 22nd, 41st, and 115th mechanised brigades, 17th Tank Brigade, 82nd Air Assault Brigade, 1st National Guard Brigade, 129th Territorial Defence Brigade of the AFU near Lyubimovka, Daryino, Nikolo-Daryino, Tolsty Lug, and Plekhovo.
• Ukraine Loses Over 14,950 Soldiers During Operation in Kursk Region - MoD Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- The Russian armed forces have eliminated more than 14,950 Ukrainian servicepeople and 122 tanks during military operations in the border areas of the Kursk Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
• Russian Forces Strike Key Ukrainian Intelligence Communication Center Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that concentrations of Ukrainian personnel and equipment were targeted in 142 different areas.
• Russian Army Takes Control of Georgiyevka Settlement in Donetsk People's Republic Sputnik 19 Sep 2024 -- Battlegroup Yug units have liberated the settlement of Georgiyevka in the Donetsk People's Republic, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported.

United States

• Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh Holds a Press Briefing DoD 19 Sep 2024
• Readout of Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III's Call With Ukrainian Minister of Defence Rustem Umerov DoD 19 Sep 2024

NATO

• Ukraine joins NATO counter-drone exercise for first time NATO 19 Sep 2024 -- From 10 to 20 September 2024, over 450 participants from 19 NATO Allies and three partner-countries gathered in the Netherlands to test the ability of commercially available counter-drone systems to operate seamlessly together.

United Nations

• Update 250 - IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine IAEA 19 Sep 2024 -- Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi this week informed the annual Member States gathering of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about its expanding efforts to help prevent a nuclear accident during the military conflict in Ukraine, saying the IAEA had deployed more than 140 support and assistance missions to the country over the past two years.
• Russian attacks on Ukraine energy set to push 500,000 people out of country UN News 19 Sep 2024 -- Repeated Russian attacks on energy infrastructure and power cuts in Ukraine will likely uproot an additional 500,000 people ahead of the coming winter, UN human rights monitors said on Thursday.

Foreign Reactions

• War in Ukraine The arms and military equipment Germany is sending to Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 19 Sep 2024 -- This list provides an overview of military assistance provided by the Federal Republic of Germany to Ukraine.
• EU promises $180 million in energy funding for Ukraine VOA 19 Sep 2024 -- The European Union announced Thursday it will provide Ukraine with about $180 million in energy funding - about $111 of it coming from frozen Russian assets - ahead of what promises to be a tough winter after Russian attacks on the nation's energy grid.
• Transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia: UK statement to the OSCE UK FCDO 19 Sep 2024 -- Ambassador Holland condemns the transfer of Iranian ballistic missiles to Russia, which will be used to wreak further misery on Ukrainian civilians as part of its illegal war.

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