What to remember from Friday, August 30

The Russian army claimed responsibility for capturing three new villages in eastern Ukraine on Friday.

Russian airstrikes on the city of Kharkiv killed at least six people Friday, August 30, according to local authorities, while at least five people were killed and 37 others injured in a Ukrainian strike on the border region of Belgorod (Russia), according to the governor. Meanwhile, the Russian military claimed responsibility for the capture of three more villages in eastern Ukraine on Friday. Here’s what to remember from the day.

At least six dead in airstrikes on Kharkiv

Six people, including a teenager, were killed Friday in Russian airstrikes targeting Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. “Unfortunately, the death toll has risen to six people.”the region’s governor, Oleg Synegubov, said on Telegram. According to Interior Minister Igor Klymenko, a 14-year-old girl was among those killed. The attack also injured at least 59 people, including nine children aged five to 16, according to Oleg Synegubov.

An AFP journalist in the city heard loud explosions. The region’s governor shared a video showing cars and apartments on fire, billowing thick black smoke. An adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, Mykhailo Podoliak, denounced a “deliberate strike on the center of Kharkiv, on a multi-storey building”carried out using a guided aerial bomb.

According to the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office, the attack was carried out by a Su-34 aircraft that took off from the Russian border region of Belgorod.

Moscow claims capture of three villages in the east

On Friday, the Russian military claimed responsibility for capturing three more villages in eastern Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry said it had captured three small towns that had not been mentioned before: Novozhelanne and Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region and Synkivka in the Kharkiv region.

Moscow troops continue their advance towards Pokrovsk, an important logistics hub. Russian soldiers are now less than ten kilometers from the city.

Ukrainian strike in Belgorod region kills at least five

A Ukrainian strike killed at least five people and injured 37 others Friday in the Belgorod region of Russia, according to the governor. Vyacheslav Gladkov claims that the attack was “carried out by the Ukrainian Armed Forces using cluster munitions fired from Vampire MLRS [lance-roquettes multiples] about the city of Belgorod and the Belgorod region”.

Air Force Commander Fired in Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday the dismissal of Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk, a day after the announcement of the crash of an American-designed F-16 aircraft delivered to kyiv. Volodymyr Zelensky did not explain the reasons for this decision.

However, it comes shortly after the loss of this precious device, delivered recently by the West. According to the Ukrainian army, this crash occurred during a massive attack by Russian missiles and drones carried out on Monday, and cost the life of the pilot of the aircraft, trained in the United States.