The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, August 10, that fighting was continuing in the Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, five days after the largest incursion by Ukrainian forces into its territory. The Russian military “continues to repel the attempted border incursion of the Ukrainian armed forces”, the ministry said, specifying that it was using aviation and artillery to strike Ukrainian troops and military equipment on Russian territory. Follow our live feed.
An “anti-terrorist operation” in three regions bordering Ukraine. The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee has announced the launch of“anti-terrorist operations in the Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk regions”This regime provides in particular for “traffic restrictions for vehicles and pedestrians on streets, roads” and restrictions on the use of means of communication.
Ukrainian incursion poses ‘threat’ to nuclear power plant “At this moment there is a real danger of strikes and provocations from the Ukrainian army”warns the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom, the day after an appeal from the International Atomic Energy Agency to “maximum retention” around the Kursk nuclear power plant.
At least fourteen dead after Russian strike. The industrial city of Kostiantynivka, located in eastern Ukraine, was struck by a daytime attack on a supermarket on Friday, which left at least 14 dead and 43 injured, according to the prosecutor’s office.