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Before we go, a reminder of the key events of the day:
Ukraine is reportedly making “marginal progress” in the Kursk region, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said.
We have brought you news of Ukraine’s fighting in eastern Ukraine (see post at 14:35), but to the north, kyiv’s incursion into Russia continues.
On August 6, Ukraine launched a wonderful counterattack in which its troops crossed the border into Russia.
In the past, Ukraine claimed to have captured 1,250 km² (480 sq mi) and 92 settlements in Kursk, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee (see Article 12. 53).
Today, the leader of Ukraine’s army said his forces had traveled between 28 and 35 kilometers (17 and 21 miles) to Kursk.
But the United States-based think tank said that while it continued to advance, Ukraine would no longer eat into Russian territory as temporarily as before.
Using geotagged photographs from Aug. 19, Ukrainian forces were shown to be in Vishnevka, the ISW said, about 14 kilometers from the border.
The Russian Defense Ministry said it had attacked forces operating in the territory, potentially tacitly acknowledging the progress kyiv had made.
Ukraine is known to have attacked bridges in the region, in an effort to quell Russian attempts to counter its incursion.
But the head of the kyiv army said that Russia was moving troops from other directions to Kursk, to its positions there.
Even in the face of losses further east, Sky News military analyst Professor Michael Clarke said there were still opportunities from kyiv to Kursk (see post at 12:39pm).
These images show kyiv forces on the front line in the Donetsk region.
Russian forces have proven complex in recent days and are threatening key settlements, Pokrovsk added.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the situation in the east “difficult. “
Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Azerbaijan was an “effort to distract attention” from the Kursk attack in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said.
The Russian president recently spent two days in the country, where he tried to present himself as an “effective diplomat,” according to the group.
The content and presentation of the document did not go beyond the same framework as always, but. . .
“The timing of this scale is remarkable given the existing scenario in Kursk Oblast and the Kremlin’s continued efforts to minimize the scale and effect of the Ukrainian incursion,” the ISW said.
They added: “Russian state media focused on Putin’s trips to Azerbaijan, amplifying the smallest details, likely in part to distract attention from the awkward situation in Russia by saturating the data area with a demonstration of the Kremlin’s global diplomatic engagement and its supposed successes. »
Away from the battlefield, Ukraine passed a law that paves the way to ban the presence in the country of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) minority, linked to Russia.
Kyiv has cast the UOC as complicit in the Kremlin’s invasion.
They accused him of contributing to the attack on Moscow for 30 months by spreading pro-Russian propaganda and harboring spies.
A new bill passed in parliament bans the Russian Orthodox Church, and the government will draw up a list of “affiliated” teams that will be subject to the same treatment.
The Russia Security Service (FSB) has reportedly arrested a scientist on suspicion of treason.
A Moscow scientist allegedly carried out alleged cyberattacks on behalf of Ukraine, Interfax News reported.
The distributed denial-of-service attacks were allegedly carried out on infrastructure on behalf of Ukraine’s security services, the FSB said, citing the FSB.
He added that the scientist sent cash to the Ukrainian army and collected data on the Russian Armed Forces.
The suspect, according to the FSB, had confessed and the date of arrest was not immediately clear.
Russian media have what they claim are images of the scientist’s detention.
The footage also shows a man arrested in a snowy town, suggesting that he had been arrested some time ago.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the scenario in the east, near Toretsk, “difficult”, amid Russian advances in the region.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 14 clashes in the Toretsk region and 34 in the Pokrovsk sector, the Ukrainian General Staff reported.
Russia today sent more troops to Pokrovsk, according to the Ukrainian military, for the offensive there, allegedly in an attempt to build on the momentum.
In our 1:37 p. m. post we commented that Russia had taken Niu-York, which is less than 10 km from Toretsk, and this morning we reported the evacuation of nearby Pokrovsk (8:05 a. m. post).
Despite the successes in the invasion of Kursk, Kiev struggled in the east, losing ground to Russian forces.
“The Ukrainians have been under enormous pressure for several months, but now it is unbearable in Toretsk, which is a small but vital position because it is close to Pokrovsk and Chasiv Yar,” Professor Michael Clarke, an army analyst on Sky News, said. . saying.
The latter, Professor Clarke said, is because it is the upper deck that controls movements towards Kramatorsk and Slaviansk, and Pokrovsk is because it is a shipping center and controls movements towards the north and south. ‘West.
Professor Clarke added: “They are suffering from their control over the region.
“And that’s the problem. . . Kramatorsk and Sloviansk are the vital places. If Russia gets them, it will have the whole Donbass. “
Russia has summoned a senior U. S. diplomat to protest the presence of U. S. journalists in Kursk.
Moscow complained about the “provocative actions” of journalists in the region.
On August 6, Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia, taking many by surprise.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said it had informed the American chargé d’affaires, Stephanie Holmes, that the sleuths had also entered the region illegally.
He added that Russia will sue them.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was recently released in a historic criminal reversal, after being jailed on alleged espionage charges.
Russia claimed to have taken the city of Niu-York in Donetsk.
Moscow has described the city as a strategic logistics hub in eastern Ukraine.
While Russia calls Niu-York Novgorodskoye (the way the colony’s name was written in Russian in the Soviet era), Ukraine reverted it to its name in 2021.
In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense had “liberated” the city.
Hours earlier, the Ukrainian army reported that intense fighting was taking place in the Toretsk sector, adding that in Niu-York.
Sky News has verified Russia’s claims, but if they were true it would show that Moscow is inching closer to the region’s larger population centers.