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Zelenskyy claimed that Oleksandr Syrskyi, his army chief, had reported that Ukrainian troops were still advancing and were also detaining additional Russian soldiers read more
 "Zelenskyy says Ukraine strengthening position in Russia's Kursk")
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions standing against the background of Ukraine's Air Force's F-16 fighter jets in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, on August. 4, 2024. AP
In the Kursk area of Russia, where Kyiv has been waging a significant ground offensive, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claims that his soldiers are “strengthening” their positions.
Zelenskyy claimed that Oleksandr Syrskyi, his army chief, had reported that Ukrainian troops were still advancing and were also detaining additional Russian soldiers.
In what it claims to be the largest invasion of Russia since World War II, Ukraine has taken control of more than 80 communities across 1,150 square kilometres (444 square miles) in Kursk since August 6. Although it is impossible to confirm the most recent reports from the front lines, residents claim that the Russian government is downplaying the Ukrainian invasion.
In addition, Zelenskyy reiterated his demands that Ukraine’s western partners permit long-range attacks against Russia, saying, ‘our forces’ long-range capability is the answer to all most important, most strategic questions of this war.’
Due to the projected possibility of a war escalation, Western countries who are offering military assistance to Ukraine have thus far refused to permit Ukraine to employ long-range weaponry.
Russia has charged that NATO and the West in general are supporting the Ukrainian invasion, including allowing the use of equipment supplied by the West. Nonetheless, representatives of the United Kingdom asserted that Ukraine was permitted by international law to employ equipment they had supplied, even within Russia.
While travelling to Kursk on a trip arranged by the Ukrainian government, Associated Press reporters claimed to have seen a “trail of destruction.” Additionally, according to Alexander Kots, military reporter for Komsomolskaya Pravda, a daily that supports Moscow, Ukrainian pressure in Kursk “is not weakening yet.”
Plans to undertake indirect negotiations in Qatar on stopping strikes on energy infrastructure have been disrupted by Ukraine’s foray into Russia, according to the Washington Post, which cited unidentified diplomatic sources.
According to Polish Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, Ukraine is gaining “huge political gains” from its military invasion into western Russia, but the west’s “anti-escalation approach” is unaffected. In an effort to prevent a direct military conflict with Russia, the US and other western nations have claimed that Washington was not engaged and that Ukraine had not provided prior notification.
Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), stated that safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station is declining as a result of a drone strike that occurred on Saturday and struck a perimeter access road.
The Tass news agency had claimed that the plant’s Russian administration had issued a warning after a drone from Ukraine dropped an explosive charge on a personnel road. “I remain extremely concerned and reiterate my call for maximum restraint from all sides,” said Grossi, expressing his anxiety.
According to the Interfax news agency, Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that Ukraine was preparing to strike the Kursk nuclear power facility and blame Moscow for this “provocation.” In the case of such an assault, the ministry stated that Russia would retaliate severely and that a significant portion of the surrounding area would be contaminated. Calling Russia’s assertions “insane propaganda,” Kyiv refuted them.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reports that since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, 2022, the country has lost 598,180 soldiers. 1,230 Russian military casualties over the previous day are included in this total.
According to the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD), Russia is limiting access to information in an effort to quell criticism of its invasion of Ukraine. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) stated in an X post that YouTube and WhatsApp transmission is being “deliberately slowed” by Russian authorities, with the latter potentially being “blocked altogether in autumn 2024.”
The Ukrainian military reported that in the previous 24 hours, 51 Russian strikes were halted close to Pokrovsk, a significant logistical centre in the eastern area, while another 13 attacks were stopped close to the town of Toretsk in the Donetsk region of the country, where Moscow has made a series of breakthroughs in recent weeks.
The Ukrainian air force said on Saturday that during a nighttime strike, 14 Russian drones were shot down by its air defences. The Shahed drones were shot down over six areas of Ukraine in the south and centre, according to a statement.
According to a parliamentary source who spoke to AFP on Saturday, Germany, the country that gives the most help to the war-torn country of Ukraine, intends to cut its bilateral military funding to Kyiv in half by 2025. Olaf Scholz’s administration does not intend to provide “additional aid” to the 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) allocated in the budget for the next year; rather, it will rely on funds from Russian assets that have been frozen to support Kyiv.
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, was invited to Russia by Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov on Saturday after he was seen on camera operating one of the company’s machine-gun-equipped Cybertrucks. In addition, he declared that he would provide the car to Russian military engaged in the invasion of Ukraine. Tesla did not reply right away to messages left for comment.
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