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The Ukrainian armed forces violated all rules of conduct and violated the airspace of the Republic of Belarus. In the eastern direction, very close to us in the Kostyukovichi district,
Lukashenko said at a meeting in Minsk on Saturday We have to take all the steps that are possible in such a situation,
said Alexander Ilyin, a 42-year-old architect Ukraine is proving that it can really bring justice and guarantees exactly the kind of pressure that is needed — pressure on the aggressor."
Thanking the soldiers involved, he added The actions of the Ukrainian army pose a direct threat
state news agencies cited its atomic energy agency Rosatom as saying The enemy struck Khersonelectrotrans, one of Kherson City Council’s public utility companies, from the temporarily occupied left bank last night. Trolleybuses, buildings and trees have been damaged."
I don’t understand why Ukraine had to do this. We have to look into it,
the BelTA news agency quoted him as saying Today, I received several reports from commander-in-chief Syrskyi regarding the front lines and our actions to push the war onto the aggressor’s territory,
They are not anywhere near 10km from Kursk, and most recon is reported at around 10km to 15km from their established troop presence,
A substation has been attacked in the Oktyabrsky district of Kursk region,
reported eastern European news outlet NEXTA shared on X, formerly Twitter, next to footage of the site as smoke billows into the sky The 252nd battalion is in the Poroz settlement in the Belgorod region,
No situation on the battlefield can justify targeting civilians,
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said on X, while the regional governor, Vadym Filashkin, said NEW: Russian sources claimed on August 9 that Ukrainian forces advanced further east in Kursk Oblast but are likely no longer operating as far north or as far west as Russian sources previously claimed on August 8.
Geolocated footage published on August 9 indicates that Ukrainian forces were recently operating west of Sudzha, within the settlement, north of Sudzha near Kazachya Loknya, and northeast of Leonidovo and in Dmitriukov.”
Many dead, some of the vehicles burned to the ground
A Russian channel on Telegram reported Several sources of ignition were recorded, a large fire broke out and multiple detonations were observed,
Kyiv’s military said on the Telegram messaging app The price of mistakes these days will be calculated in the lives of soldiers and civilians
One prominent blogger said We can and we should take more land of the Ukraine that still exists,
This is another targeted attack on a crowded place, another act of terror by the Russians,
Donetsk regional head Vadym Filashkin said in a Telegram post The town is controlled by the armed forces of Ukraine, the town is calm, all buildings are intact,
a soldier in the video said, adding I do not understand why Ukraine needs this. We need to figure it out. As I said before, we made it clear to them that any provocations will not go unanswered,
Lukashenko said ... according to state news agency Belta