August 2024
1 August
Two people were killed by Russian shelling in Nikopol. [1]
A Bulsae-4 anti-tank missile vehicle was reportedly spotted by a Ukrainian drone in Kharkiv Oblast, suggesting that Russia is using North Korean-made armoured vehicles. [2]
Exiled Russian politician Ilya Ponomarev was injured in a drone attack on his residence near Kyiv. [3]
Forbes claimed Ukraine launched more attack drones than Russia during the month of July. [4]
The vessel Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky was launched in Istanbul as the second Turkish-built corvette commissioned for the Ukrainian Navy. [5]
2 August
Russian-installed officials and residents in Crimea reported missile and drone attacks across the peninsula, particularly in Sevastopol, Simferopol, Yevpatoria and Balaklava. [6] Ukrainian forces claimed the submarine Rostov-na-Donu "sank on the spot" in the attack on Sevastopol while an S-400 launcher was also damaged. [7]
The bodies of 250 soldiers were repatriated to Ukraine in exchange for those of 38 Russian soldiers. [8]
Russian forces captured the village of Vesele in Donetsk Oblast. [9]
Forbes estimated that 20 Russian regiments and brigades, "potentially" 40,000 troops, were advancing against six Ukrainian brigades of around 12,000 troops near Pokrovsk, and that the Russians were just 11 miles from the city. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy conceded that "this is where the fighting remains the most intense." [10]
Romania and Ukraine announced a plan to manufacture and improve the Neptune missile. [11]
3 August
In Russia, Ukrainian drones attacked an oil depot in Gubkinsky, Belgorod Oblast. The regional governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said that an explosion occurred at one of the storage tanks. Ukrainian drones struck a 16 story building in Zlyn, Oryol Oblast causing a fire, however no casualties were reported according to the regional governor Andrey Klychkov. Drones also hit Morozovsk, in Rostov Oblast, targeting an airfield where explosions were reported by locals. Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) later claimed that a "fuel and lubricants warehouse” was hit by 15 drones in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast. The regional governor also said that warehouses in the said areas were damaged. [12] [13] [14]
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed that Russia fired 29 "Shahed-type drones", two S-300 missiles and two Kh-31 missiles. A Ukrainian official said that "critical infrastructure" in Vinnytsia was hit by Russian drones. In Kherson, according to the regional governor, "critical infrastructure", administrative and civilian buildings were damaged. Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down 24 of the drones. [15]
A photo was released that shows a Ukrainian POW with his head and limbs cut off. Dymtro Lubinets, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, accused Russia of having tortured and killed him. [16]
4 August
Zelenskyy confirmed the arrival and deployment of the first batch of F-16 fighter jets pledged by Western countries in Ukraine and their usage by the Ukrainian Air Force. [17]
Russian-installed officials in Luhansk claimed that a Ukrainian missile strike caused a fire in a machine repair and storage facility used by the Russian military. [18]
Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of 744 children and their families from four frontline settlements in Donetsk Oblast due to Russian attacks. [19]
5 August
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced the discovery of a "large-scale" sabotage network organised by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) that was operating in six oblasts, adding that nine people, including two city councilors in Dnipro and Yuzhne, Odesa Oblast, had been arrested on suspicion of membership of the group. [20]
6 August
In Russia, officials claimed that one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike in Belgorod Oblast, [21] while two others were killed in a separate attack in Kursk Oblast, where Ukrainian forces reportedly attempted to make an incursion into the districts of Sudzha and Korenevo. [22] [23]
The SBU claimed to have damaged a Russian Mi-28 helicopter in Kursk Oblast with an FPV drone, calling it the first successful intercept of a helicopter mid-flight using a drone. [24] Ukrainian military blog DeepState claimed that two Russian tanks were destroyed and a Ka-52 helicopter was also shot down in Kursk Oblast. [25]
7 August
The HUR claimed that it had carried out a raid with Ukrainian Special Forces on the Tendra Spit in occupied Kherson Oblast that inflicted casualties on Russian forces and destroyed MT-LB amphibious personnel carriers, electronic warfare systems and fortifications. [26]
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) estimated that Ukrainian forces had advanced up to ten kilometers into Russia’s Kursk Oblast from their common border since the start of the incursion on 6 August and had seized a total area of some 45 square kilometers. [27] The Ukrainian incursion involved some 1,000 soldiers, armoured vehicles and was supported by artillery and drones according to a Russian official. [28] A state of emergency was declared in Kursk Oblast due to the ongoing incursion. [29]
Russian forces seized the village of Serhiivka , east of Pokrovsk. [30] [31]
Ukrainian authorities ordered the evacuation of 6,000 people from 23 border communities in Sumy Oblast due to Russian attacks. [32]
8 August
Two people were killed in separate Russian attacks in Nikopol and Sumy Oblast. [33] [34] Two people were also killed in a Russian airstrike in Selydove, Donetsk Oblast. [35]
Wagner Group units were deployed to Kursk Oblast to repel the Ukrainian incursion. [36]
Mexico turned down a request by Ukraine to arrest Russian president Vladimir Putin under the warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court for war crimes during his scheduled attendance at the inauguration of president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum in October. [37]
9 August
A massive drone attack was reported across Russia's Lipetsk Oblast, which authorities attributed to Ukraine. At least six people were injured, while four villages were ordered evacuated. [38] Ukraine subsequently claimed that it had struck the Lipetsk air base and destroyed warehouses storing ammunition. [39] [40] Russian authorities also claimed that one person was killed in a separate attack in Belgorod Oblast. [41] A HIMARS strike hit a Russian convoy of some 13 trucks, near Oktyabrskoye, Kursk Oblast. Video on social media showed burnt out trucks and soldiers' bodies. [42] Ukraine increased its total amount of occupied territory in Kursk Oblast to an estimated 350 square kilometers. [43] As of 9 August there is believed to be elements from 4-5 Ukrainian brigades operating in Kursk, some 10-12,000 troops. [44]
The SBU have claimed to have struck a Russian helicopter mid-flight with an FPV drone. The drone, carrying a "powerful fragmentation warhead", struck the helicopter near the tail rotor. According to one Ukrainian source it was a Mi-8 helicopter. The fate of the helicopter or the crew is unknown. [45] [46]
Russia reportedly recaptured the village of Nevelske in Donetsk Oblast. [47]
The HUR claimed that Ukrainian special forces, with the help of the Ukrainian Navy, launched an airborne raid on the Russian-occupied Kinburn Spit at the mouth of the Dnipro River in Mykolaiv Oblast, killing around 30 soldiers and destroying six armored vehicles. [48] It also claimed to have destroyed a Russian KS-701 Tunets patrol boat and damaged three other vessels in a separate attack near Chornomorske, Crimea using a naval drone. [49]
A supermarket in Kostiantynivka was struck by a Russian missile, killing at least 14 people and injuring at least 43 others. [50]
The governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, reported an attack near Belbek airfield. He said the attack involved unmanned aerial and maritime drones plus one Neptune missile, which was shot down. Falling debris was reported in Sevastopol and other parts of Crimea. [51]
The UK Defence Ministry assessed that Russian forces were now 16 kilometers away from Pokrovsk. [52]
The United States pledged a $125-million military aid package to Ukraine that included Stinger missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, HIMARS ammunition and vehicles. [53]
10 August
A Ka-52 helicopter was reportedly shot down by Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast. [54]
A video appeared to show Ukrainian soldiers in the village of Poroz, Belgorod Oblast. [55]
11 August
Two people were killed in a Russian missile attack on Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast. [56]
During the night of 10-11 August, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed to have shot down 30 Ukrainian UAVs and four Tochka-U missiles over Belgorod, Kursk, Voronezh, Bryansk and Oryol oblasts. A downed missile struck a high rise apartment block in Kursk Oblast, causing a fire that also hit cars in the street. Some 13 people were reported wounded, two seriously. In Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, houses and a high rise building were damaged. Part of the town lost power. In Voronezh Oblast, government and private buildings were damaged without casualties. [57]
A fire broke out at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, with Russian-installed authorities blaming the incident on Ukrainian shelling and Zelenskyy accusing Russian forces of responsibility. [58]
12 August
According to the Kursk governor, Alexei Smirnov, Ukraine controls 28 settlements along a front that is 12 km deep and 40 km wide. Some 2,000 Russians are living under Ukrainian control while another 121,000 have been evacuated and another 180,000 are awaiting evacuation. [59]
Oleksandr Myhulia, the commander of an aviation unit of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force, was killed in action. [60]
13 August
Russian forces seized the villages of Ivanivka and Svyrdonivka , both 15 kilometers east of Pokrovsk. [61] [62] [63] [64]
President Putin appointed Aleksey Dyumin, a former bodyguard and current head of the State Council, as the head of the Russian response to the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast, where Ukrainian forces claimed to be holding approximately 1,000 square kilometres of territory. [65] [66] In his evening address, President Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were in control of 74 settlements inside Kursk Oblast. [67]
A Ukrainian Su-27 launched a JDAM at a Russian command post in Tyotkino, Kursk Oblast, which was reportedly destroyed. Russian jets were reported to have redirected up to half of their normal glide bombing missions against Ukrainian targets in Sumy Oblast, where the Ukrainian forces are headquartered. [68]
14 August
Russia accused Ukraine of carrying out a massive air and drone attack on Kursk, Voronezh, Belgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Volgograd, Bryansk, Oryol, and Rostov Oblasts, adding that it had shot down 117 drones and four missiles. [69] According to local media, at least 10 Ukrainian drones struck Savaskeyka airbase, causing explosions. Gleb Nikitin, the governor of Nizhny Novgorod, said that the raid had been repelled without any casualties. [70] However, an HUR source told The Kyiv Independent that three Russian aircraft were destroyed and five others were damaged during the attack. [71]
A state of emergency was declared in Belgorod Oblast by governor Vyacheslav Gladkov due to the Ukrainian incursion. [72]
Russia captured the villages of Zhelanne and Orlivka , east of Pokrovsk. [31] [73]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down an Su-34 over Kursk Oblast. [74]
Two medics were killed in a Russian drone strike in Bilyi Kolodiaz, Kharkiv Oblast, [75] while two others were injured in a Russian missile attack on the port of Odesa. [76]
The SBU announced the discovery of a spy network working on behalf of Russia whose membership included two members of former President Viktor Yanukovych's security team and a serving member of the National Guard of Ukraine. [77]
A court in Germany ordered the arrest of a Ukrainian diving instructor on suspicion of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. [78]
15 August
Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, announced the establishment of a military administration in occupied parts of Kursk Oblast to be headed by General Eduard Moskaliov, adding that 82 settlements in the oblast were now under Kyiv's control. [79] In his evening address, Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces had taken full control of Sudzha. [80]
The acting governor of Kursk Oblast, Alexei Smirnov, announced the evacuation of some 20,000 people from the Glushkovsky District, some 20 kilometers behind the current front lines. [81] In Belgorod Oblast, four people, including two paramedics, were reportedly injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in Shebekino. [82]
One person was killed in a Russian airstrike in Sumy Oblast. [83]
Ukrainian authorities in Donetsk Oblast reported that Russian forces were now 10 kilometers away from Pokrovsk, and urged all citizens to evacuate. [84] [85]
Ukrainian authorities charged in absentia the Russian-installed head of Kherson Oblast, Vladimir Saldo, with the illegal removal of over 2,800 tons of grain from the Kherson Bread Products Plant. [86]
16 August
Ukraine launched attacks at the Kerch ferry crossing in Crimea and a boat in Chernomorsky in neighboring Krasnodar Krai. [87] [88] Russia claimed that 12 ATACMS missiles were shot down near the Crimean Bridge, which was temporarily closed. Local Telegraph channels also reported explosions in Simferopol and Sevastopol. [89] The Russian Defense Ministry also claimed that its helicopters destroyed five naval drones. [90]
Ukrainian authorities in Donetsk Oblast reported that Russian forces were now six kilometers away from Myrnohrad. [91]
Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk Oblast accused Ukraine of shelling a shopping mall in Donetsk city, killing two people and injuring seven others. [92]
Ukraine acknowledged the loss of a MiG-29 fighter jet following a claim by Russia that it had attacked an airbase in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. [93]
The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy posted photos of a monument of Vladimir Lenin in Sudzha being demolished by Ukrainian forces. [94]
17 August
One person was killed in a Russian attack on Myrnohrad. [95]
A Ukrainian source said that Russia had deployed around 5,000 troops from eastern Ukraine to Kursk Oblast since the start of Ukraine's Kursk offensive. [96]
A drone strike occurred on a road near the perimeter of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which Russia blamed on Ukraine. [97]
18 August
Russia captured the villages of Novozhelanne and Zavitne, east of Pokrovsk. [98]
Five people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts. [99] [100]
In Russia, an oil depot was struck by a drone in Proletarsk, Rostov Oblast, causing a fire that took until 2 September to put out. [101]
Russian forces reportedly began deploying units drawn from the VKS in Kursk Oblast, consisting of soldiers who guarded airbases, nuclear installations, staff from a cosmodrome, Voronezh radar station plus “engineers, mechanics…and a few flight crew officers” organised into motorised rifle units. [102]
19 August
Russia captured the villages of Skuchne and Mezhove, east of Pokrovsk, [103] [104] and claimed to have taken the city of Zalizne, southeast of Toretsk. [105]
Four people were killed in Russian attacks in Donetsk Oblast. [106]
Ukrainian forces destroyed the third, and last, bridge over the Seym river in Kursk Oblast, disrupting Russian logistics in the Glushkovsky district while potentially encircling 700-800 Russian paratroopers. [107] [108] In his evening address, Zelenskyy claimed that Ukrainian forces were now in control over 92 settlements in Kursk Oblast and 1,250 square kilometers of Russian territory. [109]
Ukrainian officials ordered the forced evacuation of women and children from Pokrovsk due to rapid Russian advances. [110]
The SBU announced the discovery of a Russian espionage network composed of serving and former Ukrainian law enforcement officials operating in Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblasts, adding that two suspects were arrested. [111]
Denmark pledged a new $115 million military aid package to Ukraine. [112]
20 August
Russia claimed to have taken New York, south of Toretsk. [113]
A 15-year old was killed in a Russian missile attack on a children's cafe in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [114] A separate missile attack on an industrial facility in Ternopil forced officials to issue health warnings due to increased chlorine levels in the air. [115]
The Czech Defense Ministry announced that it would use revenue from Russian assets frozen by the EU to purchase “several hundred thousand pieces of large-caliber ammunition” for Ukraine. [116]
Germany announced that it would send four more IRIS-T launchers to Ukraine by the end of 2024. [117]
The Ukrainian Air Force claimed that AASM Hammer bombs struck an “underground control point” in Kursk Oblast. [118] One of two pontoon bridges over the Seym River was also reported to have “disappeared” from satellite imagery, with explosions reported nearby. [119]
21 August
Ukraine launched a massive drone attack on western Russia, with Russian authorities claiming that 45 drones were shot down over Bryansk, Belgorod, Kaluga, Kursk and Moscow Oblasts. [120] No damage or casualties were reported, however two major airports in Moscow were forced to suspend flights. [121] The Ukrainian military claimed to have struck a Russian S-300 air defense system in Rostov Oblast possibly by using a Neptune missile. [122] [123]
Russian forces took the settlement of Komyshivka, east of Pokrovsk. [103] [124]
The governor of Bryansk Oblast claimed that Russian forces had repelled an infiltration attempt by a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in Klimovsky District. [125]
The Netherlands announced that it would provide 51 drone detecting radars to Ukraine by the end of the year. [126]
The Freedom of Russia Legion announced the defection of a Russian drone pilot who threw a grenade at his commander and other officers at a Storm Zet unit headquarters before fleeing to Ukraine and joining the legion. [127]
22 August
Three people were killed in Russian attacks in Kharkiv and Sumy Oblasts. [128] [129]
Russia seized the settlement of Ptyche, east of Pokrovsk. [103] The ISW reported that Ukrainian forces had retreated from certain positions southeast of Pokrovsk to avoid encirclement by Russian forces. [130]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have launched a counterattack in Kharkiv Oblast, retaking up to two kilometers of territory and preventing a Russian attack from Makiivka, Luhansk Oblast. [131]
Ukrainian drones reportedly attacked the Marinovka air base in Volgograd Oblast, setting fire to storage facilities for fuel and bombs. Residents of nearby Kalach-na-Donu reported multiple explosions. [132]
Traffic over the Crimean Bridge was closed due to a “missile threat”, while sea and land traffic near Sevastopol was also suspended. A ferry carrying railroad cars containing fuel was struck by a Ukrainian Neptune missile in Port Kavkaz, Krasnodar Krai. The ferry was reported as being "half submerged", with one crew member reported missing. [133] [134] [135]
The Ukrainian Air Force bombed an electronic warfare unit, a UAV command post and a "platoon strong point" in Kursk Oblast. [136]
President Zelenskyy visited frontline areas of Sumy Oblast and held a meeting with Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi. [137]
23 August
Russian forces made their first visually confirmed advance into Toretsk, entering it from the south. [138]
Russia was visually confirmed to have seized the village of Mykolaivka, east of Pokrovsk. [139]
Norway announced that it would fund the production of 155 mm Nammo artillery shells in Ukraine. [140]
The US announced a new military aid package to Ukraine valued at $125 million that included Javelin missiles, 155 mm shells, 105 mm shells, TOW missiles, HIMARS rockets plus other demolition and medical equipment. [141]
24 August
Five people were killed by Russian shelling in Kostiantynivka. [142] Four people were killed in separate attacks in Sumy Oblast. [143]
The local museum of Huliaipole, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, devoted mainly to Ukrainian 20th-century anarchist figure Nestor Makhno, was destroyed in a Russian attack. [144]
Russia and Ukraine conducted a prisoner exchange mediated by the United Arab Emirates that led to the parties releasing 115 POWs each. [145]
Alexander Gusev, the governor of Voronezh Oblast, claimed that Russian forces intercepted five Ukrainian drones. Falling debris from one set fire to a warehouse that contained “explosive materials” leading to an explosion. Two hundred people were evacuated and a state of emergency declared. [146]
Zelenskyy signed into law a bill banning religious organisations connected with Russia. [147]
Ukraine announced the first operational use of a “Palianytsia” missile-drone. The weapon is classified as both a missile and a drone. It struck an “enemy military facility” somewhere in occupied Ukraine. [148]
25 August
A Russian missile attack struck the Hotel Sapphire hosting foreign journalists in Kramatorsk. Six people, including three Reuters journalists were injured while a safety adviser from the UK was killed. [149] [150]
Three people were killed in Russian attacks in Sumy Oblast. [151]
Five people were killed and 13 others were injured by Ukrainian shelling in Rakitnoye, Belgorod Oblast. [152]
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on Belarus to withdraw its forces from the Belarus-Ukrainian international border. [153]
26 August
Russia launched a massive air attack on 15 regions across Ukraine. At least seven people were killed in Lutsk and in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava and Zhytomyr Oblasts, [154] [155] The Kyiv Hydroelectric Power Plant was also struck, damaging an energy facility. [156] In the evening, four people were killed and five others were injured in a missile strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih. [157] Ukrainian F-16s were used for the first time to intercept cruise missiles. [158] However, the Ukrainian Air Force subsequently announced the loss of an F-16 and its pilot during the attacks. [159]
In Russia, authorities in Saratov Oblast claimed that four people were injured in Ukrainian drone attacks on Saratov city and Engels. [160] Saratov Gagarin Airport suspended flights while Russian officials claimed to have shot down nine drones over the region. [161]
27 August
Russia launched another wave of air attacks across Ukraine. [162] Three people were killed in Russian drone attacks on Zaporizhzhia Oblast. [163] One person was killed in a missile strike in Bohodukhiv. [164]
Russia captured the village of Kalynove, southeast of Pokrovsk, [165] and likely captured the village of Kostiantynivka, southwest of Donetsk. [166] It also took full control over the city of Novohrodivka, nine kilometers southeast of Pokrovsk. [167] [168]
The SBU arrested a man in Kharkiv on suspicion of spying on Patriot air defence systems for Russia. [169]
Ukraine claimed to have successfully tested its first domestically developed ballistic missile. [170]
Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi said that Ukraine controlled nearly 1,300 square kilometres of Kursk Oblast and captured 594 Russian prisoners since its incursion began. Syrskyi also claimed Russia had redeployed 30,000 soldiers “from other sectors” to Kursk Oblast. [171]
28 August
Four members of the same family were killed in a Russian airstrike in Izmailivka, Donetsk Oblast. [172] Two people were killed in a separate attack in Chasiv Yar. [173]
Ukraine announced that it will cease the transit of Russian gas and oil to Europe via the Druzhba pipeline once the current contract expires on 1 January 2025. [174]
Vasily Golubev, governor of Rostov Oblast, claimed that four Ukrainian drones were destroyed. A local Russian Telegram channel reported that three storage tanks at an oil depot in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky had been set on fire. The governor of Voronezh Oblast, Alexander Gusev, said that falling debris from a downed drone started a fire "near explosive objects." Russian military officials claimed that eight drones were downed. Two settlements were evacuated. [175] The governor of Kirov Oblast, Alexander Sokolov, claimed that drones attacked the town of Kotelnich in the first attack of its kind in the region. [176]
The Ukrainian military claimed to have shot down a Russian Su-25 aircraft over the Kramatorsk sector. [177]
29 August
Ukraine claimed to have shot down two of five Russian missiles and 60 of 74 drones. Ukraine lost track of 14 drones. One is believed to have entered Belarusian airspace. The Belarusian Air Force, for the first time, claimed to have shot down a Russian drone. Falling debris damaged homes in Kyiv Oblast and started a large fire in Cherkasy. [178] [179]
The Ukrainian military said that Russian forces were in partial control over Chasiv Yar, adding that the city was now destroyed. [180]
The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that one person was killed and two others were injured by Ukrainian airstrikes in Shebekino. [181]
30 August
Six people were killed and 97 others were injured in Russian airstrikes in Kharkiv. [182] [183] A separate attack on a factory in Sumy killed two and injured eleven. [184]
The governor of Belgorod Oblast claimed that five people were killed and 37 others were injured by Ukrainian shelling in and around Belgorod city. [185]
The Commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, Mykola Oleshchuk, was dismissed by President Zelenskyy and replaced by Lieutenant General Anatolii Kryvonozhko, [186] which was partially attributed to “indications” that the F-16 that crashed on 26 August shot down by “a friendly fire incident.” Ukrainian parliamentarian Maryana Bezuhla and Oleshchuk had previously argued over the cause of the loss of the F-16. [187] [188]
The Ukrainian Armed Forces Center for Strategic Communications announced that Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi officially appointed Roman Hladkyi as the chief of staff of the Unmanned Systems Forces. [189]
Russian forces retook the village of Korenevo in Kursk Oblast, [190] and captured the villages of Stelmakhivka in Luhansk Oblast [191] and Karlivka in Donetsk Oblast. [192] [193]
Russia claimed to have shot down 18 drones over Crimea and in Bryansk, Kaluga, and Belgorod Oblasts, adding that Kaluga Airport was also targeted. [194]
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that Ukraine did not have permission to strike Russian territory with Italian weapons. He also announced that Italy was sending a new Samp-T to Ukraine. [195]
Russia began withdrawing 100 members of the Bear Brigade, a Russian private military company, from Burkina Faso to Kursk Oblast to fight Ukrainian forces. [196]
The FSB announced the arrest by Venezuela of two Colombian nationals who had been fighting with the international legion of Ukraine during a lay-over in Caracas in mid-July and were then extradited to Russia. [197] [198]
31 August
Five people were killed by Russian shelling in Chasiv Yar. [199] One person was killed in a separate attack in Sumy Oblast. [200]
Ukrainian shelling killed five and injured 46 in Belgorod. [201]
