Russia declares emergency in Kursk as Ukraine ‘wipes out entire battalion’ I Ukraine: The Latest

Day 899.

Today, we continue to bring you updates and analysis of Ukraine’s surprise attack on Russia’s Kursk region, we report on the rise of war tourism & bring you new, important details about the missile that Russia fired at the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv last month.

Contributors:

David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Joe Barnes (Brussels Correspondent). @Barnes_Joe on X.

Lauren Shirreff (Journalist). @laurenshirreff on X.

With thanks to Damien Spleeters (Director of Expeditionary Operations, Conflict Armament Research). @damspleet on X.

Lauren’s article:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/07/ukraine-war-crime-dark-tourism/

News on the Kursk incursion:

Ukraine ‘turned the tables’ with attack on Russia, says Volodymyr Zelensky https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/08/russia-edits-statement-dismissing-ukraines-advance-kursk/

Video: Ukraine ‘wipes out entire battalion inside Russia in one of war’s bloodiest strikes’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/09/russian-drives-past-destruction-ukraine-missile-strike/

Watch: Ukraine launches ‘massive’ drone attack on Russian city https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/09/ukraine-launches-massive-drone-attack-russian-city-lipetsk/

ISW’s assessment: https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-8-2024

New Kh-101 missile used to strike Kyiv children’s hospital

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38 comments
  1. Same side that has failed in two and half years of pretending not be at war with Russia, – in destroying a bridge with their best battlefield supplied weapons, now pretending they can or could have changed the course of the war by assaulting a NPP in Kursk. Crazies.

  2. Looks like the Kursk has been sunk twice now. Russia should not be angry at this attack. They should realize that if they begin a war on their neighbor that power has a perfect right to respond by bring the conflict back to those who began it. Fair is fair. Russia started this war, not Ukraine. Let them pay the price of their lack of ability to use reason to settle disputes.

  3. Hopefully this will screw trump’s selfish piece plan which will involve Ukraine having to seed territory He’s going to look pretty stupid if Russia also has to also negotiate for its own territory back.

  4. 1. Create turmoil Disrupt russian logisticts road rail air
    2. Expose kremlin lies on war and conquest invasion of Ukraine
    3. Territory to negotiate
    4. russian Gas supply interuption
    5. russian Electricity interuption
    6. russian pow to trade
    7. Mothers of russian soldiers against kremlin

  5. I agree it's a land grab but not as this cast suggest for future negotiations. Russia is not ready for negotiations yet.

    The objective is more likely tied to the fact that taking back the land is not optional to Russia. That makes their actions predictable and that's an important strategic objective. Furthermore conscripts that Russia didn't plan to see combat was in combat.

  6. The Orcs should have stayed the F out of Ukraine. They haven't felt the war at home in Russia yet. They need to.

  7. Tourism .. Dark or otherwise brings people and $$ to Ukraine .. If someone is Disrespectful I’m Certain they will be Corrected .. 🙏💙💛🔥

  8. Anyone else notice the similarities between the words Chechen and Chicken? Show of hands please!

    Chechen coop or Chicken coop ……. Baba Yaga!!!

  9. Can Putin really be that stvpid to accept 'good news' over the truth? These are um, mature adults, right? What a clown show.

  10. Zelensky sent his soldiers to Kursk with no air defense. 🤣🤣🤣 Russia will destroy them with FABs, Lancets, and Missiles. Zelensky is a moron.🤣🤣🤣

  11. Dom was a colonel??? Wait what? For real?
    Edit: he must be, he is talking about interior lines. Only military ppl talk like that.

  12. According to a statement of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation dated August 9, 2024, the Ukrainian expedition lost 660 soldiers and 82 armored vehicles, including 8 tanks, 12 transporters and 6 infantry fighting vehicles. The hunt for the surviving Ukrainians hiding in the forests is underway.

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