August 15th 2024.
Moving on to the next event, another symbol of Vladimir Putin's defeat and Ukraine's triumph in Russia is making its rounds on Telegram. It's a CCTV footage capturing the victorious troops taking down the Russian flag from the House of Culture in the village of Vnezapnoe, located in Kursk. This scene has been playing out repeatedly as Ukrainian forces intensify their attacks in the western border region. This is considered the largest foreign attack on Russia since World War Two, completely overturning the established order two and a half years into Putin's invasion.
In the Kursk region, people who were evacuated are now lining up at a distribution center to fill out forms for humanitarian aid. This "land grab" could potentially give Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, an advantage in negotiations with the Kremlin. However, this move also serves as a tactic to force Putin to slow down his aggressive advances into Ukraine by pulling back Russian forces to protect their own sovereign land.
With the support of swarms of drones, artillery, and tanks, Ukrainian units have managed to seize a small portion of the world's largest nuclear power and have even taken hundreds of Russian soldiers, mostly young conscripts, as prisoners. This has resulted in the evacuation of up to 200,000 people in the border region. As the battles continue, Russia has begun evacuating thousands from the border regions, with about 20,000 residents from the district of Glushkov already being pulled out. So far, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated by Russian authorities in response to the attack.
Meanwhile, reports from Ukraine's 1+1 TV channel showed footage allegedly from Sudzha, a Russian town located about six miles from the border. The footage displayed burnt-out columns of Russian military vehicles, as well as Ukrainian soldiers distributing humanitarian aid to local residents and removing Russian flags from an administrative building.
In the latest update, Ukraine has also targeted four military airfields overnight. These airfields were home to fighter bombers, jets, and other military aviation equipment. According to the defense ministry's Facebook post, the airfields of Khalino, Savasleyka, Borisoglebsk, and Baltimore were all struck in the attack. The main targets were the warehouses containing fuel and lubricant materials, as well as the aviation units. The results of the attack are still being assessed, and the coordinated efforts of all defense forces are ongoing.
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