Ukraine Conflict

Russia declare evacuation of border districts in Belgorod, Kursk regions

Russian officials on Monday announced that evacuations are being implemented in border districts in the country’s Belgorod and Kursk regions. “In order to protect the life and health of our population, we are starting to move people who live in Krasnoyaruzhsky district to safer places,” Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. Expressing that Ukrainian military activity was reported on the border of the district, Gladkov said he is certain that Russian troops will do everything to “cope with the threat.” The Krasnoyaruzhsky district lies east of Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region and south of Russia’s Kursk region. Gladkov further said the coordination of the evacuation is underway on the ground, and transport has been sent to the area. “I am sure that everything will be done in an organized manner, the main thing is that it will be done calmly, without panic, under the guidance of responsible persons,” Gladkov went on to say. Elsewhere, Kursk Governor Alexey Smirnov said on Telegram that the operational headquarters formed in the region decided to evacuate residents of the region’s Belovsky district. Smirnov further said he instructed Russia’s Transport Ministry in the region to prepare additional transport to evacuate residents from the district. A day earlier, Smirnov claimed that a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group tried to cross into Belovsky, but that Russian forces “stabilized the situation.” Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced on Aug. 10 that it introduced a counter-terrorism operation regime in the border regions of Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk amid Ukrainian incursions. Last Tuesday, Russia said that Ukrainian troops, including tanks and armored combat vehicles, attacked its military positions near two border settlements in the Kursk region. Since then, Moscow has reported that it has been repelling incursions into the border region by Ukrainian forces, in addition to countering air strikes launched at Kursk and surrounding regions, including Belgorod. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Aug. 7 accused Kyiv of “large-scale provocation” and “indiscriminate shooting.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later commented on the allegations, saying: “Russia brought the war to our land and should feel what it has done.”

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Russia says it downed 75 drones launched by Ukraine overnight

 Russia said early Monday that it downed a total of 75 drones launched by Ukraine in an attack on the country’s territory overnight. A statement by the Russian Defense Ministry said the country’s air defense systems intercepted and downed 47 drones over the Rostov region, which borders Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The statement further said 17 drones were shot down over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, while a drone was downed over the Belgorod, Voronezh, and Smolensk regions, respectively. Eight drones were also downed over the Krasnodar region that borders the Rostov region to the north and the Crimean Peninsula to the west, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014. Rostov Governor Vasily Golubev said in a statement on Telegram that there were no casualties in his region due to the drone attack, indicating dry vegetation caught fire in several areas which have since been extinguished. Elsewhere, Krasnodar’s regional administration reported on Telegram that an oil refinery in the town of Tuapse was damaged due to falling debris from the downed drones. The seaside town is located about 116 kilometers (72 miles) northwest of the Russian port city of Sochi. Meanwhile, local authorities in Belgorod, Voronezh, and Smolensk have not reported any casualties or damages in the respective regions. Ukrainian authorities have not yet commented on the claims, though Kyiv has previously voiced that such attacks are in response to similar attacks against its energy infrastructure by Moscow.

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