Moscow says Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Russia's defence ministry said its forces had engaged Ukrainian troops near the villages of Tolpino and Obshchy Kolodez, as the offensive in the Kursk region entered a sixth day. Also: President Biden explains why he dropped out of White House race, and Tom Cruise abseils off stadium roof in Olympic closing ceremony in Paris.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.0 | I'm Jean Nett Jalil and in the early hours of Monday the 12th of August, these are our |
| 0:10.0 | main stories. |
| 0:11.0 | Columns of Ukrainian armored vehicles have been seen moving |
| 0:14.5 | towards the Russian border as Kyiv presses on with its offensive in the Kursk region. |
| 0:20.1 | President Biden has said he did not seek re-election because he wanted to avoid becoming a distraction in the Democrats campaign to defeat Donald Trump. |
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| 0:47.0 | got on his knee and proposed to his longtime girlfriend Maria Pilar Campoy. We look at some of the romantic moments from the Olympics in |
| 0:56.0 | Paris as the Games end. |
| 1:00.0 | Russia has acknowledged that Ukrainian forces have penetrated deep into its |
| 1:06.9 | territory as far as 30 kilometers in despite its attempts to push them out. |
| 1:12.1 | Six days into the surprise incursion |
| 1:14.8 | into southwestern Russia by Ukrainian forces, there are reports of a large increase in |
| 1:19.6 | military activity on both sides of the border. Residents of Sumi in northern Ukraine |
| 1:25.3 | are reporting a flow of personnel carriers, tanks and supply lorries on their way to |
| 1:30.4 | the Russian region of Kursk as Kyiv presses on with its offensive, saying it has |
| 1:35.2 | thousands of troops on Russian soil. Moscow has vowed a tough response as it carries |
| 1:41.2 | out retaliatory strikes. |
| 1:43.0 | Ina Sufson, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, |
| 1:46.0 | said the offensive was widely supported by Ukrainians. |
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