Russia declares emergency in Kursk as Ukraine ‘wipes out entire battalion’ & bombs a key airfield
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
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🗓️ 9 August 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
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
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/edb4ed8bf3604c4ca47707ed1fe3a56c
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| 0:26.0 | T.S.B. proud partners of the Pride of Britain Awards. I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest today. We continue to bring you |
| 0:41.2 | updates and analysis of Ukraine's surprise attack on Russia's |
| 0:44.4 | Kursk region. We report on the rise of war tourism and bring you new important details |
| 0:50.1 | about the missile that Russia fired at the Ahmadine Children's Hospital in Kyiv last month. |
| 0:55.0 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 1:05.0 | The first duty of my government is security and defense |
| 1:09.0 | to make clear our unshakable support of NATO and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 1:15.2 | Keep stand strong. Nobody is going to break us. We're strong. We're |
| 1:20.7 | Ukrainians. |
| 1:21.7 | It's Friday the 9th of August. |
| 1:25.0 | Two years and 172 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:29.0 | And today I'm joined by our associate editor Dominic Nichols, |
| 1:32.0 | Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes, reporter Lauren Shirath, |
| 1:35.6 | and our guest is Damien Speaters, |
| 1:37.8 | director of Expeditionary Operations at the Conflict Armament Research Group. |
| 1:42.0 | I started by asking Dom for the latest news from Russia. |
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