This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Valerie Sanderson and at 13hours GMT on Friday the 9th of August,

these are our main stories.

Ukraine expands its incursion into Russia. It's hit an air base in the Lippetsk region.

In Thailand, the main opposition party reinvents itself two days after being disbanded by the country's top court. Also, this podcast, supporters of Carlos Puchnamo,

who campaigns for independence for Catalonia,

says he's on the way to Belgium

after the Spanish authorities failed to arrest him and

myself and the entire universe saw an image on social media of a really sad looking

and Palupa became a symbol of social media of a really sad looking oooooooo-lum,

and became a symbol of what the hell happened to my life.

We have the tale of how a failed visitor attraction

starring Willy Wonka's ooompaalumpas got turned into a musical.

We start with Ukraine an update of their incursion into Russian territory which began on

Tuesday. A big drone attack has backed up their ground offensive in the Kursk region

and the reports too that they've launched an explosive attack much deeper in Russian drones attacking Lippetsk Air Base.

The Ukrainians say there were several explosions and a huge fire where dozens of Russian aircraft

and warehouses storing glide bombs are based.

Our correspondent in Kyiv James Waterhouse gave in the details.

We know that this significant Ukrainian offensive is going into a fourth day.

And if Russia was hoping it would have been slowed,

it doesn't seem to be materializing in that way.

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