Zelensky tells Russia ‘war is coming home’ as Ukraine makes new gains in Kursk
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Day 903.
Today, Volodymyr Zelensky tells Russia the war is “coming home” as Ukrainian troops made fresh advances as part of its week-long invasion of the Kursk region. We bring you the latest news from the front, and look deeper into the man Putin has appointed to lead the defence of Kursk, Alexei Dyumin.
We also roundup the latest political and diplomatic news and explain why a quiet archipelago off the coast of Finland is on alert for Russian spies.
Contributors:
David Knowles (Journalist). @djknowles22 on X.
Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.
Iona Cleave (Foreign Correspondent). @cleaveiona on X.
James Rothwell (Berlin Correspondent). @JamesERothwell on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
Articles referenced:
Putin blames West as he vows response to Ukraine invasion:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/ukraine-invasion-russia-response-putin-west/
Ukraine's answer to Russia's 'Z': How 'white triangle' invasion stunned Putin:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/08/12/ukraine-white-triangle-invasion-stunned-russia/
Three reasons why Kyiv innovative invasion puts Putin's dictatorship on notice:
Putin appoints former bodyguard Alexei Dyumin who fought off a bear to lead Kursk defence:
Latest from Kursk:
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| 0:00.0 | I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest. Today, |
| 0:08.0 | Vladimir Zelensky tells Russia the war is coming home as Ukrainian troops make fresh advances as part of a week-long |
| 0:14.5 | invasion of the Kursk region. We bring you the latest news from the front and look |
| 0:18.5 | deeper into the man Putin has appointed to lead the defense of Kursk, Alexei de Jummin. |
| 0:23.6 | We also round up the latest political and diplomatic news and explain why a quiet archipelago |
| 0:28.5 | of the coast of Finland is on alert for Russian spies. |
| 0:31.5 | Braverin takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:42.0 | The first duty of my government is security and defense |
| 0:46.0 | to make clear our unshakable support of NATO |
| 0:49.4 | and with our allies towards Ukraine. |
| 0:52.3 | Keep stand strong. |
| 0:54.0 | Nobody is going to break us. |
| 0:56.0 | We're strong. |
| 0:57.0 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:59.0 | It's Tuesday the 13th of August, |
| 1:02.0 | two years and 76 days since the full scale invasion began. |
| 1:05.6 | And today I'm joined by our Associate Editor Dominic Nichols, Foreign Breaking News reporter Iona Cleave, |
| 1:11.5 | Berlin Correspondent James Rothwell, and senior foreign correspondent |
| 1:15.4 | Rowland Olafant. I started by asking Dom for the latest news from |
| 1:20.0 | Ukraine and Russia. Well, hi David, hi team. |
| 1:26.2 | So the news today is driven by Ukrainian forces reportedly launching new incursions into Western Kursk Oblast. |
| 1:34.8 | So let's do just a quick little bit of geography once again because we're going to be throwing |
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