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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday August 19th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today we look at Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory, plus it's Democratic Convention

Week and how do the Vice Presidential candidates differ when it comes to education.

Ukrainian President Volodemir Zelensky said yesterday

that his military's offensive into Russia's curse region

will create a buffer zone to discourage Russian attacks is seized land, which is estimated at almost 400 square miles.

Ukraine has held it for almost two weeks.

The commander of Ukraine's Air Force says a second bridge in the region

was badly damaged as Kiev tries to weaken Russia's combat operations.

Russia criticized Western allies of Ukraine at the UN last week for not condemning Kieve's push

into the Russian region, accusing Ukrainian forces of killing civilians and questioning

the goals of the assault.

Russia invaded Ukraine two and a half years ago and now holds almost 20% of Ukrainian

territory in the country's east and south.

Russia yesterday carried out its third ballistic missile attack on Kiev this month,

but the Capitol's military administration said

preliminary data indicated most of the projectiles were shot down.

The Democratic National Convention kicks off this week in Chicago.

Unlike the Republican Convention, the DNC decided to confirm their nominee during a virtual

roll call earlier this month to satisfy ballot deadlines in several states.

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