The war between Russia and Ukraine reaches its day 912 since its beginning on February 24, 2022, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” to free the pro-Russian population from Ukrainian region of Donbas.
Hoy Friday, August 23, 2024, Narendra ModiPrime Minister of India transmits to Volodymyr Zelensky are proposal for peace.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian forces continue their offensive in the Russian oblast of Kurskwhile they are seen forced to withdraw before the Russian advances near Pokrovskin the Ukrainian region of Donetsk.
The Ukrainian-controlled zone in Kursk has been expanded y Ukrainian forces fight Now next to the Río Seimseven kilometers from the town of Snagost and 35 kilometers northwest of Sudzhainfluential analytics platform DeepState said Thursday.
The commander in chief of the Armed Forces of UkraineOleksandr Sirski, reported that has taken another location y More prisoners of war have been capturedduring a visit by President Volodymyr Zelensky to the northern Sumi region.
Several thousand Russian soldiers could be found in the district of Glushkovoof more than 500 square kilometers, attacked by Ukrainian forces from the west, south and east and separated from the rest of the region to the north by the Río Seim.
According to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), geolocated videos indicate that the Ukrainian forces have advanced until the on the Russian Konopelkaal East of Sudzha.
Russian military bloggers also point out that Russian forces risk being surrounded near Martinovkain the north, ISW reports.
However, the Kremlin tries to minimize the importance of losing control over part of their own territory and focuses on achieving its goals in it Donbasanalysts say.
IAEA confirms discovery of drone debris near Kursk plant
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the HIM, confirmed on Thursday that Russia has informed him of the discovery of the remains of a drone a few meters from the Kursk nuclear power planta region partially occupied by Ukraine.
In addition, the IAEA announced a visit by its Director General, Rafael Grossinext week to the scene.
According to the agency, the Fragments of the drone were found about a hundred meters from the nuclear fuel storage facility used from the plant after it was intercepted “in the early hours of August 22.”
“Military activity in the vicinity of a nuclear power plant poses a serious risk to nuclear security,” warned the Argentine head of the IAEA, without specifying who the drone shot down in the area of the plant came from.
Russian President, Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of having launched the attack against the plantwhich kyiv rejected hours later, amidst cross-accusations.
The IAEA has been urging the warring parties to the conflict to avoid hostilities around nuclear power plants, in particular around the Ukrainian plant in Zaporizhia, which has been occupied by Russia since March 2022.
IAEA team visiting Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
Ukraine attacks Russian army positions in Kursk with US-supplied bombs
He Ukrainian Army Used High-Precision GBU-39 Gliding Bombs, supplied by the United Statesto attack On Thursday, a command post of the Russian platoon in the region of Kurskthe Ukrainian Air Force said on Friday.
“A command post for unmanned aerial vehicles, a radio-electronic warfare unit, various equipment, weapons and up to 40 Russian servicemen were hit,” Ukrainian Air Force Commander General Mikola Oleschuk wrote on his Telegram channel late on Thursday.
According to Oleschuk, the attack occurred at 4:00 p.m. local time on Thursday.
A short video of the attack shared by Oleschuk, likely captured by a droneshows at least 6 large explosions and the escape of at least one vehicle.
The ukrainian aviation ha wholesale a Russian military logistics journal and the concentration of forces in the Kursk region since the beginning of the Ukrainian offensive in that area, also using weapons provided by its partners abroad.
On Tuesday, a Russian underground command center was destroyed in Kursk by a French AASM Hammer aerial bomblaunched from a Ukrainian plane, Oleschuk wrote then.
Ukrainian soldiers training in a photo taken on April 10, 2024. EFE/EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
(SERGEY DOLZHENKO / EFE)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives Volodymyr Zelensky his peace proposal
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra-Modi, transmitted This Friday, the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenskiare bet by the dialogue and negotiation to end the war in Ukraine, during his interview on the sidelines of the Indian leader’s first visit to kyiv.
As he explained to the press in kyiv el ministro de exteriores indio, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Zelensky in turn expressed his interest to Modi in what New Delhi gets involved in the organization of a New Global Summit for Peace and in advance for the diplomatic path to peace.
The meeting between Modi and Zelensky focused in to a large extent in the military situation”, the issue of food and energy security and, above all, the search for “conceivable paths towards peace and conflict resolution”.
“We are ready to do whatever we can because we think that the continuation of this conflict is terrible obviously for Ukraine and also for the world.”
Jaishankar on India’s concrete role in bringing the parties together for negotiations
Questioned about the possibility about what India intervene to invite Russia to the second peace summit which Ukraine intends to organize in the coming months, the head of Indian diplomacy replied that It must be kyiv that decides and make a statement on the matter.
The Indian Foreign Minister also spoke about the India’s imports of Russian oilwhich according to some sources has recently become the largest buyer of Russian crude oilsurpassing China.
Jaishankar explained that this is a economic and not political issueand argued that Iran and Venezuela are allowed to sell their oil on the international market to cheapen he price of hydrocarbons.
The Indian minister described it as “open” y “constructive” the Meeting between Modi and Zelensky and pledged to announce to the public any further steps in promoting dialogue between Ukraine and Russia.
Modi and Zelensky – who did not hold a press conference after their meeting – also signed a joint declaration in which all the topics covered are reviewed.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives Volodymyr Zelensky his peace proposal (EFE)
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