KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia, according to Russian sources, as Kyiv's incursion into western Russia entered its third week Tuesday.
Associated PressKYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia, according to Russian sources, asA Fenix team rescue worker places a helmet on Bohdan Scherbyna, 9, as he is evacuated with his mother Maryna Scherbyna and 14 year old sister Angelina Scherbyna, as local people as moved from Selidove to safe areas, in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024.
Over the weekend, Ukraine’s Air Force commander posted two videos of bridges over the Seym being hit, and satellite photos by Planet Labs PBC analyzed Tuesday by The Associated Press confirmed that a bridge in the town of Glushkovo had been destroyed. Since the incursion into the Kursk region began, the Ukrainian army has captured 1,263 square kilometers and 93 settlements, Ukraine's top military commander said Tuesday — up from 1,000 square kilometers a week ago. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi made the remarks while meeting with local officials.
Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said Tuesday afternoon that more than 500 people had left dangerous areas in the Kursk region over the past 24 hours. In total, more than 122,000 people have been resettled since the Ukrainian attack began, it said. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Ukrainians of “trying to destabilize our country” and compared them to terrorists.
“We have now achieved an extremely important ideological shift: the naive and illusory concept of so-called ‘red lines’ regarding Russia that dominated the assessments of the war by some of our partners has crumbled these days somewhere near Sudzha," the president said, referring toMuch remains unknown about Ukrainian operations in Russia but satellite images provide some clues.
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