Newsletter 16/08/2024
Daily news digest
War
Paratroopers show first hours of offensive in Kursk region
The Command of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed a video of the first hours of the Defence Forces' offensive in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation on 6 August 2024.
Russia deploying additional forces to Kursk region – UK intelligence
Enemy reduces intensity of artillery shelling in southern Ukraine – defense forces
Russian army loses 1,330 soldiers in Ukraine over past day
Ukrainian forces destroy Russia's Grad rocket launcher, nine more pieces of enemy equipment on southern axis
MAGURA V5 drones hit 18 Russian vessels in 18 months
Occupiers built model of sunken submarine in Sevastopol - social networks
In the temporarily occupied Sevastopol, near the pier in Kilen Bay, where the ship repair plant of the Russian Black Sea Fleet is located, the occupiers built a model of a downed Russian submarine to deceive Ukrainian intelligence.
Ukrainian forces may have captured up to 2,000 Russian soldiers in Kursk region - The Independent
Ratification of Rome Statute necessary for more effective punishment of Putin – Merezhko
“If we were a state party to the Rome Statute, we could have directly raised this issue with Mexico and insisted that it execute the arrest warrant for Putin as soon as he appeared on their territory. Yet, Mexico found a loophole to let Putin through and promised not to arrest him, which is a violation,” the MP stressed. Read more
Politics
Canada allows use of weapons provided to Ukraine on territory of Russian Federation
"Canada places no geographic restrictions on the use of military equipment that we donate to Ukraine." said department spokeswoman Andree-Anne Poulin.
U.S. reluctant to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS inside Kursk region - CNN
The United States remains reluctant to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS missiles inside Russia's Kursk region and thinks they would be better used to continue targeting Russian-occupied Crimea.
Expert: It is important for West that everything in Kursk region is done according to rules of warfare
"It is difficult to take new territories, but it is even more difficult to hold them effectively. And since Ukraine is doing this with the help of military support from Western countries, it is very important for Western countries that everything that happens in the process of offensive, counterattack, all actions that take place, they must be in accordance with the rules, ethical rules of warfare. And this is, of course, always more difficult and expensive than the methods used by Russia," an expert at the Netherlands Institute of International Relations Clingendael said.
Explaining complex things in simple words
POW exchange,
Nord Stream case,
Russian bomber crash
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.