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Ukrainian forces have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha in the Kursk region, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on August 15, adding that the Ukrainian military is setting up a command office there.
Russian forces launched a ballistic missile strike on Ukraine's southern city of Odesa on August 14, hitting port infrastructure and injuring the driver of a grain truck, the regional governor said.
Ukraine has restricted civilian movements in a 20-kilometer area in the Sumy region bordering Russia, where heavy fighting is under way. Olena Sima is the mayor in the village of Yunakivka. She told RFE/RL that she's worried about the people in her community who remain in the area.
Ukraine's top military commander on August 13 said Ukrainian forces have taken control of 74 settlements in Russia's Kursk region as Ukrainian forces continued to make headway.
A court in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on August 12 handed a suspended four-year prison term to activist Gleb Kalinychev for sending 1,899 rubles ($21.50) to late opposition leader Aleksei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) in 2021-22.
Authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka, who has run Belarus with an iron first for 30 years, has proposed amendments to the country's Criminal Code that would allow punishment for violence and threats against current and former presidents.
A court in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the capital of Russia's Kamchatka region in the Far East, on August 12 sentenced a local man to 10 years in prison for beating to death another man who had criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian leaders, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and military commander Oleksandr Syrskiy, have spoken openly for the first time about their forces' shock incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, with Zelenskiy saying that Moscow must be “forced to make peace.”
A fire at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has been "completely extinguished," a Moscow-installed official said on August 12.
Russian Orthodox Church priests who defy Patriarch Kirill and oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine often face a stark choice: Conform or leave. Four priests who say they broke with the church to stick with their principles shared their stories of struggle and defiance.
Scenes of destruction in Russia's Kursk region continue to be shared online following a surprise cross-border incursion. Residents of the region shared videos that appear to show dead Russian soldiers among destroyed military vehicles scattered along a local road.
Residents of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region were without power and running water following air strikes that began on August 6. Ukrainian officials have made few direct comments on the cross-border incursion, but President Volodymyr Zelenskiy praised the military for "achieving their goals."
Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 8 signed into law a bill allowing any foreign entity, including those established by state organs of third countries, to be declared "undesirable."
Estonia's government said on August 8 that full customs controls have been introduced at the Baltic country's border with Russia, replacing random border checks.
A Russian military court sentenced Ukrainian citizen Mykola Zabirko on August 8 to 6 1/2 years in a high-security prison for an alleged assassination attempt on Kostyantyn Ivashchenko, Mariupol’s former Russia-installed mayor.
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 8 commented indirectly on a surprise Ukrainian military incursion into Russia after Russia claimed to have repelled Ukraine's advance in the Sudzha and Korenevo districts of the Kursk region that borders Ukraine.
Russian leaders say Ukrainian forces attacked targets in Russia's Kursk region, starting late on August 6. The regional governor said there had been at least two deaths. Residents shared videos of planes overhead and burning cars, while Ukraine had yet to comment on Russian officials' statements.
A court in Estonia on August 6 held a preliminary hearing in the high treason case against journalist Svetlana Burceva, who used to work for the Sputnik and Baltnews news agencies that belong to the Kremlin-controlled Russia Today media holding.
A 39-year-old pianist has died in a Russian pretrial detention facility after staging a dry hunger strike in protest against his country's invasion of Ukraine. Pavel Kushnir had been charged with inciting terrorism after making anti-war videos on a YouTube channel that had just five subscribers.
Russia's Investigative Committee said on August 6 that another former Defense Ministry official has been arrested on corruption charges amid an ongoing crackdown on defense officials.
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