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Russia-Ukraine | Breaking News & Live Updates

12/08/2024
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12 Aug

People listen to a public talk at the Ukrainian House in Paris, France, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

Ukraine uses Olympic spotlight to capture global attention and fight war fatigue

Ukraine’s Olympic fan clubhouse stands out for its somber atmosphere, with moments of silence for war victims and documentaries about the destruction.

A view of the column of Russian Army trucks damaged by shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the highway in the Sudzhansky district, Kursk region of Russia, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (Anatoliy Zhdanov/Kommersant Publishing House via AP)

Russia tightens security in Kursk region, as fight continues against Ukraine’s surprise incursion

Russia has announced increased security measures in the border region of Kursk. An incursion there this week by Ukrainian forces caught Russian troops off guard and exposed its military vulnerabilities in the nearly 2½–year-old war.

Russian man held without bail on charges he procured US electronics for Russian military use

A Russian man is being held without bail in the United States on charges that he conspired to smuggle American microelectronics to Russia to aid its war in Ukraine.

Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin speaks during an event with supporters at the Mauerpark in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, after being freed in a prisoner swap. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

For freed Russian opposition activist Ilya Yashin, resuming work against Putin is his priority

After arriving in Germany as part of the massive East-West prisoner swap, Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin has hit the ground running.

This photo released by the acting Governor of Kursk region Alexei Smirnov telegram channel on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024, shows a damaged house after shelling by the Ukrainian side in the city of Sudzha, Kursk region that borders Ukraine. Russian officials said Wednesday they were fighting off Ukrainian cross-border raids in a southwestern border province for a second day, as Kyiv officials remained quiet about the scope of the operation. (Governor of Kursk region telegram channel via AP)

Ukraine’s surprise cross-border incursion seen as a tactical reply to Russia’s grinding gains

Russia’s army has in recent months made an unrelenting effort to punch through Ukrainian defenses at selected points along the front line in eastern Ukraine.

Emergency workers search for victims after Russian missile hit a supermarket in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Iryna Rybakova)

Russia declares an emergency in Kursk, under attack by Ukraine. 14 die in a Russian strike on a mall

Russia has declared a “federal-level” emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FACT FOCUS: A look at claims made by Trump at news conference

Trump was comparing the crowd at his speech in front of the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, to the crowd that attended Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial.

In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, a Russian soldier fires from D-30 howitzer towards Ukrainian positions in an undisclosed location in Ukraine. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia says troops are battling to push Ukrainian forces back after cross-border incursion in Kursk

Russia’s Defense Ministry says the country’s troops are fighting Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region on the third day of one of the largest cross-border incursions of the war.

This photo released by the acting Governor of Kursk region Alexei Smirnov telegram channel , shows a damaged house after shelling by the Ukrainian side in the city of Sudzha, Kursk region that borders Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. Russian officials said Wednesday they were fighting off Ukrainian cross-border raids in a southwestern border province for a second day, as Kyiv officials remained quiet about the scope of the operation. (Governor of Kursk region telegram channel via AP)

Putin accuses Ukraine of a ‘large-scale provocation’ with its raid in southwestern Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin is describing a Ukrainian incursion into the country’s southwestern Kursk region as a “large-scale provocation” as his officials say they are fighting off cross-border raids for a second day.

Russia says it’s fighting a cross-border attack by Ukrainian forces. Kyiv officials have no comment

Russian authorities claim that a Ukrainian force launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region but was being beaten back by troops and local border guards.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy answers media questions standing against the background of Ukraine's Air Force's F-16 fighter jets in an undisclosed location in Ukraine, Sunday, Aug. 4, 2024. The F-16 fighter jets that have been delivered to Ukraine by Western countries will be flying sorties in Ukrainian skies and helping the country's current fleet of Soviet-era jets to counter Russia's invasion. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy displays newly arrived F-16 fighter jets to combat Russia in the air

Ukraine’s newly arrived F-16 fighter jets have been put on display by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the planes will boost the country’s war effort against Russia.

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, people react during the launching ceremony of the Ukrainian Navy's Ada class corvette

Ukraine adds another Turkish corvette to its navy for the war with Russia

Kyiv officials say Ukraine has taken delivery of a second Turkish-built navy corvette, though it is unclear how the warship might be used in the war against Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, and Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen sit in a F-16 fighter jet at Skrydstrup Airbase, in Vojens, Denmark, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, Filer)

F-16s have arrived to help Ukraine fight Russia. Here’s what to know about their possible impact

The F-16 fighter jets that have been delivered to Kyiv by Western countries will be flying sorties in Ukrainian skies and helping the country’s current fleet of Soviet-era jets to counter Russia’s invasion.

FILE - U.S. made F-16 fighter jets fly in the sky over Poland's capital as they take part in a massive military parade to celebrate the Polish Army Day, in Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 15, 2023. Ukraine has received the first tranche of western F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to be able to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes, a U.S. official confirmed to the Associated Press. Ukraine has been pushing to get Western F-16s for Ukraine for months, saying they were critically needed to fight back against the onslaught of missiles Russia has fired against them. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Ukraine receives first F-16 fighter jets to bolster defenses against Russia, officials tell AP

According to U.S. and Ukrainian officials, Ukraine has received the first F-16 fighter jets that it has sought for months to fight back against an onslaught of Russian missile strikes.

Soldiers of Ukraine's 65th Separate Mechanised Brigade install electronic warfare equipment on a tank on the frontline in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Russia launches its biggest drone barrage against Ukraine in 7 months. No injuries are reported

Ukraine’s air force says Ukrainian forces shot down all 89 Shahed drones launched by Russia in a nighttime attack on the country, in what was one of the largest drone barrages this year.

FILE - Soprano Anna Netrebko attends a news conference on the premiere of Manon Lescaut in the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, Russia on Oct. 14, 2016. Netrebko is scheduled to give a recital at the Palm Beach Opera for its gala on Feb. 3 in what would be her first U.S. appearance in six years. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Anna Netrebko to sing at Palm Beach Opera gala in first US appearance since 2019

Soprano Anna Netrebko is scheduled to give a recital at the Palm Beach Opera for its gala on Feb. 3 in what would be her first U.S. appearance in six years.

FILE - A DJI Phantom 3 drone flies during a drone demonstration at a farm and winery, on June 11, 2015 in Cordova, Md. China says it will prohibit the export of all unregulated civilian drones that could be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and that certain drone features will be restricted as the East Asian country faces repeated Western criticism for its stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

China is restricting export of drones that can be used for military purposes and some drone features

China will ban the export of all unregulated civilian drones that can be used for military purposes or in terrorist activities and restrict certain drone features.

FILE - Russian opposition activist and former municipal deputy of the Krasnoselsky district Ilya Yashin gestures, smiling, as he stands in a defendant's cubicle in a courtroom, prior to a hearing in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 9, 2022. Ilya Yashin, a prominent Kremlin critics who is serving an 8 1/2-year sentence for criticizing Russia's war in Ukraine, has been taken away from his prison to an unknown destination, his lawyer said Tuesday. (Yury Kochetkov/Pool via AP, Pool, File)

A well-known Russian dissident is moved from prison along with others, their destinations unknown

A lawyer for Ilya Yashin says the prominent Kremlin critic has been moved to an unknown destination from his prison where he was serving an 8 1/2-year sentence for criticizing Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Anastasia Gorbenko, of Israel, competes during a heat in the women's 400-meter individual medley at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 29, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Israeli swimmer of Ukrainian parents tries to forget conflicts as she competes at the Olympics

Anastasia Gorbenko considers herself caught between two world conflicts. Gorbenko is an Israeli swimmer with Ukrainian parents.

FILE - Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, speaks with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk as they pose for a group photo during an Nuclear Energy Summit at the Expo in Brussels, on March 21, 2024. A diplomatic spat has erupted between Poland and Hungary that lays bare the deep tensions within Europe over how to deal with with Russia when it is waging war on Ukraine. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

A diplomatic spat erupts between Hungary and Poland over conflicting views on Russia

A diplomatic spat has erupted between Poland and Hungary that lays bare the deep tensions between two nations — both allies in NATO and the European Union — with dramatically different approaches to Russia at a time of war in Ukraine.

FILE -In this photo taken from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on July 10, 2024, Russian tank T-80 of the grouping of troops

Ukrainian troops say Russia has driven them out of 2 more eastern Donetsk villages

Ukrainian soldiers say Russian forces have overrun two frontline villages in the eastern Donetsk region.

A man kneels in front of a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian soldiers on Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Each flag brought by relatives bears a name of a soldier killed in battle with Russian troops. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine says it struck an oil depot in Russia, as Moscow claims new gains in Donetsk region

Ukraine says it has struck an oil depot in southern Russia that supplies the Kremlin’s troops as Russian strikes in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, where Moscow has claimed further gains, have left five civilians dead and 15 others wounded.

In this photo provided by the United Nations, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and President of the Security Council for the month of July, center, chairs the Security Council meeting on maintenance of international peace and security, Tuesday, July 16, 2024, on the theme

The Russia-US divide was on display during Moscow’s monthlong presidency of the UN Security Council

Whether it’s Gaza, Ukraine, Syria or a new world order, it’s been Russia versus the United States and the West during Moscow’s presidency of the U.N.

People watch the television broadcast of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France via Kazakhstan satellite channel sitting in the Waterloo pub & bar in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 26, 2024. Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia, and in the view of local media it's not really worth the effort. Russia's state TV channels won't be broadcasting any of the events. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Russian media throw shade at Paris Olympics, which TV won’t show

Watching the Paris Olympics will be difficult for most people in Russia, and in the view of local media it’s not really worth the effort.

From left: Chairman of the Foreign Committee of the Hungarian Parliament Zsolt Nemeth, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and President of the Hungarian National Council of Transylvania Laszlo Tokes attend the 33th Balvanyos Summer University and Students' Camp in Baile Tusnad, Transylvania, Romania, Saturday, July 27, 2024. (Nandor Veres/MTI via AP)/MTI via AP)

Hungary’s nationalist leader warns of EU’s demise and backs Trump in anti-Western speech

Hungary’s nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says the European Union is sliding toward oblivion in a rambling anti-Western speech in which he warned of a new, Asia-oriented “world order.”

Ukrainian Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Agreement with Russia is ‘deal with the devil,’ adviser to Ukrainian president says

Signing an agreement with Russia to stop the war with Ukraine would amount to signing a deal with the devil.

FILE - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba attends a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, not pictured, July 9, 2024, at the State Department in Washington. Kuleba on Thursday, July 25, called on Hong Kong to prevent Russia and Russian businesses from using the region to circumvent sanctions. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)

Ukraine’s foreign minister in Hong Kong calls on officials to stop Russia from evading sanctions

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on Hong Kong to prevent Russia and Russian businesses from using the region to circumvent sanctions.

FILE - Journalists visit the destroyed barracks at the Russian-controlled Olenivka prison holding Ukrainian POWs in eastern Ukraine, on Aug. 10, 2022. Russia blamed Ukraine at the time but interviews with survivors witnesses and families of the missing as well as an internal U.N. analysis pointed to Russia as the culprit two years later. (AP Photo/File)

Takeaways from an investigation into deaths of over 50 Ukrainian POWs in a barracks 2 years ago

Former Ukrainian prisoners of war who survived the explosions two years ago in the Russian-held barracks at Olenivka still puzzle over the strange events leading up to that night.

In this image taken from video released by the Ukraine Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry Dmytro Kuleba, left walks with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi before a meeting in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Ukraine's foreign minister says he is seeking

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FILE - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi address the United Nations Security Council at U.N. headquarters, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Japan protests against Russia’s entry ban on 13 mostly business leaders over sanctions

Japan’s government says it has protested against Russia’s announcement that it is permanently banning 13 Japanese citizens, mostly business leaders of prominent companies including Toyota Motor Corp., in retaliation for Tokyo’s sanctions over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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