Russia-Ukraine war: List of secret occasions, day 904

As the war getsin its 904th day, these are the primary advancements.

This photograph taken on 16 August, 2024, a media tour organised by Ukraine, shows a Ukrainian soldier walking on a damaged street in Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha, Kursk region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Kyiv said August 16, 2024, its incursion into Russian territory had advanced, claiming it aimed to force Russia to negotiate on — A Ukrainian soldier checks a harmed street in the Ukrainian-controlled Russian town of Sudzha in the Kursk area, Russia, on August 16, 2024 [Yan Dobronsov/AFP]

Published On 17 Aug 2024

Here is the scenario on Saturday, August 17, 2024.

Fighting

At least 2 individuals were eliminated and more hurt after Ukrainian shelling hit a shopping centre in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, Russian state news firms pointedout regional authorities as stating. Earlier, Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed guv, stated that a series of Ukrainian attacks injured at least 7 individuals.
Russia’s Belgorod area surrounding Ukraine will leave citizens from 5 towns and close gainaccessto to them, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated, as the location comes under heavy attack from attacking Ukrainian forces.
The heaviest combating inbetween Ukrainian and Russian soldiers was reported in the tactical Ukrainian center of Pokrovsk. Officials stated Russian forces were 10km (6.2 miles) from the borders of Pokrovsk and about 6km (3.7 miles) from neighboring Myrnohrad. There were no instant reports of casualties.
Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskii stated that Kyiv’s forces were advancing 1-3km (0.6 and 1.8 miles) in some locations in Russia’s Kursk area. Kyiv has declared to haveactually taken control of 82 settlements over an location of 1,150sq km (444 square miles) in the area consideringthat August 6.
Ukraine’s Air Force leader Mykola Oleshchuk stated on Telegram that airtravel was an active part of the operation in Kursk, targeting Russian supply paths and logistics centres. He published a video of a strike on a bridge.
Kursk local Governor Alexei Smirnov lateron stated that Ukraine had damaged a roadway bridge over the Seym river in the area’s Glushkovsky district. The strike is preventing civilian evacuations by land, Russia’s state-run TASS news firm reported, mentioning regional security services. An approximated 20,000 individuals are supposedly leaving from the location.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence stated its soldiers fendedoff Ukrainian attacks in anumberof locations, consistingof near the towns of Gordeevka, Russkoe Porechnoe and others.
Russian forces ruined a Ukrainian reconnaissance and sabotage system, which was armed with weapons from NATO nations, in the Kursk area, Russia’s RIA state-run media firm reported on Friday, pointingout unknown security