Welcome to the live situation on Saturday, August 31, 2024 where News Portal NP covers the latest new developments in the Russia-Ukraine War.
Fighting
- Tragedy strikes as five people are killed and 46 injured in a Ukrainian attack on the southwestern Russian city of Belgorod, as reported by Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
- Additionally, a Russian attack on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv results in the deaths of at least six individuals, including a 14-year-old girl, with numerous others wounded.
- The conflict escalates as Russia launches over 400 missiles and drones at Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office.
- Zelenskyy takes action by firing the air force commander following a tragic incident involving an F-16 warplane crashing and killing the pilot during a Russian bombardment.
- Ukrainian forces continue their cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, advancing up to 2km in the past day, as confirmed by General Oleksandr Syrskii.
Politics and Diplomacy
- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg supports Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, citing it as a legitimate act of self-defence.
- In Russia, journalist Sergei Mikhailov is sentenced to eight years in prison for spreading false information about the Russian army.
- Ukraine calls on Mongolia to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his upcoming visit, based on an International Criminal Court warrant for his involvement in the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children.
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