Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region is well into its third week. According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, as of August 19, Ukrainian troops controlled 92 settlements across a territory of 1,250 square kilometers, or 483 square miles (though these figures haven’t been independently verified).

The Russian command decided not to transfer significant forces from the front line in the Donbass to help stop the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region. This was written by Bloomberg with reference to a source close to the Kremlin and aware of the progress of discussions on this issue.

The Ukrainian troops struck on August 22 by the American bombs GBU-39 on Russian positions in the Kursk region, said the commander of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Nikolai Oleshchuk. The military published a video on which, according to him, the defeat of the platoon of the stronghold of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is captured. “The UAV control point is amazed, the RB unit, equipment, weapons and up to 40 troops of Russia,” the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

Gleb Garanich / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Members of the “Bucha Witches” training in Ukraine’s Kyiv region. August 3, 2024. The Ukrainian town of Bucha, which became synonymous with Russian war crimes after occupying forces massacred hundreds of civilians there in 2022, is now home to a unique form of resistance.

Reuters / Scanpix / Leta port "Caucasus" August 22, 2024 The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a railway with fuel tanks in the port of the Caucasus in the Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory on the evening of August 22, the region’s operational headquarters said . The officials called the incident “an attempt to attack the Kyiv regime”, promising to soon clarify the information about the area of ​​the fire and the victims.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation announced the international wanted list of the 99-year-old SS veteran Yaroslav Gunku, living in Canada. This is stated in the telegram channel of the department. The Prosecutor General’s Office noted that the department “managed to achieve a positive decision” on the inclusion of Gunka in the Interpol database.

The academic year in the schools of Kursk, Kurchatov, Logov and the eight districts of the Kursk region will begin with the distance learning format, said the acting governor of the region Alexei Smirnov. We are talking about Belovsky, Bolshesoldat, Glushkovsky, Korenevsky, Lig, Rylsky, Sudzhansky, Khomutovsky districts of the region, where mandatory and voluntary evacuation of residents was previously announced due to the offensive of the Armed Forces.

The authorities of Orenburg will pay the singer Shaman (Yaroslav Dronov) 16 million rubles for a concert on the City Day, which will be celebrated in the last weekend of August. At the same time, the city has not yet paid compensation to residents injured from the spring flood, Nina Ostanina, deputy of the State Duma, drew attention. Ostanina sent an appeal to the governor Denis Pasler, the RTVI television channel published a copy.

Alisher Usmanov gave an interview to Corriere Della Sera. Brief retelling In childhood, my favorite novel was “Three Musketeers” by Alexander Dumas. Two important features of my life follow from this reading. The first is my passion for fencing. The second is the motto “One for all and all for one”, which is shared by the families of Uzbekistan, my country. And so I continue to fight against sanctions and defend my family.

Armed Forces of Armed Forces told Ukrainian Pravda what they think about the Kursk operation Kirill Chubotin / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta Suzha. Ukrainian soldier against the backdrop of the monument to Vladimir Lenin, August 16, 2024 The military operation of the Ukrainian army in the Kursk region lasts more than two weeks. Under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to Kiev, there are more than a thousand square kilometers of Russian territory and 93 settlements.

See the new DDT video (with a quote about the Golden City) The DDT group released a clip for the new song "Long". In it, the musicians, led by Yuri Shevchuk, travel on a touring minibus, wandering through the rains, snow and even open space. “A clip and a song is a journey that we all make with you in time and space. The Beatles group was the film “Yellow Submarine”, where they travel through different worlds on a yellow submarine.

Here are just quotes of observers in this video - fake Lionsgate Films Megalopolis is a fantastic film about a brilliant architect, which intends to destroy and re-build a new Rome city: this is how New York is called in the world. Francis Ford Coppola worked on the picture for 40 years and took it off for his money - more precisely, he had to take a loan for the film (the budget amounted to $ 120 million - this is the most expensive author’s picture in history).

The prosecutor's office of the city of Flensburg began an investigation after Schleswig-Holstein in the federal land in northern Germany were repeatedly seen drones, writes Bild. Drones began to appear at least from August 8 over the territory of the industrial zone, where oil and chemical enterprises, a chatter -gas terminal, as well as a nuclear power plant disabled, are located.

Update. The ferry, which fell under the blow of the Armed Forces in the water area of ​​the Caucasus port, sank due to the injuries received, said in the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory. Officials argue that there are no foci of fire on the territory of the port itself. The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation reported that the port employees were evacuated.

The role that Brandon Lee played in 1994 was now performed by Bill Scarsgard. His lover was played by FKA Twigs. It did not help Lionsgate Films The Raven was released in the Russian rental - a remake of the 1994 classic film, on the set of which actor Brandon Lee died . The British director Rupert Sanders tried to move out of the original source extremely and make a “raven” completely different, but this plan did not justify itself: the picture turned out to be unconvincing and weak.