Russia Advances in Eastern Ukraine: Latest Developments
Russian Territorial Gains
On Sunday, Russia reported significant advances in Eastern Ukraine, claiming new territorial gains. This comes amid a surge in deadly air attacks by Russian forces and calls from Kyiv for increased Western support to conduct retaliatory strikes within Russia.
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Drone Incursions into NATO Airspace
The situation escalated further when Russian attack drones breached the airspace of NATO members Romania and Latvia. Both countries reported the incidents, prompting calls for a robust response from the military alliance. Latvia’s President, Edgars Rinkevics, confirmed a Russian military drone crashed in eastern Latvia, while Romania reported that a drone targeting Ukrainian infrastructure had entered its airspace.
Intensified Fighting and Strategic Moves
In recent weeks, Russia has intensified its aerial attacks while also defending against a significant Ukrainian cross-border offensive into the Kursk region. Ukraine launched this offensive on August 6, aiming to force Russia to redirect its forces from Eastern Ukraine. However, Moscow has intensified its efforts, marking its most significant territorial gains in almost two years.
On Sunday, Russia claimed to have captured the village of Novohrodivka, located just 20 kilometers from the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Before the war, Novohrodivka had a population of over 14,000.
Putin’s Strategic Goals
Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his primary objective: capturing the eastern Donbas region, including Donetsk. He suggested that Ukraine’s Kursk offensive has inadvertently made it easier for Russia to achieve this goal.
00:00Russia continues to push forward in eastern Ukraine, with Moscow claiming new territorial advances on Sunday.
00:07At the same time, Ukraine reported deadly air attacks and urged Western allies to allow it to launch more retaliatory strikes deep into Russian territory.
00:17Tensions further escalated when Russian attack drones breached the airspace of NATO members Romania and Latvia, triggering demands for a strong response from the military alliance.
00:27In recent weeks, Russia has ramped up aerial strikes, while simultaneously defending against a major Ukrainian cross-border offensive in the Kursk region, reshaping the trajectory of this two-and-a-half-year war.
00:40Ukraine launched its Kursk offensive in early August, aiming to force Russia to redeploy its forces from eastern Ukraine.
00:47But Moscow responded with intensified attacks, claiming its most significant gains in nearly two years.
00:54On Sunday, Russia's military reported capturing a village on the road to the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk, located in the Donetsk region.
01:03The defense ministry said Russian troops had liberated the settlement of Novorodivka, just 20 kilometers from Pokrovsk.
01:10Before the war, this town was home to over 14,000 people.
01:15Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated last week that his primary objective in Ukraine is to capture the eastern Donbass region, including Donetsk.
01:25He suggested that Ukraine's counteroffensive in Kursk has made this goal more attainable.
01:30Meanwhile, Moscow faced global condemnation after its drones violated NATO airspace.
01:37A Russian drone crashed in Latvia, sparking an investigation, while Romania reported that a Russian drone targeting Ukrainian civilian infrastructure had entered its airspace.
01:47Ukraine responded swiftly.
01:50President Zelensky's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, called on NATO to act decisively, stating that Russian drones should be shot down if they enter European skies.
02:01President Zelensky himself urged Ukraine's western partners to provide more weapons capable of striking targets inside Russia.
02:08In just one week, Russia launched over 800 aerial bombs, 300 Shiite drones, and more than 60 missiles at Ukraine, he reported.
02:17He emphasized that the only way to stop Russia's terror campaign is by targeting Russian military airfields, bases, and logistics hubs.
02:26The death toll continued to rise, with seven Ukrainians killed on Sunday due to Russian strikes.
02:32In Sumy, two people died, and four more were injured, including children.
02:38Meanwhile, Russian rocket attacks killed four in Donetsk, and another person died in the Kharkiv region, with ten others wounded.
02:46The devastation extended to the central city of Poltava, where the death toll from an earlier strike on a military education facility rose to 58.
02:55The violence reached as far west as Lviv, near Ukraine's border with the EU and NATO.
03:01Last week, seven people were killed in a rare strike on the city, marking an expansion of the conflict far from the front lines.
03:09As Ukraine faces these ongoing attacks, Kiev continues to call on the West for long-range missiles and the removal of restrictions on their use to bolster their defense and retaliatory capabilities.
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