Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 897
Al Jazeera
As the war enters its 897th day, these are the main developments.
Here is the situation on Saturday, August 10, 2024.
Ukrainian forces posted a video purporting to show them in control of a town near the border, the first pictorial evidence of their cross-border advances. Another video posted on social media showed a convoy of about 15 burned-out Russian military trucks spaced out along a highway in the Kursk region. Some contained bodies.
The acting governor of Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, said drone debris had fallen on a power substation near Kurchatov, the site of one of Russia’s largest nuclear power stations with four reactors. Power to the area was cut for a time.
UK Foreign Office calls allegations ‘completely baseless’ as tensions escalate over war in Ukraine.
If Washington expands weapons authorisation, NATO will be directly involved in the war, says the Russian leader.
The president, citing reform roadblocks, said working with the opposition-led assembly had become difficult.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy has urged allies to lift restrictions on Western-supplied arms to strike deep inside Russia.
His party, the JVP, twice fought violent battles to overthrow the very Sri Lankan state that he now wants to run.
Ninety-six percent of union members vote to walk off the job at factories in Seattle and Portland.
Republican candidate says workers who put in more than 40 hours should not pay taxes on overtime.
The American Turkish activist, fatally shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank, is remembered as joyous, passionate and warm.