Russia-Ukraine War: List of the most important events, day 902 | News about the Russia-Ukraine War

These are the most important developments on the 902nd day of the war.

Here is the situation on Thursday, August 15, 2024.

Battle

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces were advancing in Russia’s Kursk region, with Kyiv claiming control of at least 1,000 square kilometers of Russia. Ukraine said the week-long offensive was aimed at creating a strategic buffer zone to protect its border areas from Russian attacks.
Moscow said the area controlled by Ukraine was about half the size of the area claimed by Kyiv and that attempts by Ukraine to advance deeper into five areas in the Kursk region had been thwarted.
Ukraine said its army would allow the evacuation of civilians from the Kursk region to Russia and Ukraine and allow international humanitarian organizations to enter the area.
A state of emergency has been declared in the Russian border region of Belgorod because, according to the governor, Ukrainian bombings are occurring daily.
Ukraine’s General Staff said Kyiv attacked four Russian military airports in Russia’s Voronezh, Kursk and Nizhny Novgorod regions overnight, targeting fuel depots and air force facilities. Zelensky called the attack “timely” and “precise.” Moscow said it shot down 117 Ukrainian drones as well as four missiles.
According to police, two paramedics were killed and three civilians injured in a Russian drone attack on a medical battalion vehicle in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv.
At least two people were injured in a Russian missile attack on port infrastructure in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa, officials said.

Germany issued a European arrest warrant against a Ukrainian diving instructor for his alleged involvement in the 2022 acts of sabotage on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
Hackers with ties to Russian intelligence are targeting Kremlin critics and Western diplomats with phishing emails, new research by digital rights groups Citizen Lab and Access Now shows. The attacks began in 2022 and the number of victims was in the double digits, according to the groups. The former US ambassador to Ukraine was among the targets.
According to the website Mediazona, which monitors the country’s court proceedings, since the start of the large-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has initiated more than 10,000 cases against people accused of “discrediting” the army.
Polish prosecutors said they had formally filed espionage charges against Pavel Rubtsov, better known as Pablo Gonzalez. The man, who has Russian-Spanish nationality, was part of a prisoner swap between Russia and the West last month.
China said its special envoy for Eurasian affairs had spoken by phone with Pope Francis’ special envoy for Ukraine and discussed the conflict.