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Read previewUkraine has continued its push into Russia's Kursk region with 74 settlements under its control, according to its commander-in-chief. Syrskyi said his forces controlled 74 settlements in Russia's Kursk region as of Tuesday. Syrskyi also said that on Tuesday alone Ukrainian forces advanced another 1.3 miles and took control of more than 15 square miles of additional Russian territory, Ukrainian outlet The Kyiv Independent reported. It wasn't certain exactly how the Ukrainian side was defining the 74 settlements it claimed to control. AdvertisementMedics provide assistance in a vehicle in Russia's Kursk region on Sunday.
Persons: , Oleksandr Syrskyi, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Syrskyi, ISW, Zelensky, Anatoliy Zhdanov, John Kirby, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Service, Ukrainian, Business, Independent, REUTERS, France's AFP, Institute for, Sunday, Kommersant, BBC Locations: Ukraine, Russia's Kursk, Ukrainian, Russian, Sumy region, Russia, Kursk
Russia moved extra tanks, artillery and rocket systems to its southern Kursk region and imposed anti-terrorism measures in border areas as it battled a shock incursion by Ukraine’s military. Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, posted a video purporting to show them in control of a town near the border, the first pictorial evidence of their cross-border advances. The acting governor of Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, said drone debris had fallen on a power substation near Kurchatov, site of one of Russia’s largest nuclear power stations with four reactors. Russian President Vladimir Putin discussing the situation in the Kursk region on Friday. Kursk Region Governov Alexei Smirnov via AFP - Getty ImagesHe praised his army’s ability “to surprise”.
Persons: Alexei Smirnov, Anatoliy Zhdanov, Vladimir Putin, Aleksey Babushkin, Alexander Bortnikov, Staff Valery Gerasimov, , Ukraine ”, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, , Ben Barry, Zelenskiy, Gerasimov Organizations: Reuters, Getty, Atomic Energy Agency, Moscow’s, Terrorism, Staff, Armed Forces, Grad, Gazprom, Armed Forces of, , Ukrainian military’s, AFP, International Institute for Strategic Studies, Telegram, United States, Stinger Locations: Russia, Kursk, Ukrainian, Kurchatov, Sudzha, AFP, Russian, Vienna, Ukraine, Bryansk, Belgorod, Armed Forces of Ukraine, U.S,
An aerial picture taken on April 8, 2024 shows the flooded part of the city of Orsk, Russia's Orenburg region, southeast of the southern tip of the Ural Mountains. On April 7, Russia declared a federal emergency in the Orenburg region, where the Ural river flooded much of the city of Orsk and is now reaching dangerous levels in the main city of Orenburg. Much of the city of Orsk has been flooded after torrential rain burst a nearby dam. Citing the local branch of Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, TASS news agency reported that at least 4,000 homes could also be affected. "Preventive measures are already being taken there, rescue teams have been strengthened, and the forces and means of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations have been put on high alert," the ministry said.
Persons: Anatoliy Zhdanov, ANATOLIY ZHDANOV, Vladimir Putin, Alexander Kurenkov, Putin, Organizations: Getty, Russia's Ministry, TASS, Russian Ministry Locations: Orsk, Russia's Orenburg, Russia, Siberia, Orenburg, Kurgan, Ural, Kazakhstan, Tyumen, Urals, Moscow
"It's basically about certain strategic interests, that are very close to both Beijing and Moscow at this point," she added. "For both Russia and China, the main interest is to weaken the U.S.-led international order, that's their primary goal, long term and short term." The Ukraine factorFor both China and Russia, the war in Ukraine is both a challenge to that U.S.-led world order and a way to undermine it, analysts note. China has held back from openly supporting Russia's war in Ukraine but it has also refused to condemn the invasion. This fear, she said, could sway China when it considers whether to offer Putin help in Ukraine.
Some analysts believe China is poised to escalate its support for Russian in Ukraine. China's Xi Jinping at a welcoming ceremony at Moscow's Vnukovo airport on March 20, 2023. China has sought to portray the war in Ukraine as a result of Western meddling, citing the massive influx of Western weaponry to Ukraine's armed forces. But China may now be preparing so cross the same line and offer weapons of its own to Putin's Russia. If that dynamic continues, Ward said China may decide to risk the wrath of the West and openly provide lethal aid.
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