Ukraine Hits Third Bridge In Russia’s Kursk, Buffer Zone Is Final Goal - Foreign

Moscow has confirmed that Ukraine struck and damaged a third bridge in Kursk region, as Kyiv forces attempt to expand its incursion within Russian territory.

A video statement from a representative of Russia's Investigative Committee was posted on Russian state TV anchor Vladimir Solovyov's Telegram channel confirming the attack on the third bridge, which is also located along River Seym in the Kursk region.
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Ukrainian authorities have yet to comment on the Russian claim.

Earlier on Sunday, Ukraine said that it has destroyed a second bridge across River Seym, which winds through Russia's Kursk region.

The attacks on bridges in the region in a matter of days come as Ukraine presses a cross-border offensive that began on August 6.

On Friday, it said it had struck a bridge in the Russian town of Glushkovo.

"Minus one more bridge," Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on Telegram on Sunday, publishing an aerial video of a blast tearing through the bridge near the Russian town of Zvannoye.

He said the attacks were designed to disrupt Russian supply lines.

"The Air Force aviation continues to deprive the enemy of logistical capabilities with precision air strikes," Oleshchuk said, without giving a date for the attack.

Hours after the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the military's incursion and stated its aims for the first time.

"Our guys are doing a great job in all areas," he said in his evening address on Sunday.

"It is now our primary task in defensive operations overall: to destroy as much Russian war potential as possible and conduct maximum counteroffensive actions. This includes creating a buffer zone on the aggressor's territory -– our operation in the Kursk region."

Pro-Kremlin military bloggers acknowledged the destruction of the first bridge near Glushkovo, which is about 12km (7.5 miles) north of the Ukrainian border, saying it would disrupt supply lines.
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Zvannoe is located a further 8km (5 miles) to the northwest.

According to Russia's Mash news site, the attacks left only one bridge in the area intact, potentially complicating further Moscow's attempts to replenish its forces and evacuate civilians.

Until now, Kyiv has said little about the goals of the surprise incursion, which began with tanks and other armoured vehicles, the largest attack on Russia since World War II.

Ukraine's military chief, Oleksandr Syrskii, claimed last week that his forces had advanced across 1,000sq km (390sq miles) of Kursk, although it was not possible to independently verify the extent of its control.


Russia pushes   ahead  in Ukraine's   jap  Donetsk region.


On Sunday, Moscow claimed to have taken the village of Svyrydonivka,   approximately  15km (  9  miles) from Pokrovsk,   that's  a key logistics hub for Ukrainian troops and   cities  throughout  the   jap  front.

Zelenskyy has   entreated  Kyiv's allies   to raise  the   ultimate  regulations  on   the usage of  Western   guns  on   goals  deeper   inner  Russia,   along with  in Kursk,   pronouncing  his troops   should  deprive Moscow "of any   capacity  to   improve  and   motive  destruction" if granted   enough  long-  variety  capabilities.

Ukraine says bases   inner  Russia   were  used to   release  long-  variety  assaults  on Ukraine's   towns  and   strength  infrastructure,   inflicting  full-size  harm  and casualties.

On Sunday, Moscow   focused  the capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles for   a 3rd  time this month,   in keeping with  the pinnacle  of the municipal   army  administration, Serhiy Popko.

Zelenskyy   stated  Russia had   released  extra  than   forty  missiles, 750 guided aerial bombs and   two hundred  assault  drones   in opposition to  Ukrainian villages and   towns  withinside the  beyond  week alone.

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