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- Ukraine receives F-16 fighter jets from the West”,”position”:”2″,”storyElementPosition”:”8″,”storyElementCount”:”50″}}”>Ukraine receives F-16 fighter jets from the West – Volodymyr Zelensky is enthusiastic, but there is a lack of pilots.
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Update from August 13, 10:24 p.m.: According to President Zelensky, the Ukrainian army has taken hundreds of Russian soldiers prisoner in the Kursk region. The men surrendered during the offensive, Zelensky said in his daily evening address on Tuesday. The Ukrainian head of state said that the prisoners will receive humane treatment and will be used for future prisoner exchanges with Russia. “They have not even received such treatment in their Russian army,” Zelensky continued.
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Update from August 13, 9:04 p.m.: Russia’s military leadership is apparently reacting to the Ukrainian offensive in Kursk with further troop movements. According to the Lithuanian government, Moscow is moving troops from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to the border area with Ukraine. Lithuanian Defense Minister Laurynas Kasciunas announced the move at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev, as a video on his Telegram channel shows. There is currently no statement from Russia.
The Ukrainian offensive in the Russian region of Kursk is putting Vladimir Putin and the Russian military leadership under pressure. © Montage: Gavriil Grigorov/Evgeniy Maloletka/dpa
Offensive in Russia continues – Ukraine probably controls 74 settlements in Kursk
Update from August 13, 7:37 p.m.: According to President Zelensky, Ukrainian soldiers are continuing to advance in the Russian region of Kursk. “Ukraine has 74 settlements under its control,” Zelensky said in his Telegram channel. The figures cannot be independently verified. That would be more than double the number of settlements that Russia had recently reported. “Despite difficult, intense fighting, the advance of our forces in the Kursk region continues,” the president continued.
Zelensky, who says he keeps himself regularly informed about the successes in Kursk, announced controls and stabilization measures for the conquered regions. “Humanitarian solutions are being developed for these areas,” said the head of state. Kiev had previously stressed that civilians should not be harmed.
Russia must probably further area in Kursk evacuate
Update from August 13, 5:54 p.m.: After the Ukrainian advance into the Russian region of Kursk, Russia is apparently evacuating further areas. As the Ukrainian portal Pravda reported that evacuations have also begun in the Bolshesoldatsky administrative unit. The head of the administrative unit, Vladimir Saizew, said in a statement on Tuesday: “Everyone left on their own, nobody intervened. Today [13. August] we collect data on who still needs to be evacuated.” Almost 12,000 people live in Bolshesoldatski.
Ukraine sets conditions for Russia to end Kursk offensive
Update from August 13, 4:49 p.m.: Ukraine says it wants to end its offensive in Kursk if Russia agrees to a “just peace.” “The sooner Russia agrees to the restoration of a just peace, the sooner the attacks by the Ukrainian defense forces on Russian territory will stop,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhij Tychyj told journalists on Tuesday.
The advance in the Russian border region was “absolutely legitimate”, especially within the framework of the right to self-defense enshrined in the UN Charter, he added.
Ukraine controls 800 square kilometers of Russian territory in Kursk
Update from August 13, 2:39 p.m.: During its offensive in the Russian border region of Kursk, the Ukrainian army has, according to calculations by the news agency AFP By Monday evening (12 August) the Russian army had gained control over an area of at least 800 square kilometres. The Russian army had conquered 69 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory during the same period. Ukraine itself also announced a major Territorial gain in Kursk.
Update from August 13, 12:35 p.m.: Despite criticism within the party, the SPD leadership has clearly backed the planned stationing of long-range US missiles in Germany. “This step is a reaction to Russia’s blatant breach of international law in Ukraine,” said a resolution by the party’s executive committee on Monday. It takes into account “the threat to Europe posed by the massive Russian rearmament of recent years, particularly in the area of medium-range missiles.”
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SPD supports stationing of US missiles in Germany
The stationing is “not a confrontational build-up,” the resolution continues, “but rather a strengthening of our country’s defense and the alliance capabilities of NATO and the EU with weapons systems that Russia has had for years.” The US weapons would be equipped “with conventional warheads.” “There are no plans to arm the systems with nuclear weapons.”
“As the SPD, we take responsibility for ensuring that no child born in Germany today has to experience war again,” the text continues. The stationing of US missiles is “an important building block” for this.
Update from August 13, 11.45 am: According to authorities, the eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy was the target of a Russian missile attack overnight. Infrastructure objects were hit, the military administration of the Sumy region reported on Telegram. The Ukrainian side does not provide any information about possible hits on military targets. The Ukrainian troops, which have been operating in the neighboring Russian region of Kursk for more than a week, are being supplied via Sumy.
Russian army attacks Sumy: Air raid warning in Ukraine
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian army used two Iskander ballistic missiles and 38 combat drones against Ukraine during the night. 30 drones were intercepted, it said. An air raid warning was in effect in large parts of Ukraine during the night. The Russian Defense Ministry announced that 14 Ukrainian drones were intercepted during the night – most of them over the Kursk region. The military data cannot usually be independently verified.
First report from August 13th: Washington, DC/Kiev – The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine is currently going through a very delicate phase. Now the army of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin must defend its own territory around the border region of Kursk. The Ukrainian military is on the advance there. Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelenskyj even sees the end of Putin’s rule because of Ukrainian successes in the region.
Ukraine receives F-16 fighter jets from the West
Another piece of good news for Ukraine in recent days was the arrival of the first F-16 fighter jets from Western countries. After months of waiting, the promise has now been fulfilled in practice. Shortly after the arrival, the first videos of the flights from Ukrainian F-16 jets Selenskyj ceremoniously accepted the fighter jets from the West and praised the capabilities of the machines.
West delivers F-16 jets to Ukraine: However, there is a shortage of pilots
However, the F-16 affair is not going quite so smoothly. Ukraine has deficits on the pilot front. Despite training in Western countries, there are not enough pilots who can fly and use the jets. A curious suggestion to ensure more pilots came from American Senator Lindsey Graham.
US-Senator calls American ex-pilots for use
If Graham has his way, former US pilots can support the Ukrainian Air Force. According to the senator’s idea, former American F-16 pilots would fly Ukraine’s fighter jets upon invitation. Graham said this during a visit to Kyiv after talks with Selenskyj, according to the Ukrainian news agency RBC Ukraine reported.
“She (Ukrainer, Anm. d. Red.) will scour NATO nations and look for willing retired pilots who can help them until they have trained their pilots,” Graham said, according to the agency. The USA must do everything in its power, he explained, turning to US President Joe Biden. Before his current term ends in November, he must ensure that former pilots from the USA are invited.
Interactive Cards on the situation at the Front
The action on the battlefield in Ukraine remains dynamic. Vladimir Putin’s troops are pushing westward along the front, while Ukrainian defenders are trying to contain the advances. Our current maps of the front lines in the Ukraine war provide an insight into the latest developments in Russia’s war against Ukraine. (bb)
