Oleksiy Mes, also known as “Moonfish”, was killed while repelling one of Russia's largest aerial attacks on Monday, and was buried on Thursday. Ukraine has started using US-made F-16 fighter jets after a long wait from Washington entailing hundreds of meetings and negotiations.
The swift Ukrainian incursion in Russia's Kursk region last week is the largest cross-border attack by Kyiv in 30 months of the war. The offensive took Russia by surprise and prompted thousands of civilians to flee the region as Moscow failed to mount a quick response.
Ukraine has not commented on its unprecedented attack in Russia's Kursk region, but troops posted a video purporting to show them in control of a town near the border. The attack caught Russian forces off-guard as the government imposed a sweeping security regime in border areas.
Around 1,000 Ukrainian troops supported by tanks and armoured combat vehicles crossed into Russia's southwwestern Kursk region on August 6. This is among Ukraine's largest attacks on Russia since Moscow's full-scale invasion in February 2022 and unprecedented for its military.
As Ukraine has not commented on the cross-border incursion, it is still uncertain whether the cross-border attacks were conducted by Ukrainian forces. If confirmed, it would be among Ukraine's largest since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022 and unprecedented for its military.
The US claims that Russia has violated the 1993 Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) by using chloropicrin against Ukrainian troops. However, the Kremlin has denied the accusations and said that Russia is committed to obligations under international law.
The US accused Russia of using the choking agent chloropicrin, which is banned by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), against Ukrainian troops. It also accused Moscow of scaling up attacks using riot control gas and sanctioned several entities.
Kiev: Government troops remained in control of two key terminals at the Donetsk airport in east Ukraine on Friday, despite attempts by pro-Russia insurgents to break through their defensive lines, Ukrainian officials said.Vladislav Seleznev, the
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