Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia, evacuations of civilians in northeastern Ukraine, Russia claiming to have shot down 13 Ukrainian drones near Crimea and Moscow... Le Figaro takes stock of the conflict in Ukraine this Thursday, August 10.
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At least one dead, five wounded in Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia
At least one person was killed in a Russian strike on a civilian building in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, already targeted the day before, Ukrainian authorities said. "A fire broke out in a civilian building after the occupants hit it with a missile. At present, we deplore the death of one person," President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram. According to the head of the city's military administration, Anatoly Kurtiev, the strike also injured five people.
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"Difficult" situation in the northeast where Russian troops are on the offensive
The Ukrainian army reported Thursday a "difficult" situation in the Kupyansk area of northeastern Ukraine, where an offensive by Russian troops has prompted authorities to carry out evacuations of civilians. "The situation remains difficult, but under control," Sergei Cherevaty said on Telegram, army spokesman for the eastern sector of the front, using a common formulation used by Kiev during pushes by its opponent. "The Russians are trying to impose themselves and break through our defense," he added. The Russian army had been driven out of the city of Kupyansk and its surroundings, which it had occupied since the beginning of the invasion, by a Ukrainian lightning counterattack in September 2022.
In recent weeks, it is in this area that it has gone on the offensive again, regularly claiming territorial gains. "In the direction of Kupyansk, the assault units of the Western battle groups have, during offensive actions, improved their positions on the front line," the Russian Defense Ministry said again Thursday in its daily report. In response to this progress, a decree signed by the local authorities ordered the evacuation of 37 localities from the Kupyansk district, an important communication node. These are mainly villages located near the front, on the left bank of the Oskil River. According to maps appearing in the Russian Defense Ministry's video briefing, Moscow's troops are only a few kilometers away from Kupyansk.
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Two killed in Ukrainian bombing of Russian border region
Two people were killed and two others wounded Thursday by a Ukrainian bombardment in Russia's Bryansk region, bordering Ukraine, its governor, Alexander Bogomaz, said. "Unfortunately, another man died as a result of wounds received during the bombing of the village of Tchaoussy," Alexandre Bogomaz said on Telegram.
"Currently, two civilians have died as a result of the actions of the Ukrainian armed forces," he said. According to him, two other residents, "a woman and a man", also "suffered more or less serious injuries". "They receive all necessary medical care," the regional governor said in his statement. The Bryansk region is regularly targeted by distant strikes by the Kiev army or drone incursions also from Ukrainian territory.
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Russia says it shot down 13 Ukrainian drones near Crimea and Moscow
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed early Thursday to have shot down 13 drones, including 11 near Crimea and two heading towards Moscow, after several similar attacks in recent days. "Two drones that were flying towards the city of Moscow have been destroyed," the Russian defense said on Telegram. "Near the city of Sevastopol (in the annexed peninsula of Crimea, editor's note), two drones were hit by air defense devices in service, nine others were neutralized by electronic means of warfare and crashed into the Black Sea before reaching the target," the ministry added.
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Cereals: Kiev says it has opened corridors on the Black Sea, despite Russian threats
Kiev announced Thursday that it had opened "temporary" corridors on the Black Sea overnight to allow the movement of ships carrying its grain, despite threats from Russia warning these boats that they could be targeted by its army. "Temporary corridors have been announced for commercial vessels to or from Ukraine's Black Sea seaports," the Ukrainian Navy said in a statement. "The corridors have been open since midnight," navy spokesman Oleg Chalyk told AFP, without specifying how long this would be the case. It was not immediately clear whether any ships had already left the Ukrainian coast or not.
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Russia: Yandex co-founder criticizes 'barbaric' offensive inUkraine
The co-founder of Russian tech jewel Yandex, Arkady Voloj, spoke Thursday against the "barbaric" offensive in Ukraine, a rare stance among Russian businessmen amid unprecedented repression. "Russia's invasion of Ukraine is barbaric and I categorically oppose it. I am horrified by the plight of the people of Ukraine, many of whom are friends and relatives, whose homes are bombed every day," Voloj said in a statement. "I am against war," he adds. In June 2022, more than three months after the start of the offensive against Ukraine, the entrepreneur resigned from the management of Yandex, a search engine he co-founded in 1997 and which has become a key giant of new technologies in Russia.