What do you remember from Thursday, August 15?

Both Kyiv and Moscow claim to have retaken territory in the Kursk border region, where the Ukrainian military has been making an incursion since August 6.

Ukraine announced new advances in its offensive in Russia’s Kursk region on Thursday, August 15, where Russia claims to have retaken a village. It is also keeping up its pressure south on the Donbas front. Here’s what to remember from the day.

Kiev claims to control 82 districts in the Kursk region.

Ukrainian army commander Oleksandr Syrsky said Ukraine controls 82 areas and 1,150 square kilometers in the Kursk border region. “In total, since the start of operations in the Kursk region, our troops have advanced 35 kilometers in depth.”The officer confirmed. For his part, President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his forces had done so. “released” The entire Russian city of Sudzha, a town of 5,500 people, represents the main thrust of Ukrainian forces as part of this offensive.

The Russian army announced that it had regained control of a village in the Kursk region.

The forces have “Regain control of the village of Krobits”The Russian army claimed in a statement, confirming that “Keep pushing back.” Ukrainian attacks in this border area. This is the first time since August 6 that Russian forces have said they have retaken a village that has come under Ukrainian control.

Five Ukrainians killed in Russian airstrikes

Five civilians have been killed in Russian attacks in three regions of southern and eastern Ukraine, local authorities said. Two people were killed in an airstrike in the northeastern Kharkiv region and another in an artillery attack in the eastern Donetsk region, the sources said. In the southern Kherson region, a man died in a drone strike and another died overnight in hospital after being wounded in another airstrike the previous day.

Ukraine denies involvement in sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

The Ukrainian presidency described “Absolute nonsense” And his involvement in the sabotage operation that took place in September 2022 on the Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea, after press reports on this matter. Wall Street Journal He claimed that former Ukrainian Chief of Staff Valeriy Zaluzhny oversaw the plan to blow up pipelines that were still supplying Europe with Russian gas at the time, despite Russian forces invading Ukraine as of February 24, 2022.

“These actions have no practical benefit for Ukraine.”Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak defended himself to AFP in response to the article published by the American newspaper. He pointed out that Ukraine's involvement in the sabotage would have an impact. “This can be stopped.” For the assistance provided to Kyiv by “European partners”For his part, he described“Obviously” Moscow's motives in destroying the gas pipeline.