The battle continued in the Kursk region on the third day; Ukrainian wrestlers won two medals at the Olympics. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The Russians said Ukrainian forces had captured several border villages and part of the town of Sudzha.
Fighting continued for a third day in Russia’s Kursk region. One of their directions is the regional center of Sudzha, where a gas metering station is located – the only point where gas from the Russian Federation enters Europe in transit through Ukraine. The Ukrainian General Staff did not comment on the events in the Kursk region, their scale, the number of military personnel involved, plans and all other details. At the same time, some pro-Russian military bloggers suggest that Sudzha is surrounded by the operation, or at least its western part is not controlled by Russia, and it is likely that the Ukrainian military overran the city from the north and south. An unnamed adviser to President Zelensky said in a comment to The Washington Post that Ukraine controls a gas measuring station in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation.
The White House and the EU responded to the events in the Kursk region
The United States has emphasized that it supports Ukraine in its efforts to defend itself from Russian aggression. The White House emphasized that there are Russian troops in the Kursk region attacking Ukraine.
In this regard, EU representative Peter Stano said that Ukraine, as part of its defense war against the illegal aggression of the Russian Federation, has the right to strike the enemy where it sees fit, including its territory. He stressed that the European Union’s position on the Russian Federation’s aggressive war against Ukraine remains unchanged and consists of full support for Ukraine in its legitimate right to self-defense.
Germany said that Ukraine has the right to use the weapons transferred to Germany at its own discretion, as well as to advance on the territory of Russia, since the territory of the Russian Federation is also a combat zone.
The Russian Ministry of Defense confirmed the advance of Ukrainian troops in two districts of the Kursk region. They said they deployed reserves on the border and fired at the Ukrainian Armed Forces from aviation in the Sudzhansky and Korenevsky districts of the Kursk region.
Athletes Zhan Belenyuk and Parviz Nasibov received medals for Ukraine at the 2024 Olympic Games
Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Parviz Nasibov is an Olympic silver medalist in the weight category up to 67 kg. The 25-year-old athlete from Nikolaev lost to his opponent from Iran 5:6 in the final.
Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler Zhan Belenyuk is an Olympic bronze medalist in the weight category up to 87 kg. The 33-year-old athlete defeated his opponent from Poland – 3:1. This fight was the last of his career for the 33-year-old Belenyuk. At the same time, having won bronze at the 2024 Olympics, the Ukrainian became the owner of the entire set of Olympic awards, adding it to the silver of the Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016 and gold in Tokyo 2020.
The evacuation of children from Donbass continues
Children were removed from 28 communities. They were evacuated exclusively in armored vehicles, wearing helmets and body armor. Phoenix groups, employees of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, White Angels, representatives of military administrations and National Police are involved in evacuation operations.
The Ministry of Defense has launched a digital assistant for the military
A presentation of the Army+ mobile application for military personnel took place in Ukraine. The purpose of the app is to free the army from paperwork so that the military does not waste its time on “old, unnecessary bureaucracy.” The application includes courses and training programs. Also, through Army+, the military will receive all social services provided by the state.
Alcohol tax revenues are growing in Ukraine
Despite the strong resistance of the “black market,” measures to clarify the market of alcoholic beverages are yielding positive results, including in the form of budget revenues, said Daniil Getmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy. Taking into account the latest VAT declaration results, the tax efficiency for the industry in 2024 is 7.12%, which is 1.5 percentage points more than last year (5.62%).
Ukraine and Mauritius have entered into an agreement on visa-free travel
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba held talks with his Mauritius counterpart Manish Gobin in the African country’s capital, Port Louis. In particular, they signed a visa-free travel agreement. The department hopes that the agreement will, first of all, facilitate the travel of Mauritian investors and businessmen to Ukraine in search of new job opportunities. But after the war, the agreement will help increase the number of Ukrainian tourists in Mauritius.
The Ministry of Education and Science has developed a Crimean Tatar language course for students
A course on Crimean Tatar language and literature was developed for students in grades 5-6 of the New Ukrainian School. It consists of 140 lessons. Each lesson of the course consists of three parts: video material in the Crimean Tatar language (with subtitles), test tasks and notes. All educational materials are developed taking into account the traditions, customs and history of the Crimean Tatar people.
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