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According to CCTV News, the air defense alarm was sounded in the Ukrainian capital Kiev on August 15 local time.

On August 14, local time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening routine video speech that the Ukrainian armed forces continued to advance in the Kursk region and strategic goals were being achieved. Zelensky said that the progress in the Kursk region was very good that day and Ukraine was achieving its strategic goals. In addition, he said that he also held a meeting with government representatives on the issue of supporting the Ukrainian army's actions in the Kursk region that day.

The Ukrainian army launched an attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast on August 6, followed by fierce conflict between the two sides in the state.

Earlier on the 14th, Alexander Serski, commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said that the Ukrainian army has controlled 1,097 square kilometers of the Kursk region of Russia. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said at a regular press conference on the 14th that Ukraine's terrorist attack on the Kursk region of Russia will lead to a long-term suspension of the peace talks between the two sides.

On the 14th local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Russian army repelled six rounds of Ukrainian attacks in the border area of ​​Kursk Oblast. The Russian Aerospace Forces launched air strikes on the Ukrainian army's reserve forces in several settlements in Sumy Oblast. In the past day, the Russian army killed and wounded 270 Ukrainian military personnel, captured 18 Ukrainian soldiers, and destroyed 2 tanks, 1 armored personnel carrier and 13 other types of armored vehicles.

On the same day, Ukrainian President Zelensky said that he had listened to the report of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Serski, on the actions of the Ukrainian army in all major directions of the front. Zelensky said that the Ukrainian army made further progress in the Kursk region, advancing one to two kilometers in different directions that day, and captured more than 100 Russian soldiers. He also said that the strength of the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region will be strengthened.

The Ukrainian army launched an attack on Russia's Kursk region on August 6, and fierce clashes broke out between the two sides in the region. Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 13th that the Ukrainian army's offensive in Kursk region was still continuing. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the same day that the Russian army successfully prevented the Ukrainian army from breaking through in the Kursk direction.

Earlier on the 14th,Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Alexander Sersky said that Ukrainian troops have controlled 1,097 square kilometers of area in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said at a regular press conference on the 14th that Ukraine's terrorist attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast will lead to a long-term suspension of peace talks between the two sides.

In view of the extremely tense situation in the region, Belgorod Oblast of Russia, which is adjacent to Kursk Oblast, announced on the 14th that it had entered a regional state of emergency to strengthen the protection of the state's residents.

On August 14, local time, Dmitry Lubinets, the Human Rights Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) of Ukraine, said on a Ukrainian TV program that he had a dialogue with Tatyana Moskalikova, the Russian President's Human Rights Representative, on the issue of exchanging prisoners of war in the Kursk region. Lubinets said that the dialogue was initiated by the Russian side.

Reporters learned that in the early morning of the 14th local time, Ukraine used drones to launch an attack on four Russian military airports.

Sources said that in the early morning of the 14th, the Ukrainian National Security Service, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Intelligence Directorate and the Ukrainian Army's unmanned system forces took joint action and used long-range drones to carry out large-scale attacks on Russia's Voronezh, Kursk, Savaslyka and Borisoglebsk military airports.

The report said that this was a specially planned operation to prevent the Russian army from using these airports to attack the front line and Ukrainian cities. Russia has not yet responded to the above news.

According to a report by Reference News citing the Wall Street Journal website on August 13, US officials said that Russia is withdrawing some of its troops from Ukraine in response to Ukraine's offensive on Russian territory. This is the first sign that Kiev's cross-border attack has forced Moscow to redeploy its offensive forces against Ukraine.

U.S. officials said the United States is still trying to determine the significance of Russia's partial troop withdrawal, and they did not disclose U.S. estimates of how many troops Russia has mobilized. But the new U.S. assessment supports the claims of Ukrainian officials who say Ukraine's sudden move into Russia's Kursk last week caused Russian troops to withdraw from Ukraine after Moscow's advantages in manpower and equipment allowed Russian troops to advance in many parts of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Ukraine has sent tanks and other armored vehicles to reinforce its forces that have seized large swathes of Russian territory, with the Kremlin shocked by the Ukrainian army's ability to advance across Russian territory. The report mentioned that Ukrainian troops have quickly crossed Russia's thinly defended border since launching a surprise attack last week.

Daily Economic News integrates CCTV News and Reference News

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