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The Ukrainian army destroyed an important bridge in Kursk, Russia! Russia: The Ukrainian army has lost 2,640 soldiers! Germany will suspend new military aid to Ukraine

2024-08-18

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According to Xinhua News Agency, Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Sersky reported to Ukrainian President Zelensky on the 16th.The Ukrainian army advanced 1 to 3 kilometers in some areas of Russia's Kursk Oblast and captured Russian soldiers.The Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the same day that Russian army troops were thwarting Ukraine's attempt to invade Russian federal territory in Kursk Oblast.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that since the Ukrainian army launched a large-scale attack on Kursk Oblast bordering Ukraine on the 6th of this month,Ukraine lost 2,640 soldiers, 37 tanks and 32 armored vehicles.Russia used the Air Force, drones and missiles to attack personnel and equipment of two mechanized brigades, one assault brigade and one brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine.

Kursk Oblast Acting Governor Smirnov confirmed on the 16th thatUkrainian troops destroyed the Seym River Bridge in the Glushkovsky district of the region.The evacuation routes of some residential areas in the Glushkovsky District have been cut off. He also said that the state government will count the losses caused to residents by the Ukrainian invasion.

The Russian Ministry of Defense released a message on social media on the 16th saying that Russian armed forces destroyed two US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launcher systems in a settlement in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. Mi-8 and Ka-29 helicopters of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet destroyed five Ukrainian unmanned boats sailing towards the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea.

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Ukrainian army uses Western weapons to destroy important Russian bridge

According to a Reuters report on August 16, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said:Ukraine used Western weapons to destroy a bridge over the Seym River in Kursk Oblast, killing volunteers trying to evacuate civilians.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova posted a message on the social platform "Telegram" on the evening of the 16th saying: "This is the first time that Kursk Oblast has been attacked by Western-made rockets."

"The bridge over the Sheyim River was hit and completely destroyed, and volunteers who were helping to evacuate civilians were killed," she said.

The report quoted the Kremlin as saying:The bridge was the main evacuation route for civilians, and its destruction left at least 27 settlements cut off from the outside world.

Germany to suspend new military aid to Ukraine

CCTV News reported that CCTV reporters learned on the 17th local time that as part of the German ruling coalition's spending cuts plan, the German government will suspend new military aid to Ukraine.

On the 16th, the ruling coalition consisting of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Green Party and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) of Germany reached a final consensus on spending cuts and passed the draft budget agreement for 2025. According to the plan, Germany's aid to Ukraine will be cut by half to 4 billion euros to give priority to meeting other domestic spending needs.

According to members of the Bundestag's Budget Committee, the current year's aid budget for Ukraine has been exhausted and the aid plan for next year has exceeded the budget, which means that the German government cannot provide new aid to Ukraine. Ingo Gadschens, a budget expert for the German Christian Democratic Union, confirmed that the German government froze its financial aid to Ukraine overnight, thereby also freezing its military support.

Daily Economic News is compiled from Xinhua News Agency, CCTV News, and Reference News

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