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Russian pontoon crossing over Seim River disappears
The Russian military built a pontoon crossing over the Seim River in the Glushkovsky district of Kursk region, as the Defense Forces destroyed all three bridges. However, a satellite image showed that the crossing had disappeared.
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Ukraine strikes Russian center with French bomb
Ukraine Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleschuk published footage showing one of his jet fighters striking an underground Russian control center in Kursk region with a French AASM Hammer guided air bomb. Date unknown. pic.twitter.com/vbjO98OBfQ
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) 20 août 2024Ukraine Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleschuk published footage showing one of his jet fighters striking an underground Russian control center in the Kursk region with a French AASM Hammer guided air bomb. Date unknown.
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Russian pontoon crossing over Seim River
One of the Russian pontoon crossings across the Seim River in the Kursk region captured by a Ukrainian FPV drone
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Ukrainian fighter describes defense in New York
A soldier from the 53rd Brigade told @ukrpravda_news: 'Our forces are in New York, holding the defense. We control approximately 20%. The Russians are advancing thanks to a large number of reserves. We kill them, but they keep coming. Unfortunately, we don’t have such reserves.'
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Conscript’s girlfriend exposes pressure to fight in Ukraine
The girlfriend of a conscript says her boyfriend and his comrades were pressured into signing contracts to deploy them to fight in Ukraine, not just within Russia.
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Forced conscriptions and deployment to Kursk/Bryansk
8/ They are distributed in turns, several people at a time, two went to Kursk, two more today to Bryansk. Another conscript is being beaten until he signs a contract for long-term military service, according to a friend.
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Russian soldiers sent to Dolgoprudny unit face hazing, punishment
3/ Others are reportedly being sent there as a punishment. One woman says that her son has been suffering "terrible hazing" in a unit in Dolgoprudny, Moscow region (see the thread below for more on this long-standing custom of the Russian army).
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Russian conscripts sent to combat zone
According to the 'Go to the forest!' initiative, which helps Russians evade military service, at least 250 conscripts from St. Petersburg and 90 from Moscow were transferred to the 'counter-terrorist operation' zone. Kaliningrad, Samara, Irkutsk and Naro-Frominsk are also sending conscripts.
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Russian conscripts sent to front in Kursk region
Hundreds of Russian conscripts are reportedly being sent to the front in the Kursk region, with some being forced to sign contracts to join the army as professional soldiers or to go there as punishment for disciplinary offences.