The Ukrainian Air Force officially claimed responsibility for dropping the bridge, and the size of the visible explosion suggests an air-dropped bomb—likely JDAMs or AASM Hammer—was responsible, contradicting Russian claims blaming HIMARS/M270.
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Ukraine Air Force Admits Role in Strikes on Russian Logistics via JDAM-ER
Ukraine’s Air Force admits its role behind this via “high-precision strikes” particularly on Russian “logistics centers and ground lines of communications”. JDAM-ER?
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Ukrainian forces destroy Russian BM-21 Grad MLRS
⚡️🇺🇦Ukrainian military from the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade destroyed a 🇷🇺Russian 122-mm MLRS BM-21 Grad in the Donetsk region pic.twitter.com/xpGEFzFBl0
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 16 août 2024Ukrainian military personnel from the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade destroyed a Russian 122-mm BM-21 Grad multiple-launch rocket system in the Donetsk region.
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Ukrainian 46th Airmobile Brigade repulses Russian offensive in Donetsk
⚡️🇺🇦Ukrainian soldiers from the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade repulse the 🇷🇺Russian offensive in the Maryanka district, Donetsk region pic.twitter.com/fEKJ4tDOHB
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) 16 août 2024Ukrainian soldiers from the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade repulse the Russian offensive in the Maryanka district, Donetsk region
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Sudzha houses untouched after Ukrainian troops entered, residents report peace
"[Ukrainian] soldiers told us, 'We don't touch you. Live a peaceful life, everything's fine.' "
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) 16 août 2024
This is how the houses of the residents of Sudzha, Kursk region of Russia, look like after the Ukrainian troops entered the city. Nothing has changed – they are still standing… https://t.co/WlUmbr5jMD pic.twitter.com/nU0FeNidBH"[Ukrainian] soldiers told us, 'We don't touch you. Live a peaceful life, everything's fine.' " This is how the houses of the residents of Sudzha, Kursk region of Russia, look like after the Ukrainian troops entered the city. Nothing has changed – they are still standing
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Air Force Aviation operates on Kursk direction
Авіація Повітряних Сил бере активну участь в бойових діях на Курському напрямку
— Цензор.НЕТ ✍️ (@censor_net) 16 août 2024
"Українські пілоти високоточними ударами б’ють по ворожих опорних пунктах, скупченню техніки, а також – логістичних центрах та шляхах постачання противника", – повідомив командувач Повітряних Сил… pic.twitter.com/7Q8KgiH07YThe Aviation of the Air Forces is actively involved in combat operations on the Kursk direction. "Ukrainian pilots are striking enemy strongpoints, clusters of equipment, as well as logistics centers and supply routes with precision strikes," said the Commander of the Air Forces.
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Ukraine destroys Seim River bridge in Glushkovo
Footage of the Ukrainian military dropping the Seim river bridge at Glushkovo, Kursk Oblast, earlier today. pic.twitter.com/HCx5CqEjrJ
— Jimmy Rushton (@JimmySecUK) 16 août 2024Footage shows Ukrainian military destroying the Seim River bridge in Glushkovo, Kursk Oblast, earlier today.
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121st VSO covers up violent actions to force servicemen to front lines
22/ …the war zone and on this basis to terminate criminal cases. At the same time, the 121st VSO covers up the violent actions by which the command of military units tries to obtain the consent of servicemen to go to the front lines." /end Source:
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14/ His body, returned to his family in such bad shape
18/ His body was sent back to his family in April in such bad condition that they were not allowed to see it. His wife Anna says: "They simply tortured him. They killed him and then came to his funeral. Our own are worse than strangers. They won't get into trouble for this."
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Alexander tortured to join military operations
14/ …return to the unit, they would shoot him. The command tortured Alexander in order to force him to take part in military operations. A soldier with the call sign Chip hung him up by his handcuffs and stabbed him in the arm with a knife."