OR Ukraine struck and destroyed on Sunday a third bridge over the river Shem at Kursk, confirmed on Monday (19/8) Russia.

Russian investigator confirmed that Ukraine hit yesterday, Sundayand damaged a third bridge over the Shem River in Russia’s Kursk region, where Moscow’s forces have been fighting Kiev’s forces for nearly two weeks.

A video statement from a representative of Russia’s Investigative Committee was posted on the Telegram channel of Russian state TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov.

“On August 18, as a result of targeted shelling with the use of rockets and artillery ammunition against residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in the village of Kariz (…) a third bridge over the Shem River was damaged,” said a representative of Russia’s Investigative Committee.

Russia’s foreign ministry announced on Friday that Ukraine used western missilespossibly American-made HIMARS, to destroy a bridge over the Shem River in the Glushkovo region.

In another video with a statement posted yesterday on Solovyov’s Telegram channel, a representative of the Russian Investigative Committee said that a second bridge over the Shem River near the village Zvanoe in the Kursk region used to evacuate civilians “damaged” by US-made HIMARS.

Ukraine’s air force chief said yesterday that his country’s air force had destroyed the second bridge, limiting the logistical capabilities of a Russian group resisting the advance of Ukrainian forces.

Military analysts say there are three bridges in the area of ​​the Ukrainian military offensive through which Russia supplies its forces.

At the same time, the Russian state news agency RIA reported today that Russian marines captured a group of 19 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region, calling the Ukrainians “saboteurs”.

RIA released video purportedly showing the captured soldiers.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm this information.

Nearly two weeks after Ukraine launched its cross-border offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, Ukrainian troops claim to control about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory and more than 80 settlements in the region and continue to advance.

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyasked his partners on Sunday to speed up their supplies given the needs of his military in the war against the Russian invasion, a conflict in which “there are no breaks.”

In a message posted on his Telegram channel, Mr Zelensky said his country should “accelerate supplies” from its partners.

In addition, the Ukrainian Air Force said on Monday that it successfully intercepted 11 kamikaze drones launched by Russia from the Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions yesterday morning.

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Moscow is not ready to hold peace talks with Ukraine for now, given Kiev’s offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, but that Russia is not withdrawing its previous peace proposals.