After Kursk, Vladimir Putin sends “flying fortresses” against Ukraine? Russian and Ukrainian sources report that six Russian Tupolev Tu-95 bombers; they are sent from the Olenia air base in the Murmansk region in the Arctic circle to the military base in the Saratov region near the Caspian, that is, west, in the rear, of the Kursk province. The news was confirmed by the Air Force of Ukraine in the morning hours. It is noted that both the Russian base in Mumansk and the base in Saratov have been hit by drones from time to time.

Based on the experience of nearly two and a half years of Russian enemy invasion, major airstrikes usually begin with the departure of bombers from northern Russian air bases or Volga air bases. Then the cruise missiles are launched towards Ukraine.

Analysts estimate that they will follow missile strikes against Ukraine, as these strategic bombers are also capable of carrying ballistic missiles. However, taking off the Tu-95s during the day was considered unusual. Therefore, it could not be ruled out that the flights were for training or relocation purposes.

“Ukrainian forces control 1,250 square kilometers and 92 settlements in Kursk”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has since confirmed that Ukrainian forces have gained control of at least 1,250 square kilometers of the Russian region of Kursk, incl 92 settlements.

“The Russian border area across from our Sumi region has been mostly cleared of the Russian military presence. A few months ago, many people around the world would have said that this was impossible, and would violate Russia’s strictest “red line,” added Zelensky, in a speech to Ukrainian ambassadors.

“Our proactive proactive defense it is the most effective countermeasure against Russian terrorism,” noted the Ukrainian president.

Zelensky even urged Ukraine’s allies to allow strikes deep inside Russia with long-range western weapons, saying that the lack of this permission was the main reason Ukraine was unable to stop the advance of Moscow’s troops on the front line in the east.

“The naïve, illusory concept of so-called “red lines” regarding Russia, which dominated the assessment of the war by some partners, it’s down these days somewhere near Sunja,” he quipped, referring to the Ukrainian-controlled Russian city of Kursk.

OR Ukraine struck and destroyed Sunday and 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.

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.

“Putin made it clear that talks with Kiev are now impossible”

It is noted that the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denied reports of peace talks with Kiev brokered by Qatar and Turkey, calling them “mere rumours”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it absolutely clear that there can be no talks with Kiev after its attack on Kursk, he said. “The president has made it very clear that after the attacks, or invasion as you call it, in the Kursk region, any talks are impossible.”

“The president also said a very important thing and I would like to draw attention to it that we will give an assessment of this situation later,” he said in an interview on the Moscow.Kremlin.Putin program on the Rossiya-1 TV channel. An excerpt of the interview was published by the host of the program Pavel Zarubin on his Telegram channel.

According to the top Russian diplomat, the whole process within the framework of the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland is unacceptable for Russia, because it is about promoting the Zelensky formula as an ultimatum. “The Burgenstock process is unacceptable to us as its only aim is to forward the ultimatum under the name “Zelensky formula” he noted.