Seven people, including a six-year-old girl, were killed after a massive missile strike in Chernihiv, which also left more than 100 people injured.In case you missed anything, here are the other developments from the weekend: Yesterday saw Ukraine finally announce that it would receive F-16 fighter jets from the West, as 42 planes were pledged between Denmark and the Netherlands, after months of calls from President Zelenskyy to give his country the equipment needed to "close the skies".Įxpect some other world leaders to react to that decision today - as they will likely be asked whether they will follow suit or distance themselves from committing to provide jets. Hello and welcome back to our coverage of the war in Ukraine. The ISW notes that this is likely the strategy behind Kyiv's drone attacks - to lower morale among commentators and the public inside Russia with small but highly publicised strikes on territory far from Ukraine. The ISW updates continues: "A Russian insider source claimed that Russian air defences did not activate to defend against an overnight strike against a Kursk City rail station on August 19 to 20, highlighting a frequent milblogger complaint that Russian forces fail to defend against strikes on Russian territory." "Some Russian milbloggers expressed anger at recent Ukrainian strikes on the Kerch Strait Bridge and called for Russian forces to target the families, homes, and other properties of Ukrainian decisionmakers to deter further Ukrainian strikes against Russian deep rear areas."Īdditionally, a former ambassador to Russia for occupied Luhansk, Rodion Miroshnik, claimed over the weekend that strikes against Moscow were becoming "normalised", after three consecutive days of strikes on the capital. "Ukrainian strikes against Russian deep rear areas are generating discontent in the Russian information space and sparking criticism of the Russian military command, as Ukraine likely intends," the update from ISW reads. The US-based thinktank says it has noted a number of prominent military bloggers (or milbloggers) speaking out. Consistent drone attacks seemingly carried out by Ukraine on Russian soil or deep into its occupied territories has begun to sow discontent in the Russian information space, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
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