RIGHT SPEAK: 153 C-Clashes in F-Line, 40 Repelled, 15 are Ongoing in Pokrovsk Sec; UKR’s Territory Gains in RU in 1 Week Nearly Match RU’s Advances Which Took 8 Months; UKR Strikes 4 Putin Airfields 500 Miles Over Border; UKR Secures Toretsk; RU Advances in Siversky Dir Rebuffed, LIVE UPDATES, DETAILS, and LOTS MORE

There were 153 combat engagements in the frontline: the enemy lost over 250 troops in the Pokrovsk sector:

There were 153 combat engagements in the frontline. The enemy was most active in the Pokrovsk sector, where the occupants lost over 250 troops and equipment.

During the day, 153 clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders took place at the front, and the situation is tense in the Northern direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report on the operational situation as of 22:00 on 08/14/2024, UNN reports .

Over the last day, 153 combat engagements took place. Today, the terrorist state launched five missile attacks on the territory of Ukraine using five missiles, 42 air strikes, dropping 47 UAVs. In addition, the invaders used 565 kamikaze drones for attacks and fired over 3,000 times at the positions of our troops and populated areas using various types of weapons,
- the report says.

In the Kharkiv sector , Russian terrorists stormed the positions of our troops four times with the support of aviation in the areas of Vovchansk and Sotnytsia Kozachok. Fighting is still ongoing in two locations in Vovchansk.

According to the information currently available, Ukrainian defenders in the Kharkiv sector eliminated and wounded more than seventy occupants, destroyed a tank, five armored combat vehicles, an artillery system, 30 UAVs, two vehicles and three special equipment units, and damaged four artillery systems and six vehicles.

The enemy attacked our positions nine times in the Kupyansk sector . Near the settlements of Sinkivka, Petropavlivka and Berestove, Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled eight attacks. The situation is tense, and one firefight continues.

In the Liman sector, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian troops 15 times in the areas of Makiivka, Nevske and Terny during the day. Two firefights are currently ongoing.

The situation is tense in the Siverskyi sector. The enemy tried to force our defenders from their positions in the areas of Bilohorivka, Verkhnekamianske, Spirne and Vyymka 24 times by assault. Seven combat engagements are still ongoing.

In the Kramatorsk sector, Ukrainian troops repelled five attempts by the invaders to advance near Chasovyi Yar and Andriivka. Four attacks were repelled, and the battle continues.

In the Toretsk sector, where the occupants attacked our positions near New York, Toretsk and Pivnichne 21 times with the support of the air force, 18 combat engagements ended. Fighting continues in three other locations. --->READ MORE HERE

NY POST: Ukraine’s territory gains in Russia in just a week nearly match Moscow’s advances — which took 8 months

Ukraine is in control of 74 settlements in Russia’s Kursk region after only a week of fighting — nearly on par with what the Kremlin has spent the last eight months taking — from leading an incursion that experts say has revealed Moscow’s “weakness.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky touted that his troops had seized the scores of settlements in Kursk as of Tuesday, more than double what it had the day before, with Kyiv’s forces continuing their advance as they occupy about 400 square miles of Russian territory.

The surprise incursion gives Kyiv nearly as much territory in Russia as the 450 square miles the Kremlin has managed to take from Ukraine since the start of 2024, according to calculations by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a Washington-based think tank that tracks battlefield movements and developments.

“We continue to advance further in the Kursk region,” Zelensky said Wednesday, “from one to two kilometers in various areas since the start of the day.”

“We have captured more than 100 Russian servicemen during this period,” he added.

George Barros, the ISW’s Russia team and geospatial intelligence team lead, told The Post the Ukrainian incursion is forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to reassess the future of the war.

“Russia now has to decide whether or not to allocate a substantial amount of troops and resources to protect the 1,000-kilometer (621-mile) border,” Barros said.

“For a majority of the war, Russia has had the luxury of keeping the border largely unmanned, and Ukraine’s operation proved its weakness,” he added.

Should Russia conclude that the border is no longer dormant, Barros said, Putin and the Kremlin will be faced with dilemma after dilemma and new costs for its invasion plans.

While the war in Ukraine has been largely seen by the public as a stalemate in recent months, Moscow has been making slow but steady advances in the Donbas and Donetsk regions.

The operations, however, have cost Russia significantly, with Ukraine claiming that about 300,000 Russian soldiers have been killed over the last eight months. --->READ MORE HERE