[Korrespondent] 22:15 The I Want to Live project reported that raiding groups "caught Kadyrov's men deep in the rear from the border." According to them, they tried to escape to avoid being captured, since Ramzan Kadyrov once said that Akhmat's fighters do not surrender. "Well, usually yes, since they sit in the rear, but in the Kursk region the situation developed dynamically, and these Akhmat fighters did not even try to resist. As experience from previous exchanges shows, this is a very correct decision, since Russian negotiators on exchanges take Kadyrov's men first," the project reported and showed a video:
21:54 Zelensky said in an evening video address that since the beginning of this summer alone, and only from the Kursk region, almost 2,000 strikes have been carried out on Sumy region: artillery, mortars, drones. "We are recording all the places from which the Russian army is carrying out strikes... We are recording every missile strike. And each of these strikes deserves a fair response," the president emphasized.
17:33 Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky posted a photo on Telegram, which he captioned: "Continuing the operation." He probably hinted at the events in Kursk Oblast. Syrsky had previously posted a similar photo. On August 8, he posted a photo on Telegram, which he captioned: "Working in the starting area." The starting area is the place from which units begin to advance during an offensive. The Commander-in-Chief has not yet officially commented on the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kursk Oblast.
17:28 A senior Ukrainian official told AFP that the goal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' invasion of the Kursk region is "to stretch the enemy's positions, inflict maximum losses and destabilize the situation in Russia." According to him, "thousands" of Ukrainian troops are taking part in the operation. At the same time, the agency's interlocutor assured that the Ukrainian side guarantees that it will not create problems for nuclear security, and that Ukrainian troops will comply with international humanitarian law and do not plan to annex the territories they currently control.
The Ukrainian official said that the intensity of Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine had somewhat decreased in the wake of the operation in Kursk Oblast, but the situation "has not changed much." He also noted that "judging by how actively Western weapons are being used, our Western partners were indirectly involved in the planning."
17:09 Videos of Ukrainian soldiers are being published on social networks, claiming to have allegedly captured the settlements of Oleshnya and Goncharovka in the Kursk region.
16:55 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that it had allegedly stopped attempts to "break through enemy mobile groups in armored vehicles" in the areas of the settlements of Tolpino, Zhuravli, and Obshchy Kolodez in the Kursk region.
16:01 Over the past 24 hours, more than 8 thousand people have left the border areas of the Kursk region, the Russian Emergencies Ministry reported.
15:36 Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova sent an appeal to the UN High Commissioner regarding the situation in the Kursk region with a call to condemn "terrorism from Ukraine."
11:32 A video of the installation of a Ukrainian flag allegedly in the settlement of Guevo in the Kursk region is being distributed on social networks. Earlier, Russian war correspondents stated that the settlement came under the control of Ukrainian troops.
11:17 Kursk Region Governor Alexey Smirnov stated that on Saturday, August 10, a Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was allegedly recorded entering the territory of the Belovsky District. At the same time, he assured that "our defenders managed to stabilize the situation." Smirnov added that at the moment there are no military clashes in the Belovsky and Oboyansky Districts, but those wishing to voluntarily leave the districts can do so.
08:53 The Times writes, citing Ukrainian sources, that the summer counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces into Russian territory is Zelensky's riskiest decision, which has been planned for months. According to the publication, Zelensky has been secretly pressuring the military leadership for several months to launch an offensive. According to sources, Ukraine would have attacked Russia even if it had not received permission from the West. In this way, Kiev wants to change the narrative that "Ukraine is losing the war."
The newspaper writes that the forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces allocated for this operation amount to between 6,000 and 10,000 soldiers. "The military leadership is ready to risk valuable soldiers and equipment in order to achieve something in this direction," the journalists note.
08:36 The Russian Defense Ministry claims that air defense destroyed 14 Ukrainian drones and four Tochka-U tactical missiles over the Kursk region overnight.
07:31 Russian war correspondents and Z-publics wrote late in the evening on August 10 about another alleged attempt to break through the border in the Kursk region - in the Belovsky district south of Sudzha. Some publics reported a "breakthrough of several dozen kilometers", some - about reconnaissance in force. According to Russian war correspondents, the main group of Ukrainian soldiers in the Sudzhansky district has also allegedly become more active, trying to seize the initiative and go on the offensive again. However, there is no verified information about a new breakthrough of the border in the Kursk region yet.
01:49 Kursk Region Governor Alexey Smirnov said that a downed Ukrainian missile fell on a residential building in Kursk, injuring 13 people. He also said that he had instructed the head of the Belovsky District to speed up the implementation of the operational headquarters' decision to evacuate. At the same time, Smirnov claims that the situation in the city is "under control" and there is no panic.
