Ukraine Breaking News Today Live on 08-16-2024

Chuck Pfarrer, a former SEAL Team Six Squadron Leader explores Ukraine’s successful and rapidly expanding offensive against the Kursk region of Russia.

The head of Pokrovsk’s military administration, Sergiy Dobryak, warned that Russia was a little over 10 km (6 miles) from the outskirts of the city and urged remaining residents to evacuate.

Ukraine’s offensive in the Kursk region poses difficult geopolitical challenges for the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, which require asymmetric responses.

Germany – a key ally of Kyiv – has been on high alert for sabotage and attacks on military facilities in the country in the wake of Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

Germany has donated several Patriot systems to Ukraine, which has faced repeated Russian missile barrages and drone attacks targeting its infrastructure, leaving it in need of additional air defenses.

Latest from the Institute for the Study of War.