⚡️Legal violations identified in probe into NABU leak scandal, top anti-corruption official says.

Legal and ethical violations have been identified during an internal probe into alleged pressure on a whistleblower at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), Semen Kryvonos, head of the bureau, said at a news briefing on Aug. 9. "I expect (the NABU's disciplinary commission) to consider the materials and make a relevant decision (on punishing those involved) within two or three weeks," he said.

The whistleblower revealed information on the NABU allegedly leaking case materials to suspects in a high-profile corruption investigation. The leak scandal and its aftermath have prompted accusations that the NABU’s independence was compromised, allegedly with involvement of several people linked to Zelensky’s office.

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⚡️Kursk region incursion may force Russia to redeploy troops, Estonian intelligence says.

Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region may force Moscow to redeploy troops from other sectors, said Janek Kesselmann, the deputy commander of the Estonian Military Intelligence Center, in comments reported by ERR on Aug. 9.

"It is likely that Russia's Armed Forces were not prepared for a Ukrainian offensive in this area, and the attack came as a surprise to them," Kesselmann said.

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⚡️Russia claims it had issued 2.2 million passports in occupied Ukrainian territories.

Russia's Interior Ministry claimed on Aug. 9 that it had issued 2.2 million passports in occupied Ukrainian territories of Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Donetsk, and Luhansk oblasts since October 2022.

Russia systematically coerces residents of the occupied territories to accept Russian passports, the U.S. research group Ukraine Conflict Observatory reported last year.

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August 9, 2024, 12:41

⚡Column of Russian vehicles, personnel destroyed in Kursk Oblast, multiple sources say.

A column of Russian military vehicles and personnel was destroyed in Russia's Kursk Oblast, the location of an ongoing Ukrainian incursion, Suspilne and the independent Russian media outlet Agentstvo said on Aug. 9.

Photo: Screenshot of a video from DeepState/Telegram

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⚡️ Pokrovsk is now 16 km from front line, UK Defense Ministry says.

Recent Russian advances have placed the city of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast within approximately 16 kilometers of the current front line, the U.K. Defense Ministry reported in its intelligence update on Aug. 9.

"Russian Ground Forces have continued conducting offensive operations along multiple areas of the front line, with Russia achieving further tactical advances," the ministry said.

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⚡️Update: Russia hit Kostiantynivka with Kh-38 missile, governor says

Russia struck a town of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast on Aug. 9 with a Kh-38 missile, Governor Vadym Filashkin said.

At first, Filashkin reported that a supermarket in the town had come under an artillery strike. The Russian attack killed at least 11 people and injured at least 37 others, Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office said.

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⚡️Russia claims Ukraine's forces reach outskirts of Sudzha in Kursk region.

Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Aug. 9 that Russian forces are carrying out attacks against Ukrainian soldiers on the western outskirts of the town of Sudzha as Kyiv's incursion continues into the fourth day.

Sudzha is located less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the border with Ukraine, while the city of Kursk lies 85 kilometers (53 miles) to the northeast of Sudzha. This is the first time Moscow claimed that Ukrainian forces reached the town amid multiple reports about their presence there.

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⚡️ Ukrainian canoeists win silver in 500-meter double sculls at Olympics.

Ukrainian canoeists Liudmyla Luzan and Anastasiia Rybachok won a silver medal in the 500-meter double sculls at the Olympic finals on Aug. 9.

This is Ukraine's 11th medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

Photo: Maja Hitij/Getty Images

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⚡️Update: Russian attack against supermarket in Donetsk Oblast's Kostiantynivka kills 10, injures 35.

The death toll of a Russian artillery strike against Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast on Aug. 9 has risen to 10, at least 35 people were injured, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.

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⚡️ Russia's economy will face sharp decline after second quarter of 2024, Bloomberg reports.

Russia is on track for an intense economic slowdown due to significant labor shortages and constraints placed on the key sectors that backed growth until now, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 9.

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