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16 September 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

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Combat Operations

  • Russia says it reclaimed control of two Kursk villages VOA 16 Sep 2024 -- Russia's military said Monday it reclaimed control of two villages in the western region of Kursk, as part of an offensive to push back an incursion by Ukrainian troops that began in early August.
  • Ukraine Invites UN, Red Cross Into Captured Russian Territory; Kremlin Dismisses Move RFE/RL 16 Sep 2024 -- Ukraine on September 16 invited the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to visit territory it has captured in its six-week-old military incursion into Russia's Kursk region to demonstrate its adherence to humanitarian law, in a move the Kremlin called a "provocation" even as it ordered that Russia's army beef up its ranks.

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Foreign Reactions

  • Scholz Stands By Ukraine Support Despite Kazakh Leader's Claim Russia 'Cannot Be Defeated' RFE/RL 16 Sep 2024 -- Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev told visiting Chancellor Olaf Scholz that Russia's military "cannot be defeated" in its war against Ukraine and instead urged support for a peace plans being pressed by China and Brazil, a consideration the German leader quickly rejected.
  • Switzerland hosts Ukraine Mine Action Conference 2024 in Lausanne Federal Council - Swiss Government 16 Sep 2024 -- On 17 and 18 October 2024, the Ukraine Mine Action Conference (UMAC2024) will be held at the EHL Hospitality Business School in Lausanne. The aim of the conference, which is being co-organised with Ukraine, is to highlight the critical importance of humanitarian demining as part of the country's social and economic recovery. The conference by Lake Geneva will bring together representatives from governments, international organisations, humanitarian demining and civil society.

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