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News Wrap: Israel signals acceptance of key ceasefire points, ahead of talks next week

In our news wrap Saturday, Israel signals acceptance of key ceasefire points, ahead of talks next week. Russia presses its assault, as Ukrainian forces push further into Russian territory, and Hurricane Ernesto sweeps back into the Atlantic after battering Bermuda.

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Ukrainian forces carved a path of destruction on their march to claim the Russian town of Sudzha

By Associated Press

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the town of Sudzha was fully under his troops' control.

This U.S.-Russian dual national made a $52 donation to Ukraine. She’s just been jailed for 12 years on treason charges

By Associated Press

Ksenia Khavana, a 33-year-old former ballet dancer, reportedly had her phone confiscated after arriving in Yekaterinburg in January and police found evidence on the phone of the donation.

Ukrainian forces push farther into Russia despite Putin’s efforts to counter incursion

By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi

Ukraine said it blasted its way deeper into the Kursk region of Russia where it has captured dozens of towns and settlements and taken Russians prisoner. It's the largest cross-border attack since Russia invaded and the largest presence of foreign…

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Ukraine claims more advances into Russia’s Kursk region with prisoners taken

By Illia Novikov, Emma Burrows, Associated Press

The commander of the Ukrainian military said that since the start of the day, assault troops had advanced 1-2 kilometers (miles) in some parts of Kursk. He also said that Ukrainian troops took more than 100 Russian soldiers prisoner.

Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian attempt to expand incursion. Kyiv says it won’t keep land

By Barry Hatton, Associated Press

A Ukrainian Foreign Ministry official said Tuesday that Kyiv has no intention of occupying Russian territory in the operation that has been shrouded in secrecy.

Cybersecurity expert weighs in on Trump’s claim his campaign was hacked by Iran

By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins

Former President Trump claims his campaign was “hacked by the Iranian government.” It comes after the Office of the Director of National Intelligence warned in late July it continues to observe foreign influence operations by Russia, China and Iran aimed…

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Ukraine controls nearly 400 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region, top commander says

By Samya Kullab, Associated Press

Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region.

Putin says Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk is an attempt to stop Russia’s eastern offensive

By Samya Kullab, Associated Press

Russian forces are still scrambling to respond to the surprise Ukrainian attack after almost a week of fierce fighting, but Putin insisted Moscow's army will prevail.

Russia declares emergency in Kursk, under large-scale attack by Ukraine

By Samya Kullab, Barry Hatton, Associated Press

Also on Friday, authorities in eastern Ukraine said a Russian plane-launched missile hit a shopping mall late morning, killing at least 11 people and injuring 44.