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The Nashville Downtown Partnership presents the annual Nashville Downtown Home Tour  on Sunday, April 21, 2024,  from noon to 5:00pm . Whether you’re looking to rent, purchase, or redecorate, this is a convenient way to see a variety of unique spaces, ranging from historic buildings to brand-new projects, in Downtown Nashville. Tickets are $15. Check-in will take place at One Nashville Place .

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Free Self-Guided Tour of Downtown Nashville

Our tour guides spend a lot of time exploring the city of Nashville and learning about its history, and they've come up with a pretty impressive self-guided tour of the downtown area.

Join us for a walk through downtown Nashville as we cover the history of this town from its beginnings as Fort Nashborough through the Civil War, Civil Rights, and Country Music to today.

The whole tour takes about 2 hours - that is if you don't step inside any of the museums or restaurants.

We also offer this self-guided tour in an audio format.

Here is how it works:

• Purchase an  audio tour from our Booking Page .
• You’ll receive a confirmation email with a .pdf, Google Map link, and audio tour.
• Enjoy the tour(s).

Listen to a sample of our Downtown Nashville Tour:

Self-Guided Walking Tour of Nashville:

Nashville Visitor Center (START)

Legends corner, ryman auditorium, downtown presbyterian church, nashville civil rights, maxwell house hotel.

• L&C Tower

Men's Quarter

Printer's alley, fort nashborough, shelby street pedestrian bridge, goo goo shop, honky tonk highway, music city walk of fame (end).

• Hatch Show Print (Optional Stop

Nashville Celebrity Homes Tour

501 Broadway

We begin our tour of Nashville here at the Visitor Center.

You can go inside to grab a bottle of water or use the restrooms before we get started, but we're about to venture on a 2-mile walk together so maybe hold off on the souvenir shopping.

We end the tour not far from here so you can always come back.

We will talk about the history of Nashville at a later stop and how it got started, but let's use this stop to talk about what Nashville is today.

Nashville is the capital of Tennessee and of country music. These are two facts that most people know about the city already.

But did you know that there is a huge printing industry here? Or that Maxwell Coffee is from Nashville? We'll talk about this and more on our tour.

Nashville's nickname is Music City. Depending on what time of day you are standing at this corner, you may be able to see why the name has stuck.

Live music is played most of the day and night somewhere in the city. But this isn't how the nickname got started. It all began with ... the Queen of England. No, seriously.

Fisk University, a historically black university, was founded in 1866 just after the end of the American Civil War, as a school for freedmen.

As part of a way to raise funds, the Fisk Jubilee Singers a capella group toured around the country and Europe.

After singing for the Queen of England she remarked: "You must be from Music City." This nickname was cemented in the 1950s by a radio announcer at WSM (home of the Grand Ole Opry).

Music is a part of the city's soul but it isn't only country music. You can find any genre being performed, recorded, and played here.

But let's be honest, country music is what Nashville is known for and our next stop is going to introduce you to some of our city's favorites.

From here you can see the start of Honky Tonk Highway, including one of its famous bars. You really can't miss it. Look for the bright purple building. That is Tootsie's Orchid Lounge.

It was originally a bar called "Moms" when Hattie Louise Bess bought it in the 1960s. She named it after herself, Tootsies.

When the painter accidentally painted the building this color of purple - orchid - it became the bar's signature and stuck.

Tootsie was where many people got their start - including Willie Nelson who got his first songwriting gig after singing there.

One story that embodies the southern hospitality and family of country music. Tootsie was known to slip cash into the pockets of struggling artists or accept IOUs at the bar.

At the end of the year, musicians who had made it would pay the IOUs so Tootsie would not lose the money.

Tootsie's acted as the Ryman's unofficial green room where musical acts would sneak in the back door of the bar to play something new or grab a beer, something you couldn't do at the Ryman.

As much as music has a unique history here in Nashville, so does liquor. Particularly the kind that came from bootlegging - moonshine and whiskey.

Tennessee passed laws in 1908 that effectively created Prohibition in the state years before the federal government and it wasn't until the 1960s that you could get a cocktail with dinner.

A lot of Nashville establishments were popularized because of backdoors that let patrons and musicians get a drink.

From here cross the street diagonally (in Nashville many of the intersections have diagonal crosswalks!) to the mural on the side of Legends Corner)

Legends Corner is one of the most popular country bars in Nashville. From here on down Broadway, we call this Honky Tonk Row so there are a lot of country bars.

On the side wall along 5th Street is a new mural depicting famous faces of country music: Tim McGraw, Loretta Lynn, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Johnny Cash, Keith Urban, Merle Haggard, Reba McEntire, Alan Jackson, George Strait, Dolly Parton, and Garth Brooks.

You'll notice some shadowy figures in the background. These are placeholders for additions of future country legends.

Continue up 5th Avenue North to the red brick building. While it looks like a church, today it is the Ryman Auditorium and is called the Mother Church of Country Music.

This sidewalk is narrow and crowded so we'll have you go around the corner but as you walk along the 5th Avenue side of the building, look up above the door and you'll see an engraving that says Union Gospel Tabernacle.

Stop around the corner for a good view of the stained glass windows and quiet place, but you can also continue around the building to the front entrance on 4th Avenue if you want some more photo ops or to pause this and take the self-guided tour inside the Ryman.

To start you off, there is more to say and see about Ryman Auditorium that can we share with you and stay on time.  

We highly recommend touring inside. Read our post about how to do that.

This is the mother church of country music and it was built as a church.

The story goes that Thomas Ryman, a rich man who had his hands in many money-making schemes in Nashville, went to confront a traveling preacher named Sam Jones who had set up a tent revival outside of town.

However, after hearing him preach, Ryman didn't want to tell Sam Jones to leave - he asked him to stay and decided to help build a church, the Union Gospel Tabernacle.

The first concert was held on May 4, 1892.

The May Music Festival with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra was a fundraising concert to help the Ladies Hermitage Association purchase items for Andrew Jackson's home (which we also recommend visiting).

It is a performance venue today hosting acts from all over the world and of all genres, but what it is most known for is the Grand Ole Opry.

There is a lot of confusion about the Ryman vs. the Grand Ole Opry House and you will understand it better if you tour inside one or both of these buildings.

The Grand Ole Opry is a show. The Ryman was the home to this radio show from its beginning in 1943 until it moved to a new purpose-built building, what is called the Grand Ole Opry House, in 1974.

It was an emotional farewell when the Opry (show) left the Ryman and as a symbolic way to bring a piece of the Ryman to the new location, they did just that.

A portion of the stage floor was cut out in a circle and inlaid on the new Opry House floor.

Continue up 5th Avenue crossing Commerce Street. You'll walk past a parking garage with a giant mural. Once you get past the entrance to the parking garage, stop and turn around. You'll see another street art mural on the side of the building.

Nashville has a surprising amount of street art. So much in fact that we have more self-guided tours dedicated to it!

Graffiti? Street Art? One is wanted, and one is not.

Street art and murals have been commissioned around the city to beautify shop walls, garages, and more.

The Nashville Walls Project brings internationally acclaimed and local artists to contribute to these artworks.

This building has a few pieces:

• The mural on the street side is done by Beau Stanton as part of a project with Rivive, a nonprofit dedicated to cleaning up the Cumberland River.
• The lyrics on the corner are from a Johnny Cash song, As Long As the Grass Shall Grow, done by Niels Shoe Meulman.

Keep an eye out as we walk around, around corners and the backs of buildings for more art.

Continue up 5th Avenue walking along a church on your right. The Downtown Presbyterian Church is our next stop but its best to stop on 4th Street at the entrance.

This current church building is the third on this site, the first two having burnt down. What is unique about this building is the architectural style.

The architect, William Strickland, who also designed the Tennessee State Capitol, was inspired by the images from Egypt during the height of archeological discovery in the mid-1800s. 

The Downtown Presbyterian Church is one of the best examples of Egyptian Revivalism in the U.S.

Look for the lotus columns and a winged sun disk and if you have a chance go inside.

The painting inside the church feels like an Egyptian temple.

Like most churches during the Civil War, this served as a Union hospital.

You may not have expected this to be a Union hospital as Tennessee seceded and joined the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Tennessee was very much a divided territory - it was the last state to secede and the first state to rejoin the Union.

Nashville was the first Confederate state capital to fall to Union control as a strategic point on the river.

Cross Church Street to continue up to 5th Avenue, looking for Woolworths on 5th, which will be across the street. 

This stretch of 5th Ave became a central shopping district after the Civil War. As a commercial district, this was the location of many of the sit-ins during the American Civil Rights Movement.

This street had many "five and dimes", including an F.W. Woolworths. After the Greensboro sit-ins, this nonviolent campaign to end racial segregation spread across the South.

The idea of sit-ins at lunch counters was already discussed in Nashville before this historic event in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Many of these commercial establishments allowed anyone to shop, but not eat at their restaurants.

On Saturday, February 13, 1960, more than 100 students would sit at lunch counters at various establishments on this street - Woolworths, Kress, McLellan, Walgreens, and Harveys.

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They were refused service but sat at the counter for two hours before leaving.

T his would happen many more times over the next few weeks. The demonstrators never reacted to any verbal or physical taunts and the sit-ins would often end with their arrest.

After the sit-ins and protests of downtown segregated merchants, meetings were held in secret between the student activists and the stores.

A controlled integration began and Nashville was the first major city in the South to desegregate.

Go back to the corner of Church and 5th and turn left onto Church Street.  As you cross Arcade Alley, look for the historic marker on the wall on your left.

The building you see before you stands on the site of the old Maxwell House Hotel, which burned down in a fire on Christmas in 1961, the cause still unknown.

The hotel construction began in 1859, which means the original construction was completed by enslaved men. Though the building was not completed, this became a Union hospital and prison during the Civil War.

When the Civil War ended and the Union forces left, the first meeting of the Ku Klux Klan was held here in 1867.

The hotel was opened to the public in 1869, advertising steam heat, gaslighting, and a bath on every floor. Rooms cost $4 a day, including meals and coffee.

The hotel enjoyed a fine reputation during its height and hosted a veritable who's who of visitors, including 8 presidents.

When President Teddy Roosevelt was staying here he is reported as commenting that the coffee served was "Good to the Last Drop" - a slogan Maxwell House coffee continues to use to this day.

Whether this story is true is debated, though Roosevelt did have Maxwell House coffee during a stay, he said " This is the kind of stuff I like to drink, by George, when I hunt bears" - which just doesn't have the same ring to it.

There is a small alley that you crossed over to see the plaque, turn right down Arcade Alley until you get to the Arcade-covered shopping area.

This used to be Overton Alley until a local business was inspired by the Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele in Milan, Italy, and convinced the shops and restaurants to create an enclosed walkway.

It was such a draw for local residents that when it opened in 1903 more than a quarter of the city population showed up.

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Can you imagine being in here with 40,000 people?

When you exit the covered area be sure to turn around and look at the columned entryway.

If you haven't already walked through, get to the end of the Arcade on 4th Street. Turn right for just a few steps.

We will eventually cross 4th Street at this crosswalk but for now, look at the historic Victorian building across the street. At the time of writing, it still has the Southern Turf sign but the building has been sold to a new owner to become a Frank Sinatra-themed bar.

If you were a woman of any decency, you would not be caught even walking down this street at the turn of the 20th century.

This block down to the corner where the Maxwell House Hotel stood was known as the Men's Quarter.

It was full of saloons, barbershops, suit sellers, and gambling and its reputation was so known that the Maxwell House Hotel had a separate Ladies' Entrance on the other side of the building.

The building across the street, the Southern Turf, was one of the finer establishments, feeding off the high-class clientele of the hotel across the street.

It had mahogany furniture and bronze statues, and even electric fans.

A few doors down, the Utopia was a 6 story building with an elevator that ran all night.

The Climax Saloon had an upper floor for prostitution that had false walls where working girls could hide if there were a police raid -which there were not too many of. Lax enforcement allowed this area to thrive.

In its heyday, the local whiskey distilleries supplied the saloons - including Jack Daniels who could be seen walking around from bar to bar buying rounds of his whiskey for the patrons.

Despite its reputation, don't picture it as a rough and tumble, seedy area. The businesses maintained opulent appearances, and clean streets with no obvious acts of impropriety.

But even nice-looking and well-behaved drunks are still drunks and as the temperance movement swept the nation, Tennessee enacted Prohibition in 1914 closing all the saloons.

Cross 4th Avenue and head down alongside the Southern Turf building. This is called Bank Alley. Stop when you get to the next intersection and look to your right.

Printer's Alley today is a hub of lights and sounds for Nashville's nightlife and owes its beginnings as such to the closing of the saloons after the state Prohibition.

But its name, Printer's Alley, comes from before that. Here were the offices of the newspapers and publishing houses. In 1915 there were 13 publishers and 10 printers.

The last printer did not leave the ally until 1977.

During Prohibition, this was the home to speakeasies and restaurants who claimed their patrons had brought in their own liquor, or "brown bagged" it. It was not until 1968 that venues could sell alcohol.

You would find a variety of musicians playing here at the nightclubs, including country musicians who wanted to jam to a little jazz after their studio sets.

Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Dottie West, The Supremes, and Hank Williams all played here.

If you want to come back here at night, Bourbon Street Blues is the best blues bar in town.

Skull's Rainbow Room is a unique Nashville experience with a storied past. This is the basement of the Southern Turf building, the opulently decorated saloon in the Men's Quarter.

It was opened in 1948 by David "Skull" Schulman. It had comedy - Andy Griffith and Jerry Lee Lewis. It had exotic dancers. It had live music.

Skull was voted the Mayor of Printer's Alley and would walk his pet poodles (one of them a gift from Elvis) down the street on rhinestone-studded leashes.

The checkered stage you would see if you went inside today is the original. Willie Nelson played as part of the house band and Elvis, Johnny Cash, Joni Mitchell, and Bob Dylan played here.

Tim McGraw started out here after Skull loaned him some money and brought some people from the industry to see him play.

Both back then and today, you'll find a burlesque show in the evenings. It feels like a speakeasy even today.

After he was murdered in 1998, the Rainbow Room closed not to be reopened again until 2015.

The new management did as much as it could to restore the original character and you'll find a lot of items from the original Rainbow Row. If you can visit, you should.

If you haven't already, walk down Printer's Alley. There is a great photo op of the Printer's Alley sign when you get to Church Street. Turn left on Church Street. It will be a few blocks until our next stop, which you'll see when Church Street ends at the Riverfront.

The first people in this area were Native Americans, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Shawnee, and later French fur traders.

In 1779,  James Robertson came from what is now western North Carolina to establish a settlement on the Cumberland River.

Robertson and the settlers who arrived in 1780 called it the Bluff Station but records refer to it as Fort Nashborough, after Francis Nash. He was a North Carolina politician and Revolutionary War general who died in battle.

It was officially designated as the town of Nashville in 1784 and was part of the state of North Carolina. It became the state capital of the newly admitted state of Tennessee in 1796.

As was common back then, the capital of a state moved occasionally - Knoxville and Murfreesboro had been capitals as well. Nashville became the official permanent state capital in 1843.

What you see here is a recreation of the original wooden stockade. Feel free to walk around and have a look at the buildings and historical markers.

With the river to your left, walk along 1st Ave North. You'll at some point want to cross 1st Ave North to be on the far side of the road. Stop when you get to Broadway.

The building on the corner will say Hard Rock Cafe but peek around the corner for a look at what it used to be. There is a great mural on the side of the building.

Turn on Broadway and stop at the corner of 2nd Street. This red brick building is still technically part of the Hard Rock Cafe today.

This Victorian building used to be the Silver Dollar Saloon.

If you were to keep walking up 2nd Street you'd be making your way towards the infamous Men's Quarter, but the Silver Dollar Saloon catered to a different clientele ... the boatsmen from the river.

Like many of the drinking establishments, this one was run by a whiskey distillery, George A. Dickel Whisky Company, as a way to serve their product to the masses.

Dickel also owned the Climax Saloon back in the Men's Quarter.

The Honky Tonks along Broadway today often have people outside, encouraging you to come on in. This would have been the case back then as well.

Look up Broadway and you'll see two spires in the distance. If you had an eyeglass you would be able to see the clock on top of Union Station (now a hotel) all the way from the waterfront.

The saloons here would send runners up to the train station to see what the timetables were like and then come back as the boats were unloading.

"Hey, anyone on the 3 pm? It's delayed until 4 pm, come on in for a drink!"

Cross Broadway. You're crossing the end of Honky Tonk Highway but we'll come back to it!

Continue along 2nd Avenue until you see the steps and elevator to take you up to the Pedestrian Bridge (just next to Joe's Crab Shack)

You can choose how far to walk along but we suggest going about halfway to find an overlook on the left for that great view of the Nashville skyline.

Looking across the river to your right, that is the Nissan Stadium, where the Tennessee Titans play.

Looking to the left is the skyline of Nashville. Notice the tallest building - we call this the Batman Building. For obvious reasons.

The AT&T building was even named one of the most unique office buildings in the world and referred to by a French magazine as "Le Bat Tower"

In the cluster of highrises, you can also see the L&C Tower. For years this was the only skyscraper in Nashville. It stands just across the street from the site of the Maxwell House Hotel.

When it was completed in the late 1950s at 409 feet and 31 stories tall it was the tallest building in the Southeast.

Insurance was a big part of the industry here in Nashville and has a connection to a local institution that you probably wouldn't expect.

After the L&C Tower building was completed, another insurance agency headquartered in Nashville decided to build a taller building to rival the L&C.

The National Life and Accident Insurance building is now unremarkable in the Nashville skyline so much so that you cannot really see it from here.

When this company began in 1900, it was headquartered in a much smaller building downtown.

On November 28, 1925, on the fifth floor of the old building, a radio show called the WSM Barn Dance began.

WSM was a clear coast-to-coast channel owned by the insurance company as part of their marketing efforts. WSM stands for their motto, We Shield Millions.

The Barn Dance musical hour came on the radio right after a Music Appreciation Hour, which often played Opera Music. And one night in 1927, the radio announcer said:

"For the past hour, we have been listening to music taken largely from Grand Opera. From now on, we will present the "Grand Ole Opry."

The Grand Ole Opry Show was owned by an insurance company. This was a time of the door-to-door salesmen. The only way they could sell their policies was to get you to open your front door.

And what better way to get someone to open the door than to announce "I'm with the Grand Ole Opry" when you knock?

Turn back and walk down the Pedestrian Bridge, you don't need to take the elevator or stairs - head down the ramp and turn right onto 3rd Ave S. Stop outside the Goo Goo Shop.

Before you stop in for a treat, let me tell you about this classic Nashville candy.

Most of our beloved candy bars started out as mom-and-pop operations like this one, but Goo Goo never sold out to a larger corporation and you can still only get them from certain sellers.

The Standard Candy Company created this combination of caramel, peanuts, and marshmallow in 1912. It is considered the world's first combination candy.

If this trio isn't to your taste, you can make your own Goo Goo Cluster inside the store by picking a few fillings and they'll put it in a chocolate mold right in front of you.

The origin of the name Goo Goo is still up for debate, but the story goes that the candy was sold without a formal name while the matter was decided.

After the birth of the inventor's son, he was chatting with folks on the streetcar and mentioned his son's first words: Goo Goo.

A teacher remarked that should be the name! It is so good, people will ask for it from birth.

Now, go inside and get one to try for yourself.

Did you go inside to get a cluster? Do that first! And then keep walking along 3rd Ave S to get to Broadway.

We've talked about the history of drinking, music, and some of the original bars at either end of this stretch of Broadway. As we walk up one block of it, let's go over what a Honky Tonk is.

The term Honky Tonk is both a type of music and a bar that plays it. It's associated with country music and many of your favorite country musicians got their start in one.

You will still find up-and-coming artists performing on Honky Tonk Highway today.

It's a strange term and no one quite knows where it came from, though most likely it originated in the 1800s American South and West along cattle routes.

It originally referred to a type of theatre and show.

The theatre always had a bar - a loud one. These establishments had live music, dancing, gambling, drinking, and sometimes prostitution.

And it was for the working man, not a high-class establishment like the Southern Turf.

After a while, the rough and tumble-scene at a honky-tonk became associated with a certain style of music.

This music focused heavily on rhythm - especially considering the pianos in these bars often were out of tune and missing keys.

The music has evolved but you still get a sense of old West working cowboys in these Honky Tonks.

Walk along Broadway for one block, cross, and turn left onto 4th Ave. Our next stop is around the corner so you won't be far if you want to come back to Broadway.

You'll pass a few buildings and after the Hilton Hotel come to a large open park on your right. Head through the park to the far side, you should see the stars on the sidewalk. Pick your favorite Country star!

Much like the Hollywood Walk of Fame, these stars are in honor of the men and women who have contributed to Music City.

Many people think of it as the Country Music Walk of Fame, but in reality, it honors anyone in the music industry of all genres who have an association with Nashville.

But look at the building across the street, the Country Music Hall of Fame. When we finish the tour, this is a highlight of a trip to Nashville.

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What most people don't notice about the building is the architecture. Look closely and you'll see a drum, piano keys, and a radio tower on top of a stack that looks like the evolution of record sizes.

To the right, the corner of the building looks like the tailfin of Elvis' Cadillac, which you can see inside.

The stone bars are the music notes for "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" - sung as the finale at the last Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman.

We end the tour here so you can easily head back to Broadway or back to the Visitor Center (just walk through the park to 5th Street and turn right) but if you want to continue, there are a few nearby attractions you may want to visit:

• Hatch Show Print
• Country Music Hall of Fame

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Luxury to micro studios: What we saw on a tour of downtown Nashville homes

• One downtown resident welcomed the return of the home tour to her condo after several years.
• Three out of the six properties were brand new. Alcove was featured before it officially opened to the public.

The Nashville Downtown Partnership's Downtown Home Tour recently celebrated its 18th year by taking Nashvillians behind the scenes at six different residential communities.

The annual self-guided tour promotes downtown living and gives people an inside look at private residences, high-rise rental apartment buildings and for-sale condos.

Three of the buildings spotlighted this year were brand new. One of them gave guests a sneak peek before officially opening.

“The Downtown Home Tour is a fun way to experience what more than 16,000 residents love about living in Nashville’s center city,” said Tamara Dickson, the partnership's vice president of economic development.

“Whether you are considering a move downtown, are interested in seeing fabulous designs and spaces, or are just looking for a fun way to see what’s new downtown, it’s truly a unique event for all ages and interests.”

If you weren't one of the 739 people who secured tickets to this year's tour, here's what you missed:

Viridian resident welcomes return of home tour after 10 years

The first stop on this year's tour was a look inside three owner-occupied condos in Viridian, a 31-story condominium tower on Church Street, completed in 2006.

Laurie Sheinkopf's home was the first to welcome guests. Sheinkopf, wearing a pink blazer and matching bright pink lipstick, has lived in her condo for several years. In 2012, the real estate agent's downtown lifestyle was featured in The Tennessean. Her condo has been featured on the home tour in the past.

"If we can't walk there, we can't go," Sheinkopf told The Tennessean in 2012. She moved from a 3,600-square foot Franklin home and has lived in the Viridian condo ever since, enjoying the entertainment of downtown Nashville steps from her front door.

She has made her own improvements along the way — including combining her one-bedroom condo with a two bedroom next door. The result: a two bedroom, three bathroom condo, which is rare to see in the Viridian building, let alone downtown Nashville.

"My favorite part of the day was meeting everyone who walked in and telling them how much downtown has changed," Sheinkopf said. "I said many years ago that I never lived until I lived downtown. I still feel that way."

505 and Alcove offer new lifestyle options on Church Street

Standing on the rooftop pool deck at the Alcove, one of downtown Nashville's newest apartment buildings, it's hard to imagine the area without residents.

But, prior to 1996, it was a reality.

A zoning change allowed residents to move in, according to the Nashville Downtown Partnership, and the area has been growing ever since. When the organization first started the home tour in 2004, there were around 1,500 downtown units.

Now, there are more than 12,500 residential units, and the partnership forecasts the downtown population to reach 30,000 by the end of this decade.

Alcove is one part of that growth. Developed by Tony Giarratana, Alcove is 34 stories with 356 rental apartments ranging from studios to two-bedrooms. It complements Giarratana's 2017 project, 505 Church, and will soon be joined across the street by "Prime," a sister tower by the developer. Nearby, construction is continuing at the Downtown YMCA, which will also feature a shiny glass 60-story residential tower.

The three towers alone account for more than 1,200 luxury residential units on Church Street, solidifying a completely reimagined neighborhood.

Tour showcases The Gulch, SoBro properties

A combination of development and branding have expanded The Gulch's real estate conceptions along Division Street and across 8th Avenue. The latest examples are Hyve and Albion, both completed in 2023.

Hyve is specifically catered towards investors looking for short term rental properties. It features 83 floorplans with ample outdoor balcony space ranging from one to three bedrooms. Albion contains 415 rental units.

Josh Lansford, a real estate agent with IMPACT Properties, volunteered to help with this year's home tour. He said he has clients who are interested in investment properties, and he wanted to learn more about Hyve firsthand. He also had a lot of fun looking at the different properties featured on the home tour, he said.

"I'm glad I was able to connect with this," Lansford said. "It was a great time. I talked to a lot of different people and learned more about downtown properties for clients of mine looking to rent or buy."

The final stop on this year's tour showcased a downtown Nashville first: micro studios with a community living-model. Rutledge Flats features 174 studios under 200 square feet with community kitchens, living areas and laundry.

It's a far cry from the spacious units at Hyve or the luxurious finishes in Alcove, but the micro apartments have almost all been leased since the community opened.

A representative of the Downtown Partnership said the tour is meant to show a variety of homes.

"This year we showcased new projects that are being delivered to the market and properties that have had major renovations (Viridian) or offer unique qualities," an emailed statement read. "For example, we chose Rutledge Flats because it is downtown Nashville’s first microunit development with no parking on site and Alcove because it is downtown Nashville’s newest luxury high-rise."

Check Out Nashville's Downtown Home Tour

Get an exclusive look at a variety of properties within the city’s downtown neighborhood core.

March 31, 2023

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Get an exclusive look at a variety of properties within the city’s downtown neighborhood core at the Nashville Downtown Partnership  annual Downtown Home Tour ! The self-guided tour offers attendees the opportunity to walk through living spaces for sale, rent, or privately owned, and to find design inspiration or see what downtown living is really like!

The ticketed event provides an exclusive look into the city’s rapidly evolving downtown neighborhoods and brings in a variety of attendees, from real estate agents and design professionals to prospective buyers/renters, and curious locals.

With a $15 ticket, you can browse properties in multiple downtown neighborhoods, including the Downtown Core, Sobro, and The Gulch. 

Purchase tickets here . 

Home Tour starts here:

Information Center

150 4th Avenue North , Ground Level Tenant Lounge (Enter off Commerce Street)

Pick up your access bracelet and tour map at the Home Tour Welcome Center. Hang around for fun games and prizes or head straight to the tour.

Getting Around

The Partnership’s ParkIt Downtown Express shuttles will loop the tour route. This shuttle service is free to ticket holders (with wrist band). You may visit the tour stops in any order and at your own pace between noon and 5 p.m.

Park in the SP Plus Garage at 310 Commerce Street and bring your parking ticket with you for validation.

Nashville Downtown Home Tour

Downtown Nashville Partnership Program Coordinator Alisha Lane gave us a preview of this year’s Nashville Downtown Home Tour. Explore incredible apartments and condos throughout downtown Nashville with breathtaking views and astounding amenities. This self-guided tour offers the opportunity to walk through living spaces for sale, rent, or privately owned - find design inspiration or see what it is like to live downtown. Nashville Home Tour is Sunday, April 30 from 12pm-5pm. Tickets are $15 and available here: https://nashvilledowntown.com/events/downtown-home-tour . For more information, visit https://nashvilledowntown.com/ .

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Lux, location, and (good) living: 6 downtown home tour stops worth seeing

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Get excited, NASH — the Nashville Downtown Home Tour lets you explore Nashville’s newest + best properties (like the Alcove).

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Curious what urban living on the lux feels like? Experience the best of what downtown Nashville has to offer at the 18th annual Nashville Downtown Home Tour , featuring six showstopping residential properties (three of which are so new, you’ll be among the first Nashvillians to step inside).

Happening Sunday, April 30 from 12 p.m.-5 p.m., the self-guided tour ($15) is open to anyone who is looking for design inspo, is in the market for a move, or wants to imagine what downtown living feels like (with top amenities + stunning views). Here’s what all six stops offer:

Alcove Nashville

Opening May 2023, the skyline-changing, cubed architecture of the Alcove arguably makes it Nashville’s most striking residential high-rise. The uniquely-designed property offers 34 stories of luxury living, plus:

• Floor-to-ceiling windows and state-of-the-art interior finishes
• Elevators available on-call via your phone
• Enviable social + work-from-home spaces
• An impressive roof deck with a club room, interactive fitness studio, and two pools — including one clear-bottom pool hanging over the edge of the building

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Albion in the Gulch

Also new to Nashville, Albion in the Gulch ’s amenity-rich offerings and luxury touches give tour-goers the chance to experience living the high life . Look forward to seeing:

• Soaring ceilings, a gourmet kitchen, and spacious, entertainment-ready floorplans
• A skyline deck with a fireplace, grills, putting green, and spectacular gathering spaces
• A pool-and-cabana-laden rooftop with unobstructed city views
• Some additional unique amenities : A plaza-style outdoor performance center, on-site concierge, decked-out fitness center, a dog spa and indoor dog run, and more

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Rutledge Flats

Living small? Rutledge Flats is downtown’s first microunit residential development (read: furnished studio apartments designed to give you everything you need at a more affordable price). Located minutes from Fifth and Broadway, the 8-story building offers:

• 186-273-sqft studios with a kitchen, private bath, storage spaces, and full-sized bed
• Large community kitchen on every floor
• Rooftop deck + lounge, plus a Zen Courtyard and bike storage
• Bonus: All utilities are included

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Hyve Nashville

Located in the heart of Pie Town and less than a mile from Broadway, Hyve Nashville is inspired by the West Hollywood EDITION in Los Angeles (think: celebrity-like living) . Opening Spring 2023, the lux condos offer:

• 83 designer, STR-eligible condominiums (read: residents can use it as a Short Term Rental unit)
• A pool deck with cabanas + grill lounge, plus a pet grooming room, beautiful social spaces, and a fitness center with Peloton equipment (of course)
• Bonus: Furnished turnkey units are selectively available

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The tallest residential building in Nashville, 505 is a lavish 45-story skyscraper located blocks from Nashville’s hottest spots. The high-end property features:

• “Elegance, luxury, and splendor” — or so, that’s how 505 describes itself and its apartments, condos, and penthouses with 10-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, stunning panoramic views, and showcase kitchens.
• Three words: Rooftop saltwater pool. Making it even better: a 50-foot sunbathing terrace, rooftop tennis + pickleball courts, dog park, fitness center, firepit lounges, and cabanas, all surrounded by the Nashville skyline .

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Viridian Nashville

Considered Nashville’s first luxury high-rise condominium development in Nashville, Viridian Nashville offers:

• 10-foot-ceilings, open floor plans, updated amenities, and a killer location on Church Street
• All the good lifestyle perks you expect : 24-hour concierge, a club room, theater, a fitness center, and rooftop pool and sundeck

Ready to tour Nashville’s best? Purchase tour tickets .*

What did you do the last time you came downtown? Let us know .

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• Attended an event
• Ate and/or drank
• Went Shopping
• It’s been a while, so I don’t remember
• Other (let us know)

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Nashville Tours of Stars Homes: This DIY Nashville Celebrity Home Tour is So Worth It

Updated on July 31, 2024

While most celebrities will choose to live in places such as Los Angles or New York City,  Nashville has been a laid-back place for many stars to live. That’s why a need for reliable Nashville homes of the stars tour was so important to us. With a full arrangement of culture, food, and country music, Nashville is considered to be one of the best places to kick back, drink sweet tea, and enjoy life. Our beloved Nashville tours of stars homes are available to all who are visiting. We guarantee it’s the most up-to-date Nashville Celebrity Homes Tour and it’s do-it-yourself. No bus tour hassle, just good ‘ole fun!

Nashville Tour of Stars Homes

Nashville, the state capital of Tennessee, is known as one of the most paparazzi-free places for celebrities to live in. It’s also a haven for aspiring musicians who want to rub elbows with the rich and famous. It is the home of many major record companies, music publishing houses, the famous Ryman Auditorium, and recording studios because of its successful history of pushing out music stars. As a result, many country music stars call Nashville their home. This is the perfect Nashville Star Tour!

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Planning on visiting Nashville and want to see the celebrity homes for yourself? We’ve curated an awesome tour to make all your celebrity home and hot spot visiting a breeze! See below for all the Nashville celebrity home tour details!

Nashville Celebrity Homes Map

Looking for the REAL star tour of Nashville? Want to avoid tourist traps? You’re in the right place and won’t regret our expertly curated tour!

This tour takes you through everything from Downtown Nashville’s celebrity-owned hot spots to the massive estates of the stars. From the heart of Nashville to Brentwood and Franklin, there are over 80 current and former celebrity homes on the tour.

What You’re Getting

• 84+ Verified Celebrity Homes
• 40 Proven Celebrity Hot Spots and Attractions
• Easy to Follow PDF Tour Emailed to You
• Map Links for Easy Navigation to Each Location
• Exclusive Tips That Only Locals Know

Where Do the Stars live in Nashville?

Where does tim mcgraw live.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill live in a custom-built mansion in Nashville. It’s tucked far off the street and looks castle-like!

Check out Tim McGraw & Faith Hill House Photos here!

They are also selling their second property located just south of Nashville. The estate includes a log cabin, a southern antebellum home, as well as four other houses and a 12-stall stable on the property. Most recently they had it on the market for $18.5 million.

Where does Carrie Underwood live?

There’s something about Franklin that keeps pulling Ms. Underwood back. America’s sweetheart purchased a relatively modest 3,099 square foot home with 3 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, and a half-bath in Franklin, Tennessee for $384,000 a few years back. She eventually sold that one and built a custom estate with her hubby Mike Fisher situated on 400 acres of land in the area.  

As this is being built they are living in a neighboring barn/cottage-style home on the property, which you can see here:  Carrie Underwood House Photos !

Where does Luke Bryan live?

Luke Bryan has also emerged as a top tourist site for visitors to see. He currently owns a farm sitting on 150 acres. Luke reportedly designed and constructed the home himself and even included a 1,800-square-foot guest home in the estate, allowing his family to move in or come and go as they please. The guesthouse is said to include three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a front porch, and a media room. The estate even has its catfish pond, inspired by his own experiences living in the country catching catfish as a young man.

Check out Luke Bryan House Photos here!

Where does Taylor Swift live?

Taylor has a lot of awards under her belt, including being honored at the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame back in 2009. She received the award alongside Toby Keith; Taylor Swift, however, is the only of the two to still reside in Nashville. In 2009, Taylor Swift invested $2 million in a penthouse apartment in Midtown, Nashville, near Downtown Nashville. Located in the expensive Adelicia complex, the stylish apartment was featured by Katie Couric in 2012. Taylor gave the hostess a tour of the home and said that her design was inspired by Alice in Wonderland, giving off a cozy feel while also keeping it quirky and unique. The penthouse has 3 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms, as well as a balcony on both sides. This is the place where Taylor escapes from the high life of LA to take it easy down south.

Check out Taylor Swift Nashville House – The Penthouse  here!

Taylor also owns a home in the suburbs of Nashville. It’s unclear who lives there, perhaps she does at times, but based on our research, she stays at her penthouse most of the time when in Music City.

Where does Kid Rock live?

Kid Rock is the most unusual out-of-the-country music star. Despite being considered a millionaire, he sold his Malibu mansion for $9.5 million and swapped it for a doublewide trailer in June of 2017. Kid Rock chose simplicity over luxury and bought the trailer because he fell in love with the view. But don’t get it twisted, he has a rather large real estate portfolio with a few mansions mixed in.

There are many other big names that we can list that live in the music city; Martina McBride, Jack White, Ronnie Milsap, Dierks Bentley, Reese Witherspoon, Kix Brooks Ronnie Dunn, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood, Lady Antebellum, and more all have homes in the state capitol.

Nashville Celebrity Homes Tour

One of the best-known activities you can do to learn more about the country music stars is to take a stars tour using Tommy’s Tours. Guided by Charmin’ Tommy Garmon, who is a considerably funny tour guide, Tommy Tours is a three-hour Nashville tour of Downtown Nashville, letting visitors see the celebrity hot spots and the culture of country music.

Another well-known stars tour is the Gray Line Tennessee. This larger company has Nashville tour guides that know the ins and outs of what a Nashville tour should be for its visitors. Gray Lines Tennessee has been running for over 40 years and offers some of the best prices out there for all exclusive access into the neighborhood.

But, maybe we’re biased, but we HIGHLY RECOMMEND going the self-tour route and driving yourself. Why? Many of the homes are a bit out of town, so instead of being stuck on a bus, drive yourself using our map (with easy-to-navigate links!) and go to only the homes you care about!

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Russia-Ukraine war: Fire at Rostov warehouse as UN warns of ‘deteriorating’ nuclear power plant safety

LIVE – Updated at 07:50

Debris from a Ukrainian drone has sparked a diesel fuel fire at a warehouse in Rostov, Russia.

Rostov governor Vasily Golubev said firefighters were called to put out the fire at the damaged oil depot.

Meanwhile, the International Atomic Energy Agency warned of “deteriorating safety” at Europe’s largest nuclear power facility in Ukraine, which was seized by Moscow in the early days of its full-scale invasion.

The warning by IAEA director general Rafael Grossi came after a drone strike hit the road surrounding the plant, landing close to the essential cooling water sprinkler ponds and the only remaining 750 kilovolt power line supplying the plant.

Russian troops have shut it down but it needs external power to keep the nuclear material cool to prevent a meltdown.

With Ukraine’s invasion of Russia’s Kursk region now in its second week, Kyiv rejected Russian claims that it was planning to attack a nuclear plant in the Russian region and blamed the “provocation” on Moscow as “insane” propaganda.

Using British tanks, Ukraine has taken hundreds of square miles since launching its audacious incursion on 6 August.

• Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant safety ‘deteriorating’ after drone strike, UN warns
• Russia claims Western rockets destroyed key bridge

Zelensky praises UK's 'true leadership' but warns of 'slowed down' support

• Volodymyr Zelensky says forces ‘strengthening’ positions in Kursk
• Germany to halt new Ukraine military aid – report

Safety 'deteriorating' at Europe's largest nuclear power station after drone strikes, IAEA warns

The safety at Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is “deteriorating” after drone strikes near the facility, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

IAEA said its team visited the site, under Russian occupation since March 2022, and found that the damage at Europe’s largest nuclear facility seemed to have been caused by a drone carrying explosives.

While there are no reported human casualties near the plant or damage to equipment, military activity near the ZNPP has been “intense” in recent days, according to the agency’s report.

“Nuclear power plants are designed to be resilient against technical or human failures and external events including extreme ones, but they are not built to withstand a direct military attack, and neither are they supposed to, just as with any other energy facility in the world,” IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi said.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky praised the UK’s “true leadership” in supporting Ukraine as it carries out a counter-incursion into Russia, but warned that “the situation has slowed down recently.”

“This has saved thousands of lives, reflecting the strength of the UK. Unfortunately, the situation has slowed down recently,” the Ukrainian president said in his nightly video address.

Mr Zelensky said Ukraine would step up its diplomatic efforts with bold actions and decisions that would “genuinely change the course of this war.”

He called on Ukraine’s partners “who can truly help to step up.”

“These are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and others,” the Ukrainian president said.

Russians had ‘complete intelligence failure’ in Kursk, analyst says

The idea that Ukraine could burst through into Russian territory on the scale it has in Kursk seemed unthinkable to many observers prior to last week, with the shock operation raising questions about the effectiveness of Russia’s surveillance, as well as the calibre of its border fortifications and forces.

“The Russians had a complete intelligence failure here,” Yohann Michel, a research fellow at the Lyon-based Institute of Defence and Strategy Studies, told Reuters.

With Ukraine’s forces retreating in eastern Ukraine, one of the most strategic sectors of the front line, Moscow may well have assumed Kyiv would not make a high-stakes gamble that even now it is far from clear will pay off, Mr Michel said.

“I would understand if it was difficult for the Russians to think something that big could happen,” he said.

Watch: Zelensky says Ukraine is strengthening position in Russia’s Kursk region

Russian cruise missile injures two and sparks blaze in city of sumy, officials say.

A Russian missile sparked a blaze in the northeastern Ukrainan city of Sumy that injured two people and also damaged cars and nearby buildings, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.

The service said that the hit had involved an Iskander-K cruise missile and an aerial bomb.

Ukraine’s air force also said on Saturday it had shot down 14 Russian drones overnight, including over the Kyiv region.

Russian bloggers claim Kursk bridge destruction will impede – but not sever – supply lines

Russian military bloggers said that the destruction of a bridge in Kursk would impede deliveries of supplies to Russian forces, but not cut them off completely.

“No one has cancelled the pontoons,” said Alexander Kots, military correspondent with the pro-Kremlin newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda , stressing that the Seym River is smaller than Ukrainian waterways such as the Dnieper River. “And there are still smaller bridges.”

Full report: Ukraine destroys key bridge as troops leave ‘trail of destruction’ in Russia incursion

Ukraine’s invading forces in the Russian region of Kursk have destroyed a key bridge and supply route for Moscow, as reporters described a “trail of destruction” left in the wake of Kyiv’s incursion.

Some 12 days into the largest invasion of Russia since the Second World War, Kyiv’s troops are strengthening their positions in the Kursk region, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.

Artillery fire has blown chunks out of a statue of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin that stands in the town of Sudzha, which is now occupied by Ukrainian forces. Buildings were pockmarked with bullet holes and the streets, which were strewn with debris, were mainly empty as residents retreated to basements.

Read more on Saturday’s developments in this report:

Kyiv destroys key bridge as troops leave ‘trail of destruction’ in Russia incursion

Ukraine repelling dozens of Russian attacks in Donetsk, Zelensky says

Ukrainian troops have repelled dozens of Russian attacks along the frontline in Donetsk, president Volodymyr Zelensky has said in his daily video address.

The Ukrainian military said 51 Russian attacks were stopped near Pokrovsk, a major logistics hub in the eastern region, and another 13 near the town of Toretsk in the last 24 hours.

Ukraine reaping ‘huge political gains’ from incursion into Russia, Polish minister says

Ukraine is reaping “huge political gains” from its military offensive into western Russia but the incursion is not altering the “anti-escalation approach” of the West, Poland’s interior minister has said.

Asked whether Kyiv’s military gains could change its allies’ stance on the use of arms they supply for its war with Russia, Tomasz Siemoniak told Reuters: “This offensive does not change the anti-escalation attitude of the West.”

He added: “I think that for Western countries this is an event in terms of changing the image of Ukraine – Kyiv’s political gains are huge after less than two weeks.”

The US so far deems Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk region a protective move appropriate for Kyiv to use US equipment, officials in Washington said this week, but they expressed worries about potential complications as Ukrainian troops push further into enemy territory.

Warsaw has been one of the staunchest allies of Ukraine and Polish premier Donald Tusk struck a similar tone to Washington earlier this week, saying Ukraine had full right to carry out its war response in a way that would effectively paralyse Russia.

Russia’s Kadyrov equips Tesla Cybertruck with machine gun for war

Fighters in Chechnya have turned a Tesla Cybertruck into a fighting vehicle, and are thanking Elon Musk for creating it.

On Saturday, Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the fighting forces in Russia’ Chechnya region, posted a video of himself on a Cybertruck with a machine gun mounted to the vehicle. In the video he said he planned to send the vehicle to fight in the Russian-Ukraine war.

“The Cybertruck will soon be sent to the SVO zone, where it will be in demand under the appropriate conditions. I am confident that this ‘beast’ will greatly benefit our soldiers,” he wrote in a Telegram post. The “SVO zone” refers to the Ukraine warzone.

Kadyrov praised the vehicle — and Musk — in the Telegram post, according to Reuters.

Our US reporter Graig Graziosi reports:

UK should be proud of Ukraine using British weapons to defend itself, says Healey

The UK “should be proud” of British weapons being used by Ukraine, despite the country’s incursion into Russia, defence secretary John Healey has said.

Writing in the Sunday Express , Mr Healey said: “The bold incursion by Ukrainian troops into Russia in recent days – to defend against further Russian strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities – has exposed vulnerabilities in Russia’s military and put Putin under pressure.

“Let me be very clear: under Article 51 of the UN Charter, Ukraine has a clear right of self-defence against Russia’s illegal attacks. Providing international law is followed, that does not rule out operations inside Russia.”

He added: “We should be proud of Britain’s support for Ukraine’s struggle. We should be proud that British-donated equipment, in the hands of brave Ukrainians on the front line, is helping them to defend their country and push back Putin.”

Drone explodes close to essential Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cooling ponds

The drone which struck close to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant hit the road between the two main gates of the plant, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said.

The nuclear facility – Europe’s largest – has been shut down by the Russian troops who seized it in March 2022, but requires external power to keep its nuclear material cool and prevent a meltdown.

The drone hit the road between the two main gates of the plant, landing close to the essential cooling water sprinkler ponds and around 100 metres from the Dniprovska power line, the only remaining 750 kilovolt line providing a power supply to the plant, the IAEA said.

The IAEA immediately visited the area and reported that the damage seemed to have been caused by a drone equipped with an explosive payload. There were no casualties and no impact on any power plant equipment. However, there was impact to the road between the two main gates of the plant.

Military activity in the area – including very close to the plant – has been intense for the last week, according to the watchdog, whose team has heard frequent explosions, repetitive heavy machine gun and rifle fire and artillery at various distances from the plant.

A significant fire at one of the plant’s cooling towers earlier this week resulted in considerable damage, although there was no immediate threat to nuclear safety, the IAEA said.

UN watchdog chief’s remarks in full on Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Here are the comments in full from International Atomic Energy Association chief Rafael Grossi, after a drone struck the road outside the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant:

“Yet again we see an escalation of the nuclear safety and security dangers facing the Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant. I remain extremely concerned and reiterate my call for maximum restraint from all sides and for strict observance of the five concrete principles established for the protection of the plant.

“Nuclear power plants are designed to be resilient against technical or human failures and external events including extreme ones, but they are not built to withstand a direct military attack, and neither are they supposed to, just as with any other energy facility in the world.

“This latest attack highlights the vulnerability of such facilities in conflict zones and the need to continue monitoring the fragile situation.”

Safety at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant deteriorating after nearby drone strike, UN watchdog warns

Safety at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit the road around the perimeter of Europe’s largest such facility on Saturday, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has warned.

The warning from International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi came after the Russian management of the plant claimed a Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive charge on a road outside, endangering its staff who use the highway, the Tass state news agency reported.

Moscow seized the nuclear plant in the early days of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It has been shut down by Russian troops but needs external power to keep its nuclear material cool and prevent a meltdown.

Russia ‘opens criminal case’ into Italian journalists over Kursk report

Russia has opened a criminal court case against two Italian journalists over a TV report from Kursk, state news agency Tass reports, citing the FSB security service.

A four-person from with Italy’s state broadcaster RAI, working under Ukrainian military escort, produced the first foreign media report from the war-damaged Russian town of Sudzha, taken last week during Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry summoned Italy’s ambassador on Friday over what it called illegal border crossing by a RAI crew, and the two reporters are scheduled to fly back to the northern Italian city of Milan on Sunday following a decision by RAI that they should do so.

“The company decided to make journalist Stefania Battistini and cameraman Simone Traini return temporarily to Italy, solely to ensure personal safety and security,” RAI said.

RAI union Usigrai and Italy’s national press union FNSI said in a joint statement: “Journalism is not a crime. The Moscow authorities’ possibility of putting Stefania Battistini and Simone Traini on trial is unacceptable. Reporting is not done with prior authorisations.”

Zelensky renews call for West to allow long-range strikes on Russia

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has renewed his calls for Ukraine’s Western allies to allow their weaponry to be used for long-range strikes on Russia.

“The long-range capability for our forces is the answer to all most important, most strategic questions of this war,” Mr Zelensky said in his daily video address to the nation.

“We will strengthen our diplomatic work. We will insist that bold steps and bold decisions are needed.”

UK launches its first military satellite fully owned by MoD

Images gathered by the UK military’s first satellite will be shared with allies, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said – pointing to the war in Ukraine as having shown that the use of space is “crucial” to military operations.

The satellite, named Tyche, is the first to be fully owned by the MoD, and was launched on Friday from a rocket owned by Elon Musk’s company SpaceX. Comparable in size to a washing machine, Tyche was designed and built in the UK through a £22m contract with Surrey Satellites Technology Limited (SSTL).

SSTL received the first signals from Tyche a few hours after lift-off that confirmed the successful launch from Vandenberg space force base, California, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Transporter 11 mission.

Along with military information, it is intended that data from the satellite will be accessible by other UK Government departments for uses including environmental disaster monitoring, mapping information development and tracking the impact of climate change globally, according to the MoD

Over a five-year life span, the 150kg satellite will provide imagery to support the UK armed forces and is the first to be launched by the MoD out of a constellation of satellites under its space-based Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) programme.

Russia ‘approaches Ukraine about prisoner of war exchange'

Russia’s human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has initiated a conversation about prisoner of war exchanges, Ukrainian ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets has been cited as saying by the Institute for the Study of War think-tank.

The US-based group cited Mr Lubinets as saying Ukraine had taken some 2,000 Russia personnel prisoner in Kursk over the past 11 days, including conscripts, border guards from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), and personnel from Chechen “Akhmat” units.

Ukraine rejects Russian claims about Kursk nuclear power plant as ‘insane propaganda'

Ukraine has rejected Russian claims that it is planning to attack a nuclear plant in Kursk and blame the “provocation” on Moscow as “insane” propaganda.

Russia’s defence ministry said there would be a harsh response to any attack on the Kursk power plant, which remains under its control, the Interfax news agency reported. It gave no evidence for its accusation against Ukraine, but said a large surrounding area could be contaminated by an attack.

“We are seeing another surge in insane Russian propaganda about alleged Ukrainian plans to use ‘dirty bombs’ or attack nuclear plants. We officially refute these false claims,” Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi wrote on X.

“Ukraine has no intention or ability to take any such actions.”

Russia’s foreign ministry summons Italy’s ambassador over Italian journalists in Kursk region

Two Italian journalists who angered Moscow with a TV report from Ukrainian-held parts of Russia‘s Kursk region will return to Italy, state broadcaster RAI said on Saturday.

Russia‘s Foreign Ministry summoned Italy’s ambassador on Friday over what it called “illegal border crossing” by a RAI crew.

Baza, a Telegram channel close to Russian law enforcement, had said the interior ministry was planning to open a criminal cases against the two journalists.

A four-person RAI crew, working under Ukrainian military escort, produced the first foreign media report from the war-damaged Russian town of Sudzha , taken last week during Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk.

The two reporters are scheduled to fly back to the northern Italian city of Milan on Sunday.

British reporters from Sky News and CNN have also been into occupied Russia since then, reporting from the town of Sudzha.

Russia ‘restricting access to information’ on war, says UK MoD

The UK’s Ministry of Defence has said that Russia is restricting access to information for people in Russia in an attempt to limit criticism of the invasion of Ukraine.

In a post on the social media platform X, the MoD said on Saturday: “Russia is restricting access to information to limit criticism of its destructive invasion of Ukraine. Communications channels are being pulled away as the Kremlin tightens its grip on free expression.”

Ukraine ‘doing everything possible’ to repel Russia, Zelensky says

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has said that “dozens of Russian assaults” have been recorded in eastern Ukraine in the past 24 hours.

He added: “However, our warriors and units are doing everything possible to destroy the occupiers and repel their assaults. The situation remains under control.”

In a statement on social media platform X, Mr Zelensky added that he was “working on new support packages for our country from our partners”. Ukraine has been pushing its allies to allow use of Storm Shadow long-range missiles against Russia.

Mr Zelensky continued: “The key focus is on limiting Russia’s offensive potential and ensuring our long-range capabilities. We are preparing the respective instructions for Ukrainian diplomats.”

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky says forces ‘strengthening’ positions in Kursk

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his forces were “strengthening” their positions in Russia’s Kursk region on Saturday.

Kyiv mounted a major ground offensive into the region on 6 August. In a post on Telegram, reported by AFP, Mr Zelensky said that Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrsky “reported on the strengthening of the positions of our forces in the Kursk region and the expansion of stabilised territory”.

“As of this morning, we have replenished the exchange fund for our country,” Mr Zelensky said, referring to Russian soldiers Ukraine has captured to be used in future prisoner swaps.

“I thank all the soldiers and commanders who are taking Russian soldiers prisoner and thus bringing the release of our soldiers and civilians held by Russia closer.”

He added that the situation on the Eastern front near the towns of Pokrovsk and Toretsk was “under control”, after it was reported that Russia was making advances in these areas.

“[There were] dozens of Russian assaults on our positions over the last day. But our soldiers and units are doing everything to destroy the occupier and repel the attacks,” Mr Zelensky said.

Russia says Ukraine used Western rockets to destroy bridge in Kursk region

Russia’s foreign ministry said Ukraine had used Western rockets, likely U.S.-made HIMARS, to destroy a bridge over the Seym river in the Kursk region, killing volunteers trying to evacuate civilians.

“For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western-made rocket launchers, probably American HIMARS,” Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, said late on Friday on the Telegram messaging app.

“As a result of the attack on the bridge over the Seym River in the Glushkovo district, it was completely destroyed, and volunteers who were assisting the evacuated civilian population were killed.”

This has not been independently verified.

Russian missile strike sparks blaze in Ukrainian city of Sumy

A Russian missile strike has sparked a blaze in the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Saturday.

Two people were injured in the Sumy strike, which also damaged cars and nearby buildings, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service has said. It said that the hit involved an Iskander-K cruise missile and an aerial bomb.

Meanwhile, fighting has continued in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops have been deployed since 6 August.

Alexander Kots, military correspondent with the pro-Kremlin newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, said that Ukrainian pressure in Kursk “is not weakening yet.”“In the main sections of the ragged front, the situation has stabilized. But there are areas where the enemy continues to try to expand its bridgehead,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

Ukrainian forces have also captured a number of Russian troops as they have moved across the region.

Germany to halt new Ukraine military aid - report

The German government will stop new military aid to Ukraine as part of a plan to cut spending, a local newspaper reported on Saturday.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported that this decision will affect new requests for funding, not previously approved aid. The moratorium on new assistance is already in effect, the paper reported.

Germany’s finance minister Christian Lindner reportedly said that future funding would no longer come from Germany’s federal budget but from proceeds from frozen Russian assets.

While a preliminary deal has been struck to use some of the frozen Russian sovereign assets to support Ukraine, G7 governments have yet to agree on the details of the scheme.

How much territory has Ukraine taken in Russia?

Ukraine’s army chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrksyi claimed on Thursday that his forces had captured almost 445 square miles (1,150 sq kilometres) of land in Kursk.

But is this likely?

Tom Watling has a look at how much territory has been captured inside Russia and how many troops were involved in the incursion.

Mapped: Ukraine’s incursion into the Russian Kursk region explained

Recap: Ukraine’s surprise attack inside Russia is ‘psychological tactic’ to win the war

In case you missed it, Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s chief adviser spoke to The Independent’s Tom Watling about the Russia offensive.

Ukraine ’s surprise attack inside Russia is the only way to force Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table as part of a “psychological” tactic to win the war, president Volodymyr Zelensky ’s chief adviser has told The Independent.

Mykhailo Podolyak, the top aide to the Ukrainian president, said the incursion had shown Russians the harsh realities of Vladimir Putin’s war.

“We need to use absolutely clear tools to coerce Russia [into negotiation]. One of them is a military instrument of coercion.

“That is, we need to inflict significant tactical defeats on Russia, in addition to economic and diplomatic tools. In the Kursk region, we are seeing the optimisation of this military tool of coercion to force Russia into the negotiation process.”

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Russia ‘rapidly approaching’ a key military hub in eastern Ukraine

Russia is “rapidly approaching” a key military hub in eastern Ukraine, a local official has been reported as saying.

Serhii Dobriak, head of the Pokrovsk city military administration, urged the residents there to evacuate on Thursday. He said in a Telegram post: “The enemy is rapidly approaching the outskirts of Pokrovsk”.

“They are a bit more than 10 kilometres from the outskirts of Pokrovsk”, he said. He added that the situation was “only getting worse”.

Pokrovsk was home to around 60,000 people before the war and serves as a key hub for the Ukrainian military.

A Ukrainian army officer Serhii Tsehotskyi told a national broadcaster on Friday that Ukraine’s incursion into Russia had not lead to a decrease in attacks in the Donetsk region.

He said: “Taking into consideration the events in the Kursk region, they [the Russian troops] are trying to do everything in order to be successful at least somewhere”.

Russia says Ukraine plans Kursk nuclear power plant ‘provocation'

Russia‘s defence ministry accused Ukraine on Saturday of planning to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant and blame such a “provocation” on Moscow, Interfax news agency cited the ministry as saying.

The ministry said Russia would respond harshly in the event of such an attack, which it said would contaminate a large surrounding area.

Russians had ‘complete intelligence failure’ with Kursk incursion

The shock Ukrainian advance in Kursk has raised questions about the effectiveness of Russia’s surveillance capabilities, as well as the calibre of its border fortifications and the forces guarding them.

“The Russians had a complete intelligence failure here,” French military expert Yohann Michel, research fellow at the IESD institute in Lyon, told Reuters.

With Ukraine’s forces retreating in eastern Ukraine, Moscow may well have assumed Kyiv would not make such a high-stakes gamble, Michel said.

“I would understand if it was difficult for the Russians to think something that big could happen,” he added.

A Russian member of parliament and former military officer Andrei Gurulyov said in a television interview two days after the incursion that Russian military leaders had been warned in a report about a month beforehand that there were signs of preparations for a Ukrainian attack, but it was not heeded.

Responsibility for defending the Russian border is shared between regular troops, FSB border forces and the national guard.

Ukraine ‘not interested in occupying Russian territories'

Ukraine is “not interested in occupying Russian territories”, according to president Zelenskyy’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak.

In a post to the social media platform X, he wrote that Ukraine’s advance into Russia would strengthen their hand at any potential negotiations between the two countries.

He explained: “We have absolutely no plans to beg: ‘Please, sit down to negotiate’. Instead, we have proven, effective means of coercion.. We need to inflict significant tactical defeats on Russia.”

He also said that the incursion was an “important tool” that would “influence on public opinion within Russia”.

“Negative changes in the psychological state of the Russian population will be another argument for the start of negotiations”, he concluded.

Russia accuses Ukraine of bombing road near Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

The Russian management of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant said on Saturday a Ukrainian drone dropped an explosive charge on a road outside the plant, endangering its staff who use the road, the TASS news agency reported.

Russia has been in control of the Zaporizhzhia plant, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, since soon after it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Moscow and Kyiv have repeatedly accused each other of trying to sabotage its operations.

Pictures from Ukraine’s incursion into Russia

A partially destroyed statue of Lenin and bullet-marked civilian cars lining the road - these are the scenes emerging from the Russian border town of Sudzha, which was assaulted by Ukraine.

Western journalists have been allowed to accompany Ukrainian military into occupied Russia. CNN journalist Nick Paton Walsh described the scene saying: “Not even the statue of Lenin is unscathed here. This Ukrainian assault, so persistent,.. and Russia completely unable to push the Ukrainians out here.”

Ukraine offensive ‘derailed negotiations with Russia’

Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia has derailed planned talks between the two sides scheduled for this month, diplomats and officials have told The Washington Post.

According to the report, Ukraine and Russia were set to send delegations to Doha this month to negotiate an agreement over energy and power infrastructure.

The planned talks have now apparently been derailed by Ukraine’s advance into Russia’s western Kursk region.

Diplomats had hoped that the talks between the two sides on energy supplies could have developed into more extensive peace talks.

Russian officials have now postponed their meeting with Qatari officials, despite Kyiv still being keen to send a delegation, The Washington Post reported.

The Ukrainian presidential office told the US paper that the talks had been postponed “due to the situation in the Middle East” but would take place by video call later this month.

Ukraine claim that nearly 600,000 Russian troops have died in war so far

Ukraine’s defence ministry have claimed that 598,180 members of the Russian armed forces have died in the war so far.

In a tally titled ‘losses of the Russian occupiers in Ukraine’, the ministry said that Russia had lost 367 aircraft, 8501 tanks, 16,473 armoured fighting vehicles and one submarine.

16,985 artillery systems, 2,432 cruise missiles and 28 warships and boats have also been taken out between 24 February 2022 and 17 August 2024, the ministry said.

US behind block on Storm Shadow missile use inside Russia - reports

The US government is reportedly behind the halt on Storm Shadow missiles being used by Kyiv inside Russia.

According to a report in The Times , the UK government is in favour of relaxing the use of long range weapons and has asked Washington for the green light.

A UK government source told the paper that a request was made more than a month ago to the US government but that it was “stuck in the system” - with no decision forthcoming.

Another UK government source said that “discussions were still ongoing around Storm Shadow with allies”. The UK would require consensus from allies in order to give Ukraine the freedom to use the long-range weapons inside Russia.

Ukraine air defence 'downs all 14 Russian drones fired’

Ukraine’s air defences shot down all 14 Russian drones fired in an overnight attack, the Ukrainian air force said on Saturday.

The air force said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that the Shahed drones were downed over six Ukrainian regions in the south and centre of the country

Ukraine dismisses Moscow's claims of Kyiv planning 'dirty bomb' attacks in Russia

Ukraine’s foreign ministry rubbished Moscow’s claims about Kyiv planning an attack on Russian nuclear power plants with “dirty bombs.”

Several state-controlled Russian media claimed Ukrainian troops were planning to attack the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Russia.

Kyiv’s foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi called the claims “a surge of insane Russian propaganda.”

“Ukraine has neither the intention nor the ability to carry out any such actions. Russia must stop spreading dangerous lies,” Mr Tykhyi said.

He said Ukraine is a committed member of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and does not have any “dirty bombs.”

“Their scenario of accusing us of terrorism and the attack on the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant did not work. Now they are lying,” Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation department at Ukraine’s national security and defence council wrote on Telegram.

Ukraine's Russia incursion will provide negotiation leverage, Zelensky adviser says

Ukraine’s ongoing counter-offensive incursion into villages at the Russian border will help bring Moscow to the negotiation table, Mykhailo Podolyak, a top Ukrainian presidential adviser said on X.

“In the Kursk region, we can clearly see how the military tool is being used objectively to persuade Russia to enter a fair negotiation process,” he said, adding that Moscow would face “significant tactical defeats” from Ukraine’s incursion.

The move would also influence public opinion within Russia, the presidential advisor believes.

“An important tool is also the influence on public opinion within Russia, which is beginning to change when the war has come deep into their territory,” Mr Podolyak said.

“Negative changes in the psychological state of the Russian population will be another argument for the start of negotiations,” he said.

Kremlin says Western rockets destroyed key bridge in Russia

Russia’s foreign ministry said Ukraine had used Western rockets - likely US-made HIMARS - to destroy a key bridge over the Seym river in the Kursk region.

Ukrainian army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Friday that Kyiv’s forces were advancing between 1 and 3 kilometre in some areas in the Kursk region, 11 days since beginning an incursion into Russia.

Kyiv has claimed to have taken control of 82 settlements over an area of 1,150 square kilometres in the region since Aug 6.

Reuters could not independently verify either side’s battlefield accounts.

Russia has accused the West of supporting and encouraging Ukraine‘s first ground offensive on Russian territory and said Kyiv’s “terrorist invasion” would not change the course of the war.

The United States, which has said it cannot allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to win the war he launched in February 2022, so far deems the surprise incursion a protective move that justifies the use of U.S. weaponry, officials in Washington said.

Disarray in Putin’s military command exposed by Ukraine’s attack in Russia, says Zelensky’s chief adviser

Disarray in Putin’s military command exposed by Ukraine attack, says Zelensky adviser

Ukraine's counter invasion destroys key bridge in Russia

Ukraine’s troops invading Russian border villages have destroyed a key bridge over the Seym river used by the Kremlin to send its troops critical supplies.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s incursion and capture of land in Russia’s Kursk region could eventually lead to a swap deal for Ukrainian regions occupied by Moscow.

The latest attack on the bridge near the Russian town of Glushkovo has cut off part of the local district, according to reports.

Mykhailo Podolyak, a key Zelensky adviser, said the counter incursion’s main aim was to get Moscow back on the negotiation table.

“In the Kursk region, we can clearly see how the military tool is being used objectively to persuade Russia to enter a fair negotiation process,” he posted on X.

Ukraine's offensive into Russia in photos

Here are some of the latest photos from the ukrainian border with russia, russia expanding shadow fleet to evade western oil sanctions – report.

Russia is increasing the number of its secret fleet of oil ships to evade Western sanctions, according to a Ukrainian think tank.

Moscow has added 74 new oil ships to its existing fleet since the beginning of this year from about 300 under-the-radar ships operating since the beginning of 2023, according to The KSE Institute, a think tank within the Kyiv School of Economics.

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to detect such dark ships from satellite imagery.

“To put additional pressure on Russia’s ability to finance its war of aggression against Ukraine, we urge coalition governments to designate additional shadow fleet vessels,” the think tank said.

“Their removal would represent significant sunk costs while forcing Russia to rely more heavily on mainstream fleet ankers, which fall under the price cap,” it added.

Videos of Ukraine's Russia incursion reveal secrets of surprise attacks in modern warfare

A video circulated on social media from official and unofficial accounts shows about 100 Russian soldiers being taken prisoner in Kursk as Ukraine’s forces push deeper into Russia with surprise and secret attacks.

Footage shows Ukrainian troops raising flags over border villages and their military vehicles rolling down Russian streets.

Videos reveal that the buildup of troops and equipment in Russia caught the Kremlin off guard as tight-lipped Russian officials attempted to conceal the extent of their failure.

Russia’s defence ministry said about 300 Ukrainian soldiers along with nearly a dozen tanks and armoured vehicles were attacking two villages close to Kursk.

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Ukraine plans ‘buffer zone’ inside Russia’s Kursk region, says Kyiv colonel

Ukraine plans to create ‘buffer zone’ inside Russia, says Kyiv colonel

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Military expert: Kyiv aiming to maximise Kursk offensive while Russia does same in Ukraine’s east

Analysts have said that distracting Russian forces from the east was one of the aims of Ukraine‘s Kursk operation. But so far there was no indication of letup in the east.

Russian forces were 10 kilometres from the outskirts of Pokrovsk and about 6 kilometres from nearby Myrnohrad, according to local officials.

“If the objective was to divert the Russian effort from the Donbas, it’s failed so far,” said Yohann Michel, a French military expert and research fellow at the IESD Institute in Lyon, France.

He said Kyiv was aiming to maximise the effect of the Kursk offensive while Russia was trying to do the same in Ukraine‘s east.

“It’s probably the first one who will blink who will have to stop his own offensive,” he said.

Zelenskiy said Ukraine was “not for a second” forgetting about the east and promised fresh weapons deliveries - over what was planned - to strengthen the positions.

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Satellite photos show how Ukraine’s gamble on an incursion deep into Russia changed the battlefield

Satellite photos show Ukraine’s gamble on a move into Russia changed the battlefield

Kremlin accuses the West of helping Ukraine attack Russia

An influential aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the West and the US-led NATO alliance had helped to plan Ukraine's surprise attack on Russia's Kursk region, something Washington has denied.

The lightning incursion, the biggest into Russia by a foreign power since World War Two, began on 6 August when thousands of Ukrainian troops crossed Russia's western border in a major embarrassment for Putin's military.

Ukraine said the incursion was needed to force Russia, which sent its forces into Ukraine in February 2022, to start "fair" peace talks.

But the United States and Western powers, eager to avoid direct military confrontation with Russia, said Ukraine had not given advance notice and that Washington was not involved, though weaponry provided by Britain and the U.S. is reported to have been used on Russian soil.

Influential veteran Kremlin hawk Nikolai Patrushev dismissed the Western assertions in an interview with the Izvestia newspaper.

"The operation in the Kursk region was also planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services," he was quoted as saying, without offering evidence.

"Without their participation and direct support, Kyiv would not have ventured into Russian territory."

The remarks implied that Ukraine's first acknowledged foray into sovereign Russian territory carried a high risk of escalation.

Facts about Russian town of Sudza claimed by Ukraine as part of its incursion

Russia summons Italian ambassador over journalists reporting from Kursk

Russia's Foreign Ministry has said it had summoned Italy's ambassador in Moscow over what it said was "illegal border crossing" by a team of correspondents from Italian state broadcaster RAI, who reported from Ukrainian-held parts of Russia's Kursk region this week.

In a statement published on its website, the foreign ministry said: “A strong protest was expressed to the Ambassador in connection with the actions of the film crew of Italian state television and radio company RAI, which illegally entered the territory of the Russian Federation.”

RAI on Wednesday aired the first foreign media report from the Russian town of Sudzha, which was taken in the opening stages of Ukraine‘s offensive against Russia last week.

The Italian crew appeared to be working under Ukrainian military escort, and broadcast footage of the war-damaged town.

Earlier on Friday, Baza, a Telegram channel close to Russian law enforcement, reported that the country’s interior ministry was planning to open criminal cases against two RAI journalists for illegally crossing the Russian border.

Ukraine's army chief: forces advance 1-3 km in Russia's Kursk region

Ukraine‘s army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has said that Kyiv’s forces were advancing between one and three kilometres in some areas in Russia’s Kursk region.

Ukraine has said it has taken control of 82 settlements over an area of 1,150 square kilometres (444 square miles) in the region after it launched a major cross-border attack on 6 August.

Briefing President Volodymyr Zelenskiy via video link, Syrskyi reported fighting in the area of Malaya Loknya, some 11.5 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.

“In general, the situation is under control, everything is carried out following the plan,” Syrskyi said in a video published by Zelenskiy on Telegram.

He said he hoped the fighting near Malaya Loknya would allow the Kyiv military to capture “many prisoners”.

British tanks used to drive back Putin’s forces during Ukraine’s attack in Russia

British tanks used to drive back Putin’s forces during Ukraine’s Russia incursion

Ukraine destroys bridge in Russia's Kursk region, hindering evacuations, TASS reports

Ukrainian forces have destroyed a bridge over the Seym River in Russia’s Kursk region, hindering civilian evacuations by land, Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reported citing local security services.

A mass evacuation is underway in the Glushkov district, home to 20,000 people, following a swift Ukrainian incursion into the region.

Ukraine sends humanitarian aid to occupied part of Russia’s Kursk region, interior minister says

Ukraine has set up storage facilities in its northern region of Sumy to hold and send humanitarian aid to Russian civilians in the Kyiv-held part of Russia’s western region of Kursk, the interior minister has said.

Ukraine has said it has taken control of 82 settlements over an area of 1,150 square kilometres (444 square miles) in the region after it launched a major cross-border attack on 6 Aug.

“The citizens abandoned by Russia are mostly elderly people, people with disabilities, and families with children. They need food, water and medicine,” minister Ihor Klymenko said on the Telegram messaging app.

He didn’t specify how many of the storage facilities had been set up, or where they are, but a video posted on the ministry’s Telegram account showed a large inflatable tent and Ukrainian military personnel carrying parcels and packing food.

During a trip to the Sumy region, which borders Russia’s Kursk region, Klymenko said about 150 food parcels had been sent to civilians in the area.

Kyiv officials have said they plan to create evacuation corridors from the Kursk region and to open access to international humanitarian missions.

Russia has called the Ukrainian incursion a “major provocation” and vowed to retaliate with a “worthy response”, more than 2-1/2 years since it launched a full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour.

Civilians in Kursk wait for humanitarian aid

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