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War-displaced people spend time in a centre for displaced people in undisclosed location in Kursk region on August 29, 2024, following Ukraine's cross-border offensive into Russia's western Kursk ...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer.
The Kursk offensive surprised both Russia and Ukraine's allies. [47] It is the most significant attack across the border since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, [57] and the first carried out primarily by Ukrainian regular forces. Earlier smaller incursions into Russia by pro-Ukrainian forces had taken place with Ukraine supporting them but ...
Analysts believe that weakening Russia's hand along the 600-mile main front line in Ukraine by forcing troop diversions was likely a key objective in Ukraine launching the Kursk attack.
On 19 August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were in control over 92 settlements in Kursk Oblast and 1,250 square kilometers of Russian territory. [6] On 3 September, Zelenskyy said in an interview that Ukraine is planning to "indefinitely" hold Kursk Oblast's seized territories, in an attempt to force Putin ...
In new evidence of the damage inflicted since the start of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, video posted on social media and verified by Reuters showed a convoy of about 15 burnt-out Russian ...
Fierce fighting is under way for a second day in Russia's Kursk region after Ukraine launched a counter-attack on Sunday. Moscow said it had met the attack with artillery and air power and on ...
On 10 August, Russian authorities introduced a "counter-terrorist operation" regime in Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk oblasts. [44] [45] By the end of the first week, the Ukrainian military said it had captured 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi) of Russian territory, while Russian authorities acknowledged that Ukraine had captured 28 settlements. [46]