Ukraine says 8 villages retaken from Russian forces in two weeks
1 year, 6 months ago

Ukraine says 8 villages retaken from Russian forces in two weeks

India Today  

Ukraine said on Monday it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive, a settlement on a heavily fortified part of the front line near the most direct route to the country's Azov Sea coast. Ukraine's Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had not only retaken Piatykhatky but had advanced by up to seven km into Russian lines in two weeks, capturing 113 square km of land. "In the course of two weeks of offensive operations in the Berdiansk and Melitopol directions, eight settlements were liberated," Maliar said on Telegram, referring to two cities on the Russian-occupied coastline. Ukraine has acknowledged attacks along several parts of the 1,000 km front line in its long-anticipated counteroffensive to retake the 18% of its territory occupied by Russia, but carefully controls information for security reasons.

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Russia intensifies attacks in Kursk, Donetsk regions, claims Ukrainian commander
1 week ago

Russia intensifies attacks in Kursk, Donetsk regions, claims Ukrainian commander

India Today  

Moscow has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian forces battling to hold an enclave in Russia's Kursk region and increased pressure in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Ukraine's top army commander said on Tuesday. A US military official said North Korean troops had suffered several hundred casualties in Kursk region, and their ranks had ranged from lower-level troops to "very near the …

Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine
1 week, 2 days ago

Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine

The Independent  

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Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in ‘intense’ fighting, officials say
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1 week, 6 days ago

Russian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in ‘intense’ fighting, officials say

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Fighting around the key eastern Ukraine city of Pokrovsk is “extremely intense” after a monthslong Russian push, Ukraine’s top military commander said, with analysts estimating Russian forces are now within just a few kilometers of the city. “Russian occupiers are throwing all available forces forward, attempting to break through the defenses of our troops,” Ukrainian army chief …

Russian forces just three kilometers from key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk
2 weeks ago

Russian forces just three kilometers from key Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

CNN  

CNN — Russian forces are now just three kilometers from the outskirts of the key eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after making advances Wednesday, according to Ukrainian mapping service DeepState. Meanwhile, Ukrainian gas supply regulator Donetskoblgaz has warned that Pokrovsk will be cut off from gas supplies from Thursday due to the “worsening situation.” “Due to significant damage to gas …

Russia Forges Ahead in Eastern Ukraine, Capturing More Villages
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Russia Forges Ahead in Eastern Ukraine, Capturing More Villages

New York Times  

Russian troops in eastern Ukraine have seized at least 10 villages and settlements in roughly as many days, according to a group with ties to the Ukrainian Army that maps the battlefield, as Moscow presses on with slow but steady advances that have heightened pressure on Ukraine’s authorities to start cease-fire talks. The situation looks particularly precarious for Ukrainian forces …

Russia says forces capture two more settlements in eastern Ukraine
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Russia says forces capture two more settlements in eastern Ukraine

Hindustan Times  

MOSCOW - Russian forces have captured two more settlements in areas of heavy military activity in eastern Ukraine, Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. Russia says forces capture two more settlements in eastern Ukraine Ukraine's military noted fighting around both villages in eastern sectors of the 1,000-km front line, but did not acknowledge that either had fallen into Russian hands. …

Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East

New York Times  

Russia’s Swift March Forward in Ukraine’s East Two years of territorial changes in the Donbas Russia gained more territory in October than any month since July 2022 150 sq. miles Amount of territory Russia gained 100 50 0 Ukraine has made only marginal gains this year 50 Amount of territory Ukraine gained 100 Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March April May …

Russian forces advance on Ukraine frontline city after Crimea oil depot attack
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Russian forces advance on Ukraine frontline city after Crimea oil depot attack

ABC  

Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian frontline city of Toretsk, according to Ukraine's military. Further north in the Donetsk region, Ukraine said a Russian attack had killed one person and wounded seven — including children aged two and 13 — in the city of Sloviansk. A Russian attack on Ukraine's north-eastern city of Kharkiv on Tuesday …

Russia says captured another village in eastern Ukraine
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia says captured another village in eastern Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russian forces said on Saturday that they had captured another village in eastern Ukraine near the town of Kurakhove, as Moscow continued its steady advance. “Russian forces “liberated the settlement of Zhelannoye Vtoroye” in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, the defence ministry said,” using the Russian name for the village of Zhelanne Druge. Separately, the defence ministry said Russia had downed 10 …

Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russia said Monday its forces had captured the east Ukrainian village of Nelipivka, advancing in an area of the frontline where Kyiv claimed to have gained ground earlier this month. Moscow has made small but steady gains across the eastern front this year, pressing on even as Kyiv mounted a cross-border offensive into Russian territory. The Russian Army has captured …

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting
3 months ago

Ukraine says its soldiers recaptured a Russian stronghold after hand-to-hand fighting

LA Times  

Smoke, dust and debris can be seen after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. Ukrainian troops engaged in hand-to-hand combat as they drove Russian forces out of a huge processing plant in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s northeast that had been occupied for four months, officials said Tuesday. The plant, a partly …

Russia says recaptured another village in eastern Ukraine
3 months, 1 week ago

Russia says recaptured another village in eastern Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russia said on Saturday that it had recaptured another village in eastern Ukraine, where it has made a string of advances. Russian forces have advanced rapidly in the eastern region of Donetsk in recent weeks, putting pressure on a Ukrainian army that is short of both soldiers and weapons. On August 6, the Ukrainian army launched an incursion into Russia's …

Ukraine’s Kursk offensive was seen as a success but it had a cost
3 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine’s Kursk offensive was seen as a success but it had a cost

CNN  

Sumy region, Ukraine CNN — Vasyl was several miles deep in Russian territory when he heard the whizz of an approaching drone loaded with explosives. But the campaign slowed and, on Thursday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Russia had launched “counteroffensive actions.” The Russian Ministry of Defense said Russian forces had “penetrated” into the Kursk region, capturing 10 settlements. …

Ukraine's Kursk incursion put to the test as Russia begins counterattacks in the region
3 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine's Kursk incursion put to the test as Russia begins counterattacks in the region

ABC  

After weeks of merely containing Ukraine's incursion in the Kursk region, Russia has begun fighting back. The plan was to hold onto the 1,300 square kilometres of land Ukraine claims to control "indefinitely", President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Incursion failed to halt eastern advances Ukraine's top commander, General Oleksandr Syrskii, said one of the key objectives of the Kursk attack was …

Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region
3 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine says Russia has started a counteroffensive in its Kursk border region

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia has launched a counteroffensive in its Kursk region to dislodge Ukraine’s forces who stormed across the border five weeks ago and put Russian territory under foreign occupation for the first time since World War II, Ukraine’s president said Thursday. A Russian missile attack Thursday killed three people and injured two others, all of them Ukrainian workers …

Russia-Ukraine War in Maps: Where are the frontlines now as Kremlin claims advances in Donetsk?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia-Ukraine War in Maps: Where are the frontlines now as Kremlin claims advances in Donetsk?

The Independent  

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Russia says captured town, three villages in eastern Ukraine
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia says captured town, three villages in eastern Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russia's Defence Ministry on Tuesday said it had captured the town of Krasnogorivka in eastern Ukraine as well as three villages in different parts of the Donetsk region. Russian troops have been advancing steadily in the Donetsk region in recent weeks and are closing in on the town of Pokrovsk, a vital logistics and transport hub for Ukrainian forces. Russian …

Ukraine war: Russia claims another village in east Ukraine, near Pokrovsk
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine war: Russia claims another village in east Ukraine, near Pokrovsk

The Hindu  

Russia said on Monday that its forces had captured the east Ukrainian village of Memryk, a stepping stone to the Kyiv-held logistics hub of Pokrovsk some 20 kilometres away. Pokrovsk lies on the intersection of a key road that supplies Ukrainian troops and towns across the eastern front and has long been a target for Moscow's army. "Units of the …

Russia says its forces seize another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia says its forces seize another settlement in Ukraine's Donetsk region

The Hindu  

Russian forces have gained control of the Kirove settlement, known in Ukraine as Verezamske, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region, the defence ministry said on Saturday. Russia has been making incremental gains in the region at a time when Ukrainian troops seek to advance in Russia's Kursk region after a surprise cross-border attack that began on Aug. 6. Separately, the defence …

Russia claims two more villages in Donetsk and Lugansk regions
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia claims two more villages in Donetsk and Lugansk regions

The Hindu  

Russia said on Thursday that it took two more east Ukrainian villages — in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions — as its forces continue their advance deeper into the country. The Defence Ministry said Russian forces captured the village of Mykolaivka, around 15 km from the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, as well as the settlement of Stelmakhivka …

Ukraine takes 100 Russian settlements in Kursk as Zelensky vows revenge for airstrikes
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine takes 100 Russian settlements in Kursk as Zelensky vows revenge for airstrikes

The Independent  

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Ukraine’s army chief says his troops control nearly 500 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Ukraine’s army chief says his troops control nearly 500 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region

LA Times  

The chief of Ukraine’s army said Tuesday that the country’s troops have gained control of nearly 500 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region since their surprise incursion three weeks ago. Zelensky said Tuesday that Russia is not relocating troops to Kursk from Donetsk, the eastern Ukraine region that is the center of the war and where Russia has been making …

What is happening in Ukraine’s east frontline as Putin’s forces advance?
4 months ago

What is happening in Ukraine’s east frontline as Putin’s forces advance?

The Independent  

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Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there
4 months ago

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there

Hindustan Times  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces say they have recaptured territory in the eastern region of Kharkiv, where Russia launched a large offensive in the spring that brought initial gains but the operation soon stalled. Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade said in a statement late Thursday …

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there
4 months ago

Ukraine says it has recaptured land in the Kharkiv region, reversing some Russian gains there

The Independent  

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Zelenskyy makes 1st visit to border area where Ukrainian forces launched offensive into Russia
4 months ago

Zelenskyy makes 1st visit to border area where Ukrainian forces launched offensive into Russia

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his first visit Thursday to the border area where his forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia, saying that Kyiv’s military had taken control of another Russian village and captured more prisoners of war. While in Ukraine’s northern Sumy region, Zelenskyy said the new POWs from the Russian region of Kursk would …

Zelensky visits border area from which Ukrainian forces entered Russia
4 months ago

Zelensky visits border area from which Ukrainian forces entered Russia

LA Times  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, center, and Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, right, look at a map during their visit to Sumy, Ukraine, on Thursday. President Volodymyr Zelensky made his first visit Thursday to the northeastern Ukrainian border area from which his forces launched their surprise offensive into Russia more than two weeks ago, seizing dozens of settlements. Zelensky said the Kursk …

Families flee as Vladimir Putin's forces close in on Ukrainian town as Russian advances towards big population centres in eastern Ukraine gathers pace
4 months ago

Families flee as Vladimir Putin's forces close in on Ukrainian town as Russian advances towards big population centres in eastern Ukraine gathers pace

Daily Mail  

Advances by Vladimir Putin's forces across eastern Ukraine gathered pace yesterday with reports they had seized another key town. Ukrainian soldiers prepare a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells as the Russia-Ukraine war continues in the direction of Toretsk, Ukraine Vladimir Putin's Russian troops heavily outnumber those defending in eastern Ukraine and are well supplied with artillery and weaponry Russia's …

Moment Ukrainian troops launch devastating attack on Russian hide-out as Zelensky's men continue incursion into Kursk 'forcing 122,000 to flee'
4 months ago

Moment Ukrainian troops launch devastating attack on Russian hide-out as Zelensky's men continue incursion into Kursk 'forcing 122,000 to flee'

Daily Mail  

Dramatic video shows the moment Ukrainian forces launch a devastating attack on Russian positions in a village in occupied Kursk. Smoke and flames rise from buildings in the village of Mala Loknya, in Russia's Kursk region The intense Ukrainian bombardment of the Russian positions was caught on camera The attack left the buildings - which Ukraine said Putin's troops were …

Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia’s army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city
4 months ago

Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia’s army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city

Associated Press  

POKROVSK, Ukraine — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. “We barely got out.” Pokrovsk is one of Ukraine’s main defensive strongholds and a key logistics hub in the Donetsk region. …

Behind Ukraine’s Russia invasion: Secrecy, speed and electronic jamming
4 months, 1 week ago

Behind Ukraine’s Russia invasion: Secrecy, speed and electronic jamming

Live Mint  

PYSARIVKA, Ukraine—Six days after Ukrainian forces swept through the Russian border town of Sudzha in a lightning advance, a Ukrainian platoon carrying out a mopping-up operation stumbled upon a dozen Russian soldiers hiding in a butter factory. The speed and scale of this month’s Ukrainian advance—the first time a foreign military force has occupied Russian soil since World War II—left …

Maps and satellite imagery show Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region
4 months, 1 week ago

Maps and satellite imagery show Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region

ABC  

Ukrainian troops staged a surprise cross-border attack into Russia early last week, and now Kyiv claims to control more than 1,100 square kilometres of its neighbour's territory. Ukraine's top commander Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi told Mr Zelenskyy on Thursday that the incursion had so far advanced 35km into the Kursk region, capturing 82 settlements. Satellite imagery collected by Maxar from …

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities

New Indian Express  

A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv's forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack on the country since World War II. Why the Russian military seems to have been caught so unprepared: A long border, with …

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities

Associated Press  

A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv’s forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack on the country since World War II. Why the Russian military seems to have been caught so unprepared: A long border, with …

Ukraine opens military office in occupied Russian Kursk region and says it has full control of Sudzha
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine opens military office in occupied Russian Kursk region and says it has full control of Sudzha

ABC  

Ukraine's top commander says Kyiv has set up a military office in the occupied part of Russia's Kursk region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said forces moved "from one to two kilometres" into the Kursk region on Wednesday. Angry Russians send messages to Putin amid Ukraine counterattack Photo shows A soldier wearing protective equipment rides a motorcycle Angry Russians displaced after …

Facts about the Russian town of Sudza claimed by Ukraine as part of its incursion
4 months, 1 week ago

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

Associated Press  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that the country’s military has taken full control of the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region near the border with Ukraine. Natural gas flowing from West Siberian gas fields to Europe via Ukraine passes through a metering station near the border in the Sudzha district. Gas has continued flowing on to Europe despite …

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha

The Hindu  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said that Kyiv troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha in the Kursk region in their incursion into Russian territory. A Ukrainian drone attack on Russian air bases damaged at least two hangars and other areas, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press on Thursday show. Ukraine’s chief military officer, Gen. …

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha
4 months, 1 week ago

Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country’s troops had taken full control of Sudzha, the largest Russian town to fall to Ukraine’s forces since the start of their cross-border incursion more than a week ago. Although Russian military bloggers reported that Russian reserves sent to the Kursk region had slowed Ukrainian advances, questions remain over …

Zelensky says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha
4 months, 1 week ago

Zelensky says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha

LA Times  

A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border in the Sumy region of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that his country’s troops had taken full control of Sudzha, which would be the largest Russian town to fall under Ukraine’s purview since the start of its cross-border incursion more than a week ago. Although Russian …

Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha as Kyiv’s forces advance, Zelensky says
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine captures Russian town of Sudzha as Kyiv’s forces advance, Zelensky says

CNN  

CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Thursday that Ukrainian forces have taken control of the Russian town of Sudzha, over a week after his forces launched a cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Kyiv’s forces have been in the town, located 105 kilometers southwest of the city of Kursk, since last Wednesday, but this is the first confirmation …

Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces pushed on with their major cross-border advance into Russia’s Kursk region for a second week Wednesday, claiming that they took more ground, captured more Russian prisoners and destroyed a bomber in attacks on military airfields. Assault troops advanced 1 to 2 kilometers farther into areas of Kursk on Wednesday, the commander of the Ukrainian military, …

Ukrainian forces 'moving further' into Russia's Kursk region as more than 100 soldiers captured, Zelenskyy says
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukrainian forces 'moving further' into Russia's Kursk region as more than 100 soldiers captured, Zelenskyy says

ABC  

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv's forces were continuing to advance in the Russian region of Kursk, with plans to organise evacuation corridors for civilians. Ukraine carries out largest drone attack on Russian air bases, sources say Russia said on Wednesday that it had destroyed 117 Ukrainian drones in Russia on Tuesday night—mostly in the Kursk, Voronezh and Belgorod and …

Russia intensifies attacks in eastern Ukraine as it fights against Kyiv's cross-border incursion
4 months, 1 week ago

Russia intensifies attacks in eastern Ukraine as it fights against Kyiv's cross-border incursion

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Russian army is intensifying …

Putin vows 'worthy response' to Ukraine's attack on border regions
4 months, 1 week ago

Putin vows 'worthy response' to Ukraine's attack on border regions

China Daily  

Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting regarding the situation in the Kursk region, in his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, on August 12, 2024. MOSCOW -- Ukraine's attack on the Russian border will receive a "worthy response" and the Russian military's main task is to knock the Ukrainian forces out of Russian territories, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday. …

Thousands of Ukraine troops ready to defend land captured in daring attack into Russia
4 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of Ukraine troops ready to defend land captured in daring attack into Russia

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “This operation has been long in the planning and …

Ukraine military takes control of 28 Russian towns, 180,000 people evacuated
4 months, 1 week ago

Ukraine military takes control of 28 Russian towns, 180,000 people evacuated

Live Mint  

Ukraine’s military has taken control of 28 towns and villages in Russia’s Kursk border region, prompting a sixth of its population to flee the incursion, Russian President Vladimir Putin was told. Putin said the Defense Ministry’s main task was to “drive out the enemy from our territories and, together with the Border Service, ensure reliable protection of the state border.” …

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine claims control of 1,000 sq km in Russia's Kursk region
4 months, 1 week ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine claims control of 1,000 sq km in Russia's Kursk region

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin said the incursion, which has caused more than 100,000 civilians to flee, is an …

Top Ukrainian commander says his forces control almost 400 square miles of Russian Kursk region
4 months, 1 week ago

Top Ukrainian commander says his forces control almost 400 square miles of Russian Kursk region

LA Times  

Russian President Vladimir Putin leads a meeting with security and defense officials about the Kursk and Belgorod border regions, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside of Moscow on Monday. Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 386 square miles of neighboring Russia’s Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of …

Kursk incursion: Zelensky confirms Ukrainian troops are fighting inside Russian territory
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kursk incursion: Zelensky confirms Ukrainian troops are fighting inside Russian territory

CNN  

CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed Kyiv’s troops are fighting inside Russia, days into the surprise Ukrainian cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region that has become a major embarrassment for the Kremlin. The ministry said on Sunday that its forces had engaged in combat with Ukrainian troops “in the areas of the settlements of Tolpino, Zhuravli and Obshchy …

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia orders evacuation of Kursk region after Ukraine's surprise incursion
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Russia orders evacuation of Kursk region after Ukraine's surprise incursion

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia on Saturday announced increased security measures in the border region of Kursk, where an incursion this week by Ukrainian forces caught Russian troops off guard and exposed its military vulnerabilities in the nearly 2½-year-old war. He also said that Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, had sent him multiple reports about the front-line …

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