The View from India newsletter: Did Zelenskyy’s Kursk gamble backfire?
3 months, 2 weeks ago

The View from India newsletter: Did Zelenskyy’s Kursk gamble backfire?

The Hindu  

Last year, the much-awaited counteroffensive Ukraine had launched in the east and the south failed to make any breakthrough. In July, when Ukraine was under heavy pressure on the battlefield, Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, the country’s top military commander, gathered a secret meeting of his top officers to disclose an ambitious plan. If in the 2023 spring, Ukraine tried to cut through some of the most fortified Russian defensive lines on the frontline, this time, Gen. Syrsky’s plan was to hit the weak underbelly of the Russian bear--attack the thinly protected Kursk region. On the other side, Ukraine’s decision to move some of its well-trained troops to the Kursk incursion seemed to have weakened the already crumbling defence in the east. If the Russians take Pokrovsk, a key supply hub with converging roads and rail lines, Ukraine’s defence of its east would be under further pressure, and, several analysts say, Russians, who already control 80% of the Donbas region could march towards Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky admits troops cannot retake Donetsk as Kyiv unveils Trident laser weapon
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5 days, 6 hours ago

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky admits troops cannot retake Donetsk as Kyiv unveils Trident laser weapon

The Independent  

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Russia intensifies attacks in Kursk, Donetsk regions, claims Ukrainian commander
6 days, 1 hour 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 ago

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

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 Ukraine is battling against a …

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy says North Korean troops in 'significant numbers' in Kursk amid reports of reverses
1 week, 1 day ago

Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskyy says North Korean troops in 'significant numbers' in Kursk amid reports of reverses

Firstpost  

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that North Korean troops are deployed in significant numbers in Russia’s Kursk region. The remarks came a day after reports emerged that Pyongyang had killed 300 Ukrainian soldiers as the war-stricken nation struggled to hold on to the Russian city As the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war escalates, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Moscow has started …

Russia within miles to Ukraine’s transit hub Pokrovsk after a month-long push
1 week, 3 days ago

Russia within miles to Ukraine’s transit hub Pokrovsk after a month-long push

Firstpost  

Russian troops are rapidly moving towards Ukrainian strategic city Pokrovsk. Ukrainian army chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed ‘extremely intensified’ fighting with the invading Russian troops. The Russian troops are reported to have come within a few miles of the Ukrainian transit hub, with Ukraine’s army chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi confirming “extremely intensified” fighting around it. Ukraine repels 40 Russian attempts …

Kursk offensive: Ukraine’s soldiers fight to hold onto Russian region
3 weeks ago

Kursk offensive: Ukraine’s soldiers fight to hold onto Russian region

CNN  

Sumy, Ukraine CNN — The dawn assault inside Russia’s Kursk region never even got to a gunfight, yet betrayed the intensity of the battle in Kremlin territory. “I have this impression that have unlimited people,” said Oleksandr, a unit commander with the 225th assault battalion, describing the clash from a cafe in the Ukrainian city of Sumy, 11 hours later. …

Amid Russia’s winning spree, Ukraine’s top commander pitches a victory path: ‘We must counter-attack’
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Amid Russia’s winning spree, Ukraine’s top commander pitches a victory path: ‘We must counter-attack’

Firstpost  

At a time when Ukrainian defences are crumbling before Russian assaults, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi has said that victory is impossible if Ukraine would remain defensive and now was the time to launch a counter-offensive At a time when Russia is on a winning spree, Ukraine’s military chief has called for a fresh counter-offensive. Amid such a situation, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief, …

Ukraine faces dual threat: Battlefield losses and cyberattacks from Russia
4 weeks ago

Ukraine faces dual threat: Battlefield losses and cyberattacks from Russia

India Today  

Ukraine is grappling with a dual threat: one on the battlefield and another in the digital realm. As the pressure mounts, the question remains—can Ukraine hold its ground, or will Russia’s relentless assault shift the balance of power? As military pressure mounts on Ukraine’s eastern front, airstrikes and missile attacks are increasingly targeting Ukrainian cities, compounding the ongoing struggle. Ukrainian …

Putin open to discuss Ukraine ceasefire with Trump if Zelenskyy abandons Nato dream: Report
1 month ago

Putin open to discuss Ukraine ceasefire with Trump if Zelenskyy abandons Nato dream: Report

Firstpost  

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly said that he is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with US President-elect Donald Trump only if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy abandons ambitions of his country joining Nato Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon …

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too
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1 month, 1 week ago

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too

CNN  

CNN — The bad news keeps coming. Barros, who leads the Russia and Geospatial Intelligence teams at the DC-based conflict monitoring group, said that Russia’s advantage on the battlefield makes it impossible for Ukraine to prepare for a possible counteroffensive. Diego Fedele/Getty Images Barros said that the Pokrovsk situation is just one example of Russia’s failure to achieve its own, …

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too
Trending News
1 month, 1 week ago

Ukraine latest: Bad news mounts for Ukraine across the frontlines. But Russia is under pressure too

CNN  

CNN — The bad news keeps coming. Barros, who leads the Russia and Geospatial Intelligence teams at the DC-based conflict monitoring group, said that Russia’s advantage on the battlefield makes it impossible for Ukraine to prepare for a possible counteroffensive. Diego Fedele/Getty Images Barros said that the Pokrovsk situation is just one example of Russia’s failure to achieve its own, …

Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US
1 month, 1 week ago

Ukrainian soldiers focus on keeping Russian advances at bay and brace for storm to come from US

Associated Press  

KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine — The four drones were designed to carry bombs, but instead the men of Ukraine’s Khartia brigade pack them with food, water and handwarmers and launch them in darkness toward the front line, a 15-minute flight away. Up to 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia’s Kursk border region to help beat back Ukrainian forces …

Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says
Trending News
1 month, 1 week ago

Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says

CNN  

CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer. Ukrainian troops “continue to hold back” the “nearly 50,000-strong enemy group” in Kursk, Zelensky said in a post on Telegram after receiving a briefing from General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the Commander-in-Chief of …

Zelenskyy says Ukraine up against 50,000-strong force in Russia’s Kursk
1 month, 1 week ago

Zelenskyy says Ukraine up against 50,000-strong force in Russia’s Kursk

Al Jazeera  

Russia is trying to push Ukrainian forces from its western Kursk region with tens of thousands of soldiers, Ukraine’s president says, aiming to retake territory it has lost since August while its offensive in eastern Ukraine grinds on. In a post on Telegram on Monday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s soldiers were fighting against nearly “50,000 enemy troops” in Kursk. …

Large group of Russian and North Korean forces prepared to retake Russia’s Kursk region from Ukraine
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Large group of Russian and North Korean forces prepared to retake Russia’s Kursk region from Ukraine

CNN  

CNN — Russia has amassed a large force of tens of thousands — including recently arrived North Korean troops — to carry out an assault on the Ukrainian positions in Russia’s Kursk region expected in the coming days, a US official told CNN on Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that about 11,000 North Korean soldiers are in the …

Zelensky confirms deadly clashes with North Korean troops as Putin says he’s willing to talk with Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Zelensky confirms deadly clashes with North Korean troops as Putin says he’s willing to talk with Trump

CNN  

CNN — North Korean troops deployed to Russia’s Kursk region have fought Kyiv’s forces on the battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday, adding that the clashes resulted in fatalities. On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public comments on the US election, saying he is ready for dialogue with the Republican president-elect and noted that Trump’s comments …

Moment 'Ukrainian drone slams into Russia's Caspian Sea flotilla in strike 650 miles behind frontline' sparking huge fireball explosion
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Moment 'Ukrainian drone slams into Russia's Caspian Sea flotilla in strike 650 miles behind frontline' sparking huge fireball explosion

Daily Mail  

This is the moment an apparent Ukrainian drone slammed into Russia's Caspian Sea flotilla in a strike hundreds of miles behind the frontline. Footage purportedly shows a Ukrainian drone flying low over the port of Kaspiysk in Dagestan before smashing into a Russian military ship this morning. Video from a neighbouring ship in the Caspian Sea flotilla shows panicked sailors …

Russian Forces Defuse Attempt on Border Crossing from Ukraine
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russian Forces Defuse Attempt on Border Crossing from Ukraine

The Hindu  

Russian forces thwarted an attempt at another cross-border incursion by Ukraine into southwestern Russia. The governor of Bryansk region, Aleksandr Bogomaz, claimed that an armed group sought Sunday to breach the border between Ukraine and Russia’s Bryansk region, but was beaten back. Ukrainian leaders have repeatedly said they need permission to strike weapons depots, airfields and military bases far from …

Russian forces thwart attempted cross-border assault from Ukraine, official says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Russian forces thwart attempted cross-border assault from Ukraine, official says

LA Times  

Russian forces thwarted an attempt at another cross-border incursion by Ukraine into southwestern Russia, a local official reported Sunday, months after Kyiv staged a bold assault on its nuclear-armed enemy that Moscow is still struggling to halt. An “armed group” sought Sunday to breach the border between Ukraine and Russia’s Bryansk region, its governor, Aleksandr Bogomaz, said, but was beaten …

Zelensky outlines his ‘victory plan’ to Ukraine’s lawmakers, including a call to join NATO
2 months, 1 week ago

Zelensky outlines his ‘victory plan’ to Ukraine’s lawmakers, including a call to join NATO

LA Times  

President Volodymyr Zelensky told lawmakers Wednesday that Ukraine’s Western partners are increasing pressure to negotiate with Russia, but he hinted such talks would be unfavorable to Kyiv as he unveiled what he called his “victory plan” for the war. He reckons that such an invitation would alter President Vladimir Putin’s “geopolitical calculations.” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte remained noncommittal after the …

Ukraine downs a Russian warplane and Russia claims gains in the east
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine downs a Russian warplane and Russia claims gains in the east

The Independent  

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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 …

What Zelensky really wants from his ‘plan for victory’
3 months ago

What Zelensky really wants from his ‘plan for victory’

The Telegraph  

“The victory plan, this bridge to strengthening Ukraine, can contribute to more productive future diplomatic meetings with Russia,” he told reporters, adding that the plan should be agreed and implemented by the end of the year. Mr Zelensky is seeking a guarantee akin to Article 5, as the threat of a war with Nato would likely be enough to dissuade …

Zelensky’s Kursk operation can be a costly gambit as Putin targets eastern Ukraine
3 months ago

Zelensky’s Kursk operation can be a costly gambit as Putin targets eastern Ukraine

Firstpost  

Russia not evicting the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk should not be viewed as a weakness but could be a deliberate move to achieve its bigger goal in eastern Ukraine On September 10, there were reports that Russia had captured the village of Novohrodivka, just 10 km from Pokrovsk, which is a key transportation hub sitting at the crossroads of major …

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 933
3 months, 1 week ago

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 933

Al Jazeera  

Here is the situation on Sunday, September 15, 2024. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its air defence units destroyed 29 drones Ukraine launched overnight targeting seven Russian regions, including Bryansk, Smolensk, Oryol, Belgorod, Kaluga and Rostov. Admiral Rob Bauer, who serves as the principal adviser to NATO’s secretary-general, said Ukraine would have a good military reason to strike deeper into …

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 says captured town, three villages in eastern Ukraine
3 months, 1 week 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’s attack on Russia started as a triumph – but could turn into a tragic strategic mistake
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine’s attack on Russia started as a triumph – but could turn into a tragic strategic mistake

The Independent  

Ukraine took more than 300 square miles of the Kursk region in the first month of its counter-invasion of Russia, raising morale at home and challenging a growing sense in the West that stalemate was the best Kyiv could hope for. General Oleksandr Syrskyi, the military commander behind the daring operation, has largely highlighted the need to take pressure off …

Ukraine's invasion of Russia was seen by some as a masterstroke, but it might backfire
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ukraine's invasion of Russia was seen by some as a masterstroke, but it might backfire

ABC  

At a secret training camp in Ukraine's east, conscript soldiers are getting ready for battle. The 32-year-old, who goes by the call sign "Italia" because he worked on Italian cruise ships before the war, tells us soldier training is being fast-tracked, because there's no time to waste. Life behind Vladimir Putin's iron curtain Photo shows A road can be see …

Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion

CNN  

CNN — Russia had been planning to launch a new attack on Ukraine from the Kursk region before Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday. We moved the fighting to the enemy’s territory so that could feel what we feel every day,” Syrskyi said, in a rare interview that offered a …

Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Exclusive: Ukraine army chief reveals the strategy behind Kursk incursion

CNN  

CNN — Russia had been planning to launch a new attack on Ukraine from the Kursk region before Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN in an exclusive interview Thursday. We moved the fighting to the enemy’s territory so that could feel what we feel every day,” Syrskyi said, in a rare interview that offered a …

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 …

What is Ukraine really up to with its audacious Kursk land grab?
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What is Ukraine really up to with its audacious Kursk land grab?

The Independent  

The longer the war in Ukraine goes on, the more different facets it seems to acquire. It then settled into a largely localised conflict for eastern Ukraine’s Donbas region, before a month ago suddenly acquiring a new front, when Ukraine invaded the bordering Russian region of Kursk. A complicating factor, however – and one that some see as at least …

On Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Kursk
3 months, 3 weeks ago

On Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Kursk

The Hindu  

In the early hours of August 6, the regional government of Kursk, a federal subject of Russia that borders Ukraine to the west, sent an alarm on its Telegram channel asking residents to run for shelter from incoming missile attacks. Several residential buildings were severely damaged.” Ukraine had launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s southwestern province of Kursk, in the …

Ukraine’s Zelensky is rolling the dice on the battlefield with one eye on the US election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Ukraine’s Zelensky is rolling the dice on the battlefield with one eye on the US election

CNN  

CNN — The past few weeks in the Ukraine war have felt like, to borrow an adage often attributed to Lenin, that decades have happened in them. It is remarkable how powerless the Kremlin appears to be to halt Ukraine’s progress, now three weeks in, despite having diverted 30,000 troops in that direction, according to a Ukrainian assessment given during …

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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Kursk: Ukraine’s front inside Russia was the site of key Soviet World War II victory
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kursk: Ukraine’s front inside Russia was the site of key Soviet World War II victory

CNN  

CNN — Ukraine’s military incursion into Russian territory in the Kursk region is covering some of the same territory on which the Soviet Union scored one of its most important victories over German invaders in World War II, one that some historians say turned the tide of the war in Europe almost a year before the D-Day invasion of Normandy. …

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

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

The Independent  

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Ukraine prioritising holding on to Russian territory it has already seized following daring 'mini-invasion'... but Zelensky may trade Kursk to recover land captured illegally by Putin's army
4 months ago

Ukraine prioritising holding on to Russian territory it has already seized following daring 'mini-invasion'... but Zelensky may trade Kursk to recover land captured illegally by Putin's army

Daily Mail  

Ukraine's daring 'mini-invasion' of southern Russia is not expected to push any further into the country, Western officials have said. There are fresh hopes that negotiations could end the war after India's prime minister Narendra Modi visited Kyiv yesterday. Mr Modi is a key figure diplomatically due to his close relationship with Vladimir Putin but he was widely criticised last …

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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Ukraine says it used US glide bombs in Russia’s Kursk region and has retaken some land in Kharkiv
4 months ago

Ukraine says it used US glide bombs in Russia’s Kursk region and has retaken some land in Kharkiv

Associated Press  

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s military says it used high-precision U.S. glide bombs to strike Russia’s Kursk region, and that is has recaptured some territory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv that has been under a Russian offensive since spring. Ukraine’s Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleschuk issued a video Thursday night purporting to show a Russian platoon base …

Ukraine says it used U.S. glide bombs in Russia’s Kursk region and has retaken land in Kharkiv
4 months ago

Ukraine says it used U.S. glide bombs in Russia’s Kursk region and has retaken land in Kharkiv

LA Times  

In an image taken from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Thursday, a Russian soldier fires a D-30 howitzer toward Ukrainian troops inside Ukraine. Ukraine’s military says it used high-precision glide bombs provided by the United States to carry out strikes in Russia’s Kursk region while also saying it recaptured some territory in the eastern Ukrainian region …

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 …

Ukraine Enters Russian Soil: Big Win or Big Mistake? - News18
4 months ago

Ukraine Enters Russian Soil: Big Win or Big Mistake? - News18

News 18  

Ukraine has entered Russian territory, taking the war to Vladimir Putin’s doorstep. Thirdly, the short-term gain from Ukraine’s Kursk offensive was to simply alleviate the stress on its forces in Donbas, by forcing Russia to pull out its troops from there. It may be able to use jammers deeper into Russian territory, which will affect Russia’s air superiority. And finally, …

Putin’s slow response to the Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers in Russia
4 months ago

Putin’s slow response to the Kursk attack could test the patience of some of his backers in Russia

Associated Press  

A year ago this week, President Vladmir Putin strode onto a stage in the Kursk region to commemorate the 80th anniversary of one of the Soviet army’s proudest moments in World War II. Addressing a rapt audience that included soldiers fresh from fighting in Ukraine, Putin called the decisive victory in the Battle of Kursk “one of the great feats …

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