Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
Russia-Ukraine War
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The aggression of Ukrainian forces in the Russian region, where they made a wonderful incursion last summer.
By Marc Santora
Kyiv reports, Ukraine
Ukrainian forces have experienced the offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, Ukrainian and Russian officials said Sunday, in what appeared to be an effort to regain the initiative there as they struggle to thwart relentless Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine.
Ukraine took around 500 square miles last summer in the Kursk region in a wonderful incursion, but Russia claimed part of the territory in later months.
On Sunday, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukrainian forces had introduced a new attack with tanks, mine clearance devices and at least a dozen armored vehicles. The ministry claimed to have thwarted the attack.
Ukrainian soldiers fighting in the area who were reached by phone declined to discuss continuing operations beyond saying that Ukraine was on the offensive in parts of the Kursk region and that fierce fighting was raging there. The Ukrainian military high command said on Sunday night that there were 42 “combat engagements” in the region over the past 24 hours and that 12 were still happening.
It was not imaginable to determine judicial cases in each aspect independently, and the scope of Ukrainian attacks has remained clear.
Ukraine and Western Army analysts said the attacks may be an attempt at planned misdirection, seeking to force Russian troops to shore up defenses there in hopes of weakening them on the front lines on Ukrainian territory.
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