KYIV, 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 of…
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Russia installs concrete shelters in Kursk region as Ukraine expands offensive – POLITICO
The attack aims to tilt the battlefield in Ukraine’s favor — even while Russia advances in Ukraine’s Donetsk region — in a full-scale war instigated by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February 2022 during which his forces initially…
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Zelensky Says Ukraine Now Controls About 480 Square Miles of Russian Territory
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine’s surprise offensive into western Russia, which entered its third week on Tuesday, shows the West that its fears about the ramifications of attacks on Russian territory are unfounded and should…
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Ukraine Captured More Land in Kursk Than Russia Got in Ukraine in 2024
Ukraine’s military leadership shared details Tuesday on how much of Russia’s territory its troops have captured since their invasion of the Kursk region two weeks ago, and it is more than Moscow’s forces have seized in…
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Zelenskyy envisions buffer zone as Ukraine pushes into Kursk region
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday the daring military incursion into Russia’s Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.
It was the first time…
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Maps and satellite imagery show Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region
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.
The incursion has reframed the war and caused chaos in western…
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Mali attacks signal dangerous times ahead
Russia suffered significant blows to its reputation in mid-2024. An attack on its territory by Ukraine came as a surprise. In west Africa, the Wagner mercenary group, supported by Russia, suffered one of its heaviest fatalities in Mali.
An…
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Ukraine’s invasion of Russia exposes the folly of the West’s escalation fears
Units of the Ukrainian army crossed the border into Russia for the first time on August 6, marking the launch of a surprise…
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Mapping Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region | Interactive News
During the past week, Ukraine has launched an offensive in Kursk in the most significant cross-border attack since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
The Kursk region, located in western Russia and bordering…
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Russian gas keeps flowing to EU via Ukraine despite fighting
Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces near a pipeline Russia uses to supply European countries with gas has not disrupted supplies, network operators and gas companies said on Tuesday (13 August).
The European Union drastically…
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