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These operations came amidst a Ukrainian redeployment of troops from Kursk Oblast to the fighting near Pokrovsk, which according to a Ukrainian milblogger gave Russian forces the upper hand in Kursk. [176] [177] [178] One of the objectives of the counteroffensive reportedly was to free up the isolated Russian troops between the Seym river and ...
Ukraine’s presence in Russia’s Kursk region has deteriorated sharply, with the advance threatening Kyiv’s sole territorial bargaining counter at a crucial time in the war. Military bloggers ...
While Dr Bury noted that Russia in the past has had to build up an “overwhelming number” of troops to outgun the Ukrainians, Dr Galeotti suggested any force of 50,000 in Kursk “is probably ...
Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers seized about 1,300 square km of Russia's Kursk region in August last year in what Kyiv said was an attempt to gain a bargaining chip in future negotiations and to ...
Ukraine launched a daring cross-border incursion into Kursk i n August, in what marked the largest attack on Russian territory since World War II. Within days, Ukrainian units had captured 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of territory, including the strategic border town of Sudzha, and taken hundreds of Russian prisoners of war.
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.
It was the first time since World War II that Russian territory was occupied by a foreign military. Ukrainian forces occupied several settlements, including the town of Sudzha . The occupation was an outcome of the Ukrainian offensive into Kursk Oblast that began on 6 August 2024.
Russia looks to have moved thousands of troops from the front lines in Ukraine to defend Kursk. One of Ukraine's likely goals with the Kursk incursion was to force Russia to thin out its troops.