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The occupation was an outcome of the Ukrainian incursion of the Kursk Oblast that began on 6 August 2024. History On 15 August 2024, Ukrainian military commander Oleksandr Syrskyi announced the establishment of a military administration in occupied parts of Kursk Oblast to be headed by major general Eduard Moskaliov , who would hold the title ...
On 16 August, Putin's aide Nikolai Patrushev claimed, without providing evidence, that the invasion of Kursk Oblast was "planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services", [235] calling the offensive "a desperate act, driven by the impending collapse of the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv." [236] [better source needed]
A view shows a building on fire in the town of Sudzha following an incursion of Ukrainian troops into the Kursk region, Russia, in this still image from video taken August 7, 2024. MIC Izvestia ...
It said that Ukraine had lost up to 945 soldiers and 102 armoured vehicles in total during the Kursk fighting, without mentioning any losses on the Russian side. Reuters could not verify the ...
A local volunteer looks at a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region. TATYANA MAKEYEVA/AFP via Getty Images
The oblast had been hit regularly by Russian shelling and airstrikes since the beginning of the invasion in 2022, but Ukraine's offensive into the Kursk Oblast brought the front line closer and led to an increase in attacks by Russia. The energy infrastructure in particular had been badly damaged in Sumy, as part of a broader Russian campaign ...
By bringing the war to Russia, Ukraine has forced nearly 200,000 Russians to evacuate border regions near the site of the World War Two battle of Kursk, where in 1943 the Red Army defeated Nazi ...
On 12 March 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, Ukrainian-backed armed groups launched a cross-border incursion from Ukraine into Russia.They entered Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts and clashed with the Russian military.