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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", [233] calling the offensive "a desperate act, driven by the impending collapse of the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv." [234] [better source needed]
Part of 2024 Kursk offensive: 1954 map of the Korenevo-Sudzha Region showing Olgovskiy Forest. Date: 10 September – 17 November (4 months and 1 day) Location:
The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk is the single largest battle in the history of warfare.
The Germans hoped to weaken the Soviet offensive potential for the summer of 1943 by cutting off a large number of forces that they anticipated would be in the Kursk salient. [20] The Kursk salient or bulge was 250 kilometres (160 mi) long from north to south and 160 kilometres (99 mi) from east to west. [21]
The settlement is located 215 metres (705 ft) northwards of the Russian-Ukrainian border, 126 kilometres (78 mi) southwest of Kursk, 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) southwest of the district centre — urban type settlement of Glushkovo, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) from the village council centre — Vesyoloye.
They entered Belgorod and Kursk Oblasts and clashed with the Russian military. At least three groups took part: the Freedom of Russia Legion , Russian Volunteer Corps and Sibir Battalion . They claimed control of at least four settlements in Russia, and many other border settlements remained under contested control.
The village is located less than a kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, 104 kilometres (65 mi) southwest of Kursk, 22 kilometres (14 mi) south of the district centre — urban-type settlement Korenevo, 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) from the centre of the village council — Viktorovka.
The village is located on the Konopelka River (a tributary of the Psel), about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, 82 kilometres (51 mi) southwest of Kursk, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of the district centre of Sudzha, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from the village council centre — the village of Makhnovka.