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On 6 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine as part of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and clashed with the Russian Armed Forces and Russian border guard.
The Russia–Ukraine border is the de jure international boundary between Russia and Ukraine.Over land, the border spans five Russian oblasts and five Ukrainian oblasts.Due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in early 2014, the de facto border between Russia and Ukraine is different from the legal border recognized by the United Nations.
Ukraine reestablished control over most of Kharkiv Oblast, except for a small portion in the east between the border with Luhansk Oblast and the Oskil river. Ethnically Russian pro-Ukrainian militias, the Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion performed cross-border raids into Kursk and Belgorod in 2023 and again later in 2024.
Ukraine-Russia war map: Where are Putin’s forces making gains on the frontline as 2025 begins? ... January 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM. ... Ukraine captured a chunk of the Russian border region of Kursk ...
These areas had been taken by the Russian military over a period of two weeks from Feb. 24 to March 2. Kherson, the major city in the province, was the first city in Ukraine to be occupied by ...
Russians have piled across the border to neighbouring states since President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilisation on Sept. 21 for the war in Ukraine. HOW MANY HAVE FLED RUSSIA SINCE ...
Another popular joke online referred to Putin announcing "another Special Military Operation to defend Russian-speaking Russians from Russians invading Russia". [419] In response to Ukraine's 2024 cross-border offensive in Kursk, President Zelenskyy said that "Russia brought the war to our land and should feel what it has done". [420]
A Russian general dissolved a group charged with the protection of Kursk's borders early this year. Col. Gen. Alexander Lapin said Russia's military was strong enough, a security official said.