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Kofman's criticism of Ukraine's incursion into Kursk was shared by other analysts. Oleksandr Kovalenko, a military analyst at the Kyiv-based Information Resistance group, described the situation in Pokrovsk to be a complete defensive failure. [55] Roman Pohorilyi of Deep State said that the situation in the east is in complete chaos. [55]
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 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.
While Ukraine supported these ground incursions, it denied direct involvement. In August 2024, the Ukrainian military launched an offensive into Kursk Oblast and captured numerous settlements. It was the biggest attack into Russia since the war began and the first carried out primarily by Ukrainian regular forces.
Russian officials claimed that three people were injured after a drone crashed into an apartment in Kotovsk, Tambov Oblast. [49] Zelenskyy claimed that the first two North Korean soldiers had been captured in Kursk Oblast. [50] Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian port of Novorossiysk, causing a massive fire. [51]
President Putin appointed Aleksey Dyumin, a former bodyguard and current head of the State Council, as the head of the Russian response to the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast, where Ukrainian forces claimed to be holding approximately 1,000 square kilometres of territory.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry invites the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to join humanitarian efforts in Russia's Kursk Oblast. [102] Ukrainian officials publicly distance themselves from the suspect in the Trump International Golf Club shooting carried out against Donald Trump and warn that Russia will use the ...
Ukraine, taking advantage of the lack of experienced units and defences along the border with Kursk Oblast, was able to quickly seize territory in the opening days of the incursion. [358] The incursion caused Russia to divert thousands of troops from occupied Ukrainian territory to counter the threat, [ 359 ] [ 360 ] though not from Donetsk Oblast.