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In the days leading up to this counter-attack, CNN spoke with 14 Ukrainian soldiers from five different units who were deployed to Kursk as part of the incursion.
Ukraine has launched a counteroffensive in the Russian border region of Kursk, pushing several miles through its southeastern flank, it has been reported.. The attack, which was claimed by the ...
Ukraine war in maps: Ukraine's counter-offensive into Russian territory Russia claims start of fightback in Kursk region Five killed in strike on Russia's Kursk after deadly missile attack on Kyiv
The Kursk offensive surprised both Russia and Ukraine's allies. [46] It is the most significant attack across the border since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, [54] and the first carried out primarily by Ukrainian regular forces. Earlier smaller incursions into Russia by pro-Ukrainian forces had taken place with Ukraine supporting them but ...
Ukraine's offensive in the Kursk region has come at a cost. Late in 2024 Russian forces advanced in eastern Ukraine at the fastest pace since 2022. Their troops control about a fifth of Ukraine's ...
The following day, Ukraine confirmed an offensive was "taking place in several directions". [3] On 8 June, Ukrainian forces launched counterattacks around the city of Orikhiv, [95] [100] in the Polohy Raion of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, where Russian forces had constructed the Mala Tokmachka–Polohy defensive line.
On 3 September, Zelenskyy said in an interview that Ukraine is planning to "indefinitely" hold Kursk Oblast's seized territories, in an attempt to force Putin to the negotiating table. [7] By November 2024, Ukraine had lost control of more than 40% of the territory it initially occupied in the region. [8]
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.