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Conversely, other sources such as the Washington Post and Frankfurter Rundschau reported that Russia remained unable to control the situation, with continued Ukrainian advances. [102] [103] The Russian Ministry of Defense made similar claims that they had stopped any Ukrainian advances in Kursk Oblast. [104]
During the Russo-Ukrainian War and Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied parts of Russia's Kursk Oblast. It was the first time since World War II that Russian territory was occupied by a foreign military. Ukrainian forces occupied several settlements, including the town of Sudzha.
In their 21 March press conference in Kyiv, the leaders of the incursion stated they received intelligence and logistics support from Ukraine, but repeated their assertion that they were acting independently of Kyiv when fighting on Russian territory. Kapustin went on to say that Ukraine provided small arms ammunition and medical evacuations.
The intense fighting in the Kursk region has forced more than 130,000 civilians to flee the area, and Ukraine said its forces had also taken hundreds of Russian prisoners of war during the operation.
Ukrainian forces launched a surprise attack into Russia's Kursk region early last month, and had occupied almost 500 square miles of Russian territory as of last week, according to Ukraine's army ...
Ukrainian forces are pushing further into the Kursk region of Russia, in a cross-border incursion that surprised even American officials, multiple US and Ukrainian officials tell CNN.
The village is located on the Smerditsa River (a tributary of Sudzha), 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the Russian-Ukrainian border, 80 kilometres (50 mi) southwest of Kursk, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of the district centre — the town of Sudzha.
Ukraine-Russia war map: Where Putin’s forces are making gains in eastern Ukraine. Tom Watling. December 16, 2024 at 2:21 AM ... Ukraine rushed to fortify defences in front of the city ...