One objective of the Kursk incursion is to draw Russian troops into its territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with NBC News that, as of today, Russia has mobilized nearly 60,000 soldiers for defense operations in the region. Zelenskyy also mentioned that the shortage of long-range missiles and shells forced Ukraine to […]
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi has revealed the strategic objectives behind the country’s surprise cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast in an interview with CNN aired on 5 September. The top general said he believes the operation has been a success. The Kursk incursion, which started early last month, caught both Russians and Ukraine’s allies by surprise
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Paul Goble Staunton, Sept. 4 – The Kremlin has continued to lie about the Ukrainian advance in Kursk Oblast and Western analysts have dismissed it as a tactical move to draw off Russian forces from Ukraine or to create a more favorable negotiation position for Kyiv in talks with Moscow, Vladislav Inozemtsev says. But in
Moscow, SANA- Russian Defense Ministry announced that a Su-34 fighter jet belonging to the Aerospace Forces launched raids on personnel and military equipment of Ukrainian forces in the border area of Kursk Oblast. “The Russian Aerospace Forces’ multi-role supersonic fighter Su-34 targeted with precision-guided air bombs a gathering of personnel and military equipment of the
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has summed up the results of the first month of the Ukrainian operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast during a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein format). Source: broadcast of Zelenskyy’s speech at the meeting Quote from Zelenskyy: “Today marks one month since our army’s operation began
TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – A Russian bomb squad has found and destroyed a warhead of a Patriot missile in the Kursk Region, the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) said on Thursday. “Over the past 24 hours, the Russian Emergencies Ministry’s bomb units were involved in defusing explosive devices. A warhead of a Patriot
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Russia is considering shutting down a nuclear power plant in its border Kursk region amid an ongoing incursion launched by Ukraine last month, the head of Russia’s atomic energy agency said. Rosatom Director General Alexei Likhachev made the comments on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s Vladivostok on Thursday, state-run news agency
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Special Operations Forces (SSO) in the Kursk region are conducting extensive strikes on Russian logistics using drones and artillery, an SSO report released on Telegram says. “Enemy convoys, including those carrying pontoon vehicles, are being destroyed with the help of drones and artillery from friendly Defense Forces units,” the video caption reads. While Kyiv Post could not independently verify
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Among the equipment Ukrainian Armed Forces have been using as part of their operations in russia’s Kursk region are PT-91 Twardy tanks, a Polish-made modernization of T-72 which were delivered in early 2023. Notably, Poland did not impose any restrictions on how these tanks could be employed by Ukraine, even in battles on russian soil.
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Russia has moved 60,000 military personnel to the Kursk region in response to the Armed Forces of Ukraine offensive, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with NBC News. He said that one of Ukraine’s offensive goals was to draw Russian troops into the area. According to Zelensky, this tactic has been somewhat successful, as Russian forces have been
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