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With Kursk Incursion, Kyiv Seeks To Show West ‘Red Lines Don’t Exist,’ Khodorkovsky Says

PRAGUE — About three weeks after Ukraine’s military launched a surprise incursion into Russia’s western Kursk region, the operation remains “an important element of the war,” said leading Russian opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky in an interview with Current Time. The operation on Russian territory, after years of fighting almost exclusively in Ukraine, has proven a

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Is the Russian Army a Dangerously Spent Force?

Both Russia and Ukraine have shown unexpected resiliency, and the conflict has provided critical lessons, particularly for NATO, on how to prepare for a future Russian military threat. Summary and Key Points on the Russian Army’s Present State in 2024: Kyiv has claimed significant gains in its ongoing operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, capturing nearly 600

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Frontline report: Ukrainians open new axes of advance in Russia’s Kursk Oblast

2 September 2024. Today, there are a lot of updates from the Kursk direction. Screenshot from Reporting From Ukraine’s video. Screenshot from Reporting From Ukraine’s video. Here, the Ukrainians gradually slowed down their offensive effort around Sudzha and Korenevo and consolidated their gains to increase offensive efforts to secure the western flank of their advance

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Putin’s Troops Caught by ‘Friendly Fire’ in Kursk-Report

President Vladimir Putin’s newly formed special volunteer unit created to “maintain law and order” in the Kursk region amid an ongoing Ukrainian incursion is reported to have opened fire on Russian troops in the area. The incident took place on Sunday night, Russian war journalist Roman Saponkov said on his Telegram channel. Alexei Smirnov, acting

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Why it’s too early to judge Kursk operation and what long-term effects to expect — Rakhmanin

Apart from secondary objectives like replenishing the exchange fund and boosting morale in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Kursk operation has several far more significant goals that may only fully manifest in the long term, Serhiy Rakhmanin, head of the Verkhovna Rada’s Committee on National Security, Defense, and Intelligence, said in an interview with Radio NV.

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Putin says Ukraine border incursion will not stop Russian advance

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that his army was rapidly advancing in eastern Ukraine, citing this as proof that Kyiv’s cross-border incursion into the Kursk region was failing. His comments came just before he left Russia for a visit to Mongolia, a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) — a trip seen as

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Russia has not provided a humanitarian corridor from Kursk, says Ukrainian official

Russia has not provided a humanitarian corridor for its citizens to leave Kursk more than three weeks after Ukraine began its incursion into the region, said Vadym Mysnyk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military’s Operational Tactical Group Siversk. Mysnyk made his comments during the government-run Telemarathon, Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform reported. “We talk a lot with

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Ukraine’s 80th Brigade capture and use 7 Russian tanks in Kursk Oblast – video

Ukraine’s 80th Brigade paratroopers have managed to capture seven Russian tanks since the beginning of Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk Oblast. Source: 80th Air Assault Brigade Details: The captured equipment includes the latest T-90M, four T-80 BVMs and two T-72s. “I’ve always dreamed of capturing a Russian tank,” serviceman Bohdan said. He, along with his comrades and

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Kremlin wages campaign to justify Putin’s falling rating over situation in Kursk – ISW

Experts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the Kremlin is conducting a sophisticated information campaign to justify the fall in Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s rating due to the Ukrainian operation in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. Source: ISW Details: American analysts pointed out that Russian state sociological agencies have acknowledged some growth in Russians’

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