Sumy region of Ukraine has seen decrease in shelling and civilian casualties since Kursk operation began, says Zelenskiy
Russia said its troops had beaten back an attempt by a Ukrainian force to infiltrate its border in a different region to Kyiv’s initial incursion into Russia on August 6th.
Ukrainian troops piled through the Russian border into Kursk on August 6th in a surprise assault after its troops had failed to make any significant gains on their own territory since late 2022. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy with military personnel in the Sumy region of Ukraine. Photograph: Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via APRussia has repeatedly said the Ukrainian offensive on its soil has been halted. Ukraine has continued to tout advances.
Ukrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov told a visiting delegation of US congressmen on Wednesday that Kyiv’s attack on Kursk was intended to protect Ukraine. A Ukrainian Humvee passes through the destroyed Russian border post at the Sudzha crossing on August 12th. Photograph: David Guttenfelder/The New York Times
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