What the incursion into Russia means for the war in Ukraine
Ukraine has made incursions into Russian territory, boosting morale and changing the dynamic of the two-year war that began after Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion.
Ukraine launched the surprise incursion into the Kursk and Belgorod regions of Russia with armour and infantry on 6 August, involving thousands of troops amounting to 14 brigades. While initial details of the attack were murky, Kyiv and Moscow have now acknowledged the operation into the Russian border regions, while independent analysts have verified claims about the scale of the advance by geolocating images posted by Ukrainian troops.
The Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh, explains how the incursion unfolded and what it means for the war raging in Europe
Kursk incursion: how Ukraine turned the tables and struck back at Russia
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Slava Ukraine
Slava Ukraine
I turned this video on at work and now my boss is laughing too. Promotion time🍒
May they reach Moscow.
It means the war will continue for longer.
Size of Portugal?
Putin pays prison convicts and poor ethnic minority Russian contract soldiers to fight in Ukraine fighting and dying in unfortified shallow dirt holes. The young Russian conscripts from elite families from Moscow, old men without combat experience and Chechen “TikTok” soldiers playing soldiers guarding the Russian border in well-fortified and constructed well underground positions just ran away rather than fight for their country as soon as the shooting started.
Slava Ukrania !!! Ever
Operation Barbarossa Remastered
it seems Ukrainian soldiers had to fight against no Russian soldiers on this occasion. It doesn't seem of any significant strategic or lasting meaning, as a "victory".
Editor: Invasion sounds bad, can we call it something else?
Writer:What about 'incursion'?
Editor: Nice!