00:00Russia has deployed a regiment of its space forces to defend the region of Kursk
00:04due to the lack of troops in the middle of Ukraine's ongoing incursion,
00:08according to an independent Russian investigation journal.
00:11The so-called Spatial Troops of President Vladimir Putin
00:17were in charge of repulsing the Ukrainian forces
00:20after Kiev launched a cross-border operation on August 6 in Kursk,
00:24apparently taking Moscow by surprise.
00:27The Ukrainian forces have so far taken control of 1,150 km2 of Russian territory
00:34and 82 towns in the region of Kursk,
00:37said on August 15 Oleksandr Sirsky,
00:39commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
00:42The scale of the offensive is significant.
00:45Ukraine would now have conquered more territory in the region of Kursk in a few days
00:51than Russia has conquered in Ukraine since the beginning of the year.
00:55Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's troops show no signs of slowing down.
01:00It is also the first time that foreign troops have invaded Russian territory
01:05since World War II.
01:08The Institute for the Study of War, based in the United States,
01:12said in its latest analysis on Sunday
01:14that the incursion in Kursk forces Russia to withdraw its troops from the front line in Ukraine.
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