Ukraine launches fresh assault in Russia's Kursk region

euronews (in English)

Moscow says the attack has been repelled, Kyiv doesn't comment on the developments, while Russian military bloggers say another surprise attack is on its way.

Transcript

00:00Six months into Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk region, Kyiv forces launched

00:09a new assault into the border area.

00:11According to the Institute for the Study of War, they have advanced up to five kilometers

00:16behind Russian lines, southeast of Sudzha.

00:20The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked in several ways

00:24in the direction of Cherkasskoye, Konopelka and Ulanok, with up to two mechanized battalions

00:29worth of armored vehicles.

00:31Moscow insisted that Russian forces repelled the attack.

00:36Ukrainian authorities are not commenting on the latest advancements, but on Wednesday

00:39Volodymyr Zelensky remarked that Kyiv's operations in Kursk region might play an important part

00:45during future negotiations with Russia to end the war.

00:49Russia's President Vladimir Putin this week praised the elite formations defending in

00:54Kursk region, highlighting the fact that the Ukrainian incursion has pinned about

00:59a combined armed army worth of Russian troops in there since August 2024.

Category

Transcript

Recommended