Ukrainian forces launched a counterattack in the Kursk region of western Russia, aiming to push back Russian troops who have been attempting to dislodge them for the past five months. The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed two Ukrainian attacks were repelled, while pro-Moscow war bloggers reported intense fighting and Ukrainian use of Western-supplied armored vehicles.
had launched a counter-attack in the Kursk region, an area of western Russia from which Russia n troops have been trying to eject Ukrainian forces for the past five months.on Aug. 6 and have managed to hold on to a chunk of territory there which could provide Kyiv with an important bargaining chip in potential peace talks.
The statement said two Ukrainian attacks had been repelled. Reuters could not independently verify the situation on the ground.’s influential war bloggers, who support Moscow’s war in Ukraine but have often reported critically on failings and setbacks, indicated that the latest Ukrainian assault had put Russian forces on the defensive.
The accounts from the defence ministry and the bloggers said fighting was concentrated just north of a highway that runs from Sudzha, near the border, to Kursk, the regional capital. “In battles yesterday and today near just one village, Makhnovka, in Kursk region, the Russian army lost up to a battalion of North Korean infantry soldiers and Russian paratroops,” Zelensky said. “This is significant.”
Russia currently controls about a fifth of Ukraine, but Ukraine’s unexpected success in biting off and retaining a slice of Russian territory could boost its negotiating position as both sides gear up for possible peace talks this year.
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