Just over a week ago, Ukraine launched a surprise counteroffensive across the border into Russia's Kursk Oblast. The Kyiv Independent’s Francis Farrell discusses what might come next for Ukraine with retired Australian Major General Mick Ryan.
The 1,000 square kilometers Ukraine says it controls in Russia's Kursk Oblast amounts to a tiny share of Russia’s massive terrain. Yet, politically, the surprise Ukrainian move poses one of the biggest challenges to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. The stunning operation, conducted by Ukraine’
The recent delivery of Belarusian military equipment is related to "an urgent request from the Russian side" due to losses and a lack of equipment in the Kursk Oblast and other areas, Belnovosti said, citing an undisclosed source in the Belarusian Defense Ministry.
"I would like to thank all our soldiers who replenish the exchange fund. It is very important for our country," Zelensky said in his evening address.
Kyiv and Moscow plan to continue transmitting gas to Europe despite Ukraine's incursion in Kursk Oblast near a key cross-border transit point for the fuel, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 12, citing its undisclosed sources.
Yevhen Balytskyi, a Russian proxy leader operating in occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast, suggested equipping "sanatoriums and boarding houses on the shores of the Azov Sea, located from Berdiansk to Kyrylivka."
Officials may present it as a rotation to give the military on the front line a rest, and the draft could be announced by the end of this year, according to Bloomberg.
Key developments on Aug. 12: * Ukraine controls nearly 1,000 square km in Russia's Kursk Oblast, Syrskyi says * Ukraine in control of 28 settlements in Kursk Oblast, Russian official tells Putin * Kursk is Putin's catastrophe, Zelensky says * Putin vows 'worthy riposte' to Ukraine's Kursk incursion * Kursk incursion presents Kremlin with
Photos appear to show Russian forces digging trenches near the KNPP as Ukrainian troops reportedly advance within 50 kilometers of the nuclear facility, the BBC said on Aug. 11.
A missile struck an apartment building in the Russian city of Kursk overnight, injuring 13 people, Kursk Oblast's acting Governor Alexey Smirnov reported on Aug. 11.
The soldiers in a video posted on Aug. 10 held the battalion's flag and a Georgian flag, and the sign on the building behind them reads "Porozovsky Village Club”.
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi called on both Kyiv and Moscow to "exercise maximum restraint" in order to avoid a nuclear accident as fighting is reportedly ongoing in the region around the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).
In a statement issued to Politico on Aug. 9, Germany's Foreign Ministry said that "Ukraine has the right to self-defense enshrined in international law," adding that the principle of self-defense "is not limited to its own territory," in reference to the ongoing battles in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
The entrances to the Kursk Nuclear Power Plant were blocked as of the afternoon of Aug. 9, the pro-government regional newspaper network Bloknot claimed, citing its undisclosed sources.
Russian authorities have introduced a so-called "counter-terrorism operation" in bordering Kursk, Bryansk, Belgorod oblasts in response to Ukraine's incursion into the Kursk region, Russian state-media outlet RIA Novosti reported on Aug. 10.
The video was allegedly filmed in an alley in the Zaoleshenka settlement on the western outskirts of Sudzha, where the Gazprom facility is located, two kilometers (1.4 miles) from the town's center, according to the independent Russian media outlet Meduza.
The Kyiv Independent's Francis Farrell explains what we know about Ukraine's operation so far and what this might mean for the future of the war.
The ministry has published a video showing convoys of military equipment allegedly on their way to Kursk Oblast.
The project published drone footage of what it presented as 32 captured Russian soldiers, adding that eight more did not fit into the frame.
Prominent Russian propagandist and pro-Kremlin TV reporter Yevgeny Poddubny was severely injured during a drone attack on Russia's Kursk Oblast on Aug. 7, Russian state media agency Rossiya 24 claimed.
Key developments on Aug. 6: * Moscow claims clashes with Ukrainian troops in Russia's Kursk region, Kyiv hasn't commented * Ukraine's missile program to get additional funding, Zelensky says * Russian missile attack on Kharkiv kills 1, injures 12, including infant * State Department: The arrival of F-16s has not changed US policy on
The attack targeted "a warehouse for storing weapons and military equipment" near Kursk, the General Staff said.
Drones attacked Russia's Kursk region during the late hours of April 4, allegedly setting fire to civilian infrastructure, Roman Starovoyt, the regional governor, announced via Telegram.
In the early hours of March 12, three anti-Kremlin Russian armed groups announced they had crossed the border into Russia's Belgorod and Kursk oblasts, promising "to fight the criminal Russian regime" with "weapons in hand." The footage capturing the crossing revealed that the fighters were well-armed, including with armored vehicles
Editor's Note: The Kyiv Independent doesn't provide the full names of soldiers mentioned in the story to protect them and their families from persecution in Russia. They are identified by callsigns. KYIV OBLAST – In the early hours of March 12, Russian state media sounded the alarm. A number of Ukrainian
Vyacheslav Gladkov, Belgorod Oblast governor, claimed an emergency in the Gubkinsky district of the Russian region, writing about an explosion and fire at an infrastructure facility.
Three drones attempted to attack Kursk Nuclear Power Plant on the evening of Oct. 26, the Russian state atomic energy corporation Rosatom claimed on Oct. 27.
Russia's 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment was inside a building of the Khalino air field near Kursk at the time it was hit by a drone strike on Sept. 24, Ukrainian media outlet Babel reported, citing a source in Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR).
A drone struck an administrative building in the Russian city of Kursk on Sept. 24, according to Roman Starovoit, the governor of the eponymous Russian region.
The governor of Russia's Kursk Oblast, Roman Starovoyt, claimed that a drone flew into a residential building in the city of Kursk on Aug. 27.
Kursk Oblast Governor Roman Starovoit claimed that a Ukrainian drone struck the Kursk railway station on the night of Aug. 20.
Russia is preparing to stage a provocation at its Kursk Nuclear Power Plant involving the evacuation of some of the local population, Ukraine's National Resistance Center reported on Aug. 15.
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