Russia said it has launched a major counteroffensive to retake large areas of its Kursk region that were seized by Ukrainian forces in the border incursion that began last month.
Russian Major General Apti Alaudinov, who commands special forces fighting in Kursk, said that Russian troops took back control of about 10 settlements in Kursk, which borders northeastern Ukraine.
"Russian forces began counterattacks along the western edge of the Ukrainian salient in Kursk Oblast and reportedly seized several settlements northeast and south of Korenevo on September 10 and 11.
The ISW noted that visual evidence suggested that Russian forces deployed in Kursk were operating in company-sized units of 100-250 soldiers and may be using more combat-experienced units to conduct the counteroffensive.
The incursion prompted regional authorities to evacuate 150,000 people living in the region, as well as neighboring Belgorod.
Persons:
Vladimir Putin, Apti Alaudinov, Alaudinov, Sergei Lavrov
Organizations:
Ukrainian, Google, Russia's, RIA Novosti, Russian, Institute for
Locations:
Orenburg, Russia, Kursk, Russian, Ukraine, Kursk Oblast, Korenevo, Russia's Kursk, Belgorod