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☆ Kursk has casualty rates similar to other parts of the front and is getting tougher, Ukrainian soldiers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Casualty rates in Kursk are similar to other parts of the front lines, Ukrainian soldiers told CNN. Ukrainian forces have pushed into the Russian region for five weeks, but say it's getting tougher. Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementOver a month into Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region, Ukrainian soldiers told CNN the situation there was getting tougher, with casualty rates similar to those seen in parts of the front line in Ukraine.

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☆ Ukraine’s Kursk offensive was seen as a success but it had a cost
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Kostya Gak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Kyiv launched its surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region last month, taking Moscow by surprise and quickly advancing some 30 kilometers (19 miles) from the border. A group of Ukrainian soldiers rest in a village near the Russian border after taking part in Ukraine’s operation in Kursk. Ivana Kottasova/CNNUkrainian officials said Moscow has sent some 30,000 troops into the Kursk region. But they are finding the service doesn’t work at all in certain parts of the Kursk region. (AP Photo) Efrem Lukatsky/APA group of Ukrainian soldiers rests after completing a long mission in Russia's Kursk region.

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☆ Russia turns the tables on Ukraine, launching counterattacks to retake Kursk after incursion stalls
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Holly Ellyatt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

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.

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☆ New videos show back-to-back strikes on a Russian bridge as Ukraine knocks them out in its invasion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewVideo footage appearing to show back-to-back strikes on a bridge in Russia's Kursk region has surfaced online. AdvertisementA trio of Ukrainian HIMARS-launched GMLRS rockets slam into a Russian mobile bridging unit over the damaged Seym River Bridge at Karyzh, Kursk Oblast. pic.twitter.com/yqyFUxjGqn — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 8, 2024In the video, the Russian bridge takes multiple successive strikes. Seen here, a US-supplied Ukrainian JDAM-ER glide bomb slams into the Russian bridge. AdvertisementA Ukrainian MiG-29 deploys GBU-62 JDAM-ER bombs against bridge crossings in the Kursk region.

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☆ Ukraine's Kursk offensive shows it could win the war if the West ended its weapon restrictions, European official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Read previewUkraine's Kursk offensive shows what the country could achieve if its allies dropped their weapons restrictions, a leading European official said. It's also complicated Russian plans for offensive operations later this year, Ukraine's military spymaster, Kyrylo Budanov, told Ukrainian radio station Radio Charter on Saturday, per a translation by the Institute for the Study of War. Western allies lifted some restrictions in May, allowing Ukraine to strike Russian troops building up at its borders, but it's still not allowed to use Western weapons to carry out deep strikes . "There's no one capability that will, in and of itself, be decisive in this campaign," Austin said, per Politico.

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☆ Ukraine started this year on the brink of disaster. A lot has changed since.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Getting F-16s and long-awaited weaponsDelays in getting Western equipment have long been a source of frustration for Ukraine. Western allies lifted some restrictions in May, allowing Ukraine to strike Russian troops building up at its borders. AdvertisementTaking the war inside RussiaThe biggest change this year is that Ukraine altered the dynamics of the conflict by launching a surprise attack on Russia's Kursk region. In just two weeks, starting on August 6, Ukraine claims its forces took more territory in Kursk than Russia had since the beginning of 2024. Ukraine is "losing territory and may suffer a breakthrough," Benjamin Friedman, policy director at the Defense Priorities think tank, told BI.

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☆ The battle of Kursk hinges on the Russian railroad
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Related storiesExactly how overloaded the Russian rail network may be isn't clear. Despite the humiliation of foreign troops occupying Russian soil, Russian forces continue to grind forward in bloody attacks at places such as Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region. Relying on trucks would require an extraordinary number of vehicles, so it seems likely that Russian forces at Kursk will require multiple railheads that depend on a limited number of railroad bridges. However, Ukraine has captured data about the Russian railway system, which will make it easier to disrupt operations, Fraser noted. Barros believes that Ukraine could seriously disrupt Russian rail traffic and logistics if the US would lift those restrictions.

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☆ Ukraine’s military is struggling with low morale and desertion
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-08 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | Kostya Gak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Standing outside that office, chain smoking and drinking sweet coffee, he told CNN he just couldn’t handle watching his men die anymore. They see a lot of enemy drones, artillery and mortars,” one unit commander currently fighting in Pokrovsk told CNN. A group of Ukrainian soldiers rests after completing a long mission in Russia's Kursk region. Several commanders told CNN that many officers would not report desertion and unauthorized absences, hoping instead to convince troops to return voluntarily, without facing punishment. During recent leave in Kyiv, Horetskyi told CNN that while his role has existed for a while, it consisted mostly of paperwork.

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☆ U.S. believes Iran transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The United States has informed allies that it believes Iran has transferred short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine, according to two people familiar with the matter. The White House declined to confirm the weapons transfer but reiterated its concern that Iran is deepening its support of Russia. The White House has been warning Iran for months not to transfer ballistic missiles to Russia. The White House has been on edge for months about a possible deal between Iran and Russia. President Joe Biden is set to host British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for talks at the White House on Friday.

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☆ CIA director saw ‘genuine risk’ of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons early in Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CIA Director Bill Burns testifies next to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines during a House (Select) Intelligence Committee hearing on diversity in the intelligence community, on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 27, 2021. CIA Director William Burns believed there was a real risk in the fall of 2022 that Russia could use nuclear weapons on the battlefield against Ukraine, though he said the West should not be intimidated by Russian President Vladimir Putin's threats. "There was a moment in the fall of 2022 when I think there was a genuine risk of the potential use of tactical nuclear weapons," Burns said. In the more than two years since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin has regularly signaled that it would consider using nuclear weapons in the war. It allows the use of nuclear weapons in response to an attack with nuclear or other weapons of mass destruction against Russia or its allies, as well as a conventional attack that threatens the existence of the Russian state.

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☆ Ukrainian forces in Kursk are readying for a long fight and may plan to 'bleed' the Russians just like in Ukraine, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-07 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That figure is more than the amount of territory Russia has seized in Ukraine so far this year. AdvertisementThat's a rate of more than 1,100 casualties a day, and there are indications Russian forces are continuing to take heavy losses. A pair of Ukrainian soldiers walk in the Ukrainian-controlled city of Sudzha in Russia's Kursk region. But he said there's also a danger that Ukraine's forces could get overextended and "get too widely spaced that the Russians can take advantage of it." Furthermore, this unexpected invasion of Russian territory has allowed Ukraine to regain the initiative after months in a grueling defensive position.

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☆ Ukraine's army chief says Russia planned to launch a new attack from Kursk, but he got there first
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-06 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's army chief said Kyiv invaded Kursk before Russia could launch a new attack from there. Oleksandr Syrskyi told CNN the incursion forced Russia to redeploy forces and stopped its advances. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementUkraine's army chief said Russia had planned to launch a new cross-border attack from Kursk, but Kyiv got there first. Ukraine's Kursk incursion "reduced the threat of an enemy offensive," Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief, Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, told CNN.

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☆ Ukraine's surprise invasion of Russia hasn't taken the pressure off the most dire front-line battles
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated last week that an objective of the Kursk invasion was to redirect Russian forces away from the Pokrovsk direction. But the Kursk invasion has limited the number of troops available for reinforcement. KIRILL CHUBOTIN/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty ImagesGeorge Barros, the geospatial-intelligence team lead and a Russia analyst at ISW, said that the Kursk invasion underscores how Moscow left a major portion of its international border undefended. Even though the Kursk invasion may not be forcing Russia to redirect front-line forces from Pokrovsk, that campaign will eventually culminate. These efforts have intensified since the start of the Kursk invasion.

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☆ Retired NATO commander says Ukraine's Kursk invasion proves it can succeed without Western advice
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-03 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewA former NATO commander said that Ukraine's successful incursion into Russia's Kursk region shows what it can do without relying much on Western advice. It had taken and held 500 square miles of Russian territory as of last week, according to Ukraine's army chief. Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, a former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told the Kyiv Post that he viewed Ukraine's operation as a success. A local volunteer looks at a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region. But many allies, the US among them, still forbid Ukraine from using long-range weapons within Russia, limits Ukraine's ability to hit the highest-value targets there.

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☆ Ukraine's Kursk incursion shows that Russia can't attack and defend at the same time, former US ambassador says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-02 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A former US ambassador to NATO said Ukraine's attack on Kursk exposed Russia's "limited capabilities." Kurt Volker said that it shows Russia can't attack and defend at the same time. Russia has struggled to respond quickly and effectively to Ukraine's incursion. AdvertisementUkraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region shows that Russia can't simultaneously attack and defend, according to a former US ambassador to NATO. Russia "can't attack Ukraine and defend Russia at the same time, it has had to make a choice," Kurt Volker said at the GLOBSEC conference in Prague on Saturday, per the Kyiv Independent.

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☆ Russia is putting up a stiffer fight in Kursk and is sending well-equipped soldiers, says Ukrainian commander
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Ukrainian drone battalion commander says Russia is putting up a stronger fight in Kursk and is sending well-equipped soldiers to the region. AdvertisementThey are now dug down in cellars north of the town of Sudzha, deploying reconnaissance and strike drones to assist Ukrainian forces in their advance, it said. Ukraine's army chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces were 22 miles into Russia. US officials told CNN last week that Russia appeared to be diverting thousands of troops from Ukraine into Kursk. It remains unclear exactly how many soldiers Russia is redeploying to Kursk from the main 600-mile front line in eastern Ukraine.

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☆ Russia is barely using one of its best weapons against Ukrainian forces in Kursk because it's scared to hit itself, war expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Russia has increasingly fired glide bombs at Ukrainian territory in its invasion of the country. AdvertisementBut Russia has not been using the bombs at the same scale against Ukrainian forces that crossed the border into Russia earlier this month. Russia used 750 glide bombs on Ukrainian cities and villages last week alone, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday. It's also fewer than the 50 glide bombs Russia has reportedly been firing daily into Ukraine's Sumy region, which neighbors Kursk. But these were relatively isolated incidents rather than something that was happening as a result of a new strategy, such as using glide bombs in Kursk.

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☆ Ukraine says its troops are advancing deeper into Russia's Kursk region
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said its major cross-border assault had advanced one to two kilometers (0.6-1.2 miles) in Russia’s Kursk region since the start of Wednesday and that its troops had finished clearing the Russian town of Sudzha of Moscow’s forces. Kyiv blindsided Moscow by pouring thousands of troops into the western Russian region of Kursk last week. “We continue to advance further in Kursk region. Syrskiy said the Russian border town of Sudzha was fully under Ukrainian control. The governor of Russia’s border region of Belgorod, Vyacheslav Gladkov, declared a regionwide state of emergency on Wednesday, citing continued attacks by Ukrainian forces.

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☆ Ukraine kept the West in the dark about its invasion of Russia until after it struck: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's surprise attack on Russia's Kursk region appears to have surprised its Western allies. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It is now more than a week since Ukrainian forces launched a surprise attack on the Russian border region. The attack has been marked by a thick fog of war that — according to Bloomberg's reporting — also affected Ukraine's Western supporters.

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☆ Ukraine keeps gaining ground in its push into Russia, with 74 settlements under its control, commander says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewUkraine has continued its push into Russia's Kursk region with 74 settlements under its control, according to its commander-in-chief. Syrskyi said his forces controlled 74 settlements in Russia's Kursk region as of Tuesday. Syrskyi also said that on Tuesday alone Ukrainian forces advanced another 1.3 miles and took control of more than 15 square miles of additional Russian territory, Ukrainian outlet The Kyiv Independent reported. It wasn't certain exactly how the Ukrainian side was defining the 74 settlements it claimed to control. AdvertisementMedics provide assistance in a vehicle in Russia's Kursk region on Sunday.

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☆ A Russian lawmaker says the military knew Ukraine was planning to hit Kursk, but everyone was told 'not to panic' because 'those above know better'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's shock incursion into Russia's Kursk region didn't come as a complete surprise to Russia's military. Russian lawmaker Andrey Gurulyov said the military was warned about the attack a month ago. "But from the top came the order not to panic and that those above know better," he said. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementUkraine caught the world by surprise when it attacked Russia's Kursk region last week, but a Russian lawmaker says the country's military knew about the planned incursion a month before it happened.

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☆ Russia left 'mainly kids' and conscripts to defend its borders, Ukrainian soldier says after surprise attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian soldiers broke through the Russian border last week in a surprise attack. A Ukrainian soldier told The Wall Street Journal that Russian troops in the area were inexperienced. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The deputy commander of a squad involved in the offensive told The Wall Street Journal that they had anticipated more resistance from Russian troops.

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☆ Ukraine exposed Russia's sluggish military command with its Kursk invasion, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewRussian military commanders are facing criticism over their botched response to Ukraine's audacious incursion into Russia's Kursk region. In a Telegram post on Friday, Russian military expert Vladislav Shurygin said that Ukraine had exposed serious problems with Russia's command. The Russian military has made slow but incremental progress in its campaign in the Donetsk region of east Ukraine recently, tempering criticism. Ukraine's Kursk incursion, though, has renewed questions about the effectiveness of Russia's military command, which, according to a March Congressional report, is often excessively rigid and slow to react to developments. AdvertisementThe Russian military is still attempting to drive back the Ukrainian invasion, with reports of fighting in the towns of Tolpino and Obshchy Kolodez.

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☆ Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much Russian territory in the last week as Russia has land in Ukraine this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewIn under a week, Ukrainian forces have captured around 1,000 square kilometers in their surprise offensive into Russia, Kyiv's top commander said on Monday. The amount of Russian territory that Ukraine has seized in a matter of days — roughly 386 square miles — is almost as much as Moscow has captured in Ukraine this year. Advertisement"As of now, we control about 1,000 square kilometers of the territory of the Russian Federation. According to Mitch Belcher, a geospatial analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, which tracks battlefield movements and developments, Russian forces occupied around 108,163 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory on December 31. "We assess that Russian forces have occupied an additional 1,175 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory thus far in 2024," he told BI on Monday.

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☆ Ukraine's audacious invasion of Russian territory is a massive blow to Putin's power
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But as the scale of the attack became clearer, with thousands of Ukrainian troops advancing up to 6 miles into Russia, Russian President Vladimir Putin hurried to contain the fallout. Ukraine's attack catches Russia off guardA Russian military video showing a Ukrainian tank during an attack on the Kursk region in Russia in August. It's led to fierce criticism of the Kremlin from ultranationalist bloggers, who've questioned why the Russian military was so unprepared and criticized chaotic attempts to evacuate civilians. Putin has so far been able to avoid major domestic unrest from the two-year war — despite the vast casualties it's inflicted on the Russian military. But the 2023 rebellion by the Russian mercenary group Wagner exposed Putin's vulnerability to blowback from events in Ukraine.

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