As I described here, Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region clearly caught the Russian military by surprise. As of today, Ukraine claims it has seized 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. This has resulted in more than 100,000 Russians being evacuated from the area.
Ukraine’s top military commander says his forces now control 1,000 square kilometers (386 square miles) of Russia’s neighboring Kursk region, the first time a Ukrainian military official has publicly commented on the gains of the lightning incursion that has embarrassed the Kremlin.
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi made the statement in a video posted Monday to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Telegram channel. In the video, he briefed the president on the front-line situation…
Acting Kursk Gov. Alexei Smirnov reported to Putin that Ukrainian forces had pushed 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) into the…
