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This article is reproduced from [China News Network];

China News Service, August 15 (Zheng Yuntian and Zhang Naiyue) The Ukrainian army, which has been in a passive position for several months, recently assembled troops and weapons of possibly several brigades to attack the Kursk Oblast in Russia, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle.

On the 14th local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian army repelled six rounds of attacks by the Ukrainian army in the border area of ​​Kursk Oblast. Ukraine also said that it had made further progress in the Kursk region, advancing one to two kilometers in different directions that day and capturing more than 100 Russian soldiers.

The day before, Ukrainian President Zelensky said he had taken control of 74 settlements in the Kursk region. The Ukrainian army commander-in-chief later said he had taken control of more than 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory.

On August 9, local time, the Russian Ministry of Defense released a picture of the Russian army attacking Ukrainian targets in the border area of ​​Kursk region. Image source: Screenshot of the Russian Ministry of Defense's social media

According to the US think tank Institute for the Study of War, some small Ukrainian military units have penetrated to within dozens of kilometers of the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Since the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, the Ukrainian army has sent small units to attack Russian territory, but this is the first time that such a large-scale ground force has been sent to attack Russian territory.