2024-08-15
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The Ukrainian army's offensive in Kursk has entered its 10th day. According to the Ukrainian side, the Ukrainian army has taken control ofKursk Oblast has an area of 1,097 square kilometers, 74 settlements, and captured more than 1,000 Russian prisoners. Someone has calculated that the Ukrainian army is now only 400 kilometers away from the Russian capital, Moscow.
Zelensky announced on social media that despite the difficult battle, the Ukrainian army's offensive in the Kursk region continues. He mentioned that the expanded territory and prisoners will become Ukraine's "bargaining chips."
This time, Ukraine's attack on Kursk was indeed sudden and swift, and the action was also intended to disrupt Moscow's reinforcement plan on the eastern Ukrainian front.
NATO-aided weapons, including rockets that had previously inflicted heavy damage on Russia and recently delivered F16 fighter jets, provided great support for Ukraine's raid.Ukraine has captured Ergovka and Matveyevka in the north and Snanast in the south.
Focusing on several key battlefields, Ukraine launched new offensives in several areas in the western part of Kursk Oblast, including Slobodka, Tetkino, and Gordeevka. In the settlement of Giri, southeast of Sudja, the Russian army ambushed a Ukrainian army, indicating that the Ukrainian army had advanced there. Near Borki, the Russian army claimed to have repelled the Ukrainian army's offensive.