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Authorities in the Kursk region said they were widening their evacuation area to include Belovsky district and neighboring Belgorod region said it was evacuating Krasnoyaruzhsky district.
Staring at the slow, nearly static frontline land war, means not seeing the war fought by military and non-military means; on land, in the air, at sea, in space, in cyberspace, and cognitive space.
Kyiv has deployed thousands of troops to the surprise operation, seizing the battlefield initiative after months of slow Russian advances across the east.
If reports of Ukrainian troops entrenching in Russia’s Kursk region were true, it could mean Kyiv intended to hold the territories, potentially for future negotiations.
The focus of this piece is to explore the options now available to Ukraine as it moves into the second week of operations in Kursk, as well as the considerations and risks involved with each option.
President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian forces of deliberately starting the fire as an act of "blackmail" against Kyiv. The nuclear plant has been under Russian control since 2022.
Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov earlier claimed that his unit was stationed along the Kursk region border with Ukraine, but Ukrainian forces bypassed them, avoiding direct engagement.
AFU troops stormed across the border on Tuesday morning in what has been the largest and most successful such offensive by Kyiv since Russia’s full scale invasion.
The Russian oligarch’s revelations simply toe the Kremlin political line as part of a complex web of maneuvering and deception. As Vladimir Putin plays a long game, the West must remain vigilant.
Kyiv has deployed thousands of troops to the surprise operation, seizing the battlefield initiative after months of slow Russian advances across the east.
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