Ukrainian forces have advanced 800 square kilometers into Russia’s Kursk region, according to Russian sources gathered by the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The information was analyzed today by Agence France-Presse. Ukraine claims to control 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory in this region. After months of retreat on the eastern front, Ukraine on August 6 launched its largest cross-border offensive against Russia since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022. By comparison, Russia advanced 1,360 square kilometers into Ukrainian territory from beginning of the year. Ukrainian counter-attacks on Ukrainian territory during the same period only cost it 20 square kilometers, according to the AFP analysis. The large, failed Ukrainian counteroffensive in the summer of 2023 allowed Kiev to recapture about 250 sq. km in the regions of Donetsk and Zaporizhia. However, the advance of the Russians on Ukrainian soil […]
Source: News Beast
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