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Articles with tag "Kursk"

Russian Court Orders Arrest of CNN Journalist for Kursk Reporting

Moscow has launched several criminal proceedings against Western journalists who had produced reports from the Kursk region after Kyiv's surprise August...

U.S. Confident Ukraine Can Hold Parts of Russia’s Kursk Region ‘for Months’ – Bloomberg

Russia’s focus on advancing in eastern Ukraine has allowed Kyiv to deliver supplies to the Kursk area, the U.S. officials were cited as saying.
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Russia Says Shot Down Ukrainian Drone Barrage

Kyiv said it was carrying out the strikes in response to Russian bombardment of its territory.
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Russia Says Two Kursk Region Villages Recaptured From Ukraine

Russia has rarely claimed any recaptured territory since Ukraine launched its offensive into the Kursk region on Aug. 6.
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Russia Charges Australian, Romanian Journalists Over Reporting From Kursk

Despite being identified as U.S. citizens by the FSB, the charged ABC reporters Kathryn Diss and Fletcher Yeung are Australian nationals.
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At Least 56 Russians Killed, 770 Missing Since Kursk Incursion, Officials Say

Kyiv responded by saying that Russia’s claims cannot be independently verified due to the lack of access granted to international organizations.
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Russian Army Knew of Possible Ukrainian Incursion Into Kursk Months in Advance – The Guardian

A document from Feb. 19 reportedly predicted “a rapid push from the Sumy region into Russian territory, up to a depth of 80 kilometers.”
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Russian Advance in Kursk Region ‘Stopped,’ Ukrainian Official Says

A spokesman from Ukraine's military administration in Kursk said that “several thousand” Russian civilians remained in Kyiv-controlled areas.
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opinion Andras Toth-Czifra

To See How Badly Russia Is Governed, Look at the Kremlin’s Response to Kursk

By its very nature, the Russian system is slow and ineffective at reacting to unexpected challenges and implementing solutions.
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Russia Orders More Evacuations in Kursk Region Amid Ongoing Ukrainian Incursion

Dozens of villages and towns, with a combined population of less than 40,000 people, are impacted by the fresh evacuation order.
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Kyiv Invites UN, Red Cross to Ukraine-Held Areas of Russia's Kursk Region

The invite comes just days after three Red Cross workers were killed in Eastern Ukraine.
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Russian Army Confirms Kursk Counteroffensive, Says Recaptured 10 Villages

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also confirmed the counteroffensive but insisted Kyiv's incursion was still going according to plan.
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Kursk Region Governor Says Over 150K Civilians Evacuated From Border Areas

Authorities also estimated that Ukraine’s border incursion had cost the Kursk region’s critical agricultural sector nearly $1 billion.
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Russia Launches Counteroffensive in Kursk Region, Pro-Kremlin Sources Say

A Ukrainian open-source intelligence group also claimed that Kyiv’s forces recently lost control over some towns in the embroiled region.
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Shoigu Rules Out Talks With Ukraine Amid Kursk Incursion

“Naturally, we won’t have any negotiations with them [Ukraine] until we throw them out of our territory,” Security Council chief Sergei Shoigu said...
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Kursk Evacuees Say Still Awaiting $100 Payment Promised By Putin

Putin promised one-time payments of 10,000 rubles ($110) to residents who were forced to evacuate from parts of the embattled region.
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Hundreds Still Missing in Russia’s Kursk Region Amid Ongoing Incursion

Of the 918 people who were reported missing last month, 202 were found alive, while five were confirmed dead.
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UN Nuclear Head Says Discussed Kursk Plant Safety With Zelensky

Ukraine sent thousands of troops into the Kursk region on Aug. 6, triggering fighting less than 50 kilometers (30 miles) away from the nuclear plant.
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Putin Says Kursk Incursion Will Not Stop Russian Advance in Eastern Ukraine

The Kremlin leader claimed that Russian forces in eastern Ukraine were making advances at a "rate that we have not seen for a long time."
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Russian Mercenaries Pulled Out of Burkina Faso to Defend Kursk – Commander

A Western security source said that around 100 fighters of the paramilitary unit Bear Brigade had left Burkina Faso.
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