Top general says Ukrainian forces have captured almost as much territory in Russia in the past week as Russia has captured in Ukraine this year
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Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said his forces had captured about 1,000 square kilometers of territory in Russia's Kursk region.
  • Ukrainian forces launched a surprise offensive into Russia’s Kursk region last Tuesday.
  • They have captured around 1,000 square kilometers of Russian land so far, Kyiv’s top general said.
  • That figure is almost as much territory as Russia has seized in Ukraine this year.
  • Eximius@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    That, and they can potentially dismantle staging areas for planes and other infrastructure (in this case gas pipeline).

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      1 month ago

      Both of those, and they force engagements with Russia to force them to throw men and materiel at it, further depleting Russian stockpiles.