Ukraine launches new offensive in Kursk, Russia
Ukraine launched a surprise new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region on Sunday, aiming to strike back after months under pressure ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Ukraine launched a surprise new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region on Sunday, aiming to strike back after months under pressure ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
The assault appeared to be an effort to seize new territory in the area, where Kyiv’s forces first swept across the border with a stunning incursion last August. Since then, the Kremlin has retaken a chunk of its own land but struggled to fully expel the invading troops, even deploying thousands of North Korean soldiers in recent weeks.
Reports of the new offensive first emerged from the accounts of Russia’s influential military bloggers early Sunday, before officials in Kyiv and then Moscow’s defense ministry confirmed Ukrainian forces had launched a new attack.
NBC News could not independently verify the claims, and it was not immediately clear how significant the assault was.
“The Defense Forces are actively working,” Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation, said on Telegram. “The situation in the Kursk region seems to be causing significant concern among the Russians, as they were unexpectedly attacked on several fronts.”
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