As Ukraine expands its hold on Russian territory, challenges and questions grow
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s stunning charge across the border has seen it capture an expanding chunk of Russian territory.
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s stunning charge across the border has seen it capture an expanding chunk of Russian territory.
The question now is how long Ukraine wants to — and can — hold onto it without sacrificing more of its own eastern heartland.
The high stakes of that gamble were highlighted Friday by authorities in the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk urging civilians to speed up their evacuation as the Russian military is closing in after months of intense fighting. The warning offered a stark parallel to events in southern Russia, where more than 120,000 people had to flee or be evacuated from the neighboring Kursk and Belgorod regions from 11 days of fighting.
Kyiv now claims that more than 80 Russian settlements in the Kursk region, including the key border town of Sudzha, are under its control and it is setting up a military command office in the area.
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