Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive into Kursk Oblast, achieving operational surprise by keeping timing and location secret from troops, allies, and Russian forces.
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Ukrainian Armed Forces launched an offensive into Kursk Oblast, achieving operational surprise by keeping timing and location secret from troops, allies, and Russian forces.
Kursk operation began on August 6, 2024.
Ukrainian forces made a large-scale push into the region, which borders Ukraine, on August 6.
After Ukraine's Armed Forces in August launched an incursion into Russia's Kursk region, Russia presumably called off the offensive on Zaporizhzhia as they were forced to transfer one of their most combat-ready units from southern Ukraine back to Russia.
The security situation in Sumy Oblast became more tense with the start of Ukraine's cross-border incursion into neighboring Kursk Oblast in Russia, which began on Aug. 6.
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Source story: day-904-2024-08-17