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The US Department of Defense confirmed that Moscow is sending reinforcements to the Kursk region to defend against Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory.

August 21, 2024 Sudzha, Kursk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Kyiv Independent

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US Department of Defense (organization) Pentagon (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russian forces (military_unit) Ben Hodges (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Russia (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Institute for the Study of War (organization) Ukraine (organization) Kursk Oblast (location) Sudzha (location) Ukrainian military (military_unit)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Moscow is sending reinforcements to the Kursk region to defend against Ukraine's two-week-old incursion

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Russia has really struggled to respond and Ukrainian advances continue

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

Reports indicate that Russian authorities have redeployed Russian units from the Chasiv Yar direction to the Kursk region

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukraine is continuing to successfully use terrain to advance in Kursk Oblast, three weeks into the operation. A number of Russian troops are now cut off by Ukraine's target attacks on key bridges in Kursk Oblast

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