Ukrainian combat engineers breached Russian border fortifications including dragon's teeth and minefields, allowing armor to penetrate into Russian territory.
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Ukrainian combat engineers breached Russian border fortifications including dragon's teeth and minefields, allowing armor to penetrate into Russian territory.
A Ukrainian HIMARS strike reportedly damaged a temporary pontoon bridge across the Seym River and wounded a group of nearby Russian troops on September 12.
Ukrainian strikes on bridges over the Seim River, which posed a logistical challenge for the area to the south.
On September 12, separate Ukrainian forces began a second invasion in Kursk Oblast.
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Source story: day-934-2024-09-17