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Ukraine's Kursk offensive diverted approximately 40,000 Russian troops away from the frontline in eastern Ukraine.

September 20, 2024 Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Kyiv Independent

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy (person) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization) Russian volunteers (military_unit) Denis Pushilin (person) Russell Bentley (person) Russian Investigative Committee (organization) Four Russian servicemen (military_unit) Sputnik (organization) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Cherneshchyna (location) Hrekivka (location) Druzheliubivka (location) Nevske (location) Novosadove (location) Terni (location) Zarichne (location) Chasiv Yar (location) Bila Hora (location) Dachne (location) Toretsk (location) Shcherbynivka (location) Kleban-Byk (location) Vozdvyzhenka (location) Novotoretsk (location) Myroliubivka (location) Hrodivka (location) Chervone (location) Selydove (location) Novohrodivka (location) Vuhledar (location) Prechystivka (location) Bohoyavlenka (location) Russian forces (organization) State Emergency Service of Ukraine (organization) Russian invasion (organization) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian Federation (organization) Donetsk Oblast (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukraine's offensive into the Russian border region of Kursk diverted around 40,000 Russian troops away from the frontline.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

On the night of September 20, Russian troops attacked Donetsk region with three missiles of an unspecified type, Dnipro region with a Kh-59 guided missile from the airspace of the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia region, as well as 70 Shahed-type attack UAVs (launch areas: Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kursk, Yeysk)

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Two people were killed during an attack against Chasiv Yar.

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