Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces commemorated the six-month anniversary of the Kursk incursion by acknowledging that small SSO units infiltrated Russia’s rear in Kursk Oblast as early as June 2024.
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Ukrainian SSO stated they infiltrated Kursk Oblast as early as June 2024.
The operation in Kursk Oblast may become an important part of future negotiations to end Russia's war, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
Zelensky praised his troops fighting in Kursk and issued state awards to several units.
Zelensky stated that the occupier can and should be beaten on its territory.
Zelensky called the Kursk operation an explanation of 'peace through strength'.
Russia will not be able to drive the AFU out of the Kursk region in the near future.
In six months, Russian army in Kursk region lost about 40,000 people, of which more than 16,000 were killed.
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