Moscow's forces begin a counteroffensive in the Kursk region, claiming to have recaptured 10 settlements seized by Ukrainian forces in a surprise incursion into western Russia last month.
Ukraine has been holding onto Russian territory in the Kursk region since it staged an incursion in August.Moscow has launched a counteroffensive in the Kursk region, more than a month after Ukraine's cross-border incursion.Analysts say it will be difficult for Ukraine to hold the 1,300 square kilometres of territory it holds in the region.Share article
The surprise attack was an embarrassment for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Moscow was criticised for its "slow" and "scattered" response.Moscow has launched its counteroffensive, already reclaiming several settlements, according to a senior Russian commander. For the first time in more than five years and since the Ukraine war began, the ABC crosses into Russia to see what life is like in the occupied city of Sudzha.
The ISW said at this stage the size, scale, and potential prospects of the Russian counterattacks were unclear. But fighting in the Donbas region — Ukraine's industrial regions of Donetsk and Luhansk — instead gathered pace.Anatol Lieven, He added there were reports Ukraine might have diverted many of its "elite troops" away from the eastern frontline to Kursk.Russia said it had advanced by 1,000 square kilometre in eastern Ukraine in August and September.
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