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Aug 2024
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Ukraine wrongfoots Russia in Kursk

Financial Times
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Ben Hall, the FT’s Europe editor, discusses Ukraine’s Kursk incursion with Andriy Zagorodnyuk, former defence minister and chair of the Centre for Defence Strategies in Kyiv. What is the strategy behind the move? How could it affect the fighting elsewhere on the frontline and could it prove to be a turning point in the war?  Clips: Global News; France 24


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Ukraine wants to create ‘buffer zone’ with Kursk incursion, says Zelenskyy

‘People are horrified’: Moscow turns to reluctant conscripts to defend Kursk

How Ukraine pulled off its biggest gamble: invading Russia

Ukraine’s battle against Russia in maps: latest updates


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