The shock new offensive comes a day after President Volodymyr Zelensky finally acknowledged his forces were behind the attacks on Russian soil
Governor of Belgorod region issued evacuation orders to thousands of Russia ns Ukraine launched a second offensive into Russia early this morning, sending yet more ground units supported by a contingent of tanks into the Belgorod region as fighting continues to rage in Kursk.
But analysts largely agree the incursion aims to show Western supporters that Kyiv can still muster major military operations while trying to gain a bargaining chip ahead of possible ceasefire talks. A view shows an apartment building that was damaged, according to local authorities, by debris from a downed Ukraine-launched missile, in Kursk, Russia, in this handout picture released August 11, 2024A fire broke out Sunday in Europe's largest nuclear power plant, located in southern Ukraine, with Ukraine and Russia trading blame over the incident
'The aim is to stretch the positions of the enemy, to inflict maximum losses and to destabilise the situation in Russia as they are unable to protect their own border,' the security official said on condition of anonymity. Kyiv's troops are now fighting to encircle the strategic town of Sudzha - a key transit hub for Russian gas flowing into Ukraine - and over the weekend released footage of what they said were Russian soldiers they had taken prisoner amid the offensive.
People gather at an apartment building damaged after shelling by the Ukrainian side in Kursk, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024 A crossing point on the border with Russia is seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the Russian border in Sumy region, Ukraine August 11, 2024 The Kremlin has now imposed a sweeping security regime in the Kursk, Belgorod and Bryansk border regions while Russian ally Belarus said it was also bolstering its troop numbers at its border.
A soldier stands near a destroyed military vehicle containing the bodies of dead Russian soldiers, in the aftermath of a strike on a Russian column, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Oktyabrskoye village, Kursk, August 9 The Ukrainian attack on Kursk and now Belgorod has therefore prompted some in Moscow to question why Ukraine was able to pierce the border so easily after more than two years of the most intense land war in Europe since World War Two.
Russia captured the Zaporizhzhia NPP from Ukraine shortly after launching its full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour in 2022, an attack described by Moscow as a 'special operation'
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