After Kursk, the Russian region of Belgorod also suffers a military incursion

kyiv continues its maneuvers. The Ukrainian army, which entered Russia in the Kursk Oblast on August 6 – a first since 1945 – launched a raid in the Belgorod region. “The enemy is trying to cross the Belgorod border”warned Russian Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov on Telegram. The situation there is “difficult, but under control”he said. Fighting is taking place near the border town of Nekhoteevka.

Russian fighters, but loyal to Ukraine, had already launched two incursions into Russian territory last year. This time, as in Kursk, they are said to be regular Ukrainian units. Since last May, Kremlin forces have been launching an offensive from Kursk Oblast towards the Ukrainian border region of Kharkiv.

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Ukraine is going through a difficult military phase with a significant decline in the Donbass, particularly since the fall of Avdiivka last February, a fortified position since the start of the Ukrainian war in 2014. The Russian army is continuing an advance, unstoppable until now, towards the Pokrovsk logistics hub. kyiv launched an offensive in the Kursk Oblast at the beginning of August, hoping to force Moscow to thin its Donbass front. A strategy that has not borne fruit.