Moscow announced Monday morning that Russian military forces have regained control of two villages in its Kursk region, an area that was invaded by Ukraine and taken control of in early August.
‼️🇷🇺 The Russian army has liberated Borki and Uspenovka in the Kursk region
— Vatnik Lobo (@LordDracula91) September 16, 2024
▪️ The Russian Defense Ministry reports this in a bulletin.
▪️ Our units have liberated the village of Uspenovka in the Glushkovsky district, located on the very border, from the occupants.
▪️ And, as… pic.twitter.com/Y4XdOJWI1h
The Russian Defense Ministry identified the border towns of Uspenovka and Borki as the liberated settlements.
Ukraine claims that it controls about 500 square miles in Kursk, something the Kremlin disputes.
🇷🇺🇺🇦A group of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers surrender to Russian troops in the Kursk region.#Russia #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/eAX5GDXujA
— Intel Slava (@Intel_Slava) September 16, 2024
As the battle for Kursk continues, Russian forces are making steady headway in Eastern Ukraine towards Pokrovsk, an important logistics hub in Donetsk Oblast.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the Ukrainian decision to invade Kursk has drawn dwindling Ukrainian forces from their Eastern front and has allowed his troops to gain easy ground as they continue their march Westward.
🇷🇺🇺🇦 Today their was a POW exchange between Russia and Ukraine.
— Heyman_101 (@SU_57R) September 15, 2024
Roughly 100 servicemen traded on both sides.
Most of the returning Russians were captured in Kursk.
Does this mean that Ukraine has basically run out of Russian POWs to trade back? I'm confused. pic.twitter.com/g0oLBIRiSR
The two nations reportedly conducted 2 large prisoner-of-war exchanges. Several hundred captured on both sides during operations in Kursk were returned.
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