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On the last day, Ukrainian troops advanced one to three kilometers into Russian territory, occupying another 40 square kilometers.
Ukrainian troops have reportedly taken control of 74 villages in Russia’s Kursk region. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Alexander Silsky announced this on Tuesday. “Despite the fierce fighting, the advance of our troops in the Kursk region continues,” the Ukrainian president said. TASR gets its information from Reuters and AFP agencies.
On Monday, Syrsky reported that Ukraine controls about 1,000 square kilometers of Russian territory. Kursk Oblast Governor Alexei Smirnov said on Monday that Ukrainian troops control 28 border cities.
Russia has been engaged in heavy fighting with more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region since last Tuesday, the largest cross-border operation in Ukraine since Russia invaded the country in February 2022.
Ukraine has no intention of taking back territory it gained during its cross-border incursion into Russia’s Kursk region, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Khoshy Tichy said on Tuesday.
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