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  Ukraine May Have A New Strategy In Russia’s Kursk Oblast—Move Fast And Surround Thousands Of Russian Troops

  Forbes - David Axe

  It shocked many observers—apparently including many Russians—when, on Thursday, Ukrainian sappers riding in an ex-Soviet IMR-2 engineering vehicle breached Russian defenses along the Russia-Ukraine border just south of the Russian village of Novyi Put. The village is 20 miles west of the main …

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  Backed By Tanks And Covered By Glide-Bombing Fighter Jets, Ukrainian Troops Have Advanced Into Russia Along A New Axis

  Forbes - David Axe

  On Thursday, Ukrainian combat engineers breached Russian defenses along the border near the village of Novyi Put, around 20 miles west of the 400-square-mile Ukrainian salient in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. What at first appeared to be a brief and shallow Ukrainian assault in fact developed into …

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  3 days ago

  Ukrainian Troops Breached The Russian Border West Of Kursk—And Claimed They Bypassed Thousands Of Russian Conscripts

  Forbes - David Axe

  In a bold move on Thursday, Ukrainian engineers supported by drones and tanks breached Russian defenses along the Russia-Ukraine border, 20 miles west of Ukraine’s 400-square-mile salient in Russia’s Kursk Oblast. The surprise Ukrainian operation, essentially a smaller-scale repeat of the Aug. 6 …

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  An Allegedly Corrupt Russian Commander Sent His Best Drone Operator To Die As An Infantryman

  Forbes - David Axe

  Drones might be unmanned, but they still have pilots—on the ground. And a drone is only effective as its pilot is skilled. That’s why the Ukrainian military recently established a separate branch of the armed forces to oversee independent drone units. The separate drone forces “are now proving their …

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  Ukrainian Troops Breached Russian Border Defenses 20 Miles West Of The Kursk Salient—But Didn’t Get Very Far

  Forbes - David Axe

  In the lead-up to Ukraine’s southern counteroffensive, which kicked off in June 2023, Ukrainian brigades equipped and trained for one of the most difficult maneuvers in land warfare: a breach. That is, a swift penetration of dirt and concrete fortifications by engineers and supporting …

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  A Russian Platoon Assembled At A Floating Bridge In Kursk. Ukraine’s HIMARS Had Them In Their Crosshairs.

  Forbes - David Axe

  Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin has given his troops until Oct. 1 to defeat the Ukrainian invasion of Kursk Oblast. And so, on Wednesday, Russian regiments counterattacked the 400-square-mile salient from no fewer than three directions. The counterattacks—at least two on the salient’s left flank, …