Russia battles Ukrainian troops for a third day after major incursion

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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-battles-ukrainian-troops-third-day-after-major-incursion-2024-08-08/

Russia battles Ukrainian troops for a third day after major incursion

By Guy Faulconbridge
August 8, 2024 6:34 AM EDT Updated 11 min ago

MOSCOW, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Russian forces were battling Ukrainian troops for a third day on Thursday after they smashed through the Russian border in the Kursk region, an audacious attack on the world's biggest nuclear power that has forced Moscow to call in reserves.

In one of the biggest Ukrainian attacks on Russia of the two-year war, around 1,000 Ukrainian troops rammed through the Russian border in the early hours of Aug. 6 with tanks and armoured vehicles, covered in the air by swarms of drones and pounding artillery, according to Russian officials.

Ukrainian forces swept through the fields and forests of the border towards the north of the border town of Sudzha, the last operational trans-shipping point for Russian natural gas to Europe via Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin cast the attack as a "major provocation". The White House said the United States, opens new tab - Ukraine's biggest backer - had no prior knowledge of the attack and would seek more details from Kyiv.

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Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge Editing by Gareth Jones

[oldsoftie]

1. No, a "major provocation" is sending 300k troops INTO UKR to start with

Asshole.

[gab13by13]

3. Brings back reminders of Nam

When the Viet Cong had a sanctuary in Cambodia. Why the hell can't Ukraine fight in Russian territory? Putin started the war.

[gab13by13]

2. Ukraine is taking Russian territory,

Putin is losing the war. If the pattern continues, Russia will lose 690,000 troops by the end of the year, 50 times the troop losses from the 10 year war in Afghanistan.

[oldsoftie]

4. At the rate I've been hearing, it could very well be way higher than 690k

Of course we dont know for SURE, but I DO know that russian claims of UKR deaths are WAY over the top. Because if they'd lost as many as the Russians claim, the war wouldve been over.
I was thinking it could well be over 800k by the end of the year.
Excellent use of my tax money IMO

[niyad]

5. Hey, reuters, how about stating that it is a Ukrainian response to ruzzia's

fucking, ILLEGAL INVASION. You are making it sound like Ukraine is responsible.