Official says Kyiv is seeking to ‘stretch the enemy’ and western partners were ‘indirectly’ involvedUkrainian sources indicated that thousands of troops had been committed to its incursion into Russia, which on its sixth day appeared to edge forward with reports of fighting 15 to 18 miles inside the border and a rare video showing the capture of a village close to the border on a new aspect of the front.A Ukrainian security official told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the aim of the incursion was to destabilise Russia and string out its forces with light, fast-moving attacks – though it remains unclear how sustainable the operation is in the medium term amid Kremlin threats that it will be snuffed out with Russian reserves. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/11/thousands-of-ukrainian-troops-aim-to-destabilise-russia-with-kursk-incursion
Author : Agence France-Presse and Reuters
Publish date : 2024-08-11 16:21:22
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Ukraine aims to ‘destabilise Russia’ with thousands of troops in Kursk incursion
