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Mansur Mirovalev

Ukraine’s losses outweigh Kursk gains, as Russia on cusp of taking Pokrovsk

A girl calms her sister on an evacuation train in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, August 23, 2024 [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Svitlana Menyaylo doesn’t want to hear a word about the success of Ukrainian forces in the western Russian region of Kursk.

Since August 6, Ukrainian soldiers have occupied dozens of Russian villages on more than 1,000 square kilometres (620 square miles) and are digging in to repel an imminent Russian counteroffensive.

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