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Al Jazeera
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Mansur Mirovalev

What’s behind Ukraine’s surprise incursion into Russia’s Kursk region?

From left, Russian Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov, Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet about the Ukrainian incursion into Russia's Kursk region [Aleksey Babushkin/Sputnik/Kremlin via Reuters]

Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukrainian soldiers have entered western Russia in a move that has bewildered Moscow, successfully tested its weak border defences and may deal a blow to its natural gas supplies to Europe.

Kyiv dispatched hundreds of servicemen backed by armoured vehicles, artillery and drones to the Kursk region on Tuesday, according to Russian officials, Ukrainian servicemen and media reports.

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