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A top military commander said Kyiv’s troops now control 500 square miles of Russian territory after incursion

Thousands are being forced to flee the city

Since August 6, the war in Ukraine has become a tale of two major offensives. Ukrainian forces have invaded Russia, grabbing more than 1,000 square kilometres of Kursk Oblast, which they are now defending fiercely. At the same time, in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine, Russian forces are moving on…

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Last major crossing on this part of front in Kursk region hit overnight as Ukraine aims to expand ‘buffer zone’

Ukraine has destroyed a key bridge in Russia's western Kursk region and struck a second one nearby, a dozen days into its stunning cross-border incursion, in an apparent attempt to sever Russian supply lines

The Ukrainian leader’s hope that incursion into Kursk would force Moscow to redeploy troops and ease pressure on eastern front was a risky move – and the outcome is far from clear

AP reporters in Kursk describe the scene; Russia’s foreign ministry says Ukraine likely used US-made rockets to destroy a bridge

Authorities urge civilians to flee as Russians advance on city whose capture would compromise Ukraine’s defensive abilities. What we know on day 906

Secrecy was key in attack that has opened a new front in the war and left Russians looking leaden-footed